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DUBOIS daily basis by peace officers on “When you calculate all of [email protected] Edmonton transit on both the the percentages, we made some platforms and in the LRT cars pretty good gains from 2012 to Even with Edmonton Transit are just some of the ways the 2013. We’re pretty happy with checking more and more riders, city is working to keep fare eva- the results of that,” said Davis. the system is seeing a smaller sion low, said Davis. As a regular user of public percentage of riders attempting Patrolling during the even- transit, Transit Union of Ed- to skip out on the fare. ing, afternoon and night, there monton spokesperson Brandon Last year the city saw 13,128 are on average eight officers per Van Alstine has seen few fare violations on public transit, a shift checking for fare evaders, evaders. slight increase from two years a number that hasn’t increased “I think I’ve maybe been ago, which had 12,853 viola- since the security department’s on the train four or five times tions. But city officials say the last hiring back in 2010. when I’ve seen somebody TIMBERLAKE TURNS IT UP number of riders checked by Penalties for failing to pay a caught without one. In general, peace officers for fare evasion transit fare was increased back I don’t think I’ve seen anybody increased substantially as well, in 2011 after city council voted get ticketed,” he said. with 330,000 people spoken to to increase it from $140 to $250. Fare evasion curbing efforts Justin Timberlake opens the 2014 leg of his 20/20 Experience World Tour to a sold out crowd at Rexall in 2012, and more than 450,000 Violations within the public will continue in 2014, with no Place on Monday night. He will hit the stage again at Rexall on Tuesday night.CANDICE WARD/FOR METRO people checked in 2013. transit system can refer to both plans to modify their peace of- “Out of those 450,000 plus tickets and fare evasion events, ficer patrols at this time. s2,p080a litrces oef Fold down RAV4’s rear seats and you’ll have enough cargo space to fit almost anything. space space, Starting from $23,870† space , , , space,space,space,space. S20h1o4w RnA: $V342 A,8W60D M LiSmRiPted toyota.ca †MSRP of $23,870 is for a new 2014 RAV4 FWD LE (ZFREVT). MSRPs do not include freight and PDI ($1,690), license, insurance, registration, applicable taxes, AC charge, levies and fees. metronews.ca NEWS 03 Tuesday, January 14, 2014 2012 incident Iveson remains optimistic LRT funds are coming EPS offi cers charged with Mayor Don Iveson says despite lion project is so large, simply “If we are still having this assault comments from Premier Alison moving money around won’t debate in three or four months’ Redford that the city should re- get the project rolling. time then we will likely lose an- Two EPS members are examine its priorities to build “You would have to un-fund other construction season.” facing assault charges stem- LRT he is still optimistic the basically the rest of the budget City spokesperson Quinn ming from an incident in government will step up. to fund LRT and that would Nicholson said scaling back September 2012. “The province overall does have consequences,” he said. the project is also problematic, Const. Barry Fairhurst, have a strong commitment to Iveson said he hopes the because if it doesn’t reach Mill a nine-year veteran of the transit. We just need to sort out province will commit to the Woods it won’t be as effective. N force, and Const. David the timing and actually get it to project and to long-term fund- “That reduces a lot of your A conceptual drawing shows the Olsson, who has two years’ show up in future budgets,” he ing for transit in its coming ridership and a lot of the justifi- proposed line arriving in Churchill experience, were charged said. budget, but they will need an cation for the line to exist in the Square, which would be the end point with assault on Monday. He said because the $1.8-bil- answer soon. first place.” RYAN TUMILTY/METRO for the project. COURTESY CITY OF EDMONTON The service’s profession- al standards branch con- Air Canada E ducted the investigations after a complainant came forward alleging excessive and unlawful force was used during an arrest. grounds W EPS is not commenting on the incident, but the two constables remained assigned to operational policing. METRO soldier’s Mild fl ooding S City prepared service dog for warm-up With several days of warm weather in the forecast, the city’s drainage department said it’s prepared for the mild flooding that will PTSD. Pug-schnauzer- was a slap in the face,” Jew said come with it. Monday after taking a differ- terrier Snoopy trained Environment Canada ent flight from Edmonton to has a forecast calling for to deal with anxiety Toronto on WestJet. balmy