Metro Edmonton - January 10, 2013

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metronews.ca NEWS 03
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Conduct investigation
Ethics probe
welcome, says
Premier Redford
Premier Alison Redford says
she welcomes investiga-
tions by the ethics commis-
sioner and Elections Alberta
into the conduct of her
government and her party. N
Earlier this week the
ethics commissioner
revealed details of its probe
into a conflict of interest al-
legation involving Redford
over a government lawsuit E
filed against Big Tobacco.
Alberta’s opposition
parties allege that Redford
awarded the lawsuit con-
tract to a group of law firms W
that included her former
husband, Robert Hawkes,
when she was justice
minister.
The Elections Alberta
investigation is reviewing
campaign donations made
by Edmonton Oilers owner S
Daryl Katz last year to the Premier Alison Redford told a room of Edmonton Realtors that the government is leaving no stone unturned in an eff ort to balance this year’s budget,
Progressive Conservative but new taxes are not coming forward. RYAN TUMILTY/METRO
Party of Alberta.
Belts tightening as
The Opposition has been
calling for the investigation
since last fall after media
reports indicated the PCs
accepted a single $430,000
donation when the legal
limit for a single donation is oil revenues falling
$30,000.
Elections Alberta has
named a retired Queen’s
Bench judge and two
independent investigators
to conduct the probe.
“My point is this is exact- Redford on the record. last two months has affected At a later event, Redford Defi cit forecast
ly what should happen,” our finances significantly,” said said the government would
Premier promises
Redford said Wednesday. Redford. “Energy royalties his- not raise taxes to balance the
The Wildrose claimed no new taxes to torically have made up almost budget. (cid:580)(cid:3) Premium care. (cid:5)(cid:268)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:3)
Wednesday that Alberta 30 per cent of the revenue that “We know that this sudden (cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:209)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:316)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:575)
balance next budget
Justice Minister Jonathan we rely on to budget the servi- drop in oil revenue has meant (cid:221)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:314)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:255)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:3)
Denis refused to acknow- ces that matter to Albertans.” that we need to put all options (cid:629)(cid:627)(cid:627)(cid:629)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:251)(cid:279)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:274)(cid:575)
ledge the seriousness of the RYAN Redford said the govern- on the table. It is part of what (cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)
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saying the opposition the province out of debt in the isters,” Redford said. “Caucus (cid:315)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)
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Tobacco. Premier Alison Redford said “We will do everything in erence is clear. I don’t want to
“There are potentially Monday that government de- our power to meet our com- see new taxes.” (cid:580)(cid:3) Billions in defi cit(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:17)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:575)
billions of dollars on the partments are being asked to mitment to balance the budget Wildrose finance critic Rob (cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:268)(cid:317)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:243)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:575)
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and this minister insists on prices continue to weaken Al- we believe as Albertans and should focus solely on spend- (cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:302)(cid:315)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:616)(cid:629)(cid:553)(cid:630)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)
keeping Albertans in the berta’s finances. Progressive Conservatives,” ing. (cid:616)(cid:630)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:553)
dark on whether or not Redford made the remarks she said. “Every department He said most people in the
they received the best deal,” at a seminar for the Realtor’s has been asked in the last province wouldn’t stand for it.
Wildrose MLA Shayne Sas- Association of Edmonton Wed- three weeks to review spend- “I think Albertans are not Redford would not say
kiw said. THE CANADIAN PRESS nesday morning. ing plans and restrain costs for in favour of it in any shape or when her government will
“A sudden drop in oil in the next year’s budget.” form,” he said from Airdrie. present its upcoming budget.
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04 NEWS metronews.ca
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Housing market
to stay strong in
2013: Realtors
Rosy outlook, with a By the numbers lighted was the shortage of
labour, which he cautioned
few caveats. Modest
could make it difficult for
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the year ahead (cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:292)- “Employers are not going
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the city. the pipeline export capacity
The Realtors Association to move the oil out of this
of Edmonton made the an- growth, nothing outrageous, province,” he said.
nouncement Wednesday say- just very balanced,” said Dar- Cook said despite those
ing they believe the market rell Cook, president of the as- concerns he is still optimistic
will grow by three percent, sociation, at the group’s annu- about Edmonton’s growth in
while housing prices will al housing forecast seminar. the year ahead.
climb two per cent and condo- John Rose, the city’s chief “We can’t always foresee
minium prices one per cent. economist, shared the rosy events, global events that may
City of Edmonton chief economist John Rose believes Alberta will continue to have among the strongest economies “We think this year very outlook, but warned there happen, but right here in Al-
in North America in the year ahead. But he also raised concerns about labour shortages and oil prices in a speech to much mirrors the past couple were some challenges ahead. berta we have been very, very
the Realtors Association of Edmonton. RYAN TUMILTY/METRO of years with sustained One of the areas Rose high- lucky.”
