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Drowning in Debt? TACKLING BULLYING PLEADING SERIES STARTS WITH We Can Help! TO LEAD EDITOR MEETING TORMENTOR {page 8} NDP DEBATE INCORPORATED IN HALIFAX TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY 902 482 2000 • 4debtrelief.com {page 3} HALIFAX Monday, January 30, 2012 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing. Transit workers rally as strike talk motors on Several other unions pledge support at Sunday’s event Deadline this Thursday While negotiators hashed it out behind closed doors hour after hour Union action on Sunday, transit workers and sup- porters held two public rallies ahead The Amalgamated Transit Union of a possible strike on Thursday. has two rallies planned pending a The first was in Dartmouth near strike on Thursday — at 7:30 a.m. the Wyse Road hotel where negoti- at the Dartmouth Bridge Terminal ations were underway. The second and at 5 p.m. at Grand Parade. was in front of city hall, where sev- eral unions, labour groups and NDP Local 508, said the fact negotiations leadership hopefuls in town for a were still going after eight hours debate called for negotiation, not on Sunday was a good sign. dictatorship, from the municipality. “They must still be moving for- They also called for Mayor Peter ward,” he said. Kelly to step down. Many transit workers said Sun- At one point, nearly everyone in day they don’t want a strike, but the crowd of about 200 texted Kel- won’t back down either. ly on his cellphone all at once. “If council and the mayor really Transit workers have rejected the care for their job security, which is Members of the Chinese Society of Nova Scotia dance at the Seaport Farmers’ Market Sunday afternoon. municipality’s last contract, and a what they’re challenging for us, strike deadline is Thursday at 12:01 they wouldn’t allow this transit to Halifax all fired up for a new yeaRYAN TrAPLIN/METRO a.m. All the signs of an imminent shut down this city,” said bus driv- strike are there: Notices for work- er James Cameron. ers to clean out their lockers by “This transit is choosing to go Wednesday and rallies planned for out on strike for legal rights, not The dragon dance was part of Chinese New Year celebrations at the market, as the community Thursday. because we want to punish the peo- welcomed the year of the dragon last week. In ancient times, the dragon was a symbol reserved But Shane O’Leary, vice-president ple. We lose far more than they do.” for the Chinese emperor, and it is considered to be an extremely auspicious sign. of the Amalgamated Transit Union JENNIFER TAPLIN news: halifax metronews.ca 03 MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012 Cullen, Mulcair receive most attention from rivals during leadership debate in Halifax 1 Candidates offer their ideas to large crowd on affordability and families Hopefuls praise provincial NDP, former federal leader Alexa McDonough RYAN TAPLIN/METRO news Researchers fear human infections linked to raccoon feces could rise. Scan code for story. 1 All eight candidates for the federal NDP leadership take the stage prior Download the free to a debate at Citadel High School’s Spatz Theatre on Sunday afternoon. ScanLife app with your smartphone at 2dscan.com Dexter stays 2 Use your neutral NDP hopefuls mostly smartphone to scan 2D barcodes in Metro agree to agree Premier Darrell Dexter has 3 The codes will yet to make up his mind on direct your mobile endorsing another browser to candidate for the federal m.metronews.ca NDP leadership. After the all-candidates debate at Citadel High On the web at School on Sunday, Dexter metronews.ca told reporters that there are advantages to staying ALEX cluding Mulcair and Nash, would allow the local New neutral in the race. BOUTILIER took aim at Cullen’s sug- Democrats to make a deci- Next leader “I’m still thinking about @METRONEWS.CA gestion to hold joint nomi- sion as to whether it’s to it,” he said. nation meetings with our advantage and to the The NDP will pick its next “I think it’s tough About 1,000 people filled Liberals and Greens in country’s to hold joint leader to replace the late because there are a lot of Citadel High School’s Conservative-held ridings. nomination meetings be- Jack Layton at its national very good candidates there, Spatz Theatre on Sunday “I want you to tell us tween us and other par- convention on March 23 many of who I think would afternoon to hear the eight concretely how you would ties." and 24 in Toronto. follow well in Jack federal NDP leadership expect NDPers in a Toron- Mulcair received a (Layton’s) footsteps.” hopefuls agree on most to-area riding where a Lib- pointed question of his vary,” Mulcair said. Dexter, along with most things. eral held sway for years own from Dewar, who “You can debate things Oakland officials of the provincial NDP cabi- But there were some that’s just gone Conserva- asked him to clarify his po- like whether it should be a net, endorsed Dartmouth- disagreements. tive ... are you really ex- sition on the bulk export restriction on the size of are assessing the Cole Harbour MP Robert The candidates for the pecting the NDPers, who of fresh water. the container without be- damage after the Chisholm after he entered party’s leadership — got 28 per cent in the last “C’mon Paul, I’ve al- ing in favour of bulk ex- latest Occupy the race. Thomas Mulcair, Romeo election, to rally behind a ways fought for the protec- ports.” Chisholm was the first Saganash, Martin Singh, Liberal,” Mulcair asked. tion of our fresh water The next leadership de- protests over to drop out of the race in Nathan Cullen, Niki Ash- Replied Cullen: “In Con- resources. The means of bate will take place on Feb. the weekend. December, citing his lack ton, Peggy Nash, Brian servative held seats ... I achieving that result