conditions all week, She said WestJet let Snoopy reaching a high of 12 C on fly for free. Saturday. City drainage dir- Air Canada refunded Jew’s ector Derek Melmoth said An Alberta soldier with post- ticket and, in a statement, he doesn’t expect too much traumatic stress disorder says apologized, calling the matter of a challenge. she’s disappointed Air Canada a “misunderstanding.” “It will only really affect wouldn’t allow her dog on “Air Canada does have a the arterials and the collect- board a plane as a service ani- policy in place to accept service ors. Those are the only ones mal. animals of passengers with dis- that actually have pave- Sgt. Shirley Jew said the abilities. These disabilities are ment exposed,” he said. airline told her PTSD isn’t not limited to physical disabil- Melmoth said they will recognized as a disability that ities,” said the statement. clear catch basins if big pud- requires a service dog. Staff Jew said she was diagnosed dles occur, but they don’t told her she’d have to travel with PTSD in 2012, after serv- do it proactively because it with her pug-schnauzer-terrier ing three tours overseas. She causes other problems such Snoopy as a pet — for a $50 fee. got Snoopy last spring and the as potential freezing. “I never thought I would dog helps calm her down when Sgt. Shirley Jew and her service dog Snoopy. Jew, an Alberta soldier with post- RYAN TUMILTY/METRO be treated like a third-class she gets anxious or angry. traumatic stress disorder, says she’s disappointed Air Canada wouldn’t allow her citizen like I was with them. It THE CANADIAN PRESS dog on board a plane as a service animal. 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Annual event no more The annual Homeless for a Night event is no more as Youth Empowerment and Support Services (YESS) of- ficials gear up for a replace- ment event. Decreasing donation amounts over the past few years prompted event of- ficials to stop the Homeless for a Night event before it no longer became a generous fundraiser. YESS, which among other services “In best practice, we want- operates a medical clinic, has decided ed to catch it before it really, to cancel its Homeless for a Night really took a slump,” said event. METRO FILE Freddy Damani, communica- tions coordinator with YESS. with a pledge-based fund- Last year’s fundraiser raiser called The Backpack drew in about $80,000 for Project. the non-profit during its sev- Using an online app, the enth year of the event, which fundraiser will ask partici- has dropped from previous pants to choose one of six years. YESS identities to guide “It was a great event, them through a simulated we loved it, but we have to week of life on the street. Dr. Ze’ev Gross plans to launch a pilot project to connect the unemployed with support services to help get them back into the workforce. LEAH GERMAIN/METRO do the best for our kids; we Prior to the official launch of Edmonton doctor hoping have to make sure we come the app, registered users can up with the best options,” collect pledges, which earn said Damani. them online bonuses. It will The non-profit is re- launch Mar. 7. placing Homeless for a Night STEPHANIE DUBOIS/FOR METRO to get people Back to Work Gunpoint crimes County lands Man charged for Coalition group series of robberies forms to oppose Vicious cycle. Physician Canada from Israel in 2009, is make a real step (forward) for Gross said he plans to turn looking to launch a pilot pro- health, (people) start to feel the project into an online re- Solomon ZeMichael Teklie, Edmonton looking to break down ject to link people with health they regain their energy.” source, comparable to a dating 39, has been charged in proposed cycle of people losing issues to support services to The project will start with site. connection to three violent help find them work. a pilot group within a few “It is going to be working on robberies that happened annexation work due to illness “We know that people who months to gauge how the initia- the mindset of the people,” he in north Edmonton on are not so healthy are more tive works, Gross said. added. “It’s not enough to cre- Saturday. Police were first A group of Leduc County prone to leave the work circle “We can measure the suc- ate the opportunity (for a job) if LEAH called to an incident where businesspeople, land- and those who go out of the cess after six months,” he said. the person is not ready.” GERMAIN a car owner was held at owners and residents have Metro in Edmonton work circle tend to deteriorate “From there on, the idea is to For more information, email gunpoint and had their come together to form an in their health,” he explained. make it viral.” Gross at [email protected]. vehicle and smartphone official opposition group An Edmonton doctor is looking The idea behind the Back to