Metro Toronto - January 5, 2010

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Regional police to 80 people from their
spokesman Hans-Peter homes in London, Ont., as
Kammerer told the police relied on a bomb dis-
German news agency posal robot to probe the
DAPD yesterday the 26- scene.
year-old faces possible dis- Officers arrived at the
ciplinary measures and a home shortly before 7 a.m.
criminal complaint for al- responding
legedly disturbing to a med- 20
religious activities. ical distress
He said a visitor discov- call when a
ered the officer with a “possible
woman in the church in explosive
Rennertshofen, near the device” was The
Bavarian city of Ingolstadt, found in- evacuation,
during an early morning side, police which includ-
service last Thursday. The said. ed up to 20
couple then fled, but a “Upon houses,
church employee the officers carried into
recognized the officer. being in- the evening
The man was suspended side the and police
the following day. Disturb- residence ... said it could
ing religious activities can they were take hours be-
carry a sentence of up to advised fore the situa-
three years in prison. James Mbelos gets chummy with Dixie, a one-year-old labrador, yesterday at the Toronto Humane Society. Mbelos adopted the dog there was a tion was
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS for his parents as the humane society was open once again for business after being shut down by authorities last year. Mbelos was possible ex- resolved. Po-
the first to adopt a pet at the humane society in 2010. More coverage, page 3. plosive de- lice remained
vice,” said tight-lipped
News on the M ve The race is on Const. Amy about what
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Rocco Rossi first to throw hat in ring for T.O. mayor’s seat uated. However, police
widened the evacuation
Countdown zone to several streets after
to 2010 The race for the next may- cult but necessary step. Yesterday marked the Campaign help the robot was sent in and
or of Toronto officially got “It was very tough,” he first day candidates could “one of the elements of the
Follow Metro as we underway yesterday, with said in an interview. file nomination papers for device was disrupted.”
bring you daily top Liberal organizer Roc- Smitherman, who is cur- the Oct. 25 election, and (cid:129) The veteran Progressive “We don’t know what it
coverage leading up co Rossi first out of the rently on vacation Rossi wasted no time in Conservative who helped is,” said Staff-Sgt. Henry
to the 2010 Winter gate and former deputy with his hus- putting his name on the John Tory become party Pateman. “The item ap-
Olympics in Vancouver. premier George Smither- band, was tight- ballot. leader will run the Toronto pears to be related to an ex-
• Today — A look man removing the last lipped about The former national di- mayoral campaign of Liberal plosive device, but we don’t
at five medal barrier to a long-anticipat- when he will rector of the federal Liber- George Smitherman, the know what it is.”
hopefuls, ed run at the top job. register as a al party reiterated his Toronto Star has learned. In The explosives disposal
page Smitherman, who re- candidate, but pledge to cut his salary a potential blow to Tory’s unit had initially gone into
12. signed from cabinet in No- said he’s ready by 10 per cent if own nascent candidacy for the house and “encoun-
mayor, Jeff Bangs, who ran
vember, gave up the to tackle the elected and sell tered some other items in
his 2004 provincial leader-
provincial seat he’s held rigours Toronto Hy- that house that appear to
ship campaign, has signed
for more than a decade of an dro to tackle be suspicious,” Pateman
on to help Smitherman.
Sunday to pave the way for elec- the city’s said. That’s when the robot
his bid to become Toron- tion $2.5-billion TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE was sent in.
to’s next mayor. cam- debt. Late last night, “a compo-
Known as Premier Dal- paign. Rossi will Smitherman and his old nent of the device” was tak-
ton McGuinty’s right-hand likely be foe John Tory, the ex-leader en from the home and det-
On the web man and top enforcer, the pitted of the Ontario Progressive onated in a controlled ex-
lifelong Liberal said vacat- against Conservatives, who now plosion, said Const. Kevin
Visit metronews.ca ing his downtown riding of hosts a talk radio show. Lui.
