Metro Ottawa - January 21, 2009

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President Barack Obama, the newly sworn-in 44th president of the United States, waves as he and his wife Michelle walk down eyes, fulfilling the wishes
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History’s chain broke awk- U.S. Capitol in Washington, United States “we must pick ourselves up, office has inspired people
wardly yesterday, a few D.C. And a billion more, on dust ourselves off, and be- as few other events in
Presidential
minutes later than adver- television and online, the gin the work of remaking recent times have done.”
tised, a few crucial words world over. Inauguration America.” — SOUTH AFRICA’S
shy of correct. It was arguably the most However the next four NELSON MANDELA
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Union won’t finally got the 35 words to ry of flags and smiles. claim Martin Luther King will grow up taking this day throughout the world
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NCC board meeting open to the public 3
The public is invited to attend the National Capital Commission’s board of directors meeting tomorrow. The open meeting,
which starts at 1 p.m. at the Westin Hotel ballroom, is designed to enhance openness and transparency. METRO OTTAWA
Raising money for Alzheimer’s
Local
The Alzheimer’s Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County is holding its annual
Manulife Walk for Memories inside the Carlingwood Shopping Centre this Sun-
day. The walk, which is held from 10:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., marks Alzheimer’s Aware-
ness Month and supports the estimated 12,000 people in Ottawa and Renfrew
with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. A minimum donation of $25 per
participant is required. METRO OTTAWA
We will not break: Cornellier Group wants
smoke-free
buildings
Union boss says mechanics will not go back to work until a deal is done
TRACEY TONG
TIM [email protected]
TIM WIECLAWSKI W “To suggest that we
[email protected] IECLAW are going to let me- HEALTHA local non-smok-
Not one member among SKI/M chanics cross our icnogu raadgvioncga Ocyt tgarwoaup is en-
the 2,300 striking OC ETRO own picket line is landlords to adopt policies
Tgroa nbsapcko teom wpolorkye weist hwoilult OTTAW unbelievable. They tinhgast wsmilol kmea fkree et.h eir build-
A want us to bust our
everybody going in, said Ottawa residents have
union president Andre own union.” very few smoke-free
Cornellier. options for accom -
Andre Cornellier,
On the weekend, city modation, said Ottawa
council requested that me- union president Council on Smoking and
chanics be allowed to re- Health president Pippa
turn to get buses ready to buses out of service before Beck.
run when the strike final- the strike. “We’re not asking
ly ends. Canadian Union of Pub- governments to force land-
Yesterday, at a rally on lic Employees joined strik- lords,” said Beck. “We
the ATU picket line in ing OC Transpo employees want there to be more
front of the OC Transpo on the picket lines for a choice in the
headquarters, Cornellier day of solidarity yesterday. marketplace.”
said the union would not CUPE national president This week is National
play along with the city’s Paul Moist presented Cor- Non-Smoking Week, but
attempt to “divide and nellier with a cheque for according to Beck, Canada
conquer.” $5,000 to go toward the is about three years
“To suggest that we are ATU strike fund and called behind the United States,
going to let mechanics on the city to get back to which offers tens of thou-
cross our own picket line the table and deal with the sands of smoke-free units.
is unbelievable. They want Flanked by ATU international vice-president Randy Graham, left, and CUPE national president Paul union bargaining commit- “It’s still emerging
us to bust our own union,” Moist, right, ATU 279 president Andre Cornellier speaks to striking OC Transpo employees at a rally tee. here,” said Beck. “The
he said. yesterday in front of the OC Transpo Headquarters on Belfast Road. “We want a better work- buildings are hard for peo-
Alain Mercier, the gener- ing life in Ottawa, not a ple to find. There’s no list
al manager of OC Transpo, will not be enough road- be bothered by those com- themselves,” he said. “The worse one,” Moist said. “If available.”
suggested they may have ready buses for them to ments. tactics used in this strike Larry O’Brien thinks we’re Here in Ottawa,
to lay off around 500 drive. “The idea that people are unbelievable.” going to turn the clock landlords of smaller multi-
workers during the first ATU International vice- will be laid off because Graham accused OC back on 100 years of col- unit buildings are more
few weeks when service president Randy Graham you are on strike, they Transpo of mismanage- lective bargaining, he’s likely than landlords of
resumes, because there told those gathered not to should be ashamed of ment for having so many wrong.” big buildings to go smoke-
free.
“Developers can legally
Strike having impact on City puts money ahead of
declare their new building
100 per cent smoke-free
environment: Group from the outset,” Beck
safety, OC mechanics say said.