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06 NEWS metronews.ca
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Head and neck cancers. Mourning. Local student
Ditch the razors and grow who died in Mexico
a beard for ‘Manuary’ remembered on the web
Before discovering a couple As news of his death spread, Mexican reports
of painless, odd and unusual Quoted friends went online to re-
lumps on the side of his neck member Chris Rogers, a Uni-
“We want people to go
in August of 2010, Wade Wil- versity of Alberta student who (cid:580)(cid:3) According to Mexican
son had never heard of head to manuary.ca and either fell from a balcony at a Mex- media reports, the
and neck cancer. start their own fundrais- ican resort last weekend. 21-year-old fell over a
After undergoing surgery, “We are so sad to hear of balcony railing after
ing team or support
radiation and chemother- the tragic passing of one of our being punched in the
apy, the 49-year-old is today another team.” Bulldog alumni, Chris Rogers, face at a hotel bar early
cancer-free and keen to raise from the class of 2009,” tweet- Saturday morning.
Wade Wilson, a head and neck cancer
awareness about cancers of the survivor and the 2013 Community Champion ed Bellerose Composite High
mouth, tongue, upper throat for Manuary School on Wednesday. (cid:580)(cid:3) Rogers enjoyed playing
and voice box. “Thoughts and prayers hockey and was finishing
“(Head and neck cancers) at the University of Alberta to the family and friends of an engineering degree
are quite invasive because it’s Hospital, this month, through engineering student Chris at the University of
in your head and neck and face a fundraiser called Manuary. Rogers on his tragic passing,” Alberta, said a friend.
area,” Wilson said. “We want people to go to said the University of Alberta,
“A lot of patients end up los- manuary.ca and either start through their Twitter ac-
ing part of their tongue, their their own fundraising team or count. example” of a man, student,
face, their jaw or their voice support another team,” Wilson A memorial Facebook son, nephew, cousin and
box.” said. group called Rogers a “fine friend. METRO
Head and neck cancer af- In addition to raising
fects both sexes, but men are money and spreading the New management
four times more likely to be word, participants are ditch- Brazilian company. JBS South
affected. ing their razors and growing America says its Canadian
XL Foods plant
Wilson has made a full re- beards for the month of Janu- division, JBS Food Canada,
covery, thanks to “first-class” ary, aka Manuary. taken over by expects to complete the pur-
treatment at the University of All money raised will go chase of the XL operations in
Alberta Hospital, including a to the hospital’s multidisci- Green in the grey of winter multinational Brooks, Alta., on Monday.
salivary-gland transfer proced- plinary program dedicated JBS took over management
ure that was pioneered in Ed- to providing immediate, full Emily Lavender stripped down to a green bikini and body paint to The XL Foods meat packing of the XL Foods facility in Oc-
monton. reconstruction and restoring distribute PETA leaflets to people outside of the City Centre Mall on plant that was at the centre tober when an E. coli bacteria
He is one of several Edmon- function, appearance and dig- Wednesday at noon. Lavender and Shelby Kilbride (not pictured) of the largest meat recall in outbreak led to the massive
tonians raising both funds and nity to patients with head and braved the cold to hand out material encouraging people to “go Canadian history has been meat recall.
awareness for the Head and neck cancer. vegan” and enjoy meat-free meals. ANNALISE KLINGBEIL/METRO acquired by the subsidiary of a THE CANADIAN PRESS
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metronews.ca NEWS 07
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Taking Twitter
Home invasion Canada-wide warrant
Hot springs. Union,
Police seek RCMP release
to the streets park residents oppose
stolen BMW name of teenage
privatization plans Edmonton police are look- murder suspect
Idle No More. U of ing for a BMW that was
A researcher tracks The great democratizer stolen from its owners
The union representing em- who planned to attend the after the thieves forced
use of social media in “I think social media has ployees at Parks Canada’s hot meeting, said many in the com- their way into their home
social movements provided a more springs expected 100 people munity are hesitant to cede and detained them.
