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tickets January 15 - 17 information Sarah Richardson Tommy Smythe Halls D & E, BMO Centre, Stampede Park homexpo.ca Calgary CANADIAN FREED FROM TALIBAN metroNEWS Your essential daily news TUESDAY , JANUARY 12 , 2016 High 3°C/Low -7°C Becoming sunny R.I.P. Alberta said no to $1.4M BOWIE for addictions Dave Muir is among many Calgarians who appreciate David Bowie’s eclectic style. PROVINCE ment Funding Program, citing “re- JEREMY SIMES/FOR METRO Health Minister source restrictions, which will inhibit acquiring funding and staff.” says PC’s move After submitting an application for the funding, AHS was approved unprecedented in fall of 2014 but turned down the money in March. The funds were Ryan meant to pay for evaluations of two Tumilty programs run by Enviros. Instead, Metro | Edmonton Alberta Health funded the evaluations at a cost of $600,000. AHS also The province turned down $1.4 mil- planned to train community agen- lion offered by Ottawa for drug- cies on how to recognize and sup- addiction programs last year, but port young people with addictions. officials say the rejection didn’t af- Minister Sarah Hoffman said fect the projects the money was Monday she’s disappointed the PC meant to fund. government declined the funding, Despite media reports suggesting something no province had ever otherwise, the Health Canada fund- done before. “We owe it to Alber- ing was not specifically connected tans and families struggling with to Alberta’s fentanyl crisis, which the realities of addiction to make Remembering the legend’s claimed 213 lives in the first nine sure we use every opportunity to months of 2015. support them,” she said. In a letter last March, Fern Mil- Interim PC leader Ric McIver said music impact and genius ler, acting executive director of Al- there’s a lot of unknowns. “It appears metroNEWS metroVIEWS metroLIFE berta Health’s addictions and mental- that a senior bureaucrat sent a letter health branch, turned down funds refusing the money,” he said. “What from Health Canada’s Drug Treat- is not clear is what are the reasons.” GOSSIP 11 Your essential daily news The Ringling Bros. Circus will end elephant acts in May amid increased scrutiny over animal rights. NHL commissioner steps ROYALTIES REPORT Delay angers up pressure for new arena critics The results of Alberta’s royalty CALGARYNEXT built in 1983, will be the old- review have now been put off Nenshi says est NHL arena when Canada for a few more weeks — but celebrates its 150th birthday critics say time is of the essence. project needs in 2017, he said. “We said (from the begin- Bettman and Flames ning) that a review shouldn’t be ‘very big public president Ken King are sched- done at all, but if it was done it discussion’ uled to meet Tuesday with needed to be over very quickly,” Calgary’s city manager and a Wildrose Leader Brian Jean said few city councillors, but not Monday in an interview. NHL commissioner Gary Nenshi. “That, of course, would re- Bettman has told Calgary to The city approved a multi- duce the uncertainty in the get moving on a new arena for phase analysis of the proposed marketplace, and add stability the Flames, but Mayor Naheed project in November. and confidence for the business Nenshi says the city will not A report isn’t expected until community and investors gen- be hurried into a multimillion- later this spring. If Bettman erally. This has not happened. dollar project. was trying to light a fire under The review itself has taken far Bettman told the city’s busi- him, Nenshi wasn’t feeling too long, so the faster the bet- ness community at a chamber the heat. ter for sure.” of commerce event Monday “Perhaps in other cities that Alberta Party Leader Greg there should be more urgency he has come to, the city coun- Clark said, “the real killer in all to get the project underway, cils have just written cheques of this from the very beginning particularly from city council. based on back-of-a-napkin pro- has been uncertainty. “I’m having trouble under- posals without any consulta- “The longer it goes on, the standing why there hasn’t been tion to the public or without longer this uncertainty remains further progress on Calgary- any analysis,” Nenshi said. and the longer investment dol- NEXT,” Bettman said. “That’s not how we operate lars are parked on the side- “No matter what anyone here. We have a comprehen- lines.” thinks of the proposed Calgary- sive framework in place. We’ll Alberta’s four-person roy- NEXT project or the cost of the see what the numbers look like alty review panel, headed up project, the cost is never going come spring and have a very by ATB Financial president to be lower than it is today.” big public discussion about it.” Dave Mowat, has been taking The Scotiabank Saddledome, Nenshi understands it’s submissions and listening to Bettman’s job to lobby for new understand vibrancy better opinions since the beginning facilities for NHL teams. The than we do,” Nenshi said of September. PROJECT NHL commissioner’s conten- The project is to be funded The panel is trying to deter- tion that the project is import- through a $250-million ticket mine the best way to calculate Arena and stadium cost ant for the future vibrancy of tax, a $240-million commun- the happy medium between the The 20,000-seat arena Calgary drew sarcasm from ity revitalization levy, $200 appropriate amount of money and 30,000-seat foot- the city’s major. million from Calgary Flames for Albertans given that they ball stadium, part of the “I know that Calgarians Sports and Entertainment and own the oil and gas resource, proposed CalgaryNEXT require very wealthy people $200 million from city tax- NHL commissioner Gary Bettman speaks with reporters at and the fair return for produ- project, will cost an esti- from New York to come and payers for a fieldhouse com- the Calgary Chamber of Commerce on Monday. Bettman cers, who pony up the cash mated $890 million. tell us what we need to do in ponent. is urging the city to make progress