stolen. Ten minutes later, to the City of Edmonton’s to give people in need a helping Work program is to break what Quoted police responded to a proposed annexation of hand getting back to work. Gross calls a vicious cycle. robbery at gunpoint at a county lands. Leduc County “As a medical professional, Gross said he was inspired “We know that people who are not so healthy financial institution, which Mayor John Whaley said we know work and health are to start the program after see- was quickly followed by the group helps balance intertwined,” said Ze’ev Gross, ing many patients that are af- are more prone to leave the work circle and those another gunpoint robbery the political discussions. a family physician in north Ed- fected by being unemployed. who go out of the work circle tend to deteriorate nearby. 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Costs should Controversy be made available to Quebec’s new cardinal says patients: Hospital CEO values charter is ‘dividing people’ Watching Breaking Bad — the Instead of mailing invoice- Canada’s freshly appointed hit TV show about a teacher like statements to patients, cardinal says Quebec is who turned to cooking meth the government could set up making people increasingly to help pay for his cancer a website so people could see afraid of each other with its treatments — got David Musyj how much their health care controversial values charter. thinking about how little Can- costs the province, added Quebec Archbishop Ger- adians know about the cost of Musyj. ald Cyprien Lacroix, among their health care. The New Democrats “love” a new batch of cardinals Musyj, CEO of Windsor the idea of letting people see selected Sunday by Pope Regional Hospital, thinks pa- their OHIP charges on a web- Francis, spoke out Monday tients would appreciate health site. “They are taxpayers’ dol- against the proposed Parti care more if they knew exactly lars and we should know how Québécois legislation. how much it cost. much money was spent for the The PQ government’s “How can we have an edu- service that we got,” said NDP plan would ban public- cated debate regarding health health critic France Gélinas. sector employees from care, which is consuming The Progressive Conserva- wearing religious symbols. 40-plus per cent of our provin- tives also support giving pa- “We’re dividing people,” cial budget — approximately tients accurate information on he told a Quebec City news $50 billion a year — when we how much their care costs. conference when asked have no clue on how much Musyj said he’s pretty sure about the charter, a docu- individuals are consuming or of one thing: “If Breaking Bad ment tabled last fall by the what is the cost of health care was a Canadian or an Ontario minority PQ government. on an individual basis,” Musyj series it would have been over “People are every day asked in an interview. in one episode because Walter more afraid of each other. In a report to his hospital’s White would have gotten his Instead of bringing us board of directors, Musyj sug- chemo without charge and Mourning for Ariel Sharon together and bringing our gested people should be provid- would have gone into remis- cultures together and shar- ed with a summary of all their sion and the series was over. A man mourns next to the flower-covered grave of late Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, at his family farm ing the richness of who we Ontario Health Insurance Plan “It wouldn’t have gone on near Sderot, southern Israel, on Monday. Israel said its last farewell to Sharon on Monday with a state cere- are, we’re starting to build charges on an annual basis, because he wouldn’t have had mony outside the parliament building before his flag-draped coffin was taken on a cross-country procession to walls and be afraid of each or when a patient leaves a to turn to a life of crime to pay its final resting place at the farm. 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Isn’t the miracle of life gift enough? an increasing number of women are hoping for A poll conducted by a U.K. parenting website more than just a newborn baby at the end of their found that over a quarter of its 1,200 online com- Despite their shiny appeal, lavish push presents nine-month pregnancy. munity members were expecting, or had already One of the latest trends in culturally mandat- received, a push present from their significant are an entirely unnecessary extravagance. ed gift-giving is the “push present,” an expensive other. Jewelry, tablet computers, handbags and token of appreciation bestowed upon a woman designer watches were some of the most popular But the only reward you should really be anticipating at the by her partner after she literally “pushes out” gifts first-time mothers received as tokens of ap- end of the painful