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EPC gives HQ
audit the OK
Cop shop shock. Katz to have this put to bed prior to Admitting fault?
the election,” said Katz.
& Co. vote to spend up
The headquarters project
to $500K to determine was originally estimated at After doggedly calling
$135 million, but the costs for an audit into the
if city got its money’s
have since jumped to $210 police headquarters
worth with police HQ million. project, Coun. Paula
The committee voted to al- Havixbeck now worries
low up to $500,000 to be spent it won’t lead to action
SHANE on both the audit and an in- after city staff filed
GIBSON dependent quantity survey a report Wednesday
looking into whether the city detailing their imple-
[email protected]
got its money’s worth on the mentation of recom-
Mayor Sam Katz and nearly all project, and to cover overages mendations made in the
of his Executive Policy Com- expected from audits already scathing fire hall audit.
mittee voted Wednesday to being undertaken by the city. The Charleswood-
make sure an independent Swandel, who may also Tuxedo councillor was
auditor looks into the balloon- find himself the only council- one of several delega-
ing costs of the new police lor to vote against the audit tions who asked EPC
headquarters. when it comes to council Jan. members to send the
Coun. Justin Swandel 29, called the process a waste quarterly review back to
was the lone vote against of time and money. city staff over concerns
the motion, which asks for “We’re still within the they didn’t take owner-
an auditor to be found from budget of the annualized costs ship for the mistakes
outside the city’s adminis- because the interest rate has outlined by auditors in
trative building, and gives changed so much,” he said. the document.
them 150 days from the time “I think we’re going to spend Members of EPC
council approves the mo- $500,000 of taxpayers’ money ultimately decided to
Mayor Sam Katz speaks to media after EPC voted to ask an outside auditor to look into overages in the tion to come back with their to have someone tell us we’re accept the report as
downtown police headquarters project. SHANE GIBSON/METRO review. still getting extremely good information.
“The whole motivation was value for our money.”
02 NEWS metronews.ca
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Hefty cost
Manitoba calls on
feds to fl ood-proof
reserves
Manitoba is calling on the
federal government to
invest heavily to flood-
proof reserves as the cost
of caring for hundreds of
S aboriginal flood evacuees
tops $90 million.
Emergency Measures
Minister Steve Ashton says
Ottawa should spend mil-
W lions upgrading chronic-
ally flooded native land
to save money down the
road. Many First Nations
were historically moved
onto a flood plain and
should be better protected,
he says.
E “First Nations are
chronically underfunded
when it comes to infra-
structure,” Ashton said in
an interview. “If you are
N looking at a longer-term
fix ... you’re into the tens The Downtown Winnipeg BIZ’s Stephanie Voyce, right, and Tamara Rae Biebrich of the Winnipeg Arts Council are helping to organize the city’s fi rst downtown
of millions of dollars. But snow maze event next month. SHANE GIBSON/METRO
the alternative is what
A SnowMAZEing
we’ve seen where, year
after year, those First
Nations are impacted by
flooding.”
About 2,000 aboriginal
people are still out of their
homes almost three years idea for downtown
after heavy flooding in
Manitoba in spring 2011.
The $90-million cost so
far is borne by the federal
government. Most evac-
uees are living in hotels
and temporary housing Snow art. Millennium Library to help Winnipeggers Schedule lively opportunity for folks
scattered around the prov- get lost in winter activity to get out and enjoy the sea-
ince. At least one reserve, Library Park architect next month. son.”
Lake St. Martin, has been designs community The groups are inviting (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:315)(cid:55)(cid:5)(cid:101)(cid:25)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:305)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:225)(cid:3) The finished maze will fea-
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snow maze
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Erica Meekes, press SHANE adjoining park. tivities for kids to take part
secretary for federal GIBSON “We want to celebrate in crafts, reading, storytell-
Aboriginal Affairs Minister [email protected] winter in the heart of our ing, and of course gallons of
Bernard Valcourt, said the city,” said BIZ spokesperson from the site … and pack hot chocolate.
minister wasn’t available The Downtown Winnipeg Stephanie Voyce, who is it into cubes that will then The Downtown Winnipeg
for an interview. BIZ is partnering with the helping to organize the be placed along a predeter- BIZ plans to maintain the
THE CANADIAN PRESS Winnipeg Arts Council event, dubbed SnowMAZE- mined maze layout. maze for the rest of the win-
(WAC) and the Millennium ing. “We’ll use the snow “We think this is a real ter once it’s built.