on the CalgaryNEXT and take the risk to produce it. our community because they THE CANADIAN PRESS project (inset).JEFF MCINTOSH/THE CANADIAN PRESS THE CANADIAN PRESS 4 Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Calgary SENIORS Councillor lobbies for scooter stations he’s consistently told that the Helen freedom doesn’t last long. Pike “What happens quickly is Metro | Calgary that the battery on those scooters runs down,” Carra said. A Calgary city councillor is “They have a couple months of hoping to give seniors a boost. freedom and that freedom just During the first question per- starts clawing back on them.” iod of 2016 on Monday, Coun. Carra said as the batteries Gian-Carlo Carra asked admin- run down their travel radius istration how the diminishes to city could go about the point of an setting up char- “emotionally up- ging stations for setting experi- What happens electric scooters ence” as they many seniors use quickly is that see their world to get around his the battery on “suck in.” and other wards. Not sure “Seniors, who those scooters where the re- use those motor- runs down. sponsibility ized scooters to would fall, he Calgary police are seeing fewer impaired drivers on the road. According to police there were 2,080 incidents of impaired driving Coun. Gian-Carlo Carra get around the mentioned the in 2015 — down from 2,500 in 2014. METRO FILE city — they fre- senior strategy quently get the scooter and or accessibility policies, asking Impaired driving they have this range, and they if it would be possible to create can go around, and it’s like this plug-in stations for scooters. amazing bequeathment of free- Administration will be dis- dom to them,” said Carra. cussing the question of where He said in many conversa- the responsibility would fall charges down: CPS tions with seniors in Ward 9 within the city. EDUCATION Trustees appointed to bargaining team ROAD SAFETY cey said, adding the number has In 2015, there were seven Police believe fallen for a second straight year. deaths associated with impaired The law extending vehicle driving, a dip of 11 from 18 changed,” said board vice- decrease shows seizures and license suspensions It’s going down fatalities in 2013, Stacey said. Aaron chairwoman Amber Stewart. from one day to three days for and that’s really In 2014, there were also sev- Chatha city is taking “We understand that TEBA’s blood-alcohol reading of 0.5 per en deaths related to impaired Metro | Calgary moving forward, we accept issue seriously cent is resonating with motor- positive. driving. that, however the CBE still ists, he added. Staff Sgt. Paul Stacey The social stigma around The Calgary Board of Educa- believes that limiting that role “I think Albertans have taken drinking and driving is also tion is expected on Tuesday to to term and wage is in the Jeremy a strong stance against impaired likely a factor in the reduced appoint two board members best interest of our students.” Simes driving,” he said. “It’s not just a family and our friends to ensure numbers, Stacey added. to represent the board on the January and February are For Metro | Calgary phenomenon in Calgary — it’s we are stopping drunk drivers. “We’ll continue with all our Teacher’s Employer Bargaining expected to be busy months in occurring provincially.” There’s still so many out there.” impaired programs, enforce- Association — despite its firm the bargaining process. Staff Sgt. Paul Stacey said he’s Though the numbers are de- Stacey said CPS will continue ment programs and educational stance against Bill 8. “We recognize decisions encouraged by the recent drop creasing, MADD Canada’s Cal- to vigorously run its check-stop programs,” he said. Bill 8, which went into ef- have been made, and we still in impaired driving incidents gary chapter says more needs to program, adding police take Franklin said she’d like to see fect in December, creates a want to be part of the pro- in Calgary. be done to reduce drunk drivers calls regarding impaired driv- no drunk drivers on the road. two-tier bargaining system cess,” said trustee Julie Hrd- In 2015, 2,080 Calgarians on the road. ers seriously. “Each step down is positive where the Alberta government licka, who is expected to be were charged with drunk driv- “I think we all realize it’s “When people report an — it means people are getting is at the negotiating table with on the TEBA committee with ing, down 420 from 2,500 char- going down and that’s really impaired driver, we pay some the message,” she said. “But local school boards. Previously, Stewart. “But we continue to ges in 2014. positive,” said Tracy Franklin, pretty significant attention to it’s a lot slower than any of us it had just been the school advocate, as we’re going for- “I hope that trend continues past president of MADD’s Cal- it,” he said. “(Those instances) would like it to be. boards. ward, the importance of local because we’re very encouraged gary chapter. “But we need to get a high-priority response from “If we all work together, we “The CBE’s position hasn’t bargaining.” by (the decline in numbers),” Sta- be more proactive between our dispatch.” can drop this (rate) significantly.” SEXUAL ASSAULT Massage therapist faces three new charges Brodie inappropriately touched dur- Wellness Clinic and the Pro nial Wellness Clinic and the ing one of his sessions. Active Health Group. Both Pro Active Health Group. A Thomas Staff Sgt. Bev Voros, Cal- clinics are co-operating in the spokesperson at Pro Active Metro | Calgary gary Police Service (CPS) Sex investigation. Health Group said McLellan Crimes Unit, said she believes Voros said the CPS did a is no longer working there. Calgary police have charged a the publication of the initial very thorough investigation Nobody at Centennial Well- massage therapist with three charge led to the new charges. before laying these addition- ness Clinic could be reached more counts of sexual assault “I think when one victim al charges, adding that the for comment, but their web- after his arrest in