delivery process is a happy and healthy baby, their offspring. As with most over-the-top con- preciation from their husbands and boyfriends not a sparkling tennis bracelet or a new pair of shoes. sumption-driven traditions, we probably have ce- following childbirth. Despite their shiny appeal, lavish push presents are an en- lebrities to blame for this one. Personally, I have a problem with the high ex- tirely unnecessary extravagance. Most non-celebrity couples Kanye West reportedly gifted Kim Kar- pectations and implicit materialism attached to would be better off saving their money for their child’s educa- SHE SAYS dashian with a $770,000 black and tiger-stripe these post-baby baubles. It’s not that I’m against tion rather than investing big bucks on an obligatory gift. I have diamond ring following the birth of their daugh- Jessica Napier showering your significant other with gifts to hope that if and when I have a baby, the only thing I’ll need ter North last year. metronews.ca every once in a while, but there’s nothing special from my partner is his continued support and a solemn prom- And during an appearance on Ellen last week, or heartfelt about a mother-to-be pressuring her ise to share diaper-changing duties equally. singer Tamar Braxton flaunted her push present, a recently ac- partner to buy a pricey item off her delivery-room wish list. There are approximately one trillion things new quired diamond ring from her record executive husband, Vincent Carrying a child for nine months and then lamaze-breathing parents need to worry about (and spend money on) Herbert. You’d think it would be ludicrous for us regular humans your way through hours of labour is an incredibly challenging ac- prior to the birth of a child, and a to take life lessons from the rich and frivolous, and yet the push complishment that certainly deserves some sort of acknowledge- push present certainly isn’t one of Follow Jessica Napier on present trend is growing in popularity among the mainstream ment. them. Twitter @MetroSheSays ZOOM WE ACT: Why hello there, Miss Bear CANADA DOES GOOD Q&A with a visionary, hero, expert hotdog griller struggles, and he wanted to help. He never forgot his dream. The result was a wilderness camp for families with special-needs children that officially opened July 2013. A dedicated volunteer, Dowler can be found helping where the camp needs him most, whether that’s cooking hotdogs, manning booths or spreading smiles. He believes everyone should have access to a space where they can take a break, enjoy nature and spend time together. What will this camp mean for the families who visit? CONTRIBUTED It will give them a break from the pain and suffering KEVIN DIETRICH/SOLENT NEWS Each month, we learn about they are going through. It’s Metro Q&A with photographer Canadians across the nation a release for the parents who are up to a whole lot of (especially) to get away and to ‘Not a man good. Here’s one we’d like you get a break — an opportun- and I spent 14 days there tograph. But we never got aspect. to meet. ity to go out fishing or see in a bear suit’ searching for grizzly bears closer than 10 metres to the What does this image Who: Bonnar Dowler, vision- some wildlife, or some time to in the wild. We found a bears — we created a happy represent? Is it more than ary, quiet hero, and expert themselves. mother and two cubs hunt- medium where the mother a shot of a cute bear? hotdog griller Where do you get your mo- ing for food. The mother was comfortable with our In a way it sums up what Where: Summerland, B.C. tivation to keep getting in- caught about seven salmon presence. She and her cubs Alaska is all about: a grizzly What: Founded Agur Lake volved? Just to see the smiles KEVIN DIETRICH and this little cub was very were relaxed enough to fall bear in the wild, the pristine Camp on the parents’ faces and the Realty broker/amateur photographer, 33, excited and animated as she asleep in front of us after glacial water, the vibrant Why: Dowler and his wife smiles on the kids’ faces. All from Steamboat waited for her to bring back their filling meal. colours.... But in another lost a child to heart problems of a sudden you see their pain Springs, Colo. food to the shore. What has been the way it only represents part almost 40 years ago. While and anguish just disappear. If Did you feel in any danger reaction to your picture? of that Alaskan experience; in the Vancouver children’s that’s what it’s all about then being close to a grizzly? Someone thought it was there are so many other hospital, he saw other fam- I’ve done my job. Where did you take this Yes, we did feel appre- a man in a bear suit! But sights that can encapsulate ilies dealing with their own CRAIG AND MARC KIELBURGER amusing photograph? hensive; the mother bear seriously, people have found that natural wildness. In the Chugach National had noticed us from afar this seemingly human-like INTERVIEW BY ANTHONY JOHNSTON/ WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU: Forest in Alaska. 