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rentals not covered
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The Ontario Landlord and Tenant

Board (LTB) has ruled that a
Swiss family staying as long-term
guests in a Toronto Airbnb do
not qualify as tenants, in a decision
that could have implications for
similar arrangements across the
province.
“The impact could potentially be
huge, because we know that long-
term rentals are increasing on
Airbnb’s platform,” said Thorben
Wieditz, director of advocacy group
Fairbnb Canada.
“It creates this no man’s land that
is unregulated.”
In a decision released Thursday,
board member Peter Nicholson
stated that while he is “sympathet-
ic” to the tenants’ situation (he
used landlord and tenant through-
out for lack of other terms), he
found that the “travelling and vaca-
tioning public” exemption under
Section 5 of Ontario’s Residential
Tenancies Act (RTA) applied to the
accommodation.
He added that although the same
exemption may not apply to other NI R ME S H VA DE R A THE CA NA DI A N P R E SS
online bookings of a similar length, The RCMP said 10 people were also taken to hospital after the crash, one of Canada’s worst road tragedies in recent years.
in this case, among other factors,
the reservation was “booked on a A L E X B OY D rescue workers frantically pulling is not knowing if the person you
platform typically used by the trav- S TA F F R E P O R T E R people from the burning bus near a love the most will be making it
elling or vacationing public.” partially jackknifed semi-trailer — home tonight.”
He also noted that the tenants ar- FULL Aday trip to the casino for a busload its front end crumpled and Manitoba Premier Heather Ste-
rived from Switzerland for a fixed INDEX of seniors turned to devastation smashed — amid broken glass, a fanson said, “Our hearts are broken.
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period of time, and the property ON0 and unimaginable loss Thursday large bumper and what appeared to Our thoughts are with the families
was stocked with items such as bed- after a fiery crash with a semi-truck be a walker. and loved ones of all the lives im-
ding and towels. on the Trans-Canada Highway “This is a day in Manitoba and pacted by the horrific and devastat-
At the heart of the case was west of Winnipeg. across Canada that will be remem- ing tragedy.”
whether “mid-to-long-term” stays RCMP confirmed that 15 people bered as one of tragedy and incred- In what is one of Canada’s worst
on sites such as Airbnb qualify as were killed and 10 others sent to ible sadness,” Assistant Commis- tragedies on the roads in recent
tenancies under the RTA and hospital with “various” injuries af- sioner Rob Hill, commanding offi- years, officers told media Thursday
whether such guests would be ter the horrific crash that happened cer of Manitoba’s RCMP, told a evening that the bus had been
entitled to the same rights as other in clear weather conditions just be- news conference. headed south on Highway 5, near
tenants. fore noon. “To all those waiting (for informa- the town of Carberry.
SEE AIRBNB, A15 Witnesses recounted seeing tion), I can’t imagine how difficult it SEE CRASH, A8

INSIDE M AYO R A L R AC E 2 0 2 3

Anthony Furey The provocateur

Ex-pundit dodging questions on right-wing views as he’s rising in polls
S U SA N K AO TO RO N TO STA R IL LU ST R AT IO N U S I N G

R I C H A R D WA R N I C A en weeks he stood in that position,

P H OTO F RO M L AN C E M C MI L L AN / TO RO N TO STA R

S TA F F R E P O R T E R like a tee-ball right fielder, mostly

alone and largely ignored.
On Monday, April 3, 2023, Anthony But then in mid-May something
Margins call Furey, a boyish, blond, conservativestrange began to happen.
pundit with a history of harsh and, Furey, who had spent the interven-
Report recommends some have long argued, damaging ing weeks talking about bike lanes
tax on grocers caught commentary, announced to the (he’s not a fan), needles (ditto)
and anything, really, except his own
world that after 15 years in journal-
price gouging B1 ism, he was taking a leave to run career, began to move in some
for mayor. polls.
Keeping pool Furey, the editorial director of a A month ago, he was a rounding
right-wing charity and a long-time error. By last Monday, despite little
TDSB saves school columnist and editor at the Toron- mainstream coverage and even less
swimming programs to Sun, quickly staked out a posi-scrutiny of his record, one poll had
him in third place.
tion to the far right of the field,
from budget cuts A2 and for about the next six or sev- SEE FUREY, A10
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TO R O N TO S C H O O L B OA R D
Swim program
gets a lifeline
Trustees to hire
more swimming
instructors
I S A B E L T E OTO N I O
E D U C AT I O N R E P O R T E R
The swim program at several
Toronto public schools will re-
main afloat, following a
Wednesday night board meet-
ing where trustees voted in fa-
vour of hiring six aquatics in-
structors to ensure full pro-
gramming continues next year.
Jason Tham, whose daughter
attends a school that would
have seen programming cut in
half, is delighted.
“My daughter went from hav-
ing a dark cloud over her head
to (she) can’t stop smiling,” said
Tham, whose daughter Sophie
is on the swim team at Brown
Junior Public School, which is
among the eight elementary
schools and 12 high schools that
would have been affected.
“She is genuinely happy that
Sophie Tham, 9, in Grade 4 at
Brown Junior Public School is
delighted current levels of
aquatics programming will be
maintained.
“I am grateful,” Laskin told the
Star after the vote.
“Grateful to the communities
for sharing their stories on the
importance of swim program-
ming in schools with pools,
grateful to senior staff for ac-
knowledging the unintentional
impact of the original staffing
decision and supporting the re-
turn to full programming,
grateful to my colleagues for
their support.”
Ford dismisses York merger
Premier shoots down idea of bringing
together region’s nine municipalities
N O O R JAV E D
S TA F F R E P O R T E R
K R I S T I N R U S H OW Y
Q U E E N ’ S PA R K B U R E A U
Don’t hold your breath for the
creation of a City of York.
Just as quickly as the idea was
proposed for an amalgamated
York Region, it was quashed by
the premier on Thursday.
A day earlier, Markham May-
or Frank Scarpitti raised eye-
brows, and questions, when he
issued a statement asking the
province to consider amalgam-
ating the nine municipalities of
York Region following a region-
al governance review — and
failed to consult with neigh-
bouring mayors beforehand.
But Premier Doug Ford said
he was not in favour of a unified
York Region, saying other may-
ors in the area aren’t on board
with Markham’s marriage pro-
posal.
“This is all up to the mayors —
it’s not up to one mayor to go
out there and say you want to
build your empire,” Ford said in
response to reporters’ ques-
tions while in Whitby.
One mayor is in favour of the
idea, he added. “We listen to the
people, we listen to all the may-
ors and so we aren’t doing it.”
Scarpitti did not respond to
questions about whether he
would continue to advocate for
this option, but previously told
the Star he hoped to see sub-
stantial change after the up-
coming provincial review.
“The province has taken bold
steps restructuring the city of
Toronto council and Peel Re-
gion and should be doing the
same in York Region,” Scarpitti
said. “I hope when the facilita-
tor embarks on their mandate
for York Region, they will come
forward with some changes and
not just leave the status quo in
place.”
The provincial government is
in process of selecting regional
facilitators to conduct a review
of municipal governance for the
upper-tier municipalities of
York, Durham, Halton, Niagara,
Simcoe and Waterloo.
A similar exercise took place
in 2018, but the province did not
release the report from the re-
view.
The reviews were announced
at the same time the province
announced the dissolution of
Peel Region into three stand-
alone municipalities of Bramp-
ton, Mississauga and Caledon.
While Mississauga had long
championed independence,
the decision was made without
consultation with Peel resi-
dents or with the support of the
mayors of Caledon and Bramp-
ton.
Since then, Brampton Mayor
Patrick Brown has expressed
concerns about the potential fi-
nancial impact to his residents
as services, programs and assets
are divided between the three
cities.
The province has promised
the cities will be supported
through the separation, but the
financial details are to be sorted
out by a five-person transition
team the province has yet to
announce.
In Whitby on Thursday, Ford
and Transportation Minister
Caroline Mulroney announced
another step toward extending
GO train service east.
The province has pledged
$730 million to run the Lake-
shore East GO all the way to
Bowmanville.

How big is Canada? 40 million

several schools will be restored
with full swim programs so that
everyone can enjoy the pool
again.”
Swimming programs for next
year were inadvertently affect-
ed when trustees voted in
March to reduce the number of
instructors from 93 to 80, after
staff told them it wouldn’t affect
programming. Eighty instruc-
tors had worked this past year,
and staff figured the board
could manage with the same
number next year. But after
that vote, staff realized that be-
cause of the collective agree-
ment, and the status of mainte-
nance projects at some pools, it
would be impossible to deliver
regular programming. So to
avoid closures, the Toronto Dis-
trict School Board decided that
eight of its 26 elementary
schools with pools, and 12 of its
39 high schools with pools,
would share instructors.
That decision upset many
community members, includ-
ing students, who made presen-
tations at recent TDSB meet-
ings, asking trustees to keep
regular programming with full-
time instructors. Some trust-
ees, meanwhile, raised con-
cerns that certain areas of the
city are underserved when it
comes to swimming instruc-
tion, saying there isn’t an equi-
table distribution of program-
ming.
On Wednesday night, trustee
Shelley Laskin’s motion passed;
it requested the addition of six
instructors, at a cost of
$400,000, to ensure full pro-
gramming continues next year.
That means kids in schools
with operational pools will have
the swim teachers needed for
regular classes and extracurric-
ular activities, such as swim
teams.
“And based on the students
who came to the board and
spoke to us, we’re making them
happy. We’re providing all of
them, including students of dif-
fering abilities, opportunities to
learn to swim together, receive
lifesaving skills and hopefully
save lives.”
Lynn Thomson, co-chair of
the school council at Brown Ju-
nior Public School, also wel-
comed the news, saying the de-
cision corrects an error that
would have had a devastating
impact on so many current and
future students in the city.
“This positive outcome re-
flects a powerful collaborative
effort by entire school commu-
nities, including teachers, stu-
dents, parents/caregivers and
trustees, to do what was right by
our children,” she said Thurs-
day.
TDSB staff said they intend to
do a full review in the fall of
aquatics programming across
the system to ensure students
and the broader community
have access.
Trustee Neethan Shan asked
that the review include the use
of TDSB facilities by students
from schools without pools and
members of the broader com-
munity. And that it also explore
partnering with other organiza-
tions that have pools so that
kids can access swimming les-
sons.
“I’m deeply concerned about
access to swimming programs
in areas, particularly north of
the (Highway) 401,” he said.
“If we believe swimming is a
critical part of the (program-
ming) we need to offer, we
(must) find ways to extend (it),
but also find ways to collaborate
with other community organi-
zations to open these spaces up
on the weekend.”
Vast majority of growth spurred by global migration
KEVIN JIANG
S TA F F R E P O R T E R
Despite setbacks during CO-
VID-19, Canada’s population is
now growing at a “record-set-
ting pace” and will soon pass
the 40 million mark, reads a
new update from Statistics
Canada.
According to StatCan’s real-
time population clock, Cana-
da’s numbers will hit the 40
million mark just before 3 p.m.
Friday.
Patrick Charbonneau, chief of
StatCan’s Centre for Demogra-
phy, told the Star: “Canada is
now reaching the 40 million
mark, which is a milestone —
and we're seeing that growth
almost in all 13 provinces and
territories.”
Canada is “by far the fastest-
growing among G7 countries,
which has been the case for at
least two decades,” he contin-
ued.
While the country’s peers are
bracing for population decline,
Canada’s growth sits at 2.7 per
cent — the highest level it’s been
since 1957, StatCan said Thurs-
day. Between January 2021 and
2022, Canada added over a mil-
lion new people for the first
time in its history.
The overwhelming majority
of this is a result of temporary
and permanent international
migration, which accounted for
96 per cent of 2022’s 1,050,110
new people, according to Stat-
Can. Should the trend contin-
ue, Canada’s population could
J USTI N TA NG
StatCan said growth is occurring throughout the country.
hit 50 million by 2043.
“Since 1995, the majority of
(Canada’s) population growth
is coming from immigration,”
Charbonneau said. “This is due
to the fact that the population is
aging — so we're recording
more deaths and we're also see-
ing less births than before.”
As a result, Canada has
ramped up efforts to draw in
immigrants and fresh talent in
recent years to combat labour
shortages and to care for the
aging population, Charbon-
neau said. Lately, Canada has
also seen a swell in “temporary
immigration” — people enter-
ing the country using “workers
permits, student permits or
asylum seekers, for example,”
he continued.
Growth briefly faltered be-
tween 2020 to 2021 as a result
of border restrictions made to
slow COVID-19, but the num-
THE CA NA DI A N P R E SS F I L E P H OTO
bers soon picked back up. In
2021, more than 8.3 million
people — 23 per cent of the total
population — was a landed im-
migrant or permanent resident
in Canada. That’s the largest
proportion since Canada’s Con-
federation in 1867, StatCan said.
The Indigenous population
growth continues to outpace
the national average, increasing
by 9.4 per cent from 2016 to
2021 compared to Canada’s 5.3
per cent growth. In 2021, the
census counted 1.8 million In-
digenous people, about five per
cent of the total population, up
from 4.9 per cent in 2016, ac-
cording to StatCan.
Canada continues its push to
draw in more immigrants, re-
cently launching a program to
expedite permanent residence
for skilled immigrants in five
key sectors including health
care, STEM and the trades.

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UMBRELLA ACADEMY
Members of the University of Toronto’s Class of 2023 gather in the rain Wednesday before heading to Convocation Hall.
Black Canadians
survey says 22%
unfairly stopped
Vast majority of respondents see racism
in the justice system and in the workplace
STEVE MCKINLEY
S TA F F R E P O R T E R
The rift between Black Canadians
and the country’s criminal justice
system runs particularly deep and
wide, according to the results of
Canada’s first Black Canadian Na-
tional Survey.
A report released this week by
York University’s Institute for So-
cial Research reveals that 90 per
cent of Black Canadians believe
that racism in the criminal justice
system is a serious problem. They
are closely followed in that belief by
the country’s Indigenous people, at
82 per cent.
The survey also outlines the ex-
tent of Black Canadians’ deep mis-
trust of the nation’s police services
as well. In the 12 months prior to
the survey, more than one in five
Black Canadians (22 per cent) re-
ported being unfairly stopped by
police — an experience less than
half as common in any other racial
or ethnic group. Only five per cent
of white Canadians, for example,
reported unfair stops.
The survey numbers suggested
this seems to happen more in the
country’s coastal provinces than
anywhere else. In Atlantic Canada,
40 per cent of Black males reported
being stopped unfairly by police in
the previous 12 months. In B.C. that
figure was 41 per cent. By compari-
son, the rates in Ontario and Que-
bec were 30 and 31 per cent re-
spectively.
Lorne Foster, York University’s
Research Chair in Black Canadian
studies and human rights and one
of the co-authors of the survey re-
port, calls those numbers “stun-
ning.”
“It kind of makes me gasp, in a
sense, to think that 22 per cent of
randomly collected Black respon-
dents across the country suggest
that they’ve had unfair encounters
with police,” he says.
He says although many people
think of the racial profiling and ra-
cial discrimination of Blacks by po-
lice as a big-city problem, that the
data from the Atlantic Provinces
and B.C. — where the percentage of
Blacks reporting unfair stops by po-
lice was almost 20 points higher
than the national average — calls
that idea into question.
“There is, in policing, the usual
theory that all our police services
are good. (And) if there’s something
wrong, it’s only a few bad apples and
there’s a few bad apples in every
good barrel,” he says. “That argu-
ment has existed for a long time —
that the police services are basically
and fundamentally fair and unbi-
ased.
“This data sort of belies that.”
The RCMP did not respond to re-
quests for comment on the results
of the survey.
Under former commissioner
Brenda Lucki, the Mounties even-
tually acknowledged ongoing prob-
lems with systemic racism and dis-
crimination. Lucki’s Vision 150 pro-
gram was designed, over the course
of five to seven years, to transform
the RCMP, in part by addressing
those discrimination problems —
problems that have, since 2018 lead
to the national police force paying
out or potentially facing some $2.4
billion worth of damages in mul-
tiple class action lawsuits.
Part of that program was a three-
hour online course, United Against
Racism launched in November
2021. It was stipulated as mandato-
ry for all employees to complete by
September 2022.
As of Jan. 1, 2023, only 51.6 per
cent had completed the course.
When that data is filtered to include
only RCMP members — regular of-
ficers and special constables — the
figure drops sightly to 51 per cent.
The data is the result of a hybrid
survey (using three different ways
of collecting responses) of almost
7,000 Canadians, the majority —
5,697 — chosen randomly from
across the country.
Foster is quick to point out,
though, that the data this survey
does not actually allow researchers
to make determinations of racial
profiling. “But it does suggest, be-
cause the numbers are so disparate
for Black communities, that there
could be issues there. And they
should be looked into.”
He likens it to a patient getting an
X-ray and doctors seeing a shadow
in the lungs. There’s definitely
something abnormal there, but it
will take more tests to find out what
exactly it is.
The survey results also reveal that
Black Canadians see their work-
places as an epicentre of racial dis-
crimination, Foster says.
Seventy-five per cent of Black Ca-
nadians said they have experienced
ST E V E R U SS E L L
workplace racism and think it’s a
problem. Another 47 per cent be-
lieve they have been treated un-
fairly by an employer regarding hir-
ing, pay or promotion in the 12
months prior to the survey.
Seventy per cent of other non-
whites also see workplace racism as
a serious problem. By contrast, 56
per cent of white Canadians don’t
see workplace racism as a problem
or believe it to be a minor issue.
The survey results — which also
include Black Canadians’ opinions
on racism in health care, child care
and social services — go a long way
to establishing the importance of
collecting specific race-based data.
“Race data has not been collected
in this country in any kind of con-
sistent and proper way. Not by Stats
Canada, not by anybody,” says Fos-
ter.
That’s just beginning to change,
though, beginning with Ontario,
with Nova Scotia closely following
suit. Foster has been involved with
both governments in helping them
learn to collect that data.
In Ontario, he says, all police ser-
vices are required to collect race
data on use of force incidents and
some police departments — Toron-
to among them — are collecting
race data on strip searches as well.
In Nova Scotia both the Health and
Justice ministries have committed
to collecting race-based data.
Beyond the startling numbers in
the survey, says Foster, it’s a model
for the rest of the country’s police
services and public sector services
to examine and improve their oper-
ations through the lens of collected
race-based data.
“The point of this kind of research
is that it really maps out these kinds
of structural vulnerabilities in
these public sector institutions, and
it kind of points to the quality of life
gaps,” he says.
“We’re a mixed race society that’s
never been studied along racial
lines. And this is the first salvo into
that. And I’d hope that it would be
followed up with many, many
more.”
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E V B AT T E RY P L A N T S
Poll suggests
Canadians
in favour of
subsidies for
auto giants
Despite approval,
respondents not
‘familiar’ with issue
ROBERT BENZIE
A N D K R I S T I N R U S H OW Y
Q U E E N ’ S PA R K B U R E A U
TO N DA M ACC H A R L E S
OT TAWA B U R E A U C H I E F
Three-quarters of Canadians are in
favour of hefty government subsi-
dies to Stellantis and Volkswagen, a
new poll suggests.
But the Abacus Data poll for the
Star found few are paying attention
to the fact that billions of federal
and provincial tax dollars are going
to European auto giants to build
electric-vehicle battery factories
here.
Only 21 per cent of respondents
said they were “familiar” with the
issue, while 39 per cent had not
“heard about it before today” and
TO RO NTO STA R 40 per cent had “heard about it” but
were unfamiliar with the specifics.
“There’s lower awareness than for
a lot of other things that get as
much attention as this has,” Abacus
CEO David Coletto said Thursday.
“That’s not to say it’s not impor-
tant — but on the surface, there’s
nothing about this that gets peo-
ple’s backs up,” he said.
Indeed, the poll said there is over-
whelming backing for the deals —
with 46 per cent supportive and 30
per cent saying they “can accept”
the cash going to the automakers.
That means 76 per cent of respon-
dents can live with an arrangement
that some critics have denounced
as “corporate welfare.”
Just 14 per cent oppose the sub-
sidies and nine per cent had no
opinion on them.
“I think Canadians generally un-
derstand that we need to compete
with the U.S.,” Coletto said.
“There’s a lot of competition for
these jobs and there’s a role for gov-
ernment to play.”
Using online panels based on the
Lorne Foster, Lucid exchange platform, Abacus
York surveyed 2,000 people between
University’s June 6 and 11.
Research Chair Opt-in polls cannot be assigned a
in Black margin of error, but for comparison
Canadian purposes, a random sample of this
studies and size would have one of plus or mi-
human rights nus 2.2 percentage points, 19 times
and one of the out of 20.
survey report’s Abacus also found 57 per cent felt
co-authors, the public subsidies to Stellantis —
says although parent company of Chrysler, Jeep
many people and Fiat — are “worth it,” with 26
think of racial per cent saying they are “not worth
profiling and the money” and 17 per cent unsure.
discrimination Similarly, 57 per cent of respon-
of Blacks by dents said they could support or
police as a accept increasing the payouts to the
big-city company to prevent the 2,500-
problem, worker Windsor factory from being
the data from relocated to the U.S.
the Atlantic Fewer than one-quarter — 22 per
provinces and cent — opposed boosting the sub-
B.C. calls that sidies, with 21 per cent unsure.
idea into The survey comes as the federal
question. government is awaiting word from
Stellantis about whether the firm
will accept an enhanced offer from
R . J. J O H N STO N Ottawa, which is being bankrolled
TO RO N TO STA R in part by Queen’s Park.
Stellantis, which had no comment
Thursday, halted construction of its
$5-billion factory on May 15 as it
considers moving the facility to the
U.S. to take advantage of President
Joe Biden’s hefty Inflation Reduc-
tion Act tax breaks.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia
Freeland defended Ottawa’s plan to
spend billions to attract companies
like Stellantis and Volkswagen to
build a Canadian-based EV indus-
try, which includes offering capital
expenditure support, production
subsidies and corporate income tax
breaks.
“I do think it’s important to recog-
nize that we have a window of op-
portunity here,” she said.
Freeland, who is also finance min-
ister, said if Canadian governments
chose not to match U.S. subsidies in
light of “where the car industry is
going and bearing in mind how im-
portant the car sector is to Ontario
and to all of Canada … (it) would be
a gravely mistaken choice.”
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Liberals
under fire
over work
on climate
Star found government failed
to spend billions it had pledged
ALEX BALLINGALL
OT TAWA B U R E A U
OT TAWA Opposition critics voiced
disappointment and concern
Thursday over the pace of federal
climate action, after the Star re-
vealed Prime Minister Justin Tru-
deau’s Liberals failed to spend bil-
lions of dollars they pledged on a
‘‘
host of climate-related initiatives in
recent years.
Elizabeth May, the longtime
Green MP and party co-leader, said
she feels betrayed by the Trudeau
We are Liberals, whom she believed would
running out of more aggressively confront the cli-
mate crisis after they took office in
time. The
2015. She argued the government
whole country has more eagerly financed the fossil
is on fire, fuel industry through projects like
facing floods, the $31-billion Trans Mountain oil
facing pipeline, while underspending on
programs designed to reduce
extreme greenhouse gas emissions that are
weather causing the climate crisis.
events. “I’m one of those Canadians who
believed Justin Trudeau and feels
profoundly cheated. And we are
ELIZ A B ET H MA Y running out of time. The whole
G R EEN PA R T Y country is on fire, facing floods, fac-
LEAD ER ing extreme weather events,” May
said.
“The window is closing. What will
future generations think of us?”
Speaking by phone from Toronto,
New Democrat MP Charlie Angus
noted how the government has
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expansion on farmland, in Abbotsford, B.C., last month.
never — since it began making cli- fiscal years.
mate commitments through inter- The government insists it can
national negotiations in the 1990s meaningfully contribute to the
— hit any target to reduce national global effort to minimize the dam-
greenhouse gas emissions that age of climate change, while prof-
cause climate change. He said Otta- iting from the economic shift away
wa needs to move faster to ensure from fossil fuels causing it. The Lib-
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emerging low-carbon economy billion in long-term “commit-
support workers, after the NDP ments” since taking took power in
helped craft new “sustainable jobs” 2015. It has also pledged to slash
legislation under its parliamentary national emissions to at least 40 per
deal with the Liberals. cent below 2005 levels by 2030, as
“They’ve got a bad record on mak- leading scientists have warned un-
ing promises and not delivering,” precedented change is needed and
Angus said. “There’s a great deal of time is running out to avoid the
concern and the sense that we have worst extremes of climate change.
to make this happen.” On Thursday, Natural Resources
The criticism followed publica- Minister Jonathan Wilkinson ad-
tion of an analysis in the Star that mitted spending has been slow on
found almost $7.8 billion was either some climate-related programs. He
unspent or spent slower than what made the comments while hailing
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address the climate crisis and en-
sure clean economy jobs are creat-
ed in Canada, Wilkinson said it is,
and blamed various factors, includ-
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“It has taken time to get programs
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While stressing that the “pace of
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Wilkinson also said upcoming
spending through tax credits to
spur construction of clean energy,
hydrogen and electricity projects —
part of a package the government
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direct public financing of certain
programs.
The government also came under
fire after parliament’s budget
watchdog reported the govern-
ment’s arms-length export devel-
opment agency has invested $15.4
billion in the oil and gas sector. The
report prompted calls from opposi-
tion parties, echoing environmen-
tal organizations, for the federal
government to broaden the scope
of financial supports it is promising
to scrap for the fossil fuel sector.
For Green MP Mike Morrice, the
government’s underspending on
climate initiatives marks a “sad
contrast” with the continued public
financing of the fossil fuel industry.
“The government isn’t spending
what it’s committing to on good in-
vestments like the Low Carbon
Economy Fund, and they’re overin-
vesting in the funds to subsidize the
very industry most responsible for
the crisis,” Morrice said. “It’s deeply
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Convictions upheld against killers
Decision comes day after court dismissed duo’s appeals in Bosma murder
J O R DA N O M S T E A D
AND LIAM CASEY
Ontario’s top court upheld convic-
tions against Dellen Millard and
Mark Smich for killing a 23-year-
old woman more than a decade ago,
marking back-to-back appeals dis-
missed this week against the mul-
tiple murderers.
The appeal decision released
Thursday in the murder case of
Laura Babcock came a day after the
Court of Appeal for Ontario upheld
Millard’s and Smich’s convictions
for the 2013 murder of Tim Bosma.
For Millard, the heir to an aviation
fortune-turned infamous murder-
er, the decision caps a trio of
unsuccessful appeals after the
three-justice appeal panel in March
dismissed his attempt to overturn
his conviction for murdering his
father.
Babcock’s mother said Thursday’s
decision was both a relief and a
painful reminder of what cannot be
undone.
“We are relieved, greatly,” Linda
Babcock said in an interview.
“Nothing really changes. She’s still
gone every day. This is extremely
emotional.”
Smich’s appeal lawyer, Richard
Litkowski, said the decisions in
both the Babcock and Bosma cases
deal with a number of substantive
legal issues arising from “two very
lengthy and complex trials.”
While the decisions were still be-
ing reviewed, Litkowski said in a
statement it was “very likely that
leave to appeal to the (Supreme
Court off Canada) will be sought”
by Smich.
It was not immediately clear
whether Millard planned to seek
leave to appeal to the Supreme
Court and his lawyer did not imme-
diately return a request for com-
ment.
The 2017 trial for Babock’s murder
saw prosecutors argue that Millard
and Smich, once close friends, were
motivated to kill Babcock to settle a
love triangle between her, Millard
and his then-girlfriend.
In the lead-up to Babcock’s disap-
pearance in July 2012, Millard sent
texts to his then-girlfriend telling
her he would hurt Babcock and re-
move her from their lives. He would
later acquire a gun and an inciner-
ator, which prosecutors theorized
he used to get rid of Babcock’s body,
and then Bosma’s body almost a
year later.
Phone records placed Babcock,
Millard and Smich in the area of
Millard’s house on July 3, 2012, the
night she made her last outgoing
call, to her own voicemail, before
her disappearance. At trial, the
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Laura Babcock’s parents, Linda and Clayton, speak to media in 2018. On Thursday, Linda
said though they are “relieved ... nothing really changes. (Laura’s) still gone every day.“
court was presented with rap lyrics
written and performed by Smich,
which referred to a woman’s
burned body and her phone being
tossed in a lake.
Millard and Smich would murder
again more than a year later, in May
2013. That’s when prosecutors say
the two men set out to kill 32-year-
old Bosma, a stranger to them both,
and steal his truck. The jury at the
2016 trial heard evidence to suggest
the men stripped the truck, hid the
murder weapon and burned Bos-
ma’s body.
The Bosma murder prompted po-
lice to reopen an investigation into
the November 2012 death of Mil-
lard’s father, which was originally
ruled a suicide. At trial, the judge
found Millard purchased the gun
that killed his father, was at the
house the night of the murder, and
had set up a false alibi to conceal the
crime.
Millard developed a reputation
for representing himself in court
dating back to the Babcock trial.
More recently, he represented him-
self in March when he appealed his
conviction for killing Bosma and
his own father, as well as in a recent
trial where he was found guilty of
an inmate prison assault.
His appeal in the Babcock case
argued the judge denied his fair tri-
al rights by denying him an ad-
journment, claiming he needed
more time to find a lawyer. The
appeal court dismissed the argu-
ment, noting the trial judge found
Millard had the means to retain
counsel and wanted to represent
himself.
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Smith’s
page not
suspended,
Meta says
K I E R A N L E AV I T T
S TA F F R E P O R T E R
E D M O N TO N Alberta Premier
Danielle Smith kicked up a stink
this week over issues of free speech
after she said her Facebook account
had been inexplicably suspended
for a few days.
But a day after she went public,
Meta, the parent company of Face-
book, said she could have used her
page all along.
“Big tech and government censor-
ship is becoming a danger to free
speech around the world,” Smith
protested Wednesday, in a tweet
tagging Twitter owner Elon Musk
and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
“As the Premier of a province of
VINCE TALOTTA TORONTO STAR FIL E P H OTO 4.6 million Albertans — if they can
prevent me from communicating
with you, imagine what they can do
to any one of us.
The appeal decision, written by “Regardless of our political lean-
Justice David Paciocco and en- ings, we must all stand against cen-
dorsed by the other two justices on sorship.”
the panel, also dismissed Millard’s But a spokesperson for Meta said
argument that Smich’s rap lyrics Thursday that it’s not the case —
should not have been permitted as while an as-of-yet unnamed person
evidence against him. designated as an administrator of
The appeal panel found there was the page faced suspension for rea-
ample circumstantial evidence to sons that are unclear (the spokes-
link Millard with the rap lyrics, in- person said they don’t release pri-
cluding that he was with Smich Dellen Millard vate information), the page itself
when the lyrics were penned. has lost a trio could still post.
The decision dismissed a number of appeals after “There were no restrictions
of Smich’s arguments, including the court placed on the premier’s page,” the
that the trial judge did not properly upheld spokesperson said in an email to
instruct the jury how to properly convictions in the Star.
balance the cases against each co- the murders of The Facebook page lists five peo-
accused. his father, ple, all residing in Canada, as being
In particular, his lawyer argued Laura Babcock managers of it.
the judge did not properly tell the and Tim A couple of hours after Meta put
jury how to determine Smich’s lia- Bosma. out its statement rebuffing the
bility for murder, since much of the premier’s claims, Smith posted on
evidence against him related to his Twitter: “Happy to report, my page
conduct after the fact. is able to post on Facebook again.”
The panel disagreed. The decision Smith included a screenshot of
noted the trial judge repeatedly what she says she saw when she got
told the jury what was required to the suspension message, adding “I
establish whether after-the-fact hope this is the last time it hap-
conduct was proof of guilt. pens.”
The decision added, “even lay ju- “Sorry, you can’t post to Facebook
rors would quickly recognize that it from this account: For security rea-
would be absurd to convict some- sons, your account has limited ac-
one of murder based on inferences cess to the site for a few days. If you
that they may have acted unlawful- have any questions, please contact
ly as an accessory after the fact.” our Help Center,” the message
The panel did, however, accept read.
one of Smich’s arguments. The A spokesperson refused to answer
court agreed the trial judge was clarifying questions about what
wrong to direct jurors to determine happened, and instead pointed the
the facts before applying the law. Star to the premier’s Thursday
But the appeal panel said it did not tweet. The original tweet about
amount to a reversible error in the censorship remained online with
circumstances of the case. more than 5,000 retweets and
THE CANADIAN PRESS 2,000 comments.
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Trudeau’s government needs