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HIV suit should be tossed: Lawyers
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A man suing the federal government, the province, Toronto health officials and his HIV-infected wife for
having contracted the virus that causes AIDs is on a “fishing expedition” that should be tossed out, gov-
ernment lawyers say. Ontario government lawyer Jeremy Glick argued yesterday Percy Whiteman, in his
$33 million lawsuit, is making broad, unsupported allegations against a variety of government
targets, hoping “to find something that fits.” City, provincial and federal officials and his estranged
wife, Suwalee Iamkhong, are trying to have his lawsuit thrown out. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Happy tails for shelter animals
5 cats and 2 dogs have new homes on first day of Society’s adoptions
It took just a few minutes cause people haven’t been
for John Mbelos to pick his “There are animals that are kind of piled up here because able to adopt,” she said.
new best friend. people haven’t been able to adopt. I’m happy to come along and “I’m happy to come along
As the 66-year-old man and give a cat a home.”
walked through the dog give a cat a home.” Vanessa Higgins, adopter The humane society will
kennel yesterday at the remain open for adoptions
Toronto Humane Society, ter since late November, elty offences. that aren’t ready for adop- 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. every day.
his wife, Ioana, and his son when the Ontario Society Adoptions resumed at tion, OSPCA officials say. “It’s been our first priori-
James at his side, Mbelos for the Prevention of Cruel- noon yesterday, and dozens The shelter bustled with ty, we wanted to resume
spotted the Labrador cross ty to Animals raided the fa- of people turned out in the activity as potential pet own- adoptions as soon as possi-
named Dixie. cility. first hour to browse the 25 ers perused the kennels. ble,” said THS spokesperson
Scanne twhsis o bna yrcooudr es mfoar rmtpohroen Leo.cal “Right away, I knew that Former THS president dogs and 125 cats available Vanessa Higgins, who Ian McConachie. “This is a
Learn how to scan the barcode with it was the right dog,” he Tim Trow and four senior to the public. hoped to find a kitten, said temporary refuge for the
the instructions at the top of this page said as he filled out adop- staff were charged with As of yesterday evening, she didn’t know the shelter animals. This isn’t meant to
tion papers in the River criminal offences, including five cats and two dogs had had just re-opened, but was be a permanent home. …
INDEX Street building’s lobby. cruelty to animals. Board been taken to new homes. pleased by her timing. We’re really thrilled people
Dixie was the first animal members were charged There are still more than “There are animals that … are eager to adopt.”
Canada Pg 6 to be adopted from the shel- with provincial animal cru- 800 animals at the shelter are kind of piled up here be- TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
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community member says. Canada to support his son,
“It’s a second tragedy,” daughter, wife, four sisters
said Bakhtier Shakhnazarov and elderly parents in
yesterday. Uzbekistan, friends said.
Fazilov, 31, was one of “When they find out
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their basement at 53 Hillary Avenue after an eight inch water main burst and flooded their basement. killed on Christmas Eve in a morgue, it will be an-
VideoRoughriders general ‘Disbelief’ for family affected by flooding when he fell 13 storeys other bad thing for them,”
manager Eric Tillman pleads while working on a “swing Shakhnazarov said.
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BlogsKenya fore Connie Ferreira and homes around 9 a.m.. what had been damaged News in brief
Hunt on Fantas- her family can move back Within a half-hour, their and how the water had
tic Mr. Fox di- into their home after a basements were awash in poured into her backyard ASSAULT Toronto police are The women returned to their
rector Wes An- flood, triggered by a burst water and mud. and basement. looking for six suspects after hotel near Yonge and Bloor
derson’s fantas- water main, destroyed Yesterday, Ferreira The cause of the flood: two women and a teen were just after 3 a.m. with the men.
tic sense of much of their basement watched in disbelief as in- An 89-year-old, 15-centime- sexually assaulted in two sepa- At about 4:30 a.m. New Year’s
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Ferreira and other fami- men and a city inspector her house had burst. Fire- Day. Five men sexually assault- was sexually assaulted by an
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metro metronews.ca Tuesday, January 5, 2010
6 N.B. justice minister leaves politics
New Brunswick Justice Minister Mike Murphy announced yesterday he is leaving politics for personal reasons, delivering a
setback for Premier Shawn Graham’s government nine months before a provincial election. THE CANADIAN PRESS
$50K offered for info on cold case
Canada
A $50,000 reward is being offered in a murder case in the London, Ont., area
that has gone unsolved for 18 years. The body of Gregory Lembke of West
Grey, Ont., was found in a bush lot near Mount Forest on Jan. 4, 1992. Provin-
cial police say Lembke had been shot in the neck and head at close range
with a .410 calibre shotgun. The reward is for information leading to the ar-
rest and conviction of those responsible for the murder. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Alberta Tories cross floor Canada eyeing fight against
nuclear weapons at summit
Two MLAs leave ruling Conservatives for Wildrose Alliance G8 Stopping the spread of tum to global nuclear non-
nuclear weapons and cor- proliferation efforts.
