Metro Calgary - January 3, 2012

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MADE RESOLUTIONS?
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CALGARY
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
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News worth
sharing.
Burris bound for Steeltown
During nine years in Calgary, Henry Burris threw for more than 32,000 yards and 230 touchdowns He also
steered the team to a Grey Cup in 2008 Franchise’s pivot of the future Drew Tate was re-signed last week
THE CANADIAN PRESS
It appears Henry Burris has
smiled for the last time in a Cal- Leaving his mark
gary Stampeders uniform.
According to two league Quarterback Henry Burris will
sources who requested anonymi- leave the Stampeders as a leader
ty, the Stamps have reached a in passing yardage, completions
deal with the Hamilton Tiger- and touchdowns.
Cats that will swap the longtime
quarterback for fellow pivot have shed some light on his feel-
Kevin Glenn and offensive ings of dressing for the Stamps
lineman Mark DeWit. via Twitter.
The deal comes after the sea- “NEW & EXCITING THINGS IN
son ended at a low point for the MY FUTURE!! CAN’T WAIT (Bart
popular Burris. Scott voice),” he tweeted Sunday.
Less than a year after earning Stamps fans speaking to Metro
the league’s most outstanding said they understood the need to
player honour, Burris was deal Burris but were sad to see
sidelined with three games left him go.
in favour of younger quarterback “It’s kind of a bittersweet
Drew Tate, due to what thing, but I’m glad to see that
coaching staff somebody is picking up Henry
deemed to and he’s going to do what he
be inconsis- does,” said devoted team fol-
tent play. lower Connie Fekete.
Local football coach Gar-
ret Everson said he
believes Glenn will
do well in a mentor
role to Tate but
deemed his CFL
play to date
“up and
Neither the Stamped- down.” Longtime Calgary Stampeders quarterback Henry Burris will don the familiar
ers nor Tiger-Cats would JEREMY NOLAIS/ yellow and black of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, while quarterback Kevin Glenn and
confirm the deal WITH FILES FROM THE CANADIAN University of Calgary product Mark DeWit are coming to the Stamps.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012
Halifax
Numbers tell the story
Population: 370,000
Homicides were up significantly for Halifax, with
17 throughout the municipality in 2011. That’s
six more than in 2010 and four more than the
2011 was an unusual year for murders in Canada, with some areas setting records previous record of 13 from 2009. Most of the
17
homicides weren’t random, but in
for most or fewest homicides Here’s a look at all nine of Metro Canada’s cities
late November three teens were
charged in the indiscriminate
Vancouver Edmonton Winnipeg shooting of a Halifax-area senior
Population: 578,000 Population: 730,000 Population: 633,000 out for a walk.
The City of Vancouver saw Edmonton saw its deadliest year ever in 2011 — in- Winnipeg saw a record 39 homicides
15 homicides in 2011. The cluding two slayings in the final 24 hours, with a 35- in 2011, up from the previous record
final homicide in the city year-old man and a woman in her 20s becoming the of 34. The high number of killings Montreal
47
was the New Year’s Eve stab- 46th and 47th homicide victims. The was attributed to increasing gang vi- Population: 1.6 million
bing death of 19-year-old city, which led the country in homi- olence and one instance 3where9 a Montreal saw 35 homicides on its
Dylan Cody Smith at an cides, surpassed its previous record woman allegedly set territory in 2011, down two from
apartment. In Metro of 39 from 2005. fire to a rooming 2010. In the province of Quebec
Vancouver and the Fraser house, killing five oc- there were 102 35
Valley, there 15 cupants. homicides, an in- Ottawa
were 35 crease of 28 per Population: 812,000
homicides in cent. Ottawa had 11
2011, accord- homicides in 2011. Four
ing to CBC. victims were women
and the rest men. Knives
were used in five of the
Calgary Toronto cases. Three other
Population: 988,000 Population: 2.5 million victims were shot, all of
Early intervention and funding Toronto recorded 46 murders in 2011, the whom were men with
commitments from municipal and provin- lowest number in 25 years. This was the criminal ties. The shoot-
cial governments are being touted as ma- fourth straight year of declines since 2007, METRO CANADA/ ings remain unsolved as
jor factors in keeping Calgary’s homicide when the city recorded its deadliest year TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE do three other cases: in
number at 11, the lowest it’s been in eight (matched in 1991) with 86 homicides. Police one case, the cause of
years. The final count is in stark contrast to Chief Bill Blair attributed some of the decline London death has not been re-
46
killings at the height of the 11 to the disruption of gang Population: 352,000 8 leased. 11
city’s gang war in 2008 and activity following sweeping London police reported eight homicides in 2011 — up from seven Ottawa
2009, when roughly three raids carried out across the in 2010 — the most murders on record since slayings spiked to 14 had 10
times the murders were region. in 2005. The last murder was reported on Dec. 27, when Said Had- homicides
recorded. bai, 20, was found shot in a parking lot. He died in hospital. in 2010.