the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung foun-
dation, is a veteran NDP strategist
and commentator. On David Her-

to be the change people want

le’s popular “Curse of Politics” pod-
cast, Leichnitz suggested the NDP
go back to the table and get a new
deal with Trudeau. Here’s why, she
told me when I asked on Wednes-
day:
“In the face of mounting econom-
ning theme in the Trudeau govern- ic anxiety, with personal debt high
SUSAN ment’s travails — communication and interest rates increasing, this
DELACOURT problems and serious disconnects fall is a very dangerous time for the
OPINION between what staff know and what Liberals,” she said. “Progress on the
ministers are told. It surfaces in the issues in the confidence agreement
questions surrounding foreign in- has slowed, and the NDP will be
terference that are dominating the restless. If they’re looking to avoid
It is bad news for Justin Trudeau’s headlines right now, for instance, going to the polls in unfavourable
government that a majority of Ca- and some familiar with the political economic circumstances, they
nadians are looking for change, as terrain here argue it’s a feature, not would be smart to offer the NDP a
Abacus Data reported this week. a bug of this government. CSA 2.0 — a renegotiated agree-
It is also bad news that in Ottawa, If it is a cultural problem, then ment with fresh priorities that
even among some loyal Liberals, that’s a big repair job to do. It could could take both parties to 2025, in
there is growing discussion about a be that the so-called “centre” — the hopefully better economic times.”
need for change — a reset, on a fairly combined force of the Prime Min- If big change is in the air, it’s an
major scale. ister’s Office and the Privy Council idea worth considering.
Trudeau and his team would be Office — is already staring down a The biggest change, meanwhile, is
wise to pay attention to this clam- big-change reset. The PMO’s long- still seen as the most remote possi-
our for change, inside and outside time communications director, bility — Trudeau stepping down
Parliament. To borrow from that Cameron Ahmad, just left his job, and making way for a new Liberal
old saying from Mahatma Gandhi, while Privy Council clerk Janice leader. That’s definitely not on right
this is a government that needs to Charette announced her retire- now. Just a week or so ago, at Ah-
be the change that people are seek- ment, to be replaced by John Han- mad’s going-away party, the prime
ing. naford, a current deputy minister minister was talking enthusiasti-
Short of a full election and a of natural resources. cally of taking on Pierre Poilievre in
change of government entirely, the Katie Telford just became the lon- the next election campaign. Tru-
federal Liberals still have several gest serving chief of staff to a Cana- deau was saying the best way to
ways to do a major reset. One or all dian prime minister since the posi- change the tone of politics was for
of the options is likely under active tion was created several decades him to win the next election and the
consideration right now, as Parlia- ago, and this of course has led to Conservatives “to come to their
ment prepares to rise for summer Some suggest victed killer Paul Bernardo had speculation that change is (or senses.”
and after a bruising first half of the Prime Minister been moved out of a maximum- should be) in the works. However, It can’t be said often enough, how-
year for Trudeau’s team. Justin Trudeau security prison, CBC revealed that on this score, Trudeau seems to be ever: prime ministers always say
They include everything from a has become his office staff had known three following the pattern of Jean Chré- they’re staying on, until the mo-
cabinet shuffle to a staff shakeup, complacent in months earlier. tien, who kept his chief of staff, Jean ment they walk away.
and there’s even some more out- office because Mendicino’s troubles — not his Pelletier, almost until the end of his Right now, the most realistic pros-
there talk of a renegotiated deal of the working first, his critics pointed out — have tenure as prime minister. pects for a major reset revolve
with the New Democrats. And no deal he has only heightened speculation that a Some have suggested that Tru- around a cabinet shuffle and a staff
one can quite put aside that faithful with the New cabinet shuffle is in the works for deau has become complacent in of- shakeup — how large those will be
old standby — a new Liberal leader. Democrats, this summer. Shuffle speculation is fice because of the working deal he or how high up they will reach is
Let’s take them one by one. Susan one of Ottawa’s favourite sports, at has with the New Democrats, Ottawa’s favourite guessing game. A
Talk of ministerial and staff firings Delacourt all times of the year, and Trudeau which ensures he stays in power new NDP-Liberal deal and a new
dominated the political conversa- writes. has used ministerial shakeups to do and away from an election until Liberal leader are not on the imme-
tion in Ottawa on Wednesday, after large-scale resets of his govern- 2025. diate horizon.
CBC broke the news of a massive ment in the past, but it’s been a An interesting idea has recently No question, though, there’s a
communications breakdown in the JACQUE S while since he did so — no major surfaced about that deal, also in the change mood in the air. Trudeau’s
office of Public Safety Minister B OISSIN OT shuffles, in fact, since the 2021 elec- context of a reset to meet changing choice at the moment boils down to
Marco Mendicino. Although the T H E CAN AD IAN tion. times for the Liberals and their being the change or having change
minister had pronounced himself PR E SS The Mendicino story also shone a NDP partners. thrust upon him.
shocked on June 5 to hear that con- light on what appears to be a run- Jordan Leichnitz, who works with TW I TTE R : @ S US A NDE L ACO URT

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Twelve ambulances and air support responded to the road accident that left at least 15 dead near Carberry, Man., west of Winnipeg.

Horrific crash leaves town in shock

C R A S H F R O M A1
The bus, which was carrying
25 people, had left from Dau-
phin, Man., and was crossing
the eastbound lanes when it
was struck by the semi.
Both drivers were being treat-
ed in hospital, Supt. Rob Las-
son, the officer in charge of ma-
jor crime services with the
Manitoba RCMP, told media
Thursday evening. The high-
way “did appear clear” at the
time of the crash, and the ques-
tion of who had the right of way
is a “critical point” of a complex
investigation that has just be-
gun, he said.
“We need to be alive to the fact
that there could be wrongdoing
and if so, there could be a crimi-
nal element to this investiga-
tion,” Lasson said.
Many of those on board were
from Dauphin, Man., he added.
“Literally everyone in town
knew someone that was on that
bus,” Dauphin Mayor David Bo-
siak said “There’s a collective
feeling of shock ... it’s just a tre-
mendous tragedy for our little
community.
“It’s a kick in the teeth, a
punch in the gut.”
A spokesperson for the Sand
Hills Casino in Carberry said
the van had been scheduled to
arrive there later in the day.
Kim Armstrong, the adminis-
trator of the Dauphin Active
Living Centre, said the bus de-
parted from the lodge early
Thursday. She said the senior
community is extremely tight-
knit in the city of around 8,600
people. “It’s huge to lose so
many individuals of our com-
munity, and of course it is
L A R G E V E H I C L E S , FATA L C R A S H E S
A list of some other serious crashes involving large vehicles on Canadian roads
Dec. 24, 2022 Four dead and
dozens injured near Merritt, B.C.
■ A bus travelling from Kelowna,
B.C, to Vancouver on Christmas
Eve rolled over on Highway 97C,
known as the Okanagan Connec-
tor, leaving four people dead.
Eight others were hospitalized.
Police have said they suspect
extremely icy road conditions
played a role in the collision.
April 6, 2018 16 dead and 13
injured near Tisdale, Sask.
■ A semi-truck ran through a
stop sign at a crossroads near
the town, striking the coach bus
carrying the Humboldt Broncos
junior hockey team. Sixteen
people on the bus were killed: 10
players, the team’s coach, an
assistant coach, trainer, radio
play-by-play announcer, statisti-
cian and the bus driver. The truck
driver went on to plead guilty to
dangerous driving causing death
shocking. We just pray for those
that are surviving.”
She said seniors and commu-
nity members often go on trips
on buses to nearby events or
casinos. The tragic crash still
feels unimaginable, she said.
“It’s hard to put it into words.”
Pictures from the scene show
multiple bodies on the road
covered by blue and yellow
tarps. The Winnipeg Free Press
reported that wheelchairs and
crumpled walkers were also at
the site.
Officials said 12 ambulances
responded along with air sup-
and bodily harm.
Feb. 6, 2012 11 dead and five
injured in Hampstead, Ont.
■ A van carrying 13 migrant
workers from South America ran
a stop sign before it was broad-
sided by a truck in a rural com-
munity northeast of Stratford,
Ont. Eleven people died as a
result of the crash. Two of the
workers survived, as did all three
people in the flatbed truck.
Jan. 12, 2008 Eight dead near
Bathurst, N.B.
■ A van carrying members of the
Bathurst High School basketball
team crossed the centre line on
an icy highway and collided with
an oncoming transport truck.
Seven team members and the
coach’s wife were killed.
March 16, 2000 Eight dead in
St-Jean-Baptiste-de-Nicolet, Que.
port to the crash, which oc-
curred at the Trans-Canada
Highway intersection just
north of the town of Carberry.
Carberry is 170 kilometres
west of Winnipeg and about
halfway between Winnipeg and
the Saskatchewan boundary.
Nirmesh Vadera, who was
working at a business on the
side of the highway, said he saw
a transport truck with a
smashed engine on the high-
way. The bus was on fire in the
grass on the side of the road.
First responders were trying to
get people out of the burning
■ Eight toddlers died after the
driver of a daycare minivan lost
control of her vehicle and
crashed into another van. The
woman, whose son was among
the dead, had been on her way to
a pickup point where a bus would
take the 10 kids to a sugar shack.
A police report found some of
the children were not wearing
seat-belts properly, but prosecu-
tors opted not to lay charges,
saying the crash itself was not a
result of negligence.
Oct. 13, 1997 44 dead in Les
Eboulements, Que.
■ A bus carrying members of a
seniors club missed a hair-pin
turn at the foot of a steep hill and
crashed into a ravine in Les
Eboulements, Que., about 110
kilometres northeast of Quebec
City. Forty-three seniors and the
driver died.
T H E CA N A D I A N P R E SS
vehicle, he said.
“It was burning and all the
(firefighters) and medical help
and everybody was trying to get
them away from the fire. They
are just trying to give treatment
and everything,” he said.
“It’s been really upsetting,”
said Morgan Cameron Ross,
whose parents live in Minnedo-
sa, near Dauphin, a tight-knit
area where many residents
grew up together. “I was crying
and just so upset because I
know what it means to that
community.”
Cameron Ross said his father
had just driven by the crash in-
tersection on Wednesday.
“I view it as scary. Part of Man-
itoba has so many of these in-
tersections where the main
highway is there, and there’s
kind of a secondary main road
or highway and there’s no lights.
It’s just kind of an awkwardly
big stop sign,” he added.
Officers in the province are
leaning on their colleagues in
neighbouring Saskatchewan,
who Lasson noted have “unfor-
tunately been through this be-
fore.”
In 2018, a semi-truck ran
through a crossroads near the
town, striking a coach bus car-
rying the Humboldt Broncos
junior hockey team who were
en route to a game.
Sixteen people on the bus
were killed, including 10 play-
ers. The truck driver went on to
plead guilty to dangerous driv-
ing causing death and bodily
harm.
On Thursday evening the
team’s main Twitter account
posted that they were “devas-
tated” to hear of the latest
crash. “Our thoughts and
prayers are with everyone in-
volved and affected.”
Prime Minister Justin Tru-
deau, on Twitter, called the
news “incredibly tragic.”
“I’m sending my deepest con-
dolences to those who lost
loved ones today, and I’m keep-
ing the injured in my thoughts,”
he said. “I cannot imagine the
pain those affected are feeling
— but Canadians are here for
you.”
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Online News Act set to become law
Senate passes Bill C-18 amid threats from Google and Meta about restricting Canadians’ access
R A I S A PAT E L
OT TAWA B U R E A U
OT TAWA A bill the Liberal gov-
ernment hopes will revive Canada’s
embattled news industry is poised
to become law in a matter of days
after it cleared the Senate on
Thursday. Bill C-18, or the Online
News Act, passed in the Senate 51 to
23 after more than a year of debate
between parliamentarians, pub-
lishers and two of the world’s larg-
est online platforms. The House of
Commons needs to review and ap-
prove the amendments adopted by
the upper chamber before the bill
receives Royal Assent.
The bill is Ottawa’s second shot at
passing legislation aimed at regu-
lating tech giants as an evolving in-
ternet rapidly changes how Cana-
dians access and consume content.
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodri-
guez’s first such attempt, the Online
Streaming Act, became law in late
April, despite fierce opposition
from the Conservatives and plat-
forms like TikTok and YouTube.
While the political theatrics that
accompanied the passage of that
bill have been more subdued for
C-18, the Online News Act has still
encountered its fair share of drama.
Google and Meta have threatened
to restrict Canadians’ access to
news if the bill passes without cer-
tain changes, meaning users won’t
be able to search, see, or share any
news content on those platforms.
The Liberals have pitched C-18 as
an attempt to throw a lifeline to a
journalism industry it says has
been bruised by tech titans and
their dominance of the digital ad-
vertising market. According to the
government, more than 450 news
outlets have shuttered across the
country since 2008. The Liberals
also say that in 2020, Google and
Meta — Facebook and Instagram’s
parent company — took in more
than 80 per cent of Canadian online
advertising revenues.
C-18, Ottawa says, would correct
that market imbalance, and shift
some revenues back to the outlets
themselves rather than the online
platforms hosting their content.
The bill would therefore compel
Mendicino won’t say
how he, PM knew of
Bernardo move so late
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OT TAWA Public Safety Minister
Marco Mendicino said Thursday it
is “unacceptable” he was kept in the
dark about Paul Bernardo’s contro-
versial prison transfer, but refused
to detail how it happened.
Reporters cornered the minister
as questions swirled on Parliament
Hill about why he and Prime Min-
ister Justin Trudeau were among
the last to know about it, despite
their staff being informed months
earlier. He acknowledged that the
fact he and Trudeau were among
the last informed was a “challenge.”
The Liberal government was al-
ready dealing with fallout from the
Correctional Service of Canada’s
decision to move the convicted kill-
er and serial rapist out of a maxi-
mum-security prison in Ontario to
a medium-security institution in
Quebec. But further controversy
erupted when the correctional ser-
vice confirmed it told Mendicino’s
office about the transfer in early
March and again in late May once a
date for the move had been set.
Trudeau’s office said he was
briefed on the transfer the day it
happened, while Mendicino says he
only found out about it a day later.
A spokesperson for Trudeau said
the Privy Council Office alerted one
of his staffers about the potential
move in March, and the staffer
reached out to Mendicino’s office
for more information.
A spokesperson for Mendicino
said Trudeau’s office received the
first notification.
After staff for the public safety
minister heard from Trudeau’s of-
fice about it, she said, they followed
up with the correctional service.
That’s when the service provided
Google and Meta — platforms that
share, preview and direct users to
online news content — to strike
deals with the media publishers be-
hind those stories, and face steep
financial penalties if they don’t.
Many news publishers (including
Torstar, which publishes the To-
ronto Star) have lobbied Ottawa re-
garding the bill — and already have
deals in place with Google and Meta
for the sharing and repurposing of
their content.
Traditional news publishers
largely lauded the introduction of
the bill last year, painting it as a vital
pathway toward levelling the play-
ing field between outlets and big
tech, supporting journalism in
communities across the country
and pushing back against the on-
slaught of misinformation online.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer
last year estimated the proposed
regime would result in news busi-
nesses receiving around $329 mil-
lion a year from the platforms. But
the PBO analysis suggested broad-
casters would get the majority of
the funding, rather than newspa-
pers and digital outlets, which is a
conclusion the federal government
has questioned.
While the bill is designed to allow
smaller news outlets to band to-
gether and negotiate collectively to
strike a deal, smaller online start-
ups and independent outlets have
voiced opposition to the proposed
legislation.
A coalition of more than 100 such
news outlets slammed the secretive
nature of Google and Meta’s deals
with large- and medium-sized
news businesses, arguing that the
bill should build in transparency
mechanisms that let smaller play-
ers know who is getting paid by web
giants — and how much.
Google and Meta have positioned
themselves as staunchly against a
bill they say would unfairly force
them into deals with publishers.
Both platforms argue that they
drive significant amounts of traffic
toward news outlets online, helping
to generate revenue for publishers.
Google says the bill “puts a price
on free links,” warns that the pro-
posed legislation’s language could
staff with initial details described as
“generic communications prod-
ucts about inmate transfers.”
Mendicino said he plans to issue a
directive to make sure the public
safety minister is personally in-
formed when a high-profile inmate
is to be transferred and that the
correctional service notifies vic-
tims in advance of such decisions
being made.
“As far an internal matters,” he
said of his office, “I’ve dealt with it.”
He refused to say whether any of
his staff have been disciplined.
Opposition MPs continued to
press Mendicino to resign during
Thursday’s question period.
Mary Campbell, a former long-
time public servant who retired
from her role in the Public Safety
Department in 2013, said she views
the controversy around Mendicino
not being informed by his staff of
Bernardo’s pending transfer as a
“snafu.”
She said the reason a process ex-
ists within corrections to alert the
minister’s office about situations
involving high-profile offenders is
so as to not catch a minister off
guard.
“The process should have worked
just fine.”
Campbell said Thursday that hav-
ing worked for 14 ministers, she had
never seen one have to issue a di-
rective that said: “Please tell me
important things.”
“I’m completely at a loss.”
The federal corrections service
has been clear that the public safety
minister and their staffers have no
say over decisions around the
transfer of inmates or the security
classifications they receive, both of
which are governed by laws cover-
ing the prison system.
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The Liberals lead to misinformation ranking position, suggesting it’s still mulling
have pitched highly on its search engine, and be- over whether it will scrub news
lieves the criteria over what counts content from its search engine,
C-18 as an
as legitimate news is too broad. with Google Canada spokesperson
attempt to aid Meta, meanwhile, says news rep- Shay Purdy saying the company has
a journalism resents less than three per cent of been “urgently seeking” to work
industry it the content its users see in their with Ottawa on a compromise.
says has been Facebook feed and argues their Meta, on the other hand, has sig-
platforms shouldn’t be penalized nalled it is prepared to roll out a
bruised by for users choosing to share news news ban across the country —
tech titans’ content of their own volition. something Facebook did for one
dominance Google and Meta have both week in Australia — due to legisla-
of the digital threatened to block access to news tion it has deemed “unworkable.”
advertising on their platforms if the legislation The company would not provide a
passes in a form they dislike. comment to the Star regarding the
market Google has taken a more reserved Senate’s latest changes to the bill.
John D. Elvidge
City Clerk
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Furey downplays time as right-wing pundit
F U R E Y F R O M A1
Political strategists who spoke to
the Star for this story believe Furey
has been inching up in part because
other right-leaning candidates, like
Mark Saunders and Brad Bradford,
have run lacklustre and uninspiring
campaigns. But many of those same
strategists also believe there are
parts of Furey’s message — with its
blunt focus on increased police
spending, clearing homeless en-
campments and cracking down on
hard drug use — that are resonating
with the public.
“You’ve got a guy like Brad Brad-
ford (out there) eating a beef patty
and drinking a beer and Anthony
Furey going ‘I’m gonna get the f---
ing needles out of the park.’ Which
one’s moving in the polls?” said
Matt Gurney, a long-time conserva-
tive commentator in Toronto.
But Furey’s late surge also means
that, unlike other candidates, he
hasn’t so far been pushed about his
record before politics. Questions
about his experience as a peddler of
harsh commentary have yet to be
asked, let alone answered. There
are more fundamental questions,
too, that haven’t been addressed:
about his leadership and his char-
acter, and even about who Furey,
who long dreamed of being an ac-
tor, really is.
Last week, Furey sat down for a
long interview at the Toronto Star.
During the 60-minute conversa-
tion, in a small boardroom over-
looking downtown, he persistently
and sometimes testily dodged or
downplayed questions about his
time as a pundit, including his
years-long fixation with Islam and
the Muslim community, his attacks
on pandemic restrictions and CO-
VID-19 science, and his close and
enduring relationships with some
of the most prominent anti-trans
activists in Canada.
“Write about however many col-
umns you want,” he said in the in-
terview. “I’m not running for mayor
to talk about my columns. I’m run-
ning for mayor to talk about the
issues that matter to the people of
Toronto and for my passion for this
city.”
But ignoring Furey’s columns
would mean ignoring essentially
his entire professional life. Pundit
is the only real job he’s ever had. It
would also mean turning a blind
eye to years of high-profile com-
mentary some believe has been, at
times, actively harmful to vulner-
able communities in the country.
On a recent Sunday at a campaign
event in Scarborough, Furey, who,
approaching 40, still looks some-
thing like a drama club president
playing dress-up, stood in the shade
off Ellesmere Road eating a ham-
burger. Around the corner, outside
a jiu-jitsu studio, a woman in a ni-
qab worked the grill while three
young girls in hijabs sprinted
around, weaving between the
grown-ups.
For anyone familiar with Furey’s
work over the past 11 years, it was an
incongruous sight. Beginning
around 2012, Furey wrote dozens of
columns a year about Muslims and
the threat of what he called “politi-
cal Islam” to Canada and Western
civilization.
“Furey is not the most important
voice in this ecosystem pushing
ideas of demographic panic, cultur-
al loss, the need to ‘fight back,’ but
he’s definitely an ever-present
voice,” said Amarnath Amarasin-
gam, an assistant professor at
Queen’s University’s school of reli-
gion and an expert in global ex-
tremism. “I think he has helped
mainstream a lot of the anti-Mus-
lim sentiment we have seen in the
country.”
Furey told me his columns on Is-
lam all came in the context of the
rise of the Islamic State, and de-
bates over Canadian foreign fight-
ers. But the record shows his fixa-
tion on Muslims was actually much
broader.
Furey once called Islam “the least
self-reflecting, least humorous and
therefore most troublesome mono-
theism.” In 2012, he wrote that “a
lot of people don’t know what to
think now when an imam claims to
practice a peaceful interpretation
of Islam.”
He told a conference in 2017, just
months after six Muslims were
slaughtered by a white supremacist
at a Quebec City mosque, that Ca-
nadians were right to worry that a
motion calling on the government
to condemn Islamophobia would
lead to “some sort of anti-Islamo-
phobia law, some sort of blasphemy
law, some sort of compliant-with-
Sharia law.”
What made the Ellesmere barbe-
cue so weird, though, was that Fu-
rey has in the past been expressly
critical and at times disdainful of
women who choose to wear Islamic
head coverings. He called the niqab
“draconian.” He wrote, about the
hijab, that it is “always sad to see a
strong-willed young person, partic-
ularly a girl, gladly take up symbols
of Islam — which means total sub-
mission to the will of Allah.”
I asked Furey if he said any of that
to the woman cooking for his sup-
porters or to the girls in hijabs at his
event. “No,” he said. “We had a good
conversation. We had a good barbe-
cue.”
Does he still believe what he wrote
then? He wouldn’t say.
“I want to talk about my vision for
the future of Toronto. So if people
want to go back and read all my
columns, I encourage them to,” he
said. “Please say ‘Anthony Furey
says, “Go back and read all the col-
umns.” ’ But you can also say ‘An-
thony Furey says he’s had impactful
conversations with the Muslim
community, that Muslim parents
share the concerns of other parents
that there are surveys being sent
home asking Grade 3 kids, are you
non-binary or not?’ ”
Furey’s plans for Toronto are rele-
vant, obviously, and they will get
covered. But like any other candi-
date, his past is relevant too. For
Steven Zhou, a researcher who spe-
cializes in far-right extremism and
who now serves as a spokesperson
for the National Council of Canadi-
an Muslims, Furey’s writings about
Islam, are if anything, more impor-
tant now that he’s running for may-
or.
Canadian Muslims, Zhou said,
“feel incredibly marginalized by the
kind of rhetoric” Furey employed.
“They feel like they’re the target of
that kind of talk. And that kind of
talk played a role, maybe a partial
role, maybe a stronger role — I’m
not sure how we can know for sure
— but it played a role in making
Canada, from 2017 to 2022, among
the G7 leaders when it comes to
Islamophobia-motivated (mur-
ders).”
Furey said he doesn’t “think that’s
true at all.”
Islam wasn’t the only topic Furey
wrote about as a pundit. During the
COVID pandemic, he pivoted to
lockdowns, railing against govern-
ment overreach and mask man-
dates. (He also once called the CO-
VID vaccine a “hastily developed
serum.”)
In 2022, Furey left the Sun’s par-
ent company, Postmedia, to join the
True North Centre for Public Pol-
icy, a Canadian charity that oper-
ates a hard right media arm, as vice-
president of editorial and content.
At True North, Furey had full con-
trol and final say over all reporting
and commentary, according to his
boss, Candice Malcolm. And both
before and during Furey’s tenure,
the site put an aggressive focus on
culture war issues like drag queen
story hours, trans activism and so-
called “woke” politics.
For Celeste Trianon, a trans ad-
vocate and the executive director of
the Trans Legal Clinic, that mir-
rored a broader, troubling shift in
global right-wing media toward at-
tacks on trans issues. “I would say
this year versus last year it’s at least
10 times, maybe even 100 times,
worse,” Trianon said. “This is an
organized movement that last year
was mostly confined to the United
States and other countries but this
year really seems to have taken root
in Canada as well.”
Furey, who has embraced the sup-
port of Jordan Peterson, perhaps
the most famous anti-trans activist
in the world, said he believes “rea-
sonable people of all walks of life,
including many members of the gay
and lesbian community would feel
that some … trans activism … has
gone a bit too far.”
But for Trianon, that’s a dodge.
Trans activism “is overall just about
making sure trans people are able
to live normal lives,” she said.
At the Toronto Star last week, Fu-
rey sat facing out, leaning forward
and down and occasionally tenting
his hands. There’s a performative
aspect to the way Furey talks. He
doesn’t debate, he declaims, which
makes sense. Before he was a pun-
dit, Furey was an actor.
In 2001, at the age of 18, Furey
founded the Paprika Festival, a
showcase for youth theatre that
continues in Toronto to this day.
For years in his 20s, he was a fixture
in a Toronto theatre scene centred
around the Fringe Festival and the
old Bloor Cinema, where he once
performed the part of Jeffrey Beau-
mont in a shadow casting of David
Lynch’s “Blue Velvet.”
People who knew Furey then are
mostly baffled by who he is now.
“When he joined the Ottawa Sun
and I started seeing the editorials
that he was writing, I was so
alarmed and dismayed by them,”
said Naomi Skwarna, a writer and
performer who was close to Furey
when they were young. “He just
had so much ambition as a theatre
artist, and I guess we’ll never really
know what happened there.”
Some of Furey’s old friends, mean-
while, wonder if everything that
has come since — the nativist col-
umns, the strident voice, the sneer-
ing attacks — has been a different
kind of performance.
Being a pundit “gave him an op-
portunity to be a public figure, to be,
not an actor exactly, but to play a
role,” said Jonathan Goldsbie, a me-
dia reporter who met Furey when
they both worked at the Toronto
International Film Festival and
who was his close friend for years.
For his part, Furey insists there’s
nothing performative about his
public persona. Colleagues who
have worked with him in more re-
cent years, meanwhile, insist he’s
professional, dedicated and mostly
sincere, if sometimes a little over
the top. “He was the ‘no drama
zone,’ ” said Kory Teneycke, a con-
servative strategist who was Fu-
rey’s boss at the now defunct Sun
News channel.
At the same time, there’s no deny-
ing there’s something, well, extra
about Furey and his campaign. On
FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023 TORONTO STAR
the stump, he talks with bold anger Anthony Furey
about issues like safe consumption, registers as a
homeless encampments and keep- candidate for
ing taxes low. mayor at
But lean into any part of his plat- Toronto City
form and the whole thing teeters, Hall in Toronto.
like the plywood backdrop in a play.
(It doesn’t help that the images in
his printed platform, including a
three-armed woman and a multi- LANC E
tude of urban hellscapes, appear to M C M ILLAN
have been created with AI.) TO RO N TO STA R
No one I spoke to for this story, F I L E P H OTO
other than Furey himself, believes
he will win this election. His appeal
is “probably limited,” said Te-
neycke, who led both of Doug Ford’s
successful provincial campaigns
and isn’t involved in this race. “I
think you have to be a little bit more
populist (to succeed in Toronto).”
But that doesn’t mean people
aren’t taking him seriously. “The
incumbent mayor was re-elected
less than a year ago with two-thirds
of the vote. So no one’s here itching
for change. But if there’s anyone
who represents change, it’s Antho-
ny,” said another conservative in-
sider who isn’t working on this elec-
tion. “I think he realistically has a
pathway to come in second. I think
he catches Saunders.”
There’s also the reality that the
better Furey does this campaign,
the more currency his ideas will
have over the next three years and
the more likely it is that Furey, or
someone else channelling the same
frustrations and grievances, will be
set up for success in the 2026 elec-
tion.
That’s why, in the end, it doesn’t
really matter if any of this is a per-
formance. It doesn’t matter if the
columns were sincere. “Maybe he
kind of enjoys the performative ele-
ment of it. But he’s attempting to be
a city leader,” said Skwarna. “He’s
attempting to affect the policies
that could potentially change how I
live. And not just me, but people
who are more vulnerable than me.”
That’s also why, as much as Furey
wants to keep the focus on what
he’s saying now, what he’s said in
the past matters too.
His time as a pundit is just as rele-
vant as Olivia Chow’s time on city
council and Saunders’s tenure with
the police. What matters in politics,
after all, is less what you’ve prom-
ised than what you’ve done, who
you’ve stood with, what you’ve
fought for and who you’ve fought
against.
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ber,” said Steven Zhou. PEOPLE,
“My fear is that our memory is too THE
short.” PROMISES
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It’s time to deploy unused taxing powers
MARTIN
R E GG
COHN
OPINION
If you’re running to be mayor, there
are one billion reasons to run down
Doug Ford. All thanks to the $1-
billion budgetary shortfall befalling
Toronto city council.
Year after year, the sitting mayor
cries poverty and stands up to
Queen’s Park. But the wailing isn’t
working on a premier who tunes it
all out.
Which raises a pressing question
about those perennial demands:
Can the next mayor keep doing
more of the same with the same
result? Is it enough to keep blaming
the provincial government for the
municipal government’s shortfalls
— and shortcomings?
Most of the major candidates bad-
mouth Ford by name. Yet they rare-
ly bash Prime Minister Justin Tru-
deau, even though the federal trea-
sury is bigger and better-placed to
backstop Toronto’s post-pandemic
TTC troubles.
It’s a crowd-pleasing tactic on the
campaign trail. But it won’t play so
well across the bargaining table,
where Ford holds all the cards.
What then is the post-election
end game? To understand how this
ends, it’s best to go to the beginning.
Nearly two decades ago, a left-
leaning mayor raised his own battle
cry against both the premier and
prime minister of the day, demand-
ing back-to-back budget bailouts.
That mayor was David Miller, a pol-
itician of NDP provenance.
As a transit rider, I well remember
Miller’s hectoring tone as the TTC
piped his words onto subway plat-
forms all day long: His ham-fisted
“public service announcements”
demanded that Stephen Harper
Two of eight ‘swarming’
teens back in custody
J E N N I F E R PAG L I A R O
CRIME REPORTER
Two girls charged in a fatal swarm-
ing attack on a homeless man are
back in custody, the Star has
learned.
Because there was no police in-
formation about what caused their
return to custody, nor was the in-
formation about their subsequent
court appearances publicized — as
is typical with most youth matters
in Ontario — members of the media
were not present to learn specific
details on why the two girls were
taken back into custody last month.
Late last year, eight girls were
charged in the death of Toronto
homeless man Kenneth Lee in
what police described as a “swarm-
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bow to his demands — even though
the only audience for the diatribes
was captive commuters, not a far-
away prime minister.
The federal Conservatives had
just won strong support from vot-
ers by cutting the GST. The mayor
imagined he could badger Harper
into restoring those foregone GST
revenues for the city’s benefit.
Harper didn’t bite. Nor did Dalton
McGuinty blink when Miller redi-
rected his wrath at Queen’s Park.
Instead, the premier of the day
called Miller’s bluff with an offer
the mayor couldn’t refuse: If you
want more money, raise it yourself.
Ontario empowered Toronto to
impose new taxes on its own turf,
which Miller insisted on rebrand-
ing as “revenue tools.” The menu
included a five per cent levy on alco-
hol, tobacco and tickets for cinemas
and live events; parking lots would
pay the city a yearly fee per space;
lengthy court hearings.
The Star has been covering the
case closely and on Tuesday raised
an issue of access to basic informa-
tion in a case of public interest. On
Thursday, the court allowed limited
details about the girls’ return to
custody to be released to a reporter.
According to the information pro-
vided, one of the girls was charged
on May 4 with two counts of failing
to comply with conditions of her
bail. No details were provided
about what conditions were
breached..
The second girl was brought back
into custody on May 17 — three
weeks after she was granted bail,
also on April 26 — not because she
is alleged to have committed any
new offence but because one of the
people who agreed to be responsi-
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Ford is fond of lecturing Toronto
that it should get its own house in
order first before demanding more.
That’s never stopped the premier
from bargaining hard with Ottawa
for more federal money at the
height of COVID-19, or seeking
more auto subsidies.
But Ontario has political bargain-
ing power in a federal-provincial
dynamic that is symbiotic. Toronto,
as a creature of the province consti-
tutionally, is far more dependent.
The front-runner in the June 26
byelection race for mayor, Olivia
Chow, told the Star’s editorial board
that her bargaining strategy is to
defer new budgetary measures in
order to maximize the shortfall, lest
she undercut her position ahead of
negotiations with the premier. If
Ford doesn’t acquiesce, she vowed
to flex her organizational muscle,
rallying Torontonians to the pro-
verbial provincial barricades and
pressuring his local MPPs until
Year after year, road tolls could be applied to the they acquiesce.
the sitting Gardiner Expressway and DVP. But the next provincial election is
mayor cries Dubbed a “new deal” for Toronto, three years away — as is the next
poverty and the deal didn’t endure. municipal vote. That’s a long time
stands up to The city opted to abstain from an to wait for a political wrestling
Queen’s Park. alcohol tax. It declined to tax ticket match to deliver certainty.
But the wailing sales. After a brief experiment with It also assumes that Chow could
isn’t working vehicle registration fees, Toronto deploy a mythical NDP political
on a premier did a U-turn when Rob Ford was machine to pressure Ford. Never
who tunes it all mayor. mind the political reality that the
out, writes That’s the reality of imposing new NDP placed third, in total Ontario
Martin Regg taxes. Once you’re raising revenues votes cast, in the last federal and
Cohn. on your own authority, on your own provincial elections.
account, you’re politically account- That kind of political power play
able — and malleable. didn’t pay off for Miller when
C H R I S YO U N G
I personally support increased McGuinty was premier. Would it
T H E CA N A D I A N
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Treat your dad to cars, music and history

