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POLITICAL VIOLENCE RISING IN PAKISTAN, PG3
EDMONTON • MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2010 metronews.ca
RCMP searching Putting on its Games face
activist’s farm
over pipeline
bomb attacks
Vancouver prepares to host the world as Olympics draw near
HYTHEWiebo Ludwig has
been released from
custody, but RCMP contin- Seemingly overnight, Bolt said the downtown, ment Asso- five per cent fewer single- ertheless, downtown of-
ue to search his Alberta downtown Vancouver has despite years of construc- ciation. occupancy fices have already been
farm for evidence in a morphed into an Olympic tion, wasn’t yet fully In a vehicles on warned that wait times for
half-dozen pipeline bomb- city. decked out. show of sup- the road buses could be as long as
ings over the last two Until recently, the visible “That’s what’s happen- port for Canadian athletes, starting two hours during peak
years in northeastern B.C. signs like new venues and ing now. We’re dressing up most stores are displaying this week and commuting hours once the
A woman at the farm corporate signage had the city,” said Bolt, point- red. Gauthier said busi- 30 per cent Games are on.
confirmed yesterday that been fairly easy to over- ing out plans to hang 6,000 nesses are being careful to fewer TORSTAR
dozens of Mounties are look. After all, buildings Olympic banners. Gone respect corporate sponsors when NEWS
still searching the commu- look like buildings, bill- seemingly overnight are and not use lettering or im- the SERVICE
nal farm, which is home boards like billboards. any trace of Christmas dec- ages of athletes that could Games
to more than 50 people, But anyone who was orations except red lights violate trademarks. begin
near the town of Hythe, away over the holiday sea- and signs. Amid all this glitz, what Feb. 12.
Alta. Ludwig was visiting son has returned to a very “I’m looking out the hasn’t changed is down- “We’re asking Electrician Jason Raposo
friends and could not be different look. Parking bar- window and I see a big town traffic. everyone to look hangs Olympic Games
reached for comment. riers have sprouted on ma- building wrap being put Terry Wright, executive at their travel op- banners on a light stan-
He was arrested Friday jor streets; temporary on a building,” said vice-president of the Van- tions and try dard in Vancouver on
and held overnight in jail structures have popped up Charles Gauthier, execu- couver Organizing Com- them out ahead Wednesday.
as police continued to in parks and parking lots. tive director of the Down- mittee (VANOC), said the of time,” said DARRYL DYCK/
gather evidence, but was City spokeswoman Leslie town Business Improve- hope now is there will be Wright. Nev- THE CANADIAN PRESS
released early Saturday
without any charges being LRT riders ditch their inhibitions — and their pants
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Fest ‘changing’ 118 Avenue 5-year-old girl
dead after
In third year, Deep Freeze celebration melting strip’s bad rep snowmobile
collision
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Edmonton tweets pening area of Edmonton, Officials say a 36-year-old
and he’s right.” male had been operating a
(cid:129) @laurie_marie The third instalment of snowmobile through a
had a dream the annual festival shut wooded area within the ru-
that Vampire down a section of 118 Av- ral sub-division property
Weekend need- enue over the two-day peri- when he lost control and
ed me to fill in od, filling the notorious struck a tree. The man,
for vocals/guitar at stretch with smiling faces, along with his five-year-old
their #yeg show. Awesome. music and laughter. daughter, who was a
(cid:129) @elekinSaw my first pair of A reprieve from freezing passenger, were thrown
Blue Jays of the year. Spring temperatures sent thou- from the snowmobile into
can’t be far off. #yeg sands from the comforts of a stand of trees.
