Metro Edmonton - January 16, 2013

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WHEN MOST CITIES CLOSE,
WE’RE JUST GETTING STARTED.
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metronews.ca NEWS 03
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Grim outlook
Alberta budget
to be rolled out
March 7
The next sitting of the
Alberta legislature is to
begin March 5.
The provincial budget
is to follow two days later.
Premier Alison Redford
has suggested the finan- N
cial plan for the coming
year will be a tough chal-
lenge as her government
faces reduced oil revenue
and soaring costs.
Redford has already E
ruled out tax or fee
increases.
That means her gov-
ernment must consider
running another deficit, W
cutting spending and
dipping into what’s left
of Alberta’s Sustainability
Fund.
The Progressive Con-
servatives say they will
also focus on opening new EEDC president Brad Ferguson on stage at the Shaw Conference Centre Tuesday. Ferguson told a large crowd from the business community that Edmonton has
markets for Alberta’s re- to encourage the world to come here and build. RYAN TUMILTY/METRO S
sources. THE CANADIAN PRESS EEDC head encourages
Limited powers
City approves
world to ‘build it here’
cell-tower policy
City councillors approved
a new policy for deal-
ing with contentious
cellphone towers, while
admitting they ultimately Fuel for the economic Brad Ferguson. The EEDC “You have likely heard
do not have the power to Ferguson made the push to the news over the last several
engine. Ferguson says
stop them. a capacity crowd at the Shaw weeks about the province’s fis-
The new policy sets out business community Conference Centre, saying the The Edmonton Economic cal challenges; you are going to
standards for how com- willing to talk taxes EEDC was aiming to keep the Development Corporation hear more.”
panies consult, but several Edmonton economy at the top is an arm’s-length agency Horner released no details,
councillors expressed frus- of the heap. that encourages economic but Ferguson said the budget
tration because the final “At EEDC our principal ob- development in the city could have a big impact on Ed-
decision still rests with RYAN jective is for Edmonton and and runs the Edmonton monton and a discussion about
Industry Canada. TUMILTY the Capital Region to outper- Research Park and Shaw taxes should be on the table.
“I have a great em- [email protected] form every major regional Conference Centre. “We need to start talking
pathy for citizens coming jurisdiction in North America about what the premier isn’t
to speak, but many times Edmonton should open its consistently over the next 20 (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:296)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:3) talking about, and that is a sus-
they come forward with doors to people around the years,” he said. (cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:279)(cid:279)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:273)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3) tainable revenue framework,”
questions we can’t an- world to keep the city’s eco- Ferguson said they are (cid:317)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:3) he said.
swer,” said Mayor Stephen nomic advantage through the hoping to build a business (cid:220)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:279)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:3) After the speech, Ferguson
Mandel. good times and the bad, ac- community that can do that in (cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:266)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:296)(cid:3) said the reception in the room
The city can recom- cording to the president of the any climate. (cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3) made it clear the business
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design issues, while many “We want to invite the $40.” “If they are serious about
residents express health world to come build it here, With the provincial govern- getting their expenditures
concerns. whatever your ‘it’ is. It could ment set to release its budget the event and emphasized under control, then the busi-
RYAN TUMILTY/METRO be your career, your business, in March, Finance Minister the challenge that Alberta is ness community can have a
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04 NEWS metronews.ca
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Papaschase First Nation
to protest on QEII Hwy.
The Papaschase Band is plan- cause of the government’s Details
ning to blockade the QEII High- policies and laws,” said Calvin
way on Wednesday afternoon Bruneau.
in support of a national day of Bruneau said both vehicles (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:50)(cid:279)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:553) The highway
action called by First Nations and people will block the high- blockade will take place
chiefs and the Idle No More way into Edmonton by Gate- near the border of the
movement. way Park at 1 p.m. Wednesday. former Papaschase First
The few hours that people “If (the government) were Nation reserve in south
will be inconvenienced by a meeting and dealing with us ef- Edmonton.
highway blockade is nothing fectively, then we wouldn’t be
compared to what First Nations doing this,” he said. (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:17)(cid:209)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:553)(cid:3)Idle No More is
people have put up with for Police spokesman Scott Pat- an ongoing grassroots
decades, says the Papaschase tison said officers will be on movement that has
chief. hand to handle traffic control gained international
“We’ve been inconven- and ensure public safety. attention.