MARISSA BIRNIE,
MAHDIS HABIBINIA
AND THEA GRIBILAS
S TA F F R E P O R T E R S

Toronto has a lot going on this Fa-

ther’s Day weekend. Here’s a sam-
pling of what’s on.

Toronto Holocaust Museum

The Toronto Holocaust Museum,
which opened to the public on June
9, uses technology, including inter-
active survivor testimony stations
and augmented-reality tablet tours
to help educate visitors.
“We don’t avoid any of the dark-
ness of the subject, but it’s been told
in a way that’s very dynamic and
inspiring,” said Dara Solomon, the
museum’s executive director, “be-
cause despite everything the survi-
vors experienced, they came to
Canada, rebuilt, started families,
created a legacy and became activ-
ists.” V I TO A M AT I TO RO N TO H O LO CAU ST M U S E U M
The museum’s exhibits include The theatre at the Toronto Holocaust Museum, which opened on public June 9, showcases a montage of prewar Jewish life.
photographs and videos that ex-
plore the diversity of Jewish life
before, during and after the Holo-
caust.
“We really set out to make this
museum a space that honoured our
community of survivors and con-
tinued the incredible work they’ve
done for decades by talking to stu-
dents about their experiences,” said
Solomon.
Although closed on Fridays and
Saturdays, the museum (4588
Bathurst St.) is open on Sunday,
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are
available online. The museum is
not recommended for children un-
der age 11.

Yorkville Exotic Car Show
The 13th annual Yorkville Exotic
Car Show is revving up to return
this Father’s Day from noon to 5
p.m. In a red-carpet display on
Bloor Street, from Avenue Road to
Bay Street, you can view more than
85 classic and exotic vehicles from
such makers as Corvette, Jaguar,
Polestar, McLaren, Porsche, Ferra-
ri, Lamborghini and Aston Martin.
There will also be performances
by Karl Wolf, James Brown Trio,
Evaristo, River North and Char-
lotte McAfee-Brunner and her
Fireflies.
The free event supports Melano-
ma Canada to help fund cancer re-
search.
Na-Me-Res Pow Wow
& Indigenous Arts Festival
On Saturday and Sunday, Garrison
Common, outside Fort York Na-
tional Historic Site, will host the
Na-Me-Res Pow Wow & Indige-
nous Arts Festival, celebrating the
music, dance and food of First Na-
tions, Inuit and Métis people.
From noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday,
Na-Me-Res (Native Men’s Resi-
dence) presents a powwow featur-
ing dancers and drummers. Craft queen story time on Saturday at 1 online pet waiver. Above left:
vendors and an all-Indigenous food p.m. and a drag show at 7 p.m. The annual
market are available on site. On Saturday at 6:30 p.m., “Cana- Humber River free canoe rental Yorkville Exotic
On Sunday at 10 a.m., Indigenous da’s Drag Race” winners Priyanka, Nutella and Toronto Adventures Car Show on
musicians will take the stage after a Icesis Couture and Gisele Lullaby have teamed up to offer free canoe Bloor Street
ceremony from Mississaugas of the are coming to El Mocambo for “A rentals on the Humber River on brings out
Credit First Nation cultural repre- Fierce and Fabulous Affair: Pride Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. luxury vehicles
sentatives. Live performances and Ball.” Tickets are available on Participants can expect a two- for Father’s
the markets will continue until 6 Eventbrite. hour canoe rental after an orienta- Day.
p.m. Organizers request that non- Also Saturday, Gay Men’s Health tion explaining safety and rules. Above right:
service animals be kept at home. Chorus presents its 25th anniver- Trips begin and end at the Hum- Snotty Nose
sary concert, “Pride and Prejudice,” ber River Paddling Centre, a five- Rez Kids will
Luminato Festival at the MacMillan Theatre (80 minute walk from Old Mill subway perform as part
The Luminato Festival wraps up its Queens Park) at 7:30 p.m. station. the Luminato
17th year this weekend with free Book tickets on Toronto Adven- Festival on
concerts, public art installations Beaches Rib and Beer Fest tures’ website. Saturday.
and other programming. Pairings that can’t be beat: milk and
Luminato Music Weekend takes cookies, bacon and eggs, ribs and Concerts and shows
place on Saturday and Sunday at beer. “The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their H U GH O ’ BR I E N
David Pecaut Square (215 King St. Beaches Rib and Beer Fest prom- Mortal Remains” brings the story TO RO N TO STA R
W.) starting at 1 p.m., featuring free ises a “mouth waterin’ ” combina- of the British rock band to Better F I L E P H OTO ;
performances from Snotty Nose tion of the latter this weekend at Living Centre at Exhibition Place NAT HAN
Rez Kids, Princess Nokia and more. Woodbine Park (1695 Queen St. E.). beginning this weekend. On Friday, DENET T E
Other events on Saturday include It all kicks off on Friday at 4 p.m. the National Ballet of Canada will T H E CA N A D I A N
the multimedia performance and continues through Sunday. perform “Romeo and Juliet” at 7:30 P R E SS F I L E
“Loss,” which tells a story of grief in A beer market with a selection of p.m. at the Four Seasons Centre for P HOTO
Afro-Caribbean communities. Its Molson, craft beer, vodka cocktails the Performing Arts.
final show is at 2 p.m. at the Har- and more is open to those 19 and On Saturday, from 3 to 5 p.m., All
bourfront Centre Theatre. older with a valid photo ID. Saints Church-Community Centre
The free event will also feature is holding an art show at 315 Dun-
Pride events live music. Leashed pets are wel- das St. E. Tickets are free, and
The Toronto Zoo is hosting a drag come pending the completion of an should be booked in advance.

UN chief blasts Big Oil over huge fossil fuel profits

Guterres warns companies not to ‘kneecap progress’ by undermining climate measures

F R A N K J O R DA N S
BERLIN The head of the United
Nations launched a tirade against
fossil fuel companies Thursday, ac-
cusing them of betraying future
generations and undermining ef-
forts to phase out a product he
reaped a record $4 trillion (U.S.)
windfall in net income,” Guterres
said after a meeting with civil soci-
ety groups. “Yet for every dollar it
spends on oil and gas drilling and
exploration, only four cents went to
clean energy and carbon capture —
combined.”
nod to recent comments made by
Sultan al-Jaber, the United Arab
Emirates official who will lead the
next UN climate summit. “It’s fossil
fuels — period.”
Al-Jaber, who is also the U.A.E.’s
minister of industry and chief exec-
utive of the Abu Dhabi National Oil
effort to clamp down on undue in-
fluence by fossil fuel companies
and others.
Participants will also be asked to
provide optional information on
their relationship with the govern-
ment agency or organization that’s
nominated them and those declin-

called “incompatible with human
survival.”
Secretary-General António Gu-
terres also dismissed suggestions
by some oil executives — including
the man tapped to chair this year’s
international climate talks in Dubai
— that fossil fuel firms can keep up
production if they find a way to
capture planet-warming carbon
emissions.
He warned that this would just
make them “more efficient planet-
wreckers.”
It’s not the first time the UN chief
has called out Big Oil over its role in
causing global warming, but the
blunt attack reflects growing frus-
tration at the industry’s recent
profit bonanza despite warnings
from scientists that burning fossil
fuels will push the world far beyond
any safe climate threshold.
“Last year, the oil and gas industry
“Trading the future for thirty
pieces of silver is immoral,” he said.
Guterres called on the industry to
put forward a credible plan for
shifting to clean energy “and away
from a product incompatible with
human survival.”
Investing their massive profits in-
stead in renewable energy would
allow the industry “to survive the
transition and remain very impor-
tant and relevant actors in the
world economy,” he said.
Fossil fuel companies have lately
pushed the idea that they should be
allowed to keep pumping oil and
gas out of the ground as long as they
remove greenhouse gas emissions
in the process, a suggestion experts
reject as too complicated and costly
to deliver the urgent cuts of green-
house gas needed.
“The problem is not simply fossil
fuel emissions,” Guterres said, a
Co., has come under fire from envi-
ronmentalists and western law-
makers for his close ties to the fossil
fuel industry. Al-Jaber was chosen
by the U.A.E. to lead the COP28
talks and any criticism by the UN
chief — albeit veiled — is highly
unusual.
In a statement, al-Jaber’s office
noted that he has backed ramping
up of renewable energy, recently
called the phasedown of fossil fuels
“inevitable” and urged the industry
to up its game when it comes to
cutting emissions.
Guterres’s comments Thursday
came as negotiators from almost
200 countries wrapped up two
weeks of talks in Bonn, Germany, in
preparation for COP28.
The UN climate office confirmed
Thursday that it will require dele-
gates attending the summit in Du-
bai to disclose their affiliation in an
‘‘
ing to do so will be flagged accord-
ingly.
Civil society groups welcomed the
decision, which will apply to them
too, but said participants should al-
so have to disclose who is funding Trading the
their attendance. future for
Guterres echoed their concerns,
warning that fossil fuel companies
thirty pieces
are undermining climate measures of silver is
and said they must “cease and de- immoral.
sist influence-peddling and legal
threats designed to kneecap prog-
ress.” ANT Ó NIO
“I am thinking particularly of re- GU T E R R E S
cent attempts to subvert net zero UN SECRETARY-
alliances, invoking antitrust legisla- GE N E R A L
tion,” Guterres said, referring to ef-
forts in some U.S. states aimed at
preventing insurance companies
from setting environmental stan-
dards for the companies they invest
in.
THE ASSO C I AT E D P R E SS
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‘A formidible politician, an amazing actress’

Oscar winner
spent 23 years
in politics before
return to theatre
J I L L L AW L E S S
LO N D O N Glenda Jackson, a two-
time Academy Award-winning per-
former who had a second career in
politics as a British lawmaker be-
fore an acclaimed late-life return to
stage and screen, has died at age 87.
Jackson’s agent, Lionel Larner,
said she died Thursday at her home
in London after a short illness.
He said she had recently complet-
ed filming “‘The Great Escaper,” in
which she co-starred with 90-year-
old Michael Caine.
Caine said Jackson was “one of
our greatest movie actresses. I shall
miss her.”
Born into a working-class family
in Birkhenhead, northwest Eng-
land, in 1936 Jackson trained at the
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in
London.
She performed with the Royal
Shakespeare Company — where
she starred in the cutting-edge dra-
ma “Marat/Sade” directed by Peter
Brook — and became one of the
biggest British stars of the 1960s
and ’70s, winning two Academy
Awards, for Ken Russell’s brooding
adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s
“Women in Love” in 1971 and the
sophisticated romantic comedy “A
Touch of Class” in 1974.
She was also Oscar-nominated for
the 1971 film “Sunday, Bloody Sun-
day,” and had memorable roles in
“The Music Lovers,” Russell’s
avant-garde 1970 film about the
composer Tchaikovsky, and gentle
romance “Turtle Diary” in 1985.
On television, she took home two
Emmy Awards in 1972 for her per-
formance as Queen Elizabeth I in
“Elizabeth R.,” and secured a place
in British pop-culture history by
playing Cleopatra in a classic sketch
on “The Morecambe & Wise Show”
in 1971. “All men are fools,” she pro-
claimed in what became a famous
one-liner, “and what makes them
so is seeing beauty like what I have
got.”
In her 50s Jackson went into poli-
tics, winning an election to Parlia-
ment in 1992. A lifelong socialist,
she spent 23 years as a Labour Par-
ty lawmaker, serving as a minister
for transport in prime minister
Tony Blair’s first government in
1997.
She came to be at odds with Blair
over the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
She said Blair’s decision to enter
the U.S.-led war without United
Nations’ authorization left her
“deeply, deeply ashamed.”
On Thursday Blair called her “a
truly formidable woman who will
be much missed.”
Jackson’s blunt manner and out-
spokenness continued throughout
her political career, and may have
helped keep her from high govern-
ment office.
After former Conservative prime
minister Margaret Thatcher died in
2013, she eschewed politeness
about the dead to rail in Parliament
against the “heinous social, eco-
nomic and spiritual damage
wreaked upon this country” by the
late leader.
Jackson returned to acting after
leaving Parliament in 2015 and had
some of her most acclaimed roles,
including the title character in
Shakespeare’s “King Lear.” It
opened at London’s Old Vic in 2016
and later played in the U.S. on
Broadway.
She had her first film role in a
quarter-century in the 2019 movie
“Elizabeth is Missing.”
Jackson won a BAFTA award for
her performance as a woman with
Alzheimer’s trying to solve a mys-
tery.
Director Oliver Parker, who re-
cently worked with Jackson on up-
coming movie “The Great Escap-
er,” said the team was “shocked and
deeply saddened” at her death. “She
had such fierce intelligence, such
passion, and fearlessness,” Parker
said.
“It is hard to believe that it was less
than a month ago that we screened
the finished film for her and Mi-
chael (Caine) — she was as feisty
and vibrant as ever and we will trea-
sure the memory of that emotional
and happy day.”
Caine said it was “as wonderful an
experience this time as it was 50
years ago,” when the two last
worked together on “The Romantic
Englishwoman.”
Labour Party Leader Keir Starm-
On Thursday er said Jackson “leaves a space in
former British our cultural and political life that
prime minister can never be filled.”
Tony Blair “She played many roles with great
called Glenda distinction, passion and commit-
Jackson, shown ment,” he said. “From award-win-
in Hal Wallis's ning actor to campaigner and activ-
1971 production ist to Labour MP and government
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UN atomic watchdog chief visits plant
Recent dam burst and a counteroffensive in the war by Kyiv’s forces have heightened safety risks
JA M E Y K E AT E N
KY I V, U K R A I N E The head of the
United Nations nuclear watchdog
visited Europe’s largest atomic
power plant Thursday in southern
Ukraine, where a recent dam burst
and the start of a counteroffensive
in the war by Kyiv’s forces have
heightened safety risks.
The visit was announced by
Ukraine’s national nuclear energy
company, Energoatom, in a Tele-
gram post.
Rafael Mariano Grossi, the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency
chief, met Tuesday in Kyiv with
Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy to discuss concerns
about the Russia-occupied Zapo-
rizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
The IAEA has repeatedly ex-
pressed alarm about the facility,
which is one of the 10 biggest in the
world, amid fears of a potential nu-
clear catastrophe. The agency has
officials stationed at the plant,
which is still run by its Ukrainian
staff.
The plant has repeatedly been
caught in the crossfire since Russia
launched its war on Ukraine in Feb-
ruary 2022 and seized the facility
shortly after.
Last week, the destruction of the
Kakhovka dam in southern
Ukraine’s partially Russian-occu-
pied Kherson region added a new
concern. The dam, further down
the Dnieper River, helped keep wa-
ter in a reservoir that cools the
plant’s reactors.
The plant’s six reactors have been
F LO R I DA CO N D O M I N I U M CO L L A P S E
Deck failed to comply with codes
Officials say building had many areas of severe strength deficiency
DAV I D F I S C H E R
MIAMI The swimming pool
deck of a beachfront South Florida
condominium that collapsed two
years ago, killing 98 people, failed to
comply with the original building
codes and standards, with many ar-
eas of severe strength deficiency,
federal investigators said Thursday.
Investigators with the National
Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology gave an update on the col-
lapse of the Champlain Towers
South building in Surfside, Fla.,
during a regular meeting of the Na-
tional Construction Safety Team
Advisory Committee. Surfside is lo-
cated just north of Miami Beach.
Besides design understrength, in-
vestigators reported signs of corro-
sion, misplaced reinforcement and
the placement of heavier and addi-
tional plant containers on the deck
than those in the original plans.
These and other factors led to “crit-
ically low margins against failure,”
U N I T E D S TAT E S
Ex-employee accused of body parts theft
T H E A S S O C I AT E D P R E S S
S C R A N TO N , PA . A former
manager at the Harvard Medical
School morgue, his wife and three
other people have been indicted in
the theft and sale of human body
parts, federal prosecutors in Penn-
sylvania announced Wednesday.
Cedric Lodge, 55, of Goffstown,
N.H., stole dissected portions of ca-
davers that were donated to the
school in the scheme that stretched
from 2018 to early 2023, according
to court documents. The body parts
were taken without the school’s
knowledge or permission, author-
ities said, adding that the school has
cooperated with the investigation.
Lodge sometimes took the body
parts, which included heads, brains,
skin and bones, back to his home
where he lived with his wife, De-
nise, 63, and some remains were
sent to buyers through the mail,
authorities said. Lodge also alleged-
ly allowed buyers to come to the
The Kakhovka reservoir levels near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern
Ukraine dropped between June 5, top, and Tuesday, as shown in these satellite images.
Water from the reservoir is used to cool the plant’s reactors.
shut down for months, but it still
needs power and qualified staff to
operate crucial cooling systems and
other safety features.
Ukraine recently said it hoped to
place the last functioning reactor in
cold shutdown. The process inserts
investigators said.
Experts have previously suggest-
ed problems with the pool deck
might have led to the 40-year-old,
12-storey building’s collapse on
June 24, 2021, but the NIST in-
vestigation is ongoing. Officials ex-
pect their work to be completed by
next spring, with a report on the
cause and any recommendations
for updating codes, standards or
practices to come in 2025.
As the investigation continues, de-
velopers are working to build a new
structure on the site, despite calls
from victims’ family members to
build a memorial at the location.
Dubai-based DAMAC Interna-
tional, which purchased the 1-hect-
are site for $120 million last year,
submitted plans for a new condo
building this week to the town of
Surfside. The proposed building,
designed by London-based Zaha
Hadid Architects, includes 57 units,
ranging in size from 4,000 to 9,000
square feet (360 to 810 square me-
morgue to pick what remains they
wanted to buy.
Bodies donated to Harvard Med-
ical School are used for education,
teaching or research. Once they are
no longer needed, the cadavers are
usually cremated and the ashes are
returned to the donor’s family or
buried in a cemetery.
In a message posted on the
school’s website titled “An abhor-
rent betrayal,” deans George Daley
and Edward Hundert called the
matter “morally reprehensible.”
They said Lodge was fired May 6.
“We are appalled to learn that
something so disturbing could hap-
pen on our campus — a community
dedicated to healing and serving
others,” the deans wrote. “The re-
ported incidents are a betrayal of
HMS and, most importantly, each
of the individuals who altruistically
chose to will their bodies to HMS
through the Anatomical Gift Pro-
gram to advance medical education
and research.”
THE ASSOCIATE D P R E SS
control rods into the reactor core to
stop the nuclear fission reaction
and the generation of heat and
pressure.
NATO Secretary-General Jens
Stoltenberg said Thursday that ar-
eas of the 1,000-kilometre front line
tres). The luxury building would in-
clude a business centre, event space
and two pools.
The proposal actually includes
two variations for the building, de-
pending on the final setback vari-
ance allowed for the site. One de-
sign features vertically aligned bal-
conies, while the other includes
tiered balconies that are set back as
the floors go up. No prices have
been listed for the units, but com-
parable residences in the area sell
for over $1 million (U.S.).
Since shortly after Champlain
Towers South’s collapse, family
members of the victims and their
supporters have called for a memo-
rial to be placed on the site. Town
officials have said they will dedicate
space along a nearby street for a
memorial, but some family mem-
bers insist the memorial should be
placed where people actually died.
Town officials still need to ap-
prove the new development plans.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Paula Peltonovich and her sister,
Darlene Lynch, said they were
shocked to learn their father’s re-
mains were among those said to be
stolen. They said their parents were
both police officers in New Hamp-
shire who wanted to donate their
bodies to science.
While the women fear they may
never know what happened to their
father’s remains, they have asked
the school to return the body of
their mother, who died in March.
Their father died in 2019.
“Who could do something like
that? What kind of person? No re-
spect at all for the family,” Pelto-
novich told WMUR-TV about the
defendants. “They need to pay.”
The indictment charges the Lodg-
es and three others — Katrina Mac-
lean, 44, of Salem, Massachusetts;
Joshua Taylor, 46, of West Lawn,
Pennsylvania; and Mathew Lampi,
52, of East Bethel, Minnesota —
with conspiracy and interstate
transport of stolen goods.
FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023 TORONTO STAR
in Ukraine are witnessing “fierce
fighting” after Kyiv’s long-antici-
pated launch of its counteroffen-
sive using western-supplied weap-
ons.
He said Ukrainian forces “are
making gains.” Even so, western an-
alysts and military officials have
cautioned that a campaign to drive
the Kremlin’s forces out of Ukraine
could take a long time.
Ukraine has so far been “testing”
Russian defences, looking for weak-
nesses, according to Mykhailo Po-
dolyak, an adviser to Zelenskyy.
“We haven’t yet started our coun-
teroffensive as such,” he claimed in
televised remarks.
He noted that Ukrainian troops
were launching simultaneous at-
tacks in many directions, seeking to
sow panic among the Russian
troops.
The Russian Defence Ministry,
meanwhile, said its military used
long-range air-launched cruise
missiles to strike Ukrainian drone-
making facilities. It claimed all the
targeted facilities were hit but
didn’t mention where they were or
any other details.
It was not possible to verify battle-
field claims by either side.
Russian forces are keeping up
their aerial attacks on Ukraine.
They launched four cruise missiles
and 20 Iranian Sahed exploding
drones overnight, the Ukrainian air
force said.
Ukrainian air defences downed all
the drones and one cruise missile, it
said.
T H E A SS O C I AT E D P R E SS
UNITED KINGDOM
Parliament
castigates
Johnson
Town officials
have said
over lies in
they will
dedicate
‘partygate’
space along a
nearby street
for a T H E A S S O C I AT E D P R E S S
memorial, but LO N D O N A committee of U.K.
some family lawmakers harshly rebuked former
members British prime minister Boris John-
insist the son Thursday, saying he lied to Par-
memorial liament about lockdown-flouting
parties and was complicit in a cam-
should be paign to intimidate those investi-
placed where gating his conduct during the coro-
people navirus pandemic.
actually died The House of Commons privileg-
es committee found Johnson’s ac-
tions were such a flagrant violation
of the rules that they warranted a
90-day suspension from Parlia-
ment, where he still served after
stepping down as prime minister
last year. The committee’s sanction
would have been more than
enough to trigger a byelection that
could have cost Johnson his seat in
Parliament, but he avoided that ig-
nominy by resigning last week after
the committee gave him advance
notice of its findings.
The release of the Commons com-
mittee’s scathing 77-page report
Thursday touched off an angry ex-
change of recriminations. Johnson
repeated his claim that the panel
was a “kangaroo court” bent on
ousting him from Parliament. The
committee said the defence he had
provided was an after-the-fact jus-
tification and “no more than an ar-
tifice.” The report and reaction to it
highlight the battle over Johnson’s
legacy as Britain prepares for elec-
In a message tions that could radically alter so-
cial and economic policy in a nation
posted on
struggling to overcome a cost-of-
Harvard living crisis and complaints about
Medical government services ranging from
School’s health care to law enforcement.
website titled The Conservative Party, which
has governed the U.K. since 2010,
‘An abhorrent lags far behind the more liberal La-
betrayal,’ bour Party in public opinion polls.
school deans Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has
called the desperately tried to shift attention
matter a way from Johnson since he took
office in October, promising to cut
morally inflation, control immigration and
reprehensi- reduce government debt ahead of
ble’ an election.
TORONTO STAR FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023
Tenant to appeal ruling on booking
A I R B N B F R O M A1
These types of arrangements are
becoming more common in Toron-
to, with more than an estimated
12,000 such stays listed on Airbnb’s
site, according to the city.
The dispute has been closely
watched by tenant advocates who
say this creates a shadow rental
market that leaves tenants vulner-
able to landlords, who can cancel
reservations without notice. List-
ings for more than 28 days also fall
outside of the city’s short-term
rental regulations. Advocates say
the ruling could lead more land-
lords to consider this type of ar-
rangement.
Airbn b spokesperson Matt
McNama said in an emailed state-
ment: “The reservation on the plat-
form ended earlier this year. As
such, this is a private matter be-
tween two individuals.”
The LTB dispute stemmed from
the end date of a booking made by
Tianning Ning and her family.
Arriving in Toronto so that her
husband could be a visiting profes-
sor at York University, they re-
served a roughly 10-month stay in
the upper unit of a spacious home
near Yonge and St. Clair streets.
The booking was for late summer
2022 until the end of June 2023
through Airbnb for $5,150 a month,
before taxes and service fees.
But the end date of the booking
was changed to Jan. 31 midway
through.
The owner, Suzanne Porter, told
the board the “gorgeous, beautiful
midtown home” with a large upper
unit and a basement apartment
was her principal residence and she
and her own family had temporari-
ly moved out to take care of her
partner’s mother.
Due to an emergency they needed
to move back in sooner than antici-
pated, but Airbnb assured them
that was well within their rights
and that they would work with the
guest to find them new accommo-
dation.
“Basically, all hell broke loose at
Mayor Bonnie Crombie attends a rally in Mississauga on Wednesday,
in which she announced her Ontario Liberal leadership candidacy.
Crombie denies claim
by Ford that she backs
‘our Greenbelt plan’
ROBERT BENZIE
Q U E E N ’ S PA R K B U R E A U C H I E F
In the wake of Bonnie Crombie’s
splashy entrance to the Liberal
leadership race, Premier Doug
Ford is crowing about the Missis-
sauga mayor “endorsing our
Greenbelt plan.”
Pouncing on remarks by Crombie,
Ford on Thursday claimed she
backs his controversial land swap
that allows development on 7,400
acres of the Greenbelt in exchange
for adding 9,400 acres elsewhere.
“Well, there’s one thing I’ll agree
with her — she endorsed our
Greenbelt plan about swapping
properties, so that’s good that she’s
endorsing our Greenbelt plan to
build more homes,” the premier
said in Whitby.
Crombie insisted her stance dif-
fers from Ford, who acted unilater-
ally last November after flip-flop-
ping on permitting land swaps. “I
pledged to protect the Greenbelt, it
is sacred to me,” she said, clarifying
comments she made to the Globe
and Mail about leaving the door
open to some development.
“However, I said there could be an
occasion where local communities
and local municipalities came to us
that point,” Porter testified at the
hearing in early May. “It’s been hor-
rendous.”
She and her partner were painted
as “money-grubbing landlords,”
she said at the hearing. She main-
tained that the agreement was
made under Airbnb’s terms and
services.
Following the release of the deci-
sion, Porter said she was “relieved.”
“This has been going on for so long
and the attack on our character and
our reputation has been really diffi-
cult to deal with,” she said.
“I’m hoping with this ruling from
the LTB we can just feel a sense of
resolution and have our family
back, have our home back, and get
our life back.”
She urged other landlords to be
C HRIS YOU NG THE CANAD IAN P RESS
and said — with consultation —
there could be ‘whitebelt’ land
trapped in the Greenbelt that they
would ask for that to be exchanged
for other Greenbelt land,” she said.
“But my commitment is firm to
protect the Greenbelt. It’s different
(from the Progressive Conserva-
tives) because with the stroke of a
pen they removed acres and acres
of Greenbelt land … without con-
sultation.”
Crombie’s comments came at her
Wednesday campaign launch at-
tended by some 500 supporters at
the Metalworks Institute in Mis-
sissauga. With an Abacus poll for
the Star suggesting she is the clear
front-runner in the Dec. 2 Liberal
leadership contest — and mindful
Ford is wary of her candidacy be-
cause she could appeal to his voting
coalition — her rivals piled on.
“Liberals created the Greenbelt.
As leader, I will work to protect it. If
you want the Greenbelt protected,
join me,” said Liberal MP Nate Er-
skine-Smith (Beaches—East York)
on social media.
Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi (Ottawa
Centre) called Ford’s decision to
permit development on the Green-
belt a “lazy solution” to tackle On-
tario’s housing crisis.
The Landlord very clear about “what it is you’re
and Tenant getting into.”
Board has ruled She also acknowledged a “real
Airbnb grey area in the city of Toronto right
long-term now that needs to be clarified for
guests, like everyone” in terms of these types of
Tianning Ning, rentals.
pictured in Ning and her family remained in
January, and the home until this month, but have
her family, are since moved into other temporary
not tenants accommodations. Ning said Thurs-
under Ontario’s day they were locked out.
Residential Porter said the house appeared
Tenancies Act. vacant so they hired a property firm
to deal with it and “took peaceful
possession,” and that she had not
R.J. JOHNSTON received any payment since the
TORONTO STAR booking was cancelled in January.
FIL E PHOTO Ning said she had offered to pay
Porter off platform, but Porter said
she believed this would establish a
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Ning plans to request that the
board review the order and appeal
to the divisional court.
“I think the scope of the problem
clearly goes beyond our case and
this decision encourages landlords
to continue to migrate from short-
term rental to long-term rental,”
she said Thursday, referring to
Airbnb listings.
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that Ning had asked for a lease but
Porter had preferred to stay on
Airbnb given her past experience
with the platform.
“There must be laws and regula-
tions that state clearly the landlord
cannot refuse to sign a lease agree-
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T H E S TA R ’ S V I E W

