Metro Calgary - January 6, 2011

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Thursday, January 6, 2011
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Council tries
Canada. Stunned
to gauge
public’s taste
for fluoride
Ald. Druh Farrell will bring a motion asking Alberta
Environment to review city’s water licence Mayor
Nenshi says it would be a ‘mistake’ not to engage public
KATIE
TURNER Fluoride facts
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Fluoride was first introduced to Calgary’s
While many aldermen are in favour of a water system in 1989.
motion to remove fluoride from Calgary’s According to Alberta Health Services, fluo-
water, some believe public consultation is ride is found naturally in water as well as in
needed before a decision can be made. soil and some foods.
If approved by council, the motion Community water fluoridation began in Erik Gudbranson, left, and Brayden Schenn of Canada show their emotions after losing
would request that the province remove 1945 and is believed to contribute to dental 5-3 to Russia in the gold-medal game at the world junior championship. Story, page 16.
fluoride from the water. The province is re- health, according to the AHS website.
quired to hold a public hearing in order to Juniors collapse in fiPAnUL STEWAaRT/GETTlY IMAGES
change the water licence, but, Ald. Druh Ald. Brian Pincott and Ald. Ray Jones,
Farrell said, it’s unclear how that process two members of council who have signed
would go. their names to the motion, said a plebiscite
“It would have to be worked out,” she is unnecessary.
said. “I would hope that it would be in Cal- “Every time we do a question on a
gary.” plebiscite, the plebiscite costs us between
Ald. Gael MacLeod said she won’t vote to $150,000 to $200,000, from what I under- Chasing a share Back to
approve the motion without consulting stand,” said Jones.
Calgarians first. Pincott added, “We’ve had six plebiscites
of pot proceeds bohemia
“I think the interest expressed around on this already. Four times in a row Calgar-
this issue has been significant, so the pub- ians said no.”
lic is clearly concerned,” said MacLeod,
adding council should consider holding a What’s your take on the issue? Tell B.C. growers’ problem isn’t Fashion set to turn away from
public hearing or even issuing a plebiscite. us on Twitter. @metrocalgary police — it’s the tax man {page 6} futurism in 2011 {page 13}
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 2011
Study looks for brain, exercise link
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CAROLINA NOVOTNY/FOR METRO
Volunteers willing to jump Alzheimer’s motivated her. those studies still need to
on a treadmill in the name “Over a short period of be done. This is the just
of science are being re- time, she deteriorated to the first step.”
cruited for a new study at something you don’t want Poulin is looking for 250
the University of Calgary. to see,” Leach said. Calgarians aged 55 to 75.
“The prediction is that “If increased blood flow Being active is not a re-
exercise will play a benefi- to the brain will increase quirement to partake in
cial role in improving brain function then exer- the study.
blood flow in the brain cise is what is needed,” she Participants will under-
and cognitive capability,” added. go cognitive tests before
said researcher Mark Poulin won’t speculate and after being put on a
Poulin. as to the outcome of re- six-month exercise pro-
news
Calgarian Georgie search, but said, “It is pos- gram consisting of walk- Friends Pat Graham, left, Georgie Leach and Andrea
Leach, 74, has already sible that a change in ing or jogging three times Lazaruk have all signed on for workouts starting Jan. 30 as
signed on. Her younger sis- blood flow will help pre- a week. part of a research project.
ter’s diagnosis with vent or delay dementia but CAROLINA NOVOTNY
Local cop heads
to Afghanistan
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Insp. Ray Robitaille said
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nine-month stint as a sen- ployment when he heads
ior officer in Afghanistan. to Afghanistan later this
“There’s a sense of duty month.
that I have as a police offi-
cer,” he said. “I firmly be- ligation to extend a help-
lieve in service before self.” ing hand to developing
Robitaille said he has countries.
yet to learn the specific de- “The benefits to the
tails of what he will be do- service are huge,” he said.