December. comes forward, it gives other force doesn’t lay charges hap- site doesn’t list McLellan as a After police issued a news victims courage to come for- hazardly. staff member. release publicizing Brad Mc- ward,” said Voros. “I think “There’s other evidence we Voros couldn’t comment Lellan’s alleged assault of there’s support in numbers.” can bring forward as well,” on whether or not McLellan a 25-year-old patient, three Police say the alleged as- Voros said. “It’s not always is still practising massage Massage therapist Brad McLellan is now facing a total of four more past clients between the saults took place between he said, she said.” therapy. sexual assault charges from four different accusers, all women, ages of 20 and 50 have come September and December Police said McLellan had McLellan is scheduled to who were formerly clients. CENTENNIAL WELLNESS CLINIC forward adding they, too, were 2015 at both the Centennial been working with Centen- appear in court on Feb. 12. Calgary Tuesday, January 12, 2016 5 Music legend David Bowie BUSINESS Mix of stores touched many Calgarians needed: Nenshi IN MEMORY Helen Performers Pike plan to band Metro | Calgary together to pay Calgary’s mayor, Naheed Nenshi, tribute to icon isn’t sure that a big-brand piz- zeria in Inglewood will have the domino effect residents are up Jeremy in arms about. “I do not agree that chain Simes pizza ruins a neighbourhood,” For Metro | Calgary said Nenshi. This after news spread online that the tight-knit Todd Robertson doesn’t re- shopping district would soon gret spending his student loan welcome a Domino’s storefront money to see David Bowie live on 9 Avenue – where two other at the Saddledome in 1990. establishments have already cor- Robertson, now a web de- nered the market on cheesy pies. veloper, said it was the first The space is being rented out concert he’d ever been to. on a 10-year lease along the most “It was the first time I heard popular shopping strip of the Rebel Rebel, and I absolutely historic neighbourhood. love Rebel Rebel,” he said. A post on Facebook over the “It was big. It was full. It was weekend garnered more than exciting.” 140 comments over chain stores Cancer claimed Bow- entering the neighbourhood ie’s life on Sunday. Many where local business thrives — Calgarians shared their stor- the only other non-Calgarian ies of the chameleon-like chain in the area being a Star- music icon, whether they bucks location. travelled to Edmonton in “I spent a lot of time as a retail 1983, or Calgary in 1990 and consultant and I can say very, 2004. very confidently that the most Dave Muir, owner of Sloth successful retail streets have a records, said many Calgarians mix of chain and independent,” flooded his shop to snatch a said Nenshi. “People come for Bowie record or two, including Todd Robertson used his student loans to see David Bowie in concert at the Saddledome. JEREMY SIMES/FOR METRO the chain stores. That creates Blackstar, which was released the traffic that the independent on Friday. “He was nothing but class.” “It’s part of his legacy.” Bowie, who went to the other stores then are able to build off of. When Muir was in high At the Saddledome in 1990, Even David Bowie of Cal- Bowie’s concert in 2004 at When you look at great shopping school, he said he his bud- Robertson said he sat fairly gary — yes that’s his real the Dome. streets anywhere in the world That day … I will dies drove to Edmonton to high in the stadium, but was name — has his own little “I always thought my last you’ll see that everywhere.” catch Bowie’s Serious Moon- able to witness how Bowie never forget it. He tale of the star. name would be famous, and Nenshi didn’t say if he’s a fan light tour in ’83. produced his shows. was nothing but “I was a fan of his before it’s all because of Mr. Jones.” of the Domino’s slice, but he did Though he said that year “He would follow this little he changed his last name to Some of Calgary’s musi- tell Inglewood residents to vote class. may have not been Bowie’s dot that shined on stage,” he Bowie,” he said. cians also plan to host a David with their wallets. finest moment, it was chance said. “It was interesting, but Dave Muir In fact, Bowie (the musi- Bowie tribute, according to “I would really suggest to to see, well, David Bowie. that memory has stuck with cian) went by Davie Jones and artist Kenna Burima. people that if you don’t want And Commonwealth Sta- me.” “(Bowie) was very careful the King Bees before making “There are so many people the chain pizza in your neigh- dium was roaring, he added. Muir noted Bowie is was where he appeared and what the switch. his music spoke to that getting bourhood don’t eat the chain “That day … I will never pretty selective with how he he did and who he did things “It’s really cool — my idol everyone on stage will prove pizza and the market will really forget it,” he said. managed his career. with,” he said. picked my last name,” said to be a challenge.” quickly sort that out,” he said. You want a better life. Job satisfaction. Financial security. Respect. You want to help others. 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There were 12,716 trending units that began Aaron construction in December, Chatha down 1,672 from the 14,388 starts in November. Those Metro | Calgary numbers are part of a six- month moving average An Okotoks resident is criticizing of monthly seasonally ad- how the Alberta SPCA handled justed annual rates (SAAR) an investigation of alleged under- of total starts. STAFF/METRO fed and dead cattle at a farm in the region. We’re in running for The resident, who requested the Ultimate Sport City her name not be used, said a Calgary has been short- local rancher alerted her to the listed as one of the Top 30 situation. Together, they drove cities in the world vying for to the farm and said they found the award of Ultimate Sport a group of cattle starving in a City. The award is given out field — with at least one dead every two years by Sport- cow among them. Business. In 2012 Calgary