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Ben Hodson of Saskatoon (cid:580)(cid:3) Half off on Flames mer- was looking for five tickets to chandise at all FanAttic a Flames-Canucks game and Any prospect of an NHL locations during training said he was “extremely sur- boycott or post-lockout fan camp week and up to the prised” by how quickly they apathy evaporated Tuesday, as end of the first game. sold. Calgary Flames tickets went “It seemed as if every time on general sale and quickly I refreshed the page, tickets eclipsed last season’s initial the lack of availability,” said were gone,” he said. sales totals. Chris Ferneyhough. “There The Flames also announced “In six hours, we’re about seemed to be a lot of anger by numerous fan-appreciation 30 per cent ahead of last year’s fans during the lockout. But promotions Tuesday, which two-day sale,” said Rollie Cyr, much of that anger seems to Cyr described as among the the Flames’ vice-president of have already disappeared.” “most aggressive” in the NHL. sales. Jefri Hiebert said he furi- Still, he said the main draw Pre-sales to season ticket ously hit the refresh button remains the hockey. holders were also up, Cyr add- on his web browser the mo- “Our best thing we can do ed, by about 20 per cent over ment tickets went on sale but for our fans is to ensure that last year. still couldn’t find the tickets the on-ice product is where it Many fans looking to buy he wanted. should be,” Cyr said. tickets online reported fierce “Even though I knew I was ROBSON FLETCHER/METRO The Flames’ Alex Tanguay skates during a Tuesday training session. Tickets for the home team were selling fast competition for seats. either at the front or extreme- Tuesday as the club announced its ‘thank-you fan’ promotions to start the season. JEFF MCINTOSH/THE CANADIAN PRESS “I was very surprised by ly close to it there were no re- More coverage (page 19) One bank – 180 languages Now bank in your language at over 300 branches or anytime by phone. Call 1-800-769-2511 to fi nd a branch near you. ™ ® / ™ Trademark(s) of Royal Bank of Canada. RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. VPS69881 metronews.ca NEWS 03 Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Black Top. Former driver being sued Months after Black Top Taxi Company took its final Calgary fare, the organiza- N tion is launching a $2-million lawsuit against a former driver, accusing him of spearheading a “campaign of misrepresenta- tion and falsehoods.” Documents obtained by E Metro indicate Black Top Taxi Company Ltd. and manager Baljinder Bhullar filed the action against Rajiv Kapil, head of the Calgary Cab Drivers As- W sociation, last month. Black Top was the third- largest taxi operator in the city when it ceased operations in May, just as the city was planning to launch a review Front-line workers and union representatives say issues remain with EMS service in Calgary, one year after initial concerns were raised in a staff survey. METRO FILE hearing of fees being charged EMS stretched to by the broker to drivers. S Kapil, who drove for Black Top, emailed an initial com- plaint against the company, claiming he’d been forced to pay $7,000 on top of standard fees to retain his company- breaking point owned license. Black Top now alleges Kapil defamed the company and Bhullar specifically in an email to the city livery transport services manager. “As a result of the afore- Red alert. Amid tributed to outbreaks of both hours in some cases. Background mentioned misrepresentations influenza and Norovirus. Darren Sandbeck, AHS of the defendant, taxi drivers infl uenza and But while officials said executive director of EMS were reluctant to purchase norovirus outbreaks, call volume does ebb and operations for Calgary, (cid:580)(cid:3) Initial concerns about EMS plates, costing Black Top loss flow, a medic of two years deemed December’s increase service in Calgary and EMS is scrambling to of opportunity and loss of busi- working in Calgary said he substantial but said demand Edmonton were raised last ness,” the claim reads. keep up with demand, fears for patient safety. is levelling off a bit early on year after results Health The 76 licenses owned “It’s a drastic increase,” in the new year. Sciences Association of issuing alerts when no by Black Top were sold off to said the medic, who spoke As well, another 24-hour Alberta surveys showed other remaining brokers in ambulances are free to Metro on the condition ambulance will come online discontent with upper Calgary — Associated, Checker, of anonymity. “Every other this week, he said. management and steep Mayfair, Delta and three-car shift I work we are going “I’m confident we’re in workloads. outfit Advance, which has JEREMY down to a red alert.” good shape in Calgary, add- brought Kapil on, according to NOLAIS The alert is issued when ing some resources and get- the city. [email protected] not one free ambulance is ting another emergency de- broader issues surrounding City chief livery services able to respond to a call in partment,” Sandbeck said, privatization of long-term officer Marc Halat said Black Reports of rising call vol- Calgary. referring to the Monday care facilities and a shortage Top’s end did little — if ume, stretched resources Images from a dashboard opening of an urgent care of