Metro Calgary - January 12, 2015

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Monday, January 12, 2015
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Eviction tops list
of tenancy calls
Inquiries. Overall call “For the last 18 months
to two years roughly ... the
volume on the rise
market has favoured the
landlord if you will, from
a supply and demand pur-
MORGAN pose,” he said.
MODJESKI “When you get into a
[email protected] market like that, landlords
know that there are other
If you’ve ever called Service tenants and other people
Alberta to get information out there looking for rental
about an eviction, you’re far units.”
from alone. “When they run into a
Recent numbers indicate problem with their tenant,
a plurality of calls concern- they’re more likely to seek
ing the Residential Tenancy to terminate a tenancy, as
Act (RTA) coming from Cal- opposed to putting up with
gary are inquiries about the bad behaviour.”
eviction, making up nearly Current numbers don’t
30 per cent of call volume detail whether the call was
from April 1, 2013, to March a complaint or an inquiry,
31, 2014. but Calli Stromner with
Of the more than 18,000 Service Alberta says total
calls Service Alberta re- RTA calls have been increas-
ceived during that time ing, rising by roughly five
frame from Calgary, more per cent when compared to
IN SOLIDARITY WITH FRANCE than 5,500 were about evic- 2010-11.
tion, followed closely by She says Service Alberta
general residential tenancy is pleased with the increase.
calls. “We would view it as
Marie-Charlotte Richert, who moved to Calgary from Paris two months ago, signs a book of condolences to send to the French Consulate Gerry Baxter of the Cal- another opportunity that
gary Residential Rental As- Albertans are taking to con-
during a rally at city hall Sunday to honour the victims of the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper headquarters and subsequent
sociation (CRRA), said he’s nect with the government,”
hostage takings in France. It came on a day when millions marched in France in solidarity. For the local story, see page 4. For the “not surprised” the major- she said.
international story, see page 10. ROBSON FLETCHER/METRO ity of calls are concerning “We take positive and
eviction. negative calls.”
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Monday, January 12, 2015
Council kicks off 2015
Prentice:
Timing
with secondary suites
of election
will not be
political
‘Ultimate red tape.’
Coun. Druh Farrell says
N
Alberta’s financial situation the city can’t continue
is as bad as it has been in to ‘micromanage’ with
decades, and the timing of the
next provincial election will more important topics
be determined by what is in to focus its time on
“the best interests of Alber- E
tans,” Premier Jim Prentice
said Friday.
“I’ve not turned my mind ROBSON
to the timing of an election FLETCHER
but I’ll tell you this: the tim- [email protected] W
ing of an election ... will be
driven by what is in the best It may be a new year, but
interests of Albertans, not it’ll be the same old debate
what is in the best interests of when Calgary councillors
any political party,” Prentice convene for their first full
said. meeting of 2015 on Monday,
While the vote is set by where secondary-suite ap-
legislation for the spring of plications are the first four S
2016, Prentice has refused to items on the public-hearing
close the door to holding it as agenda.
early as this spring. This marks the first time
Speculation ramped up in the history of this council
after former Wildrose leader or the previous council that
Danielle Smith resigned multiple secondary-suite
and crossed the floor along applications have come for-
with eight other members ward in the first meeting
of the Opposition to join the of the new year — typically
Progressive Conservative a slower time for meeting Coun. Druh Farrell said council is seeing an increased number of secondary-suite applications and she expects “a
government. agendas, given the holiday handful” at every public hearing this year. ROBSON FLETCHER/METRO FILE
The move left Wildrose break that immediately pre-
with just five members and cedes it. already contain illegal sec- Time-consuming
an interim leader. The Official In fact, the only other ondary suites and the prop-
Opposition party has just 19 time this council or the erty owners are now looking
of 87 candidates in place for last council dealt with sec- to make them legal by ob- Individual secondary-suite (cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:221)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:296)(cid:575)
the next election. ondary suites to kick off taining the proper zoning. applications consumed more (cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:305)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:553)
Wildrose house leader the new year was in 2013, Coun. Druh Farrell, who of city council’s meeting time
Shayne Saskiw said Thursday when there was one appli- last year proposed substan- last year than any other issue, (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:17)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:240)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)
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mistake given that Prentice of Southwood that was re- ary-suite approval process Manning Foundation. (cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:251)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:305)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)
promised during last year’s PC jected. that were rejected by an 8-7 (cid:17)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:251)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:305)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:273)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)
leadership campaign to follow Monday’s meeting will vote at council, said Sunday (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:61)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:305)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:550)(cid:3) (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:305)(cid:273)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:3)
the fixed-election law. see two applications from the one-by-one approval pro- (cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:61)(cid:221)(cid:302)(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:633)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:209)(cid:315)(cid:3)(cid:631)(cid:633)(cid:553)(cid:634)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:3) (cid:555)(cid:315)(cid:279)(cid:229)(cid:238)(cid:305)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:305)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:575)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:289)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:553)(cid:559)
“People of this province ex- Canyon Meadows, one from cess for suites is “the ultim-
pect all MLAs right now to be Westgate and one from ate red tape.”
