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TOUCHY TOUGH-ACTIN’ TWEENS # ACCESS LEGAL # WHY DO SO MANY KIDS RESEARCH INC. UNDERDRESS IN COLD CRIMINAL PARDONS/ WEATHER? REPORTER GETS U.S WAIVER # {page 15} # NO FAULT DIVORCE TOO PERSONAL DEBT COLLECTION FOR BIEBER #OPEN SATURDAY BY APPOINTMENT# CALL 403.228.1300 {page 14} CALGARY Monday, January 10, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing. Travellers Babchuk. Blast stranded in snowstorm Passenger killed in weather-related collision near Strathmore Residents report multiple communities in north Calgary snowed in Low temperatures, flurries forecast for most of the week Eagerness to get home quickly turned to frustration for a Calgary couple as they Buried were stranded on the Trans-Canada High- way with dozens of other motorists for The Alberta Motor Association reported wait much of the weekend. times of four to eight hours for roadside as- Defenceman Anton Babchuk wires a slapshot during the hardest-shot event. A severe winter storm descended on sistance in the Calgary area yesterday after- southern Alberta Saturday afternoon, creat- noon. Flames shoot for skills supremJEREaMY NOcLAIS/yMETRO ing whiteout conditions and impassable Strathmore declared a state of emergency roads throughout much of the region. This Saturday night as crews began searching led Alberta Transportation, with the assis- nearby highways for motorists and tance of RCMP, to close the major highway transporting them to makeshift shelters. Thousands of Calgary Flames fans braved cold temperatures and rough roads to for most of a full day. Gleichen and Bassano also opened local fa- attend the Danone SuperSkills competition yesterday morning at the Tara Bjella and her wife, Mallory, were cilities to those stranded on the roads. Saddledome. Flames stars competed alongside midget hockey standouts in vari- returning on the Trans-Canada from a holi- ous events, including a breakaway relay, shooting-accuracy competition and day trip to Saskatchewan when they were and sparing fuel whenever possible. fastest-skater race. More photos from the event are available online at forced to stop in the middle of the road Finally, 21 hours later, they were able to metronews.ca. near the Highway 842 turnoff, about 90 head to a shelter in Gleichen and then to kilometres southeast of Calgary. Strathmore. “There’s enough places on the road that RCMP spokesperson Patrick Webb said Toxic politics Fourth if they were going to close itthey should measures to close a highway are undertak- have moved the traffic somewhere,” Bjella en as quickly as possible. in the U.S. provider said, noting nearby gas stations would have “These things happen for the safety of been able to provide food and shelter. the people,” he said. “Our recommenda- With little information, the two bun- tion to people is that they should be pre- dled up inside their Jeep Wrangler. 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Council will decide if they want the Taxi and Limousine Advisory Com- mittee to conduct a study, news which will look at what cab companies in other cities are doing. “It has to see what the trend is for all taxi companies that are in comparable cities,” said Stephanie Ho Lem, chair of the committee. Ho Lem said she’s undecided about safety partitions, but fellow TLAC member and taxi driver Rajiv Kapil said he believes they are necessary. Are you a bit of a music junkie? Then thank your friend, dopamine. KATIE TURNER Scan the code for the story. 1 Download the free Last inquiry The cost to replace the city’s fluoridation equipment would cost $6 million, according to Ald. Druh Farrell. ScanLife application with for RCMP your smartphone Finances soak at 2dscan.com deaths 2 Use the ScanLife application on A final inquiry begins to- your smartphone day into how four Alberta to scan 2D Mounties were murdered fluoride debate barcodes in Metro six years ago, but the 3 mother of one of the The codes will victims is more concerned direct your mobile about what has changed to browser to make police safer. relevant “There’s going to be a content at part (at the inquiry) where m.metronews.ca we can see what was in Issue of removing fluoride from Calgary’s water will be debated at place for the RCMP prior On the web at to March 3rd, and see council today Removing fluoride would save the city $750,000 annually metronews.ca what they’ve put in place Guidy Mamann now. That to me is critical. KATIE fluoridation equipment income Calgarians. Otherwise there are no les- TURNER will need to be replaced. “We could establish a Need to know on why patience sons learned,” said Colleen [email protected] “Water Services has fund that could be then is sometimes the Myrol. “If there’s any way Although removing fluo- identified approximately turned over to a dental as- only option we can save somebody ride from Calgary’s water $6 million (to replace the sociation or Alberta Health The final decision to when dealing else’s family from going would save money, some al- equipment),” she said. Services to provide this remove fluoride from Cal- through this, personally, I dermen argue cost should- “This isn’t a monetary issue service. It would be provid- gary’s water will fall on Al- with sponsoring think that’s the purpose of n’t factor into the debate. for me, but it did highlight ing a more targeted ap- berta Environment. a newcomer to this inquiry.” Ald. Druh Farrell will the timing so that we proach.” Canada. More at Her son Brock Myrol bring forward a notice of didn’t have a throw-away Ald. Gord Lowe said fac- Fluoride was first metronews.ca/ was one of the officers motion today asking city capital investment.” toring money into the de- introduced to Calgary’s ambushed and killed by council to vote in favour of Farrell suggests a por- bate is the wrong approach. water system in 1989. immigration James Roszko in a Quonset removing fluoride from the tion of the $6 million, as “It is a health issue and hut on his farm near May- city’s water. well as the annual savings, to use that as the excuse to There have been six Follow us on erthorpe on March 3, She said if fluoride is could be used to provide take it out, in my view, plebiscites issued on fluor- Twitter 2005.THE CANADIAN PRESS kept in the water, the city’s fluoride treatment for low- that’s a sorry excuse.” idation in the past. @metrocalgary 04 