can 12 in Quebec City. of proficiency in French — Topp, and Paul Dewar — RYAN TAPLIN/METRO Watch at something he was repeat- were in Halifax to discuss “As your prime minister, I’ll use my metronews.ca/ edly asked about during his their ideas on how to experience as a pharmacist to create a video campaign. make life more affordable As for the debate itself, for Canadians. national pharmacare program, and I’ll Dexter said he was encour- The tone was a touch use my experience as a business man to Follow us on aged the candidates more combative than the help businesses create jobs.” Twitter discussed federal and previous leadership debate NDP LEADERSHIP CANDIDATE MARTIN SINGH, @metrohalifax provincial relations. held in Toronto in Decem- WHO IS FROM MUSQUODOBOIT HARBOUR ALEX BOUTILIER ber. Several candidates, in- 04 metronews.ca news: halifax MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012 HRM could be home The. Queen to helpline service Other provinces, including Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec and Alberta, have 211 services RYAN TAPLIN/METRO United Way JENNIFER TAPLIN @METRONEWS.CA According to the United HRM may offer space in its Way, hundreds of organi- Dartmouth call centre to zations across the province the province’s new three- have shown support for digit helpline, 211. 211, including libraries, The new provincial serv- Capital Health, ice is toll free, 24 hours a universities, policing day for everyday of the authorities and non-profit year, and is also available groups. online. It’s for people to ac- cess an array of non-emer- gency social and health Gloria McCluskey in that building with the services from all levels of federal and provincial gov- Reigning Queen government as well as com- ernments for emergency of Burlesque Roxi munity groups and ommending to Halifax re- services. D’Lite titillates the charities. gional council on Tuesday The 211 service is look- crowd at the The province announced to open their call centre in ing for 1,500 square feet to Everything to do it in April, committing the Eric Spicer Building on house workspaces for two with Sex Show at $585,000 in the 2011-12 Mount Hope Avenue in managers and up to eight the Cunard Centre budget to start it up, Dartmouth. service advisers and techni- on Sunday increasing to $945,000 for The United Way, which cians. afternoon. The operational funding over has been petitioning for a Municipal staff said the three-day show the next five years. Private 211 line for years, will be HRM-owned building has wrapped up on corporations have also running the service. plenty of room to spare. It Sunday. chipped in for the service. Dartmouth Centre Coun. also wouldn’t cost them It was supposed to be up Gloria McCluskey said on anything, since revenues of RYAN TAPLIN/METRO and running in 2012, but Sunday opening the centre $7.50 per square foot from Trying to please the crowd 211 still needs a place to there makes sense since 211 Nova Scotia would off- live. Municipal staff is rec- HRM already shares space set any expenses. N.S. asks Supreme Court to hear appeal Firefighters Cause unknown battle No one was inside the RYAN TAPLIN/METRO Nova Scotia’s public prose- Appeal dismissed the sexu- The appeal court house fire home at the time, and cution service is asking the al assault convictions justices also found that the investigators are trying to Supreme Court of Canada against MacIntosh late last trial judge failed to proper- determine the cause of the to hear an appeal against a year, arguing that he was ly deal with questions of More than 30 firefighters fire. former Cape Breton not brought to trial in a credibility of the battled a blaze at a large res- businessman who had sex- timely manner. complainants and misun- idence in Halifax’s south- Meldrum says it took ual assault charges against “The focus is our provin- derstood some of the end early Sunday. nearly four hours to extin- him overturned. cial court of appeal’s deci- evidence used to convict Fire service spokesman guish the fire, which made Martin Herschorn, direc- sion with respect to the ... MacIntosh. Dave Meldrum says units its way into numerous attic tor of public prosecutions, right to trial within a rea- Herschorn said that rul- were called to the three- spaces and wall cavities. said he decided to proceed sonable time,” Herschorn ing will also factor into his storey home at 1454 Birch- The garage is still stand- with the leave to appeal af- said. arguments to the Supreme dale Ave., at 6:30 a.m. ing but is severely dam- ter considering the legal He was found guilty in Court, cautioning that he He says the home’s two- aged, while the main findings of a lower court July 2010 on 13 of 26 wouldn’t provide details storey attached garage, portion of the home suf- that tossed out all of the charges of indecent assault until the application is which houses a residential fered smoke and water charges against Ernest Fen- and gross indecency, filed with the court some unit on the top floor, was damage. 