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Redford warns
of $6-billion
shortfall in
oil revenues
On air. Premier gave She also said that despite
Quoted
the financial austerity, the
the dire news in an
plan is still to invest some
“As we prepare this
eight-minute TV spot energy revenue in the Herit-
aired across Alberta year’s budget, it means age Savings Fund in the next
we have to make some budget.
Opposition critics labelled
very difficult choices.”
the speech, which cost
Premier Alison Redford, in Premier Alison Redford $55,000 for airtime and pro-
her first TV address, warned duction costs, a hollow public
Thursday of tough fiscal choices,” Redford said in the relations exercise.
times and multibillion-dollar eight-minute TV spot aired “There was absolutely
revenue shortfalls due to the around the province. nothing in this speech to-
“bitumen bubble.” Redford has said in the night that should give Alber-
She said the bubble — past she won’t balance the tans any confidence that this
the difference between the budget by sacrificing core premier knows how to solve
‘LEGALLY KIDNAPPED’ benchmark price for oil in service delivery in health the problems she created,”
North America versus Al- and education or by short- said Wildrose Leader Danielle
berta’s oilsands bitumen — changing municipalities. Smith.
has grown so wide it will take In the speech, Redford “You simply cannot say
a $1-billion bite out of this reiterated her pledge not to we’re going to keep on spend-
year’s budget and $6 billion hike taxes. ing but we’re going to live
Teenager Lexi Whyte sits with her mother, Jessica Taylor, in a bedroom of their Calgary home. The pair were reunited last the next. “It is not good enough to within our means, we won’t
month after child services took custody of Lexi for six months amid claims Taylor manufactured and exaggerated her “As we prepare this year’s take the easy way out and raise taxes (and) we’ll also
daughter’s illness. Now, with little explanation of what happened, Taylor is looking to clear her name and offer a budget, it means we have raise taxes,” she said in the have money left over for sav-
cautionary tale to other parents. Story, page 4. JEREMY NOLAIS/METRO to make some very difficult video. ings.” THE CANADIAN PRESS
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WEEKEND, January 25-27, 2013
Johnson’s pitch. Not ‘good use of public money.’ Don’t expect an
Catholic, public
Edmonton-style arena deal in Calgary, says Nenshi
students under
one roof?
Edmonton’s city council may is, we don’t have any money,”
have agreed to help fund a he said Thursday, noting that
Public and Catholic students new arena in that city but Calgary still hasn’t figured out
could soon mix in Alberta there appears to be little ap- how to come up with the bil-
schools more often — throw petite among Calgary council lions of dollars in infrastruc-
in some francophone learners to do something similar here. ture upgrades called for in the
too. “I’m open to conversation city’s RouteAhead transit plan. N
As the province explores but I don’t believe in public “To put a $500-million
ways to get the most bang for money subsidizing private arena on top of that — I don’t
its infrastructure buck, Educa- profit in general,” Mayor Na- think the taxpayer would ap-
tion Minister Jeff Johnson said heed Nenshi tweeted in re- preciate that very much,”
all school boards should be sponse to a question about Jones said.
exploring the possibility of how the Edmonton arena deal Edmonton approved a deal E
partnering with each other to would affect Calgary. Any hypothetical replacement to the Saddledome shouldn’t follow the same on Wednesday that would
house students under one roof. The mayor added, “It will funding model just approved in Edmonton, say several members of Calgary see the city put $219 million
“Our expectation and our be hard to convince me it’s a city council. METRO FILE towards the construction of a
encouragement to the boards good use of public money.” $600-million downtown arena
is they will exhaust those po- Ald. Ray Jones, who serves the Saddledome Foundation similar sentiment. complex to replace Rexall W
tential opportunities,” Johnson as council’s representative on board of directors, expressed a “The big problem we got Place. ROBSON FLETCHER/METRO
said. “It can be done and is
being done in certain areas of
the province.” Airdrie man’s blood may
In September, Johnson was
on hand to break ground at a
new school in Fort McMurray
that will feature classrooms lead to cure for rare disease S
for both public and Catholic
students as well as a commun-
ity centre.
Both the Calgary Board
of Education and Calgary
Catholic School District have Trial. Researchers
already begun working to plan to correct DNA in
attach or construct their build-
ings next to existing muni- man’s blood sample,
cipal infrastructure such as inject it into mice with
recreation centres and medical
clinics. Fabry disease
A quick glance at the
capital plan wish lists for both
boards reveals the top three ROBSON
new school projects sought by FLETCHER
CCSD — elementary schools in [email protected]
Aspen Woods and Evanston as
well as an elementary-junior An Airdrie man’s blood could
high in Auburn Bay — are hold the key to a rare and
located in neighbourhoods mysterious disease that in-
where CBE officials are also spired an episode of the tele-
eyeing new buildings. vision series House.