focused squarely on dealing Riverbend. “We can’t continue to time on, but we’re not.” urge council to be thorough
with issues at hand, such as The Westgate and River- micromanage the planning In a letter of opposition in their deliberation on an
the looming financial crisis (of bend applications are un- process,” she said. “We’ve to the Riverbend suite, how- issue they say could “change
low oil prices),” Saskiw said. usual — but not unheard got far more important and ever, longtime area resi- the face of our neighbour-
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Monday, January 12, 2015
1
Crowd.
Rallying
the troops
Organizer Fanny Ratis-
seau speaks to the crowd
outside Calgary City Hall
on Sunday, gathered to
honour the victims of the
Charlie Hebdo attacks.
2
RIP.
Cartoonist
not forgotten
Demonstrators carried
signs bearing the names
of those killed, includ-
ing this man honouring
cartoonist Bernard Ver-
lhac, who drew under
the pen name Tignous.
ROBSON FLETCHER/METRO
2
1
Calgarians show
solidarity with Paris
3 4 Terror attacks. Rally about 100 people outside joined by another 2.5 mil- try, and we need to sup-
participants observe Calgary City Hall observed lion across France, accord- port them even if we are
a moment of silence Sun- ing to the French Interior in another part of the
moment of silence, day afternoon. Ministry. world,” Richert said. “It’s
‘moment of noise’ for Then, to show they re- “It makes you want to important because we see
fuse to be silenced by the be there, to be with them,” in France, there is lot of
victims of terrorism attackers’ attempts at in- Prajoux said during the solidarity.”
timidation, they immedi- Calgary gathering. “So this Prajoux had one word
3
ately observed a “moment was good today. We could — “unbelievable” — to de-
Message. For liberty of noise.” express ourselves. But our scribe the display of unity
ROBSON “Charlie! Charlie! Char- hearts are in Paris.” in France that also saw doz-
A demonstrator carries a “Je Suis Charlie” (I am FLETCHER lie!” the crowed chanted. Marie-Charlotte Rich- ens of world leaders march
Charlie) sign, with a handwritten addition: “La liberté [email protected] Many of those gathered, ert came to Calgary from with the crowds.
ne meure pas! Non aux extrémistes” (Liberty will never such as Martine Prajoux, Paris two months ago. She “The most beautiful
die! Down with extremists). On a day when millions who lived in Paris be- attended the rally Sunday thing is to see how France
4 marched across France to fore moving to Canada 32 to stand with France after reacted and how it unified
Protest. Symbolic signs pay tribute to the victims years ago, have friends and the horrifying attacks that people all together — the
of the attack on the Charlie family in France. saw 12 people killed at the Muslims, the Christians,
People at the rally carried Canadian and French Hebdo newspaper in Paris Prajoux said it was over- satirical newspaper’s head- the Buddhists, any kind of
flags, and one demonstrator held a giant pen symbol- and subsequent hostage whelming to see so many quarters and then at least religion. We are all equal,”
izing press freedom along with a cartoon drawing of a takings, Calgarians gath- march in solidarity to con- four hostages killed as the Prajoux said. “That’s what
woman shedding a single tear. ROBSON FLETCHER/METRO ered to do the same. demn the attacks — an es- attackers tried to flee au- France says: liberty, equal-
To show their respect timated 1.2 million to 1.6 thorities. ity, fraternity — brother-
for the dead, a crowd of million people in Paris, “It’s touched our coun- hood.”
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6 CALGARY metronews.ca
Monday, January 12, 2015
Early morning incident McDonald’s run
Street and Silverado dition to Foothills Medical was sitting in the passenger
Way S.W. around 3:45 Centre. seat of his friend’s vehicle
Two people Man driving past
a.m. after the crash was “It was predominantly when they passed a house
seriously hurt in reported. head and facial injuries New Year’s Eve that was the site of a large
According to EMS that were of concern to New Year’s Eve party.