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SS Pparkr Sitng BGraeBrernntdotn eSotnn RPldDarescdene RowBirmingham St w w w . h a l i f a x g o l d . c a 06 news: halifax metronews.ca MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012 Offshore deal renews Court. Decision calls for safety agency Return of exploration drilling off the Scotian Shelf would be in depths of between 1,400 and 3,750 metres Shell Canada’s recent win- that develops the regula- ning bid to conduct deep- Drill grill tions and enforces them,” water oil exploration off Grant said. Nova Scotia has renewed Last fall, Liberal MLA Larry Hughes, a Dal- calls to establish a sepa- Andrew Younger tabled a housie University engi- rate safety agency inde- private member’s bill neering professor, said he pendent of the calling on the province believes safety has to be federal-provincial offshore to negotiate with Ottawa dealt with by an arms- regulator. for the creation of a length agency, given evi- Steven Laffin is escorted into Halifax provincial court in this file photo from earlier The petroleum giant federal safety regulator. dence that emerged after this month. Laffin has been committed to stand trial in the second-degree murder has committed to spend- To date, the government the blowout of a BP well in case of Halifax sex worker Nadine Taylor, 29. Laffin is due back in court on Feb. 23 ing $970 million over six has said only that it is the Gulf of Mexico in to begin the process of setting dates for trial. years in the hope of find- talking with the feds and 2010. ing oil in four deepwater counterparts “We saw what hap- Man to stand trial in murder caRYAN sTAPLIeN/METRO parcels about 200 kilome- in Newfoundland. pened ... when the Mineral tres off the province’s and Mining Services of the southwestern shore. ronments in the world.” United States unfortunate- Richard Grant, an engi- Grant said there must ly had an extremely cosy neer and expert on off- be a heightened level of relationship with the oil No deal yet on Muskrat Falls shore drilling safety, said scrutiny that the Canada- companies and things got $6.2BA term that while Shell is rep- Nova Scotia Offshore Pe- lax,” Hughes said. sheet utable when it comes to troleum Board lacks the “I’m not saying that’s announced in 2010 A deal to build a hydroelec- Newfoundland’s Crown its deepwater drilling, the resources to exercise. happening here, but it’s said Nalcor and Emera tric project in Labrador energy company, said an volatile North Atlantic “What we need to have the type of thing we want would share costs of won’t be reached by Tues- agreement with Nova Sco- presents some of the is one agency that is look- to make sure doesn’t hap- the $6.2-billion day’s deadline. 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So the person who is bullying is well aware of their actions, said LeBlanc. “But they just don’t know why.” He said it’s hard “for someone who is bullying, for them to have the insight to say, ‘Oh, I’m bullying. I better stop.’” “Usually they are bully- ing because they want to bully. Children who bully do it for a reason. They’re usually troubled children themselves,” he said. Consequently, it’s rare for a child to stop the Sean McKibbon and Matthew Gabriel stand out front of what used to be North Edwardsburgh Public School, behaviour without some where they attended elementary school. The building is now a retirement residence. sort of intervention, he said. “You can’t expect the “It never felt good. kinder to each other than bully to stop it on their SMECAKNIBBON It didn’t feel right Matt and his cronies. Only Tuesday in Metro: More on bullying own, nor the victim. The @METRONEWS.CA and it’s not who thing was, Matt was man victim is already in a weak- METRO CANADA IN OTTAWA enough to reach out to peo- In the second instalment of our three-part series: ened position,” he said. I was inside.” ple (not just me) to make The day my child- MATT GABRIEL amends. We investigate the differences between boys and girls hood bully re-en- requests. Each time I reject- Turns out the older kids when it comes to bullying tactics. Expert advice tered my life I felt all ed him with a click and felt that picked on us were And we take a look at what we can learn from the old emotions: a nasty glee exacting a getting beat up by even those TV bullies we love to loathe. Dr. LeBlanc’s strategies to Fear, embarrassment, but righteous revenge. older kids. prevent or stop bullying: mostly indignation. Finally he wrote: “Dear “We were scared, but All while looking at a Sean: I keep asking for your then we would go into a union shop steward, he There were mixed mes- Bullying amongst children computer. friendship on Facebook school and do the same says, because he wanted to sages: corporal punish- should be dealt with in I was catching up with and keeping getting denied thing,” he recalls. help and he found he was ment, religion, movies — groups: Ask each child old friends on Facebook — which is understand- Matt was physically big- good at it. all had a good guy fighting how they would feel if when I got the friend re- able. I am not looking for ger and began studying Did he know as a kid he and punishing a bad guy. they were being bullied. quest. you to be able to forgive me martial arts. Rather than be was doing something Matt says he struggled In the “no blame ap - Are you kidding me? I for picking on you in pub- a victim he tried to wrong? with his mother’s illness proach,” the adult asks the thought. lic school a lot — but intimidate others before “I don’t know that you from kindergarten until victim if the incident can I was a kid again, my ears maybe just to give you they could go after him. have that well-developed a Grade 8 when she died. He be brought to a group that burning, my shoulders some perspective. My He realized in his 20s, sense of right and wrong didn’t get counselling and includes the child who is tense. mother was dying a terrible while working as a bounc- when you’re young,” he his father was often away bullying. The group is then Matt Gabriel was not my and painful death from er, he didn’t like where says. working, trying to make asked how they can help worst tormentor. We were cancer and I acted out quite things were going. He’d It sounds like a cop out, ends meet. the child and some times, once even pals. Then he a bit.” just become a father and he but I know Matt is right. It “It’s not an excuse, but it the child who is bullying started hanging around And then he apologized. didn’t want to hurt people. was easy for me to see helps explain things,” Matt will actually offer to help. with older