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Polygamy lawyer JEFF H 3 off-duty cops to base defence OD arrested for SO N on gay marriage /M ETRO assault, robbery CHARGES The lawyer for VAN one of two religious lead- CO KRISTEN THOMPSON U ers facing polygamy VER [email protected] charges in British Colum- bia said he plans to use INVESTIGATION Three off-du- gay marriage and the right ty police officers were to religious freedom to de- arrested for assault and rob- fend his client. bery in downtown Vancou- Blair Suffredine, lawyer ver yesterday after an for Winston alleged altercation with a Church Blackmore, 47-year-old Surrey man. said that if Police provided little (cid:129) The main adults of the information except to say Mormon same sex the officers, who are from church ended can legally the West Vancouver, New the practice of marry, the Westminster and Delta po- polygamous same right lice departments, were marriage should allegedly involved in an al- in 1890. apply to tercation with the man on consenting Burrard Street early in the adults who morning. want to enter conjugal rela- Vancouver Police Const. tionships with more than Jana McGuiness said an am- one person at a time. bulance was called to the Blackmore, 52, is charged scene but no one was taken with having 20 wives. He to hospital. and James Oler, 44, who is A worker on the Surrey side of the Pattullo Bridge yesterday inspects the spot where a steel-concrete span will be installed to replace “Crown will be asked to also facing polygamy the wooden trestle that was destroyed in a fire Sunday. The replacement span will cost TransLink less than $2 million. review any potential charges for having two charges,” she said. Expect Pattullo open wives, appeared in court in West Vancouver police Creston yesterday morning. Cpl. Fred Harding said a They are rival leaders in the junior constable with the religious community of department was arrested in Bountiful and face up to the “off-duty incident.” five years in jail if convict- in 2 weeks: TransLink “The criminal investiga- ed. tion is in the preliminary Neither is being kept in stages,” he said. custody ahead of the trial, All three departments which was delayed until have initiated invest - February to give the Crown igations into the officers’ Timeline possible due to Canada Line leftover more time to prepare its conduct and the possible case. METRO VANCOUVER charges against them. “Our members have a dles 80,000 car trips a day this summer, Plewes said, commendable record for Food pg 12 JEFF HODSON — caused massive conges- “Construction will and had hired a contractor providing excellence in [email protected] tion as commuters flocked to design a replacement. policing,” said Delta police proceed on a to the Port Mann and Alex A modified version of Const. Jim Cessford. “The The Pattullo Bridge could Fraser bridges. 24-hour basis.” that design will make use process in place demon - reopen within two weeks, Initial estimates placed Sheri Plewes, TransLink of an existing steel-con- strates that our officers are TransLink said yesterday. the trestle’s replacement crete span that was used to held accountable to the The transportation au- as anywhere from four to cover the Canada Line ex- community. The resolution thority unveiled plans to six weeks. weeks and will be making cavation at 41st Avenue into this matter now rests Lucky foods, replace the bridge’s fire- “Construction will pro- every effort to do it quicker.” and Cambie Street. on the principles of due damaged wooden trestle ceed on a 24-hour basis,” The total cost to Plewes said the shortened process.” lucky year? with a steel-concrete span said Sheri Plewes, TransLink is less than $2 timeline is possible because from the construction of TransLink’s vice-president of million. Piledriving will be- much of the engineering ShareYourViews the Canada Line. capital management and gin today. work was already done, and Sunday’s closure of the planning. “We expect it to TransLink planned to re- because the Canada Line [email protected] aging bridge — which han- be complete within two place the wooden trestle span was available. HOT SMARTPHONES FOR HOT SMART PEOPLE UNOWN GETLIMITED , . 