southwest Calgary party grazed
spokesman Stuart Bri- us,” said Brideaux. “I guess I can cross
snowmobile crash deaux, a man in his late Police Det. Steve Adair by stray bullet getting shot off my bucket Ryan Korderas FACEBOOK
20s was taken to South said the two people were list,” Korderas posted on his
Two people were injured, Health Campus in serious, injured after a snow- A Calgary man who was on Facebook page on Jan. 1. says he felt something hot
one seriously, after an ap- non-life-threatening condi- mobile or snowmobiles hit his way to McDonald’s when “Well, grazed anyway. on his buttock and thought
parent snowmobile crash tion. A 30-year-old woman either a tree or a truck. he was grazed by a stray Nice little scratch on my ass he’d been shot. Seven other
in southwest Calgary early was also taken to South At this time, police are bullet that went through a and a bullet hole through people were shot at the
Sunday. Health Campus but after unsure if speed or alcohol car door says he’s the lucki- my friend’s girl’s passenger party — one of them later
Police and EMS were early assessment she was were factors in the crash. est unlucky man alive. door.” died in hospital.
called to Sheriff King transported in serious con- METRO Ryan Korderas says he The 33-year-old plumber THE CANADIAN PRESS
Nathan O’Brien honoured at
Calgary hockey tournament
‘He just never gave Miller on Saturday. at Saturday’s ceremony.
“With the tragedy that Nathan’s father Rod O’Brien
up.’ Timbit tourney
happened, all of our hearts thanked the crowd at Spring-
begins with special in the community and of bank for their support.
course in surrounding areas “We are deeply honoured,”
ceremony
just broke for the family, and he said. “I can’t tell you how
we said, ‘We need to do some- happy I was yesterday to walk
thing to uplift the family and through the doors and see all
MORGAN remember Nathan.’” the kids smiling again.”
MODJESKI Many in attendance Nathan’s teammates, law-
[email protected] donned costumes of their enforcement officials and city
favourite comic-book super- dignitaries, including Mayor
They remember him as a heroes as a tribute to Nathan, Naheed Nenshi, gathered for
superhero. who played for the Spring- the event.
Friends, family and team- bank Jr. Timbit Senators. “It was important to be
mates of five-year-old Nathan In June, Nathan’s mother here in this facility because
O’Brien, who went missing called the Calgary Police Ser- this place was really import-
alongside his grandparents vice to a residence in the 100 ant to the O’Brien family,”
Alvin and Kathryn Liknes in block of 38A Avenue S.W. said Nenshi after the cere-
the summer of 2014, gathered when she came to pick up mony.
to honour the boy’s memory the youngster from his grand- “In addition to that, the
at a special ceremony at the parents, only to find the resi- loss of Nathan and his grand-
Springbank Park for All Sea- dence empty. parents was something we
sons this weekend. In the following weeks, felt very deeply across the
Part of the Nathan O’Brien law enforcement would comb city.
Springbank Timbit Hockey through several properties in “I just think it’s amazing
Festival, which was renamed and around Calgary in an at- that neighbours, friends and
as a memorial tournament tempt to find the three mis- volunteers are doing this to
for 2015, was set aside to en- sing individuals. Then, on give these kids a great experi-
sure Nathan’s spirit lives on, July 15, police said the dis- ence and honour Nathan’s
organizers said. appearance was being treated memory.”
“He had an excellent spirit as a homicide investigation. Police have charged Doug-
where he just never gave up,” Members of the O’Brien las Garland with the deaths of Members of the O’Brien family share an embrace at the Springbank Park for All Seasons just outside of Calgary on
said organizer Melodie-Joy family were in attendance the three family members. Saturday afternoon. MORGAN MODJESKI/METRO
Calgary or Calvary? Video shows pastor tell story of punching youth
Video of an American pas- of Bible Baptist Church in Has- ing his farewell sermon on apparent sermon. “So I walked
tor bragging about leading a brouck Heights, N.J., is saying: Sept. 29, 2013. over to him and went — bam!
“smart aleck” youth to God by “There was a young man in In the video, the pastor — punched him in the chest
“punching him in the chest Calvary.” boasts about meeting a young as hard as I could. I crumpled
as hard as I could” is raising “Calvary” is a Christian person named “Ben,” who was the kid. I just crumpled him.”
eyebrows in Calgary after be- term referring to the place a “nice kid” but a “real smart “Then I leaned over and
ginning to circulate widely where Jesus was crucified aleck.” said, ‘Ben, when are you go-
online. and can refer more broadly to “He was a bright kid, ing to stop playing games with
Some listeners — including “an experience or occasion of which didn’t help things — God?’ I led that man to the
American news site Raw Story extreme suffering, especially made him more dangerous,” Lord right there.”