ing, but after 21 years with “Anytime we can get mem-
the CPS and five years in bers who are prepared to
the military, he feels pre- commit to working over-
pared. seas in another country, Tips for
“I believe that my career they come back with a
has trained me for this huge amount of knowl- avoiding
point in time.” edge,” Hanson said. “I’m Police Chief Rick Hanson, left, said the knowledge Insp. Ray Robitaille will bring back headaches and
Police Chief Rick Han- extremely proud that Ray from his deployment to Afghanistan will be beneficial to the entire service. hold-ups when
son said the CPS has an ob- stepped up to the plate.” buying group
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Crossroads community 52There are fifty- Youth calls 911 Follow us on
members are concerned two students cur- Concerns TOUR. Fresh off ending his Twitter
over the possible closure of rently enrolled in the from closet term as governor of Cali- @metrocalgary
the English program at Mayland Heights fornia, Arnold
Mayland Heights School, School English Elementary children will HIDING. Police say a 12- Schwarzenegger is
which currently has both program. have to cross two busy year-old hid in a closet coming to Canada for
English and immersion streets to attend Belfast. and called 911 during a what organizers are
students. break-and-enter at their billing as his first public
An open house on Jan. 6 Many parents have ex- Separation In almost a home in Dover Glen Tues- speaking engagements
will give parents the oppor- pressed concern. dozen families, siblings day. “Those kids deserve a since leaving office. He
tunity “to gather info, and “I am frustrated by the will be sent to separate lot of praise and a lot of will give speeches in
express what they like or process,” said Pam Halla. schools if the closure recognition for the way many cities across the
don’t like about the pro- Her two daughters current- occurs. they handled the country including
posal,” said Ted Flitton, of ly attend Mayland Heights situation,” police said. Calgary. TV meteorologist blames personal
the Calgary Board of Edu- School but a closure would ter to transfer to Belfast. METRO THE CANADIAN PRESS Psatrreks ast ftoarc kfa. lSscea cnla ciomd eo ff oCre snttorrayl.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 2011
Listen up: Ted’s Mystery
India. The big freeze
pair will
‘million-dollar share giant
jackpot
voice’ saves him
At least two people will
find themselves millions
of dollars richer.
The holders of a ticket
Drugs and alcohol put him on the streets Then a
sold in Idaho and another
top NBA team hears his message — and signshim up in Washington state will
be sharing Mega Millions’
$355 million US jackpot
With a deep, refined voice, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS has offered him a two-year from Tuesday night’s
Ted Williams simply asked contract and said they drawing, American lottery
for help to get him off the would pay his mortgage. officials said yesterday.
streets. He’s been heard. But, wait. It gets better. The prize is the fourth-
Left homeless after his Williams said the Cava- largest in U.S. history and
life and career were ruined liers’ offer is just one of the second-largest in Mega
by drugs and alcohol, many flooding in. Children Millions’ history.
Williams has been offered Williams, a father of huddle The lottery’s prize of
a job by the NBA’s Cleve- nine, says he feels like Su- around a $390 million in March
land Cavaliers and is being san Boyle, the English bonfire 2007 remains the richest
pursued by NFL Films for singing sensation who be- in Gurgaon, on record in the United
possible work after he and came an overnight star. India, States.
his compelling tale be- “God gave me a million- yesterday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
came an online curiosity. dollar voice and I just hope 5
“This has been totally, I can do right by him.” GURINDER OSAN/THE ASSOCIATED PRES
totally amazing,” Williams Williams had been spot- Brrr... It feels like Canada
said yesterday, his voice ted with sign that asks mo-
choking with emotion. Ted Williams holds a sign torists for help and says,
“I’m just so thankful. advertising his radio voice. “I’m an ex-radio announc- Northern India is getting a taste of Canadian-style Mega Millions jackpot
God has blessed me so er who has fallen on hard winter weather. Freezing temperatures and icy Hi- winners have to match
deeply. I’m getting a sec- sition that could include times.” And in his smooth, malayan winds have killed dozens of people in five numbers plus the
ond chance. Amazing.” announcing work at bottomless voice he says the past two weeks and forced schools to close. “Mega ball.” Winning
Williams was contacted Quicken Loans Arena, the he was drawn to radio at Authorities arranged bonfires at major road cross- numbers were 4, 8, 15,
yesterday by the Cavaliers, team’s downtown arena. the age of 14. ings, hospitals and bus and railway stations to 25 and 47, with 42
who have offered him a po- Williams said the team THE ASSOCIATED PRESS keep people warm. being the “Mega ball.”
