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The document points out Government wants that Alberta spends $1,200 Albertans to weigh in more per capita than the na- tional average on public ser- on fi nancial plan vices and that Albertans save $11.6 billion over the next most competitive province RYAN because of lower taxes. TUMILTY The government is also [email protected] asking where spending could be cut and how to increase Albertans will be asked how revenues without hurting much the province should competitiveness. Zahara said cut, how much to tax and how the budget won’t be easy, much red ink to run, as the which is why the government government struggles to deal has to ask. with a bleak fiscal picture. “Obviously with us look- A backgrounder document ing at a $7-billion hole in our on the province’s finances is revenue next year, it’s import- expected to be posted online ant we hear from Albertans,” soon, but in a draft obtained he said. by Metro, the government United Nurses of Alberta asks Albertans about the right president Heather Smith, who UBER OUTRAGE mix of cuts, taxes and debt. has seen the backgrounder, Kevin Zahara, press sec- said she is glad the province is retary for Finance Minister looking at options other than Robin Campbell, said the just cuts and she hopes they document is meant to show think long-term. Taxi drivers circled city hall Tuesday protesting what they feel is the city’s lack of action on rideshare app Uber. 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TELUS, the TELUS logo, Optik, Optik TV, telus.com and the future is friendly are trademarks of TELUS Corporation, used under licence. © 2015 TELUS. metronews.ca EDMONTON 3 Thursday, January 15, 2015 ‘In this together’ Alberta oil crunch will hurt the entire country: Prentice The aftershocks of Alberta’s collapsing petro- economy will shake up homes and businesses from coast to coast to coast, Premier Jim Prentice N said Wednesday. “We’re all in this together,” Prentice told reporters on a conference call from Toronto. “It has been the Alberta E economy that has been driving the national econ- omy in this country for more than a decade. “Alberta has accounted W for more than 50 per cent of the jobs that have been created in Canada (in that time).” Chinese artist Ai Weiwei had an exhibit at the Toronto Nuit Blanche event last year. CONTRIBUTED Nuit Blanche is on Prentice said Alberta is facing some difficult choices given the bench- mark price of oil has fallen S from $100 US a barrel last summer to less than the hunt for artists $50 a barrel this week, si- phoning billions of dollars from Alberta’s treasury. Alberta’s projected budget surplus this year will now be a $500-million deficit. Prentice noted that oil giant Suncor announced Night festival. First “Most Nuit Blanche projects At a glance Blanche has been staged in this week that it will lay are interactive or have lights or other cities. there is no blue- off 1,000 oilsands workers. ever event in Edmonton are something the public can print for exactly how it should “There’s a very large starting work connect to and they often re- (cid:580)(cid:3) Nuit Blanche began in be done. number of people, for imagine what the public realm Paris, but Canadian edi- “We’re interested in seeing example, from Atlantic could look like,” said Kristy tions have been staged what does an Edmonton Nuit Canada, from Ontario, RYAN Trinier, the festival’s vice-chair. in Toronto, Montreal and Blanche look like and so that who commute to Alberta TUMILTY She said in addition to reach- Calgary. really depends on hearing from and work in the energy [email protected] ing out to artists, the festival is the community,” she said. industry,” he said. reaching out to community (cid:580)(cid:3) Nuit Blanche Edmonton Trinier added they are also “Most of those people Edmonton’s first-ever Nuit groups who might want to help has a community meet- meeting with community pay their personal income Blanche festival has started stage their own exhibits. She ing scheduled on Jan. 20 groups and with the city to help taxes in the provinces in looking for its first ever artists. said they hope to link groups at 7 p.m. for members of sort out the details. which they reside.” The festival is taking its first with artists. the league. Chris Buyze, president of Prentice said if low oil steps and has asked for artists “We can connect them with the downtown community persists, other dominoes to come forward with their one of the artists who want to league, said they appreciate will fall, hurting the feder- portfolios by Monday. participate, so there are kind of ing on Sept. 26, with two main the festival talking to them up al government’s corporate One of the festival’s organ- two ways that an artist can get areas: one around Churchill front and are exited about what and personal income tax izers said they are looking for involved,” she said. Square and the other several it could mean for the city. take. THE CANADIAN PRESS a wide array of work, but most The festival will run over- blocks over in the Quarters. “I think it’s a great addition projects tend to engage visitors. night from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. start- Trinier said while Nuit to Edmonton,” he said. 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Server crash More than 1,000 students affected by (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:78)(cid:302)(cid:305)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:296)(cid:553) Between 1,000 the crash can apply and 1,500 public school students were impacted by the crash Tuesday, while roughly 260 students at LEAH ECS were affected. HOLOIDAY [email protected] speaking to their school princi- Just a day after a server crash pals,” said the statement. forced many students across “The partial exemption the province to ditch their will calculate their final course computer and finish the Eng- mark based on their school lish 30 diploma exams with awarded mark and the Part B, pen and paper, Alberta Educa- or reading, part of the diploma tion announced it would allow exam.” “partial exemption” for those An ECS official said the dis- affected. trict was pleased with the