ongoing strike is discourag-
TRACEY TONG ing to their efforts, said
[email protected] Buckthought, a transit user
and cyclist. TIM WIECLAWSKI “Ourselves and our families ride the bus WHAT’S ONLINE TODAY
TRANSIT A local environ- “You really see the conse- [email protected] and safety is a big concern for us. Of
mental group is rallying quences of relying too VideoMichaëlle Jean pays
course, so is expense, because most of us
the city’s transit users to much on cars,” he said. REPAIRS While the city is tribute to the rise of Obama
help them ask the city to “We’re seeing increased insisting that safety issues are taxpayers here in the city.” at metronews.ca/canada
speed transit talks. emissions of carbon diox- are behind the proposed Peter Theriault, mechanic at OC Transpo VideoOmar Khadr’s case
So far, hundreds of peo- ide and pollutants such as changes to the scheduling stirs controversy, much like
ple have signed Ecology Ot- nitrogen oxides. I think system, the OC Transpo the prison he calls home
tawa’s online petition, with the increased air pol- employees union says the first arrived at OC Trans- maintenance schedule for at metronews.ca/canada
which calls for an end to lution, you will likely see transit company is ignor- po, their bumpers corrod- the buses and as a conse- BlogsHollywood Rants frets
the transit strike. increased incidence of res- ing maintenance con- ed very quickly. Yet upper quence, many of the war- about the success of lousy
The petition, which piratory disease,” he said. cerns that are costing the management sent some ranties are unnecessarily movies at
launched earlier this week, “Cars are just not an envi- city millions and making that were marked for re- voided because the time metronews.ca
will be presented to council ronmentally friendly way buses potentially danger- pairs out onto the roads. or the miles lapse out. Up VideoCana-
members a week from to- to travel.” ous. “‘Meet service at all to 500 buses have lapsed dians celebrate
day, said Ecology Ottawa From an environmental “Ourselves and our fam- cost’ was a lot of the way warranties that could the
steering committee mem- standpoint, a transit strike ilies ride the bus and safe- the thinking is there,” he have saved the city inauguration at
ber Mike Buckthought. is the opposite of what the ty is a big concern for us. said. “We were fortunate around $165,000 per vehi- metronews
“We need all parties to sit city needs, said Buck- Of course, so is expense, that none of (the cle, he said. .ca/canada
down at the negotiating thought. because most of us are bumpers) fell off. If that The city said it would
table and produce a fair “By putting more cars on taxpayers here in the was going down the not comment on unspeci-
deal that will end the tran- the road, we see increases city,” said Peter Theriault, Queensway, it could easily fied allegations and insist- Lotteries
sit strike and get our city in traffic and increases in a mechanic with 10 years go eastbound in the west- ed that instead of talking Ontario Pick 3:3 0 2; Ontario Pick 4: 6 8 1 6
moving again,” the petition air pollution,” said Buck- experience at OC Transpo. bound lane and hurt a lot at one another through Encore:6866291
reads. thought. Hugh Thayer, a 26-year- of people.” the media, they should be Daily Keno: 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 25,
For environmentally con- The petition can be found veteran mechanic said Theriault said the city meeting at the negotiat- 30, 36, 38, 51, 57, 64, 65, 67, 69, 70.
scious city residents, the at www.ecologyottawa.ca. when articulated buses does not follow a proper ing table. These results are not official.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
local
4 Head trip at Karsh-Masson Gallery
Losing Your Job – Don’ t lose your More than 100 wax, plaster and cement heads by Montreal sculptor Louis Fortier will be
Health & Dental Benefits too… on display at Ottawa’s Karsh-Masson Gallery from Friday through March 8. METRO OTTAWA
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WEELIMINATETHEFINEPRINT. nounced the 2009 event classic race day, which fea-
the World Cup
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ties will be taking the Na- But the event also attracts circuit and people races, and the Nor-
tional Capital Region by “average people that ski way/Gatineau friendly ski
who are making
storm when the Gatineau anywhere from five times competition on Feb. 14.
LOOKING A LITTLE TIRED? Loppet launches its 31st to 100 times in a season.” their way up there.” Freestyle day, the chil-
annual event next month. Himself an avid skier, Alain d’Entremont dren’s two-kilometre race
START THE NEW YEAR The largest gathering of d’Entrement said the Lop- and the Gatineau Loppet
cross-country skiers in pet — which is Scandina- Netherlands, Estonia, Ger- Challenge will be Feb. 15.
RIGHT WITH A SPECIAL
Canada, the Gatineau Lop- vian for “long-distance ski many, Austria, England, New this year is the
pet is expected to bring marathon” — uses the 200 Finland, Sweden, Italy, Gatineau Loppet junior
ANTI-AGING “FACE LIFT.”
8,000 people — including kilometres of cross-coun- Switzerland, Lithuania, Rus- event for high school stu-
2,500 participants — from try ski trails available in sia, Norway, Slovakia, Slove- dents. The five-kilometre
613.237.9393 23 countries to Gatineau Gatineau Park, “the largest nia, France, Luxembourg, and 10-kilometre races al-
Park for the three-day cross-country ski centre in Spain, Israel and China. low young people to dis-
436 MacLaren St. event, which runs from North America east of the This means that people cover Gatineau Park.
MR & Spa Light Treatment Feb. 13 to 15. Rockies,” he said. from all over the world are “This year, we’re work-
$75(reg. $145) “We’ll have people who While many of the skiers seeing the National Capital ing a lot with schools and
OTTAWA SPA & ESTHETICS PROMO CODE1009 have been on the World are local, the participants Region — a boon for younger people,” said
Cup circuit and people will be coming from as far tourism as people go to d’Entrement. “They’re the
who are making their way as Poland, the U.S., the restaurants and stay in skiers of tomorrow.”