ienced for over 100 years be- ANNALISE KLINGBEIL/METRO
Road work, repairs 4 nominations Lloydminster
Bridal stores across the city are updating their wardrobes to include the latest styles, including ABC Bridal on
Road closure Canadian Screen Arrest made in EEdmontxon’s nortph side. HeEATHER McCINTYREt/METR O Edmonton
update Awards salute December murder
Alberta Ballet
Emergency road work is Jeremy James Fensom, 34,
causing the closure of two is facing various charges, in- brides in lace,
major local roads. The Alberta Ballet has cluding aggravated assault,
Grierson Hill will close received four Canadian forcible confinement and
from the Low Level Bridge Screen Award nominations possession of a firearm, in
up to 95A Street Wednes- for a television version of connection to a December
day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. the Elton John ballet called homicide in Lloydminster. colours in 2013
Emergency repairs are Love Lies Bleeding. Damien James Mercer,
also forcing traffic on 109 The production was shot 27, is still at large in connec-
Street at 82 Avenue down at the Banff Centre. The tion with the homicide and
to one lane until further nominations include best a warrant has been issued
notice. performing arts program. for his arrest.
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Fashion show. Check Wedding season beading, very subtle.”
out the latest in trends In fact, those who follow
the trends are noticing brides
at Bridal Fantasy on (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:96)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:25)(cid:225)(cid:273)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3) are doing other things to
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You booked your last “I’m also beginning to see a
Brides getting married this lot of accessories,” she said. “A
year can likely thank the and the trumpet skirts, so lot of brides are adding belts,
5 vacations online.
Duchess of Cambridge for the it kind of goes in and then funky shoes, headpieces. I do
style of their dress. comes out,” said Nadia Sadik, see brides adding straps, too.”
Kate was lovely in lace dur- manager of ABC Bridal in As for bridesmaid dresses,
ing her April 2011 wedding, north Edmonton. “And lace is a growing trend is having
Online investing could be
which is a fabric still domin- very big this year, and I think them all in the same colour,
ating the bridal scene nearly that has to do with Kate and but different styles.
your next destination.
two years later. all of that. “Everyone is not the same
But lace is not alone. “I’ve also noticed less is size,” said Sadik. “I like that,
“A lot of it is the mermaid more this year.... Not a lot of actually. It looks good.”
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Academic dishonesty. “A for your essays” — agreed Buyer beware
to be interviewed. Sam, who
Essay ghostwriter Easy A?
declined to give his last name,
has no moral qualms says he has an MBA. No way
about what he does “The way I look at it is that I
am filling a need in the market.
I am writing, and what they do
with it is up to themselves,” he As with everything you
JESSICA wrote in an email to Metro. can buy on Craigslist, it’s
Friday SMITH Most of his clients are repeat buyer beware for pur-
4:00 PM Metro in Toronto customers, and he’s taken some chased essays.
Saturday through both their undergradu- Metro ordered a $97,
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AM quent phrasing and sophisti- About three-quarters of his AcademicWritingBrokers.
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Sunday you tired of wasting time in advises them to make it their arrived within 24 hours
1:00 PM front of your laptop instead of own. Sometimes, when they and passed a check on
having fun?” There may be an write three essays in a term Turnitin.com. The topic —
essay ghostwriter for you. themselves then hand in one “Is William Lyon Mack-
On Craigslist Toronto, more of his as the fourth, the TA will enzie King an idealist or
than 20 ads for essay-writing catch on to the difference and opportunist?” — was from
Kitchen services were published in one they’ll get caught, he says. “All Dan Azoulay’s 20-century
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& Bath
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John your essays.” Another adver- writers on Craigslist, says his finished product. “It just
tises a husband-and-wife team, essays are original, so they doesn’t answer the essay
both with master’s degrees, won’t be flagged as plagiarized question.”