(cid:129) @trappedinamberOK twit- home, in volumes organiz- The girl succumbed to
pop, where would a guy buy a ers didn’t foresee. Revellers of all ages enjoyed themselves at Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Festival yesterday on the injuries sustained as a
Slap Chop on #yeg southside? “It’s more than we could 118 Avenue. Attendance, at around 10,000, was nearly quadruple that of 2009. result of the collision and
have anticipated, or ex- was pronounced dead at
pected,” Morin said, the scene. Her father was
adding that the 10,000 peo- transported by ambulance
ple who headed out for the to an Edmonton-area hospi-
What’s online today. festival nearly quadrupled tal with serious injuries.
last year’s attendance. Police say neither was
ImmigrationGuidy The festival is one of wearing a helmet at the
Mamann has advice for many initiatives conjured time of the collision.
those who have allowed by Arts on the Ave, a group The name of the
their visitor’s status to expire dedicated to bringing deceased is being withheld
at metronews.ca/ beauty back to an area pending notification of
immigration made infamous by vio- next of kin. METRO EDMONTON
Playfree online lence, drugs and prostitu-
Sudoku, updated tion.
daily Morin said since the fes- News in brief
tival’s first year, a notice-
Lotteries able difference can be seen HUNTER The search for a miss-
Friday, Jan. 8 on the strip, and that fami- SunnySide ing coyote hunter has ended
Lotto Max:08, 17, 21, 23, 24, 28, 39 Bonus 31 lies are choosing to live in with police finding the 37-year-
Saturday, Jan. 9 the area, rather than run- old man’s body in a rural area
Lotto 6/49: 07, 09, 10, 27, 28, 40 Bonus 42 ning from it. Cheryl Wong, a 17-year-old thought we’d bring her by-stepped across the ice near Lloydminster. Norman Ger-
These results are not official. Street hockey, ice sculp- Chinese exchange student, here to learn how to for the first time. wing was reported missing
tures, skating, music and to the free festival. skate,” she said. “It is fun, but too hard,” Tuesday. An RCMP release says
ADVERTISE TODAY! an artisan market enticed “She wanted to do some- Clutching the arms of she said with a laugh. “Too foul play is not suspected.
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Canadian gets reprieve from death sentence in Saudi Arabia 3
A Montreal man who was sentenced to die by decapitation in Saudi Arabia for his role in a fatal schoolyard brawl three years ago has received a reprieve
in the form of a retrial. Saudi Arabia’s highest court earlier this week revoked the death sentence against Mohamed Kohail. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canada/World
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ANDREW If Canadians are piqued 105 sitting days per ses- Harper brought down
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Prime Minister Stephen election to ratify the Free time, airline travel has
Harper shrugs off his deci- Trade Agreement. made it easier for MPs to
sion to put an end to a travel from a riding to Ot-
messy parliamentary ses- tawa to sit in the legisla-
sion as a “routine” matter. just ended lasted 128 days. ture. In the 39 parliamen-
Harper’s officials have True, in the 144 parlia- tary sessions over the last
Rapper Classified, from Enfield, N.S., shoots a video for his argued that historically the mentary sessions since 50 years, the average par-
song Oh Canada from his 2009 album Self Explanatory, in average parliamentary ses- Confederation in 1867, liamentary session for MPs bSocotttot mTh”o amndp sboena ttainlkgs c hainttcienrg o “nr othcke
downtown Halifax yesterday. sion has lasted 109 sitting MPs in the Commons have sitting in the Commons road to Kids in the Hall reunion.
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Can you name Canadian Olympians?
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residence in Southwold, known people interviewed by sponders were limited to Penguins centre Sidney
to have exotic animals on the Metro in Vancouver over naming only one athlete Crosby and speedskater Je-
property, yesterday afternoon the last two days were able from the men’s ice hockey remy Wotherspoon shared
after reports that a man had to name five Canadian Win- team. the runner-up spot with
been mauled by a tiger. OPP ter Olympic athletes. “I am surprised,” said five mentions each.
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killed by the tiger. The victim contending to make Cana- time to get to know the ath- couldn’t name a single ath-
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AFGHANISTAN An explosion
outside a village in southern
Afghanistan yesterday killed a
U.S. Marine and a veteran war
correspondent who became
A United Airlines Airbus sits at Newark Liberty International Airport after making an emergency the first British journalist
landing yesterday. Landing gear problems were blamed. All 53 people aboard the flight from killed in the conflict, officials
Chicago were safely evacuated, and no injuries were reported. said. With the death of
Sunday Mirror journalist
Rupert Hamer, 18 reporters
Violence in Pakistan on the rise have been killed in
Afghanistan — including a
Canadian last month — since
the U.S.-led 2001 invasion, ac-
MURDERS Dozens of people mon in Karachi, but the bility. cording to figures kept by the
have been killed in Pak- shootings and decapita- “We have found four bod- New York-based Committee to
istan’s largest city, includ- tions since Jan. 1 have ter- ies of our party workers to- Protect Journalists.