Hazards of
gambling ads
Advertisers and political campaigners have long known the for-
mula for selling their products: Short slogans. Simple words.
Endlessly repeated. Ideally with high-profile endorsements.
There can hardly be a better example of hard-sell hucksterism
than the current insistent din on sports broadcasts to “Bet! Bet!
Bet!”
It’s been impossible to watch an NHL game, or flick on the Jays,
without some of the best-known athletes in North America urging
you to join the world of online betting.
The promotional deluge has been nauseating — in its excess, and
in the fact already wealthy stars Wayne Gretzky, Auston Matthews
and Connor McDavid are among the pitchmen.
Thank heavens for voices of sanity such as Karl Subban, father of
former NHL star P.K. Subban, and his pleas for the elimination of
sports betting ads during games and a ban on the use of celebrities.
Subban properly notes that the biggest targets in ads using the
likes of Matthews and McDavid are young males being groomed as
future gamblers.
“It’s a big problem,” Subban told CBC. “Gambling is very addic-
tive. A lot of marketing is focusing on grabbing the attention of the
most vulnerable, the youngest of our population.”
“It’s a powerful way of marketing to them, which we know can
face a harmful effect on young people.” THEO MO UDA K I S FO R THE TO RO NTO STA R
Shame on those multimillionaires who are banking even more LETTERS
money on enterprises whose success is predicated in the target
audience losing.
Broadcasters should take a soul-searching look in the mirror,
Politicians: Don’t of a transfer to a minimum se-
curity institution. The tall fore-
Will politicians
incorporating gambling segments during games and promoting
in-game betting almost indistinguishable
interfere with heads have fallen for it and the
transfer has already taken
ever act on
Technology from the call of the game. justice system place. Heads should roll over climate issues?
has removed The warnings that arrive as small-print after- this and if not then we are all
any frictions thoughts on most of the ads are unlikely to ‘Resign! Resign!’ Controversy complicit in allowing this trav- Why can’t conservative poli-
have much effect. Addicted gamblers are obliv- over Paul Bernardo prison esty to continue. ticians and big oil talk about
between ious or too deep in their addition for these to transfer dogs Justin Trudeau’s Al Truscott, Collingwood climate change?June 13
impulse and have any effect. public safety minister, June 15 As politicians continue to ig-
bet ... Now, Technology has removed any frictions be-
tween impulse and bet.
Peculiar ideas flow freely from
Conservative Pierre Poilievre.
Attacks linked to nore reality, forest fires are ele-
vating the value of the remain-
all that’s
needed is a
Long gone are the days of legging it to the Recommending people invest Mendicino being ing forests, greenbelts, mo-
racetrack, or off-track betting shop, or even the in bitcoin was a bad idea. When raines, wet lands and farms.
smartphone corner store for a lottery ticket. he mooted it, bitcoin was trad- tough on guns They are needed more now
to wager Now, all that’s needed is a smartphone to ing at 2.5 times its current price. than ever as the loss of our rain
thousands wager thousands from the sofa during a game I hesitate to use value because ‘Resign! Resign!’ Controversy forests and carbon sinks in-
from the sofa with others in the room none the wiser. bitcoin is not money; it’s gam- over Paul Bernardo prison creases the value of what is left.
The opening up of online gambling in Onta- bling play, pure and simple. transfer dogs Justin Trudeau’s Somehow, I don’t think our
during a rio began a year ago, about the time juris- Threatening to replace the public safety minister, June 15 politicians and their Buck a
game with dictions in the U.K. and Europe, having seen Bank of Canada’s governor with Paul Bernardo is one of the Beer mentality will change
others in the online gambling’s social and economic conse- a political appointee is danger- most deplorable Canadians ev- their approach untilit gets per-
room none quences there, were cracking down. (Disclo- ous to anybody who takes Can- er. But we mustn’t let him be sonal and forest fires consume
sure: The Star’s parent company has a minor- ada’s economy seriously. used to political advantage, the their cottages and homes.
the wiser
ity interest in NorthStar Bets, which does not Poilievre’s thought that Cana- way the Republicans used the Brian Mellor, Midland
use celebrity endorsements.) da can, somehow, protect the paroled rapist Willie Horton to
So the results here were entirely predictable. Chinese families of Chinese Ca-
nadians, is an example of
score points in the 1988 U.S.
presidential election.
Tournament ad
Restrictions would be a “positive step” dreaming in Technicolor, and The backstory here is that the had U.S. flags, no
This spring, the Alcohol and Gaming Commis- risks reprisal from Beijing. Conservatives are out to get
sion of Ontario proposed cracking down on But his most recent sugges- Public Safety Minister Marco Canadian ones
the use of high-profile figures — “athletes as tion, that politicians should in- Mendicino because he had, and
well as celebrities that can reasonably be ex- terfere with our prisons, or in- hopefully still has, the courage Nick Taylor joins Sidney Cros-
pected to appeal to children and youth” — in deed control any part of the jus- to stand up to the powerful gun by and Joe Carter in Canadian
the gambling ad avalanche. tice system is scary, evoking im- lobby, and is trying to undo for- sports ‘where were you when’
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health ages of Russia, China and Iran. mer prime minister Stephen pantheon, June 11
urged the Ontario government in May to ban Peter Bursztyn, Barrie Harper’s laxity on guns. I am a proud Canadian and my
gambling ads during sports broadcasts, saying It is painful to watch NDP heart was thumping as Nick
they wouldn’t be permitted for other poten-
tially addicting activities such as alcohol con-
Return Bernardo leader Jagmeet Singh piling on Taylor made that final putt on
Mendicino, when it was Singh the fourth playoff hole.
sumption or smoking tobacco. to maximum who forced the Liberals to back However, this is about the
It states that Ontario regulations governing down on a truly ambitious gun RBC advertising. Imagine my
gambling ad content are “much more” permis- security prison control agenda. surprise and dismay when the
sive than other jurisdictions and it backs the Dr. Ron Charach, Toronto Canadian Open commercial
proposed changes to restrict celebrity en- Public Safety Minister Marco started with the image of an U.S.
dorsements, saying it would be a “positive and
welcome step.”
Mendicino’s first priority
should be getting Paul Bernar-
Canada must flag. No Canadian golfers were
featured and not one Canadian
So, here’s the short and simple of it: Just do it. do transferred back to Mill- help low-income flag was seen.
Gretzky, Matthews and McDavid won’t miss haven penitentiary. All the fin- This was disappointing to say
the money. And legions of young people might ger pointing and political wran- countries recover the least. Thank goodness for
be saved the descent into addiction, family gling should come second. the joy of seeing Taylor win the
breakup and self-destruction. Where are we at on that front? When the International Mone- tournament.
Doug Aikins, Oakville tary Fund (IMF) issued the Vicki Riley, Milton
Special Drawing Rights (SDR)
WO R T H R E P E AT I N G Murderer has to countries to use as emergen-
cy funds in the case of national
Not all of city’s
played the system bike lanes are
‘What is the impact of this? for decades
crises, low- and middle-income
countries received an amount
created equal
Are we going to be missing
vastly disproportionate to their
financial need.
‘Resign! Resign!’ Controversy Canada is well aware of this. Mayoral candidates need to
targets now because … over Paul Bernardo prison
transfer dogs Justin Trudeau’s
That is why Canada loaned 18 admit too many cars is the
per cent of its $19 billion SDR to problem, June 13
these policies, programs public safety minister, June 15
Many years ago I remember sit-
countries in Africa, Asia, Latin Not all bike lanes are beneficial
America and the Caribbean. from a usage perspective.

and resources are not going ting several rows behind Paul
Bernardo in a Toronto court-
But 18 per cent is not enough. If one travels up and down
And Canada has the financial Woodbine Avenue, University

out the door fast enough?’

