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LOKALSwine Flu Spreads to

Toronto Hospitals Staff at the UniversityHealth Network are beingurged to be extra vigilantabout infection control afterthree more employees testedpositive for swine flu. Healthnetwork spokespersonGillian Howard confirmedlast week that there are nowfour workers who have test-ed positive for the H1N1virus, including one casereported earlier. One of theemployees has had patientcontact. Three of the infect-ed staffers work at PrincessMargaret Hospital, whichspecializes in cancer care. InBulgaria, the Bulgarian gov-ernment has granted 1 890000 euro with which 100 000dozes of anti-flu medicinesand five cameras for temper-ature scanning at the air-ports to be bought.CANADA

RCMP Apologizes forTaser Death

The RCMP's second-in-command has issued an out-right apology for the deathof Polish immigrant RobertDziekanski. "We are verysorry for Mr. Dziekanski'sdeath and we are committedto learning as much as possi-ble from this terrible event,"

Deputy CommissionerWilliam Sweeney told aSenate committee last week.Dziekanski died momentsafter he was jolted five timeswith a Taser during a con-frontation with fourMounties at Vancouver's air-port in October 2007. Inanother incident, the RCMPhave been accused of pro-viding false informationleading to the imprisonmentof a former Canadian mil-lionaire businessman,Michael Kapoustin, inBulgaria since 1996.

Transactions withSchreiber unusual, not sin-

ister: Mulroney Former prime ministerBrian Mulroney said therewas nothing "sinister" aboutmeeting with German-Canadian businessmanKarlheinz Schreiber in hotelrooms and accepting largecash payments. For the sec-ond day, lead inquiry coun-sel Richard Wolson ques-tioned Mulroney, asking himabout his meetings withSchreiber. The Oliphantinquiry is looking into thethree cash paymentsMulroney received fromSchreiber at three hotelsfrom 1993 to 1994. "Therewas no sinister intention orknowledge or any suchthing." Schreiber has said he

paid Mulroney $300,000 tolobby domestically on behalfof a plan to a establish alight armoured vehicle plantin Canada, which hasbecome known as the BearHead project. Mulroney hassaid he was paid $225,000 inthree instalments and thatthe money was payment forhis efforts to promote thevehicles internationally onbehalf of the German com-pany Thyssen. He hasdenied it was for any domes-tic lobby work, which wouldhave violated domestic lob-bying rules. In Bulgaria,there have been several inci-dents of high-ranking gov-ernment officials beingaccused of corruption, butnone of them has reachedthe courts.

Tamil-Canadian protestersgather at U.S. Consulate in

Toronto A crowd of Tamil-Canadians has gatheredFriday in front of the U.S.Consulate in downtownToronto to protest thebloody civil war in SriLanka. It's the latest in aseries of demonstrations bythe Tamil community, whichis hoping to pressure Ottawainto imposing political sanc-tions against Sri Lanka.Previous Sunday, thousandsof Tamil protesters blockedthe Gardiner Expressway, abusy Toronto highway, forhours. Three days later, along procession of protestersmarched though the city's

downtown, again snarlingtraffic, after staging a peace-ful demonstration at theOntario legislature.

WORLDNew US Commander ofAfghan War Appointed

U.S. Defence SecretaryRobert Gates fired the com-mander of the Afghanistanwar on May 11, saying theObama administration need-ed "fresh thinking" to turnaround the war against aresurgent Taliban. Defenceofficials said Gen. DavidMcKiernan was removedafter less than a year on thejob because of what theydescribed as a conventionalapproach to what hasbecome one of the mostcomplicated military chal-lenges in American history.The new commander will beLt.-Gen. StanleyMcChrystal, also an armyofficer but with experienceas a leader of special forces,having recently commandedall special operations in Iraq.Bulgaria has 500 soldiers inAfghanistan and will besending a training and com-munications team as part ofthe NATO forces in theregion.

Pope Prays for Peacein the Middle East

Pope Benedict XVIplaced a handwritten appealfor peace into a crack ofJerusalem's Western Wall onMay 12 in the latest stop onhis eight-day visit to the

Middle East. The Popestood before the contentiousreligious site and said aprayer in Latin before plac-ing the note, which, accord-ing to the Vatican, read:"Send your peace upon thisHoly Land, upon the MiddleEast, upon the entire humanfamily." The Vatican hasbilled the Pope's visit as apilgrimage of peace, but it isalso widely viewed as anattempt to improve strainedties between the RomanCatholic Church and theJewish state. His visit hasgenerated controversy, par-ticularly among Jews whowere angered earlier thisyear after he revoked theexcommunication of anultra-conservative bishopwho had denied theHolocaust. The Pope has notvisited Bulgaria yet.

Nearly $1B pledged forToronto LRT, but nothing

yet for streetcars The federal and provincialgovernments have commit-ted nearly $1 billion forToronto's new light rail rapidtransit line - but a big ques-tion mark remains over howthe city will pay for a newfleet of streetcars. PrimeMinister Stephen Harperand Ontario Premier DaltonMcGuinty made the jointannouncement on LRTfunding Friday, standing in aToronto TransitCommission repair shop.Harper and McGuinty saidthat together they'll commit

$950 million - two-thirdsfrom Ontario and one-thirdfrom Ottawa - to build theLRT. The LRT line will runalong Sheppard Avenue inthe city's north end.Construction will begin inJuly. But still unsettled ishow the city will buy a newfleet of streetcars for theexisting system. In theBulgarian capital, Sofia,recently was officiallyopened another link in thelong awaited subway systemSPORTS

Toronto Raptors SignTriano as Head Coach

Jay Triano will be back ashead coach of the TorontoRaptors next season. TheCanadian signed a three-year deal with the Raptorson May 11, putting an endto his status as interim headcoach. Financial terms ofthe deal weren't disclosed,as per team policy. A nativeof Niagara Falls, Ont.,Triano has been leading theRaptors since Sam Mitchellwas dismissed on Dec. 3and he was promoted fromhis role as assistant. Trianowas assistant coach withToronto for seven seasons,from 2002 to 2008. Triano,50, finished the season witha 25-40 record. He led theRaptors to a 9-4 record intheir last 13 games, thoughToronto didn't come closeto making the playoffs. TheRaptors finished the season13th in the EasternConference.

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