But officials here were Chris Armstrong was born
quick to point out that surging with Fabry disease but wasn’t
enrolment in those areas diagnosed with the unusual
would likely rule out a co- condition that presents a
mingled school because there wide range of symptoms until Chris Armstrong talks with his physician, Dr. Aneal Khan, at a Calgary hospital on Thursday. ROBSON FLETCHER/METRO
would be simply too many 2007, at the age of 28.
students slated to attend. “Up to that point they pot,” he said. But new research based into mice with Fabry disease.
Mary Martin, CCSD trustee figured it was just growing Like roughly 400 other on Armstrong’s blood could If all goes well, Khan said,
chair, added, “One of the pains,” he said, “I had sore Canadians with the disease, lead to long-term relief, and similar human transplants
things that makes education feet and sore hands.” Armstrong now undergoes possibly even a cure, said Dr. could begin within two years.
in Alberta particularly strong The pain became so se- enzyme-replacement in- Aneal Khan of the University “We couldn’t advance the
is the fact that we offer choice. vere, it began to affect Arm- jections every other week, of Calgary. science without the help of
The last thing anybody would strong’s daily life. which ease the symptoms but Researchers plan to cor- people like Chris,” said Dr.
want to see is a monolithic “There would be days cost the health-care system rect the DNA in his blood Jeffrey Medin, the lead inves-
system.” JEREMY NOLAIS/METRO when I couldn’t even lift a $250,000 a year. sample and inject the blood tigator in this initial trial.
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WEEKEND, January 25-27, 2013
Family copes with lasting wounds
after teen’s six-month absence
‘Legally kidnapped.’ No formal diagnosis
New family
Child services took girl
“In the group home, Severe cases
on suspicion her mom
there was one girl that of syndrome
was causing symptoms
was constantly trying
via mental illness and do exist
to hurt me. I was
abnormal treatments
scared for my life.”
While mother Jessica Taylor
Calgary teen Lexi Whyte
maintains she’s never been
JEREMY formally diagnosed with
NOLAIS ing, widespread rashes, peel- Munchausen syndrome by
[email protected] ing skin and more. At one proxy, precedents do exist
point, Lexi fractured two to indicate how a parent’s
Without hesitation, Calgary teeth while gritting through mental health can have a
mother Jessica Taylor can re- the pain. heavy impact on a child’s
cite the exact date and time Now, back at home togeth- physical well-being.
her daughter Lexi Whyte was er, both mother and daughter Munchausen syndrome
taken. admit their relationship may by proxy was classified by a
“May 7, 2012, 2:40 p.m.,” never be the same but hope to British doctor in the 1970s
she said. “There was no warn- use their claims as a warning to describe two instances
ing, nothing at all. They to other families. in which mothers had
legally kidnapped her. I have Patient-confidentiality fabricated, lied about and
said that openly hundreds of laws prevented Alberta child- induced symptoms in their
times.” services spokesperson Roxan- children.
A court order specified ne Dube-Coelho from speak- Charles Coleman, a
that assessors working on be- ing specifically about Lexi’s Calgary psychologist and
half of Alberta’s child services case, but she said apprehen- family therapist, said he
believed Taylor was creating sion of a child is always the hasn’t seen full-blown cases
and exaggerating symptoms “last resort.” of the syndrome in his
Lexi had been combating for “We need to prove to a practice; however, he’s wit-
a year and a half. They also judge that this child is at risk nessed the power a parent
took issue with subjecting the in the care of their parent can have over their child’s
teen to treatments at a local and that there are no other thoughts.
integrative-medicine centre options to ensure that child’s “Everything’s within
operating outside of Alberta safety,” she said. the realm of possibility,”
Health Services’ umbrella. Medical records indicate Coleman said.