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METRO VANCOUVER VANOC OKs JEFF H News in brief O D SON CHARGE An 86-year-old Alder- /M grove man is charged in the new budget ETRO death of a flag person in Fort VAN Lang ley. Melle Pool allegedly COU hit Terrance Mitchell, 52, with V ER his pickup truck while Mitchell direc t ed traffic around a con- Plan adjusted for global crisis struction worker. GROW-OP A Burnaby couple KRISTEN THOMPSON New sponsor was arrested after officers said [email protected] they discovered a “sophisticat- (cid:129) On Tuesday, VANOC an- ed” gro w-op in a home they VANOC’s board of nounced a new sponsorship shared with their two children. directors approved a deal with Cold-fX. Police were investigating possi- revised operating budget ble electricity theft and found for the 2010 Games yester- an enhanced contingency more than 400 pot plants. The day because of a sponsor- fund to address unforeseen children were removed from ship crunch due to the financial problems. the home. METRO NEWS SERVICES global economic crisis. Board chairman Jack Dave Cobb, VANOC’s vice- Poole said the new budget The Hills star Lo Bosworth, pictured during a visit to Vancouver yesterday. president of revenue, said manages to protect the Hills star gives Lo-down on birth control pills the updated budget isn’t project from the “world- significantly different from wide financial uncertain- WHAT’S ONLINE TODAY the last one, and is designed ties,” while ensuring Cana- BOSWORTH As a Gen-Yer on a “I feel (birth control) is The Hills is entering its to help the organization da is able to deliver a “spec- show about sex, The Hills something that is no longer fifth season. Bosworth says VideoFamilies of 9-11 weather financial chal- tacular Games” for the star Lo Bosworth said be- ignored — people talk the show is successful be- victims outraged after lenges in the coming year. world. coming the face of a birth- about it,” said Bosworth, cause it’s relatable, yet fan- trials of Gitmo detainees “There’s been a lot of VANOC still needs three control product was the re- who was in Vancouver yes- tastical. halted at metronews fine-tuning, a reallocation or four new major sponsors sponsible thing to do. terday to promote Yaz, a “Everybody goes through .ca/world of dollars, but the overall to raise another $10 mil- Bosworth, 22, whose new birth control pill. breakups and fights with dollars we expect to raise is lion. na me is Lauren, but who Bosworth was initially re- their friends and new rela- Lotteries similar to our last business Details of the budget will goes by Lo, has spent the past luctant to become a spokes- tionships. Everyone relates Lotto 6/49 8, 32, 34, 39, 43 & 48. Bonus 25 plan,” Cobb said. likely be released in the six years on the small screen woman for the contracep- to it in a very good way and BC 49 4, 8, 9, 13, 14 & 46 Bonus 36 He said the budget re- coming days, pending ap- as one of the stars of MTV’s tive, but said she researched loves the show because it’s Extra 24, 27, 38, 71 mains close to the original proval from the Interna- reality show Laguna Beach the drug’s claims and was pretty and glamorous.” These results are not official. $1.62 billion, but includes tional Olympic Committee. and its spinoff, The Hills. won over. JEFF HODSON / METRO VANCOUVER metro metronews.ca Thursday, January 22, 2009 local 4 Catch all three original Star Wars flicks this weekend Fans of the original Star Wars trilogy will get to watch all three original copies of the films on the big screen in Vancouver this weekend. Star Wars: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi will be shown Saturday night at the Vancouver International Film Centre. METRO VANCOUVER Alleged gang member shot at Dziekanski’s mom not helped by A notorious Abbotsford geted man, but according crete stairs in front of a staff: Friend man with alleged ties to to media reports the victim Death threats restaurant and ran off. the Red Scorpions gang is 23-year-old Jamie Bacon, Jamie and his brother Jar- was nearly killed in a the younger brother of (cid:129) In May, the B.C. Integrated brothers have been targets of rod are currently facing 24 TASERRobert Dziekanski’s drive-by shooting at a Jonathan and Jarrod Bacon Gang Task Force said the Bacon death threats. firearms and drug charges. mother was not given busy Abbotsford intersec- — both of whom are also In 2006, Jonathan was enough help to find her tion. well known to police. armour when gunmen The man, who was un- nearly killed in a shooting son the day he was Tasered Police have yet to con- Const. Casey Vinet said opened fire on his Mer- harmed, then crashed the outside his family’s home. multiple times at Vancou- firm the identity of the tar- the man was wearing body cedes. bullet-riddled car into con- METRO VANCOUVER ver International Airport, her friend told an inquiry into the death yesterday. Sofia Cisowski, Dziekans- ki’s mother, waited hours with Richard Hutchinson Put your mind at ease. at YVR, staring at the glass doors of the international arrivals area. They asked an employee at an informa- tion booth what to do, CBC News Online reports. Repeated attempts for help resulted in being told to wait longer or to go to the immigration office, Hutchinson said at the Braidwood Inquiry. After several hours an immigration officer told them they had been wait- ing too long and that Dziekanski was not at the airport. Hutchinson said they were told to go home, which they did. Later that day, Oct. 14, 2007, an agitated Dziekans- ki was Tasered by four RCMP officers. He died shortly after. METRO NEWS SERVICES Student debt soars to $13B TARYN MCELHERAN for Metro Vancouver LOANSAs of yesterday, stu- dents across Canada owe $13 billion in loans, according to Statistics Canada. In response, students held free soup kitchens on B.C. college and university campuses to raise aware- ness. 