room. Giving testimony that
day was a sultry looking Karla
Homolka. I found it hard to be-
FO RMER PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET OF F ICE R KE V IN PAG E lieve how a nattily dressed and
O N STAR F I NDINGS THAT OTTAWA IS U N D E R S P E N DIN G ON well coiffured young man could
C LIMATE C HANGE INITIATIVES be tried for the heinous murder
of Kristen French and Leslie
Mahaffy. He looked so normal
SCAN THIS CODE TO but as we would see he was al-
READ THE STAR’S ready playing the system.
INVESTIGATION Now he is doing it again —
INTO OTTAWA’S somehow finding a way to con-
CLIMATE CHANGE vince the authorities that he de-
SPENDING. serves a better deal in the form Dena Sharafdin, Newmarket
ability to loan more of its SDR Avenue and Yonge Street north
funds to these countries. of Bloor Street, the number of
Ahead of the Summit for a cyclists is minimal while vehic-
New Global Financial Pact, I ular traffic is jammed, stop, and
ask Canada to increase the re- go.
channeling of its SDRs to low- Also biking in Toronto is not
and middle-income countries possible for everyone. People
from 18 per cent to 40 per cent. often need their vehicles for
Further, Canada must advocate personal use and business.
for including natural disasters Furthermore, carpooling or
and pandemic debt suspension taking the TTC may not work
clauses in all new loans to these from a timing and logistical per-
countries. spective for many folks.
Douglas Henderson, Toronto
TORONTO STAR FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023
Next mayor
needs high
turnout for
strength
We need someone who can
rally city and council to fight
for Toronto’s interests
ANDREW
PHILLIPS
OPINION
Toronto has never needed a strong mayor more than it
does now. And yet, 10 days before we elect John Tory’s
successor, it’s never been less likely to get one.
I don’t mean a “Strong Mayor” in the Doug Ford
sense of the word — someone armed with the extra
powers the premier handed over to Tory last year.
I’m talking mostly about a strong mayor in the plain-
English sense of the term — someone with a clear
mandate to get things done. And, crucially, to rally the
city and council to fight for Toronto’s interests.
But look where we are now. A week on Monday, based
on recent experience, maybe a third of Toronto’s voters
(probably less than that) will turn out. And unless
there’s a very big surprise they’ll elect a new mayor
with something like 30 per cent of the vote.
Do the math — if Olivia Chow is the winner, as
expected, she’ll be endorsed by perhaps 10 per cent of
Toronto’s voters. If one of her rivals manages to turn
things around in the final week and scoot ahead by a
point or two, their mandate could be even slimmer.
What kind of leverage will the new mayor have with
Ottawa and, especially, Queen’s Park? Everyone knows
the city is in a very deep fiscal hole, $1.5-billion deep to
be precise, and it’s not going to be able to dig out on its
own.
At a meeting this week with the Star’s editorial board,
Chow was challenged to explain how she plans to press
the city’s case for financial support with Ford. She
pointed out he has 12 MPPs from Toronto, including
five ministers, and suggested she might mobilize peo-
ple to pressure them. “I know how to do political
organizing, if it comes to that,” she said.
Somehow I doubt Doug Ford is quaking in his boots at
the prospect of a mayor voted in by a tenth of Toronto’s
voters ginning up some kind of grassroots campaign to
force his government into doing anything it doesn’t
want to do. It’d be nice to think a Chow-led citizens’
crusade could wring more cash for the city from the
Conservative government, but I for one won’t be hold-
ing my breath.
The hard reality is that Chow, or anyone else who
might squeak by her at the last minute, will be in an
even weaker position than Tory was in dealing with
senior governments. This doesn’t
Somehow I mean the city doesn’t deserve a bet-
doubt Doug ter financial deal — of course it does.
But the new mayor is being dealt a
Ford is bad hand at the start of this game.
quaking in his The new mayor will also need to
boots at the fix some things that are obviously
prospect of a broken — basic stuff like keeping
mayor voted the streets and parks clean, and
making sure creative programs like
in by a tenth CaféTO aren’t sabotaged by the city
of Toronto’s bureaucracy.
voters Chow had some pretty tough
ginning up words for city staff, saying they can
some kind of get into their own bubble “and for-
get who they are serving. They don’t
grassroots feel they’re accountable to the peo-
campaign to ple they’re serving.” Which is how
force his we can get to mid-June and dis-
government cover that permits for CaféTO pati-
os still haven’t been issued, so res-
into doing taurants and bars are bailing out of
anything it the program.
doesn’t want Chow says she’ll bring back ac-
to do countability for city staff, but the
actions she promises don’t match
her tough words. She wants staff to
hear directly from residents about
the impact of their work. But it’ll
take a lot more than that to get a
complacent bureaucracy back on
its toes.
Which is why Chow is wrong to
rule out using all those strong may-
or powers granted by Ford. Over-
ruling council is one thing, but the
new mayor should be prepared to
hire and if necessary fire senior staff
to send a very direct message: poor
results and endless delays won’t be
tolerated.
There’s something else that would
strengthen the mayor’s hand: a
higher turnout. If Torontonians
show they care about who’s run-
ning the city, whoever wins will
have a stronger mandate. So do the
right thing — get out and vote on
June 26.
A N D R EW PH IL L IPS I S A TORONTO-
B A S ED STA F F COLU MNIST FOR THE
STA R ’S OPIN ION PAGE. REAC H HIM
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“Toronto, you have waited long enough,” writes mayoral candidate Brad Bradford.
No more waiting.
I can deliver
BRAD BRADFORD
CO N T R I B U TO R
Cycling is a passion of mine. To get
around the city, for pleasure, and
for competition. It’s part of my
DNA. In competitive cycling there
is a role known as the domestique.
They work in the service of others
— helping teammates find the front
of the race, sheltering them from
the elements, and delivering food
and water throughout the day.
Domestiques find purpose sup-
porting the success of others.
That’s how I approach public ser-
vice: ensuring local government de-
livers results in service of the peo-
ple it represents.
Today in Toronto, people are left
waiting. Waiting for the Gardiner
Expressway to be rebuilt.
Waiting in traffic. Waiting for our
parks to be cleaned. Waiting for
housing they can afford.
“Brad, no one believes anyone will
actually do anything about it,” was
said to me back in April. Whether
it’s about building more housing,
relieving congestion, improving
safety on transit, or ending the
homelessness crisis — people are
tired of the endless debates, defer-
rals, and delays that have become
the hallmark of city hall.
This cynicism has a direct correla-
tion to disengagement and the re-
curring low voter turnouts. Put
simply, people have lost confidence
in city hall’s ability to deliver on the
things that matter most. To do
Time to care about
the city’s future
ADRIAN HEAPS
CO N T R I B U TO R
With less than two weeks to go in
the mayoral byelection, the major-
ity of Torontonians are still un-
aware of the issues that directly af-
fect them.
Unfortunately, up to seven out of
10 of them will not even vote.
Toronto is on the precipice. Either
we move ahead and start to assert
our place in the urban landscape, or
we become the political piñata of
the province and to a lesser extent,
the federal government.
Based on past elections, it appears
citizens do not seem to care about
their lives, nor the future of their
children or grandchildren who will
inherit the laxity of their inaction.
As a former city councillor, and as a
parent, I find this irresponsible.
The opportunity to exercise your
vote is not some spoon-fed gift. It
was advocated for many years ago
in this country. Around the world
there are countries who literally
fight for the privilege to vote. They
must look at us and ponder —what
is wrong with these people?
However, when you look deeper, it
seems the electorate has become
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ST E V E R U SS E L L
things right, and to do the right
things.
Toronto is more than a collection
of streets and services, homes and
offices. It is where you have chosen
to make your life, to seize opportu-
nity, to learn, to work, to find love
and acceptance, to raise a family, to
start a business, and to grow old and
retire. It’s not something we often
think about in transactional terms.
But in return for your belief in the
idea of Toronto, both as it is and as it
could be, Toronto’s leaders owe you
our very best.
Other candidates in this by-
election have gone the route of
large spending promises with no
credible explanation of how to pay
for them or whether they could ac-
tually be implemented. This will in-
evitably add to the pile of broken
promises and underachievement.
Politics, at every level, rewards
rhetoric and endless consultation
at the expense of action — appeas-
ing a vocal minority over the needs
of the greater good.
That is why I have put my name
forward to be Toronto’s next mayor.
We need to get back to the basics of
local government. Focus on things
that make a material difference in
everyday people’s lives. Local gov-
ernment works best when it’s guid-
ed by the principles of common
sense.
Why does it seem every major ar-
tery downtown has at least one lane
closed?
Why does it take more than five
inured to elections and still don’t
understand the power of this city
and the services it provides every
day.
More than any other level of gov-
ernment, the over 50,000 civil ser-
vant and workers who strive to
make this city a better place, go
unnoticed for the most part, be-
cause no one complains when
things work.
For you people out there, here are
some facts for you to consider.
Every year provincial and some
federal politicians criticize this city
for its financial management, yet
they are the ones running ongoing
deficits.
As a municipality, Toronto is not
allowed to have a deficit. Having
said this, there are some funda-
mental reasons why Toronto is in
its current predicament — most of
which is not its own making.
In 2000, we had a mayor who
froze property taxes for three years.
While costs went up an average of 2
per cent each year, revenues were
stymied.
In 2010, Rob Ford was elected, re-
sulting in a series of debacles that
humiliated Toronto and put this
city five to eight years behind in
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years to break ground on the city’s
affordable housing sites?
CaféTO worked for three years,
why doesn’t it work now?
City hall must get the basics right
for the people of Toronto. That
means unclogging gridlock, usher-
ing in a culture of accountability to
ensure government delivers the
services people need, and removing
the outdated and obstructionist
barriers to building housing.
In my campaign for mayor, I have
deliberately not made big, expen-
sive, headline-grabbing promises.
I’m being honest with you.
While other candidates will have
to spike tax rates on everyone to
pay for new programs they have
promised, this will not address the
massive budget shortfall that al-
ready exists.
In the pages of this very newspa-
per, there has been coverage of the
fiscal cliff Toronto is headed for — a
Thelma and Louise event that, un-
less addressed, takes our own desti-
ny out of our hands.
Toronto, you have waited long
enough. You deserve a mayor who’s
focused on your priorities. Another
study or another grand plan, de-
signed to distract from taking real
action today, is a recipe to see our
city’s decline. We can do better with
common sense approaches to
make life more affordable, help you
get around faster, and make our city
safer.
Focusing on the nuts and bolts
first and foremost will not only im-
prove services for everyone, it’s the
first step to restoring faith in our
institutions. I will deliver results
with less talk and more action as
your mayor.
BR A D BR A DFO R D I S R U N N I N G TO B E
T H E M AYO R O F TO RO N TO. H E S E RV E S
A S T H E CO U N C I L LO R FO R BE AC H E S —
E A ST YO R K , W H E R E H E R E S I DE S W I T H
H I S W I F E A N D T WO DAU GH T E R S .
projects. The final blow was CO-
VID, which no one could predict,
requiring an inordinate outlay of
resources in order to protect city
services.
Toronto is 40 per cent of the GDP
of Ontario’s economy and 20 per
cent of Canada’s. Now, our premier
likes to talk about factories. If I had
a factory with one machine gener-
ating 40 per cent of all my revenue,
then I would take care of that ma-
chine. Yet, the PCs know votes in
Toronto are a rarity for them,
which has resulted in a tenuous re-
lationship.
Finally, stop complaining about
your property taxes being too high.
Toronto property taxes are the low-
est in Ontario. I used to tell angry
constituents to gather up all the
signatures from the homes on their
street who wanted to eliminate
property taxes and I would intro-
duce a motion to support it. How-
ever, they will be responsible for
their street repairs, emergency re-
sponders, water and all city servic-
es. When they realized that proper-
ty tax is like the insurance they pay
each year, I never heard a com-
plaint again.
You may not like the slate of can-
didates, however, there are attri-
butes to many of them, and while
our system is flawed, it is still a
system that should be respected
and participated in.
Between now and June 26, spend
30 minutes reviewing their posi-
tions. Remember, it’s your future.
A DR I A N HE A P S I S A FO R ME R TO RO N -
TO CI TY CO UNCI L LO R .
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My son is obese and
alone. Can I help?
ELLIE
ADVICE
Q My son, who is in his early 50s, lives
by himself. Over the past 20 years he’s
struggled with his diet and weight control.
Twelve years ago, he was determined to
lose weight and joined a strict exercise
program.
Our family supported him on this pro-
gram. But it failed because he didn’t reduce
his intake of food. He then started a new
exercise program that included weighing
and monitoring everything he ate. He read
labels and made healthy choices. His very
scientific approach was very successful.
He lost a lot of the weight and looked
great. At family functions everyone was
very happy for him!
This lasted several years until COVID hit.
During isolation and lockdown, he put
all the weight back on and resumed
consuming double and triple helpings.
His exercise program is now hit and miss.
I don’t know how to help him get back on
track. His current weight (obese on the
charts) and lifestyle will create health
issues now and in the future.
Worried Dad
A He’s an adult who must face his own is-
sues. You can’t do it for him. He knows both
the health dangers and social isolation of
obesity. He also knows it’s possible to again
make the changes he needs, immediately.
Now, professional counselling is essential
regarding both his fears of failing again and
recognizing that giving up equals hiding.
If he wasn’t getting medical advice during
his prior weight-loss program, then he was
only focused on one part of his goal. I would
definitely suggest he seek medical attention.
I do appreciate how hard this is on you as
his father, worrying about your son on many
levels. Yet you need to put the onus of posi-
tive change on him.
He’s the one directly affected by bad deci-
sions. While your caring is undoubtedly ob-
FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023 TORONTO STAR
S TA R S
MECCA
WOODS
HOROSCOPES
The downcast vibes from
yesterday continue on through
vious to him, only he can create a healthy the late morning, which might
outlook. make it difficult to get the day
Tell him this: His future is his to make, started. Since frustration could
regarding his appearance, his well-being and also be high at this time, we
his longevity. should take extra care with
Q How can I accept that my father favours ourselves and our interactions
my sister? He even gave her money to help with others. The good news is that
buy a house on his street so her three chil- this sombre mood doesn’t last
dren could visit him and my mother often. for long. By the late afternoon,
I don’t have children because, at 17, I got the energy should be more
a job in a store, and over the years became upbeat, helping us to get the
a manager working long hours, including weekend started off right.
trips to showrooms in other cities. The evening bodes well
I enjoy my sister’s kids on family for get-togethers, nightlife
occasions but save my free time for rest, and romantic rendezvous.
closest friends and my best guy. ARIES
It’s too late now to change any of this. But (March 21 to April 19)
I’m feeling hurt, angry and discarded by my Try not to dwell too much on
immediate family. the past. Stay in the here and now.
No Family Ties What’s something enjoyable
A You’re focusing on the house purchase, that you can do in this moment?
but not on seeking a connection with your TAURUS
parents, which has been a hurtful loss. (April 20 to May 20)
Have you asked your father why he’s giving You could be feeling left out;
a gift that benefits one of his daughters only? though, it could be insecurity
Since he could afford to be so generous, ask that’s causing the distress.
him why he didn’t help make your family life Your loved ones will remind you
easier, perhaps with an occasional family get- how appreciated you are.
away. You deserve an answer. GEMINI
Feedback Regarding the “Horny Husband” (May 21 to June 20)
(May 25): A parent, employer or person
“Kids are not stupid, especially those in of authority could be extra
their teens. Offer those who are in high demanding. Don’t let it zap your
school a ‘paid’ night out, possibly with confidence. Reflect on the things
friends. The cost of movie, snacks and a late- you love about yourself.
night treat would be worth the cost. CANCER
“As a husband, start pulling your weight (June 21 to July 22)
when it comes to sex. This will show that It could be easy to pine away for
you’re reaching out and will likely “turn your something you don’t have (yet).
wife on.” Shift your attention and energy
Ellie’s tip of the day by practising gratitude for what
It’s up to the adult offspring of their parents, you do have.
especially those already in mid-life, to make LEO
healthy decisions about maintaining their (July 23 to Aug. 22)
well-being, and seek medical advice when Does it feel like you and a friend
needed to benefit their future. are on two separate pages? Talk it
E L L IE T E S H E R AN D L IS I T E S H E R AR E A DV I C E out or spend some time with
CO LU M N ISTS FO R T H E STAR AN D B A S E D them. You’ll feel a lot better.
IN TO RO N TO. S E N D YOU R R E L AT I O N S H I P VIRGO
Q U E ST IO N S V IA E M AIL : E L L IE @ T H E STA R .CA (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)
OR L IS I@ T H E STAR .CA. You can’t always fix or solve other
people’s problems, and that’s OK.
Sometimes it makes more sense
to take a step back rather than
jumping in.
LIBRA
(Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)
You could use some free time. Try
to keep your schedule light today
or, at least, manageable. Plan to do
something fun with friends later.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)
Don’t shrink yourself or be
too self-critical. Be proud of
the person you are.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)
You may not be comfortable
telling someone how you feel,
but it may be necessary to speak
up and tell the truth.
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)
If your way of doing things isn’t
working out right now, it’s not
the end of the world. Remember
that perfection is an illusion.
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)
There’s no shame in asking
for help. You may be pleasantly
surprised by the amount of people
who show up for you.
PISCES
(Feb. 19 to March 20)
If you’re feeling glum, don’t feel
like you have to soldier through it.
Make self-care a priority.
FOR TODAY’S BIRTHDAY
You’re a person of substance. You
care deeply about your friends
and family. Whether it’s handling
your responsibilities or maintain-
ing your relationships, you do
things with care. You don’t run at
the first sign of trouble; you see
the problem through. You’re clever
and funny, and you possess a
pleasant personality. While you
can be firm in your approach,
you’re also someone who’s easy to
get along with. You’re also multi-
faceted and creative. There’s just
about nothing that you can’t do.
This year helps you work on
improving your relationship with
yourself. Be your own biggest fan.
BIRTHDATE OF
John Cho, actor; Ali Stroker,
actor/singer; Daniel Bruhl, actor.
SECTION B FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023 TORONTO STAR
BOOKS
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Book focuses on Kennedys’ beach
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R E A L E S TAT E
Home sales rebounded in May
CREA findings reveal first year-over-year increase since June 2021, pushing up house prices
TA R A D E S C H A M P S
Canada’s real estate market contin-
ued to heat up in May with home
sales posting their first year-over-
year increase since June 2021 and
the average price seeing its first
year-over-year gain in a year.
The findings released by the Ca-
nadian Real Estate Association on
Thursday suggested a marked shift
away from the sluggish sales and
slumping prices the country has
seen since last year.
“The rebound has been evident
for a number of months at this
point, but May really drove the
point home,” CREA chair Larry
Cerqua said in a news release.
The association said the number
of home sales in May totalled
54,241, a 1.4 per cent gain compared
with the same month last year.
Seasonally adjusted sales for May
were 40,220, up 5.1 per cent com-
pared with April.
The increase came after months
of buyers sitting on the sidelines
awaiting a bottom for home prices.
But as they waited, the Bank of
Canada hiked interest rates, help-
ing push up mortgage rates. After
pausing earlier this year, the central
bank hiked rates again this month
in a bid to tame inflation.
In recent months, sellers have
been as reticent as most buyers to
wade into the market, reasoning
that they would fetch far less for a
home than neighbours had, when
the market was still roaring during
the height of the COVID-19 pan-
demic
Now, both buyers and sellers ap-
pear to be ready to buy or list homes
and it’s pushing prices up again.
The actual national average home
price was $729,044 in May, up 3.2
per cent from May 2022, CREA
said. The seasonally adjusted aver-
age home price was $715,290, up 2.7
per cent from April.
Despite the increases pointing to a
rebound, Cerqua felt some aspects
of the turnaround are still yet to be
determined. “The degree to which a
recovery will be able to play out on
the sales side as opposed to the
price side will come down to supply,
which remains quite low.”
The number of newly listed prop-
erties totalled 59,237 in May, a 6.8
per cent rose from April. The actual
number of new listings amounted
to 87,037, still down 13.6 per cent
from May 2022.
SEE REAL ESTATE, B2
I N F L AT I O N
Food prices won’t drop, report warns
Widespread labour shortage, climate change will keep costs elevated
CLARRIE FEINSTEIN
BUSINESS REPORTER
High food costs are “the new nor-
mal” as labour shortages and ex-
treme climate events continue to
plague the sector, an RBC report
warns.
Food prices have soared by 18 per
cent over the past two years, adding
to Canadians’ grocery bills, and as
of April, food prices were still 8.3
per cent higher than a year ago,
according to Wednesday’s report.
While food prices won’t rise as
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G H A DA A L S H A R I F
BUSINESS REPORTER
When you walk into an Indigo
bookstore these days, it’s hard not
to notice the dwindling number of
— well — books.
A sprawl of handbags, kitchen-
ware, plants, cocktail kits, lounge-
wear, couch cushions and even
composters that turn your food
waste into soil now spill out over
into the vast spaces of Canada’s
largest bookstore chain where
years ago there was little else but a
maze of bookshelves.
In stark contrast is the experience
of browsing at a Toronto indepen-
dent bookshop. There are no esca-
lators or crockery. The floors are
often well-worn hardwood or cov-
ered by a cosy rug in intimate spac-
es choc-a-bloc with volumes care-
fully curated by the book lovers
who run the place.
With the rise of big chain book-
sellers like Indigo in Canada,
Barnes & Noble in the U.S. and glob- SEE BOOKS, B3
rapidly as they did over the past
year, ongoing challenges such as cli-
mate change, labour shortages,
supply chain issues and geopolitics
means food costs won’t return to
pre-pandemic levels.
“As more people enter retirement
and fewer enter the labour force (in
the food sector) labour shortages
will persist long-term,” said Nathan
Janzen, assistant chief economist
at RBC and report co-author. “And
extreme weather events will limit
crop production putting more
pressure on our supply.”
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TV LISTINGS, B7
Politicians
suggest
windfall tax
on grocers
Expert says levy
on single industry
is ‘far too specific’
D H R I T I G U P TA
S TA F F R E P O R T E R
A House of Commons report is rec-
ommending a ‘windfall tax’ on gro-
cery chain profits if the Competi-
tion Bureau uncovers evidence of
price gouging.
The Standing Committee on Agri-
culture and Agri-Food report lays
out 13 recommendations to address
rising food costs and touches on
funding for Indigenous-led food se-
curity initiatives, public data on
food costs and eliminating some
best before dates to reduce food
waste.
The committee references the bu-
reau’s upcoming study on competi-
tion in the grocery industry in call-
al e-commerce giant Amazon.com “We weren’t ing for a tax to “disincentivize” gro-
— which emerged as an online business cery stores excess price hikes.
bookstore in the early ’90s — the people, but we David Macdonald, senior econo-
demise of the independent book- loved books,” mist at the Canadian Centre for
store was widely forecast. Today, said Joanne Policy Alternatives thinks a wind-
that couldn’t be further from the Saul who left fall profits tax focusing solely on the
truth. a career as grocery industry would be “far too
In Toronto, independent book- a University specific,” and pointed to the role
sellers report that business is of Toronto rising oil and gas prices have played
strong, and in some cases sales are professor in food costs.
even better than before the pan- to open Type “High energy prices have flowed
demic, as a growing number of bookstore. into excess profits in the oil and gas
shoppers prioritize community SEE GROCERIES, B3
and one-on-one human connec-
tion over malls and online purchas- ANDREW
es. FRANCIS TO DAY ’ S N E W S
As chain bookstores struggle to WALLACE
maintain profitability amid an in- TO RO N TO STA R n The Canadian government
dustry in turmoil, pivoting to life- has pledged $25 million to
style products to compensate, indie fund the country’s first
bookstores are attracting custom- LGBTQ entrepreneurship
ers by providing a personalized program. B2
shopping experience while emerg-
ing as community hubs for readers n Statistics Canada reports
to share ideas at events, lectures manufacturing sales in-
and book signings. creased in April to $72.3
“Our sales are robust,” said Anjula billion, aided by sales of
motor vehicle parts. B2
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Food prices are driven by many As of April, NASDAQ
factors, Janzen said, the biggest be- food prices 13,782.82 + 156.34
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the report said.
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Ottawa to create LGBTQ program
Lesbian business owner says $25-million initiative will be a game changer for new companies
B R E T T B U N DA L E
The federal government has com-
mitted $25 million to create Cana-
da’s first-ever LGBTQ entrepre-
neurship program, an investment
one trailblazer called a “game-
changer.”
Small Business and Economic De-
velopment Minister Mary Ng said
the program will help build a more
inclusive economy and society.
“This is the first program of its
kind in the world,” she said in an
interview after the announcement
at the Global 2SLGBTQI+ Business
Summit and Supplier Diversity Fo-
rum in Kingston, Ont. “It’s unique
because of the unique challenges
these entrepreneurs face. Who you
are and who you love should not
hurt your business. In fact, it should
help you be successful.”
The entrepreneurship program
will be run by the CGLCC, a cham-
ber of commerce for Canada’s
LGBTQ community, and will in-
clude three main components: A
business scaleup program, an eco-
system fund and a knowledge hub.
Darrell Schuurman, co-founder
and CEO of the CGLCC, said “en-
trepreneurs who identify as
2SLGBTQI+ play a crucial role in
contributing to the Canadian econ-
omy” but continue to face barriers
when starting and expanding their
businesses.
“All entrepreneurs have had their
share of struggles but this program
recognizes that there are additional
unique challenges and barriers
Weather can disrupt supply chain
F O O D F R O M B1
Labour shortages for certain
jobs, such as truck drivers, has been
a decades-long problem, Janzen
said.
But now labour shortages are
more widespread in the industry,
burdening production.
“These labour and supply chain
factors are going to persist, result-
ing in a long-run disruption, keep-
ing food prices elevated,” he said.
In addition, costs for raw food
commodities that go into food pro-
duction, including wheat, whole-
sale meat and oils, soared due to a
perfect storm of “adverse weather
conditions and geopolitical tur-
moil,” the report added.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine
sent wheat prices skyrocketing,
causing a surge in prices for fertiliz-
er and natural gas. And severe
drought conditions hit the Prairie
provinces, prompting domestic
crop production to drop sharply in
2021.
Extreme weather events also dis-
rupt the supply chain when roads
faced by diverse-owned businesses
and 2SLGBTQI+ entrepreneurs,”
he said. “Some businesses have ac-
tually lost contracts because of
their ownership. People are some-
times hiding who they are and not
fully bringing their true selves to
their business and it has a negative
impact on the growth of their busi-
ness and, ultimately, on the econo-
my.”
Sylvie Ouellette, CEO and co-
founder of data management and
analytics firm Versatil, said the pro-
gram will be a game changer for
LGBTQ entrepreneurs.
are flooded and infrastructure
crumbles, said Sheila Block, senior
economist at the Canadian Centre
for Policy Alternatives.
“This report underestimates the
impact of climate change not just
on agriculture, but also on the sup-
ply chain of getting produce from
one place to the next,” she said.
The report also fails to investigate
the effects of big grocers who have
seen their profits grow during a
time of high inflation, Block said,
which has greatly impacted con-
sumers.
Furthermore, geopolitics need to
be priced into food costs and
Ukraine is just one case study of
how conflict can greatly impact
food production and prices, said
Sylvain Charlebois, director of Dal-
housie’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab.
“What happens if China invades
Taiwan? You have to hedge against
these odds,” he said. “There’s a lot of
uncertainty with geopolitics and it’s
making things less predictable.”
(Taiwan is a global leader in semi-
conductor production, or electron-
ic chips, which power machinery in
When she launched her business
13 years ago, Ouellette said she
didn’t feel comfortable being her
true self at work despite having
held several senior executive roles
in large corporations.
“Unfortunately, when we started
our business, I had to get back in the
closet,” she said. “We were two
women starting a business in a
male-dominated industry. We
didn’t want to say we were lesbians
too … it felt pretty lonely.”
Her company is now a successful,
multimillion-dollar enterprise, and
Ouellette said she’s slowly brought
many sectors, including manufac-
turing.)
While food prices will slow this
year, Charlebois forecasts that
fresh produce will continue to see
higher prices as imports from Cali-
fornia are limited due to regional
flooding, and the Canadian Dairy
Commission will approve incre-
mental price increases for dairy
products, he said.
Beef prices will also rise signif-
icantly over the next few months as
extreme drought impacts beef pro-
duction in the U.S.
Canadians may see overall prices
stabilize this year, but consumers
are paying more for less food, the
report noted. The cost of food has
gone up but the amount purchased
is less compared to the end of 2019.
“This food increases are painful
for middle- and low-income house-
holds,” Block said. “We’ve seen sky-
rocketing numbers of people using
food banks. Higher food prices are
the new normal, so we need more
income support for low- income
Canadians to ensure their food se-
curity.”
FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023 TORONTO STAR
more of her “authentic self” to
work.
She said the LGBTQ entrepre-
neurship program will help sup-
port new entrepreneurs with the
resources, networks and mentor-
ship needed for greater inclusion in
the economy and success.
“It’s very significant because it will
help Canada’s economy to be more
inclusive to the LGBTQ business
community,” Ouellette said.
The federal Economic Develop-
ment Department says there are
more than 100,000 LGBTQ-owned
and -operated businesses in Cana-
da that employ more than 435,000
workers and generate over $22 bil-
lion in economic activity.
Yet it says one in four LGBTQ
entrepreneurs have faced discrim-
ination or lost their business be-
cause of who they are and many
struggle to access funding.
Meanwhile, the program — in-
cluding the verification of LGBTQ
“This is the status — will be administered by the
first program of CGLCC.
its kind in the “It will be driven by the communi-
world,” said ty to serve the community,” Ng said.
Small Business The CGLCC currently runs a sup-
and Economic plier diversity program that has a
Development certification process in place for
Minister Mary LGBTQ-owned businesses.
Ng in Kingston, Schuurman said the organization
Ont., on would use a similar process to ver-
Thursday. ify eligibility for the LGBTQ en-
trepreneurship program, including
a list of qualifiers and proof points
LARS HAG BE RG of sexuality and/or gender identity
THE CANA DI A N such as personal references.
PR E SS T H E CA N A DI A N P R E SS
Latest rate
hike may
dampen
the market
R E A L E S T A T E F R O M B1
Robert Kavcic, senior economist
with BMO Capital Markets, inter-
preted the figures as a sign that new
listings are “showing a bit of life,”
but he warned they are still about 16
per cent below the three-year pre-
COVID average.
“So, while there are some very ear-
ly signs of better listings flow, the
dearth to this point has tightened
up the market,” he wrote in a note
to investors.
Housing activity ran “wild” in re-
cent years when the Bank of Cana-
da cut rates in recent years to his-
toric lows but when rates started to
rise, activity went “dark,” he said.
When it paused rates in January,
the central bank was “effectively
telling Canadians that the worst is
over” and housing activity has risen
quickly from the ashes.
“Following this sophisticated
train of logic, it stands to reason
that the bank’s latest 25 basis point
rate hike will again dampen market
psychology somewhat and take
some steam out of recent activity.”
T H E CA N A DI A N P R E SS
While food
prices will slow
this year, IN BRIEF
Sylvain
Charlebois, M A N U FAC T U R I N G
director of
Dalhousie’s
Agri-Food
Auto parts, coal,
Analytics Lab, petroleum drive
forecasts that
fresh produce sales up in April
will continue
to see higher Statistics Canada says manufactur-
prices as ing sales rose 0.3 per cent to $72.3
imports from billion in April, helped by higher
California are sales of auto parts and petroleum
limited due and coal products. The agency says
to regional sales of motor vehicle parts rose
flooding. 25.1 per cent to a record $3.8 billion
in April as sales of engines and oth-
er motor vehicle parts in Ontario
LA N CE climbed higher. Sales in the petro-
M CM I LLAN leum and coal industry climbed 4.3
TORONTO STA R per cent to $9.1 billion in April, as
FILE PHOTO higher volumes offset lower prices
for refined petroleum energy prod-
ucts. Meanwhile, sales in the pri-
mary metal industry fell 5.4 per
cent to $5.7 billion.
T H E CA N A DI A N P R E SS
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Indie sales increased 6% in 2022
B O O K S F R O M B1
Gogia, the retail manager and
events co-ordinator at Another
Story Bookshop in Toronto’s Ron-
cesvalles neighbourhood, which
sells books focusing on themes of
social justice, equity and diversity.
“The work that we do in our com-
munities and events we present is
constantly introducing new read-
ers to our store.”
Laura Carter, executive director of
the Canadian Independent Book-
sellers Association, says there has
been an increase in new indepen-
dent bookstores that are opening
across the country and according to
data from BookNet Canada, indie
bookstore sales were up six per cent
in 2022 from the previous year.
“We have 30 bookstore members
that opened in 2019 or later,” Carter
said in an email.
During the pandemic, bookstores,
like many businesses, struggled
with frequent and lengthy lock-
downs but managed to shift their
business models to provide an on-
line curated experience to survive.
But even before then, “between
2009 and 2018 independent book-
stores proved to be far more resil-
ient than expected,” said Ryan Raf-
faelli, a professor of business ad-
ministration at Harvard Business
School in a paper on the resurgence
of indie bookstores. The American
Booksellers Association reported a
49 per cent growth in the number
of independent booksellers, in-
creasing from 1,651 in 2009 to 2,470
in 2018, Rafaelli reported.
“Consumers are really looking for
experiential retailing,” said retail
analyst Lisa Hutcheson, a manag-
ing partner at consulting firm J.C.
Williams Group. “And what the in-
die bookstores are doing is bringing
that sense of community, personal-
ization and experience to the cus-
tomer.”
‘The pull of indie bookstores’
This commitment to community is
at the core of the resilience of To-
ronto’s independent bookstores.
When Joanne Saul, co-owner of
Type Books, left her career as a pro-
fessor at the University of Toronto
to open her first store on Queen
West in 2006, people called her
“nuts” and “naive.”
“When we opened Type, we
hadn’t seen a new bookstore open
in 13 years and there had been so
many closures,” Saul said. “It was
really the heyday of Indigo and
Chapters and Amazon was just
growing.
“We weren’t business people, but
we loved books and I believed deep-
ly that this was needed and neces-
sary.”
Seventeen years later, Type has
three locations across the city, em-
ploying staff who are experts in var-
ious fields including art and music
and who are given the freedom to
curate books based on the commu-
nities they work in and the topics in
which they are knowledgeable.
“Around 90 per cent of our staff
have published books,” Saul said,
“so they’re deeply rooted in the
publishing and book community.”
Every location aims to reflect the
neighbourhood in which it exists.
Its books are curated for readers in
those specific areas and so are the
events, including art exhibitions
and book signings.
“The very fact that there are three
stores that are distinctive shows the
powerful pull of neighbourhood on
indie bookstores,” Saul said. “We’re
selling ideas, sharing them and
propagating them. And I think that
is why community can grow out of
these storefronts.”
Another Story’s manager Gogia,
who has worked in the industry for
nearly 30 years, has also seen
bookshops weather the storm of
online shopping and big-box book-
stores.
But throughout the years, Gogia
has been deliberate about hosting
events that highlight the work and
voices of diverse local and interna-
tional authors, continuing the goal
of Another Story’s founder, Sheila
Koffman, who opened the business
in 1987 with the hopes of placing
“diverse books into diverse hands.”
The bookshop aims to amplify
marginalized voices rather than
promote bestsellers or what the
market dictates and also functions
as a wholesale business, supplying
children’s books to schools across
Southern Ontario.
“We have a lot of folks in the queer,
trans, Black, Indigenous and other
communities of colour that shop at
our store because of the very specif-
ic selection that we have,” Gogia
said. “The work we do with all the
different communities really fos-
ters that sense of loyalty amongst
our customers.”
Because of this loyalty, both Saul
and Gogia said their shops were
able to shift sales to online easily
during the pandemic — a very scary
time for business — and both said
they are seeing a bump in revenue.
“When the pandemic hit, we put a
lot of time and energy into trying to
make our in-store experience on-
line — which is not an easy thing to
do,” Saul said. “But it made it very
clear that our community matters
and that we matter to them.”
A Different Booklist near Bath-
urst and Bloor has also seen a spike
in sales and has become a hub for
the Black community since first
opening in 1995, encouraging poets,
authors and political scientists to
host events in their space.
The bookstore, which stocks and
promotes books reflecting Black
and Caribbean communities, and
the African diaspora, saw a tremen-
dous surge of demand for books
dealing with racism, inequality and
poverty after the murder of George
Floyd by a police officer in Minne-
apolis in 2020, said co-owner Mi-
guel San Vicente.
San Vicente, who for the last 25
years has co-owned the shop with
his wife, children’s author Itah Sa-
du, estimates that sales have in-
creased by 15 per cent since 2019.
“People want to be educated,” Vi-
cente said. “People want to recon-
nect with the physical bookstore
because it’s an opportunity to en-
gage with people and engage in dis-
cussions on subjects that matter to
them.”
Fall of the book chains
Good news for the indies, however,
isn’t reflected across the broader
book business.
Indigo continues to lose money
and its future is uncertain. Most
recently, nearly half the board of
Indigo announced they were step-
ping down, including founder and
executive chair Heather Reisman
who said she will retire this sum-
mer.
One director, Chika Stacy Oriuwa,
resigned “because of her loss of
confidence in board leadership and
because of mistreatment,” a state-
ment from Indigo said.
Indigo did not respond to inqui-
ries from the Star on Oriuwa’s com-
ments or why the directors stepped
down and whether the company
will continue to expand its lifestyle
products.
“While this is a time of change at
the board level of our business, In-
digo has a strong corporate leader-
ship team in place,” Indigo said in
an email. “Work is being done dur-
ing this period of board transition
to ensure a strong team of directors
in place. We will have more to share
as we move forward.”
In the decade leading up to the
pandemic, the retailer had been
struggling to maintain profitability.
Its stock price is a roller-coaster
ride, rising from $14 over a decade
ago to $20 in early 2018, then falling
to below $4 before the pandemic
hit. It’s now a penny stock, and
closed at $1.93 a share on Thursday.
The book chain likely lost millions
of dollars, according to industry ex-
perts, as it grappled with a “cyber-
security incident” that shut down
its website and electronic payment
system in February.
In the latest quarter, Indigo re-
ported in February a profit of $34.3
million, down from $45.1 million a
year earlier, while revenue was
$422.7 million, down from $430.7
million in the same period a year
ago.
The story is much the same in the
U.S., with book giant Borders shut-
tering 500 stores and filing for
bankruptcy in 2011 after 40 years in
business. Barnes & Noble, Amer-
ica’s largest remaining chain, even-
tually became lunch for Amazon in
the 2010s and has only recently
come back from the brink after 400
branches had closed by 2018 leaving
thousands out of work.
Now, the chain is undergoing its
largest expansion in more than a
decade. The reason? James Daunt,
who launched his first independent
bookstore in London in 1990, was
appointed CEO in 2019 and has
borrowed from the indie playbook
— a focus on books and fewer giz-
mos and gadgets while giving man-
agers of his 600 stores freedom to
curate selections based on commu-
nity demand.
“The problem with chains like In-
digo is that they’re caught in the
middle,” said Bruce Winder, retail
analyst and author. “They’re not a
big online distributor of books and
they’re not an indie. They don’t
have that one-to-one connection
with the consumer.”
The model of selling a bunch of
different categories is no longer
working and retailers nowadays
have to either “pick a niche and be
the best in the world at it” or be a
massive store like Amazon, Bruce
says.
“The department store model is a
dying breed,” he says. “I imagine
that Indigo will probably have to
look at downsizing down the road.”
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NDP
voice
support
for tax
G R O C E R I E S F R O M B1
industry,” Macdonald said. “I think
we should be looking much more
broadly when we think about in-
flation, not exclusively at grocery
stores.”
However, he said there are bene-
fits to a windfall tax, one being that
it could help recoup “rentier prof-
its,” what Macdonald explains as
companies making massive profits
by being “in the right place at the
right time.”
He said those kinds of profits
aren’t productive because they
don’t return value to smart invest-
ments. “It has nothing to do with
their business acumen,” Macdon-
ald said, pointing out that there is a
precedent for a retroactive windfall
tax in the banking sector. “This is
something we could learn from and
then apply to other sectors like gro-
ceries, oil and gas.”
Saul Freedman- When it comes to price gouging,
Lawson, left, Macdonald said the data available
Anjula Gogia, in Canada isn’t specific enough to
Adjowa draw the line between inflationary
Karikari and pressures and profiteering at gro-
Kaitlin Toste cery stores.
work the “Certainly their margins are up
Another Story compared to pre-pandemic levels,”
Bookshop in he said about grocery stores, noting
Roncesvalles. their pre-tax profits doubled from
“The events we two per cent to four per cent. “Does
present,” says that mean that’s all being made on
Gogia, the the food side? That’s not at all
store manager, clear.”
are “constantly The report points out, for in-
introducing stance, how Loblaws combines its
new readers to food, health, beauty, apparel and
our store.” other general merchandise sales in-
to a single category. “Frankly, gro-
cery stores haven’t helped their
A N DR E W case,” Macdonald said, adding that
F R A N CI S the Competition Bureau has no
WALLACE power to compel that information.
TORONTO STA R In a parliamentary hearing in
March, Loblaw chair Galen Weston
said his company’s record profits
came from makeup and medica-
tion, not food.
“We’re actually losing money on
core commodities: milk, vegetable
oil, butter, certain cheeses,” Weston
said. He refused to provide a break-
down of the numbers due to their
commercially sensitive nature.
“We are obligated by the securi-
ties commission to speak the truth
on this, so you can trust what we
say,” Weston said.
In an emailed statement to the
Star, the Retail Council of Canada
attributed food price inflation to
“the confluence of global factors:
the war in Ukraine and its effect on
grain and grain oil prices, the rising
cost of fuel and fertilizer, and the
severe impact of climate events,
along with labour shortages and
supply chain disruptions.”
Karl Littler, a spokesperson for
the council, added that Canada’s in-
flation rate is the second lowest
among major economies, and com-
parable to that in the U.S.
Sylvain Charlebois, director of the
Agri-Food Analytics Lab, studied
grocery chain profits using data
from quarterly Loblaw investment
reports over the past five years and
didn’t observe evidence of profi-
teering.
He added that the Competition
Bureau’s study is not about abuse
within the supply chain. Charlebois
doesn’t understand how the evi-
‘‘
dence in question would be pre-
sented in next week’s market study.
“It’s more about understanding
competitive dynamics,” Charlebois
said. “The House of Commons
What committee just had to deal with this
the indie political hot potato.”
bookstores The NDP voiced support for the
committee’s recommendation,
are doing is
calling for an immediate introduc-
bringing that tion of the tax. “Doing this will in-
sense of centivize grocery CEOs and exec-
community, utives to keep prices low and will
personaliza- put more money back in people’s
pockets,” read a statement from
tion and NDP food price inflation critic, Al-
experience to istair MacGregor.
the customer. Charlebois expressed doubts
about the ability of a windfall prof-
its tax to achieve these goals. “If
LI SA people want a windfall tax, let’s
H UTCH E S O N have a conversation,” he said. “Look
M A N AGI NG at what has happened to banking
PARTNER AT J.C . fees and profits — they’ve gone up.
W I LLI A M S And all of us are paying for it. It
GROUP would be the same in food.”
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NORMA ERLINE PAISLEY
ECONOMOU, George McCKELL, Lloyd
GOLEC, Richard PAISLEY, Norma
KNUYVER, Marie TEDDER, Henrietta Norma Erline Paisley was born on August 26, 1930, in Stou ville,
MacDONALD, Anthony Ontario, alongside her twin brother, Norman Earl, to parents, Lillis
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As a kid, a visit to the barbershop with her father ended in a rather
unfortunate haircut. Norma's brothers said she looked like Mo of
the Three Stooges, and from then on until her passing at 92 years
old, everyone best knew her as "Mo" or "Mosie."
Mo is survived by her loving husband of 69 years, Paul. She will be
deeply missed by sons, Peter (Hiroko), Robert (Linda), and Douglas
(Michele), and daughter, Gayle (Michael); and her 13 grandchildren;
MARIE ANNA KNUYVER
and 16 great-grandchildren, of whom she was incredibly proud and
(nee DESJARLAIS)
August 10, 1944 - June 10, 2023 doted on for 40 years.
Born and raised in Stou ville, Mo was the second youngest of
seven kids in the Paisley household. A gifted athlete, Mo excelled
It is with heavy hearts that we at track and eld as well as baseball as a kid. It was at Stou ville
announce the passing of High School that Mo rst met the love of her life, Paul, though their
Marie Anna Knuyver (nee courtship didn't begin until their university years. Mo attended the
DesJarlais), on June 10, 2023, Toronto Western Hospital School of Nursing and spent ve years
at the Trillium Health Partners, as an Operating Room Nurse there.
GEORGE ECONOMOU RICHARD JOHN GOLEC Mississauga Hospital. Beloved Mo and Paul wed on June 19, 1954. Their union kicked o nearly
wife for 58 years of Julius; seven decades of adventures, including travelling the world,
and loving mother of visiting and hosting friends, raising a family, and enjoying all of
It is with deep sorrow that we On June 9, 2023, Richard
Theodore (Mandy). Marie life's moments, both big and small.
announce the death of John Golec, age 74, of
leaves behind her many Mo's greatest joy in life was her family. She left her nursing career
George Economou (Toronto, Brampton, Ontario, passed
family members residing in to raise her four kids, spending their formative years in
Ontario). Born in Ziaka, away peacefully at home, with
western Canada. Scarborough and Victoria, BC. There was rarely a dull moment in
Grevena, Greece, on May 10, his family at his side.
Marie was predeceased by the Cummings household, with Mo keeping tabs on three "spirited"
1931, he passed away Richard is survived by his
her daughter, Evon Marie; her boys who loved to torment their younger sister.
peacefully, on June 14, 2023, loving wife, Linda (née
parents, Henri and Helene Mosie was incredibly proud of her children and the lives they built.
at the age of 92. George was Paspalis); his son, Daniel; his
DesJarlais; and parents- She cherished visits and phone calls with them and getting the
predeceased by his brothers, daughter-in-law, Janice; and
in-law, Frits and Rebekka scoop on all things work, kids, travels and more.
Basile, Thanasi, and Demetri; his grandchildren, Sebastian,
Knuyver. Mo felt fortunate to spend 25 years living with her daughter, Gayle
and his sister, Despina. Allister, Jasper and Eva.
Marie was born in Welby, and her family. Many of those years were spent on the family farm
Richard was predeceased by
Saskatchewan, in 1944, into a where Mo and Paul enjoyed the simplicities of farm living. You
He will be dearly missed by his son, Matt; his parents,
large and loving family. The could often nd Mo on a walk, enjoying a drink on the porch,
his wife of 66 years, Stanley and Mary; and his
family relocated to Manitoba completing a crossword, or hanging laundry outside to dry in the
Diamantoula; his four brother, Ted.
in 1960. At the beginning of fresh farm air (when you lived with Mo, you knew not to get
children, Christos (Debora), He enjoyed a career as a civil
1965, Marie met a young between her and a pile of laundry).
Mary (John), Rita, and Nick engineer until his retirement
soldier who was totally Mo treasured her time at Eagle Lake, having spent 65 summers
(Shelley); his grandchildren, in 2013. At that time, he
smitten on having laid eyes there. She loved her daily swims, played many games of Scrabble,
Maria, Melina, George, turned his focus and energy
on her. Marie and Jules were enjoyed Happy Hour and Book Club get-togethers, and hosted
Adrianna, Paul, Jonathan to golf, gardening and being
married later that year. countless visitors (including daily visits from her grandkids, who
(Medea), Alexander a proud papa to his
Military family life for Marie showed up at 10 a.m. sharp each morning for "Candy Shop").
(Stephanie), George, grandchildren.
and Jules involved the birth of Mo had many close friendships and a very full social calendar.
Madeline, and Chloe; and his Please join us for a memorial
a daughter, Evon Marie, in Between bridge games, book club gatherings, curling, baking
great-granddaughter, Olivia. service in his honour.
Manitoba and a son, delicious treats, attending church, volunteering at Markham
Visitation will take place on
Theodore, in Germany. Theirs Stou ville Hospital, and many special trips and celebrations, she
Our father passed away to be Saturday, July 8, 2023, from
was a loving marriage that lived life to the fullest and touched so many with her quick wit and
with his family and friends on 10:00 - 11:00 a.m., with a
strengthened over the years, warm, generous spirit.
an eternal shing trip where memorial service from 11:00
through trials and tribulations Mo was an incredibly loving grandmother and great-grandmother,
30 pound muskies and 6 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at Brampton
of a life that involved frequent
pound bass are everywhere! Funeral Home & Cemetery, never missing a birthday, graduation, or milestone, and often
upheaval of homes, along
Arbor Memorial, 10061 marked the occasions by penning one of her famous poems. She
with lengthy separations.
George was a loving and Chinguacousy Rd., Brampton. proudly displayed photos of her 16 great-grandchildren on her
On leaving military life in
devoted husband, Reception to follow. The fridge, and loved to introduce them to fellow residents whenever
1993, Marie and Jules settled
grandfather, great- family requests that in lieu of they visited.
in Mississauga. Marie's
grandfather, brother, uncle, owers, contributions to Mt. When Mo asked about you, she listened intently to the answer
outgoing and gentle
godfather, and friend. He Sinai or to the Canadian because she genuinely cared. She had a warmth about her that left
personality, along with an
always had a smile on his Cancer Society be made in a mark on everyone she met. In her 92 years, she never ran out of
open and caring heart, gained
face, a quick wit, and a Richard's name. room in her heart to love more and more people.
her many friends in the
wonderful sense of humour. Mo's family is immensely grateful to the sta at Amica Unionville
community.
George served as the rst for giving Mo such a warm, welcoming place to spend her nal
Marie was diagnosed with
President of the Grevena years.
Lymphoma in 2014. Treatment
Association, as Vice President Visitation will be Monday, June 19th, from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. at
at Princess Margaret Hospital
of Annunciation of the Virgin Dixon-Garland Funeral Home. The Celebration of Life will take
resulted in remission of the
Mary (Panagia) Greek place on Tuesday, June 20th, at 11 a.m. at Heritage United Church
cancer. Unfortunately, in
Orthodox Cathedral, and also in Markham.
2020, the lymphoma returned
served on the Board of In lieu of owers, donations can be made in Mo's memory to
with a vengeance,
Directors of the Greek Markham Stou ville Hospital.
accompanied by lung cancer.
Community of Toronto.
Treatment over the next two
years resulted in the cancers
Viewing will be from 6 to 9
being declared dormant at the
p.m. at Virgin Mary (Panagia)
beginning of 2023. However,
Church, 136 Sorauren Ave.,
due to cancer-caused
Toronto, on Friday, June 16th,
and the Funeral will take
Timing to place a weakened lungs, Marie
su ered with frequent bouts
place at the same church on death or birth notice:
of pneumonia. Marie was a
Saturday, June 17th, at 10:30
To publish in the Saturday ghter but the last bout of
a.m. In lieu of owers,
edition: pneumonia was too much for
donations to the Greek
Notices must be placed her and she passed away on
Community of Toronto will be
June 10, 2023, in the arms of
appreciated. before 10:45 a.m. on Friday
her beloved husband, Jules.
To publish in the Sunday to Marie had requested no
He was our hero, and will
Friday editions: service, with cremation and a
always be remembered with
Notices must be placed simple inurnment next to her
love.
before 3:00 p.m. the day prior daughter, at Glendale
Cemetery, in the presence of
her immediate family.
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DEATHS, MEMORIALS, BIRTHS
Death Notices 416-869-4229, Births, In Memoriams 416-777-7777
DEATH NOTICES
ANTHONY FRANCIS
MacDONALD
Anthony "Tony" Francis
MacDonald, 65, of Toronto,
Ontario, passed away on June
1, 2023.
Tony was born on June 11,
1957, to John and Irene
MacDonald in Antigonish,
Nova Scotia. After graduating
from Sir John A. MacDonald
High School in Hamilton, he
went on to acquire his hair
styling license, earn his Red
Seal in cooking and achieved
a Diploma in Technological
Education from the Ontario
Institute for Studies in
Education.
Tony was a much-beloved
teacher of hospitality and
baking, retiring in 2022 from
Yorkdale Secondary School.
In 1994, he met Bruce
Graham, and they wed in
2017.
Tony was predeceased by his
parents and his brothers, Gary
and Leydon. He is survived by
his husband, Bruce; his
sisters, Gina, Irene, Madeleine
and Martha; as well as his
brothers, Steve, Ken, John,
Doug and Jim. Also survived
by his adored cat, Bonnie.
Tony will always be
remembered for his kind
heart, his generosity, and his
delight in movies, art and all
of the dear friends who came
to know him over the course
of his life.
There will be a celebration of
his life at a later date.
Heartfelt thanks to all the sta
at Michael Garron Hospital for
providing exceptional care.
Donations in lieu of owers to
the Toronto Humane Society
would be welcomed.
HENRIETTA TEDDER
It is with a heavy heart that we
announce the peaceful passing of
our beloved mother, Henrietta
Tedder (nee Kemp) on June 10,
2023. Just one month shy of her
100th birthday. She
predeceased by her husband,
was
Ross; and her son, David. A loving
mother to Margery/Michael,
David/Debbie, Kenneth/Gail,
George/Debbie and Catherine.
Devoted grandmother to
Brandon, Kimberly, Clarice,
Elizabeth, Shannon,
Marissa, David, Shauna, Caolan
Marc,
and Keenan. She was a great-
grandmother to 7, and with 2
more coming, her legacy
continues to grow. She was
determined to keep and maintain
her independence and will be
remembered for her strength,
tenacity and quick wit. Along with
the sheer will to "do it herself."
Donations and condolences may
be made through Mackey Funeral
Home.
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or to sign a
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LLOYD JEFFERSON
McKELL
Mourn for me as you wish, but do
not dwell on it. For I have lived a
full and beautiful life.
Lloyd Je erson McKell,
husband of Charlotte Smith,
son of the late Je erson and
May McKell of Trinidad and
Tobago, passed away
peacefully on June 11, 2023,
after a long battle with cancer
at the age of 78.
He was the father of Jesse,
Erin, Nathan (born of Linda
McKell, née Orr), Melanie and
Daniel. He was a loving
grandfather of eight. Lloyd
was the brother of Elliot,
Marion, Joan, Wavell, Ian and
late Steve, all of Trinidad and
Tobago.
Lloyd emigrated from Trinidad
to Canada in 1967 to attend
the University of Toronto,
where he graduated in 1972
with a BA Economics, Hons.
He established an
accomplished career as an
educator with the Toronto
District School Board, where
he retired as Executive O cer
of Student and Community
Equity in 2011.
An amazing cook, Lloyd loved
watching birds in his
backyard, and enjoyed an
annual trip to Buckhorn. He
spent his leisure time making
road trips through Ontario,
enjoying Panorama, hanging
at the Silhouettes pan yard,
WHERE LIVES PASS,
watching cricket and Steelers
football, and making "punny"
jokes. His hero was Nelson
Mandela.
LEGACIES CARRY ON
Visitation will be held at
Highland Funeral Home, 3280
Sheppard Ave. E., on Friday,
June 16, 2023, from 4-8 p.m.
FOREVER.
Services will commence on
Saturday, June 17, 2023, at
1:00 p.m. See the Highland
Funeral Home website for
livestreaming information. In
lieu of owers, donations in
Lloyd's name can be made to
a charity of your choice in the Celebrate the life
areas of equity, education or
cancer research. of your loved one
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B6 |
MUSIC REVIEW
The Cure to what’s ailing us
In Budweiser Stage show, frontman Robert Smith shows why he’s still the goth rock king
The Cure
(out of 4)
June 14 at Budweiser Stage,
Toronto
NICK KREWEN
SPECIAL TO THE STAR
Twenty-nine songs over two hours
and 40 minutes.
That’s how, after a seven-year ab-
sence, British goth rock stalwarts
the Cure became reacquainted
with a sellout Toronto audience at
Budweiser Stage on Wednesday
night.
Robert Smith, 64, and his five ac-
companying musicians — original
bass player Simon Gallup, ex-Tin
Machine guitarist Reeves Gabrels,
drumming powerhouse Jason Coo-
per, and flanking keyboardists Rog-
er O’Donnell and Perry Bamonte —
enchanted the 16,000-strong crowd
with a mix of popular and obscure
favourites. It’s a catalogue that now
(shockingly) dates back 45 years
and includes 13 studio albums.
The introductory number,
“Alone,” one of five new tunes the
Cure has been road-testing since its
world tour started last year, set the
tone for the show.
Opaque, impenetrable textures of
guitars and drums built a gloomy
soundscape for a full two minutes
before Smith placed his lipsticked
mouth in front of the microphone
to warble, “This is the end of every
song we sing.”
Then it was time for “Pictures of
You” — the first aural glimpse into
the band’s past earmarked by an-
other long introductory instru-
mental jam of dense sonics — be-
fore segueing into “A Fragile
Thing.”
If the unfamiliarity of songs like
“And Nothing Is Forever” and “I
Can Never Say Goodbye” were a tad
frustrating for those hoping for a
few more favourites, the band of-
fered such powerful and disci-
plined musicianship that the new
stuff felt right at home.
“Endsong,” another newbie, was a
concert highlight. It began with a
wordless wash of guitars and keys,
occasionally accented by Smith’s
distinct rubbery six-string style.
T H E AT R E R E V I E W
At Luminato, Kamau channels his sadness in ‘Loss’
Loss
K (out of 4)
Written by Ian Kamau and Roger
McTair, with music by Bruce A.
Russell and film by Tiffany Hsiung.
Until June 18 at Harbourfront Cen-
tre Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W.
luminatofestival.com or
416-366-7723
GLENN SUMI
S P E C I A L TO T H E S TA R
There are no simple solutions to
alleviating grief, sadness and de-
pression.
No wonder artist Ian Kamau uses
a variety of artistic techniques in
“Loss,” a searching and at times
frustrating performance piece
about unspoken trauma in his fam-
ily and, by extension, other Afro-
Caribbean communities.
At the outset of the 90-minute
show (which ends its brief run on
Sunday), Kamau tells us that in the
winter of 2011 he “got sad.”
He had recently lost his job, bro-
ken up with his girlfriend and had
to enlist the help of his parents to
pay his rent. But did these events
cause his sadness? Or was there
something deeper at play? Perhaps
it had to do with the death of his
paternal grandmother, Nora,
whom nobody talked about.
Kamau co-wrote “Loss” with his
father, Roger McTair, and Kamau’s
Then the arrangement bubbled
and boiled into a thing of beauty for
a full five minutes before the singer,
adorned head-to-toe in black, ut-
tered a word.
Throughout the show, the sum
was more than its parts: propulsive
stickhandling by Cooper, the ani-
mated presence of Gallup and the
electric wailing of Gabrels added an
aural and visual dimension to such
Cure classics as “A Forest” and the
hypnotic “Lovesong” that they
practically justified the live experi-
ence on their own.
Of course, it’s Smith who is at the
centre of it all and he certainly
didn’t mail it in. Already a hero to
the crowd for successfully demand-
ing that Ticketmaster refund a por-
tion of their possibly unwarranted
service charges,Smith charmed the
crowd with his every move.
While expressive with his arms
when he’s behind the mic, he’s not a
readings of five of his father’s po-
ems contribute to the show’s mel-
ancholic, mysterious feel.
The warm, welcoming presenta-
tion of “Loss” encourages openness
and transparency.
Kamau, dressed casually, holds a
G OVA N I , B 8
guy who moves around a lot. So
when he attempted an awkward
shuffle during “Six Different Ways”
— part of a nine-song second en-
core that delivered a strong portion
of the band’s better known compo-
sitions — he sent the audience into
a bit of a frenzy.
Known for his yearning vocals and
often sober songwriting themes
that convey loneliness, isolation,
doom and heartbreak, Smith is
largely unheralded for the un-
abashed romanticism that some-
times manifests itself in whimsy.
He waited until almost the end of
the show to display that aspect of
his musical personality with the
gleeful “Friday I’m In Love,” singing
the song with a different syncopa-
tion as animated hearts with eye-
balls bounced around the screen
behind the band.
He followed it up with “Doing the
Unstuck” and, later, the infectious
mic and sits on a stool to read from
his script; he’s surrounded onstage
by a circle of audience members.
There are also audiences in risers
on either short end of the narrow
Harbourfront Centre Theatre and
in two rows of balconies above. In
FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023 TORONTO STAR
Robert Smith “Just Like Heaven,” which un-
of the Cure leashed the dancing gene in the
wowed a crowd that had stood since the be-
sell-out crowd ginning of the Cure’s marathon per-
of 16,000 formance.
concertgoers By the time the concert ended
at Budweiser with “Boys Don’t Cry,” the audience
Stage was energized to the point where
Wednesday they could have stuck around an-
night. other hour or two and been none
the worse for wear.
But perhaps the most revealing
TO M PA NDI moment of the show occurred dur-
L I V E N ATI O N ing the opening notes of “Alone,” as
Smith took the time to drink in the
moment, acknowledging each sec-
tion of the crowd with a smile.
It was an appreciative gesture
from a man who looked grateful for
the turnout and the loyalty. One
hopes that Smith will reprise the
feeling when he tours a rumoured
new Cure album — the first since
2008 — in the hopefully not-too-
distant future.
Ian Kamau, other words, there is nowhere for
right, and Kamau to hide.
pianist Bruce A. Gradually, a few people in the cir-
Russell onstage cle — pianist, synth-player and
in “Loss.” composer Bruce A. Russell, tenor
Kumau saxophonist Dennis Passley and
co-wrote the guitarist Dyheim Stewart — join
show with his Kamau in the playing area. Their
father, Roger contributions, as well as haunting
McTair. film segments by Tiffany Hsiung
Kamau’s and warm lighting changes by
readings of five Shawn Henry, add texture to the
of his father’s performance.
poems The lack of a director results in a
contribute to show that can feel aimless. Some of
the show’s the videotaped interview segments,
melancholic, including a discussion with McTair,
mysterious don’t seem to have a point. Kamau
feel. delivers his stories in a rather
monotone delivery, with little
shape or momentum.
B R I A N M E DI NA However, hidden among the sto-
ries are powerful moments. A mon-
tage of Black victims of police vio-
lence hits with real force. Kamau’s
simple statement, “I’m a man, how
can I say I’m sad?” says a lot about
societal views on masculinity and
vulnerability. The image of an older
Black man having his beard
trimmed brims with empathy and
love.
And when the writer/performer
sings a song in the final section, a lot
of the emotion and pain hidden in
Kamau’s family’s story comes
through. It’s at times like this that
“Loss” finds its theatrical self.
TORONTO STAR FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023 ON0