ing four found yesterday — rorized parts of this teem- day,” said Faisal Sabzwari, a ITALY Pope Benedict XVI
three of them headless — ing metropolis, prompting provincial lawmaker from denounced the riots last week
in a wave of targeted at- the government to send in the Muttahida Qaumi between immigrants and Ital-
tacks among rival political paramilitary forces to re- Movement, the strongest ians in southern Italy, saying
groups that some say is store order. political party in Karachi yesterday that migrants have
aimed at destabilizing the The growing unrest in and one dominated by the rights, must be respected, and
country’s ruling coalition. the financial capital threat- minority Mohajir ethnic are equally loved by God.
Political violence is com- ens to spark further insta- group. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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CComhmentanges welcomed ICHAEL DE ADDER
InTransit on transit are liable to be was old, and the blue and the one that was on loan
slower than just biking yellow livery was down- from Vancouver, are low
the whole way. right ancient. Now, the floor, silent, and carry
Brian With most quadrants of differences are much back-up batteries.
the city well served, the more subtle, like the The decision to scrap
Gould next step should be to pro- move away from wooden them did, however, mean
vide racks on regional bus- inserts, the changes in the bus fleet was quickly
es to St. Albert, Sherwood seat fabric, and the rela- able to approach 99 per
Tmetronews.ca/gould Park, Fort Saskatchewan, tively recent rounded cent accessible. As of the
and Spruce Grove. These fronts. end of August, the high-
he dawn of a new rides are long, treacher- A few years ago, the floor buses were only see-
decade has ous, and claim cyclists’ high floors had been rele- ing action on 13 routes.
brought with it lives. gated to little-used indus- All but two of those only
two significant, Along with these new bi- trial runs, peak-of-the- saw one trip per day.
yet subtle, cycle racks, the bus fleet is peak service, and the ex- In a fleet of more than
changes to ETS’ bus fleet. now fully wheelchair ac- tra park-and-ride service 900 buses, a couple dozen
Eleven routes now boast cessible. This change has for football games. Rela- little-used high floors are
bicycle racks — up from been a long time coming, tively few could be seen easy to forget about. Most
three — while the entire with old buses slowly dis- plying the mainline riders probably won’t no-
system is now served by appearing over the years. routes. tice the difference, but for
low-floor buses. The increasingly mis- Many of the hangers-on those who depend on the
ETS’ bicycle accommo- named GM “New Look” were the increasingly anti- lower floors, it’s sure to be
dations are still rather high-floor buses have been quated trolley buses, a welcome relief from
spotty compared to many on their way out since meaning trollies were un- worrying about being
other operators. On the 1993, when New Flyer’s fairly associated with stuck at the curb.
other hand, Edmonton is low-floors began to arrive. those creaking clunkers Worth mentioning
relatively flat; while some Assessing the age of a by the time council decid- Brian Gould is a transportation planner and
streets may not be terribly particular bus used to be ed to scrap them in 2008. has served in a variety of roles with the Transit
pleasant rides, short hops easy. Boxy was new, round Modern trolley buses, like Riders’ Union of Edmonton. Superheroes to hand out
condoms at Winter Games
Views
Look. Up in the sky. It’s a thousands of visitors and
bird, it’s a plane, no it’s ... locals.
Exercise caution when battling the bulge Captain Condom. Those kits will include
The safe sex superhero condoms, lubricants, lip
and several other caped balm, hand heaters, glow
HineSight and easy. We do not be- may want to consider hir- very useful, but only if crusaders will sticks, DVDs
lieve them, of course. How- ing a personal trainer. what you use them for is to hit the streets 250,000 and informa-
ever, if you are planning to These are people whose strap them to your ankles of Vancouver tion cards
Anne buy home gym equipment, job is to make you hurt in on long walks. Otherwise, next month and referrals
it’s important to choose every area of your body. If they simply take up valu- when the city Luciano Colonna, of to local serv-
Hines something that they wore able desk space, which hosts the SafeGames, says one goal is ice providers
will suit your leather you’ll need for the lamp world for the to hand out 250,000 and re-
lifestyle in boots, you fashion out of your un- 2010 Olympic condoms to Games goers, sources.