metronews.ca news: calgary MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 2011 Budding 10-year-old BLAST Safety department has ordered Canadian Natu- Oilsands ral Resources Ltd. to stop work at its Horizon site explosion until it is deemed safe. artist creates comics “What we actually investigated effectively do is similar to putting a yellow Authorities have shut crime-scene ribbon down an oilsands around the work site,” Roslin Chen’s first comic book upgrader in northern Lukaszuk told reporters. KATIE TURNER/METRO Alberta for an indefinite The blast took place series is about a family of bunnies time as they try to figure around 3:30 p.m. Thurs- out what caused part of day at an upgrader, the plant to explode, in- a facility that converts KATIE the idea that she can make juring as many as five molasses-thick bitumen TURNER comics. She’s telling the workers. into a lighter type of [email protected] story.” Alberta Labour Minis- crude that refineries can Roslin Chen says she’s al- Before she begins draw- ter Thomas Lukaszuk process into gasoline ways thinking about things ing her comic books, Chen said Friday his ministry’s and other products. she could draw, and recent- said she likes to make a list Occupational Health and THE CANADIAN PRESS ly the 10-year-old Calgarian of the characters with their began putting pencil to pa- ages and names. per to create comic books. The young drawer “I like drawing all sorts doesn’t take art classes and ers suffering from stab of stuff,” Chen said. “I just is self-taught. She said she wounds as well. METRO started drawing comic one day hopes to become News in brief books this year.” an artist. Winds disrupt Chen said she loves “I like being creative.” Teen stabbed downtown core drawing so much that she has to draw at least once a to death day or she doesn’t feel com- Talent CLOSED. Part of Calgary’s fortable. PARTY. An 18-year-old downtown core was “I draw mostly every- male is dead after being closed Saturday night as day.” Chen is in Grade 5. stabbed at a hall party in- wild winds dislodged part Roslin’s father, Arthur side Edmonton’s Killarney of a sign on a building in Chen, said his daughter has She has been drawing Community Centre early the 400 block of 11th Av- been drawing since she was since she was two-and-a- yesterday morning. enue SE. old enough to hold a pen. half years old. A police spokesperson Fire crews arrived and “When she started, you In addition to drawing said officers arrived on used an aerial platform to could see it was very basic comic books, she makes scene shortly before 1:30 remove the entire sign. Roslin Chen, 10, said she hopes to continue creating more but she’s getting much bet- handmade birthday cards a.m. and found three oth- METRO comic books in the future. ter,” he said. “I really like for her friends and family. 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JANICE But still he takes a says. Cholesterol is are worth the cost Sure, the Alberta Health and drug to lower his cho- blood fat linked to and side-effects. Stroke Foundation has good pre- PASKEY lesterol. So, like thou- heart attack and “Stone believes Disclaimer: He vention efforts. sands of Albertans, stroke. diet and once consulted for There’s Heart Check-vetted James Stone — that’s In Alberta, we exercise often Lipitor. grocery foods and menu items at University of Calgary cardiologist spend $20 million At 50, Stone be- restaurants like Husky House. Dr. James Stone — fits right into annually covering don’t bring gan to eat less and You can email a much-loved an Alberta trend. Lipitor for seniors, enough change exercise. It took fatty recipe and have it remade Consider: The No. 1 drug billed widows and others ... He thinks seven years to by AHSF experts. to the Alberta government is Lipi- who qualify for aid. make changes. Alberta’s Healthy U site has ex- cholesterol tor, a cholesterol-lowering drug. Indeed, a Lipitor That’s why he cellent recipes, cooking videos Thousands more buy it privately. TV ad shows the drugs are thinks early even. Lipitor is the bestselling most handsome worth prevention is key. But try as we might, the mes- prescription drug of all time. middle-aged man We’re part of a sage behind Alberta’s drug costs the cost and What does this say about us? on the planet walk- tough trend, points to a simple, stubborn “We didn’t traditionally have ing his dog in a for- side-effects.” though. At birth equation. much access to food and had to est. If he can’t get our cholesterol is Too much food in; not enough work very hard to get it. Now, we his cholesterol in low, but in work out. have tremendous access, don’t check, how can mere mortals? adulthood it rises two to three Calgarians, we’re not have to work hard,” says Stone, Stone believes diet and times that of non-Westernized mavericks, just Lipitor-ites in 57. exercise often don’t bring people. waiting. Info not so free: Study Cartoon MICHAEL DE ADDER Falling behind Worth mentioning A new study ranks Canada dead last in an internation- al comparison of freedom of information laws — a hard fall after many years being judged a global mod- el in openness. The study by a pair of British academics looked at the effectiveness of What’s your least freedom of information submit paper cheques to and, paradoxically, an occa- favourite day of laws in five parliamentary cover fees. sional source of advice on democracies: Australia, As freedom of informa- how not to implement the week? Why? New Zealand, Ireland, the tion came to be regarded freedom of information, Email United Kingdom and Cana- as a building block of mod- says Canada’s information da. New Zealand placed ern governance, countries commissioner Suzanne calgaryletters first and Canada last. around the globe would of- Legault. @metronews.ca The authors criticized ten seek Canada’s advice “I’m not surprised that Twitter Canadian FOI law as an an- on how to implement such they ranked Canada last,” tiquated system that gener- legislation. But today, with she said of the latest study. @metrocalgary ally prevents citizens from more than 70 countries on “We were seen as the lead- filing requests electronical- the FOI bandwagon, Cana- ers ... We have fallen Metro has the right to edit ly and compels them to da has become a laggard — behind.” THE CANADIAN PRESS letters and submissions. 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