CULTURE | B7
S P OT L I G H T

Canadian writers support U.S. peers

BRIDGE BY DAVE WILLIS

More than 100 Canadian film

and TV workers gathered un-
der cloudy skies and sporadic
showers Wednesday to picket
in support of striking Holly-
wood writers, warning that
many of the labour issues up-
ending U.S. sets plague Canadi-
an ones, too.
Members of the Writers Guild
of Canada (WGC) and Interna-
tional Alliance of Theatrical
Stage Employees (IATSE)
waved signs in front of the To-
ronto offices of Amazon and
Apple Canada, chanting: “The
writers, united, will never be di-
vided.”
The demonstration was
among dozens planned around
the world as a “day of solidari-
ty” in support of the Writers
Guild of America (WGA),
which is now six weeks into a
work stoppage.
Writers Guild of Canada presi-
dent Alex Levine said union-
ized Canadian screenwriters
and theatre workers want their
U.S. counterparts to know they
support their fight for better
compensation and working
conditions.
He said the labour dispute has
also disrupted American pro-
ductions that shoot in Canada,
putting Canadian crews out of
work.
“We’re seeing a slowdown. Ca-
nadians are getting hurt by this
strike, and they’ll continue to
get hurt more and more and
more.”
Levine said issues cited by
WGA members are also con-
cerns in Canada, where many
film and TV writers struggle to
make a living wage.
He said the WGC will negoti-
ate with Canadian producers in
the fall.
T H E CA N A D IA N PR ESS
TIJANA MARTIN
Members of the Writers Guild of Canada and their supporters
rally in support of U.S. screenwriters in Toronto on Wednesday.
Spacey claims Cosby faces
people ‘ready new sexual
to hire me’ assault lawsuit
Kevin Spacey says he’s ready to
return to the spotlight as he
prepares to stand trial in Lon-
don later this month for 12 sex-
ual offence charges.
The embattled “House of
Cards” star spoke about the
possibility of a comeback in a
recent interview with Zeit Mag-
azine, published more than sev-
en months after a New York
jury ruled that Spacey did not
molest actor Anthony Rapp in
the ’80s.
“The moment scrutiny is ap-
plied, these things fall apart,” he
said.
“That’s what happened in the
Rapp trial, and that’s what will
happen in this case.”
At the centre of the trial,
which begins June 28, are alle-
gations by four men who claim
the actor sexually assaulted
them from 2001 to 2013.
LO S ANG EL ES TIMES
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Nine more women are accusing
Bill Cosby of sexual assault in a
lawsuit that alleges he used his
“enormous power, fame and
prestige” to victimize them.
A lawsuit filed Wednesday in
Nevada alleges that the women
were individually drugged and
assaulted between approxi-
mately 1979 and 1992 in Las Ve-
gas, Reno and Lake Tahoe
homes, dressing rooms and ho-
tels.
The 85-year-old former “Cos-
by Show” star has now been
accused of rape, sexual assault
and sexual harassment by more
than 60 women. He has denied
all allegations involving sex
crimes. Earlier this year, a Los
Angeles jury awarded $500,000
to a woman who said Cosby
sexually abused her at the Play-
boy Mansion when she was 16
in 1975.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Briefly
■ American novelist Barbara
Kingsolver won the prestigious
£30,000 ($50,000 Canadian)
Women’s Prize for Fiction
Wednesday with “Demon
Copperhead,” the Dickens-in-
spired tale of a boy’s struggle
against the odds in a corner of
America scarred by opioid ad-
diction. Kingsolver’s Appala-
chian coming-of-age tale also
won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize
for fiction. It was the second
victory for Kingsolver, 68, who
previously won the Women’s
Prize in 2010 for “The Lacu-
na.”
■ Just in time for Father’s Day,
Al Pacino is a father for the
fourth time. Pacino’s publicist,
Stan Rosenfield, confirmed
Thursday that the actor, 83, and
29-year-old Noor Alfallah wel-
comed a son named Roman. No
other details were released. Pa-
cino has a 33-year-old daughter,
Julie Marie, with acting coach
Jan Tarrant and 22-year-old
twins Anton and Olivia with ac-
tor Beverly D’Angelo. Pacino
and Alfallah reportedly began
dating last year.
■ “Wheel of Fortune” could be
turning to Ryan Seacrest as Pat
Sajak ’s replacement. The
“American Idol” host is under
consideration to lead the game
show once Sajak leaves after his
upcoming 41st season, Bloom-
berg reported. Seacrest, 48, cur-
rently hosts the syndicated ra-
dio programs “On Air With
Ryan Seacrest” and “American
Top 40” as well as “Idol.” In
April, he left the New York City-
set talk show “Live With Kelly
and Ryan” after six seasons
with Kelly Ripa.
STAR WIRE SERVICES
South won the jack of spades
when East declined to put up the
king. A trump fetched the king
and ace and declarer could claim
the slam conceding only the heart
queen, N-S +1430.
Suppose that West had contribut-
ed the six of hearts. Declarer should
insert the nine to guard against a
3-0 trump break.
The inherent danger with this
play is that East might win and
deliver a spade ruff to set the slam.
However, East is rather unlikely to
own a six-card spade suit since he
had not opened with a weak-two
bid at favorable vulnerability.
North’s two spade cuebid agreed
on hearts and disclosed a strong
hand but one without shortness
since he had declined to offer a
splinter.
South aggressively launched
into Roman Keycard Blackwood
and settled into the heart slam
when partner revealed two controls
without the trump queen.
Possession of the heart queen
was largely irrelevant since South
was guaranteed a ten-card heart fit.
If North had not displayed the spade
queen, the queen of clubs instead of
the jack would assure success.
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B8 | C U L T U R E