Until further notice
Cross-border purchases. Stuck in deep slush. Two
Surgeries
Canada Border agency Manitoba men rescued in
cancelled at St.
says pay the GST Boniface northwestern Ontario
The Winnipeg Regional
Officials with the Canada Bor- $600 but the importer instead Health Authority has been Ontario Provincial Police say Winnipeg joined the search
der Services Agency say some had to pay $8,600 to get the forced to cancel surgeries two Manitoba men have been for the two men, both in their
people just don’t understand contents back. for several days after equip- rescued after becoming stuck mid 30s.
it makes more sense to pay Then there was the case of ment failure led to damage in deep slush while fishing in One of the men called po-
the GST than to try and sneak a man returning to Manitoba in surgery rooms. northwestern Ontario. lice from a cellphone to pro-
something over the border. at Boissevain who declared “As a result of HVAC fail- OPP say they were con- vide their GPS co-ordinates,
They point to several cases $1,000 for a puppy he bought ure and water leaking into tacted Monday evening by Lac and family members were
in December, such as one at from the breeder in the U.S. operating theatres at St. Du Bonnet RCMP about two nearby on snow machines
the Emerson crossing where A quick check showed he Boniface General Hospital, men reported stranded in the and picked the men up.
a parcel was declared to con- paid $3,000 for the dog, and surgical services have been area of Reynar Lake inside the Police say the pair were
tain shoes and chocolates ended up paying a $1,100 suspended at St. Boniface Ontario border. cold and exhausted and one
but really carried undeclared penalty instead of $150 in today,” they said Wednes- A provincial police emer- was suffering from frostbite,
jewellery. GST. day. METRO gency response team and a but neither had any serious
The GST would have been THE CANADIAN PRESS/CJOB Hercules aircraft from CFB injuries. THE CANADIAN PRESS
metronews.ca NEWS 03
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Protests in Ukraine turn deadly
Kyiv. Political crisis Caught in the clash
intensifies as violent
clashes between Metro
police and protesters photographer
result in fatalities
injured by
grenade
Photographer Andrey Svitailo and
the shrapnel he was hit with. MWN
Unrest in Kyiv turned for the
worse on Wednesday with A Metro journalist was ful,” Svitailo describes the
news that two people died injured Wednesday in a stun moment after three pieces of
from gunshot wounds during grenade explosion on Kyiv’s shrapnel struck his calf and
clashes between police and Europe Square amid clashes thigh. “My jeans ripped open
protesters, the first fatalities between anti-government and I was left with some
since demonstrations over protesters and police. bloody bruises. I literally had
the government’s rejection of Andrey Svitailo, a staff to take the shards of grenade
a planned EU treaty began in photographer for the Metro out of my clothes.
November. Moscow newspaper, sus- “But thanks to my long
The day saw state police tained leg injuries caused by johns, the fragments did not
units dismantle a makeshift shrapnel exploding from a pierce my skin.” Svitailo did
barricade on Europe Square stun grenade thrown by Ber- not require hospitalization
and Hrushevskoho Street — kut riot police at protesters. and is continuing to cover
the city’s new hotspot for “It was very sore and pain- the protests. METRO WORLD NEWS
clashes, which runs along Protesters hurl gas bombs at riot police Wednesday. ANDREY SVITAILO/METRO WORLD NEWS
the cabinet office and parlia-
ment buildings. Protesters, land up in jail. We will take a the police. crowd as a gas bomb landed calm. However, riot-control dan Square.
who fashioned makeshift stand,” Bogdan, a young man When news circulated ear- on top of a phalanx of riot po- units, lined up like a shielded Hrushevskoho Street was
armour out of sleeping mats guarding a barricade, told Met- lier in the day of the first cas- lice. Some of the bombs lobbed formation of Roman legion- emptied after 10 minutes.
and pieces of wood strapped ro. To maintain their position, ualties in the civil unrest, the were five-litre pickle jars. aries, advanced towards the While the air cleared at Kyiv’s
to their jackets, parried police the protesters ignited huge crowds in this area swelled to At one moment, an Ortho- protesters, waving their batons freshest battleground, thick
grenades with Molotov cock- bonfires, the smoke from an estimated 2,000 by mid- dox priest walked out into the and firing rubber bullets. black smoke still shrouded city
tails. which, they claim, neutralizes morning. “Burn for our boys!” neutral zone between the pro- People finally began to flee to squares elsewhere.