deci- Students and staff were sion, especially after hearing left scrambling Tuesday mor- concern from parents and stu- ning when QuestA+ crashed, dents after Tuesday’s test. prompting Edmonton’s Cath- Edmonton’s public school olic School district to submit district was unable to comment a special request, urging the on the exemption by press province to consider students time, but a spokesperson told classroom mark over the test. Metro earlier on Wednesday On Wednesday, the prov- the district hadn’t planned on ince released a statement apolo- challenging the grades. gizing to students for the glitch. The province is also waiving “For that reason we are al- the fees for students wishing to lowing students who were im- rewrite the exam. pacted by the outage to apply WITH FILES FROM Students were back using QuestA+ Wednesday for the Social Studies diploma exam after a Tuesday server crash forced many to finish their test with pen and for a partial exemption by JEREMY NOLAIS/METRO CALGARY paper. SCREENSHOT Edmonton taxis call on city for Uber crackdown Edmonton cab drivers flood- city to put a stop order on problem and a full report on Quoted ed into the streets around this, because the city is the the issue is going to council city hall Wednesday to pro- regulator,” he said. next week. “We will be working test a lack of enforcement Manhas said the city does “We will be working with against rideshare app Uber. with council and looking do regular enforcement council and looking for dir- Drivers slowed down and for direction from coun- looking for bandit cabs and ection from council on how circled the building over the other infractions of the taxi this industry is managed,” cil on how this industry course of the lunch hour, bylaw, but with only three Mackie said. because they argue the city is managed.” officers enforcing the rules He said the city’s enforce- isn’t doing enough to crack it’s not enough. ment officers are still enfor- Scott Mackie, city branch manager for down. current planning “They are just taking it cing the law as is. “There are companies as regular enforcement, but “Their full time job is to who are violating the city’s they are not doing anything ensure compliance with the taxi bylaws so they should Uber launched in Edmon- special on that,” he said. bylaw and if they find driv- stop it, but the city hasn’t ton in late December, initial- Scott Mackie, the city’s ers not in compliance with taken any action,” said Bal- ly with free service, but it’s branch manager for cur- the bylaw they are issued Cab drives descended on city hall Wednesday asking the city to crack down raj Manhas, president of the now collecting fares. rent planning, said the city tickets,” he said. on rideshare app Uber. 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Police believe could be pushed road is “on the list” of reporters Wednesday from RCMP are asking for the he has a slight lisp and a back: Prentice projects being reviewed Toronto. public assistance to identify possible scar on his neck. and its construction After decades of nego- the suspect involved in a He was wearing a beige Construction of Calgary’s timeframes may have to be tiation, the Alberta govern- December pharmacy armed ball cap and dark sweat pants long-awaited southwest adjusted. ment finally reached a deal robbery in Spruce Grove. at the time of the robbery. ring road — a project “The timelines for with the Tsuu T’ina First According to police, Anyone with information estimated to come with a the expenditures on that Nation in 2013 to run the last month, a pharmacy in is asked to call Spruce Grove $5-billion price tag – may project obviously need road through their terri- the area was robbed just RCMP at 780-968-7200. 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See Lexus South Pointe for complete details. 101 St SW 91 St SW 6 EDMONTON metronews.ca Thursday, January 15, 2015 Show must go on for Roxy as it works to rise from the ashes Not ‘just a building.’ pact the Roxy has had on the The fire Theatre Network vows community. “The Roxy wasn’t just a to salvage the season building for us — it was a (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:34)(cid:255)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:244)(cid:221)(cid:255)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:305)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:255)(cid:292)(cid:3) despite the loss of their cultural home for artists and (cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:251)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3) a space where important and (cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:320)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:314)- historic site to fire long-lasting memories were (cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:575)(cid:635)(cid:627)(cid:575)(cid:317)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:575)(cid:279)(cid:268)(cid:225)(cid:3) created,” Moss said. (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:628)(cid:629)(cid:631)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:302)(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:16)(cid:317)(cid:3) Several fundraising events (cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:96)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:3) LUCY are scheduled to help Theatre (cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:243)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:3) HAINES Network, which Chadwick (cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3) [email protected] said will give them the fuel to (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:279)(cid:316)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:243)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:553) move forward. A day after the city’s historic “The Roxy burned — she (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:17)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:546)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:315)(cid:3) Roxy Theatre burned to the went out in dramatic fashion (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3) ground, owner/operator The- — but the