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Further inspec- tion of the residence revealed a 500-plant marijuana grow-op. The father will appear in court in early April, and the baby was released into the mother’s custody. METRO NEWS SERVICES Head of listeriosis Election not wanted: Iggy Poll finds Liberal probe in conflict support rising of interest: Critics with new leader The Opposition leader array of economists dis- HEALTH The woman ap- said yesterday that Cana- “We need an election in February like a missed the document as POLITICSThe Liberal party pointed to probe last sum- da needs an election over hole in the head ... We’re in a recession being totally unrealistic. has gained popular support mer’s deadly listeriosis next week’s budget “like a Six weeks later, Finance under new leader, Michael (and) Canadians all know that an election outbreak has a glaring hole in the head” — the Minister Jim Flaherty con- Ignatieff, according to a conflict of interest and latest sign that he will is expensive.” ceded the budget would be poll released by the Globe can’t credibly assess how keep the minority Conser- Michael Ignatieff, Liberal leader in deficit before any stimu- and Mail yesterday. public safeguards failed, vative government in latory measures. The Ekos/Globe and Mail critics say. power. Tuesday that he was quite last November by issuing a “Will he (Harper) give us poll shows a majority of The Liberal, NDP and If the Opposition Liber- prepared to vote against financial update that pre- a budget which corre- Canadians hold a negative Bloc als vote against the Tues- the budget if he felt it dicted the country could sponds to the economic sit- view of Conservative Prime Québécois day budget, the govern- could not tackle the grow- stay in surplus uation? He failed the first Minister Stephen Harper, parties are Conflict ment will almost certainly ing effects of the financial over the next time. He has a last chance,” while Ignatieff was seen as all pushing be defeated. That could crisis. He also said he was five years, Ignatieff said. the best leader to work for a full (cid:129) The former trigger an election at the trying to calm political as long as it “It’s up to him to make with the new U.S. President judicial in- Edmonton end of February or the tempers. did not em- good decisions and it’s up Barack Obama. quiry into health care ex- start of March. Prime Minister Stephen bark on to me to judge — in the Ignatieff has the the disas- ecutive was “We need an election in Harper needs the support measures to name of Canadians — if he approval of 44 per cent of ter linked appointed February like a hole in the of the Liberals to back the stimulate the has shown good judg- respondents. But the Tories to Maple even though head. It is not the pre- budget, given that the two economy. ment.” continue to lead in overall Leaf Foods. she already ferred choice of Canadians. other opposition parties in A wide REUTERS voting intentions in Cana- Prime serves on We’re in a recession (and) Parliament have al- da, with the support of Minister Harper’s advi- Canadians all know that an ready made clear 36.2 per cent of Stephen sory commit- election is expensive,” Lib- they will vote respondents, compared Harper tee to revamp eral Leader Michael Ignati- against it. with the Liberals at 32.6 stopped the public serv- eff told a televised news The government per cent and the NDP at short of ice. conference in Montreal. infuriated opposi- 14.3 per cent, the poll that as he Ignatieff told Reuters on tion parties late found. REUTERS named Sheila Weatherill this week to lead an “arm’s- Vancouver Cancer dance length investigation.” TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Budget’s tax breaks KRISTEN TH O M not permanent: PSO N Finance minister /M uECnOliNkOeMlyY tCo asneea dpiearnms aarneent, ETRO CANA Make Your Rent More Aff ordable D across-the-board A reductions in their tax bur- Does your family make $35,000 or less? Do you have den in Tuesday’s budget because doing so could at least one dependent child? Call BC Housing at condemn Ottawa to 604-433-2218 or 1-800-257-7756 to fi nd out if your perpetual budgetary deficits, Finance Minister family qualifi es for rental assistance. Jim Flaherty confirmed yesterday. www.bchousing.org The government is deter- mined to reverse its nega- tive fiscal situation as soon as possible and will lay out deficit escape tactics in the budget, Flaherty said. Instead of broad-based tax cuts, the budget will contain short-term breaks and incentives such as tax credits for home renovations or tax savings for companies that invest Ballerinas strike a pose yesterday to raise awareness about The in advanced or green tech- Weekend To End Breast Cancer, which takes place across Canada nologies, sources have every summer. Three of the 27 dancers wore pink to represent said. the ratio of women who will be diagnosed with the disease. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE News in brief SUPREME COURT Wal-Mart repercussions as unions seek a News Online reports. Judge Stores Inc. violated the rights foothold in Wal-Mart stores in Donald Bird has not sat in of workers at a Quebec store Canada and the United States. court since Dec. 4, 2008, when when it closed the store provincial court Chief Judge following union-organizing ef- ASSAULT A Saskatchewan Carol Snell learned Bird was forts, lawyers for the workers provincial court judge has the subject of a criminal inves- HOUSING MATTERS told the Supreme Court of been removed from his court tigation, Snell said in a news Canada yesterday. The case has duties after being charged release. the potential for widespread with two counts of assault, CBC METRO NEWS SERVICES metro metronews.ca Thursday, January 22, 2009 6 New cream might prevent spread of herpes infection Researchers say they have developed a cream that might prevent herpes infection for as long as a week — a potentially big step in protecting women from the sexually transmitted infection.The cream uses a new kind of therapy called RNA interference to turn off genes that the virus uses to invade cells, the researchers said. REUTERS World/Business Obama springs into action Business U.S. President Barack Oba- campaign pledge to with- Deficit to reach $13B? ma is set to issue an order Guantanamo trials suspended draw troops from Iraq. to close Guantanamo Bay Obama, who has vowed and meet with top finan- Obama is ready to issue orders suspects have been detained a bolder pursuit of Israeli- Canada’s budget deficit is nent tax cuts, that cost cial advisers todayafter a today to close Guantanamo for years without trial. A mili- Palestinian peace than likely to total at least $13 more than $6 billion annu- busy first day in office yes- prison and overhaul the treat- tary judge yesterday suspend- Bush, also called Israeli billion in the 2009-10 fiscal ally, according to notes terday that saw him meet ment of terrorism suspects. A ed the cases of five suspected and Arab leaders to prom- year, or 0.8 per cent of published by Kevin Page. his economic advisers and draft executive order sets a plotters of the 9-11 attacks and ise his help in consolidat- gross domestic product, The rapidly worsening war council and plunge in- one-year deadline to close the of Canadian Omar Khadr, a ing the Gaza ceasefire. before any stimulus meas- economy could lead to cu- to Israeli-Palestinian controversial U.S. military day after Obama sought a On the domestic front, ures are taken, the parlia- mulative budget deficits of peace diplomacy. prison at Guantanamo Bay, 120-day suspension of pend- with markets volatile and mentary budget officer $46 billion from 2009-10 to Obama’s packed agenda Cuba, where foreign terrorism ing cases. job losses mounting, Oba- said yesterday. 2013-14. REUTERS signaled he was serious ma held a late afternoon The new estimate com- about meeting his promise at home and abroad. he has pledged to boost meeting with top econom- pares with the officer’s es- Budget plans to break sharply with his Obama also ordered a troop numbers, and told ic advisers to try to chart a timate last November of a Republican predecessor full review of the U.S. strat- generals to take the first course out of the economic deficit of $3.9 billion for (cid:129) The budget next week George W. Bush’s policies egy in Afghanistan, where steps toward executing his crisis. REUTERS the same period. will contain tax measures, To avoid a long-term Finance Minister Jim Flaher- Israeli troops finish Gaza withdrawal structural deficit, the Con- ty said yesterday, but de- News in brief servative government’s up- clined to say whether they coming budget should would be permanent or CEASEFIRE Israel completed ly,” said Mark Regev, a tinian official said. POLITICS Hillary Clinton won avoid any permanent broad-based measures. a troop pullout from the spokesman for Israeli Under international U.S. Senate approval as secre- measures, such as perma- Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip Prime Minister Ehud pressure to end the dead- tary of state yesterday despite yesterday, starting its rela- Olmert. “If Hamas breaks liest Israeli-Palestinian renewed Republican concerns tionship with U.S. Presi- the ceasefire, we of course fighting in decades, Israel about potential conflicts of in- Business in brief dent Barack Obama by reserve the right to act to and Hamas declared sepa- terest created by her husband's leaving Palestinian land protect our people.” rate ceasefires on Sunday, foreign fundraising. On a 94-2 BANKRUPTCY Nortel Networks AUTOS Toyota overtakes Gen- devastated by the offensive. 