“If we leave now, we will all the pepper gas launched by a voice was heard from the testers and police, pleading for their camp at the nearby Mai- METRO WORLD NEWS IN KYIV
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Thursday, January 23, 2014
Ford: Latest embarrassing video
just one of life’s ‘difficult bumps’
Nothing personal.
‘A minor setback’
Toronto mayor happy to
“As you know, I’m a hu-
talk about city’s budget,
man being, the same as
but won’t take questions
every one of you, and I’m
about Jamaican-infused
entitled to a personal life.”
Steak Queen rant
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is call- was using drugs and if he was
ing his alcohol-fuelled, profane hanging out with his friend
rant in a Jamaican accent at a Alexander Lisi.
restaurant — caught on video A second video also posted
— a “minor setback,” and says to YouTube, purportedly from
he is entitled to a personal life. the same night, appears to
Ford offered no apologies a show Ford sitting with Lisi.
day after the clip, which shows Ford’s admission that he
him using Jamaican swear had been drinking ended
words and other profanities, weeks of adamant vows that
at one point aiming his curses he had given up alcohol.
at Toronto’s police chief, was Ford spent much of his
posted anonymously to You- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford charges through a media scrum at city hall in Toronto on Wednesday. FRANK GUNN/THE CANADIAN PRESS news conference discussing
Tube. the city’s budget and finished
“Monday was unfortunate,” these difficult bumps in life.” being, the same as every one with work I do day in and day reporters’ questions through- by saying he would be “happy
he said at a late-afternoon But, he said, it is a “com- of you, and I’m entitled to a out for the taxpayers of this out the day about whether he to take questions on the
news conference. “I had a min- pletely private matter.” personal life,” Ford said. “My great city.” drove himself to or from the budget only.”
or setback. We all experience “As you know, I’m a human personal life does not interfere Ford refused to answer restaurant that night, if he THE CANADIAN PRESS
Police not allowed to see
Magnotta research video
A judge has prevented of confidentiality vital to the
Montreal police from get- conduct of their research,”
ting their hands on a con- James Turk, executive direc-
fidential academic video tor of the Canadian Associa-
interview with accused kill- tion of University Teachers,
er Luka Rocco Magnotta. said in a statement Wednes-
The Canadian Associa- day.
tion of University Teach- “Courts have recognized
ers welcomed the Quebec the social importance of
Superior Court decision, journalists being able to pro-
saying it upholds research- tect confidential sources,
ers’ rights to protect confi- and this decision extends a
dential information needed similar recognition to aca-
for their academic work. demic researchers.”
The association’s execu- The news release pub-
tive director says in a state- lished by Turk’s association
ment the ruling represents said that, in her ruling, Jus- Israel gives PM Harper a very special tweet
the first court recognition tice Sophie Bourque noted
of researcher-participant Luka Magnotta is shown in an artist’s “much academic research Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen take a tour of the future site of the Stephen J. Harper
privilege. sketch. A judge has prevented police provides useful information Hula Valley Bird Sanctuary Visitor and Education Centre in Hula Valley, Israel, on Wednesday. While in the
Montreal police had from obtaining a video interview on certain aspects of the hu- Middle East, Harper is visiting Israel, the West Bank and Jordan. SEAN KILPATRICK/THE CANADIAN PRESS
sought to gain access to a with the accused killer. man condition that are nor-
copy of the interview for MIKE MCLAUGHLIN/THE CANADIAN PRESS mally kept silent.”
evidence they’re still gath- The Bourque ruling was Toronto Alberta
ering against the 31-year-old be kept confidential. also quoted by the asso- Health Minister Fred Horne
Magnotta, who is charged The attorneys said ciation as saying, “The evi- announced Wednesday.