horizontal discussion. to attend a Wednesday-night control of the hot springs to a At about 11 a.m. on
They just had an Internet meeting to discuss the priva- private operator. “The whole Wednesday, the BMW 745
town hall discussion, tization of Miette Hot Springs. philosophy, I think, is totally was stolen from a home
LAURIE Parks Canada announced skewed,” he said. “They’re giv- near 162 Avenue and 59
CALLSEN which is allowing more plans last spring to privatize ing away our treasures for cor- Street. The licence plate is Adam William Lee Bird
[email protected] people to engage on a operations at hot springs in Jas- porate pocket-lining.” BGF 3392, and police are CONTRIBUTED
very horizontal level.” per, Banff and Radium. Tracy Thiessen of Parks Can- asking for anyone who
Social media has become a “We’re concerned about our ada said the organization stood spots it to report it but In a rare occurrence, RCMP
Researcher Kirsten Lindquist
teaching tool for many, and on the role of social media in Idle No More members losing their source by the planned privatization. not to approach the sus- have obtained a court
one student is delving into of income and no longer be- “We firmly believe that the pects, who are considered order to release the name
how it can help teach and ing employees,” said Marianne private sector is in a strong pos- armed and dangerous. of a 17-year-old wanted for
spur an entire community to revive and resurge against Hladun of the Public Service Al- ition to come forward and take METRO first-degree murder in Red
into action. mainstream media,” she said. liance of Canada Prairie Region. over the operation of the hot Deer. A Canada-wide war-
Kirsten Lindquist, a student In tandem with her re- “We’re also concerned pools.” Busted rant was issued for Adam
of native studies at the Univer- search, where she gathers about what will happen to the ANNALISE KLINGBEIL, WITH FILES William Lee Bird, 17, of
sity of Alberta, has launched a data and tracks five indigen- condition of the hot springs.” FROM ROBSON FLETCHER/METRO IN Traffic stop Manitoba, after the discov-
research project that looks at ous scholars and how they use Jasper resident Art Jackson, CALGARY ery of the body of Lloyd
the role of social media in the the Internet in their teaching, nets drugs Robert Sarson in a vehicle
work of indigenous scholars in- Lindquist has been following on Jan. 1. Sarson, 25, died
side and outside the classroom. the Idle No More movement A traffic stop that turned of gunshot wounds.
Lindquist, a former mar- with great interest. out to be anything but Police say Bird could be
keting professional, returned “This has been really eye- routine led police to in B.C., but he could also
to the U of A to pursue native opening to see how these in- arrest three youths on be in Alberta or other areas
studies and took her passion digenous scholars are using Tuesday. of Canada. He is believed
for social media with her. their theories and reflection in Officers with the spe- to be armed and should
“I worked in advertis- the classroom and turning that cialized traffic apprehen- not be approached.
ing and I worked with social into action,” she said. sion team pulled over a The court order to
media for organizations and She said social media, par- Dodge Neon because of release Bird’s name was
businesses. Now that I have ticularly Twitter, has helped its tinted windows. Police granted on Jan. 8. His
this native-studies perspec- Idle No More spread across the seized 97 grams of mari- name can no longer be
tive, I want to see how this can country by making it more ac- The union representing employees at Parks Canada’s Hot Springs Enterprise juana, $140, a baton and a published after Jan. 14 at
be used and how indigenous cessible and relatable to both Unit is concerned about the privatization of hot springs in Jasper, Banff can of bear spray. METRO 1 a.m. METRO
people are using social media native and non-native people. (pictured), and Radium. CAROL HARRINGTON/THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE
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AANNUUAARRYY Tammy Holmes, second from left, and her grandchildren take refuge under a jetty as a wildfire rages nearby in the
Tasmanian town of Dunalley, Australia, on Jan. 4. TIM HOLMES/HOLMES FAMILY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
South Australia. Milder 10 days occurred in 2013. to 11, and took shelter in the
“If you look at its extent, its sea beneath a wooden jetty.
temperatures reduce duration, its intensity, it is “The difficulty was there
danger, but scores of arguably the most significant was so much smoke and em-
in Australia’s history,” said bers and there was probably
blazes still burn
David Jones, with the Bureau 8 to 12 inches of air above the
of Meteorology. water,” Holmes told Australian
Friday
No deaths have been re- Broadcasting Corp. television.
4:00 PM Record temperatures across ported from wildfires, but “So we were all just heads;
Saturday southern Australia cooled around 100 people haven’t water up to our chins just try-
Wednesday, reducing the been accounted for since ing to breathe because it was
11:00
AM danger from scores of raging a blaze destroyed about 90 just — the atmosphere was so
4:00 wildfires but likely bringing homes in Dunalley, Tasmania. incredibly toxic,” he added.