Kennedy book is literally a beach read

Venturing out with Jackie for metamorphosis of a sleepy
SHINAN a spin — from the Milky Way to community into a Kennedy
GOVANI the Atlantic Ocean! — together fishbowl. His first July Fourth
they did some graceful figure weekend as president, Jack
eights whilst zigzagging back welcomed his Secret Service
and forth. “The family cheered agents, serving them — what
from the boat while hundreds else? — cartons of his fave clam
It’s almost summer. of onlookers watched the show chowder with bacon and potato
So I must be reading a new from the shore,” Storey writes. chunks from Mildred’s Chow-
Kennedy bio … right? “Glenn did his best to keep up der House, a hole-in-the-wall
As an inveterate Kennedy- with the first lady but toppled near the airport. (Mildred’s be-
phile, I will admit it: I have off his skis twice.” came such a hangout that a spe-
something of a problem. I can’t Some of the more quotidian cial red phone was installed in
get enough. The tragedy and details are the ones laden with the restaurant, just for Secret
the mystique; the hubris and unexpected poignance. How Service!)
the curse. The complicated JFK celebrated with a daiquiri Adding this book to my dynas-
family dynamics! Gimmee. the night he became president tic pile, I was particularly riv-
Martha Stewart may have her (the book positively rattles with THE ASSOCIATED PRESS F I L E P H OTO eted by Rose Kennedy, the tem-
chicken coop, with a reported daiquiris). How there is a name In November 1960, Caroline Kennedy gets a piggy-back ride plate for durable matriarchs:
200 fowl at her pile in West- that Cape Codders give to new- from her father, John F. Kennedy. the woman who had lost half
chester. I have my book towers comers, people whose families her children and herself lived to
groaning with an ever-growing don’t go back generations and mann Ghia convertible he from Kennedy friend Nancy be 104. And mesmerized — yup,
collection of Kennedy titles. do not have a handle on its mo- named Orange, and from which Tenney. For a cool $4.9 million! all over again — by the picture
“More than a thousand books res: “washashores.” That a lot of he often blared Aerosmith and (Three months later, after Tay- that Storey paints of the day the
have been written about the the old Cape houses had little Led Zeppelin. lor and Conor had broken up, plane carrying JFK Jr., his wife,
Kennedyssince the mid-1960s,” balconies at the top, including The rush of paparazzi and re- she sold it for $6 million.) Carolyn, and her sister, Lauren,
presidential historian Douglas Jackie’s house, named for the newed public interest in 2012, As an exploration of wasp- went down en route to the com-
Brinkley once wrote, com- women who watched for hus- when Taylor Swift showed at dom, the book largely succeeds. pound in 1999. The bodies re-
menting on the publishing cot- bands returning from sea. A Hyannis Port, seen playing vol- Almost like a companion piece covered, their ashes were even-
tage industry that keeps suck- “widow’s walk.” leyball with Conor Kennedy, to that ’80s classic “The Official tually taken on a navy destroy-
ers like me sated. And that was That John-John — when he’d whom she was dating at the Preppy Handbook,” this is a er, along with 17 members of the
in 2004. become the most famous bach- time (part of a burgeoning new thesis on the too-rich-to-care, family. Into the choppy waters
Ranging from the trashy to the elor on Planet Earth — liked to gen). Swift, as we are reminded, holey-sweater set. It is also re- near Hyannis Port they went.
wonkish, the books on the slain ride around in a sporty Kar- even bought a house next door, markable reading about the T W I T T E R : @S H I N A N GOVA N I
35th president of the United
States, and the generations that
both preceded and followed, in-
clude tomes such as “After
Camelot: A Personal History of
the Kennedy Family from 1968
to the Present” (one of my
faves!), more rarefied looks like
“Rosemary: The Hidden Ken-
nedy Daughter,” insider takes
like “The Nine of Us: Growing
Up Kennedy” (written by Jean
Kennedy Smith, the last surviv-
ing OG Kennedy sibling before
she died in 2020) and even su-
per-focused ones like “Jackie
After O” (an account of Jacque-
line Kennedy Onassis through
one remarkable year: 1975).
Fortuitously, a publicist at Si-
mon & Schuster Canada —
when I was at their buzzy 10-
year anniversary party on King
Street East recently — literally
put a new one in my hands. The
soirée was a success and so, I am
happy to report, was the book.
In fact, I loved it.
Titled “White House by the
Sea: A Century of the Kennedys
at Hyannis Port,” by Kate Sto-
rey, it has managed the near
impossible: find a new way into
the story, by looking at it specifi-
cally through a place, the fa-
mous Kennedy compound on
Cape Cod. A place where this
storied American family — four
generations in now and total-
ling 105 in all its branches —
“have come to celebrate, bond,
play, and also grieve.”
A tiny enclave which also hap-
pens to have had an Adirondack
chair view to history: whether it
be the nail-biting night when
the family assembled to see
John F. Kennedy beat Nixon in
1960, to the day Jackie inge-
niously birthed the myth of
“Camelot” when speaking with
a Life mag reporter mere days
after her husband’s assassina-
tion, to the maelstrom that en-
sued after that whole mess with
Sen. Edward Kennedy and the
Chappaquiddick scandal.
More hedges and fences than
kiss and tell, the book essential-
ly takes the “Downton Abbey”
approach: using a house (or in
this case, a cluster of houses) to
weave a narrative. Reading it,
you can catch the waft of salt in
the air. The white caps of salt-
water. The click of both Polar-
oids and bicycles. The hydran-
geas. Drawing on over 100 in-
depth interviews by the author,
the book does not exactly rein-
vent the Kennedy wheel (much
of the history is well known to
even the casual buff), but it
does reorient it in interesting
ways.
Some of it? Positively cine-
matic: for instance, Jackie Ken-
nedy, the avid water-skier.
(Who knew?) For her to do it,
however, Secret Service agents
had to set up a perimeter with
jet boats in the water around
where Jackie and whoever she
was with were skiing. She had
gotten really good, in fact, when
astronaut John Glenn came to
visit in the summer of 1962,
freshly back from his trip — oh,
you know — orbiting space.
SECTION S FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023 TORONTO STAR
HOCKEY
The Big Board
Four Leafs are among top 25 free
agents this summer Johnson S2
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN? Verstappen
Alphonso Davies scored one goal in a 2-0 win over Panama that put Canada in the Nations League final. Story, S3.
B L U E JAYS
Berríos has flipped the switch
After a rough start, former ace is on track for a career year
GREGOR
CHISHOLM
OPINION
José Berríos appears to be turning
back into a front-line starting pitch-
er for the Blue Jays and he’s proving
a down season last year was an ab-
erration, not the new normal.
There was a great deal of skepti-
cism surrounding Berríos at the be-
ginning of the year. After he posted
the highest ERA among qualified
UNPARALLELED
DISTANCE
NOW COMES WITH
15% TIGHTER DISPERSION
GOLF
Double trouble
Fowler, Schauffele shoot record-
setting 62s at U.S. Open S5
starters in 2022, and after he start-
ed the spring with a rough showing
at the World Baseball Classic, legiti-
mate doubts lingered about his
ability to reclaim past glory.
A couple of good starts here and
there weren’t going to be enough to
sway public opinion. Berríos had
plenty of decent stretches last sea-
son, but they were followed by un-
competitive starts that took his
team out of games almost as soon as
they began.
Berríos allowed five runs or more
in nearly a third of his starts last
year. He simply couldn’t be trusted.
ON ON0
BASKETBALL, S5
SCOREBOARD, S6
CANDICE WARD
If the Jays had extended their 2022
wild-card series against Seattle, it
was pending free agent Ross Strip-
ling who was expected to get the call
in Game 3, not the guy with the
$131-million (U.S.) contract.
When Berríos opened this season
by allowing 14 runs across his first
9 2⁄3 innings, viewers wouldn’t have
been blamed for thinking, ‘Here we
go again.’ Since then, however, the
former ace has flipped the script and,
through a lot of work with pitching
coach Pete Walker, he appears to
have resolved his biggest flaws.
SEE CHISHOLM, S4
FORMULA ONE
is favoured
at Canadian
Grand Prix
DA N I E L R A I N B I R D
M O N T R E A L Red Bull driver Max
Verstappen is so far ahead of the
pack in the Formula One standings
he recently expressed a desire for
more competition. But whether
that happens or not won’t affect his
ambition to win.
The two-time reigning world
champion arrives in Montreal with
a substantial lead over his oppo-
nents ahead of Sunday’s Canadian
Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Ville-
neuve.
“For me, it’s probably even more
motivation (being the heavy favou-
rite) because you know that you
have a winning car … this is much
better than anything else,” Verstap-
pen said Thursday.
Verstappen has five wins this sea-
son, including the last three races,
and hasn’t finished worse than sec-
ond in seven outings.
The 25-year-old Dutchman leads
the Formula One driver standings
with 170 points, 53 ahead of team-
mate Sergio Perez.
The combination of the Red Bull
car with a talented driver like Ver-
stappen behind the wheel is draw-
ing comparisons to dynasties of the
past: Lewis Hamilton and the Mer-
cedes car in the late 2010s, and Mi-
GETTY I M AGE S chael Schumacher and Ferrari in
the early 2000s.
“I think it’s nice sometimes to
have good competition,” Verstap-
pen said. “I understand, of course,
people get a bit bored if only one
team is dominating. I mean, we’ve
seen it also at Mercedes, we’ve seen
it with Ferrari in the past.”
Perez said Verstappen’s consis-
tency sets him apart. “He has been
able to deliver when it matters in
qualifying, he hasn’t had a bad
weekend at all this year. I’ve had
two or three bad weekends this sea-
son (Perez missed the podium the
past two races) so I really have to
get rid of those and keep the consis-
tency high because it’s something
that Max has been really good (at).”
A Red Bull driver has won every
Grand Prix so far this season, with
Perez winning the two races Ver-
stappen hasn’t. The team leads the
constructors’ standings with 287
Jose Berríos points, well ahead of second-place
has allowed Mercedes with 152.
three runs or Even with 15 races to go in the
fewer in all but 2023 season, first place feels out of
one of his last reach — but there’s a close battle for
12 starts. SEE GRAND PRIX, S6
ON0 ON
S2 | S P O R T S
N H L F R E E AG E N T R A N K I N G S
FOUR LEAFS ARE TOP TARGETS
Virtually all free agents on Johnston’s big board played in the Stanley Cup playoffs
CHRIS
JOHNSTON
OPINION
This may be a NHL free-agent class
without a true headliner, but you’ll
notice one thing about the top 25
players listed on C.J.’s Big Board.
Virtually all of them played in the
Stanley Cup playoffs this spring.
Most of them filled important roles,
too.
There will be plenty of useful op-
tions on the open market when free
agency gets underway July 1, al-
though two of the more sought-
after defencemen have been re-
moved with Damon Severson’s
sign-and-trade to Columbus and
Vladislav Gavrikov’s extension in
Los Angeles.
Here’s a look at how the 2023 UFA
class is shaping up:
1. Dmitry Orlov, Boston
Age: 31 | Position: LD
PuckPedia contract status: Finish-
ing a six-year deal carrying a $5.1-
million (U.S.) cap hit
Arguably the best all-around de-
fenceman in this free-agent class,
Orlov has already eased any con-
cerns that might have been out
there about how he might perform
outside of Washington. He put up
25 points in the 30 games he played
for Boston following a mid-season
trade. Orlov is a bona fide top-pair-
ing option.
2. Tyler Bertuzzi, Boston
Age: 28 | Position: LW
PuckPedia contract status: Finish-
ing a two-year deal carrying a
$4.75-million cap hit
Bertuzzi and the Bruins seemed
like a match made in heaven, but
the realities of the salary cap might
ultimately end their brief union.
As a power forward who can pro-
duce offence and is unafraid to lay
the body, Bertuzzi has a case to
push for a raise on his next contract.
The only drag on Bertuzzi’s career
so far have been injuries.
3. Ryan O’Reilly, Toronto
Age: 32 | Position: C
PuckPedia contract status: Finish-
ing a seven-year deal carrying a
$7.5-million cap hit
O’Reilly lamented not being able
to produce more in the playoffs, but
he still finished with nine points in
11 games while mostly being de-
ployed on the Leafs’ third line.
It was an encouraging sign about
the state of his game following a
season where he broke bones in
both his foot and hand.
There’s been considerable chatter
about the 2019 Conn Smythe Tro-
phy winner returning to St. Louis.
4. Patrick Kane, N.Y. Rangers
Age: 34 | Position: RW
PuckPedia contract status: Finish-
ing a eight-year deal carrying a
$10.5-million cap hit
Kane had a hip resurfacing proce-
dure done last week to address an
issue that’s been hampering him for
the last 18 months.
The recovery period will likely ex-
tend into the start of next season,
but the hope is it will allow Kane to
regain some lost form.
Don’t be surprised if he ends up
waiting until later in the summer to
formalize his next contract.
5. Michael Bunting, Toronto
Age: 27 | Position: LW
PuckPedia contract status: Finish-
ing a two-year deal carrying a
$950,000 cap hit
As much as the Scarborough na-
tive enjoyed playing for his home-
town team, he has come to grips
with the likelihood he’ll have to
take his talents elsewhere.
Bunting established himself as a
full-time NHLer the last two sea-
sons — putting up 23 goals in each
of them — and will be seeking secu-
rity and a pay bump commensurate
with his performance on the open
market.
6. J.T. Compher, Colorado
Age: 28 | Position: C
PuckPedia contract status: Finish-
ing a four-year deal carrying a $3.5-
million cap hit
Forced up the Avalanche lineup
following a number of departures
last summer, Compher responded
with a career high of 52 points.
Known more as a fierce fore-
checker and trusted penalty killer,
he demonstrated versatility while
logging more than 20 minutes per
game.
7. Alex Killorn, Tampa Bay
Age: 33 | Position: LW
PuckPedia contract status: Finish-
ing a seven-year deal carrying a
$4.45-million cap hit
Coming off the most productive
season of his career, Killorn ap-
pears to be the next Lightning play-
er to price his way out of Tampa. He
can certainly fetch more on the
open market than the organization
is going to be able to squeeze under
the cap. When you add the intangi-
bles of playing for the Stanley Cup
four times during his career — win-
ning it twice — Killorn should be
highly sought after.
8. Tristan Jarry, Pittsburgh
Age: 28 | Position: G
PuckPedia contract status: Finish-
ing a three-year deal carrying a
$3.5-million cap hit
In taking over the Penguins’ hock-
ey operations department last
week, Kyle Dubas cited Jarry as one
of his top priorities. He needs to
quickly determine if Jarry is some-
one the organization is willing to
make a big commitment to. Even
though there was a dip in the goal-
tender’s performance last season,
this isn’t a year where the market is
flooded with strong options in net.
9. Jordan Staal, Carolina
Age: 34 | Position: C
PuckPedia contract status: Finish-
ing a 10-year deal carrying a
$6-million cap hit
It’s hard to believe that Staal has
already played out the entirety of
the 10-year contract he was given by
FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023 TORONTO STAR
Among the top
free agents this
off-season are,
clockwise from
top left, Ryan
O’Reilly and
Michael
Bunting of the
Toronto Maple
Leafs, Alex
Killorn of the
Tampa Bay
Lightning,
Dmitry Orlov of
the Boston
Bruins and
Patrick Kane of
the New York
Rangers.
GE T T Y I M AG E S
AND THE
ASS O C IAT ED
P R ESS
F I L E P H OTO S
Carolina after arriving in a trade 56 points. He added another 13 T E N M O R E
from Pittsburgh. Staal believes he points while helping Dallas reach O N T H E
has unfinished business in Raleigh the West final. BIG BOARD
but, in the event the talks don’t pro-
duce a new deal that works for both 13. Vladimir Tarasenko, 16. Max
sides, he’d be an attractive veteran N.Y. Rangers Pacioretty,
for teams with ambition. He re- Age: 31 | Position: RW Carolina, LW
mains a 200-foot player capable of PuckPedia contract status: Finish- 17. Scott
handling tough assignments and ing an eight-year deal carrying a Mayfield, N.Y.
penalty kills. $7.5-million cap hit Islanders, RD
A perennial 30-plus goal guy who 18. Matt
10. Ivan Barbashev, Vegas didn’t light the lamp as much as he Dumba,
Age: 27 | Position: LW would have liked following a mid- Minnesota, RD
PuckPedia contract status: Finish- season trade to the Rangers, Tara- 19. Ryan
ing a two-year deal carrying a senko still seems like a reasonable Graves,
$2.25-million cap hit bet on a shorter-term contract. One New Jersey, LD
After chasing down his second potential red flag is the fact he gen- 20. Sean
Stanley Cup with Vegas, Barbashev erated 2.13 shots per game last sea- Monahan,
plays a playoff-style game. son, his lowest total since his soph- Montreal, C
He loves to finish checks. He can omore season in 2013-14. 21. Radko
score a bit, too, as evidenced by a Gudas,
26-goal, 60-point campaign last 14. Frederik Andersen, Carolina Florida, RD
year in St. Louis. Age: 33 | Position: G 22. Carson
PuckPedia contract status: Finish- Soucy,
11. Adin Hill, Vegas ing a two-year deal carrying a Seattle, LD
Age: 27 | Position: G $4.5-million cap hit 23. Alex
PuckPedia contract status: Finish- The biggest question mark here is Kerfoot,
ing a two-year deal carrying a where Andersen’s body is at. He Toronto, LW
$2.175-million cap hit played well in the playoffs for the 24. Erik Haula,
You can’t ask for a much better Hurricanes, posting a .927 save per- New Jersey, C
opportunity to boost your value centage in nine appearances, but 25. Luke
than playing in the Stanley Cup fi- has missed meaningful time due to Schenn,
nal. Hill’s stock is soaring after get- injury each of the last three seasons. Toronto, RD
ting thrust into the Golden Knights’
crease during the second round and 15. Connor Brown, Washington
leading their march toward a cham- Age: 29 | Position: RW
pionship. PuckPedia contract status: Finish-
ing a three-year deal carrying a
12. Max Domi, Dallas $3.6-million cap hit
Age: 28 | Position: C An ACL tear in his right knee lim-
PuckPedia contract status: Finish- ited Brown to just four games last
ing a one-year deal carrying a season. The good news is that the
$3-million cap hit tear was clean and he’s since fully
After playing on three consecutive recovered, which makes Brown an
short-term deals and bouncing be- intriguing free agent. He could be
tween four teams in two seasons, an excellent buy-low candidate for
Domi would welcome some stabil- a contender.
ity. Deployed primarily as a winger CHRIS JO H N STO N W R I T E S A BO U T
throughout his NHL career, he had SPORTS FO R N O RT H STA R BE TS .
a productive season after being FOLLOW H I M O N T W I T T E R :
shifted to centre, with 20 goals and @R E PO RTERC HR IS
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Canada in Nations League final

David and Davies
score in shutout
win over Panama
THE CANADIAN PRESS
L A S V E G A S Goals by Jonathan
David and Alphonso Davies moved
the Canadian men to within one
win of their first trophy in 23 years
with a 2-0 victory Thursday over
Panama in CONCACAF Nations
League semifinals.
Canada, ranked 47th in the world,
will play either the 13th-ranked U.S.
or No. 15 Mexico in Sunday’s final
with a winner’s purse of about $1
million (U.S.) on the line. The Cana-
dians are looking for their first tro-
phy since lifting the CONCACAF
Gold Cup in 2000.
David put Canada ahead in the
25th minute, thanks to a perfect
pass from Kamal Miller that sliced
open the Panama defence. David
saw the opening and pointed to
where he wanted the ball as he ran
toward space.
Miller delivered and the ball ar-
rived at David’s feet. Not missing a
stride, the Lille striker coolly slot-
ted it between Panama goalkeeper
Orlando Mosquera’s legs for his
25th goal in 41 Canada matches.
Minutes after entering the game,
Davies made it 2-0 in the 69th min-
ute, slicing into the box and roofing
a powerful shot at the near post for
his 14th Canada goal in 40 appear-
ances. The Bayern Munich star was
dangerous throughout his cameo,
outpacing Panama defenders.
They were the first goals Panama
had conceded in the competition.
Tempers flared as the clock
wound down and Panama was re-
duced to 10 men in the 89th minute
when substitute Eric Davis was
sent off for violent conduct. Costa
Rican referee Juan Gabriel Calde-
ron made the call after reviewing
the play and seeing Davis, chasing
Richie Laryea, hitting the back of
the Canadian’s head with his arm.
The Canada-Panama contest was
the opener of a doubleheader at
Allegiant Stadium, the 65,000-ca-
pacity climate-controlled home of
the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders. The
stadium, which cost a reported $1.9
billion, boasts 2,300 TVs and al-
most 7,000 square metres of video
board.
Goalkeeper Milan Borjan, earning
his 74th cap, captained Canada with
40-year-old Atiba Hutchinson
starting on the bench alongside Da-
vies, whose season in Germany
ended prematurely due to a thigh
injury suffered in a game April 22.
Borjan recorded his 35th shutout in
Canadian colours.
Calderon let both teams play,
making for a fast-tempo first half.
Canada’s speed and accurate pass-
ing made life difficult for the Pana-
manians.
Canadian defender Steven Vitoria
found Sam Adekugbe with a terrific
long ball in the seventh minute but
Adekugbe squibbed his shot and
the offside flag also came up.
Panama turned it up after David’s
goal. Its first real chance came in
the 27th minute, with Borjan
punching away Ismael Diaz’s long-
range shot. A minute later, Fidel
Escobar’s low, dipping free kick
from outside the Canadian penalty
box almost eluded Borjan. The
keeper got one hand to it and man-
aged to corral the ball before a Pan-
ama attacker could knock it home.
Canada’s
Samuel
Adekugbe, left,
attempts to
knock the ball
past Panama’s
Michael Murillo
during their
CONCACAF
Nations League
semifinal
Thursday
in Las Vegas.
J O HN LO CH E R
THE A SS O CI AT E D
P R E SS
The second half was a little chop- Canada
pier. A glancing header by Panama’s
Edgar Barcenas flashed just wide in
the 52nd minute. Five minutes lat-
2
er, Diaz had a good chance in the
box but sent his shot though a de-
Panama
fender’s legs right at Borjan.
Mosquera made a marvellous 0
one-handed save to parry away Next: Sunday vs.
Cyle Larin’s header from close U.S. or Mexico
range off a pinpoint Tajon Buchan-
an cross in the 59th minute.
Davies and Jonathan Osorio came
on in the 62nd minute. Scott Ken-
nedy followed them on in the 69th
minute, with Hutchinson and Ju-
nior Hoilett arriving in the 76th
minute as coach John Herdman
looked to rest players ahead of Sun-
day.
For Hutchinson, it was cap No.
104, adding to his Canadian men’s
record.

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Berríos is picking everyone up
O P I N I O N : C H I S H O L M F R O M S1
Berríos’s outing Wednesday
against the Orioles arguably was his
best one yet. The Puerto Rico na-
tive carried a no-hitter into the sev-
enth inning and he didn’t get pulled
until there were two outs in the
eighth. He scattered three hits
while walking one and striking out
five en route to his seventh victory
of the season.
The 29-year-old has now allowed
three runs or fewer in all but one of
his last 12 starts. Dating to an outing
against the Rays on April 14, Berríos
is 7-2 with a 2.27 ERA and 63 strike-
outs in 75 1⁄3 innings. He’s not only
back to being the guy the Jays trad-
ed for at the 2021 trade deadline, he
might be even better.
“I remember those last seven out-
ings from 2021 with the Blue Jays, I
think I feel the same way now,”
Berríos said this month.
Berríos’s struggles last season
played a big role in the Jays falling
out of the race for first place in the
American League East, leaving
them to battle for one of the three
wild-card spots. But, considering
Alek Manoah’s struggles through
the first two months of the year,
Berríos has saved the Jays with his
bounceback performance. Two
starters with ERAs over five, plus
another unpredictable arm in Yusei
Kikuchi, would have been too
much to overcome.
Berríos’s season ERA is now down
to 3.28, lower than in any of his
previous big-league seasons. With
approximately 3 1⁄2 months re-
maining, he has a shot at producing
a career year with the type of re-
sults the Jays originally envisioned.
“I think when you’re going good,
and you have a string of starts in a
row, basically the whole year, you
feel a bit more free, you feel a bit
more comfortable with what you’re
doing,” Jays manager John
Schneider said recently. “He didn’t
waver last year, but he’s in a good
spot right now.”
With Berríos joining Kevin Gaus-
man and Chris Bassitt as reliable
starters, the Jays appear to be in
good shape at the top of their rota-
tion. That will be key come playoff
time when starting staffs are
trimmed, but the Jays need to get
there first, and to do it they require
more than three guys. Kikuchi has
been passable enough with a 4.31
ERA. Manoah was much worse,
with a 6.36 ERA that required his
demotion to the minors earlier this
month. With no viable replace-
ments, the Jays are leaving his spot
to a committee in the bullpen.
That might work for a bit, but only
if the top three are eating a lot of
innings and winning games. That
didn’t happen this week when
Gausman and Bassitt were torched
Another series slips away in Baltimore
MIKE WILNER
B A S E B A L L CO L U M N I S T
Here’s what you need to know
about the Blue Jays’ 4-2 loss to
the Orioles in Baltimore on Thurs-
day:
Jansen’s big day
Danny Jansen was pretty much the
entirety of the Jays’ offence, belting
a pair of home runs off Baltimore
starter Tyler Wells, his seventh and
eighth of the season. Jansen, acti-
vated off the injured list Tuesday,
led off the third inning with a 372-
foot blast to the left-field corner to
tie the game 1-1, and he put the Jays
ahead in the fifth with a 427-foot
wallop to left-centre. The catcher Blue Jays third baseman Matt Chapman loses the ball on a Jorge
singled in the seventh to put the Mateo infield single during the second inning Thursday in Baltimore.
tying run on base and flied out to
deep centre in the ninth.
Trouble at the corners
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Matt Whit Merrifield would have had the zone to end the first inning, but
Chapman are two of the best defen- play. And Guerrero couldn’t flag home-plate umpire Carlos Torres
sive corner infielders in the game, down a 103.9-m.p.h. rocket off the called it a ball. Two pitches later,
but each failed to make a pair of bat of Anthony Santander in the Henderson singled home the
plays they ordinarily do.
Chapman couldn’t make a clean appeared to take an odd hop — but With two out in the ninth, Cavan
transfer from glove to throwing it’s one we’re used to seeing him Biggio blasted a 100.9-m.p.h. Felix
hand on Jorge Mateo’s slow roller make. The ball got through for Bal- Bautista fastball over the right-field
in the second and failed to bare- timore’s third straight two-out sin- foul pole. He thought it was fair,
hand a soft James McCann ground- gle off Yimi Garcia, driving in the first-base umpire Brock Ballou
er in the fifth. Both went for singles, eventual winning run.
but neither factored into the scor-
ing.
Guerrero went too far to his right Umpires may have cost the Jays a four games, and it would have
chasing a Ramon Urias grounder in run on both offence and defence.
Dating to April 14, Jose Berríos is 7-2 with a 2.27 ERA and 63 strikeouts in 75 1⁄3 innings.
He’s not only back to being the guy the Jays traded for, he might be even better.
in back-to-back outings. But just
when things were looking grim,
Berríos was there to pick everyone
up.
Imagine how good that must feel
for Berríos, who a year ago was in a
completely different headspace. Af-
ter his worst season in the majors,
he said he felt largely responsible
for a lot of the Jays’ problems
throughout the regular season.
These days, he doesn’t have those
concerns. The guy who used to be
the anchor weighing the team
JU L IO CORTEZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
the fifth and it went under his glove Yusei Kikuchi appeared to have
for an inning-extending error. Had struck out Gunnar Henderson with
he let it go and gone back to the bag, a 2-2 fastball at the bottom of the
sixth. It was a tough play — the ball game’s first run.
Calls go the other way
MARK BLINCH G E T T Y I M AG E S F I L E P HOTO
down is suddenly the one with the Orioles
life preserver helping to keep ev-
eryone else afloat.
If you were like me and wanted
Berríos to prove himself over an
extended run before getting carried
away with the results, well, it looks
like that pessimism can be replaced
with optimism.
Following an impressive 12- at Texas
stretch run as one of the top start-
ers in baseball, it’s time to give Ber-
ríos his dues.
TWITTER: @GREGORCHISHOLM
called it foul, and a review couldn’t
tell, so the call stood. It would have
been Biggio’s third home run in
brought the tying run to the plate.
FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023 TORONTO STAR
SPORTS BRIEFS
AT H L E T I C S
Mitton takes
gold in shot put
Canada’s Sarah Mitton won gold in
women’s shot put at the Oslo Dia-
mond League track and field meet.
Mitton, from Brooklyn, N.S., sent
her first shot 19.54 metres, a dis-
tance that held up for a close victory
over American Maggie Ewen
(19.52). Jamaica’s Danniel Thomas-
Dodd was third (19.44). “I knew we
had a really solid field of throwers
today so I just wanted to make sure
that my first throw counts,” Mitton
said. Mitton’s personal best is 20.33.
BASEBALL
Record low for
Black players
An annual study reviewing diversi-
ty hiring for Major League Baseball
reported a record low of Black play-
ers on opening-day rosters. The In-
stitute for Diversity and Ethics in
Sport at Central Florida issued an
overall grade of C-plus, with a B for
racial hiring and a C for gender hir-
ing. But the study found Black play-
ers represented just 6.2 per cent of
players on opening-day rosters,
down from a previous low of 7.2 per
cent in 2022.
BASKETBALL
McGregor faces
assault claim
A woman has accused Conor
McGregor of sexual assault at
Game 4 of the NBA Finals, between
the Denver Nuggets and the Miami
Heat, held at the Kaseya Center last
Friday, TMZ first reported. The
media outlet says it obtained de-
mand letters from local attorney
Ariel Mitchell that were sent to the
UFC star, as well as to the NBA and
the Heat. The letters say that the
alleged victim was “violently”
raped inside a men’s bathroom,
where she was led by arena securi-
ty, “trapping” her after the game
had ended. Mitchell is reportedly
seeking financial settlements with
the NBA, Heat and McGregor, who
denied any wrongdoing. Both the
4 UFC and the Heat said they were
investigating.
Blue Jays
GOLF
2
Next: Tonight
Five-way tie
at Meijer Classic
Defending champion Jennifer
Kupcho birdied the par-5 18th for a
6-under 66 and a share of the first-
round lead Thursday in the Meijer
LPGA Classic. Kupcho birdied four
of the five par-5 holes in a bogey-
free round at Blythefield Country
Club. She was tied with Ayaka Fu-
rue, Frida Kinhult, Lindsey Weav-
er-Wright and Cheyenne Knight.
HOCKEY
Iginla to advise
new Flames GM
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Jarome Iginla is back with the Cal-
WEEKLY BASEBALL
gary Flames, joining rookie general
PODCAST
manager and former teammate
Craig Conroy as a special adviser.
“Dating as far back as our playing
days with the Flames, Jarome and I
have always talked about one day
working together in the NHL,”
Conroy said in a statement. Iginla,
45, scored 525 of his 625 career
goals with the Flames.
S O CC E R
Altidore cut
by New England
Former TFC and U.S. national team
forward Jozy Altidore was cut from
the New England’s Revolution ros-
ter Thursday when the team exer-
cised his contract buyout. The 33-
year-old joined New England from
Toronto ahead of the 2022 season
and scored two goals in 27 MLS
appearances, making just five
starts. Altidore had 62 goals in 139
regular-season matches with To-
ronto from 2015-21.
STA R W I R E S E RV I C E S
TORONTO STAR FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023
U.S. OPEN
‘Monkey see, monkey do’ in L.A.
Fowler, Schauffele
shoot tourney lows
on remarkable day
DOUG FERGUSON
LO S A N G E L E S Rickie Fowler can
always say he was the first to shoot
62 in the U.S. Open. But only by
about 15 minutes.
Xander Schauffele soon matched
him on the North course at Los
Angeles Country Club with an 8-
under 62 of his own, making Thurs-
day an extraordinary day for scor-
ing in the major known as the
toughest test in golf.
The tough part was keeping track
of their birdies.
“It’s not really what you expect
playing a U.S. Open,” Schauffele
said. “But monkey see, monkey do.
(I) was just chasing Rickie up the
leaderboard. Glad he was just in
front me.”
Fowler was round was remark-
able. It included two bogeys when
he missed the green on the 254-
yard 11th and missed the fairway on
the 17th on his front nine. But start-
ing with a 15-foot birdie putt on the
18th, he ran off four straight birdies.
The streak ended on the par-3
fourth when he came two inches
away from holing a long bunker
shot.
He set the record with a two-putt
from just under 60 feet on the par-5
ninth. That’s also when he noticed
the leaderboard.
“I knew where I was at,” Fowler
said. “I would say from the middle
of the round up until the ninth
green, our last hole, I didn’t really
know or see any scores. And then I
saw that Xander was at 7 (under) at
that point, and I’m not sure if he
even knew where I was or anything.
“But it was kind of cool if he did to
see he kind of latched on and we
were taking off a bit.”
Schauffele was two groups be-
hind. He lost one birdie chance on
the short par-4 sixth by trying to
drive the green, but picked up a rare
birdie on the 258-yard seventh with
NBA MOCK DRAFT
No Wembanyama for Hornets at No. 2,
but Miller and Henderson create a buzz
BRIAN MAHONEY
Brandon Miller and Scoot Hender-
son have made their cases to be the
second pick of the NBA draft.
With Victor Wembanyama long
expected to be chosen first by the
San Antonio Spurs, the first bit of
uncertainty on June 22 could arrive
once the Charlotte Hornets are on
the clock. Henderson worked out
for Charlotte on Sunday and Miller
visited two days later, according to a
person with knowledge of the de-
tails. Neither workout was publicly
announced, and neither player
spoke to reporters.
Charlotte went 27-55 last season
as one of the lowest-scoring teams
in the NBA. The Hornets got only
36 games from star point guard La-
Melo Ball because of injuries, but
his return could make them more
interested in Miller, a versatile for-
ward, rather than another guard in
Henderson.
That’s the way The Associated
Press continues to lean in the third
version of its 2023 mock draft:
1. San Antonio: Victor Wembanyama,
F, France. His combination of a cen-
tre’s size and a guard’s shooting and
dribbling make the 19-year-old a
prospect perhaps unlike any other
the NBA has seen, and should end
the 13-year streak of the No. 1 pick
being a college freshman. The
Spurs won five NBA titles after tak-
ing Tim Duncan in 1997, the last
time they had the No. 1 pick.
2. Charlotte: Brandon Miller, F, Ala-
bama. At six-feet-nine, the SEC
player of the year and tournament
MVP as a freshman has the size,
versatility and three-point stroke to
make him an ideal player for the
modern NBA game. But the Hor-
what he called a “tomahawk 4-
iron” to five feet.
“That’s pretty much all I have in
my body,” Schauffele said.
He got up-and-down from just
short of the green on the par-5
eighth, then had a birdie chance
from just inside 30 feet that would
have topped Fowler and send him
into the major championship re-
cord book alone. He left it short.
They now share the major cham-
pionship record with Branden
Grace, who had a 62 in the third
round at Royal Birkdale in the 2017
British Open.
Their record day came on the 50-
year anniversary of Johnny Miller
posting the first 63 in U.S. Open
history. Since then, five players
have shot 63 in a U.S. Open, most
recently Tommy Fleetwood in 2018
at Shinnecock Hills.
Jack Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf
each shot 63 in the opening round
at Baltusrol in the 1980 U.S. Open,
which Nicklaus went on to win.
The conditions were prime for
scoring — overcast, mild with bare-
ly any wind. Condensation in the
nets may have to weigh a negative
reaction if they add Miller, who de-
livered the gun used in a fatal shoot-
ing.
3. Portland: Scoot Henderson, G, G
League Ignite. He worked out for the
Trail Blazers and showed the ath-
leticism and ability to do it all from
the guard spot that may have made
Henderson the No. 1 pick in many
years. He could be part of a trade if
the Blazers decide they’d prefer to
acquire more veteran help around
Damian Lillard.
4. Houston: Amen Thompson, G,
Overtime Elite. At six-foot-seven,
Thompson has great size for a
guard and the 20-year old showed
the ability to step up when it mat-
ters most, averaging 17.2 points, 9.2
assists and 7.2 rebounds in the play-
offs to lead the City Reapers to the
championship last season.
5. Detroit: Cam Whitmore, F, Villano-
va. The Pistons fell to the lowest
spot possible in the lottery after fin-
ishing with the NBA’s worst record
and sharing the best odds of landing
the No. 1 pick. But getting Whit-
more, a versatile wing with a strong
build, to add to young pieces such as
Cade Cunningham and Jaden Ivey
would help ease the sting.
6. Orlando: Ausar Thompson, F.
Overtime Elite. Amen Thompson’s
twin brother has been the Over-
time Elite regular season and finals
MVP the past two seasons and the
six-foot-seven swingman plays big
on defence, twice blocking seven
shots in a game.
7. Indiana: Jarace Walker, F, Houston.
Coming from Houston’s rugged
program means Walker already
plays NBA-ready defence, and the
offensive end could come along
quickly under Rick Carlisle. At six-
morning felt like a like mist, and it
kept the greens receptive.
Even so, the next best score from
the morning wave was a 3-under 67
by a group that included Scottie
Scheffler and Bryson DeCham-
beau, a score matched in the after-
noon by Canadian Mackenzie
Hughes, who was tied for seventh.
Dustin Johnson and Wyndham
Clarak led the afternoon crowd at
6-under 64.
Canadians Corey Conners and
Adam Hadwin were at even par,
Adam Svensson was at 1 over, and
Roger Sloan, Taylor Pendrith and
Canadian Open champion Nick
Taylor were at 2 over.
The low scoring was sure to raise
questions about LACC, a century-
old club hosting a major champi-
onship for the first time. Schauffele
wasn’t interested in that.
“My job is just to play. I try not to
speculate too much,” he said. “I’m
going to take what the course can
give me, and today it gave me a low
one … “You just wait until this place
firms up. It’s going to be nasty.”
Schauffele tends to play his best in
feet-eight, 240 pounds, he has the
size and strength to deal with any-
one he could face in the frontcourt.
8. Washington: Anthony Black, G,
Arkansas. The six-foot-seven guard
seems to have endless energy, play-
ing nearly 35 minutes a game to
lead the Southeastern Conference.
That included 37 minutes on an
injured left ankle in the Razor-
backs’ NCAA Tournament upset of
top-seeded Kansas.
9. Utah: Taylor Hendricks, F, Central
Florida. The six-foot-nine freshman
makes an impact inside and outside
on both ends of the floor. He led the
American Athletic Conference in
blocked shots and shot 39 per cent
from three-point range, becoming
the only Division I player last sea-
son with at least 60 threes, 55
blocked shots and 35 dunks.
10. Dallas: Gradey Dick, G, Kansas.
Dick made 83 three-pointers, most
in Kansas history by a freshman,
and the six-foot-eight forward
could get plenty of open looks when
Mavericks opponents focus their
attention on Luka Doncic and Ky-
rie Irving — if Irving remains in
Dallas.
11. Orlando (from Chicago): Bilal Cou-
libaly, F, France. Wembanyama’s
teammate with Metropolitans 92 is
a six-foot-six swingman whose
stock has risen as their team
reached their French League final.
He hasn’t reached his potential yet
as a scorer, but his seven-foot-three
wingspan allows him to impact the
game on both ends.
12. Oklahoma City: Dereck Lively, C,
Duke. He is still limited offensively,
but the seven-foot-one Lively
shows promise as a rebounder and
shot blocker.
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Rickie Fowler the U.S. Open — five top 10s in his six
watches his tee appearances, and he has been
shot on the among the elite on the PGA Tour
seventh hole the last several years even without
during the first winning a major.
round of the Fowler is different. He finished in
U.S. Open the top five at all four majors in
Thursday in Los 2014. But a recent slump made it a
Angeles. He challenge just to get in them. He
shot 62 for a was the first alternate last year at
tie of the lead. Brookline and had to go home
without hitting a shot.
But he went back to instructor
LI N DSE Y Butch Harmon in September and
WASSON has played well enough to get back
THE ASSO C I AT E D into the top 50 in the world. And
PR E SS there he was at a major, putting his
name in the record book for all the
right reasons.
“It’s definitely been long and
tough — a lot longer being in that
situation than you’d ever want to,”
Fowler said. “But it makes it so
worth it having gone through that
and being back where we are now.”
TO DAY But even he offered a degree of
caution for the rest of the week.
Second round “There’s still plenty of golf to be
9:40 a.m. played.”
TSN 4 T H E A SS O C I AT E D P R E SS
R A P TO R S
Mahlalela is
back on staff
DOUG SMITH
SPORTS REPORTER
AND THE
RAPTORS Jama Mahlalela is coming home.
(CO U L D) The Toronto native, a former Rap-
SELECT … tors assistant and Raptors 905 head
coach, will join Darko Rajakovic’s
13. Toronto: Toronto staff, team and league
Jalen Hood- sources confirmed.
Schifino, G, Pat Delany, a longtime assistant in
Indiana. The Big Charlotte, Orlando and Washing-
Ten freshman of ton, is also among the first hires
the year has Rajakovic has made since he be-
great size in the came the 10th Raptors head coach.
backcourt at Mahlalela, who worked with the
six-foot-six and Raptors and their G League affiliate
could help the from 2013 to 2021, has spent the last
Raptors guard two seasons on the staff of the Gold-
against a poten- en State Warriors. While the 43-
tial loss of Fred year-old, Swaziland-born Mahlale-
VanVleet in free la is known for his player devel-
agency. He opment skills, to pigeonhole him
needs to be- solely as a teacher rather than a
come a better tactician would be unfair.
shooter after “Just a wonderful addition to the
hitting only 40 staff,” Golden State coach Steve
per cent from Kerr said after hiring Mahlalela.
the field in his “His work ethic, his charisma, his
lone college energy — he just sort of ties every-
season. one together every day.”
Kerr’s Warriors had a mix of veter-
ans who had championships and
younger players in need of mentor-
ing and Mahlalela was responsible
for making it work. “He really orga-
nizes our daily schedule,” Kerr said.
“He’s kind of my chief of staff in a lot
of ways. On top of that he’s just a
great person, fun to be around.”
The hiring of Mahlalela and Dela-
ny are the first of many for Rajakov-
ic, who may want to add a more
veteran voice to his primary staff
and needs to fill out a group of de-
velopmental assistants.
Raptors general manager Bobby
Webster said Tuesday the process
of building a full staff could take a
couple of weeks.
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Grosjean has
become better
teammate
M A R K Z WO L I N S K I
SPORTS REPORTER