Discharge for Over 500,000 had
with first-degree murder in Magnotta participated in dence demonstrates that “Today, I contacted the
the slaying and dismember- the study as part of a sur- much of the research in- census resister, 79 health info stolen Alberta Privacy Com-
ment of Chinese engineer- vey of sex workers under volving vulnerable people missioner to … formally
ing student Jun Lin. the condition his interview can only be conducted if hu- A 79-year-old Toronto Personal health information request an official investiga-
Lawyers representing would remain confidential. man participants are given woman taken to court over belonging to more than tion,” Horne said, adding,
University of Ottawa crim- “The impact of this deci- a guarantee that their iden- refusing to fill out the cen- half a million Albertans “Albertans want to know
inologists had argued the sion is that researchers can tities and the information sus was given a conditional was stolen last September that their information is
2007 interview with a now have confidence that that they share will remain discharge on Wednesday. from Medicentres Family secure and protected.”
subject known under the courts will recognize and confidential.” THE CANADIAN PRESS Health Care Clinics, Alberta METRO IN CALGARY
pseudonym “Jimmy” should will treat seriously promises THE CANADIAN PRESS
metronews.ca NEWS 05
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Ceres Michigan airport
Scientists spy water the largest object in the Influx of owls poses in their Arctic breeding
asteroid belt. The observa- lands. Birdwatchers have
on dwarf planet tions, in Thursday’s issue threat to aircraft reported spotting them
of Nature, come as NASA’s more frequently than usual
Scientists have confirmed Dawn spacecraft is set to ar- Traps are being used to in several places around
signs of water on the dwarf rive at the Texas-sized dwarf catch snowy owls alive at Michigan.
planet Ceres, one of the few planet next year. Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford An airport spokes-
bodies in the solar system The source of the water International Airport after woman said the influx of
to hold that distinction. plumes is still unclear. Sci- staff members shot nine snowy owls into the area is
Peering through the entists think there may be in the last two months to unprecedented and airport
Herschel Space Observatory, a layer of ice just below the ensure aircraft safety. staff cannot compromise
a team led by the European surface that gets heated by Snowy owls are out flight safety. The owls are
Space Agency detected the sun or the plumes could in force in parts of the known to fly low and could
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Metro in Saskatoon and duct tape on the tips (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:21)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:552)(cid:3) extra layer, try wearing gloves underneath the
for extra heat. Find mitts.
With Canada having experi- the
enced a brutal cold snap from Truth: When you first get very
coast to coast at the outset of started with winter running, best
2014, the rest of the country your average pace could slow trails Base
can learn a thing or two from down by about 10 per cent. in your

the folks in the Prairies. city and
Lisette Schermann is the (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:21)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:552)(cid:3)By the end of the sea- run them all before layer
manager of the Brainsport son, try to beat the speed the last of the snow
store, a staple of Saskatoon’s you have in the summer. melts away.
Broadway Avenue. She says
that when the temperatures Helly Hansen Warm. Merino wool to stay fresher
dip far below zero, there is no walking or driving in the cold weather can extend aver- smelling.
reason to sit inside and sulk. where you’re not producing as age paces by 10 per cent.
Instead, try going for a much body heat.” “You only really have
brisk run on the tundra. However, she said that to be aware of that the
“The hardest part is getting doesn’t mean would-be winter first few runs and then
out there,” she said. “Once runners don’t need to “step up you get your snow legs,” Mid layer
you’re outside it’s not nearly their game, gear-wise.” she said.
as bad as you think.” Some must-have items: And when the season
There are many com- sneakers with cleats for trac- is done, Schermann said
mon misconceptions when tion on the ice, reflective many runners are ahead of SUGOI Women’s Speedster 3 Performance Hoodie. Features a
it comes to winter running, materials for visibility during the game. ponytail hole in the hood.
said Schermann. For instance, those long winter nights and a Even if you’re not looking
newbies tend to assume balaclava to protect your face for a challenge, Schermann
they’re going to feel as cold as from the windchill. said a nice jog can be a great Outer layer
they do when walking from Once that’s done, it’s time cure for the winter blues.
the front door to the car. to hit the snow. “There aren’t that many
“People definitely over- But make sure not to start opportunities to get outside in
dress,” she said. “They’re off with heavy speed work, the winter time, and running SUGOI Jackie Thermal Jacket. Windproof panels over the sleeves and a fleecy
judging it on experiences of as Schermann said the frigid is a really easy one.” breathable back. Lots of pockets.