PM
only a brief reprieve from the Survivors have told stories The fires have been most
Sunday summer’s extreme heat and of swirling flames, toxic fumes devastating in Tasmania,
1:00 PM fire risk. and desperate escapes. where at least 128 homes and
Australia had its hottest Tim Holmes fled his burn- more than 80,000 hectares
day on record Monday with a ing home near Dunalley on have burned. Hundreds of
nationwide average of 40.33 Friday with his wife, Tammy, people remain at evacuation
C. Four of Australia’s hottest and five grandchildren, aged 2 centres. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kitchen
& Bath Mideast. Severity of Second World War
specialist Soldier’s duffel
storm shocks region
John bag returned
7 decades later
Sillaots The fiercest winter storm to hit
the Mideast in years brought a 5Ref0ugee,s000 A U.S. man who served
rare foot of snow to Jordan on in France during the
Wednesday, caused fatal acci- Second World War has
dents in Lebanon and the West been reunited with his
Bank, and disrupted traffic on army duffel bag nearly
The unusual weather hit vulnerable Syrian
the Suez Canal in Egypt. At seventy years after it went
refugees living in tent camps very hard,
least eight people died across particularly some 50,000 sheltering in the missing.
the region. Zaatari camp in Jordan’s northern desert. William Kadar opened
In Lebanon, the Red Cross a carefully wrapped
said storm-related accidents were sent to organize evacua- package Tuesday to find
killed six people over the past tions. the bag, still stenciled
two days. Several drowned The weather hit Syrian refu- with his name and serial
after slipping into rivers from gees in tent camps very hard. number.
flooded roads. One person Torrential rains over four days The 92-year-old Kadar
froze to death and another have flooded some 200 tents tells the Post-Tribune in
died after his car went off a and forced women and infants Indiana that he last saw
slippery road. to evacuate in temperatures the bag in November
SHOW
In the West Bank town of that dipped below freezing. 1944, a month before
HOURS
Ramallah, a Palestinian official Jordanian weatherman he was captured by the
Friday 2 - 9pm said two women drowned after Mohammed Samawi called it Germans.
Saturday 10am - 8pm their car was caught in a flash the “fiercest storm to hit the His granddaughter
Sunday 10am - 5pm flood on Tuesday. Mideast in the month of Janu- says a 16-year-old French
In the Gaza Strip, civil de- ary in at least 30 years.” boy found the bag in his
fence spokesman Mohammed MENA also reported ten fish- grandfather’s house and
ADMISSION Adults (18+) $12 Seniors/Youth $10 Children (12 and under) FREE al-Haj Yousef said storms cut ermen missing after their boat tracked Kadar down.
electricity to thousands of Pal- capsized off Egypt in the Medi- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
estinian homes and rescuers terranean. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
metronews.ca NEWS 09
Thursday, January 10, 2013
An Iraqi army soldier, in this 2006 file photo, closes the door of a cell in Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of
Baghdad after the Iraqi government took over control from U.S. forces. Former inmates at the prison have received
compensation from a defence contractor whose subsidiary was accused in a lawsuit of conspiring to engage in
torture at Abu Ghraib. KHALID MOHAMMED/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Iraqi ex-prisoners
paid millions in
torture lawsuit
Abu Ghraib. Military involving Engility Holdings Inc. translators to the U.S. military
marks the first successful effort in Iraq.
investigation in 2004 by lawyers for former prisoners L-3 Services “permitted
identified 44 alleged at Abu Ghraib and other deten- scores of its employees to par-
tion centres to collect money ticipate in torturing and abus-
incidents of detainee
from a U.S. defence contractor ing prisoners over an extended
abuse at infamous jail in lawsuits alleging torture. period of time throughout
Another contractor, CACI, is ex- Iraq,” the lawsuit stated. The
pected to go to trial over similar company “wilfully failed to re-
A defence contractor whose allegations this summer. port L-3 employees’ repeated
subsidiary was accused in a The payments were dis- assaults and other criminal
lawsuit of conspiring to torture closed in a document that conduct by its employees to the
detainees at the infamous Abu Engility filed with the U.S. Se- United States or Iraq author-
Ghraib prison in Iraq has paid curities and Exchange Commis- ities.”
$5.28 million US to 71 former sion two months ago, but it has Several inmates said they
inmates held there and at other gone essentially unnoticed. were raped and many said they
U.S.-run detention sites from The defendant in the law- were beaten and kept naked for
2003 to 2007. suit, L-3 Services Inc., now an extended periods of time.