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SSOO II HHEEAARR YYOOUU WWAANNNNAA BBEE AA FFIILLMMMMAAKKEERR EEHH?? Councillors head west – at taxpayers’ expense
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Why don't you drop by Ottawa's OONNEE SSTTOOPP ZZOONNEEfor indie COUNCIL Taxpayers are foot- schedule, the city’s finance son, Peggy Feltmate, tario president Peter Hume
filmmakers, The Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa ing the bill as nearly half committee voted to send 10 Georges Bédard, Maria is also going, but AMO is
(IFCO)? Learn the "reel" deal about filmmaking. We offer: of city council heads out councillors plus the mayor McRae, Diane Holmes, covering his expenses.
TRAINING(WORKSHOPS) west for the Federation of to the June 5 to 8 confer- Jacques Legendre and Coun. Clive Doucet had
FILMMAKINGEQUIPMENT(CAMERAS& OTHER EQUIPMENT) Canadian Municipalities ence in Whistler, B.C. Christine Leadman will be expressed interest in attend-
SCREENINGOPPORTUNITIES(CINEMAS& FESTIVALS) annual conference and ex- Mayor Larry O’Brien and going on the trip, which ing the conference, but de-
po this summer. councillors Diane Deans, costs $2,893 per person. clined earlier this month
LLEEAARRNN MMOORREE TTOODDAAYY!! While approving council- Shad Qadri, Michelle Belle- Councillor and Associa- due to the transit strike.
www.ifco.ca••613-569-1789 lors’ 2009 conference mare, Marianne Wilkin- tion of Municipalities of On- TIM WIECLAWSKI/METRO OTTAWA
TIME TO BUTT OUT WHEN YOU BUCKLE UP
There’s an old adage, “We live what we
learn” that has always resonated with me
as an adult, even more so with the insights
of parenthood. Now as chair of the Ontario
Lung Association, I fi nd it offers even greater
relevance.
For the last couple of months we have been
working with our community partners across
the province to help parents who smoke in
their family vehicle understand the health
risks to their children. Quite simply, there is
no safe way to smoke in the car.
Because their bodies are still developing,
children are especially vulnerable to the
poisons of second-hand smoke. Combine
this with the fact that concentrations of
second-hand smoke are more intense in
the enclosed space of a vehicle and the risk
increases substantially.
Now in Ontario, new legislation banning smoking vehicles when children under the age of
16 are passengers is effective January 21, 2009. The Ontario Lung Association applauds
the Government of Ontario for taking this important step towards protecting our children.
For parents, your reasons for not smoking in your car are as close as your back seat.
Dean Karakasis
Chair, Ontario Lung Association
When you can’t breathe, nothing else matters
Dean Karakasis became chair of the Ontario Lung Association September 2008. He has been a long-serving
volunteer of the lung health organization, serving as a Board Director for 14 years. Dean is currently executive
director of BOMA Ottawa. During his 20-year career, Dean has been a leader in developing governance models,
and marketing, partnership and communication programs for both corporate and non-profi t organizations.
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St. John’s drops drive-thru ban 5
Everything is sugar sweet between St. John’s, N.L., city council and Tim Hortons again, as city councillors voted unanimously on Mon-
day to rescind a two-week-old moratorium on new drive-thrus after a face-to-face meeting with franchise owners. CBC NEWS ONLINE
Canadian cop shot in Detroit
Canada
A police officer from Windsor, Ont., is recovering in a Detroit hospi-
tal after he was shot during an apparent carjacking on Monday in
Detroit. The officer, whose name has not yet been released, was
shot in the arm and the chest outside an auto parts store. Detroit
police have one suspect in custody and are looking for two more.
METRO NEWS SERVICES
Oilsands pollution Harper names
Ottawa
Jean’s youth dialogue
investigator for
PrUensitiedd eStnatteisal CHRISTO plan lacking: Report listeriosis probe
Inauguration PHER PIKE/TO OSintUevTpeBshRteiEgnAa KHtoParrr ipymeesret neMradimnaieysd tte oarn
RSTA Pollution will continue to look into last August’s out-
R N plague Alberta’s oilsands Pipeline delayed, activists happy break of listeriosis, which
EWS SERV dfuels gprietee nphlaonuss teo g paispees hdaeremp- (cid:129) Environmental groups are allow awareness of the pro- wwaesre c acuonsetdam byin mateeadt sw thhialet
ICE underground, according to hoping the delay of a major gram’s potential ecological im- being processed by Maple
documents obtained by pipeline project that would tie pact to grow. Alberta oil is re- Leaf Foods Inc.
Torstar News Service. Quebec and Ontario con- portedly the most carbon- He named Sheila Weath-
Part of the task of cleaning sumers to oil from Alberta will heavy oil in the world. erill, a nurse who has been
up the oilsands involves cap- president of an integrated,
turing carbon dioxide emis- tonnes a year of carbon diox- The June 2008 study pre- academic health system in
sions and storing them in ge- ide, is expected to reduce dicts emissions of sulfur Edmonton as the investi-
ological reservoirs in western greenhouse gas emissions by dioxide, the main ingredient gator.