kids who bullied I wrote back. I apolo- “I guess it was a process when I was being wronged, says. me as a group. gized too. I thought I’d of maturing,” he said. but when I got into fights I Matt and I continue to Tripping, pushing, moved on, but I’d been car- “Hurting people is wrong. always felt I was right. be friends on Facebook. Should reformed names, fights, alienation. I rying around resentment. I And helping people is so “There were mixed mes- And we may all get togeth- bul lies reach out felt then like I was walking looked at my own behav- easy. There’s no negative sages coming at us, even er (him and his brothers) to their victims around with a label on my iour back then. Most of us emotions afterward.” from our teachers and for a beer now that my ears or leave the past forehead. kids at the bottom of the He works in telecommu- parents,” Matt says. don’t burn every time I behind? Tweet us He kept sending friend social order weren’t any nications now. He became I have to agree again. think of him. @metrohalifax. metronews.ca 09 MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012 GRAHAM HUGHES/THE CANADIAN PRESS WAREHOUSE SALE JAN 29TH - FEB 11TH 75 % UP TO OF F* Mohammad Shafia, centre, Tooba SAVINGS ON Yahya, seen behind him, and Hamed Shafia, left, arrive at the Frontenac County courthouse in Kingston, Ont., on Sunday. Guilty verdicts in 995 ‘honourless crime’ TOPS and up 99 5 BOTTOMS Three murdered daughters thumbed their noses at and up 99 5 family rules, court heard Killings shocked many SWEATERS and up Three members of an that has captivated Canadi- “The apparent reason be- Afghanistan-born Montreal ans from coast to coast, and hind these cold-blooded, JACKETS 1995 family were defiant Sunday touched off post-911 criti- shameful murders was that and up in the face of life in prison cism of Muslim culture. the four completely inno- and harsh condemnation The three immediately cent victims offended your for the murders of three pronounced the verdicts as completely twisted concept *Original price daughters and a co-wife ap- unjust, but the judge was of honour ... that has ab- parently motivated by what unmoved, cutting right to solutely no place in any civ- the judge called their “twist- the core of the cultural ilized society.” ed concept of honour.” cloud that hung over this The trial heard evidence SHOP EARLY FOR BEST SELECTION! A jury took 15 hours to case. over many weeks about the find Mohammad Shafia, 58, “It is difficult to conceive bizarre divide in the Shafia LIMITED QUANTITIES - ALL SALES FINAL his wife, Tooba Yahya, 42, of a more heinous, more family, in which the patri- and their son, Hamed, 21, despicable, more honour- arch struck fear in the HUGE SELECTION each guilty of four counts of less crime,” Ontario Superi- hearts of some of his chil- first-degree murder in a so- or Court Judge Robert dren. OF LADIES’ FASHIONS called mass honour killing Maranger said. THE CANADIAN PRESS 6P-16P PETITE 8-16 REGULAR Mexican Lower Sackville, was at- in fluent English as he 16-24 WOMENS tacked in the early hours answered a few questions suspect of Jan. 20. from foreign reporters. Nabb, 37, who was va- He said he entered the admits to cationing with her hotel from the back Only at husband, was found lying beach doorway and was beating in a pool of blood in one taking an elevator up to of the resort’s elevators. the roof when the doors A Mexican man charged Quintero was arrested opened and Nabb got in. with brutally beating a Friday and charged with They talked and then he Beautiful Fashions. 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Crash army in doubt European debt crisis, U.S. budget gridlock could take toll on western combat forces in Afghanistan JOHN ALTHOUSE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The commander of the Current estimates from Canadian army says he the country’s defence min- doubts the international ister, Abdul Rahim War- Officials work at the scene of a multi-vehicle wreck community will have the dak, see the Afghans on Interstate 75, south of Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday. cash or the political stom- spending more than $6.2 ach after 2014 to sustain billion a year to pay for MATT STAMEY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/THE GAINESVILLE SUN the sprawling Afghan secu- and equip their forces. At least 10 dead on Florida highway rity force being trained by That’s in a country NATO allies. where the budget of the Lt.-Gen. Peter Devlin, entire federal treasury is At press time, at least 10 people had died and another 18 were injured after a se- the chief of land staff, re- $4 billion — much of that ries of crashes apparently caused by heavy smoke and fog on Interstate 75. cently returned from Kab- foreign aid. ul, where roughly 950 Lt.-Gen. Peter Devlin Such a scenario might Canadians have settled in be uncomfortable, but De- Allegations halt RCMP training for a three-year stint under vlin said it could force the the newly established ing for an army and a po- Karzai government to take training mission. lice force that is expected more ownership of securi- Some questions on his to top out at 352,000 mem- ty forces and their budget The federal RCMP has sus- allegations against the ter the B.C. Civil Liberties mind during a round of bers. Devlin also wondered than in the past. pended a program that force including racism and Association alerted him to meetings with NATO com- if the perceived threat It could also “energize sends Mounties to train in abuse of authority. a scathing report on the manders involved whether from Taliban insurgents conversations” with the drug recognition with an The RCMP halted the force by the U.S. Depart- the Afghan government required building a force Taliban, he added. Arizona-based police de- training with the Maricopa ment of Justice. will have the means of pay- of that size. THE CANADIAN PRESS partment after learning of County Sheriff’s Office af- THE CANADIAN PRESS LOOKING TO UPGRADE YOUR SKILLS OR SIMPLY LEARN SOMETHING NEW? 