acute care spaces. anything — to harm local taxi and mass delays at emer- screen of a local ambulance area at the South Health “It’s quite threatening to service and officials actually gency rooms are renewing provided to Metro last week Campus on Calgary’s south- all of us potentially,” Gar- began witnessing a decrease in concerns that ambulance appear to back up claims of eastern outskirts. land said. “It needs to be wait times over the Christmas service in Calgary can’t keep vehicle shortages; however, Kelly Garland with the addressed ... to ensure that holidays. up. the medic said much of the EMS union-representing we do have these crises, like Kapil declined to comment Alberta Health Services issue lies in long waits to Health Sciences Association this flu, that we have ways on the lawsuit and Bhullar confirms a 15 per cent jump transfer patients into the of Alberta said he agrees to increase that capacity. could not be reached Tuesday. in EMS call volume in De- care of a hospital physician, capacity issues exist, but It doesn’t appear we have JEREMY NOLAIS/METRO cember, much of which is at- which can take up to five indicated they stem from that.” 2012 HONDA CIVIC LX AUTO CC1090 DDEEMMOO CCLLEEAARRAANNCCEE!! 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ALL OFFERS OAC. ALL REBATES TO DEALER. OFFERS INCLUDE FEES AND TAXES BUT EXCLUDE GST. ALL OFFERS END 01/31/13. SEE DEALER FOR FULL DETAILS. 04 NEWS metronews.ca Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Afghanistan. Judge to decide fate of convicted Calgary reservist It’s now up to a military judge in the training accident almost to decide if a reservist con- three years ago. victed in a deadly training ac- Cpl. Josh Baker, 24, died cident in Afghanistan is a man when a mine loaded with 700 with no remorse who deserves steel balls peppered a platoon to be punished, or an officer on a practice range near Kan- who shoulders little blame for dahar city in February 2010. what happened. Four other soldiers hit by Those were the two pictures the blast were seriously injured. painted by lawyers Tuesday “There is no punishment as the sentencing hearing for less than imprisonment that Maj. Darryl Watts concluded. would be appropriate in this Watts was found guilty last case. He must be held account- month of unlawfully causing able,” said military prosecutor bodily harm and negligent Maj. Dylan Kerr. Maj. Darryl Watts CANADIAN PRESS FILE performance of military duty THE CANADIAN PRESS Rumble strips Not fatal March 7 School-zone safety C-Train and SUV Alberta budget Artist Andrew Tarrant is selling handmade pieces to raise money for eye surgery. CONTRIBUTED Calgary artist to be studied collide downtown to be tabled City council approved a One woman was taken The next sitting of the Al- plan Tuesday to examine to hospital after the SUV berta legislature is to begin installing rumble strips to she was in collided with a March 5. The provincial roadways near school and C-Train downtown Tuesday budget is to follow two selling pieces playground zones. evening, say police. days later. As Metro first reported The crash happened Premier Alison Redford last Wednesday, Ald. Jim shortly after 6 p.m. at the has suggested the financial Stevenson raised the idea of intersection of Macleod plan for the coming year making the 30-km/h zones Trail and 7th Avenue, said will be a tough challenge to save eyesight more noticeable. He said Insp. Patty McCallum. as her government faces many drivers miss the “one The male driver of the reduced oil revenue and lonely sign” that marks the SUV was OK, she added, and soaring costs. Redford has beginning of most zones. the woman’s injuries were already ruled out tax or fee METRO not life-threatening. METRO increases. THE CANADIAN PRESS Ceramics. Andrew Corrective surgery for the F$und7rais,ing500 disease, which Tarrant said Tarrant has been will cost about $4,000 per working as an artist for eye, is not covered by health care. Following the surgery, more than 20 years Tarrant said he will require In just over two weeks, Tarrant has raised a new pair of glasses every more than $7,500 towards his surgery. three months for a year as his KATIE eyesight changes, which will TURNER In that time, Tarrant said cost around an additional [email protected] his work creating pottery has $6,000. been significantly impacted, Tarrant is selling hand- As a ceramicist, eyesight as sharp pains, headaches made pieces ranging from is a crucial part of Andrew and an inability to focus have beads to mugs to cookie You booked your last Tarrant’s livelihood, which diminished production of the jars with the goal of raising is why he’s fighting to get it pieces he relies on for a large $14,000. back. part of his income. “I’m not just asking for 5 vacations online. Five years ago, the Calgary “I used to be able to make money,” he said. “I don’t artist was diagnosed with a de- upwards of 40-50 mugs a day. want something for nothing.” generative disease called Kera- Now I’m down to 12,” he said. To view or purchase toconus in his left eye, and “It’s just too much for my Tarrant’s pieces, visit in- Online investing could be two years ago in his right eye. eyes to handle.” diegogo.com/TrespassersEye. your next destination. Idle No More vigil planned for city hall Calgary’s next Idle No More A sub-group