Canada. almost 80 per cent in 2017, in acid rain, will rise by up to REUTERS
But, despite proposed na- says an Environment Canada 34 per cent by 2017. Nitrous
Grits will topple
tional caps on air contami- study obtained under the Ac- oxides, which are responsi-
nants, chemicals linked to cess to Information Act. ble for depletion of the Tories if necessary
acid rain, respiratory prob- But, the study notes: ozone layer, will rise by up to
lems and ozone depletion “There are emissions of CO2 24 per cent. Ozone depletion POLITICSLiberal leader
could escape into the atmos- and air contaminants result- is linked to higher rates of Michael Ignatieff said yes-
phere at an even faster rate, ing from the generation of skin cancer among other terday he is trying to cool
thanks to an estimated the energy required by (car- health problems. tempers ahead of next
tripling of production from bon capture and storage) fa- Tiny particulate matter week’s federal budget, but
one million barrels a day in cilities. The CO2 emissions (PM 2.5) is set to jump by made it clear he is
Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean speaks to 125 young people at Rideau 2007 to 3.4 million barrels a offset the volumes captured more than 60 per cent in the prepared to topple the mi-
Hall they watched Barrack Obama sworn in as president of the day in 2017. by the facilities, while the air oilsands and could lead to nority Conservative
United States yesterday. Jean hosted the dialogue to mark the Sequestration (as carbon contaminant emissions add hazy skies and aggravate ex- government over the
historical significance of the inauguration. dioxide storage is known), by to the load on the environ- isting lung and heart prob- budget if necessary.
capturing about 200 mega- ment.” lems. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE REUTERS
Arar sent to Syria on Khadr tip, court hears
15 OPENINGS!
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. au- da and the United States dur-
thorities were acting on a tip Trial ing that time, according to a
from 15-year-old captive Canadian government in-
Omar Khadr when they sent (cid:129) The testimony came in a quiry that formally cleared Average $18.75/hr
Maher Arar to Syria, where pretrial hearing for Khadr, Arar of having terrorist links
Green Energy Company
he was imprisoned and tor- who is charged with mur- in 2006.
tured as a suspected terror- dering a U.S. soldier during But Arar, who had been ar-
ist, according to testimony at a firefight at a suspected al rested by U.S. authorities
the Guantanamo war crimes Qaeda compound in 2002. during a stopover at JFK air-
tribunal yesterday. port in New York in Septem-
Khadr identified a driver’s Afghanistan in late Septem- ber 2002, was deported to
licence photograph of Arar ber or early October 2001, Syria one day after Khadr
as someone he thought he FBI special agent Robert identified his photo, lawyers
had seen at an al Qaeda safe Fuller testified. in the Guantanamo court
house run by a Syrian man in Arar was actually in Cana- said. REUTERS
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6 Mitchell to be named Obama’s Middle East envoy, aides say
Barack Obama plans to name former senator George Mitchell as his Middle East envoy in one of his first actions as the new U.S. president, the Wash-
ington Post reported yesterday. Mitchell’s appointment could come as early as Tuesday, the newspaper said, quoting unnamed Obama aides. REUTERS
‘Magic cheese’ scam sours
World
France is investigating what it says is a scam mounted by a
French woman who sold thousands of Chileans kits to make
“magic cheese” for French beauty products. Gilberte Van Erpe
charged clients some 300 euros ($389 US) for the kits, which
had a market value of about three euros, media reports said.
REUTERS
Obama too handsome
UN head visits war-torn Gaza
for parody: Cartoonist
Secretary General Ban decries Israel’s ‘excessive force’
MEDIA U.S. President people with faces we enjoy
Barack Obama is too good drawing, and not a playboy
Voicing shock and anger account. He criticized looking to provide inspira- like him,” said Kroll,
at the “heartbreaking” Gaza divides Arab economic summit Hamas for firing rockets, tion for cartoons in the whose works appears in
devastation, UN Secretary but said Israel used “exces- same way George W. Bush the Belgian daily Le Soir.
General Ban Ki-moon visit- (cid:129) Arab leaders agreed at a condemned Israel’s attack and sive force.” served as fodder for biting Kroll said positive public
ed the Gaza Strip summit yesterday to help re- demanded its immediate with- Israel blames Hamas for commentary, a caricaturist sentiment towards the in-
yesterday to pledge aid for build the battered Gaza Strip, drawal from Gaza in the sum- fighting around civilians said yesterday. coming U.S president
Palestinians after Israeli but failed to bridge differences mit declaration, but some and sites run by the United “It’s never might also
attacks killed 1,300 and over the offensive. Leaders wanted stronger wording. Nations, which supports a gift for a United States make it
left thousands homeless. much of Gaza’s population caricaturist Presidential harder for
Israel was set to with- of 1.5 million. to draw a caricatur-
Inauguration
draw its remaining troops Since a ceasefire, though This is shocking and alarm- Most are families of handsome ists whose
before the inauguration of nothing like a peace ac- ing,” Ban said, condemn- refugees who fled or were man,” said portraits
Barack Obama as U.S. pres- cord, took hold on Sunday, ing the “excessive use” of forced from what became Pierre Kroll, have to un-
ident. His predecessor Hamas has demonstrated force by Israel as well as Israel. from Belgium, a country derline a person’s weak-
George W. Bush endorsed it remains in charge. It militants’ rocket salvoes. Ban, on a Middle East which prides itself on its nesses and flaws.