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Drowning in Debt? TACKLING BULLYING PLEADING SERIES STARTS WITH We Can Help! TO LEAD EDITOR MEETING TORMENTOR {page 8} NDP DEBATE INCORPORATED IN HALIFAX TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY 902 482 2000 • 4debtrelief.com {page 3} HALIFAX Monday, January 30, 2012 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing. Transit workers rally as strike talk motors on Several other unions pledge support at Sunday’s event Deadline this Thursday While negotiators hashed it out behind closed doors hour after hour Union action on Sunday, transit workers and sup- porters held two public rallies ahead The Amalgamated Transit Union of a possible strike on Thursday. has two rallies planned pending a The first was in Dartmouth near strike on Thursday — at 7:30 a.m. the Wyse Road hotel where negoti- at the Dartmouth Bridge Terminal ations were underway. The second and at 5 p.m. at Grand Parade. was in front of city hall, where sev- eral unions, labour groups and NDP Local 508, said the fact negotiations leadership hopefuls in town for a were still going after eight hours debate called for negotiation, not on Sunday was a good sign. dictatorship, from the municipality. “They must still be moving for- They also called for Mayor Peter ward,” he said. Kelly to step down. Many transit workers said Sun- At one point, nearly everyone in day they don’t want a strike, but the crowd of about 200 texted Kel- won’t back down either. ly on his cellphone all at once. “If council and the mayor really Transit workers have rejected the care for their job security, which is Members of the Chinese Society of Nova Scotia dance at the Seaport Farmers’ Market Sunday afternoon. municipality’s last contract, and a what they’re challenging for us, strike deadline is Thursday at 12:01 they wouldn’t allow this transit to Halifax all fired up for a new yeaRYAN TrAPLIN/METRO a.m. All the signs of an imminent shut down this city,” said bus driv- strike are there: Notices for work- er James Cameron. ers to clean out their lockers by “This transit is choosing to go Wednesday and rallies planned for out on strike for legal rights, not The dragon dance was part of Chinese New Year celebrations at the market, as the community Thursday. because we want to punish the peo- welcomed the year of the dragon last week. In ancient times, the dragon was a symbol reserved But Shane O’Leary, vice-president ple. We lose far more than they do.” for the Chinese emperor, and it is considered to be an extremely auspicious sign. of the Amalgamated Transit Union JENNIFER TAPLIN news: halifax metronews.ca 03 MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012 Cullen, Mulcair receive most attention from rivals during leadership debate in Halifax 1 Candidates offer their ideas to large crowd on affordability and families Hopefuls praise provincial NDP, former federal leader Alexa McDonough RYAN TAPLIN/METRO news Researchers fear human infections linked to raccoon feces could rise. Scan code for story. 1 All eight candidates for the federal NDP leadership take the stage prior Download the free to a debate at Citadel High School’s Spatz Theatre on Sunday afternoon. ScanLife app with your smartphone at 2dscan.com Dexter stays 2 Use your neutral NDP hopefuls mostly smartphone to scan 2D barcodes in Metro agree to agree Premier Darrell Dexter has 3 The codes will yet to make up his mind on direct your mobile endorsing another browser to candidate for the federal m.metronews.ca NDP leadership. After the all-candidates debate at Citadel High On the web at School on Sunday, Dexter metronews.ca told reporters that there are advantages to staying ALEX cluding Mulcair and Nash, would allow the local New neutral in the race. BOUTILIER took aim at Cullen’s sug- Democrats to make a deci- Next leader “I’m still thinking about @METRONEWS.CA gestion to hold joint nomi- sion as to whether it’s to it,” he said. nation meetings with our advantage and to the The NDP will pick its next “I think it’s tough About 1,000 people filled Liberals and Greens in country’s to hold joint leader to replace the late because there are a lot of Citadel High School’s Conservative-held ridings. nomination meetings be- Jack Layton at its national very good candidates there, Spatz Theatre on Sunday “I want you to tell us tween us and other par- convention on March 23 many of who I think would afternoon to hear the eight concretely how you would ties." and 24 in Toronto. follow well in Jack federal NDP leadership expect NDPers in a Toron- Mulcair received a (Layton’s) footsteps.” hopefuls agree on most to-area riding where a Lib- pointed question of his vary,” Mulcair said. Dexter, along with most things. eral held sway for years own from Dewar, who “You can debate things Oakland officials of the provincial NDP cabi- But there were some that’s just gone Conserva- asked him to clarify his po- like whether it should be a net, endorsed Dartmouth- disagreements. tive ... are you really ex- sition on the bulk export restriction on the size of are assessing the Cole Harbour MP Robert The candidates for the pecting the NDPers, who of fresh water. the container without be- damage after the Chisholm after he entered party’s leadership — got 28 per cent in the last “C’mon Paul, I’ve al- ing in favour of bulk ex- latest Occupy the race. Thomas Mulcair, Romeo election, to rally behind a ways fought for the protec- ports.” Chisholm was the first Saganash, Martin Singh, Liberal,” Mulcair asked. tion of our fresh water The next leadership de- protests over to drop out of the race