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 2011
Bad vibrations
for Britain’s
‘sex-toy queen’
Nanny accused of poisoning boss’s soup just to
‘annoy’ Tongues wagging over glamorous brunette
FIONA HANSON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jacqueline Gold brought sex counts of administering
toys to the British masses poison with the intent to
one set of pink furry hand- annoy.
cuffs at a time, amassing a The accusations came af-
fortune while reinventing ter Gold criticized her cook
the family lingerie company last fall when her soup tast-
as a female-focused brand. ed odd. The chef became
But the sex-shop mag- suspicious and removed the
nate, whose books — in- leftover broth from the
cluding an autobiography trash to investigate.
titled Good Vibrations — The seemingly made-for-
and business acumen made TV drama of sex, money
her Britain’s 16th richest Jacqueline Gold mingles and malice has captivated
woman, now is in the news with Camilla, Duchess of tabloid watchers from
for another reason: her for- Cornwall, in 2007. Britain to New York. No pos-
mer nanny was in court yes- sible motive for the alleged
terday, accused of spiking crimes against Gold has
her boss’s soup with wind- her boss with salt on Sept. been suggested by police or
shield-wiper fluid, a non-poi- 29 and trying again with prosecutors. Cox did not en-
sonous substance when sugar on Oct. 4 before using ter a plea yesterday and was
used in small quantities. windshield-wiper fluid on released on bail pending a
Allison Cox, 33, is ac- Oct 5. She was arrested the Jan. 20 hearing.
cused of trying to poison next day. The charge: three THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Pot growers to pay taxes?
Technology. Revamp
Canada Revenue Agency says income is taxable, whether it’s legal or not
Police may turn a blind eye list of its pot suppliers. “If the applicant is seen lateral damage’ from its
to the sale of unlicensed The club went to federal as a source of information use of civil audit powers.”
medical marijuana in court asking for a judicial for authorities, it is fore- The Vancouver-based
British Columbia, but the review of the agency de- seeable that cultivators non-profit society supplies
tax man doesn’t. mand, arguing that ill will cease to deal with the medical-grade marijuana Richard
The Canada Revenue medical marijuana users applicant,” say documents to about 6,000 registered Lawler
Agency came knocking on would be the losers when filed in federal court. members diagnosed with watches 3-D
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common Guillain-Barré get. Royals get a dif- or is just a eye contact. And run. And never have children.
syndrome, the uncommon cold, ferent virus, which remember not to Q: What are doctors saying?
Star Trek thing.”
cabin fever, swine flu, disco fever, is why they always touch anything A: In a recent survey of more
Jersey Cold Shore, SAD (Seasonal look tired and wave that may have than 200 Canadian MDs, most re-
Affective Disorder) or HAPPY to crowds as if been touched by sponded hack hack HWAAAGH
(Heat-Averse Pessimistic Period — they’re suffering from a degenera- another person. An elevator but- ah-choo. At least that’s what I
Yearly). tive muscle disease. ton, for instance, is a virus-ridden think they said. It’s so hard to
I haven’t been sick at all, which Q: What can I do to prevent it? glowing circle with all the killing read their handwriting.
is good news because it allows me A: Not much. Studies show that potential of the Hal 9000. Also,
to offer advice to the rest of you, just about every purported cold avoid “practical joke” bathrooms
Read more of
starting with a heartfelt, “Ha ha remedy — zinc, vitamin C, that have no-touch flushes, water,
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at metronews.ca/hesays
news because I generally handle or is just a Star Trek thing. That’s require you to pull on a clammy
Hexing the government
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Solace for world leaders
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dead dogs to cast spells on
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them to pay taxes. Also in How do you beat
the eye of the taxman are head to the Danube to put evasion in a country that is
the January blahs?
fortune tellers, who a hex on the government in recession. Like any self-
should have seen it today and hurl mandrake employed person, they
coming. into the river “so evil will will pay 16 per cent
And President Traian befall them,” said a witch income tax and make con- Email
Basescu isn’t laughing it named Alisia. She tributions to health and calgaryletters
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perstition is mainstream, name, as is customary Magic in Romania is no
Twitter
the president and his aides among witches. laughing matter.