January
Man arrested in connection
with L.A. arson spree
3
Suspect is a German national Federal authorities
recognized him from immigration court: Police
DAN STEINBERG/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Authorities arrested a Ger-
man man yesterday in con- Firefighters extinguish numerous cars on
nection with dozens of fire in a carport in the Sherman Oaks
suspected arson attacks neighbourhood of Los Angeles yesterday.
that destroyed parked cars,
Resolution scorched buildings and rat-
tled much of the second-
largest U.S. city over the
ready. New Year's weekend.
Harry Burkhart, 24, was
booked for investigation of
arson of an inhabited
dwelling and was being interest” captured on sur- More than 50 blazes
held without bail, authori- veillance video. He was have flared since Friday in
ties said. Police said he told stopped by a reserve sher- Hollywood, neighbouring
arresting officers he's from iff's deputy in a van being West Hollywood and the
Frankfurt. sought by arson investiga- San Fernando Valley, caus-
Burkhart was arrested tors, who did not rule out ing about $3 million in
earlier in the day because the possibility that others damage.
he resembled a “person of may be involved. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
3 more
Three more Grenada po- and charged in the beat-
67 calories per 341mL bottle. That’s about half the calories officers lice officers were charged ing death of 39-year-old
with manslaughter on Oscar Bartholomew of
of wines or mixed drinks*. Here’s to a win-win resolution. charged in Sunday in the beating Toronto, who was visiting
death of a Canadian. the island to see family.
Grenada A police statement said The Sunday arrests
officers Edward Gibson, brought the number of
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CONTINUING EDUCATION
Mubarak charges
could be dropped
Acquittal of policemen accused of killing protesters
raises speculation about former Egyptian president
MOHAMMED AL-LAW/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The trial of Hosni Mubarak
resumed in Cairo on Mon-
day amid speculation that
a recent acquittal of police-
men tried in the killings of
protesters could be a prel-
ude to the dismissal of
charges against the ousted
Egyptian leader.
Mubarak, 83, is accused
of complicity in the killing
of more than 800 protest- Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is wheeled
ers during the uprising into a Cairo courthouse on Monday to face charges of
that toppled his 29-year complicity in the killing of protesters last year.
regime last year.
He was brought by heli-
copter to the Cairo court- licemen of charges of ers in self defence.
house from a hospital killing five protesters dur- The ruling angered fam-
where he is held in cus- ing the uprising last Jan. ilies of the victims. Ac-
tody. He was then taken in- 25 to Feb. 11. The court tivists demanded justice
to the defendants’ cage on said three of the defen- and complained that simi-
a gurney. dants were not at the site lar cases are languishing in
Another Cairo court on of the killings while the courts in several Egyptian
Thursday acquitted five po- other two fired on protest- cities. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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effort to salvage peace breakthrough, the Pales- is not a formal negotiating
talks, the first time the tinians will likely abandon session but an attempt to
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012
Media mogul tweets
Gas. Up
his 2012 resolutions
80-year-old Murdoch joins Twitter for the new year
More than 46,000 followers by Monday morning
SUSAN WALSH/FILE PHOTO/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rupert Murdoch has begun also started tweeting —
the new year by setting up she’s @wendi-deng — refer-
in a new field of communi- ring to the setbacks: “A lot
cations. He’s started tweet- of bad things happened in
ing. 2011 but I hope in 2012 we
The media mogul, who is can put them all behind us
recovering from perhaps and sail on to a bright fu-
his most difficult year in ture for everyone Wxx.” An attendant sells fuel at a petrol station in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday.
the business, is posting on She also gently reminds
Twitter under the handle fellow tweeters to spell her SUNDAY ALAMBA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
@rupertmurdoch, spokes- first name with an “i” at the Nigeria’s gas prices may fuel unrest
woman Daisy Dunlop at end, not a “y.”