the three-week offensive as held “victory” rallies to co- Ban called the attack tour, is the most senior comic book culture includ- “Caricaturists like to be a
a legitimate response to incide with Ban’s visit. “outrageous” and demand- diplomatic figure to visit ing Tintin. bit nasty and here; he
rocket fire by Gaza’s ruling “I have seen only a frac- ed an inquiry and, if need the territory in years. “Somehow, we prefer comes with a lot of sympa-
Islamists. tion of the destruction. be, the guilty to be held to REUTERS overweight people, people thy. It’s harder for us to do
with a beard, huge noses, our job and mock him,
ridiculous glasses ... If cari- while Bush had become a
India caturists could elect presi- favourite target for car-
Getting into the spirit
dents, we would choose toonists,” he said. REUTERS
PAW
A Peru mining workers taken
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TERS KIDNAPPING Four employ- Afrodita has mining con-
ees of Minera Afrodita and cessions near Peru’s north-
two people who were trav- ern border, where it is
eling with them in north- looking for gold. A small
ern Peru were held hostage Canadian miner, Dorato
for the sixth day yesterday, Resources, has the rights
taken by protesters upset to buy up to 100 per cent
over mining development, of the company’s shares.
the company said. Conflicts between com-
The group, which in- panies and communities,
cludes four workers, their which worry about the so-
boat captain and his cial and environmental im-
helper, was seized Thurs- pact of mining, are com-
day in the remote town of mon in Peru, a major met-
Huampani. als producer. REUTERS
Chinese websites edit Obama speech
INTERNET U.S. President of dissent, know that you
Barack Obama’s inaugura- are on the wrong side of his-
tion speech has a twist in tory, but that we will ex-
translations available on tend a hand if you are will-
some Chinese websites ing to unclench your fist.”
where his references to In translations on top
communism and dissent Chinese portals Sina and
School children wearing masks of U.S. President Barack Obama pose during a rally yesterday in Lucknow, India. About 10,000 have been cut. Sohu, the word “commu-
students took part in the rally, which appealed to world leaders to combat terrorism. “Recall that earlier gen- nism” is omitted and the
erations faced down com- paragraph on dissent was
munism and fascism not gone. Another popular por-
Deaths of lawyer, reporter fuel protests in Chechnya
just with missiles and tal, Netease, cut the first
tanks, but with sturdy al- paragraph entirely. REUTERS
liances and enduring con-
GROZNY Several thousand Markelov, 34, represent- victions,” Obama said in United States
protesters in Chechnya “Life costs nothing in our state. But we ed the family of 18-year-old his address yesterday. Presidential
yesterday demanded the Elza Kungayeva, whose “To those who cling to
should not just accept it.”
Russian authorities bring murder in 2000 became a power through corruption Inauguration
Malika Israilova, protester
to justice the killers of a symbol of human rights and deceit and the silencing
human rights lawyer and a abuses in Chechnya. Her
reporter who were gunned on Monday. out onto the main square family said she had been
down in central Moscow. A reporter for the Novaya in Grozny, the regional raped and murdered in a News in brief
Stanislav Markelov, a Gazeta newspaper, who capital of Chechnya. drunken rampage by Russ-
lawyer who fought against was walking with “Life costs nothing in ian troops. JAPAN Temple bells tolled, fire- Obama.Over a hundred Oba-
the early release of a for- Markelov, was shot when our state. But we should The early release last works were set off and ma fans flocked to a local Bud-
mer Russian colonel jailed she ran after the killer. not just accept it — we week of Col. Yuri Budanov, residents danced the hula in dhist temple to celebrate the
for the murder of a Anastasia Baburova later should fight for our who was jailed for the the cold Japanese city of Oba- inauguration in Hawaiian style,
Chechen girl, was shot died in hospital. rights,” said protester Mali- killing, triggered a wave of ma yesterday to celebrate the in tribute to Obama’s
dead after a news briefing About 3,000 people came ka Israilova. indignation. REUTERS inauguration of Barack birthplace. REUTERS
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 metronews.ca metro
North Korea could work with Obama
A pro-Pyongyang paper hinted at nuclear disarmament talks with the U.S., world 7
saying “change is not the monopoly of American politicians.” REUTERS
Seats, but not rights,
open to Iraqi women
M1rpe4rgoo,4irvs3eitn1 et chrcieaaadnnl dc faooi duqr anuIrtcaaeirqslt’esr of the REUTERS/ATEF H
elections are women, but ASSA
college student Fatma N
Imad sees few women’s
faces on the posters plas-
tered across her
neighbourhood.
“Even if I want to choose
a woman, where are these
women? I don’t see any
posters for a woman candi-
date,” she asks.
In a Jan. 31 provincial
poll, election law ensures
women will be represent-
ed: Each party that wins
seats must give every third
spot to a woman.
But in a country that was More than a quarter of the 14,431candidates registered in Iraq’s
once one of the most pro- upcoming provincial council elections are women, but few of
gressive for women’s rights them have campaign posters, like this one in Baghdad.
in the Middle East, and
where black candidates fortable about having their
plan to run for election for “I feel afraid to photos displayed,” she said.
the first time, female can- hang my photos be- Baghdad University law
didates say the quota gives professor and women’s ad-
cause of the
them little real clout. vocate Bushra al-Ubaidi
“I feel afraid to hang my threats. Our society said the dominant reli-
photos because of the is still a male-domi- gious parties have so far
threats. Our society is still a doled out quota seats to
nant society.”
male-dominant society,” women carefully selected
said Liza Nisan, a National Liza Nisan to ensure they would not
Assyrian Party candidate. fight for women’s rights.