in Nathan Cullen, Niki Ash- Replied Cullen: “In Con- resources. The means of bate will take place on Feb. the weekend. December, citing his lack ton, Peggy Nash, Brian servative held seats ... I achieving that result can 12 in Quebec City. of proficiency in French — Topp, and Paul Dewar — RYAN TAPLIN/METRO Watch at something he was repeat- were in Halifax to discuss “As your prime minister, I’ll use my metronews.ca/ edly asked about during his their ideas on how to experience as a pharmacist to create a video campaign. make life more affordable As for the debate itself, for Canadians. national pharmacare program, and I’ll Dexter said he was encour- The tone was a touch use my experience as a business man to Follow us on aged the candidates more combative than the help businesses create jobs.” Twitter discussed federal and previous leadership debate NDP LEADERSHIP CANDIDATE MARTIN SINGH, @metrohalifax provincial relations. held in Toronto in Decem- WHO IS FROM MUSQUODOBOIT HARBOUR ALEX BOUTILIER ber. Several candidates, in- 04 metronews.ca news: halifax MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012 HRM could be home The. Queen to helpline service Other provinces, including Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec and Alberta, have 211 services RYAN TAPLIN/METRO United Way JENNIFER TAPLIN @METRONEWS.CA According to the United HRM may offer space in its Way, hundreds of organi- Dartmouth call centre to zations across the province the province’s new three- have shown support for digit helpline, 211. 211, including libraries, The new provincial serv- Capital Health, ice is toll free, 24 hours a universities, policing day for everyday of the authorities and non-profit year, and is also available groups. online. It’s for people to ac- cess an array of non-emer- gency social and health Gloria McCluskey in that building with the services from all levels of federal and provincial gov- Reigning Queen government as well as com- ernments for emergency of Burlesque Roxi munity groups and ommending to Halifax re- services. D’Lite titillates the charities. gional council on Tuesday The 211 service is look- crowd at the The province announced to open their call centre in ing for 1,500 square feet to Everything to do it in April, committing the Eric Spicer Building on house workspaces for two with Sex Show at $585,000 in the 2011-12 Mount Hope Avenue in managers and up to eight the Cunard Centre budget to start it up, Dartmouth. service advisers and techni- on Sunday increasing to $945,000 for The United Way, which cians. afternoon. The operational funding over has been petitioning for a Municipal staff said the three-day show the next five years. Private 211 line for years, will be HRM-owned building has wrapped up on corporations have also running the service. plenty of room to spare. It Sunday. chipped in for the service. Dartmouth Centre Coun. also wouldn’t cost them It was supposed to be up Gloria McCluskey said on anything, since revenues of RYAN TAPLIN/METRO and running in 2012, but Sunday opening the centre $7.50 per square foot from Trying to please the crowd 211 still needs a place to there makes sense since 211 Nova Scotia would off- live. Municipal staff is rec- HRM already shares space set any expenses. N.S. asks Supreme Court to hear appeal Firefighters Cause unknown battle No one was inside the RYAN TAPLIN/METRO Nova Scotia’s public prose- Appeal dismissed the sexu- The appeal court house fire home at the time, and cution service is asking the al assault convictions justices also found that the investigators are trying to Supreme Court of Canada against MacIntosh late last trial judge failed to proper- determine the cause of the to hear an appeal against a year, arguing that he was ly deal with questions of More than 30 firefighters fire. former Cape Breton not brought to trial in a credibility of the battled a blaze at a large res- businessman who had sex- timely manner. complainants and misun- idence in Halifax’s south- Meldrum says it took ual assault charges against “The focus is our provin- derstood some of the end early Sunday. nearly four hours to extin- him overturned. cial court of appeal’s deci- evidence used to convict Fire service spokesman guish the fire, which made Martin Herschorn, direc- sion with respect to the ... MacIntosh. Dave Meldrum says units its way into numerous attic tor of public prosecutions, right to trial within a rea- Herschorn said that rul- were called to the three- spaces and wall cavities. said he decided to proceed sonable time,” Herschorn ing will also factor into his storey home at 1454 Birch- The garage is still stand- with the leave to appeal af- said. arguments to the Supreme dale Ave., at 6:30 a.m. ing but is severely dam- ter considering the legal He was found guilty in Court, cautioning that he He says the home’s two- aged, while the main findings of a lower court July 2010 on 13 of 26 wouldn’t provide details storey attached garage, portion of the home suf- that tossed out all of the charges of indecent assault until the application is which houses a residential fered smoke and water charges against Ernest Fen- and gross indecency, filed with the court some unit on the top floor, was damage. Ernest MacIntosh wick MacIntosh. almost 15 years after the al- time before Feb. 6. fully engulfed in flames. THE CANADIAN PRESS The Nova Scotia Court of legations surfaced. THE CANADIAN PRESS Hells Angels member Man flees Residents threatened ring Cove Road on Satur- day night. found dead in jail cell after At about 9 p.m., police with knife: Police say a man demanded cash robbery, from the clerk and made a A member of the Hells An- ester Co., was being de- motion toward something Halifax police say a few Officers say a resident of cops say gels from Nova Scotia has tained in Quebec to stand in his jacket. residents were threatened an apartment building on been found dead in his jail trial for a 2010 double No weapon was seen with a knife after they at- Martello Street was in- cell. murder in Montreal. 