Metro asked: What’s your winter running pet peeve?
Pants
“Just the “Defin- “When
ice is itely the winter
sometimes windchill. runners Salomon Nova Softshell pant. Warmest pant at Brainsport.
trouble for It’s prob- unexpect-
me. ... They ably the edly run
make grips for your shoes worst thing. Everything across an intersection ...
or people screw actual else seems pretty good as a driver on icy roads I
Ankle
screws into their shoes.” though.” don’t have enough time
Jillian Joan, 23, Brooks Running Company Kristen Christensen, 30s, rec programmer, to necessarily stop.”
employee, Alberta Saskatoon
Dave Cazakoff, 28, student, Saskatoon
SUGOI Resistor Run Gaiter. Keeps snow out of shoes.
“When I “I run “When
don’t have around people
the right near the don’t get
wind- residential out of
breaking areas and your way,
Sneaker
material and my legs sometimes people don’t even when you call out.
get really cold. The front shovel their walks so ... Running through
of my thighs burn from you’ll be running into a snow drift is not a
JACOB MORGAN/ Saucony Ride running shoe. (Note: this model is using regular grip so as not to
being so cold.” deep snow.” whole lot of fun.”
METRO IN SASKATOON damage the grip on the winter shoes during a test run.)
Crystal Clarke, 34, librarian, Saskatoon Benjamin Lam, 27, engineer, Saskatoon Becky Mang, 33, engineer, Regina
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Thursday, January 23, 2014
PITFALLS OF AN ENTERTRAINER
I’ve had such a negative perception of gyms my first post-school assignment, which is low-impact death will only be a CCTV YouTube sensation, not
that as I was writing this column about my why I was blind to the fact that this is the an in-person humiliation.
new gym membership I suddenly remem- worst idea in the history of entertainment — I’ve been hitting the gym for about three weeks now, and
bered that I’d already had a gym member- akin to entertaining air traffic controllers it gets easier every time as I pick up a few tricks about how to
ship, about 10 years ago, and had banished it with a game of bingo. carry and motivate myself:
from my memory like Star Wars Episode I: At best, the exercisers tolerated me. At (cid:114)(cid:248) It helps to put the Edmonton Oilers on TV during
The Phantom Menace, a movie that doesn’t worst, they yelled at me to stop, which is part your workout. That way you see yourself working
exist. of the job, except you’re not supposed to harder than an entire team of professional athletes.
The memory is foggy but my brief time think, “That heckler is right!” (cid:114)(cid:248) Wearing a towel over your shoulders and carrying a
there (it was a YMCA) reminded me of high This did not improve my feeling toward water bottle shows your fellow exercisers that you
school, complete with stale-smelling change the gym industry. I shunned them, prefer- are the real deal, just like the people in the ads.
rooms, annoying cliques and crippling self- HE SAYS ring to exercise outside in the winter even if (cid:114)(cid:248) Fake punching the air looks pretty cool.
doubt heavier than any weight. Well, not any that meant temperatures so cold I risked end- (cid:114)(cid:248) Most importantly, I’ve learned that gym-goers are a
weight. Not those little pink ones. I have a lit- John Mazerolle ing up like Jack Nicholson at the end of The family. If I see an overweight person, I show support
tle self-respect. metronews.ca Shining. with a hearty “Hang in there! It gets better!” If I see
Lacking the requisite cardiovascular But that all changed recently. I discovered an attractive person, I say “Yeeaahhh.”
strength (i.e. I didn’t have the heart), I didn’t set a sneakered a little gym in my neighbourhood that’s just perfect for me. I fully recommend that you follow these tips. Sure, con-
foot inside a gym until a decade later when, fresh out of com- It’s small so it doesn’t attract many preeners, and it’s open 24 versations might go a little awry with certain members, but
edy school, I took a gig at a fitness chain where my job was to hours so I can fiddle with the machinery alone. I may yet end that just reminds me of another important gym fact I learn-
entertain people while they did ab exercises. I was keen on up the first person ever killed by an elliptical, but at least my ed in high school: Running away is excellent exercise.