ralling components for a Canada is being urged to
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The two are former cabi- Forsyth, former solicitor to Prime Minister Stephen ed a nuclear or biological
net minister Heather general and minister of Harper are laying the dirty bomb commandeered
Forsyth from Calgary and children’s services, has groundwork for another is- by terrorists will be used by
backbencher Rob Ander- been at odds with the pre- sue: Giving new momen- 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS
son, who represents the Air- mier since he dumped her
drie-Chestermere con- from cabinet after the last News in brief
stituency north and east of Wildrose Alliance Leader Danielle Smith, left, looks to her two provincial election in 2008.
the city. new colleagues at a news conference yesterday in Calgary by for- Anderson was only elect- CHARGED A second person
The move is a boon for mer Conservative party MLAs Heather Forsyth and Rob Anderson. ed in 2008, but was consid- faces charges after an Olympic
the fledgling right-wing ered an up-and-comer by torchbearer was confronted by
Wildrose, which had only in recent weeks. drose leader, whose profile many in the Conservative protesters in Guelph, Ont., last
one seat in the legislature, “It’s clearly a decision be- has pushed the party to the party. month. Police have charged
but has been polling ahead ing made on principle,” said forefront of the Alberta po- He said he was tired of PRaerclieanmt erenfto wrmons ’mt keialln a p briollr toog sucirnagp Kelly Pflug-Back, 20, of Guelph
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Another White House party crasher: Secret Service 7
A third uninvited guest made his way into the White House state dinner for Indian Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh in November, U.S. Secret Service said yesterday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
World
Asian cities socked by
deadly dose of winter
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bustling capital.
The snow and icy roads
snarled traffic in and out of
Seoul, and at least three
people died in traffic acci-
dents. Many commuters
squeezed into packed sub-
ways to get to work, and a
cabinet meeting was de- Chinese police clean a walkway in Beijing yesterday. China’s capi-
layed because ministers tal dug out from the weekend’s heavy snowstorms, seeking to re-
were stuck in traffic. store flights and reopen highways and rail lines covered by drifts.
The snowfall, which con-
tinued through yesterday airport official Choi Choon- end winter storm.
afternoon, was the heaviest ja said. More than seven centime-
in a single day since Korea About 3,600 workers and tres of snow accumulated in
began conducting meteoro- 5,000 soldiers were mobi- the city centre Sunday, ac-
logical surveys in 1937, the lized to clear the snow in cording to China’s National
state weather agency said. Seoul and surrounding Meteorological Center. State
Gimpo International Air- Gyeonggi Province, officials media called it the highest
port in western Seoul can- said. snowfall in the capital in a
celled 224 flights before re- Beijing also was digging single day in January since
suming service yesterday, out yesterday from a week- 1951. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Security not tightened everywhere
EUROPE Airline passengers said the new security meas-
bound for the United States ures would be implement- “Everything is
faced a hodgepodge of secu- ed yesterday but there were the same, there is
rity measures across the few visible changes on the
no extra security.”
world yesterday, but all Eu- ground in Europe, which
ropean airports did not ap- has thousands of passen- Lebanese
pear to be following a U.S. gers on hundreds of daily aviation official
demand for increased flights to the U.S.
screening of passengers In addition, few if any Lebanon said, speaking on
from 14 countries. changes in airline proce- condition of anonymity.
Officials in Washington dures were reported in the The changes ordered by
14 countries named by the US. President Barack Oba-
U.S. as security risks. No ma’s administration fol-
changes were seen yester- lowed the arrest of a Niger-
day at international air- ian man, Umar Farouk Ab-
ports in Syria, Libya or dulmutallab, who allegedly
Lebanon, three other coun- tried to set off an explosive
tries on the list. device on a flight to Detroit
New decade, old fears as frequent “Everything is the same, from Amsterdam Christ-
tigthrta sveeclluerrist yre asnigdn r athnedmomse slveeasr cthoes. there is no extra security,” mas Day.
Scan this barcode for the full article. an aviation official in THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
News in brief
LAS VEGAS A gunman opened with travel restrictions to end large earthquake and tsunami
fire in the lobby of a federal them quickly. U.S. President that crashed ashore a day ear-
building in downtown Las Ve- Barack Obama signed a bill in lier, devastating at least one
gas yesterday, killing one court October to overturn a 22-year- village. No injuries were
officer and wounding a second old travel and immigration reported some 24 hours after
before he was shot to death. ban against people with the the biggest of a series of
The FBI said the gunman died HIV virus, which causes AIDS, quakes churned a tsunami
across the street shortly after and it came into force yester- wave that was up to three me-
the shootout. day. tres high as it crashed ashore.