The settlement in the case Engility subsidiary, provided THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mexico
Politics. Chavez’s faltering
Feral dogs may have
health has U.S. eyeing
killed 5th victim
renewed ties with Venezuela
A 15-year-old girl found
fatally bitten by dogs
outside a Mexico City park
in mid-December may have With President Hugo Chavez
Quoted
been the victim of a feral possibly in his last days, the
pack suspected of killing at United States sees the possibil-
“Regardless of what hap-
least four other people over ity of a long-sought reset in rela-
the last month, prosecutors tions with Venezuela. pens politically in Vene-
said Wednesday. Chavez recently underwent zuela, if the Venezuelan
Ana Gabriela Nataret his fourth cancer-related sur-
government and if the
Ramirez died in hospital gery in Cuba and there is wide
after being found covered speculation that the 58-year-old Venezuelan people want
with dog bites near the — at the very least — will never to move forward with us,
Cerro de la Estrella park in again be able to govern. His al-
we think there is a path
the Mexico City district of lies have postponed his inaug-
Iztapalapa. uration for a new presidential that’s possible.”
Authorities began term, originally scheduled for
U.S. State Department spokeswoman
capturing dogs in the park Thursday, prompting a fierce Victoria Nuland
this week after a mother battle with the Venezuelan op-
and her infant boy were position, which argues such a America free of American influ-
found dead and covered in delay is unconstitutional. ence and built alliances with
dog bites on Dec. 29, and the The Obama administration U.S. foes across the globe such
bodies of a teenage couple is steering clear of the legal as Iran and Libya’s Moammar
were found covered with debate. But it is nevertheless Gadhafi, destroying anti-drug
fatal bites a week later. looking to the likely end of and counterterrorism ties with
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Chavez’s 14-year rule, during Washington along the way.
which he championed a Latin THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
No royal rep? Hudson Bay
Stranded hunters
No meeting: rescue rescuer
from helicopter
Chief Spence A pair of seal hunters
stranded on Arctic ice had
to become rescuers them-
selves Wednesday when the
chopper sent to save them
Hunger strike. First will not attend Friday’s meet- fell through the ice.
ing. This has not changed.” Capt. Jill Strelieff of 1
Nations leader calls Spence has been camped Canadian Air Division said
on Queen to help get out on an island in the Ottawa the hunters made their way
River since Dec. 11, subsisting through the frigid water to
Governor General
solely on fish broth and medi- pull the pilot to safety.
in Friday meeting cinal tea in hopes of convin- All three men were
cing Harper and Johnston to sit taken to hospital and
down with First Nations lead- treated for hypothermia.
ers to discuss historical treaty THE CANADIAN PRESS
Attawapiskat Chief Theresa rights.
Spence abruptly changed her Spence wants Johnston Worthy investment
mind Wednesday, refusing to present at the meetings be-
attend Friday’s hard-won First cause the talks are supposed to
Poll shows
Nations meetings with the fed- focus on the treaty rights that
eral government because Gov. were established by the Royal Canadian support
Gen. David Johnston isn’t plan- Proclamation of 1793, issued
ning to be there. by King George III. for arts & culture
Spence — whose month- “We have sent a letter
long protest on Victoria Island to Buckingham Palace, re- An overwhelming major-
was predicated on winning a questing that Queen Elizabeth ity of Canadians believe
meeting with both Johnston II send forth her representa- arts and culture is worthy
and Prime Minister Stephen tive, which is the Governor of government support,
Harper — said she’s written to General of Canada,” she said in Killer whales in a fight for their lives according to the results of
Buckingham Palace to enlist a statement. a poll commissioned by
the help of the Queen. A spokesperson for John- Orcas surface for air in a small hole in the ice near Inukjuak, Que., on Wednesday. The community, in Quebec’s Canadian Heritage. Asked
Social-media speculation ston has said he would not Far North, wants Ottawa to deploy an icebreaker to free about a dozen of the whales cornered under a vast how important it is that
that Johnston might change his attend the sessions on Friday stretch of sea ice. Locals say the mammals have gathered around one hole in the ice — slightly bigger than a government supports arts
mind was scotched Wednesday because the gathering is a pickup truck — in their desperate bid to get oxygen. Mayor Peter Inukpuk believes a sudden drop in and culture, 39 per cent
afternoon by a spokesperson working meeting with govern- temperature recently caught the pod off guard, leaving them boxed in under the ice. chose “a great deal.”
for Rideau Hall: “As previously ment on public policy issues. MARINA LACASSE/HANDOUT/THE CANADIAN PRESS THE CANADIAN PRESS
stated, the Governor General THE CANADIAN PRESS
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