She informed the Alberta was highlighted as a city to SPCA, who confirmed with watch, and in 2014 the city The Revenant won best drama, director and actor at the Golden Globes awards show. THE CANADIAN PRESS Metro they investigated and was named Ultimate Sports removed the animals from the City in the small sports city Revenant’s Calgary situation. category. Vancouver is the The resident said the animals only other Canadian city have since been returned to their on the shortlist. The Top 5 original owners. cities will be announced in “The animals I saw were in March, and the winner in star lauds DiCaprio very shocking condition, and April. STAFF/METRO the Alberta SPCA chose to return them to the people that David Swann remains put them in that condition,” Liberals interim leader said the resident. The Alberta Liberals are She lodged a formal complaint keeping David Swann as GOLDEN GLOBES shot survival tale of Hugh Glass “I think that it was amazing Marlowe said her experience about the handling of the inves- interim leader another year. Indigenous (played by DiCaprio) — won best that he acknowledged First Na- with Inarritu was better than tigation, wondering why the The party executive and drama, director and actor at the tions people, not within just others involved on set. animals were starved in the first riding presidents voted actress hopes awards show. Canada but across the world,” “He was very straightforward place, and how it can be pre- to schedule a leadership DiCaprio ended his speech said Marlowe, who lives in Sik- and very vocal about what he vented from happening again. award speech convention in the spring thanking indigenous peoples sika Nation, and is originally wanted,” she said. “He had a Animal protection group Ani- of 2017 to give candidates means action for being part of the film. from Lutsel K’e in the North- vision, and if it wasn’t carried mal Justice said the resident time to organize and gain “It is time that we recognize west Territories. “He brought out the way he saw, he became reached out to them for assist- support well ahead of the your history, and that we protect light to topics not many people very frustrated.” ance. Spokesperson Anna Pip- next scheduled provincial Jeremy your indigenous lands from cor- know about.” At one point, they had to re- pus said law enforcement has election in 2019. The Liber- porate interests and people that According to Alyson Lockwood film her scene, as the make- failed these animals, and that Simes als are rebuilding after a (are) out there to exploit them,” — one of the Canadian casting up artist made them look “too they have not only a legal, but poor showing in last May’s For Metro | Calgary he said. “It is time that we heard directors — director Alejandro clean,” she said. moral obligation to hold the campaign with just one your voice and protected this G. Inarritu was looking for au- “But the whole experience alleged offenders accountable. seat — Swann’s in Calgary A local indigenous woman who planet for future generations.” thentic people to fill indigenous for me was a good experience.” Roland Lines, communica- Mountain View. They took starred in the Revenant is ap- Although Marlowe — who roles and, sometimes, that meant Marlowe said she’s waiting to tions manager for the Alberta just over four per cent of plauding Leonardo DiCaprio’s played ‘Arikara crying woman’ they had no acting experience. see what DiCaprio will do next. SPCA, said the complaint is be- the popular vote. thank you speech at Sunday — was glad the flick fetched “They wanted people that had “That’s big, you know?” she ing handled internally, and pri- THE CANADIAN PRESS night’s Golden Globes. three Globes, she said she was that raw ability and the ability to said. “I’m waiting to see what vacy legislation prevents him The Revenant — an Alberta- even happier with his speech. work with the director,” she said. he does next.” from releasing details of the investigation. However, Lines said an officer RECOGNITION involved with the investigation Robot helps calm young patients sent the resident a picture of the cattle being fed. “He knew she was very con- Calgary company RxRobots has will impact health care. Williams said the robot’s be- cerned about the situation the earned the title of Most Innova- RxRobots invention, called haviour can be optimized to cattle were in, so he did send her tive Startup at the Pediatrics MEDi, was developed over four work with specific procedures, a photo of the cattle being fed, to 2040 conference, for creating years at Alberta Children’s Hos- such as timing a story to wind reassure her that something was a little robot that distracts chil- pital. It uses behavioural strat- down along with a procedure. being done,” Lines explained. dren while doctors stick vaccine egies like guided imagery, teach- “When they’re done, pretty Lines said looking at the resi- needles in their arms or perform ing breathing techniques and much all they remember about dent’s complaint, he wasn’t sure other procedures. telling a story to help calm chil- the procedure was that there how the situation could have “Most kids are shocked to dren during medical procedures. was a magical robot that knew been handled differently. see a new thing, because they their name,” said Williams. “In general terms, I can en- believe, up to the age of 12, The robot also helps keep sure we do investigate every that the robot is alive. It has fa- the attention of parents, too. complaint we receive to the full cial recognition,” said president All they remember Williams said MEDi officially extent of our authority,” he said. of RxRobots, Mark Williams. launched nine months ago and “A report of dead animals on a ... was that there “When you move, it moves.” will soon have a home in 12 property will certainly increase Pediatrics 2040 is an innova- was a magical hospitals throughout Canada Created by Calgary company RxRobots, MEDi helps put kids at its priority, but animals can die tciioann sc olnoofekr eantc tee wchhneroel opgeyd