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SS Pparkr Sitng BGraeBrernntdotn eSotnn RPldDarescdene RowBirmingham St w w w . h a l i f a x g o l d . c a 06 news: halifax metronews.ca MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012 Offshore deal renews Court. Decision calls for safety agency Return of exploration drilling off the Scotian Shelf would be in depths of between 1,400 and 3,750 metres Shell Canada’s recent win- that develops the regula- ning bid to conduct deep- Drill grill tions and enforces them,” water oil exploration off Grant said. Nova Scotia has renewed Last fall, Liberal MLA Larry Hughes, a Dal- calls to establish a sepa- Andrew Younger tabled a housie University engi- rate safety agency inde- private member’s bill neering professor, said he pendent of the calling on the province believes safety has to be federal-provincial offshore to negotiate with Ottawa dealt with by an arms- regulator. for the creation of a length agency, given evi- Steven Laffin is escorted into Halifax provincial court in this file photo from earlier The petroleum giant federal safety regulator. dence that emerged after this month. Laffin has been committed to stand trial in the second-degree murder has committed to spend- To date, the government the blowout of a BP well in case of Halifax sex worker Nadine Taylor, 29. Laffin is due back in court on Feb. 23 ing $970 million over six has said only that it is the Gulf of Mexico in to begin the process of setting dates for trial. years in the hope of find- talking with the feds and 2010. ing oil in four deepwater counterparts “We saw what hap- Man to stand trial in murder caRYAN sTAPLIeN/METRO parcels about 200 kilome- in Newfoundland. pened ... when the Mineral tres off the province’s and Mining Services of the southwestern shore. ronments in the world.” United States unfortunate- Richard Grant, an engi- Grant said there must ly had an extremely cosy neer and expert on off- be a heightened level of relationship with the oil No deal yet on Muskrat Falls shore drilling safety, said scrutiny that the Canada- companies and things got $6.2BA term that while Shell is rep- Nova Scotia Offshore Pe- lax,” Hughes said. sheet utable when it comes to troleum Board lacks the “I’m not saying that’s announced in 2010 A deal to build a hydroelec- Newfoundland’s Crown its deepwater drilling, the resources to exercise. happening here, but it’s said Nalcor and Emera tric project in Labrador energy company, said an volatile North Atlantic “What we need to have the type of thing we want would share costs of won’t be reached by Tues- agreement with Nova Sco- presents some of the is one agency that is look- to make sure doesn’t hap- the $6.2-billion day’s deadline. 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So the person who is bullying is well aware of their actions, said LeBlanc. “But they just don’t know why.” He said it’s hard “for someone who is bullying, for them to have the insight to say, ‘Oh, I’m bullying. I better stop.’” “Usually they are bully- ing because they want to bully. Children who bully do it for a reason. They’re usually troubled children themselves,” he said. Consequently, it’s rare for a child to stop the Sean McKibbon and Matthew Gabriel stand out front of what used to be North Edwardsburgh Public School, behaviour without some where they attended elementary school. The building is now a retirement residence. sort of intervention, he said. “You can’t expect the “It never felt good. kinder to each other than bully to stop it on their SMECAKNIBBON It didn’t feel right Matt and his cronies. Only Tuesday in Metro: More on bullying own, nor the victim. The @METRONEWS.CA and it’s not who thing was, Matt was man victim is already in a weak- METRO CANADA IN OTTAWA enough to reach out to peo- In the second instalment of our three-part series: ened position,” he said. I was inside.” ple (not just me) to make The day my child- MATT GABRIEL amends. We investigate the differences between boys and girls hood bully re-en- requests. Each time I reject- Turns out the older kids when it comes to bullying tactics. Expert advice tered my life I felt all ed him with a click and felt that picked on us were And we take a look at what we can learn from the old emotions: a nasty glee exacting a getting beat up by even those TV bullies we love to loathe. Dr. LeBlanc’s strategies to Fear, embarrassment, but righteous revenge. older kids. prevent or stop bullying: mostly indignation. Finally he wrote: “Dear “We were scared, but All while looking at a Sean: I keep asking for your then we would go into a union shop steward, he There were mixed mes- Bullying amongst children computer. friendship on Facebook school and do the same says, because he wanted to sages: corporal punish- should be dealt with in I was catching up with and keeping getting denied thing,” he recalls. help and he found he was ment, religion, movies — groups: Ask each child old friends on Facebook — which is understand- Matt was physically big- good at it. all had a good guy fighting how they would feel if when I got the friend re- able. I am not looking for ger and began studying Did he know as a kid he and punishing a bad guy. they were being bullied. quest. you to be able to forgive me martial arts. Rather than be was doing something Matt says he struggled In the “no blame ap - Are you kidding me? I for picking on you in pub- a victim he tried to wrong? with his mother’s illness proach,” the adult asks the thought. lic school a lot — but intimidate others before “I don’t know that you from kindergarten until victim if the