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It also prom- skier still ises more live-event coverage and more in-depth, original reporting. Shaw Media president Paul in coma Robertson said in a release the station reflects the company’s com- Global BC anchor Jill Krop has been picked to host a new prime-time Whistler’s Sarah Burke mitment to help develop and grow talk show on Shaw Media’s proposed all-news channel. was injured during Global News, which it acquired from Canwest Global Communi- training {page 4} cations in 2010 for $2 billion. “I think this is one of the most ing people another chance to get Anderson Cooper,” she said of the a greater investment in manpow- vibrant news markets in Canada,” the news they need.” format. er and other resources for it to Wedding said Kenton Boston, Global Veteran Global BC anchor Jill Alfred Hermida, a University of work. National News senior director and Krop is also expected to host a B.C. journalism professor, said it’s “B.C. is going to be better bells ringing Global BC station manager. “There prime-time talk show. a “smart and strategic decision” reported, and people will have are a lot of great stories that go Krop said she will get a whole to start the channel in B.C., given more information about their on here. To be honest, people hour of in-depth conversations Global’s market dominance and communities, but it depends on Halle Berry engaged to aren’t always served as much as with B.C. newsmakers. strong news presence and the fact how much Shaw and Global are marry for third time they could be by news divisions “We’ll be doing a little Jack that there is no competition. going to commit in terms of time, in this province, so we’re now giv- Webster, Oprah, The View and But he added there needs to be money and people.” {page 18} news: vancouver metronews.ca 03 THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012 1 Every JONATHAN HAYWARD/THE CANADIAN PRESS dollar precious: Premier Don’t get used to big spending announcements from the Liberal government. Premier Christy Clark was in Port Moody news Wednesday to announce that community gaming grants for organizations would be permanently in- creased to $135 million — from $120 million last year — and that adult-focused arts groups would once again be eligible for the grants. RCMP Supt. Bob Williams attends the missing women’s inquiry in Vancouver on Wednesday. But that kind of contin- gency spending may be a Handling of witness thing of the past. “It’s a stretch to find any money in the budget. A dispute over buggy safety has made scofflaws of We’ve got some pretty big Kentucky’s Amish, and some budget challenges ahead of ‘bothered’ review team may face jail time. Scan the us,” said Clark. “The mon- code for the story. ey we’re investigating (in To scan 2D barcodes in gaming grants) is pretty Metro, download the precious to come by.” free ScanLife app at While the addition for Author of RCMP review of Robert Pickton investigation testifies at 2dscan.com. $15 million in permanent funding will come as a re- missing women’s inquiry Supt. Bob Williams was under impression On the web at lief to community organi- communication between RCMP and Vancouver police was excellent metronews.ca zations, it still represents an overall decline in fund- Denver Nuggets ing. MATT regard potential evidence that bothered us a little bit. tigation — as highlighted In 2009-10, community KIELTYKA from Lynn Ellingsen — a It wasn’t handled to the in VPD deputy chief Doug mascot gaming grants were cut to @METRONEWS.CA friend of Pickton’s who sufficient manner that I LePard’s review of the case. summons some $120 million from $156 told three separate people would have handled it.” “There was never any in- million and excluded Investigators could have that she saw the serial Overall, Williams con- dication there was dis- Tim Tebow adult-based arts-and- done a much better job killer butcher a woman in cluded in his 2002 report sention between the VPD mystique for culture groups from eligi- handling the one witness his barn, but denied it that the RCMP did the best and RCMP,” testified half-court shot. bility. who claimed she saw when asked by police. they could with the re- Williams, who only inter- The increase in funding Robert Pickton kill a Ellingsen was cast as an sources they had. viewed RCMP officers dur- Watch at and the backtracking on woman, the Missing unreliable witness, but The senior Alberta cop ing his review. “I can’t metronews.ca/ eligibility rules came as a Women Commission of In- Williams thought investi- seemed surprised when recall what the LePard re- result of a provincewide quiry heard Wednesday. gators should have pressed commission lawyer Art port says. In our discus- video review conducted last sum- Supt. Bob Williams, who harder. Vertlieb asked him about sions with our members, mer by former Kwantlen authored the RCMP’s inter- “We felt it was a very apparent poor communica- communication was excel- Follow us on Polytechnic University nal review of the Pickton important part of this re- tion between the RCMP lent and we never had any Twitter president Skip Triplett. investigation, said Moun- view,” Williams testified. and Vancouver Police De- problems.” @vancouvermetro MATT KIELTYKA ties were too quick to dis- “It was one of the things partment during the inves- The inquiry continues. A PERFECT TIME FOR A QUICK ESCAPE TO WHISTLER BLACKCOMB 3 NIGHTS LODGING 2 DAY LIFT TICKET $106* per person from per night *Starting from rates are per person per night, based on 2 adults in a studio from January 2 – February 12, 2012. Package includes 3 nights accommodation and a 2 Day Lift ticket per person. 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