Lexi wasn’t given a chance surgeons removed a skull le- METRO
to say goodbye to her parents. sion from the teenager’s head Lexi Whyte clutching a bear made by her friends during one of her stints in the Alberta Children’s Hospital. CONTRIBUTED
She would spend the next in May 2011. A scar is vis-
six months in hospital, then ible on Lexi’s scalp, and the ition from the medical com- 2012, eventually landing at ments, the centre engaged when conducted outside of
a group home. During that 16-year-old jokes that a few munity. the doorstep of the Hoffman Lexi in a cleansing process a hospital. A court order was
time, the youngster missed hairs along the incision line “It was determined at (a) Centre for Integrative Medi- that saw portions of her blood issued on the claim Lexi had
out on celebrating her 16th stick up straight unless she meeting that Lexi’s condition cine. temporarily removed and run suffered emotional abuse.
birthday, her beloved ballet parts them a particular way. is not consistent with her “What else could we do?” under ultraviolet light. An accompanying medical
lessons and her grandfather’s Even after the operation, diagnosis of the lesion and said Lexi’s stepfather, Tyrone While Lexi and her parents query questioned whether
funeral. the family reported that subsequent surgery,” a por- Jansz. “We couldn’t just move reported some improvement Taylor suffered from Mun-
She also reported a symptoms remained; how- tion of the documents read. on and pretend everything’s in symptoms, an assessor sub- chausen syndrome by proxy,
worsening of longstanding ever, court records show they The family did begin to all right.” mitted claims to a judge that a rare form of child abuse
symptoms: frequent vomit- were beginning to face oppos- seek second opinions in early According to court docu- state the process is illegal that involves a parent or care-
giver exaggerating and fabri-
cating illnesses or symptoms
3Dru0gs prescribed Long, painful journey of a child.
Taylor said she was never
“I was tired of the endless diagnoses ... and
given a chance to defend her-
watching her suffer. Then, they wanted to chalk up self in court.
Lexi Whyte was prescribed more than 30 all of these clearly visible symptoms to it being in The court order speci-
fied she would be required
different drugs over a period of two years my head or her head — that’s not fair.”
to relieve various symptoms she was to participate in treatment
experiencing. Calgary mother Jessica Taylor or remedial programs; how-
ever, Taylor said this never
occurred.
Open Arms On Dec. 17, more than six
7Binders filled months after she was appre-
Patient hended, an application was
Advocacy Society is cur- withdrawn in court without
advocacy rently reviewing the case, explanation, and the young-
and co-founder Rick Lundy ster returned home.
Jessica Taylor said Alberta Health Services group is said he sees many issues Today Lexi has said she’s
has seven binders full of documents
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concern for Taylor’s other up her food intake and time
the case two children if, in fact, she spent in school.
was suffering from mental Her official diagnosis
$Fun3ds r0aised,000 illness, as assessors claimed. is “unexplained pain syn-
Mother Jessica Taylor said “We know the work drome,” and Taylor said the
she wants a full explanation performed by social services family is concerned because
of why her daughter was is very difficult, but they it has yet to be provided with
apprehended and is consid- need to get it right,” Lundy any indication of future treat-
Fundraising undertaken by friends and
ering legal action against said. “In this case they were ment.
family raised $30,000 for Lexi to undergo
treatments not provided by Alberta Alberta child services as wrong, and this poor family “It feels, in a way, like we
Health Services. well. paid the consequences.” have been punished for rais-
The Open Arms Patient METRO ing concerns when we were
Lexi Whyte in May 2011 after an operation to remove a skull lesion. CONTRIBUTED watching her die,” she added.
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06 NEWS metronews.ca
WEEKEND, January 25-27, 2013
BIRDS HAD IT RIGHT —
When the stereotype fits.
Women love their shoes:
THE POWER OF TWEETS
Statistics back it up
It’s official: Women do indeed a Canadian-based media com-
buy more shoes than men. The pany with a national network
surprising element is that it’s of touch screens in taxicabs. how Mayor Naheed Nenshi all the happenings at down-
only twice as many women The company surveyed more IN DEFENCE OF (@nenshi) used Twitter to Twitter to the rescue! town’s most infamous inter-
buying all of those shoes. than 8,000 riders in December, Mike Morrison help nail his first victory in section; @YYCdeals is de-
[email protected] It’s not just the profes-
Forty-one per cent of and people of both sexes re- 2010, right? Used properly, voted to helping Calgarians
women say they buy more sponded in equal numbers. Twitter can be a persuasive sional accounts that are travel on the cheap; and
than seven pairs in a year, It’s more common for men tool, so it’ll be interesting @yycfoodtrucks helps me
making a difference:
while 20 per cent of men to buy between one and three What did you do on Monday to see who uses it, and how, keep my hungry-to-starving
admit to the same number. pairs of shoes a year, as 42 per night? during this year’s election. @MisterYYC always ratio as optimal as possible.