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Used under license from Research In Motion Limited. © 2009 TELUS. metro metronews.ca Thursday, January 22, 2009 8 LOCAL NATIONAL Assoc MngingEditor, Tarin Elbert Art Director, Laila Hakim Publisher, Maryse Lalonde Group Publisher, Bill McDonald Assoc Night MngingEditor, Jim Reyno National Sales Director, Susan Courtney Managing Editor, Fernando Carneiro Distribution Mgr, George Acimovic Editor-in-Chief, Dianne Rinehart Enter/Lifestyle Editor, Dean Lisk Interactive/Mrktng Director, Jodi Brown Comment & Views M Comment ICH A EL D A third force in Canuck politics E A D D ER Home Abroad Not terribly gracious, we That’s gone now. Like al- norities, that America is a & thought. most everywhere else in melting pot of conformity. Two years later, Canada the world, Barack Obama is No longer. refused to go to war in Iraq a darling in Canada. Look- Indeed, so great is Andrew and conveyed its decision ing at him and the hope Barack Obama’s appeal Cohen badly to Washington. An he’s generated, Canadians that he could become a angry president cancelled are disappointed with their third force in our politics. a visit to Ottawa that fractious politics. He’s more popular than Canada & world insight spring. Said he was too Behold, American envy. Harper here, and that gives I busy. It is now the United States, him credibility. t is heartening to learn George W. Bush knew or not Canada, which is new The president’s influ- that Barack Obama cared little about Canada. and daring. While we ence, should he use it, may plans to make his first As a southwestern, conser- grudgingly elect a dour, be greatest in climate foreign trip as presi- vative, religious Republi- flinty economist, change; Obama is expected dent to Canada. can, he was remote Americans em- to urge Canada to adopt It is something of a from this country, brace a concilia- higher continental stan- tradition for a new geographically, tory, inspiring dards on carbon emissions. president to visit Canada ideologically and supernova. This is a problem for Harp- before he visits anywhere temperamentally. This is hard er, who has supported the else. It is an expression When Iraq for Canadians, oilsands in Alberta, a huge of respect for Ameri- who have long source of pollution. ca’s oldest friend and thought that Then there is largest trading partner. they are Afghanistan, where the In 2001, the newly-elect- more Americans are increasing ed George W. Bush went to liberal, their military commit- Mexico first. It was consid- that ment. They will probably ered a snub in Ottawa, an they’re ask us to stay longer than inauspicious beginning to soured, more 2011, when our troops are Worth mentioning a prickly relationship be- Bush be- toler- to leave. tween Bush and Jean Chré- came an em- ant of As the president prepares tien. blem of an- visi- to come to Ottawa, Harper Cleaner air equals longer lives: Study Our amour propre was tipathy in ble will learn there is another wounded, again, when Canada. It mi- leader of the opposition. His Dramatic improvements ly by the proportion of Bush addressed Congress stoked an un- name is Barack Obama. in U.S. air quality over the high school graduates liv- after 9-11. Acknowledging becoming last two decades have ing in an area, rank next. the many countries which anti-Ameri- Andrew Cohen teaches journalism at added 21 weeks to the life But cleaner air was a big had helped the United canism Carleton University. He is the author of of the average Ameri- factor. Extraordinary Canadians: Lester B. Pearson. States, he ignored Canada. here. can, researchers re- “It’s stunning that the ported yesterday. air pollution effect seems Reducing fine parti- to be as robust as it is after Views cles given off by controlling for these oth- automobiles, er things,” Pope said. A reckless heart is really the danger diesel engines, The findings show steel mills and there has been a real div- coal-fired idend from the efforts power plants since the 1970s to im- Grouse Mountain resort ear- have added as prove air quality, said lier this month in pursuit of “It’s too bad we couldn’t bill people for much as 15 per Pope. Doug some fresh powder, for ex- being stupid or reckless. Often it’s the cent of the 2.72 In a commentary, Firby ample, they were “rescued” years of extra Daniel Krewski of the ill-informed and ill-equipped ones who even though they reportedly longevity seen in University of Ottawa said didn’t seek any help. In that are the cause of trouble.” the U.S. since the the study “provides di- case, the rescue — and sub- early 1980s, re- rect confirmation of the There’s a popular current of sequent ban from Grouse There is one offence, how- purchase your pass in west- searchers wrote in population