of demonstra- RBC Direct InvestingTM demonstration is aimed at rais- tors blocked the 14th Street ing awareness of aboriginal and bridge for several hours Sat- It’s like online shopping for investments. environmental issues — peace- urday following a march from fully, according to an organizer. Nose Hill Park. rbc.com/success Chantal Chagnon said par- Police spokesman Kevin ticipants plan to gather for a Brookwell said charges are still candlelight vigil at city hall at being considered in relation to 7 p.m. Wednesday, which is de- that event. signed to move away from the Brookwell said police have #1 in client service fi ve years in a row.1 TM confrontational approach some met with organizers of Wed- demonstrators took over the nesday’s vigil and understand it weekend. Idle No More protesters hold signs is intended to be peaceful, but “Unfortunately some people outside Stephen Harper’s constitu- officers will still be on hand to RBC Direct Investing Inc.* and Royal Bank of Canada are separate corporate entities which are affi liated. RBC Direct Investing Inc. does not provide investment advice or recommendations regarding the purchase or sale of any securities. Investors are responsible for their own were thinking of doing block- ency office, Friday. METRO FILE keep an eye on things. investment decisions. RBC Direct Investing is a business name used by RBC Direct Investing Inc. * Member – Canadian Investor Protection ades or possibly even violent “We are just there to ensure Fund. ® / ™ Trademark(s) of Royal Bank of Canada. RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. Used under protest,” Chagnon said. “The which is of peace and educa- it’s done peacefully and that no licence. © Royal Bank of Canada 2013. All rights reserved. 1 RBC Direct Investing was ranked number one by Dalbar Inc. in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. The annual Dalbar Direct Brokerage Service Award rankings are based on evaluations made over the calendar year, candlelight vigil is to remain tion and sharing and under- laws are broken,” he said. measuringacompany’squalityofperformanceinproductknowledge,professionalismandtheirabilitytoprovidevalue-addedservice. in the spirit of Idle No More, standing.” ROBSON FLETCHER/METRO 06 NEWS metronews.ca Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Custom-made plagiarism Academic dishonesty. Buyer beware For as little as... Essay ghostwriter $10 Easy A? has no moral qualms No way about what he does Some ads on Craigslist charge as little as $10 per page for essays. As with everything you JESSICA can buy on Craigslist, it’s SMITH Metro in Toronto “The way I look at it is that buyer beware for pur- I am filling a need in the mar- chased essays. Hey students, want some “elo- ket. I am writing, and what Metro ordered a $97, quent phrasing and sophisti- they do with it is up to them- custom-written, 1,000- cated articulate arguments for selves,” he wrote in an email word essay from Aca- your critical analysis?” Or “are to Metro. demicWritingBrokers.com, you tired of wasting time in Most of his clients are which advertises on Craig- front of your laptop instead of repeat customers, and he’s slist Toronto. As promised, having fun?” There may be an taken some through both it arrived within 24 hours essay ghostwriter for you. their undergraduate and MBA and passed a check on On Craigslist Toronto, degrees, he said. Turnitin.com. The topic, more than 20 ads for essay- About three-quarters of his “Is William Lyon Mack- writing services were pub- students will hand in his es- enzie King an idealist or lished in one day this week say verbatim, even though he opportunist?” was from — months from end-of-the- advises them to make it their Dan Azoulay’s Twentieth- semester crunch time. own. Sometimes, when they Century Canada history One post advertises, “A write three essays in a term class at York University. for your essays.” Another ad- themselves then hand in one “It’s not a very good vertises a husband and wife of his as the fourth, the TA essay,” said Azoulay of the team, both with master’s de- will catch on to the differ- finished product. “It just grees, who have a combined ence, and they’ll get caught, A Metro staffer searches Craigslist ads for essay-writing services. DAVID VAN DYKE/METRO doesn’t answer the essay 35 years of post-secondary he said. “All students want question.” essay-writing experience. is an A on the essay, no mat- won’t be flagged as plagiar- Many of his clients are a distance degree online, The essay also has One of the ghostwriters — ter how their previous marks ism by Turnitin.com. in business school, since he he said. grammar issues, rambles “A for your essays” — agreed have been.” At this time of year, he’ll advertises he has an MBA, “Some students give me without structure and to be interviewed. Sam, who Sam, like all of the essay get eight to 10 email requests but they come from all disci- their online password, and doesn’t come up with a declined to give his last name, writers on Craigslist, says his a day, increasing to about 20 plines. Some of his best cli- so I do the online course for thesis on Mackenzie King. says he has an MBA. essays are original, so they in March. ents are older people taking them,” he said. 