She left municipal poli- “The women’s position
tics because of threats, and chance of winning seats be- in these parties was not a
only agreed to stand as a yond the guaranteed mini- call for progress as much as
candidate because the par- mum, said Hamdiya al-Hus- it was a call to bind these
ty was desperate for female seini, a member of the women into these parties,”
names to meet its quota. Iraqi High Electoral Com- she said. “They are tools.
She does not allow her pic- mission, which is organiz- They are using these
ture to appear on cam- ing the election. women to reach a goal —
paign posters. “It’s the nature of our so- to restrict the movement
The scarcity of posters ciety that does not favour and progress of women … I
showing female candidates their photos being posted. don’t blame the women. I
may jeopardize their Most women feel uncom- blame their parties.”REUTERS
Needles, not ‘Grim’ bird flu fight ahead
accuracy, key
BIRD FLU China faces a a toddler diagnosed with
in acupuncture “grim” situation in pre- bird flu had died of severe
venting and controlling pneumonia earlier this
STUDYAcupuncture human cases of bird flu, month, but no samples
prevents headaches and the health minister said af- had been taken to see if
migraines, but faked treat- ter announcing four hu- she had bird flu. She had
ments when needles are man infections and three been in contact with poul-
incorrectly inserted deaths in the last two try before her death.
appear to work nearly as weeks. The toddler, and the
well, German researchers Health Minister Chen three recent fatalities,
said. Zhu called for hospitals to have all fallen ill in areas
Their findings suggest spare more resources in di- where there have been no
the benefits of agnosing and treating bird known cases of bird flu in
acupuncture may stem flu and more co-operation birds. China vaccinates
more from people’s belief between agriculture au- heavily for bird flu, raising
in the technique, said thorities and his ministry, concerns among some ex-
Klaus Linde, a complemen- Xinhua news agency said. perts that the vaccines
tary medicine researcher A Chinese newspaper re- could be masking the pres-
at the Technical University ported that the mother of ence of the virus. REUTERS
in Munich, who led the
analysis published in the
Cochrane Review journal. News in brief
“Much of the clinical
benefit of acupuncture RUSSIA Since the economic cri- EGYPT Authorities in Cairo
might be due to non-spe- sis began hammering the rou- have seized stolen pages torn
cific needling effects and ble and stock markets and key from an illustrated manuscript
powerful placebo effects, oil exports in Russia, the coun- from an Australian woman try-
meaning selection of spe- try’s leading psychiatric insti- ing to smuggle them out of the
cific needle points may be tute has seen a 10 to 20 per country. A spokesman said the
less important than many cent increase in outpatients, a pages may be from a book dat-
practitioners have spokeswoman said. Russia has ing back to the Indian Mughal
traditionally argued,” he the world’s second-highest sui- period, which began in the ear-
said in a statement. REUTERS cide rate. REUTERS ly 16th century. REUTERS
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Like never before, Americans watched the inauguration of an incoming president online through live video streaming across their computers, and reacted by
blogging, vlogging and tweeting. The Internet’s top 40 sites slowed down by as much as 60 per cent when the ceremony started.METRO NEWS SERVICES
Presidential Packed house
Inaugurati n
More than one million people
crammed onto the National
Mall and along the inaug -
uration parade route to catch a
glimpse of the new U.S. first
family. METRO NEWS SERVICES
‘Humbled by the task before us’
Obama pays homage to ancestors in vision for a new U.S. future
Barack Obama’s first sen- M
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humbled by the task TERS
before us, grateful for the
trust you have bestowed,
mindful of the sacrifices
borne by our ancestors.”
Sometimes, a moment of
history catches the world
by surprise with its sheer
enormity.
Standing on the terrace
of the Canadian Embassy Sam Cofield of Washington
in Washington, D.C., yes-
terday, hundreds of Cana-
dians, Americans and oth-
ers stared toward the west-
ern front of the U.S. Capi-
tol building in rapt silence,
their faces merging with
images of the vast crowds
that surrounded them,
multiplying across a giant
TV screen.
And when Barack Oba-
ma took his solemn oath of
office as America’s 44th
president, their cheers
magnified as though the
barriers of colour, creed, Aleesha Chaney of Illinois
politics and nationality
had dissolved together into
one human voice of global
U.S. President Barack Obama, centre, is applauded by members of the Joint Congressional Committee during inaugural ceremonies
significance.
in the President’s Room of the Capitol building yesterday after signing his first act as president, a proclamation, moments after being
Canada and the United
sworn in as the 44th president of the United States in Washington, D.C.
States have had their dif-
ferences, and America was inaugural address, reach- for people far beyond his Ottawa investment broker echoed by many who stood
seldom more embattled ing out to “each nation own shores. whose family originated in moist-eyed as Obama took
with friends as well as foes and every man, woman “This is the fulfilment of Nigeria. the oath as president of
than during George W. and child who seeks a fu- an old dream and the be- “It’s a large dream, the Canada’s most important
Bush’s administration. ture of peace and dignity,” ginning of a new dream,” dream of one world.” international partner.