itahtrait- robot. CEO Mark Williams aAAnRdO Nth CeH AUTnHAit/eMdET SROtates. eCOaUsReT bESyY uMsAiRnKg W tILhLeIAiMr nSame and telling them a story. fisonr ’tm baencya urseea soofn nse, galnedct .o”ften it Calgary Tuesday, January 12, 2016 7 If your yoga studio is too DEVELOPERS Industry reps give zen-sible it’s time move on levy bylaw approval HOBBIES Brodie Get pumped Thomas after your poses, Metro | Calgary even have a beer Calgary developers say they’re while you ‘Rage’ ready to pay more to help the city offset development costs. Several industry represent- Jeremy atives gave a resounding approval of the city’s plan to Simes increase the off site levy for For Metro | Calgary developers all over the city. Kathy Dietrich, man- This isn’t your typical kind ager of corporate growth of “zen.” Dubbed Rage Yoga, management at the City of Lindsay Istace is changing Calgary, explained how ad- the way you say namaste. ministration had arrived Literally. at the numbers it will now “Rather than doing the na- charge developers. maste (at the end of class), we She said it may seem do a really big ‘f--- yeah!” said like a difficult time to in- Istace, founder of the not-so- crease costs on developers, serious yoga practice. given the downturn in the “It was pretty awesome be- economy, but noted Calgary cause I had a whole room of has always grown, even in people turning to one another tough economic times. saying, ‘F--- yeah! f--- yeah!’” Developers on the outskirts she said. “It was good.” of the city building on un- Rage Yoga is meant to developed land will pay a take the seriousness out of per-hectare levy on the land practice which, according to they are developing. Istace, can be quite intimi- Their levy will be higher, dating for some, including and will cover water and herself. wastewater, but also com- “I can’t do the super ser- munity service charges which ious thing,” she said. “I want will help pay for libraries, to be able to giggle out loud emergency services, police, if I fall over. I know not all recreation and transit. studios are like that, but I Guy Huntingford, CEO of felt like I didn’t fit in most Lindsay Istace says Rage Yoga isn’t as serious as that at most studios. JEREMY SIMES/FOR METRO the Urban Development In- of the time.” stitute, said the city’s con- So, to avoid the typical for- of raised eyebrows (to the And because Rage Yoga is Oh, you’re also allowed to everyone over,” she said. sultation process was exten- mality of yoga, she took it idea). But the more we talked held in a pub, yogis will be sip on a brewsky during War- “What I want to do with this sive and the businesses he upon herself to create Rage, about it, the more it seemed given a discount on two pints rior Two, if you’re up for it. is use it as an awesome gate- represents are satisfied with embracing the shenanigans. like a plausible idea.” at most. Water is also fine, Istace way yoga: get people to try the result. Even the space where Rage added. “There have been no out yoga for those who are “Industry needs certainty, Yoga holds its practice is pe- Rather than doing the namaste spills,” she said. “I just ask intimidated by studios but and we believe these recom- culiar: Dickens pub, which people be mindful of their want to try out a class.” mendations go a long way (at the end of class), we do a is in a basement. water … or their beer.” Rage Yoga runs at Dickens toward increasing certainty,” “Well, that’s just not really big “f--- yeah!” Istace said she recognizes every Monday and Wednes- said Huntingford. scary,” Istace joked. “At first some may be offended by day. Drop-in is $12 and it costs The matter was not put Lindsay Istace, founder of Rage Yoga I would say there were a lot Rage Yoga. “You can’t win $2 to rent a mat. to a vote before press time. 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Performing the complex procedure COLIN RUTHERFORD freedom — only that it involved The Norwood Proced- Canadian the government of Qatar. ure is performed on a 3D He says he was “very pleased” model of a newborn heart released after that efforts undertaken to get with hypoplastic left heart being seized by him out proved successful. syndrome at the Hospital “We look forward to Mr. for Sick Children, In To- Taliban in 2010 Rutherford being able to re- ronto, on Thursday. turn to Canada and reunite with his family and loved ones,” Heart-to-heart A Canadian man captured by Dion said. Dr. Shi-Joon Yoo, a cardiac the Taliban in 2010 has been Rutherford was working as radiologist at SickKids who freed. an auditor with the Canadian produced the hearts. Colin Rutherford was on a Circulations Audit Board in To- private vacation in Afghanistan ronto when he went on vaca- ALL PHOTOS NATHAN DENETTE/ when he was seized by the mil- tion to Afghanistan in 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS itant group in November of “This is great news,” said that year. Tim Peel, the company’s vice- The last indication the To- president said in an email. “We ronto man’s family had that he wish him a safe and speedy re- was alive came in a 2011 video turn and would like to thank all released by insurgents where he the parties involved in securing answered questions; an accom- his freedom.” panying email accused Ruther- Peel did not respond to ques- ford, then 26, of being a spy. tions about whether Ruther- In the video, Rutherford in- ford’s job still exists. sisted he was not a spy and The involvement of Qatar had travelled to Afghanistan in Rutherford’s release is not PEDIATRICS to study historical sites, old entirely surprising. The Persian 3D-printed hearts help train for surgery buildings and shrines. Gulf country has at times quiet- Foreign Affairs Minister Ste- ly played mediator between phane Dion announced Ruth- western governments and the erford’s release in a brief state- Taliban — even helping to fa- The pediatric surgeons hover tries as Norway, Oman, Mexico some orange, others whitish ment but did not explain what cilitate peace negotiations be- over a tiny heart, gently re- and