metronews.ca/hinesight the long it used Ab-buster. Games. but he said the main goal is The City of
term. Ask My choice? This year, I Behind the to enhance the effort of the Vancouver
This time of year it seems yourself: think I’ll try exercising my marching community in hosting the has con-
as if someone is throwing “Will common sense instead of bands, Games in a safe manner. tributed
diet and exercise informa- this el- my credit card. I’m going clowns, con- $20,000 to
tion at us every time we liptical to walk a little more, eat doms on stilts the overall
turn around (which, by the trainer my veggies and cut down and general three-ring cir- cost.
way, burns .00324 calo- be good (but not out) on chips and cus is a serious message All the so-called super-
ries). for hang- sweets. Will I be thin in about harm reduction dur- heroes hitting the streets
In the past, it was gener- ing 2010? Maybe. But the ad- ing the Olympic fun. will be volunteers, and
ally accepted that if you clothes on vice I’m going with is this: The organizers, a group most of them will choose
wanted to trim down a bit, come “Life should not be a called SafeGames 2010, their own costumes and
you simply had to eat a lit- March journey to the grave with will have outreach teams their own aliases.
tle less and exercise a little when I don’t would the intention of arriving handing out “safe kits” to THE CANADIAN PRESS
more. Nowadays, we can want to see it probably be safely in an attractive and
see the obvious flaw in this again?” illegal. well-preserved body; but
system. No one can make Gym memberships: Exercise/diet books: rather to skid in sideways,
money from it. Choosing a gym you will Bookstore shelves are chocolate in one hand, We Know What You’re Thinking
Before you start shed- actually use is all about lo- crammed with helpful ti- chai in the other, body to-
ding cash in order to shed cation. I myself always tles such as Taylor Swift’s tally worn out, screaming 69%The number of
pounds, here’s what you choose something near a Guide to Perfectly Toned ‘Woo hoo, what a ride!’” Canadians who have
need to know: doughnut shop. That way I Thighs (“Be 20 years old.”) read a book in the past year.
Home gym systems: can announce, “I’m going or The Miracle of Losing Anne Hines is an author and humour writer.
Many experts say that exer- to the gym” as I head out Weight by Never Eating She has written three novels and one
collection of nonfiction humour.
cising at home can be fun for a French cruller. You Again. Diet books can be IPSOSREID
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Green resolutions for 2010
Going Green in brief
CAR EMISSIONSMany cars put
on weight without their own-
ers realizing it. All sorts of
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bad habits from the previ- to look after and great to sources and install solar in the car will increase the fuel
ous year. With the need to cook with. Spuds such as panels on your roof. consumption by one or two
Go Green still going potatoes, carrots and toma- OUT OF OFFICE per cent, so help your car lose
strong, Metro compiled a toes are good choices. Print pages only when its love handles, throw out the
list of the top green tips Left over banana peels in you have to and if you do, rubbish and reduce your emis-
for 2010. the bin? try not print out endless sions.
This may mean you have Add them to a compost copies of the same docu- IDLINGDon’t idle. Any stop
to switch your luxury trip heap. ment to save paper. Also, longer than 10 seconds will
to the Maldives for a trip to CUT YOUR COMMUTE remember to switch off save you gas. The federal gov-
the countryside… but at Ride your bike or walk to your computer when you ernment’s Office of Energy Effi-
least itʼs in the interest of work. Not only will you be leave and turn off any oth- ciency says the average Canadi-
the planet. Plant your own vegetables this year to help reduce the emissions doing more exercise but er electrical equipment an idles their car for five min-
cost of transporting food. you will also be alleviating such as desk lights or space utes a day, not counting warm-
TRIM YOUR TRAVEL your finances by saving the heaters. ing it up on cold mornings. But
Make 2010 the year of Buy organic food sources At the till, use a re-usable money you would normal- SWITCH OFF LIGHTS cutting that out, you’ll save
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Monday, January 11, 2010 metro
Canwest seeks newspaper selloffs 7
The cross-country newspaper chain run by Canwest Global Communications has fallen into the
hands of the insolvent company's banks as it seeks to sell its big-city dailies. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Business
EDITOR: [email protected]
Military takes look
at robotic vehicles
Don’t expect them to say currently employs Israeli-
“Hasta la vista, baby,” but Terminator made Heron unmanned
the robotic armoured ve- aerial vehicles (UAVs) to pa-
hicles and pilotless aircraft (cid:129) In the four-movie Termi- trol bomb-infested roads
being developed by Cana- nator franchise, humanity and provide early warning
da’s military scientists may fights in a genocidal war of ambushes for troops on
one day be able to think waged by artificially intelli- the ground in Afghanistan.