ZOOM HANNAH
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COURTESY RALPH ZIMAN
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duality of AK-47s
venomous snake’ my hometown of Johannes- — the gun appears on the come The Same As Witnessing
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A fi lmmaker has shone light rate of gun violence connect- have the duality of the published Jan. 22 adian athletics is considered a
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08 BUSINESS metronews.ca
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Oil starts flowing from
Warns of low inflation
Bank of Canada
Oklahoma to Texas via keeps interest
rate steady at 1%
Keystone XL pipeline The Bank of Canada is
lowering its forecast for
inflation, which has been
persistently below the de-
sired target, but keeping its
Like oil and water. Sticky situation the $2.3-billion US project as key interest rate unchanged
a “win-win-win” for U.S. Gulf at 1.0 per cent.
CEO says southern leg
refiners, who’ll get access to a The central bank said
is a ‘win-win-win’ as Plenty of criticism of the cheaper, more secure source inflation is now expected
activists worry those pipeline has gushed up. of crude, for North American to be lower than previous-
crude producers, who’ll get ly projected, partly due to
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Barack Obama to reject the lar- He said there’s “not a near Pretoria, South Africa, is seen in this Jan. 18 photo. Petra said in a state- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ger, more contentious northern chance” that crude will be ex- ment that the diamond — found in the Cullinan mine, which has yielded,
leg of the system. baix, the executive in charge of ported overseas from the Gulf among other famous stones, the 530-carat Star of Africa blue diamond that Totalled $3.7B
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world gets is oil,” said Alex Pour- CEO Russ Girling described THE CANADIAN PRESS out pension deficit
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wide-ranging survey and The European Union on
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10 SCENE metronews.ca
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Are you there, God? It’s
me, Debra DiGiovanni
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Late Bloomer. Details
Comedian describes
N herself as ‘the luckiest DiGiovanni brings The Late
Bloomer Tour to the Panta-
girl in the world’ but
ges Playhouse Theatre on
it wasn’t always all Wednesday, Jan. 29.
headlining Just For
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BACKSTAGE
PASS
finally caught on with Canada
C Jwairnendi [email protected] as a whole.
“It’s just who I am times
1,000,” said DiGiovanni of her
Better late than never. stage presence. “Onstage, I’m
Not only is Debra DiGiovan- definitely the same Debra I am
S ni on her first solo cross-Canada in real life, it’s just bigger and
theatre run, her Late Bloomer more. I’ve always been a fast
Tour marks the first time a fe- talker. I grew up in a big Ital-
male comic has headlined a ian family, where you have to
Just for Laughs-presented tour. speak fast and loud or you’re
“I am the luckiest girl in the not getting heard. Our dinner
world,” said DiGiovanni from a table was chaos. I remember
tour stop in Kingston, Ont. one of my sisters dated a guy
“Everything I say is going to who was an only child. He used
sound cheesy so just accept it. to come to our house and just
I’m so lucky. I’m having these sit there terrified.”
moments where I’m saying DiGiovanni is being herself
‘What? Me? Why is this hap- onstage, but, as any comic will
pening?’ My name is on the tell you, that’s easier said than
ticket. My name is on the mar- done. In her first three years of
quee. I have a driver. What’s go- stand-up, DiGiovanni said she
ing on?” stuck to a set-in-stone script.
DiGiovanni, 41, isn’t some Then, one faithful night, she
overnight success story. The bombed.
Toronto comedian has been “Terrible show, big fancy
working the clubs for 14 years, show, awful, awful,” DiGio-
climbing her way up the Can- vanni said. “I was in my script,
adian comedy ranks through something happened, it threw
her contributions to MuchMus- me and I couldn’t roll with it.
ic’s Video on Trial, CBC Radio’s After that, an older, wise comic
The Debaters and The Comedy said: ‘Throw your notes away.
Network’s Match Game. Just go up there and trust your-
Now, with her 21-city soft- self.’ Truly magic words. I put
seater tour, it seems DiGio- the book down and just went
vanni’s rapid-fire delivery has for it.” Canadian comic Debra DiGiovanni brings The Late Bloomer Tour to Winnipeg on Jan. 29. CONTRIBUTED
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