the United States — have in colour — were produced steps were taken to secure his tween governments in Kabul tracting delicate inner struc- come to watch master surgeons by Dr. Shi-Joon Yoo, a cardiac and the hardline insurgency. tures and attaching a graft with demonstrate the highly com- This is a good way radiologist at the hospital. Whether any ransom was impossibly intricate stitches plicated techniques used to to practise it when Depending on its size, a paid is an important question. to repair a congenital defect repair a number of congen- duplicate of a child’s heart the consequences In securing the release of that would mean certain death ital heart abnormalities and can take anywhere from four Canadian diplomats Bob Fowl- within days of birth. to safely practise those skills are not dire. to 12 hours to produce, as layer er and Louis Guay from the But this heart isn’t inside the on models of their own. Dr. Glen Van Arsdell upon layer of the resin is built clutches of al-Qaida’s North chest cavity of a newborn; it’s Three-dimensional copies up, he says. African branch in 2009, the a 3D-printed model being used have been created of five hearts While the current cost is previous Conservative govern- at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto from real infants with cardiac sents a very specific form of somewhat prohibitive — es- ment denied making any pay- to train cardiac surgeons from anomalies using a high-tech disease that is very different,” timated at about $2,000 per ment. But an al-Qaida letter to around the world in some of 3D-printer, which almost per- says Dr. Glen Van Arsdell, chief model — Yoo says the technol- the original kidnappers, ob- the most complex operations fectly reproduces the organ’s of cardiovascular surgery at ogy means hundreds of copies tained by The Associated Press they will ever perform during structure using a photopolymer Sick Kids. “I can look at the can be printed after imaging in northern Mali in 2013, said it their careers. resin, based on sophisticated model and tell you what the a single child’s heart to dem- received $1 million for the pair. About a dozen trainees — MRI and CT imaging. diagnosis is.” onstrate a particular defect. Colin Rutherford FACEBOOK THE CANADIAN PRESS from Canada and such coun- “Each of the models repre- The 3D-printed hearts — THE CANADIAN PRESS IN BRIEF IMMIGRATION PRIME MINISTER Syrian refugee count nears 10K Trudeau’s office to Detain immigrant children as last resort: Red Cross Canada should lock up release daily agenda Tuesday could be the day that Friesen, the president of the child immigrants only as a the influx of Syrian refugees 7,671 Canadian Immigration Settle- “last resort” and must find hits the 10,000 mark, but re- ment Sector Alliance. alternatives to detention Prime Minister Justin Trudeau settlement groups are now look- But nobody knows how those for such vulnerable new- had private meetings sched- ing far beyond that milestone. applications will be treated comers, the Red Cross uled Monday. Flight arrival data on the Im- Number of Syrians that without knowing the govern- says in its latest confiden- So, what’s the news in that? I think the migration Department’s web- had arrived in Canada as ment’s overall immigration tial inspection report. Well, the mere fact that the overarching site suggests the 10,000th Syr- olaft eJasnt .a 7v,a ailcacbolerd dinatga t oon t hthee plan for 2016, he said. Many of the humanitar- Prime Minister’s Office released objective is ian will arrive on one of two Ordinarily, the government ian organization’s findings a daily itinerary saying so. flights bound for Toronto on Iwmembsigitrea.t ion Department’s sets a range of privately spon- remain “largely unad- In a practice that catches openness and Tuesday, though the depart- sored refugees it will accept dressed,” with some re- up with other political lead- transparency. ment could not confirm that from around the world each quiring “urgent attention,” ers, Trudeau’s office says it Spokesperson number. Syrian refugees will come by year, but it’s unclear whether says the report. will now release an overview Cameron Ahmad In November, the Liberals the end of 2016. the Syrian program will be part It makes 37 recom- of his day’s activities. said 10,000 Syrians, mostly pri- What’s unclear is how many of that or on top of it. mendations to improve “It will be a daily practice.... vately sponsored, would arrive more privately sponsored refu- “I’m assuming the govern- conditions for detainees, Those will keep you abreast of prime minister will be in pri- by the end of 2015, but failed gees will be accepted after the ment has a range, a target, as including an eventual end what he is up to,” said Cameron vate meetings.” It offered no to meet that target. end of February. part of the 2016 plan but all of to the practice of hold- Ahmad, a spokesperson for the specifics on either the people They say 25,000 Syrians in There are upward of 200 ap- this impacts funding going into ing some in provincial jails prime minister. the prime minister was meet- total should be here by the end plications a week being submit- the next fiscal year, particularly where they are mixed with The details of Trudeau’s ing with in Ottawa or the topics of February and then a further ted by private groups looking settlement support,” he said. criminals. THE CANADIAN PRESS Monday schedule were fairly of their conversations. 10,000 government-assisted to sponsor Syrians, said Chris THE CANADIAN PRESS scarce, saying simply, “The TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE World Tuesday, January 12, 2016 9 The trial of being a juror CONSERVATION Lion hunt raf f le scrapped THEATRE SHOOTING SUPPORT Many haunted months after PTSD, nightmares persist, A professional hunter in Zim- but groups help: Expert babwe has cancelled a plan to conviction Studies show that, espe- raffle a lion hunt at a hunt- cially in death-penalty trials ers’ convention in the United For nearly 14 weeks, they sat and those with multiple States, following protests from in a suburban Denver jury box, killings, jurors can experi- activists. listening for hours as witnesses ence symptoms of post- Martin Nel said he is scrap- described the searing pain of traumatic stress disorder, ping the raffle in which he gunshot wounds and the ter- nightmares, anxiety and hoped to sell 100 raffle tickets ror they felt as they fled the insomnia months after they for $1,500 each in Las Vegas movie theatre, the gunman leave the courtroom. next month. LionAid, a U.K.