— have taken the beginning mental suffering.” It’s also Dammann says in the video. The video appears to have
of the pastor’s speech to say: often attached to the names of “We were outside one day been posted to Vimeo initially,
“There was a young man in Christian churches and organ- at youth group, and he was reportedly by the church it-
Calgary” and then going on to izations. just trying to push my buttons. self, but has since been taken
tell the violent anecdote. But Dammann himself used He was just kind of not taking down. It was then re-posted to
A frame from the video of an American pastor bragging about punching a it’s also possible the pastor, to preach at Calvary Baptist the Lord serious (sic),” the pas- YouTube on Dec. 21.
youth in the chest. YOUTUBE identified as Eric Dammann Church in Warwick, N.Y., giv- tor goes on to say as part of an ROBSON FLETCHER/METRO

8 CALGARY metronews.ca
Monday, January 12, 2015
No injuries. Police probe Ahmadiyya. Muslim group
two overnight shootings condemns Paris attacks
Calgary police were search- in the neighbouring Temple Members of Calgary’s Ah- teachings” Lal Khan Malik,
ing for a dark-coloured pick- area. madiyya Muslim community President of the Ahmadiyya
up truck that could be con- “In both instances, mul- have “categorically and un- Muslim Jamaat Canada, said
nected to two shootings in tiple rounds were fired,” said equivocally” condemned the in a statement. “Under no cir-
the city’s northeast over the Det. Steve Adair. “No one was attack on the headquarters cumstances whatsoever does
weekend. injured, but other vehicles in of the French satirical news- Islam permit a person to take
The first incident took the area were struck.” paper, Charlie Hebdo, in Paris. the law into his own hands.”
place around 12:30 a.m. Sat- While police don’t know “It pains me deeply to see Ahmadiyya Muslims in Cal-
urday when suspects fired on for sure if the two instances violent acts and terrorist activ- gary held special prayers for
a vehicle in the Whitehorn are related, they said there ities committed in the name of the victims and their families
area. Two hours later, police are consistencies between Islam despite the fact they have on Friday at the Baitun Nur
said a minivan was shot at the two. MORGAN MODJESKI/METRO nothing to do with Islam’s true mosque in Castleridge. METRO
Police, Somali community
aim to build stronger ties
Addressing issues faced
by Somali youth. ‘We
want to narrow the gap
between the community
and law enforcement,’
says Imam Abdi Hersy
MORGAN
MODJESKI
[email protected]
Amidst the laughter of playing
children, Calgary’s police chief
and Somali community leaders
made a commitment Saturday
to strengthen their ties.
Roughly 100 members of
Calgary’s Somali-Canadian
community gathered at a
mosque in the Forest Lawn-
Forest Heights neighbourhood,
in order to meet with police
officials in the wake of recent
incidents that left two Somali
community members dead. Chief of the Calgary Police Service, Rick Hanson, left, speaks to members of the Somali Canadian community in
Imam Abdi Hersy said mem- Calgary on Saturday, as Imam Abdi Hersy looks on. MORGAN MODJESKI/METRO
bers want to work “hand-in-
hand” with police and all levels 1900 block of 36 Street SW, youth range widely from a lack or they don’t have a fair oppor-
of government to address issues injuring six and killing 26-year- of affordable housing and edu- tunity to finish school, they get
he believes are leading to youth old Abdullahi Ahmed of Cal- cation, to feeling isolated from frustrated, because they feel
violence in the community. gary. Less than 24 hours later, other Canadians. He said these there’s no way they can build a
“We want to narrow the gap Murat Osman Omar, 23, was issues can cause youth to turn life for their families,” said po-
between the community and found dead in an alley by police to crime, It’s a problem Cal- lice chief Rick Hanson.
law enforcement,” he told the responding to another report of gary’s police chief has said he “Too often they get enticed
audience. gunshots. wants to address. into gangs and criminal activ-
On New Year’s Day, police At Saturday’s meeting, “We know that sometimes ity,” Hanson stressed. “It’s im-
responded to reports of gun- Hersy said factors impacting young men who don’t feel they portant for all of us to prevent
shots at a house party in the Calgary’s Somali-Canadian have a fair opportunity for jobs, that from happening.”
Central Alberta
items of great personal value “Obviously, this item is was stolen as well but was
to the owners. of significant sentimental later recovered in the town
Urn, swords, guns,
They’ve also made a plea importance to the victim’s of Penhold, southwest of Red
two kittens stolen to the perpetrator to return family,” reads an RCMP state- Deer.
the sentimental items. RCMP ment. “If you are the person
in break-in near
investigated at a rural home “Police would like to see responsible for this crime,
Sylvan Lake: RCMP south of Sylvan Lake after re- the urn returned to the right- please consider dropping this
ports of a break-in sometime ful owners.” (urn) off at any police station
Police are hoping for the pub- between Dec. 17 and Dec. 27. Also stolen were two or calling in an anonymous
lic’s help in locating an urn A handmade wooden urn kittens, jewelry, two samurai Crime Stoppers tip and pro-
and two kittens stolen from a with a floral design that con- swords, 11 firearms and two viding the current location for
Central Alberta residence in tained the ashes of a loved one laptop computers. it,” reads the RCMP release.
December along with other was stolen in the break-in. A 2009 blue Honda CRV METRO