News International con- The Murdochs’ entry in-
firmed Monday. to the world of Twitter was Nigeria is ending fuel subsidies, an official said Sunday, a move that is sure to be
The account was opened met with some bemuse- unpopular in the oil-rich nation where citizens see cheap fuel as one of their few
over the New Year’s holi- Rupert Murdoch ment and some hostility. government benefits. Two union groups are threatening strikes and protests.
day, but many doubted its John Prescott, former
authenticity because Mur- U.K. deputy prime minister,
doch, 80, has generally “My resolutions, try to came up with one of the
Pipeline top of
tried to stay out of the spot- maintain humility and al- wittier responses. “Wel- tussle over a proposed Some labour unions say the
light as his media empire ways curiosity,” he tweets, come to Twitter,” he writes election agenda 2,735-kilometre oil pipeline pipeline would create thou-
comes under increased making no mention of his to the mogul. “I’ve left you that will force the White sands of jobs, while envi-
scrutiny because of wide- business troubles. “And of a Happy New Year message President Barack Obama House to make a risky ronmentalists fear it could
spread phone hacking at course diet!” on my voicemail!” and Congress are starting choice between two key lead to an oil spill disaster.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012
12 RESOLUTIONS
Register at Local tweets
metropolitanpanel.ca
WORTH KEEPING and take the quick poll @erictiptap- than it ever has. Winter? Ok.
tip: Streets @jamwil:Just had the pleas-
Who would win a telepathic battle of were oddly ure of meeting @tsnjames-
FOR 2012 smartness? empty this duthie. I love World Junior
morning. Thought I slept time. #yyc
through the apocalypse and @momwhoneedswine:A
no one told me. http://twit- lovely afternoon in #yyc for
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I’ve taken the liberty of compiling a PARLIAMENTARY #yyc is great but freaking enjoyable about being able
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keep for 2012. Don’t worry, I promise to
try my best to adhere to them as well.
After all, even a few minor changes can make the BINSAR BAKKARA PHOTOS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
world a much better place for me, you and everyone Daily Zoom
1we know.
I will stop Keeping Up with the Kardashians
once and for all and spend more time with my HHoommeelleessss iinn IInnddoonneessiiaa
2 own family.
I will stand right and walk left on escalators.
3
I will stop doing that thing where I see an
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know them. We both know what’s going on;
4let’s just stop being awkward and say hello.
I will take better care of my hair because some-
day I might lose it all.
5
The same thing goes for my money.
6
I will resist the urge to Like a Facebook status
update about an engagement or pregnancy in
order to prevent a never-ending stream of
annoying comment notifications in the days that
7follow.
I will stop letting the smug woman behind the
GPS navigation voice jeopardize my
relationship, and surrender to the fact that
8maybe she does know best.
I will recognize that the only things that belong
on the dinner table are food and cutlery, not my
9 cellphone.
I will stop blaming public transit for my late ar-
Half of country’s Living in a
rival at the office every single morning and ad-
mit to myself (and my boss) that maybe I should rainforests lost concrete jungle
be getting up 10 minutes earlier. Alternatively, I will
1think0 of some new excuses for my tardiness. Orphaned baby Veterinarians conduct sur-
I will buy the $14 bottle of wine, not the $9 orangutans Septian and gery on an estimated 40-
bottle. Yes, I want to save money, but the Seroja play inside a basket year-old orangutan named
12-hours-from-now version of me will at a Conservation Puyul, who suffers from a
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I will listen to my mother and wear the ap- Mbelin, North Sumatra, in Batu Mbelin, North
propriate footwear for the weather condi- Indonesia. Indonesia has Sumatra, Indonesia. Puyul
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rect function on my phone and stop send- putting the remaining conservationists after he
ing embarrassing typo-filled messages to 50,000 to 60,000 was found roaming a rub-
friends and family. After all, “Did you show your orangutans living in scat- ber plantation too close to
boss?” is a very different question than “Did you show tered, degraded forests in a village. The vets also
your boobs?” frequent, and often dead- found air-rifle-pellet
ly, conflict with humans. wounds in Puyul’s body.
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Blasting gender roles
2
Bomb Girls is a new series that celebrates the strength of the women who worked in munitions
factories during the Second World War Oscar nominee Meg Tilly plays the factory’s supervisor
HANDOUT
ANNE
BRODIE Why Meg Tilly
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quit acting
In 1995, Oscar nominee
scene
Meg Tilly left Hollywood to I took my kids, always, on
write, and raise her family, films. My daughter was in
including a son with Colin the third grade and I took
Firth. her when I did Leaving
She’s back in a passion Normal. When we went
project, Bomb Girls, set in back, her best friend was
Box office an Ajax, Ont., munitions best friends with someone
factory during the Second else and there were only
World War. seven girls in the class and
Tilly relishes her role as she didn’t have anyone to
Lorna, whose abusive hus- eat lunch with and she
band returned from the cried. I thought this is why
war paralyzed and who su- a lot of actors mess up.