- still firing at them. “It’s the horrific amount based charity, had expressed They sat feet from a poster- of violence that was done shock at the proposal, which sized photo of a six-year-old and loss of life that’s very focused attention on the heated girl’s bullet-ravaged body. They distressing to see up debate about whether hunt- held the murder weapons. And close, which you have to ing hurts already vulnerable when the jurors announced do to evaluate a case like species or can help them by they couldn’t agree that James this,” said Valerie Hans, a raising funds for conservation. Holmes should die for his Cornell Law School profes- In a statement this month, crimes, they heard the cries sor who has studied juries. Nel said the raffle winner could of his anguished victims. Hans applauded the jur- also have chosen to have a lion Four months later, they are ors for forming a support collared for research and that still haunted — their struggles group, saying they are the the project was designed to showing how the scars of a only ones who can fully raise funds for conservation mass shooting can stretch from understand the experi- studies at Zimbabwe’s Bubye the victims to the first respond- ence. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Valley Conservancy. ers and even to the jurors who James Holmes is led out of the courtroom on Aug. 26, 2015. RJ SANGOSTI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Last year, an American killed must decide what to do with a well-known lion named Cecil the perpetrator. the experiences of everyone — the 12 who deliberated and victims’ memorial. They briefly lieving his mental illness meant in Zimbabwe in an allegedly Some started seeing ther- who was, from every angle,” 12 alternates — were sealed dared the spotlight to promote he should get the mercy of a life illegal hunt, causing a global apists as they work through said a 36-year-old marketer who throughout the trial and re- their charitable work. sentence. Because the jury was outcry. The number of wild lions the shame they feel for the is still so worried she wanted main confidential by court or- It’s unclear how the other unable to unanimously agree in Africa has been dwindling for flashbacks and anxiety they only to be known by her juror der. Three of them spoke to The jurors are faring. Several on a death sentence, a judge many years. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS suffer despite never having set number: 1009. “I felt their sor- Associated Press about their reached in the weeks after sentenced Holmes to life in foot inside the theatre in July row and their sadness. post-trial struggles on condition the verdict wouldn’t comment prison without parole. 2012, when 12 were killed and “And when I left the court- that only their first names be about their experiences, but That led to jurors becom- scores of others injured. room,” she said, “I took it all used, citing concerns for their prosecutors said some still suf- ing targets of vitriol on talk “I wasn’t actually in that the- with me.” safety and privacy. The fourth, fer. They invited all the jurors radio, social media and from atre, but I listened to and felt The names of all the jurors the marketer, asked to not be to come talk to them after the frustrated victims, at least one identified by name. trial. Most did. of whom suggested there was We’re not victims, but the impact To cope, the four send each “They were visibly shaken a plant among them to ensure other uplifting text messages, from what they had learned,” Holmes survived. on us has been tremendous. gather for dinners at quiet res- prosecutor Lisa Teesch-Maguire “There’s a lot of people who We’re looking for a little bit of taurants and connect during said. blame us, and that’s just a real- peace, too. phone calls that sometimes In the end, prosecutors ly hard burden to bear,” said end in sobs. They’re also rais- and jurors said, a single juror juror Mona, who favoured exe- The late Cecil ANDY LOVERIDGE/ Colorado theatre shooting trial juror Jessica, 30 ing money to help pay for a blocked Holmes’ execution, be- cution. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WILDLIFE CONSERVATION RESEARCH UNIT RICK MERCER REPORT ALL–NEW TONIGHT Rick makes a splash white water TONIGHT 8 #rickmercerreport kayaking on the Chilliwack River in British Columbia. 10 Tuesday, January 12, 2016 World MEXICO Baghdad mall attacked ‘Nothin’ to hide,’ Sean Penn IRAQ gather and warned of “worse” FINANCES ISIL claims it’s to come. Iraqi officials say the claims attack was carried out by seven behind bomb men, one of whom died when U.S. targets airstrikes he detonated his explosive vest on ISIL’s stores of cash that killed 18 at the start of the attack. The A U.S. defence official Actor Sean Penn said he has conflicting accounts could not says American airstrikes “nothin’ to hide,” after im- The Islamic State of Iraq and immediately be reconciled. are chipping away at the ages published Monday indi- the Levant (ISIL) group claimed Iraqi officials initially de- ISIL’s cash piles. An air- cated he was under surveil- responsibility for the Bagh- scribed the attack as a hostage strike this week hit what lance when he met with the dad mall attack that killed 18 situation, estimating that 50 the official called a “cash Mexican actress who led him people on Monday. Gunmen people were trapped inside storage facility” in the city to Joaquin “El Chapo” Guz- stormed into the Jawhara Mall the complex. But Iraqi forces People gather in front of targeted mall. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS of Mosul, which is the mil- man — and the pair was ap- after setting off a car bomb and soon surrounded the building itants’ main stronghold in parently followed and photo- launching a suicide attack at and landed troops on the roof. highly fortified Green Zone, lice officials. Iraq. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS graphed as they set out for its entrance. They clashed with the attack- home to a number of foreign Another deadly attack was the supposedly secret meet- Iraqi officials say the attack, ers inside, killing two of them, embassies and most of the carried out in the town of Muq- ing with the drug lord. which lasted over an hour, and arresting the other four. country’s political elite. A num- dadiyah, about 90 kilometres Forces and many fighters are Penn shrugged off a sugges- killed at least 18 people and At least four police officers ber of major roads, shopping north of Baghdad in Diyala among the dead. tion he was “taking hits” for wounded 50 in the city’s main- were among those killed in the malls and bridges around the province. A double suicide ISIL suffered a major defeat agreeing to submit the story ly Shiite east. assault, according to police and Iraqi capital were also closed bombing at a cafe killed 24 last month when Iraqi forces to Guzman prior to publica- The ISIL statement, posted medical officials, who spoke for fear of followup attacks. and wounded 52, according drove the extremists out of the tion of the story by Rolling online shortly after the attack, on condition of anonymity Also on Monday evening, a to hospital and police officials. western city of Ramadi, capital Stone magazine. said a car bomb and four ISIL because they were not author- car bomb in southeast Bagh- Police officials say the cafe was of the sprawling Anbar prov- Penn also dismissed criti- fighters carried out the attack, ized to brief reporters. dad in a crowded market area frequented by militia fighters ince. The group still controls cism over his interview with targeting an area where many Following the attack, au- killed five and wounded 12, under the government-sanc- much of northern and western the fugitive, who was cap- Shiite Muslims are known to thorities shut down the city’s according to hospital and po- tioned Popular Mobilization Iraq. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS tured Friday, a day before Penn’s 10,000-word story was published in Rolling Stone. Mexican officials said Guz- man’s contacts with Penn and del Castillo helped them track down the fugitive. Guz- man was finally captured Friday. He’s being held at the same prison from which he escaped through a tunnel in July. Both his original cell and the mile-long tunnel he had built have been “made un- usable,” an official said, without specifying how. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Protesters opposing the PEGIDA movement (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident) attend a counter rally in Leipzig on Monday. PEGIDA Sean Penn. AFP/GETTY IMAGES FILE demonstrators lit torches and shouted slogans in support of the xenophobic far-right movement as public anger runs high over the Cologne assaults. AFP/GETTY IMAGES IMMIGRANTS IN BRIEF Don’t fight violence with violence, Germany implores Swedish police accused of coverup of assaults A string of attacks on women government is also focused on As abominable as the crimes clear: there is no justification Swedish police face al- in Cologne on New Year’s Eve their welfare. for blanket agitation against in Cologne and other cities legations of a coverup for blamed largely on foreigners “We’re doing all of these foreigners,” Justice Minister failing to publicly report was “intolerable,” Chancellor things to protect the popula- were ... there is no justification Heiko Maas said, adding that sexual assaults against Angela Merkel’s spokesman tion in Germany,” he said. “We for blanket agitation against some people “appear just to teenage girls at a music said Monday, but added that are also doing this for the great have been waiting for the festival last August. The nothing excuses retaliatory majority of innocent refugees foreigners. Justice Minister Heiko Maas events of Cologne.” newspaper Dagens Ny- assaults on immigrants. who have sought refuge from Authorities and witnesses heter (which reported the Merkel has proposed making bombs and war in our country Sunday evening, five people The New Year’s Eve as- said the New Year’s Eve at- incidents in connection it easier to deport immigrants and who should get this protec- attacked a Syrian man, who saults stoked tensions over tackers were among a group of with attacks on women in involved in crimes. But after tion and who are prepared to was injured but didn’t need Germany’s open-door policy to about 1,000 people, described Cologne, Germany) cited Cologne police said a group of adapt to the rules and values treatment. refugees and prompted polit- as predominantly Arab and officials saying police are Pakistanis and a Syrian were in our country.” Police official Norbert Wag- icians to call for tougher laws North African men, who gath- reluctant to speak about attacked in the city on Sunday, The six Pakistani nation- ner said authorities are treating against migrants who commit ered at Cologne’s central train crimes linked to migrants Seibert said Germans must not als were attacked Sunday by those attacks as anti-foreigner crimes. station. Some broke off into for fear of playing into the blame all the nearly 1.1 mil- around 20 people, and two of crimes and believe the assail- “As abominable as the small groups and groped and far right. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS lion migrants who entered the them were briefly admitted ants arranged to meet via so- crimes in Cologne and other robbed women, police said. country last year and said the to a hospital, police said. Also cial media. cities were, one thing remains THE ASSOCIATED PRESS