health bene- thought that snow resorts Mountain — was the resort’s ever, that ski areas can and ern Canada, you agree to the the New England fits of mitigating air pol- should “ban” skiers and rid- way of driving home the do clamp down on — skiing terms of the code. Journal of Medicine. lution and greatly ers who go out of bounds, point that they don’t want or riding in closed areas. Snow resorts strongly pre- Changes in smok- strengthens the founda- for fear they are costing tax- their facility used as an entry Guests who enter a closed fer guests stay within bounds. ing habits are the tion of the argument for payers a lot of money when way to the backcountry. area are liable to have their The moment you slip under biggest reason why air-quality management.” they need to be rescued In some cases, however, passes yanked for the season. that rope, you are rolling the Americans are living Based on earlier re- from remote backcountry resorts have no such authori- Areas are closed because dice on conditions. longer, said Arden search, the World Health locations. ty. All any resort can do is try they either don’t have It’s too bad we couldn’t Pope, an epidemiologist at Organization has estimat- But not every backcountry to ensure there are plenty of enough snow or have unsta- bill people for being stupid Brigham Young University ed that 1.4 per cent of all adventurer needs to be res- signs warning adventurers ble conditions, including or reckless. Often it’s the ill- in Utah who led the study. deaths around the world cued. And charging them of the potential dangers be- risk of avalanche. Knowingly informed and ill-equipped Improved socioeconom- are caused by air pollution thousands of dollars for the yond the boundaries. Back- entering one of those areas ones who are the cause of ic conditions, judged part- particles. REUTERS rescue could discourage country adventurers are sup- is an invitation for trouble, trouble. And everyone ends some from calling for help posed to register with Parks and a violation of the Alpine up paying the price for that. Metro Online Poll Results when they really need it. Canada before they head Responsibility Code, which When three skiers and out, but you’d need an army requires skiers and riders to Doug Firby is Associate Director of Communi- 66% Can Barack Obama reverse Ameri- 34% one snowboarder slipped of wardens to enforce such a “stay off closed trails and cations for Sunshine Village Ski and Snow- SAID ca’s dwindling fortunes? SAID board Resort in Banff National Park, Alta. YES NO out of bounds at Vancouver’s requirement. closed areas.” When you Weigh in on today’s question at metronews.ca It’s your turn to tell others what you think. E-mail your thoughts and opinions to: [email protected] Letters must include sender’s full name, address and phone number –street name and phone numbers will NOT be published. We reserve the right to edit letters. 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METRO NEWS SERVICES [email protected] A matter of time Dempster ‘should be playing’ Toul in Montreal. Box “Guiel believes that It’s common knowledge Luongo, Sundin will come around: It’s inevitable if Justin Morneau is that the Canucks’ chances of Scott willing to don the making the playoffs hinge The News landed him on the west go are going to get better, on their No. 1 netminder, Hockey coast. The neophyte GM a lot better, and soon. It’s Rintoul maple leaf after ink- and many Vancouverites are has made few moves since inevitable. ing a six-year, $80- uneasy about Luongo risking Sam arriving in Vancouver in Sundin was a notorious- his health in what is essen- million exten sion the summer; Sundin, by ly slow starter in Toronto; [email protected] tially an exhibition game. McCaig far, is the most significant now he’s a soon-to-be 38- C last summer, then The captain has just re- addition. But with two year-old trying to catch anada’s chances at this turned from a groin injury Dempster should be goals, three points and a up after missing training spring’s World Base- that sidelined him 25 games, thehockeynews.com minus-three rating camp and the first half of ball Classic were dam- doing the same.” and any further setback through seven games — the season. Naturally, he’s aged this week when three would all but doom the I and the fact he’s been in going to need (at least) a B.C. boys opted to skip the Guiel, who will suit up for Canucks in their pursuit of f the marriage is any- the penalty box for three few weeks to a month be- event. Canada, told the Team 1040 the postseason. thing like the honey- game-winning goals fore he really starts Pitchers Jeff Francis and yesterday that Dempster It’s a worthy argument to moon, it’s going to be against — the sublime rolling. Rich Hardendeclined the in- “should be playing” and that be sure, but count me an ugly divorce. 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