So men are no slouches in cent of them do. I spent most of the night It’s also transformed the tells me about the cool Calgary’s Twitter feeds
the shoe-buying department, That same 42 per cent also arguing, debating, posturing way we talk to agencies aren’t always friendly. As
either. spend less than $250 on shoes or whatever you want to call that we’d normally be too festivals and events that with any playground, there
The survey results come during a year, but another it with Zak Pashak (@zakpa- scared to call. Every day, I should know about ... are lots of people who use
from Play Taxi 31 per cent spend more than shak). thousands of Calgarians their accounts to bully or
Media, $500. For hours, the founder access the accounts of Cal- @Crackmacs tweets harass others. Acknowledg-
The numbers are the op- of the Sled Island Festival gary Police Services (@cal- about all the happen- ing them here would only
posite for women: 37 per cent and I traded barbs back and garypolice), Calgary Transit publicize their actions. Yes,
ings at downtown’s
spend more than $500 a forth about the significance (@calgarytransit) and the even on Twitter, it’s usually
year on shoes, while 31 (or lack thereof) of Oprah Calgary Parking Authority most infamous intersec- best to take the high road.
per cent spend coming to Calgary and the (@calgaryparking) to get However, let’s go back
tion ... and @yycfood-
less than promotional efforts of Tour- answers or to receive up-to- to the argument I had with
$250. ism Calgary (@calgary). The the-second updates. trucks helps me keep my Zak. It’s not the first time
But thing that made this particu- It’s created an unpreced- hungry-to-starving ratio I’ve spent my nights debat-
t h e lar argument unique is that ented relationship between ing important issues — just
sexes I had never met Zak before, these organizations and as optimal as possible. ask X929’s @rogerkingkade.
do come and I still haven’t. citizens. Follow any one of But whether the conver-
together when Welcome to the world of those accounts and you’ll sation is happening in real
it comes to shoe Twitter. notice that almost every fessional accounts that are life or online, at the end of
brands, as Aldo The social-media tool question, complaint and — making a difference: @Mis- the day most of us just want
is the top stop for has changed how we com- rare — compliment is ac- terYYC always tells me about Calgary to be the best city
both men and women. municate with everyone in knowledged and attended the cool festivals and events possible, which is always
Town Shoes, The Bay and our lives, from politicians to. It’s a modern-day com- that I should know about; worth tweeting about.
Brown’s are also among the to athletes and, yes, even ment card, for the whole @YYCLostPet spreads the IF YOU FEEL LIKE FIGHTING (OR COM-
most popular stores for foot- strangers whom we’ll never world to see. word about lost pets; PLIMENTING) MIKE MORRISON, HE
wear in Canada. PLAY TAXI MEDIA meet. We all remember And it’s not just the pro- @Crackmacs tweets about TWEETS FROM @MIKESBLOGGITY.
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WEEKEND, January 25-27, 2013
Cowtown crooning
It seems Montreal and Toronto’s music scenes have been getting all the glory recently.
Well, step aside, insular easterners, because here are five Calgary acts that will make you sit up and listen in 2013.
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Wakeup Samantha Makeshift Miesha & Reuben and
Starlight Savage Smith Innocence the Spanks the Dark
In 2011, this Calgary trio man- Not only does Samantha Led by charismatic frontman, Miesha Louie spends almost as Singer Reuben Bullock admits
aged to break into the Billboard Savage Smith boast a silky, Jesse-James Cameron, Makeshift much time on the road as she he was a late bloomer when
All Audience Chart with its sultry set of pipes; she also Innocence is one of Western does at home. But her road- it came to music. But he’s cer-
debut album, The Breakdown, possesses superb songwriting Canada’s most popular and warrior existence is beginning tainly been making up for lost
which sold more than 10,000 abilities that belie her youth. exciting live acts. to pay off. She’s conquered the time. Bullock’s emotionally
copies in the U.S. The alt-pop Her debut self-titled album is The award-winning roots- national college-radio charts intense indie folk has gained
group’s new record, The White one of the best local records reggae band has showcased all and is hoping to build on that him a loyal following in town
Flags of Alderaan, features to be released in the past five over North America, and will be success when her new record, and caught the ear of Florence
Mumford & Sons-style folk years. heading to Jamaica in February Girls, Like Wolves, is released + the Machine’s manager.
to energetic ska and is now She’s currently in Iceland to record its new album. in April. The band will showcase
available on iTunes. It will be taking part in an artist Makeshift’s latest record, Catch her and the Spanks at Canadian Music Week in
released to radio on Feb. 1, fol- exchange. She is a featured Yours to Keep, is being released Friday at The Palomino and March and is playing Festi-
lowed by what they hope will be performer at the Feb. 2 Sonic in Germany in March. Feb. 8 at Broken City before val Hall’s grand opening on
extensive tours. Waves event at Festival Hall. they hit the road again. Saturday.
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