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DVD review Born Sinner. J. Cole Quoted and his Notorious “Being able to say your B.I.G. Juicy-inspired album sold more than album is blowin’ the Kanye West album up — like he E is a crazy statement.” thought it would J. Cole on Born Sinner surpassing Kanye West’s Yeezus on the Billboard charts. EMILY N You’re Next LAURENCE ating the music. Like with Metro World News in New York Crooked Smile, I thought, Director. Adam Wingard ‘Oh man, I would love to hear TLC sing this right Stars. Sharni Vinson J. Cole doesn’t need anyone here. That would be crazy.’ I to tell him that 2014 is his thought it would be impos- (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) year. “Every year people tell sible, but it all worked out.” E me that it’s ‘my year,’ but With Jay-Z standing be- You don’t need anybody to this time I know it’s true,” hind him, Cole shouldn’t fingerpaint you a picture in he tells us. “I feel like I can have been surprised. Jay-Z blood about what’s about accomplish anything. It’s a has been mentoring Cole C to happen at the rural man- good feeling.” from the beginning of his sion of the affluent Davison The rapper and producer career and their relation- clan, when four dyspeptic has good reason for feeling ship has morphed from a siblings and their scrappy confident. His album Born business relationship to one partners gather with mom Sinner was named one of of equals. S and dad (Barbara Crampton the best albums of 2013 by “Now, I have the confi- and Rob Moran) for a 35th Rolling Stone. Released the dence of knowing what I’m wedding anniversary party. same day as Kanye West’s doing and I don’t need ap- It’s what happens next that album Yeezus, Cole outsold proval. I love Jay-Z’s guid- fulfills the title and gives West and surpassed him on ance and I get it when I want Adam Wingard’s film its the Billboard charts. it but I know how to survive bloody bolt of energy. A “Being able to say your in this game,” Cole says. prologue reveals earlier car- album sold more than the But despite the brag- nage at the Davisons’ neigh- Kanye West album is a crazy worthy connections and bours down the road: a statement, and I’m a very album sales, Cole says the couple’s post-shag ambush big Kanye fan,” Cole says. heart of why he makes by home invaders leaves “It shows that if you give music is in the lyrics. “I bodies slumping, bodily people the option to choose, want to change the way fluids and liquor spilled and they’re going to choose Born people look at themselves,” the Dwight Twilley Band’s Sinner. That’s just the truth he says simply. His attempts Looking For The Magic and it feels amazing.” at this come across in songs J. Cole is doing well with this rappin’ stuff . CONTRIBUTED spookily playing on the Cole pairs his ability as like Crooked Smile, Los- stereo (it becomes the film’s a producer and lyricist on ing My Balance and Lights people look at themselves, ours she got me. Looking unsettling theme song). Born Sinner with collabora- Please, which Cole says were or women look at them- back, it was terrible, but her This nifty little thriller- tions with Kendrick Lamar, all crafted to be subtle, not selves, or the concept of reaction to it at the time was chiller satisfies expectations Miguel, Dirty Projectors’ preachy. beauty — whatever it is.” as if it was the greatest thing of Midnight Madness gore singer Amber Coffman, 50 “I learned a long time ago When asked if there was she’d ever seen and she was hounds (it was at TIFF 2011) Cent and TLC, who sing the to be somebody that people anything that did that for so proud of me. I don’t think — and then happily goes hook on the album’s single, can relate to and then slip him, Cole only credits his my mom realizes the ef- about exceeding expecta- Crooked Smile. in the messages I want,” he mom, who he says unwaver- fect her support had on me. tions. Watch out for arrows, But despite all the big explains. ingly supported him in She let me quietly believe blades and lethal blenders. names, Cole says he never “I want to change the everything he wanted to do. I could move to New York PETER HOWELL had a “wish list” of artists he way people feel about them- “When I was a kid, I painted and go to college, while at was hoping to work with. “It selves not just on a physical this Nike sign on a brown the same time pursuing my happened in the flow of cre- level, but the way black board with these watercol- music dream.” 19 JAN SUN EXPO Centre WIN IN PRIZES & SWEEPSTAKES $100,000 honeymoon Including a Fantasy TICKETS AT www.bridalfantasy.com