community is help- (cid:74)(cid:279)(cid:316)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:550)(cid:3) atre Network is scrambling ing us write the next act,” (cid:315)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:251)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3) to put on the rest of its 40th said Chadwick. (cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:273)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:38)(cid:305)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:50)(cid:279)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3) main-stage series. People can donate online (cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3) While offers of office and Theatre Network’s Taylor Chadwick stands in front of the burned-out shell of the Roxy Theatre on 124th Street. The through canadahelps.org, or (cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:225)(cid:305)(cid:221)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:3) performance space have company, which owned the building, isn’t yet sure it will rebuild on the same site, noting they are “looking at all the through theatrenetwork.ca. (cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:553) flooded in, the company is options. We have every intention to try and stay in the area.” LUCY HAINES/METRO The company’s Spring asking for financial donations Fling fundraiser will go ahead instead as it searches for a by,” said Theatre Network ensure the remaining shows Theatre Network is grate- April 29 at Chateau Lacombe, fundraiser to Theatre Net- suitable venue. marketing director Taylor proceed.” ful for the outpouring of while on Jan. 17, Free Will work. Rapid Fire Theatre is “Big, versatile spaces like Chadwick. “We’re doing Bradley Moss, the com- support, both financial and Players will dedicate a por- dedicating proceeds from its the Roxy are not easy to come everything in our power to pany’s artistic director, said through stories about the im- tion of the Blow the Roof Off Jan. 16 show. Mayor calls Edmonton’s poverty numbers ‘unacceptable’ A newly released Profile of Pov- The report, prepared by In its report, ESPC asks Below the line erty in Edmonton report shows the Edmonton Social Planning the city to implement a low- that while most Edmontonians Council (ESPC), was released income monthly transit pass have good jobs and adequate Wednesday in conjunction for $35, provide more land for (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:25)(cid:78)(cid:71)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:289)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:315)(cid:296)(cid:3) income, over 100,000 people with the council’s 75th anniver- affordable housing and offer a (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:628)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:635)(cid:3)(cid:25)(cid:225)(cid:273)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:3) still live in poverty — a num- sary at an event showing how living wage for city-contracted (cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:279)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:317)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:220)- ber Mayor Don Iveson calls “un- factors affecting poverty — em- services. (cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:251)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:225)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3) acceptable.” ployment, housing costs and “Edmonton used to be af- (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:553) “The city is much more cul- more — are changing the face fordable, but that has changed turally diverse and complex to- of the city. profoundly. We’re a service (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:74)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3) day, but we have a long way to “Poverty is such a complex centre for the region, and while (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:220)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:302)(cid:315)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3) go to solve the problems,” Ive- issue. It’s not simply about get- income has grown, income in- (cid:629)(cid:627)(cid:627)(cid:627)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:629)(cid:627)(cid:628)(cid:629)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3) son said. “This is a city of we — ting a job — most low-income equality is growing more,” said (cid:5)(cid:268)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3) not us and them. The data from families work,” said Susan Mor- Iveson. “We have a permanent (cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:315)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:273)(cid:305)(cid:273)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3) Vasant Chotai, not pictured, and Susan Morrissey of ESPC accept this report will help us make in- rissey, ESPC executive director. population of working poor; it’s (cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:251)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3) congratulations from Mayor Don Iveson on the council’s 75 years of service. The formed policy decisions, which “If we’re to move the needle of an issue that should be of con- (cid:315)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:266)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:279)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:317)(cid:3) social-planning council released a report on the city’s poverty status on will allow all people to fully par- poverty, we need all levels of cern to all Edmontonians.” (cid:17)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:314)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:553) Wednesday. LUCY HAINES/METRO ticipate in life in Edmonton.” government to work together.” LUCY HAINES/METRO MOBI CUSTOMERS GET 6 MONTHS FREE Join WIND Mobile today and get 6 months of FREE unlimited data, talk and text, plus a free SIM Card. OFFER ENDS SOON Offer is valid as of January 15th, 2015 and is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Learn more at WINDMobile.ca. 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