Tom Cruise’s new pervises the girls on the Coming from a
mission remains im- factory line. challenging childhood, I
possible to beat at Tilly sat down with didn’t want to leave my
the box office. Metro to talk about Bomb kids with someone else. If I
Studio estimates Girls and gender issues that took them away with me
Sunday placed Mis- are still relevant in 2012. six or seven months a year
sion: Impossible - “I have my little chick- they wouldn’t have any
Ghost Protocol in the adees to look after on kind of life. I realised what
No. 1 spot for the Bomb Girls,” says Tilly. would pay me the most for
second-straight “Everyone’s younger the least amount of time,
weekend with $38.3 than me and there’s all this Meg Tilly, shown in blue, says the reason she left acting was to give her children a chance so I did TV, guest stints and
million. With a female power. It’s very to have a normal childhood. saved the money, socked it
$141.2 million sweet. away and when I had
domestic total, it’s “I feel so privileged to enough, I quit.
the first $100 million work in this environment. Lorna is nurturing yet stern in One of her charges is do something about them.
hit with Cruise in the How often can you walk this dangerous place, where Gladys, a headstrong Gender stereotypes dis-
lead role since back in a chunk of time one spark from a ring or hair- Rosedale debutante played criminating against to this way of being, the
2006’s Mission: Im- and explore it and life in it pin could blow it sky high. by Jodi Balfour. Gladys works women can be dealt with; chivalry of it all.
possible III. The and love it? I wanted that, “Whoa, she’s in the office but dreams of there are channels you can It wasn’t an easy time to
movie led a solid “There is also such good tough!” But why is she joining the line, even as her process these things be a woman and I am nos-
New Year’s weekend will for this show. It was tough? If someone makes a father demands that she quit through now. talgic for it. I feel I missed
as Hollywood man- a brave choice to do decision you don’t agree and marry. Balfour says the But it doesn’t mean atti- out on the best time to be
aged fair business to such an unlikely look with you have to under- series reflects social realities tudes have changed. alive.
end a sluggish year at the Second World War. stand the whys. It’s her job that still exist. And being wartime, they
on a more promising The women had their to keep the factory safe. These issues never become Balfour says the series sucked the marrow out of
note for 2012. Sher- jobs and husbands overseas She doesn’t want some irrelevant. We may have inspired nostalgia for a time every day.
lock Holmes: A but they were fighting be- dilettante coming here come a long way in gender she never knew.
Game of Shadows hind the lines to protect who could kill them all. I issues since the war and Entirely, but I’ve been like Bomb Girls, starring Meg Tilly
finished second their men and their chil- love the humanness of the the overt discrimination, that all my life. I’ve always and Jodi Balfour, starts
again with $26.5 mil- dren at home. They were characters, more noble but those things still exist. felt I was born into the Wednesday night on
lion, raising its soldiers.” than they realize. We have the resources to wrong era. I relate so much Global.
domestic total to
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family sequel Alvin
and the Chipmunks:
Chipwrecked was Contagion Working as his own cin- China is now returning
still at No. 3 with $21 Genre:Thriller ematographer from a script home with her to Minneso-
million to lift it to Director:Steven Soderbergh by screenwriter Scott Z. ta, where her new hus-
$94.6 million. Stars: Matt Damon, Kate Burns (The Bourne Ultima- band, Mitch (Matt Damon),
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Winslet, Jude Law tum), Soderbergh spares and young son are waiting
811⁄2 few sensibilities in outlin- to welcome her home.
Steven Soderbergh’s Conta- ing how quickly a conta- Beth is barely through
gion is the feel-bad movie gion would cross the door when crisis
of 2011. A star-studded international boundaries. strikes. As Mitch struggles
thriller, it’s reminiscent of Gwyneth Paltrow is Pa- to take in what’s happened
1970s disaster movies, yet tient Zero, a business trav- to his family, governments
it’s more grounded in reali- eller named Beth Emhoff, attempt to grasp an escalat-
ty. The film details the rap- who is intriguingly intro- ing infection rate and body
id spread of a lethal new duced on Day Two of her count as scientists search
virus, MEV-1, and does so swiftly developing infec- for a vaccine. delity, a government in- stream movie. Just don’t
quite realistically, at least tion — we don’t immedi- At times, Soderbergh quiry and a father-daughter forget to Purell before
Berlin film festival to honour until an outbreak of ately know what happened seems to lose track of too trek. But Contagion watching. Extras include
Meryl Streep for
career achievements. maudlin illogic near the on Day One. Whatever many subplots that include demonstrates he still has it making-of featurettes.
end. Beth caught on a trip to a kidnapping, marital infi- in him to deliver a main- PETER HOWELL