for themselves. gent robots. Some of The Heron is capable of
The aim of the project by Schwarzenegger’s most carrying weapons, but the
Canada’s defence research memorable catch phrases Conservative government
branch, launched last fall, — “Hasta la vista, baby” as recently as last spring
is to improve on the cur- and “I'll be back” — came turned down a request by
rent generation of remote- from his turn as one of the the air force to install mis-
controlled devices de- murderous cyborgs. siles on the drones that are
signed for the battlefield. controlled by pilots on the
It may sound like some- Que., says the vehicles un- ground at a base station.
thing from the Terminator der study are not meant THE CANADIAN PRESS
films, but defence scien- for combat but rather sur-
tists say what they’re do- veillance.
ing is a long way from the “That’s a very important
world envisioned by the capability that we’re look-
science fiction action flicks ing for,” Wong said in a re-
that made California Gov. cent interview.
Arnold Schwarzenegger a “Many of our projects (at
household name. Defence Research Canada)
Franklin Wong, who are geared towards the sur- Wicroemleessb cahcka ragminogn, g3- tDh ea nhdig Pholilgarhotsid’s
leads the project at Canadi- veillance aspect.” of CES 2010. Scan this code for the full
an Forces Base Valcartier, The Canadian military story.
Business in brief
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of Arabtec Holding yesterday Arabtec shares plunged 6.9 per crosoft Corp. filed a petition
after the Dubai construction cent on the first full trading with the U.S. Court of Appeals
giant, which helped build the day since details of the deal Friday asking it to re-hear a
world’s tallest tower, agreed to with Aabar Investments patent-infringement case be-
sell a controlling stake to a became public. tween the two companies.
state-run investment fund in TECHNOLOGYCanadian THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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metro metronews.ca Monday, January 11, 2010
8 Wishful thinking
Ben Rycroft offers up some stories he’d like to read about
Canadian soccer this year at metronews.ca/justsoccer
Sports Chapman signs with Cincinnati
Cuban left-hander Aroldis Chapman has agreed to a deal with the Cincinnati Reds.
With a 100 m.p.h. fastball, he is considered by scouts to be among the top pitching
prospects in the world. Chapman threw a bullpen session for major league teams in
Houston last month, and the Toronto Blue Jays, Florida Marlins and Boston Red Sox
also were thought to be among his suitors. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
EDITOR: [email protected]
Seahawks, Carroll Cards headed to New Orleans
engage in talks
The Seattle Seahawks are in
Los Angeles trying to make
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coach of Southern touchdown to round out night.
California may go into the field. The Jets, Ravens and
today. The Seahawks still “He (Michael Adams) Cowboys all made state-
do not have an agreement, made a sack, the ball went ments this weekend that
despite widespread reports in the air, I just made a they're in top form. The
to the contrary. play on the ball,” Dansby Cardinals seemed poised to
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS said. do the same when they
Earlier, the Baltimore raced out to a 17-0 first-
Ravens routed the Patriots quarter lead. But the Pack-
33-14. ers (11-6) scored three
Arizona (11-6) will face fourth-quarter touch-
the NFC's top seed, the downs to send the game to
Saints (13-3), in New Or- overtime.
leans on Saturday. The re- “That's probably one of
ward for Baltimore (10-7) is the best games ever played
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Cowboys. Scan this code taking on the Colts (14-2) coach Ken Whisenhunt Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers watches Arizona Cardinal Karlos Dansby run back a
for the full story. later Saturday in Indi- said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS fumble after Rodgers was hit by Michael Adams during overtime yesterday.
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