Romain Grosjean is in a better

place, both as a driver and as a team-
mate with Andretti Autosport.
The biggest impact with the team,
as next month’s Honda Indy Toron-
to approaches, is that it’s a team
again. The friction between the
emotional Grosjean and former
teammate Alex Rossi — they had to
be pulled aside after the Mid-Ohio
race last year — is in the past.
Andretti drivers took three poles
in the first five races this season,
CLIVE MASON G E T T Y I MAGE S while showing signs they can run
Rain might be the only thing that can slow down Max Verstappen and Red Bull at this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix. with Chip Ganassi Racing.
“We’ve all done a good job of mak-

This has been the season of Red Bull ing sure we are improving all the
time,” said Grosjean, who has two
of those poles. “You can see that on
the track, we’ve been fast on track at

‘‘
every race. Now we can look for-
ward to seeing what we can do.”
G R A N D P R I X F R O M S1 ly the two Red Bull drivers. Montre- er this track suits our car and the Grosjean survived a fiery crash in
al-born Lance Stroll, meanwhile, is car’s characteristics,” Hamilton Bahrain while driving on the For-
second with Mercedes, Aston Mar- well behind in eighth place with 35 said. “But the weather may change mula One circuit in 2020, then had
tin and Ferrari separated by 52 points. We’ve been that, and we’ll see.” a promising start in his first Indy-
points. Canadian billionaire Lawrence making prog- Hamilton won his first race in Car season with Dale Coyne Racing
Some recent upgrades proved Stroll, Lance’s father and owner of Montreal in 2007 and now has a in 2021.
ress and the
fruitful for Mercedes at the Spanish the Aston Martin F1 team, said this record 103 career wins at 38 years The 37-year-old says he’s the same
Grand Prix this month, when both week his team is aiming for a dou- car last race old. Verstappen already has 40 vic- driver, but conceded he has learned
Hamilton and George Russell hit ble podium in Montreal, something was just … tories. to be a better teammate. That in-
the podium and the German outfit Alonso wasn’t ready to guarantee. we’ve all been “He’s got a very long career ahead cludes showing admiration for To-
leapfrogged Aston Martin in the “You never know, but it is an ag- buzzing, of him, so absolutely (he could ronto’s Devlin DeFrancesco, who
standings. gressive target for the weekend,” he catch me),” Hamilton said. “Ulti- also drives for Andretti and finished
“We’ve been making progress and said. “We know Lawrence’s ambi- I think back mately records are there to be bro- a respectable 13th at the recent
the car last race was just … we’ve all tion is super high always and we at the factory ken and he’s got an amazing team. Indy 500.
been buzzing, I think back at the will try to make him happy and the whole We’ve got to work harder to try and “It’s a lot of fun being with him,
factory the whole team has this new proud in the home grand prix.” team has this continue to extend (my record).” and he’s very fast,” said Grosjean,
energy,” said Hamilton, a seven- Ferrari is coming off a disappoint- new energy. The drivers take to the track Fri- who is currently 11th in the IndyCar
time world champion. “We’ve got a ing Spanish Grand Prix, where driv- day for practice sessions in the af- standings.
north star, we know where we’re er Charles Leclerc fell out of the ternoon and evening. Another prac- He is bringing his wife Marion and
going, we know how to get there.” points in 11th. The Italian team has LEWIS tice is set for Saturday before qual- family to Toronto for the Honda
Aston Martin, which is making just one podium between Leclerc H A MI LTO N ifying, which determines where Indy, July 14-16, and has high expec-
some upgrades after missing the and Carlos Sainz, Jr. T E A M M E RC E D E S drivers start for Sunday’s race. tations after a 16th-place finish last
podium in Spain, is a tale of two Something that might give teams It’s the 52nd Canadian Grand Prix year on the 11-turn road course that
drivers so far. achance at upsetting Red Bull is the and the 45th anniversary of Gilles challenges drivers.
Fernando Alonso, a 41-year-old weather, with the forecast calling Villeneuve’s win when Montreal When asked what it takes to be
veteran and two-time world cham- for a chance of rain throughout the hosted for the first time in 1978. No successful in Toronto, Grosjean
pion, is pulling his weight with five weekend. Canadian has won the race since. said: “I don’t know, I’ll tell you after
podiums and 99 points, trailing on- “We generally don’t know wheth- T H E CA N A D I A N P R E SS I win the race there next month.”

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CFL TENNIS GOLF

AMERICAN LEAGUE BALTIMORE 4, TORONTO 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION ATP-WTA LPGA
Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg GP W L T PF PA Pt
EAST DIVISION EAST DIVISION LIBEMA OPEN MEIJER CLASSIC
Springer dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Montreal 1 1 0 0 19 12 2
W L Pct GB W L Pct GB At Den Bosch, Netherlands At Belmont, Mich.
Bichette ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .318 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tampa Bay 50 22 .694 — Atlanta 43 26 .623 — (Par 72)
Varsho lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .228 Hamilton 1 0 1 0 31 42 0 MEN’S SINGLES — ROUND OF 16
Baltimore 43 25 .632 5 Miami 38 31 .551 5 Ottawa 2 0 2 0 27 45 0 FIRST ROUND
Guerrero Jr. 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .284 Adrian Mannarino, France, def. Daniil
New York 39 30 .565 91/2 Philadelphia 35 34 .507 8
Merrifield 2b 3 0 1 0 1 2 .308 WEST DIVISION Medvedev (1), Russia, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Ayaka Furue 32-34—66
Toronto 38 32 .543 11 New York 32 36 .471 101/2
Frida Kinhult 32-34—66
Chapman 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .267 GP W L T PF PA Pt Alex de Minaur (4), Australia, def. Laslo
Boston 34 35 .493 141/2 Washington 26 40 .394 151/2
Kiermaier cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .287 Winnipeg 1 1 0 0 42 31 2 Djere, Serbia, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3. Cheyenne Knight 32-34—66
CENTRAL DIVISION Jansen c 4 2 3 2 0 0 .214 CENTRAL DIVISION British Columbia 1 1 0 0 25 15 2 Lindsey Weaver-Wright 33-33—66
Tallon Griekspoor (6), Netherlands, def.
W L Pct GB Biggio rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .192 W L Pct GB Saskatchewan 1 1 0 0 17 13 2 Jennifer Kupcho 33-33—66
Alexei Popyrin, Australia, 6-3, 6-2.
Minnesota 35 34 .507 — Totals 34 2 8 2 2 11 Pittsburgh 34 32 .515 — Calgary 2 1 1 0 41 40 2 Ally Ewing 33-34—67
Jordan Thompson, Australia, def. Milos
Cleveland 31 36 .463 3 Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg Milwaukee 34 34 .500 1 Edmonton 1 0 1 0 13 17 0 Alison Lee 35-32—67
Raonic, Thornhill, Ont., 7-6(4), 6-1. Emily Pedersen 35-32—67
Chicago 30 39 .435 5 Hays lf 5 2 2 1 0 1 .306 Cincinnati 34 35 .493 11/2 Note: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie.
Detroit 28 39 .418 6 Rutschman dh 5 1 3 1 0 1 .282 Chicago 30 37 .448 41/2 WOMEN’S SINGLES — ROUND OF 16 Amy Yang 33-34—67
Santander rf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .263 WEEK 2 Maddie Szeryk 35-33—68
Kansas City 18 50 .265 161/2 St. Louis 27 42 .391 81/2 Ekaterina Alexandrova (4), Russia, def.
Henderson 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .241 Bye: Montreal Aditi Ashok 34-34—68
WEST DIVISION WEST DIVISION Kimberly Birrell, Australia, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
Urias 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .272 Thursday’s result Ashleigh Buhai 33-35—68
W L Pct GB W L Pct GB
Viktoria Hruncakova, Slovak., def. Bianca Chella Choi 34-34—68
McCann c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .187 Calgary 26 Ottawa 15 Andreescu (6), Mississauga, 7-6(6), 6-3.
Texas 42 25 .627 — Mateo ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .234 Arizona 41 28 .594 — Friday’s game Carlota Ciganda 34-34—68
Houston 39 29 .574 31/2 Los Angeles 38 30 .559 21/2 Celine Naef, Switzerland, def. Caty Eun-Hee Ji 33-35—68
Ortiz 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Winnipeg at Saskatchewan, 9 p.m.
Los Angeles 38 32 .543 51/2 San Francisco 36 32 .529 41/2 McNally (8), U.S., 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Ines Laklalech 33-35—68
Frazier ph-2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Saturday’s game
Seattle 33 34 .493 9 San Diego 33 34 .493 7 Emina Bektas, U.S., def. Sachia Vickery, Xiyu Lin 35-33—68
McKenna cf 1 0 0 0 1 1 .225 Edmonton at British Columbia, 7 p.m.
Oakland 19 52 .268 25 Colorado 29 42 .408 13 U.S., 6-4, 6-4. Pauline Roussin 35-33—68
Hicks ph-cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Sunday’s game
Thursday’s results Totals 34 4 11 4 2 10 Thursday’s results
Hamilton at Toronto, 7 p.m. ATP Hae-Ran Ryu
Jasmine Suwannapura
35-33—68
34-34—68
Baltimore 4 Toronto 2 Toronto 001 010 000 —2 8 1 Philadelphia 5 Arizona 4
Tampa Bay 4 Oakland 3 Atlanta 8 Colorado 3 BOSS OPEN Minjee Lee 36-32—68
Baltimore 100 011 01x —4 11 0
Detroit 8 Minnesota 4 E—Guerrero Jr. (3). LOB—Toronto 7, Bal- Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs SOCCER At Stuttgart, Germany Brooke Henderson
Haeji Kang
35-34—69
34-35—69
L.A. Angels at Texas timore 10. 2B—Merrifield (15), Bichette Cleveland at San Diego SINGLES — ROUND OF 16
Hyo Joo Kim 37-32—69
Washington at Houston (13). HR—Jansen 2 (8), off Wells; Rut- Chicago White Sox at LA Dodgers MLS Richard Gasquet, France, def. Stefanos Rachel Kuehn 35-34—69
Wednesday’s results Wednesday’s results Tsitsipas (1), Greece, 7-6 (8), 2-6, 7-5.
schman (9), off Kikuchi; Hays (8), off EASTERN CONFERENCE Stephanie Kyriacou 34-35—69
Toronto 3 Baltimore 1 Chicago White Sox 8 L.A. Dodgers 4 Taylor Fritz (2), U.S., def. Aslan Karat- Pernilla Lindberg 34-35—69
Swanson. RBIs—Jansen 2 (28), Hender-
Minnesota 4 Milwaukee 2 San Diego 5 Cleveland 0 GP W L T GF GA Pt sev, Russia, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Leona Maguire 35-34—69
son (26), Rutschman (29), Santander
Atlanta 10-6 Detroit 7-5 (DH) N.Y. Mets 4 N.Y. Yankees 3 (10 inn.) Cincinnati 17 12 1 4 27 16 40 Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, def. Morgane Metraux 34-35—69
(38), Hays (29). SB—Mateo 2 (20). CS— Nashville 17 9 3 5 25 12 32
Houston 5 Washington 4 San Francisco 8 St. Louis 5 (10 inn.) Tommy Paul (5), U.S., 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5). Sung Hyun Park 36-33—69
Merrifield (5). Philadelphia 17 9 5 3 28 17 30
Cincinnati 7 Kansas City 4 Chicago Cubs 10 Pittsburgh 6 Marton Fucsovics, Hungary, def. Yibing Maja Stark 34-35—69
Runners left in scoring position—Toronto New England 17 8 3 6 28 21 30
Miami 4 Seattle 1 Philadelphia 4 Arizona 3 (10 inn.) Wu, China, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Marissa Steen 35-34—69
4 (Chapman, Varsho, Springer, Kier- Atlanta 18 7 4 7 35 29 28
Texas 6 L.A. Angels 3 Friday’s games Lexi Thompson 34-35—69
Tampa Bay 6 Oakland 3 maier); Baltimore 4 (Hays, McCann, Hen- Baltimore at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.
Columbus 17 8 6 3 35 25 27 WTA Na Rin An 36-34—70
derson, Mateo). RISP—Toronto 0 for 6; Orlando 16 7 4 5 22 17 26
Boston 6 Colorado 3 Miami at Washington, 7:05 p.m. VALENCIA INTERNATIONAL Ana Belac 34-36—70
Baltimore 2 for 9. D.C. 18 6 7 5 25 24 23 Hye Jin Choi 34-36—70
Friday’s games St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. At Valencia, Spain
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Montreal 17 7 9 1 19 27 22 Manon De Roey 35-35—70
N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Colorado at Atlanta, 7:20 p.m. Charlotte 18 6 8 4 25 33 22 SINGLES — ROUND OF 16
Kikuchi 42/3 6 2 2 2 7 94 4.31 Wei-Ling Hsu 35-35—70
Toronto at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. N.Y. Red Bulls 17 4 6 7 11 16 19
Garcia 1 4 1 1 0 2 26 5.65 Sara Errani (3), Italy, def. Sara Sorribes Minami Katsu 36-34—70
Cincinnati at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Cleveland at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Toronto 18 3 5 10 17 21 19
Mayza 1
/3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.52 Tormo, Spain, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4. Stacy Lewis 33-37—70
Detroit at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at San Diego, 9:40 p.m. N.Y. City FC 17 4 7 6 17 22 18
Pearson 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 1.96 Nadia Podoroska (8), Argentina, def. Leo- Yu Liu 37-33—70
L.A. Angels at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Chicago 17 3 6 8 22 27 17 Yan Liu 36-34—70
Swanson 1 1 1 1 0 0 13 2.76 lia Jeanjean, France, walkover.
Philadelphia at Oakland, 9:40 p.m. Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Saturday’s games Miami 17 5 12 0 16 24 15 Polly Mack 36-34—70
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, Spain, def. Clara
Chicago White Sox at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. Wells 62/3 5 2 2 1 8 90 3.20 Baltimore at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Stephanie Meadow 35-35—70
Tauson, Denmark, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-4.
Saturday’s games Cano 1 3 0 0 1 1 25 1.03 Miami at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Haru Nomura 36-34—70
Detroit at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. Colorado at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m.
GP W L T GF GA Pt ROTHESAY OPEN Anna Nordqvist 36-34—70
Bautista 11/3 0 0 0 0 2 18 1.11 St. Louis 16 9 5 2 33 17 29
Toronto at Texas, 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 4:10 p.m. At Nottingham, England Madelene Sagstrom 35-35—70
Inherited runners-scored—Garcia 1-0, Seattle 18 8 6 4 24 17 28
Philadelphia at Oakland, 4:07 p.m. Mayza 2-0, Bautista 2-0. WP—Kikuchi. St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Los Angeles FC 14 7 2 5 23 14 26 SINGLES — ROUND OF 16 Lauren Stephenson 34-36—70
Chicago White Sox at Seattle, 4:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at San Diego, 7:15 p.m. Ellinor Sudow 33-37—70
T—2:45. A—22,555 (45,971). San Jose 17 7 5 5 21 20 26 Jodie Anna Burrage, Britain, def. Magda
Cincinnati at Houston, 4:10 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m. Bailey Tardy 34-36—70
Dallas 18 7 6 5 21 19 26
L.A. Angels at Kansas City, 4:10 p.m. TORONTO STATISTICS Cleveland at Arizona, 10:10 p.m. Vancouver 17 5 5 7 27 21 22
Linette (3), Poland, 7-5, 6-3.
Harriet Dart, Britain, def. Anhelina Kali-
Laura Wearn 35-35—70
N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 7:15 p.m. BATTERS AB R H HR RBI AVG Arpichaya Yubol 36-34—70
Houston 16 6 7 3 19 21 21
A HL P L AYOF FS
nina (5), Ukraine, 6-0, 7-5. Brittany Altomare 35-36—71
Clement 6 2 2 0 1 .333 Portland 17 5 7 5 20 24 20 Elizabeth Mandlik, U.S., def. Camila Allisen Corpuz 36-35—71
A.L. LEADERS Bichette
Merrifield
299
227
37
29
95 14
70 2
44
26
.318
.308 CALDER CUP FINAL
Minnesota
Salt Lake
17 5 7 5 15 22 20
17 5 7 5 18 27 20
Giorgi (7), Italy, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3. Allison Emrey 36-35—71
BATTING Heineman 10 1 3 0 0 .300 Katie Boulter, Britain, def. Daria Snigur, Maria Fassi 35-36—71
(Best-of-7 series) Kansas City 18 5 8 5 20 25 20
G AB H R Pct Kiermaier 174 28 50 4 16 .287 Ukraine, 7-5, 6-3. Julieta Granada 34-37—71
Austin 17 5 8 4 18 27 19
Bichette Tor 69 295 94 37 .319 Guerrero Jr. 261 31 74 9 41 .284 COACHELLA (P2) VS. HERSHEY (A2) Hannah Green 36-35—71
L.A. Galaxy 16 3 9 3 14 27 13
Y.Diaz TB
Merrifield Tor
58 219 68 44
62 224 69 29 .308
.311 Chapman 255 35 68 9 34 .267 (Series tied 2-2) Colorado 18 2 9 7 14 27 13 BASEBALL Charley Hull
Soo Bin Joo
36-35—71
34-37—71
Belt 152 18 40 4 16 .263 Thursday’s result Note: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie.
Hays Bal 61 224 68 34 .304 Kirk 173 14 45 3 21 .260 Hershey 3 Coachella Valley 2 Saturday’s games INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE BETTING
Urshela LAA 61 213 64 22 .300 Springer 266 39 68 10 27 .256 Saturday’s game Columbus at New York City FC, 3:30 p.m. GP W L Pct GB
RBI—Devers, Bos, 56; Alvarez, Hou, 55; Varsho 254 33 58 11 26 .228
A.Garcia, Tex, 54; Semien, Tex, 53; Jansen 131 18 28 8 28 .214
Coachella Valley at Hershey, 7 p.m. Orlando at New England, 7:30 p.m. Welland
Toronto
11
13
9
8
2
5
.818
.615
—
2
MLB
Salt Lake at D.C., 7:30 p.m.
Ohtani, LA, 52; J.Naylor, Cle, 48; Heim,
Tex, 46; Paredes, TB, 45; Bichette, Tor, 44.
Espinal
Biggio
90
104
12
17
19 1
20 6
9
12
.211
.192
TV/RADIO Los Angeles FC at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. Kitchener
Hamilton
12
12
7
7
5
5
.583
.583
21/2
21/2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
FAVOURITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE
St. Louis at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
HITS—Bichette, Tor, 94; Semien, Tex, 81; Lukes
Luplow
19
6
4
1
3 0
0 0
1
0
.158
.000
FRIDAY Portland at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Barrie 10 5 5 .500 31/2 NY Yankees
Toronto
-110
-136
BOSTON
TEXAS
-106
+116
Ohtani, LA, 79; Franco, TB, 77; Verdugo, AUTO SPORTS London 10 4 6 .400 41/2
Bos, 75; Guerrero Jr., Toronto, 72. PITCHERS W L SV IP SO ERA Guelph 12 4 8 .333 51/2 MINNESOTA OFF Detroit OFF
HOME RUNS—Ohtani, LA, 21; Judge, NY, Hatch 0 0 0 3.2 8 0.00 F1: Canadian Grand Prix, Practice, 4:30 pm CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE Brantford 12 2 10 .167 71/2 LA Angels -158 KANSAS CITY +134
Mayza 1 1 1 23.2 24 1.52 TSN1 GP W L T GF GA Pt SEATTLE -130 Chi. White Sox +110
19; Alvarez, Hou, 17; Devers, Bos, 17; Rob- Thursday’s result
ert Jr., Chi, 16; Burger, Chi, 15; A.Garcia,
Jackson 0 0 0 5.2 6 1.59 BASEBALL Victoria 9 5 1 3 19 9 18 Kitchener at Welland NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pearson 4 0 0 23.0 26 1.96 MLB: New York Yankees at Boston Red York 10 5 4 1 12 12 16 Wednesday’s result FAVOURITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE
Tex, 15; Bichette, Tor, 14; Trout, LA, 14.
Swanson 2 2 1 32.2 40 2.76 Sox, 7 p.m. SN1 Hamilton 10 4 2 4 11 9 16 Miami -190 WASHINGTON +160
TRIPLES—Kiermaier, Tor, 4; Witt Jr, KC, 4 Barrie at Toronto, ppd.
Romano 3 2 19 28.0 34 2.89 San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Calgary 9 2 1 6 13 10 12 St. Louis -118 NY METS +100
DOUBLES—M.Chapman, Tor, 23; Friday’s games
Gausman 5 3 0 86.2 117 3.12 Dodgers, 10 p.m. SN1 Winnipeg 9 1 2 6 8 9 9 ATLANTA -250 Colorado +205
T.France, Sea, 21; Verdugo, Bos, 21. Halifax 9 1 2 6 8 11 9
Barrie at Hamilton, 7:35 p.m.
Berrios 7 4 0 85.0 75 3.28 MILWAUKEE OFF Pittsburgh OFF
STOLEN BASES—E.Ruiz, Oak, 33; Franco, FOOTBALL Ottawa 9 2 5 2 11 12 8 Toronto at London, 7:35 p.m.
Richards 0 0 0 30.0 49 3.30 LA DODGERS OFF San Francisco OFF
TB, 22; Witt Jr., KC, 21; Merrifield, Tor, 18. CFL: Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Saskatch- Vancouver 9 1 4 4 8 18 7 Kitchener at Brantford, 8 p.m.
Bassitt 7 5 0 85.0 75 4.02 INTERLEAGUE
ERA—E.Rodriguez, Det, 2.13; McClana- ewan Roughriders, 9 p.m. TSN1 Note: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie. Saturday’s games
Kikuchi 6 2 0 71.0 71 4.31 FAVOURITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE
han, TB, 2.18; S.Gray, Min, 2.25; F.Valdez, Bass 0 0 0 20.0 19 4.95 GOLF Friday’s game Brantford at Barrie, 4:05 p.m.
CHICAGO CUBS OFF Baltimore OFF
Hou, 2.28; J.Gray, Tex, 2.32; Eovaldi, Tex, Garcia 1 3 0 28.2 35 5.65 U.S. Open, 2nd Rd., 9:40 a.m. TSN4, 8 p.m. Hamilton at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Hamilton at Guelph, 7:30 p.m.
HOUSTON -190 Cincinnati +160
2.49; L.Castillo, Sea, 2.73; Cole, NY, 2.75; Francis 0 0 0 4.2 5 5.79 WGRZ2 (NBC) Saturday’s games Sunday’s games
Tampa Bay -120 SAN DIEGO +102
Ryan, Min, 2.90; Gausman, Tor, 3.12. Manoah 1 7 0 58.0 48 6.36 LPGA: Meijer Classic, 2nd Rd., 3 pm GOLF Calgary at Halifax, 2 p.m. Guelph at Welland, 1:05 p.m. ARIZONA -142 Cleveland +120
STRIKEOUTS-Gausman, Tor, 117; Ohtani, Pop 1 1 0 13.2 14 6.59 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS Vancouver at Ottawa, 2 p.m. Brantford at Toronto, 2 p.m. Philadelphia -166 OAKLAND +140
LA, 102; P.Lopez, Min, 101. Cimber 0 2 1 18.2 11 6.75 PFL: Heavyweights & Women’s Feather- Sunday’s game Barrie at London, 2:05 p.m.
Thursday’s games not included White 0 0 0 3.2 6 7.36 weights, 10 p.m. TSN2 York at Victoria, 4 p.m. Kitchener at Hamilton, 2:05 p.m. Home Teams in CAPITALS.
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1 Barn topper 5 Disregards a
5 Landscape law
10 Ship deserters 6 Packing slip
14 Mighty — — oak (abbr.)
15 Computer chip maker 7 Brood
16 Radar blip 8 Land, to
17 Part of MHz Caesar
18 In plain sight 9 Church areas
19 Bargain-hunt 10 Answer
20 Computer language 11 Long for
22 Bathrobes 12 Odin’s son
24 Bloke’s streetcar 13 Kickbacks
26 Alice’s chronicler 21 Graceful
horse 45 Deborah of old films
27 Throb
23 Petition 47 Opulent
30 Latin gentlemen
34 Yale student 25 In-flight features 50 Loud sounds
35 Seashore 27 Type of orchard 52 Equipped
38 Let in 28 “Conservative” prefix 54 Traded
39 Midnight teller 29 Citrus fruits 56 Composer — Stravinsky
40 Rubs out 31 Alpha opposite 57 Twig juncture
42 Actress — Longoria 32 Steel beam fastener 58 Combine
43 Spooky sound 33 Box score info 59 Muslim mystic
46 Enjoy a rose 36 Rotating part 61 Originate
48 Obtain 37 Scavenging animal 62 Actress — Adams
49 Go quickly 41 Feeding the pigs 63 Grass stalk
51 Nutty confections 44 In sync 66 Uproar
53 Stepped on
55 Cathedral part
56 Cuts and bruises
60 Sci-fi weapon
64 Listener’s murmur (2 wds.) TODAY’S WUZZLES ANSWER
65 — Arabia
67 Catch the bus
68 Comics dog
69 Dainty, perhaps
70 Toledo’s lake YESTERDAY’S WORD
71 Tear to pieces SLEUTH ANSWER
72 Smart WORLD GOLF HALL OF
73 Owner’s paper FAME (WOMEN)

DOWN
1 Siren
2 Bewildered
3 Old horses

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Today’s unlisted clue: NIAGARA — RAINBOW BRIDGE
Rearrange the words below to complete the quotes.
FIELD FOOTBALL MEN OFTEN PLAYERS SEE
SMARTER TOO
“Baseball _______ are _______ than __________ players.
How _______ do you ____ a baseball team penal-
ized for ____ many ____ on the _______?”
- Jim Bouton (1939-2019) U.S. baseball player and
author
BALL CHASE ELSE GO PLAY WANT WANT WHEN
“I don’t ____ to ____ golf. ____ I hit a ____, I ____ some-
one ____ to ____ _______ it.”
- Rogers Hornsby (1896-1963) U.S. baseball player
When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.”
for too many men on the field?” • “I don’t want to play golf.
players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized
ANSWERS “Baseball players are smarter than football

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The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9
in the empty squares so that each row,
each column and each 3x3 box contains
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YESTERDAY’S PUZZLE SOLVED

Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions —
forwards, backward, up, down and diagonally. Thursday’s unlisted answer:
KATHY

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