wear purple on Thursdays, The tax on witches went Centuries-old superstitions @metrocalgary
supposedly to ward off evil into effect on Saturday as are rife and are tolerated
spirits. part of the government’s even by the Orthodox Metro has the right to edit
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Paltrow’s pals help
bring her voice out
scene Actress turned to Beyoncé and
Faith Hill to prepare for role in
Country Strong Had to win over
producers who doubted her
News in brief
NED support in Hill, whose hus-
EHRBAR band, Tim McGraw, co-
[email protected] starts in the film. “When I
METRO WORLD NEWS IN LOS ANGELES got to Nashville, Faith
helped me so much,” she
Famous as she may be, tak- says. “Faith said to me, ‘30
ing on the role of a country days before you do just
music superstar was more start singing it. Sing it
than a little daunting for every day so you know the
Gwyneth Paltrow. But it vocal part, it’s just in your
wasn’t the singing that had muscle memory.’ I just did
her worried — Paltrow has everything she said, and
Jason Bourne, a vam- belted out a few tunes on she got me through it.”
pire heartthrob and screen previously, after all. As much as she looked
an American Idol “I was nervous about to her diva pals, Paltrow
judge are going to the playing somebody who was did have a music superstar
Golden Globes. such a huge star, which is at home to turn to, but she
The Hollywood different from playing says husband — and Cold-
Foreign Press Associa- someone who, you know, play front-man — Chris
tion announced Tues- has a guitar and sings or is Martin wasn’t as much
day on Twitter that trying to make it,” she says. help as the ladies.
Matt Damon, Robert “My singing teacher in Lon- “I mean, he was great,”
Pattinson and don worked me really hard. she says. “But to be totally
Jennifer Lopez would She was like, ‘There’s a big honest, I kind of picked the
present trophies at voice in there. We’re going brains of my girl singer
the 68th annual cere- to get it out.’ And I was friends more, because I
mony at the Beverly scared of my own kind of think it’s a very different
Hilton Hotel on Jan. voice.” thing — to be a male in a
16. For the second Luckily, she had some band as opposed to a lead.”
year in a row, Ricky friends with a little experi- If Paltrow had any
Gervais will host the ence in the area. Paltrow doubts about pulling off
event. turned to singers Beyoncé playing fresh-out-of-rehab
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Knowles and Faith Hill for singer Kelly Canter, they
advice and guidance. were nothing compared to
“They were both so sup- those of the studio. At least
portive of me. They were so that’s what Screen Gems
generous of spirit,” she head Clint Culpepper told
says. “I obsessively watched her.
Beyoncé perform. I just “When the script came
wanted to get a little bit of to him I was already at-
that incredible self-belief tached, and he’s like, ‘You
and abandon that she has all are crazy. She is so
Cacnoandtieannts f rcoamn sOtparrta hsa'sm npelwin g on stage.” wrong for this part,’” Pal- Gwyneth Paltrow stars as country singer Kelly Canter in Country Strong.
network starting Friday On set, Paltrow found trow remembers.
Infamous Hollywood hotel inspires Coppola
NED and stories I’ve heard from Coppola knew she could
EHRBAR the Chateau Marmont — only capture by shooting in
[email protected] kind of a combination of a the actual location.
METRO WORLD NEWS IN LOS ANGELES bunch of people,” Coppola “Luckily they let us film
says. “There’s maybe a there,” she says. “My pro-
Sofia Coppola’s latest film, dozen people that I took ducer said, ‘OK but what’s
Somewhere, follows fiction- pieces of. I don’t want to get the back-up plan.’ I was
al movie star Johnny Marco out-of-context and make like, I never have a back-up
(played by Stephen Dorff) someone feel bad. So yeah, plan.”
as he drifts drunkenly you can imagine, right?” In the film, Marco is sud-
through life in a rented One thing she didn’t see denly faced with minding
apartment at the infamous coming, though, is how his 11-year-old daughter
Chateau Marmont hotel on many friends have seen it (Elle Fanning) after his ex-
the Sunset Strip. and have assumed they are Sofia Coppola wife leaves town unexpect-
Given Coppola’s Holly- one of the dozen sources. edly. Coppola drew on her
wood upbringing, surely “It’s funny, the few peo- own experiences of having
Marco has a real-life coun- ple that I wasn’t really Chateau.” a famous father for some of
terpart — but she’s not thinking of said, like, ‘Oh, And some, like John the story’s scenarios, but
naming any names. it’s based on me,’” she says Belushi, have died there. she insists Somewhere is
“I based him on people with a laugh. “So many ac- The hotel is steeped in Hol- not her childhood on
I’ve met and people I know tors have lived at the lywood history, something screen.