But as Obama made his his words held meaning said Wale Ade Sanya, an His sentiments were TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Words of wisdom from Obama’s speech
An American reacts at the em-
bassy in Jakarta, Indonesia
(cid:129) Forty-four Americans Scripture, the time has equal, all are free, and all the risk-takers, the doers, mon dangers, in this win-
have now taken the presi- come to set aside childish deserve a chance to pursue the makers of things — ter of our hardship, let us
dential oath. The things. The their full some cele- remember these
words have been time has measure of brated but timeless words.
spoken during ris- come to reaf- happiness. more often With hope and
ing tides of prosper- firm our en- men and virtue, let us brave
ity and the still wa- during spirit; (cid:129) It has not women ob- once more the icy
ters of peace. Yet to choose our been the scure in their currents, and en-
every so often, the better history; path for the labour, who dure what storms
oath is taken amidst to carry for- faint-hearted have carried may come. Let it be
gathering clouds ward that pre- — for those us up the said by our chil-
and raging storms. cious gift, that noble idea, who prefer leisure over long, rugged path towards dren’s children that when
passed on from generation work, or seek only the prosperity and freedom. we were tested, we refused
(cid:129) We remain a young na- to generation: The God-giv- pleasures of riches and to let this journey end.
tion, but in the words of en promise that all are fame. Rather, it has been (cid:129) In the face of our com- TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Erin Subigarta of Chicago
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Dick Cheney in a wheelchair world 9
Dick Cheney appeared in a wheelchair. Yet another serious health ailment? No. Boxes. He pulled a back
muscle, a spokesperson said, moving his belongings into his new house. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICES
Presidential Inauguration
Obama is fashion first lady Obama puts
‘midnight’
laws on hold
Michelle brings her forward-thinking style to D.C.
PENDINGU.S. President
Barack Obama’s new
administration ordered all
Michelle Obama, hailed by was a departure from the mism and confidence and www.huffingtonpost.com lace, backed with netting federal agencies and
many as America’s new red, white or blue tones of- hope ... The whole ensem- website that she had heard for warmth on the bitterly departments yesterday to
style icon, officially took ten adopted by U.S. female ble radiated hope and opti- one observer quipping that cold Washington morning, stop any pending regul -
her place on the world politicians on high-profile mism,” Mandi Norwood, a the first lady was “wearing and lined in French silk. ations until they can be re-
stage yesterday wearing occasions. former editor at Mademoi- a couch.” “I called it lemongrass viewed by incoming staff,
an outfit in the Yellow is traditionally selle magazine who is New York- because it’s not exactly a halting last-minute Bush
nontraditional colour of seen in many parts of the writing a book on based de- yellow, it’s not a green, it’s orders in their tracks.
yellow and set world as a Michelle Obama’s signer just in-between. It’s full of “This afternoon, White
fashionistas atwitter. symbol of style, told Reuters. Toledo sunshine. It really feels House Chief of Staff Rahm
The new U.S. first lady, hope and Bonnie Fuller, for- said the like freshness to me.” Emanuel signed a memo-
45, chose a sparkling optimism, mer editor in coat and “I wanted to capture op- randum sent to all agen -
sheath dress and match- style ex- chief of Glam- dress timism, I wanted it to feel cies and departments to
ing coat in a yellow-gold perts said. our maga- were happy, I wanted it to feel stop all pending regula -
hue by Cuban-born “Yellow zine, called it made inclusive,” she said. tions until a legal and poli-
American designer Is- is the col- “bold” but won- of Swiss With home foreclosures cy review can be conduct-
abel Toledo for the pres- or of opti- dered, “Is she walk- wool and layoffs plaguing Amer- ed by the Obama adminis-
idential swearing-in ing around in in- icans across the United tration,” the White House
ceremony. She mat - augural uphol- States, fashion commenta- said in a statement issued
ched it with a wide dia- stery?” tors praised Obama by go- just hours after Obama
mante necklace. Fuller ing for understated glam- took office.
At the formal in- wrote in a our at the 10 inaugura- The review is a tool com-
augural ball later blog on tion galas she attend, monly used by a new
she opted for a the wearing nothing too administration to delay so-
more classic gown glitzy or frivolous. called “midnight
with a little edge. Dressing down too regulations” put in place
Her single much could attract as by a former president be-
shoulder strap much criticism as ex- tween the election and in-
complemented a travagance. Los Angeles auguration day. REUTERS
simple white Times fashion critic
style. Booth Moore was happy
Michelle Oba- with Michelle Obama’s The Day in brief
ma, a former for her inaugural ball
lawyer, has been dress. KENNEDY U.S. Sen. Edward
credited with “At least for one night, Kennedy, who is battling brain
bringing a chic, we want our first lady to cancer, was recovering at a
youthful style to U.S. pol- be more glamorous than Washington hospital yesterday
itics and for mixing com- the rest of us. We don’t after suffering a seizure at an
fortable chain store gar- want her to be Second- inaugural lunch for President
ments from the likes of hand Rose, but we don't Barack Obama. According to
Gap and J. Crew with edgi- want her to be Marie An- witnesses, Kennedy collapsed
er new designers like toinette either. The secret during the meal but was smil-
Chicago’s Mario Pinto to Obama’s sartorial suc- ing as he was carried out on a
and Narciso Rodriguez. cess so far has been walk- stretcher.