incident can I was a kid again, my ears maybe just to give you they could go after him. have that well-developed a Grade 8 when she died. He be brought to a group that burning, my shoulders some perspective. My He realized in his 20s, sense of right and wrong didn’t get counselling and includes the child who is tense. mother was dying a terrible while working as a bounc- when you’re young,” he his father was often away bullying. The group is then Matt Gabriel was not my and painful death from er, he didn’t like where says. working, trying to make asked how they can help worst tormentor. We were cancer and I acted out quite things were going. He’d It sounds like a cop out, ends meet. the child and some times, once even pals. Then he a bit.” just become a father and he but I know Matt is right. It “It’s not an excuse, but it the child who is bullying started hanging around And then he apologized. didn’t want to hurt people. was easy for me to see helps explain things,” Matt will actually offer to help. with older kids who bullied I wrote back. I apolo- “I guess it was a process when I was being wronged, says. me as a group. gized too. I thought I’d of maturing,” he said. but when I got into fights I Matt and I continue to Tripping, pushing, moved on, but I’d been car- “Hurting people is wrong. always felt I was right. be friends on Facebook. Should reformed names, fights, alienation. I rying around resentment. I And helping people is so “There were mixed mes- And we may all get togeth- bul lies reach out felt then like I was walking looked at my own behav- easy. There’s no negative sages coming at us, even er (him and his brothers) to their victims around with a label on my iour back then. Most of us emotions afterward.” from our teachers and for a beer now that my ears or leave the past forehead. kids at the bottom of the He works in telecommu- parents,” Matt says. don’t burn every time I behind? Tweet us He kept sending friend social order weren’t any nications now. He became I have to agree again. think of him. @metrohalifax. metronews.ca 09 MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012 GRAHAM HUGHES/THE CANADIAN PRESS WAREHOUSE SALE JAN 29TH - FEB 11TH 75 % UP TO OF F* Mohammad Shafia, centre, Tooba SAVINGS ON Yahya, seen behind him, and Hamed Shafia, left, arrive at the Frontenac County courthouse in Kingston, Ont., on Sunday. Guilty verdicts in 995 ‘honourless crime’ TOPS and up 99 5 BOTTOMS Three murdered daughters thumbed their noses at and up 99 5 family rules, court heard Killings shocked many SWEATERS and up Three members of an that has captivated Canadi- “The apparent reason be- Afghanistan-born Montreal ans from coast to coast, and hind these cold-blooded, JACKETS 1995 family were defiant Sunday touched off post-911 criti- shameful murders was that and up in the face of life in prison cism of Muslim culture. the four completely inno- and harsh condemnation The three immediately cent victims offended your for the murders of three pronounced the verdicts as completely twisted concept *Original price daughters and a co-wife ap- unjust, but the judge was of honour ... that has ab- parently motivated by what unmoved, cutting right to solutely no place in any civ- the judge called their “twist- the core of the cultural ilized society.” ed concept of honour.” cloud that hung over this The trial heard evidence SHOP EARLY FOR BEST SELECTION! A jury took 15 hours to case. over many weeks about the find Mohammad Shafia, 58, “It is difficult to conceive bizarre divide in the Shafia LIMITED QUANTITIES - ALL SALES FINAL his wife, Tooba Yahya, 42, of a more heinous, more family, in which the patri- and their son, Hamed, 21, despicable, more honour- arch struck fear in the HUGE SELECTION each guilty of four counts of less crime,” Ontario Superi- hearts of some of his chil- first-degree murder in a so- or Court Judge Robert dren. OF LADIES’ FASHIONS called mass honour killing Maranger said. THE CANADIAN PRESS 6P-16P PETITE 8-16 REGULAR Mexican Lower Sackville, was at- in fluent English as he 16-24 WOMENS tacked in the early hours answered a few questions suspect of Jan. 20. from foreign reporters. 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Peter Devlin, entire federal treasury is At press time, at least 10 people had died and another 18 were injured after a se- the chief of land staff, re- $4 billion — much of that ries of crashes apparently caused by heavy smoke and fog on Interstate 75. cently returned from Kab- foreign aid. ul, where roughly 950 Lt.-Gen. Peter Devlin Such a scenario might Canadians have settled in be uncomfortable, but De- Allegations halt RCMP training for a three-year stint under vlin said it could force the the newly established ing for an army and a po- Karzai government to take training mission. lice force that is expected more ownership of securi- Some questions on his to top out at 352,000 mem- ty forces and their budget The federal RCMP has sus- allegations against the ter the B.C. Civil Liberties mind during a round of bers. Devlin also wondered than in the past. pended a program that force including racism and Association alerted him to meetings with NATO com- if the perceived threat It could also “energize sends Mounties to train in abuse of authority. a scathing report on the manders involved whether from Taliban insurgents conversations” with the drug recognition with an The RCMP halted the force by the U.S. Depart- the Afghan government required building a force Taliban, he added. Arizona-based police de- training with the Maricopa ment of Justice. will have the means of pay- of that size. THE CANADIAN PRESS partment after learning of County Sheriff’s Office af- THE CANADIAN PRESS LOOKING TO UPGRADE YOUR SKILLS OR SIMPLY LEARN SOMETHING NEW? 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