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New weather data shows weather in Alaska, Canada It’s the most highly an- that the world’s average and parts of Asia moderated ticipated milestone since the An artist’s rendering of the Mars temperature in 2012 barely the globe’s average temper- six-wheel, nuclear-powered Science Laboratory Curiosity. slipped into the top 10 hot- ature. The U.S. recorded its rover landed near the Mar- NASA/JPL-CALTECH/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS test years on record, despite hottest year ever last year. tian equator five months ago. the U.S. smashing heat NASA, which measures Mission managers Curiosity will test its drill marks. temperatures differently, outlined the drilling plan for the first time. The spot The U.S. National Oceanic ranks 2012 as ninth warm- Tuesday. Project manager contains a diverse sample of and Atmospheric Adminis- est. Both agencies an- Richard Cook says the team rocks that the rover can pick tration says last year’s world nounced the data Tuesday. has chosen the site where from. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS average temperature was THE ASSOCIATED PRESS During a recent study by a University of Windsor researcher, a pair of yellow perch became inseparable, leading some to wonder just how social fish are. PUBLIC DOMAIN/U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE Experiment finds fishy PARENTS AND STUDENTS JOIN US FREE SAIT friendship INFO SESSIONS Something in the Had the perch forged a SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTION - TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS EXPLORATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY water. Aquatic alliance fishy friendship, or maybe even an aquatic attraction? Are you looking for a career and not just a job? Do you want to Are you interested in an oil and gas career that combines geology between two perch “I don’t know the sex of visualize your dreams, design, engineer and survey future structures, and geophysics and computer science? If so, then SAIT’s two year, leads to questions this fish, so we didn’t follow communities and processing facilities? 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The Graphic Communications and Print Technology Aaron Fisk and his team Fisk’s team added largemouth information or to confirm your attendance. program at SAIT is designed to prepare you for a career in this exciting at the Great Lakes Institute bass to the ponds to see if the SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTION - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN field. tagged the fish and released perch’s behaviour changed CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT Join us on Wednesday, January 16 at 7:00 pm in Room H401 them into ponds near Har- when predators were intro- row, Ont., last fall. The tags duced. He’s yet to analyze the in the Senator Burns Building. You can be one of the first! 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Call 403.284.8367 or Email [email protected] for more this info session to discover the English Language Foundations full- vealed something unexpect- Although happy to dis- information or to confirm your attendance. and part-time course collection, prior learning assessment, and your ed. cuss fish friendship, Fisk BROADCAST SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY funding options. While most of the tagged says his work is more about Join us on Wednesday, January 16 from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm fish “did their own thing,” understanding how the food Looking for a unique career that combines your resourcefulness with in Room NH309 in the Senator Fisk was surprised to see web reacts to stressors like your technical expertise? The Broadcast Systems Technology program Burns Building. two move in tandem. 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Retailer The plan includes hiring low-paying jobs and not buy- more than 100,000 army vet- 1By0 the n.um8bers% ing more from U.S. manufac- waves flag as it tries to erans in the next five years, turers, said its plan will high- rebound from recent spending $50 billion US to buy light the career opportunities more American-made mer- in the retail industry. blows to reputation chandise in the next 10 years “We’ve developed a nation- The unemployment rate for U.S. veterans and helping its part-time work- al paralysis that’s driven by all who served in Iraq or Afghanistan stood ers move into full-time pos- at 10.8 per cent in December, versus the of us waiting for someone else Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the itions sooner. overall unemployment rate of 7.8 per cent. to do something,” Bill Simon, world’s largest retailer and the The move comes as Wal- president and CEO of Wal- biggest U.S. private employer Mart’s attempts to rebound Mart’s U.S. business, said at an with 1.4 million workers, said from blows to its reputation in a Bangladesh factory that sup- annual retail industry conven- Tuesday it is rolling out a three- recent months from an alleged plies clothes to the company. tion in New York on Tuesday A woman approaches a Walmart store in Valley Stream, N.Y., in this 2011 photo. part plan to help jump-start bribery scandal in Mexico and Wal-Mart, which often has morning. 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