Initially seen as slightly ing the line between the
aloof, she won hearts in two. Here’s hoping she JAPAN Temple bells tolled, fire-
June by wearing an af- continues to do so,” Moore works were set off and
fordable $148 black and said. REUTERS residents danced the hula in
white off-the-rack dress the cold Japanese city of Oba-
for an appearance on the ma yesterday to celebrate the
Michelle Obama wore con-
popular female TV chat inauguration of Barack Obama,
trasting styles thorughout
show The View. It sold out who will become the first black
the day, switching from con-
nationwide overnight. U.S. president.
servative, right, to elegant,
Her swearing-in outfit left. REUTERS
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The View nation … on television. We the refrain that Aretha sang
West
loved Lucy, grokked Spock, and sang and sang over United States
mourned Kennedy, got lifted again, circling around the
Presidential
up by Martin Luther King Jr., pitch like a Motown voodoo
Paul
observed Shock and Awe in goddess: “Let freedom ring!” Inauguration
Sullivan shock and And that’s
awe. We wor- when, I’m not the hanging chads of Florida,
shipped the “In one three- ashamed to onto the streets of Baghdad,
Journalist & Media Consultant American Idol minute funky say, I lost it. through Wall Street, to the
and tried to Tears Lincoln Memorial, to the in-
fanfare, (Aretha
My fellow Canadians: copy it, al- streamed auguration of Barack Obama.
Did you have your noses though the Franklin) sang away down my face, But they had me at Aretha
pressed against the glass of Canadian ver- the bitter shadows and I suc- and Let Freedom Ring. In one
history yesterday? sion invari- cumbed to the three-minute funky fanfare,
of the last decade.”
I know I did. In my case, ably can’t sing. joyful season she sang away the bitter
the glass was the 56-inch Aretha finale/debut of shadows of the last decade,
Sony at our house, a.k.a. the Franklin can sing. Boy, can the longest running series on the harrowing, vicious, sar-
Big Unit, and let me tell you, she ever. Even now, when’s TV — from Birmingham, donic cynicism of the Bush-
it was the catbird seat. she’s old and stout. And through Dallas, via Chicago, es, the Cheneys and the
Canadians have an odd, that’s when I lost it yester- through Kent Roves, and heralded the pos-
passive relationship with the day, just before Barack Oba- State, down sibility of what we too easily
United States: We watch it ma was sworn Route 66 to refer to as “hope” and
on TV. in, Aretha Watts, to “change.”
Even more so these days, got up the jun- Barack Obama stands for
because it’s getting tough to and with gles of something more rich and
go there. You have to wait a a choir of Vietnam, sonorous than mere hope
couple of hours in a lineup at angels, belted under and change, but I can’t really
the border, and when you out “My country describe it; I can only watch
get there, there’s a 26-cent ’tis of thee, and listen from the other
Letters
premium on everything, so sweet land of lib- side of the glass and hope
you can’t even get a decent erty,” on the steps of the they never take this mar-
bargain any more. Capitol building. velous reality TV show off Grameen Bank-type shops and plantations, or
But I digress. Somehow, even though it the air. microfinance is the answer worse, cast aside from soci-
For about 60 years, end- is sung to the tune of God It’s my favourite. ety.
lessly fascinated, we have Save the Queen, My Country The actual economic cri- I believe the microfi-
watched America become ’Tis of Thee is an entirely Paul Sullivan is a Vancouver-based journalist sis: Who should we help? nance implemented in
the world’s most powerful American song. Maybe it’s and owner of Sullivan Media Consulting. Major assistance in the Bangladesh and elsewhere
form of public funds has by the Grameen Bank
now been provided to as- would be a good short-
sist rich people during the term solution to this “real”
present financial crisis. crisis and thus, the elimi-
Reaction: Obama-mania sweeps across Canada
Wouldn’t it be time to nation of poverty.
think about the world pop- Our federal MPs must
ulation for which the eco- break the silence and pres-
nomic crisis is not simply a sure international institu-
temporary or superficial tions like the World Bank
“He gives us an example “I watched his public crisis? I refer here to the to adopt this Gra-
of strength as a leader, address. I’m very excited. poor for whom our prom- meen Bank-type of microfi-
and it’s not about what I think it’s going to be ise of benefits from our nance.
you look like anymore or amazing for the U.S. and economic system never It’s the very least we
the colour of your skin. on a global spectrum. I happens — the poor work- should do for now.
It’s about who you are think it’s a great change.” ing like slaves in sweat- BRUNO MARQUIS, GATINEAU
and what you stand for.”
—Cathlin Antonello, Ottawa
—Lincoln Thorne, Vancouver
Quote of the Day
“This is the meaning of our
liberty and our creed … why a
“The biggest change will “Rosa Parks sat down so
man whose father less than 60
be everyone’s mindset. King could walk. King
He’ll encourage walked so Barack could run. years ago might not have been
everybody, no matter Barack ran so that all of us
what race they are from, can fly.” served at a local restaurant can
that they can live up to
—Rev. Elias Mwamba Mutuale, now stand before you to take a
their dreams.”
Nova Scotia
—Frances Sonde, Calgary most sacred oath.”
— An excerpt from U.S. President Barack Obama’s
inauguration address. METRO NEWS SERVICES
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