HIV The United Nations is TSUNAMI Authorities in BRAZIL Authorities say the
praising the United States and helicopters flew over remote death toll from recent flooding
South Korea for lifting travel coastlines in the Solomon and mudslides in southeastern
bans on people with HIV and Islands early today, trying to Brazil has risen to 81.
is urging 57 other countries assess the damage from a THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Latest gambit may backfire on Harper
NationalReport things a step further and Canadians Against Prorogu- ment by refusing to turn above the 40 per cent mark. The arrogance, the chutz-
force an election this spring. ing Parliament, already has over documents on the Pollsters will tell you one of pah is remarkable. Having
Don’t bet on that one. We 15,000 signed up. Afghan detainees affair, is the reasons for the failure is dismissed Parliament in a
Lawrence won’t know for sure until It’s become a question of different from some of the his manipulative ruling style hugely controversial move
some polls come in, but how many times the people other abuse-of-power sto- — the cold dictatorial edge. last year and having gotten
Martin there are indications the will let a leader bend a dem- ries. This one has legs. Every Prorogation has only served away with it, Harper clearly
prorogue gambit is backfir- ocratic system to his will be- day Parliament’s doors re- to reinforce that negative. feels he will get away with
ing on him. The reaction has fore they fight back. If the main closed will serve as a Harper didn’t even bother it again this time. Arrogant,
Hmetronews.ca/nationalreport been demonstrably nega- prime minister doesn’t take reminder of what the to visit the Governor Gener- autocratic leaders tend to
tive. Media comment boards a hit in the polls on this he supreme ruler did. al to ask for prorogation this be like that. They think
aving shown the have lit up in protest. The will feel the sting in other In such circumstances it’s time. He simply phoned they can get away with any-
effrontery to pro- Globe and Mail went to the ways. The opposition to his hard to see his support num- over, then had his press sec- thing.
rogue Parliament unusual extent of running a methods is hardening. Peo- bers going up enough in the retary announce it the day Eventually, they get
once again, the front page editorial. Conser- ple are angry. When they get next couple months for him before New Year’s Eve when caught.
speculation now vative newspapers, normally angry, they mobilize. to risk an election. Despite the Olympic hockey team
is that Prime Minister in the prime minister’s sta- This prorogation story, facing weak opposition lead- was being named and the Lawrence Martin is a journalist and
Stephen Harper, our ble, have condemned the which comes on top of his ers Harper has been unable PM’s team felt that few author of 10 books who writes about
national affairs from Ottawa.
supreme ruler, will take move. The Facebook group, defying the will of Parlia- to move his support level would be paying attention.
M
iVMiewus slims: Vibrant Internet atmosphere ICHAEL DE ADDER
GlobalView Iranian men have been others have used the Inter- I see that every day on
posting pictures of them- net to their advantage. That Facebook where I have al-
selves wearing the head is not new. most 5,000 friends. We ar-
Mona and body coverings the But what is new is how gue over everything from
Iranian regime imposes on young Muslims have been polygamy and burqas, to
Eltahawy
women. Their pictures have using the Internet to chal- being gay and Muslim. You
spread on Facebook and lenge authority. Their excit- rarely see such diverse
YouTube in support of Iran- ing work is overshadowed opinions in news reports on
metronews.ca/globalview ian student activist Majid by news of angry, young Muslims.
Tavakoli. Muslims online. The Internet deals a blow
You’ve seen their mugshots: Authorities arrested Tava- Pick up Gary Bunt’s iMus- to radical groups by giving
A Nigerian charged with try- koli in December after he lims: Rewiring the House of anyone online the chance
ing to blow up a plane on called for more democracy Islam and learn that for to answer back. For every
Christmas Day; five young and urged students to reject every online al-Qaida re- Umar Farouk Abdulmutal-
American Muslims detained “tyranny.” The next day, cruiter there are thousands lab, there are dozens of
in Pakistan, apparently des- government newspapers more Muslims reforming Is- Iranian men taunting the
perately seeking jihad. published pictures of lam online. Interpretations regime that runs the Islam-
I bet you haven’t seen Tavakoli dressed in a and commentaries on the ic Republic of Iran.
these mugshots: Iranian chador and claimed he had Qur’an fill the Internet and
men in chadors and head- tried to escape arrest dis- recreate the vibrant intel- Mona Eltahawy is an award-winning
scarves. guised as a woman. lectual atmosphere that sEpgeyapkteiarn o-bno Arrna bco amnmd Menutsaltiomr aisnsude psu. Sbhliec
As part of the “Men in Yes, violent radical many Muslims lament we’d reported on the Middle East for 10 years
Headscarves” campaign, groups such as al-Qaida and long ago lost. before moving to the U.S.
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