Sillaots who have a combined 35 years by Turnitin.com. The essay also has
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Wal-Mart pledges to hire U.S. veterans
Patriotic push. Retailer The plan includes hiring low-paying jobs and not buy-
more than 100,000 army vet- 1By0 the n.um8bers% ing more from U.S. manufac-
waves flag as it tries to erans in the next five years, turers, said its plan will high-
rebound from recent spending $50 billion US to buy light the career opportunities
more American-made mer- in the retail industry.
blows to reputation
chandise in the next 10 years “We’ve developed a nation-
The unemployment rate for U.S. veterans
and helping its part-time work- al paralysis that’s driven by all
who served in Iraq or Afghanistan stood
ers move into full-time pos- at 10.8 per cent in December, versus the of us waiting for someone else
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the itions sooner. overall unemployment rate of 7.8 per cent. to do something,” Bill Simon,
world’s largest retailer and the The move comes as Wal- president and CEO of Wal-
biggest U.S. private employer Mart’s attempts to rebound Mart’s U.S. business, said at an
with 1.4 million workers, said from blows to its reputation in a Bangladesh factory that sup- annual retail industry conven-
Tuesday it is rolling out a three- recent months from an alleged plies clothes to the company. tion in New York on Tuesday A woman approaches a Walmart store in Valley Stream, N.Y., in this 2011 file
part plan to help jump-start bribery scandal in Mexico and Wal-Mart, which often has morning. photo. The retailer said it plans to hire every U.S. veteran who wants a job and has
America’s sluggish economy. a deadly fire in November at been criticized for offering THE ASSOCIATED PRESS been honourably discharged in the first 12 months of active duty. GETTY IMAGES FILE
Social media. Facebook
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Facebook CEO Mark Zucker- Competitive move
berg introduced a new search
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Menlo Park, Calif., headquar- an already fierce duel
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in Paris or search for the favour-
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Until now, Facebook users which means users can only
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Montreal Music retailing
Cirque du soleil As HMV’s British
Short-term fl exibility, long-term stability calls meeting amid ops sink, HMV
layoff reports Canada swims
and everything in between.
The world-renowned Cirque While British music and
du soleil will meet with entertainment retailer HMV
+(cid:3) U(cid:3)p to 120 day rate guarantee1 staff on Wednesday amid re- tries to salvage any viable
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Renée-Claude Ménard, famous brand says it’s far
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of public relations, would its former owner.
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speculation until the staff parted ways just over a year
+(cid:3) C(cid:3)anada’s largest mortgage specialist team – advice that comes to you meeting. However, she con- ago when British-based
firmed the organization is parent HMV Group PLC sold
Plus more conducting a major review off the Canadian stores to
of its operations in light private equity firm Hilco for
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1-866-864-0420 employs about 5,000 people ent business model (than
worldwide, including 2,000 the U.K. stores),” said HMV
at its Montreal head office. Canada president Nick Wil-
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THE SWEETNESS
Hands up, who’s the cutest?
OF A GOOD BOOK
When you’re a reader, there’s High five!
JUST nothing like finding a new ser-
SAYIN’
Paul Sullivan ies. Newborn panda
metronews.ca It’s even better when, by the
time you stumble upon it, there says hello to world
is already a bunch written that
you can plow through with relish. It appears this baby panda
That’s what happened with A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of was born for the limelight
Thrones), George R.R. Martin’s wildly fascinating sword-and- as he smiles and waves ador-
sorcery epic. I got to it as Volume 3, A Storm of Swords, was ably in front of the camera.
released. As each book is well over 1,000 pages, I had at least The 37-day-old cub seemed to
three weeks of uninterrupted delight. enjoy his photo shoot after
But then, I had to wait along with all the other geeks for he was weighed, measured
Martin to continue the agonizingly slow process of churning and fed by medics. This
out Nos. 4 and 5. Still to come, Nos. 6 and 7, and who knows charming image was taken
when they’ll be ready? Martin has apparently never met a book at Wolong National Nature
tour, fantasy conference or editing project he can resist. With Reserve’s giant panda con-
any luck, we’ll both be around for The End, but the odds are servation centre in Sichuan,
growing increasingly long … or is that short? China. METRO
Which is why, if you
haven’t encountered Flavia de Photographer’s view
About the author Luce until now, this is your
lucky day. You have something
He retired to Kelowna, “I think the
to do while waiting for Mar-
B.C., where he expected tin’s The Winds of Winter. cubs start
to go gently, etc., when Flavia de Luce is an looking
11-year-old girl who lives in
a cataclysmic 2003 cute at
a rundown manor house in
forest fire that nearly the English village of Bishop’s about four
engulfed his house Lacey in 1950. She solves weeks when they are
murders, assisted by a fully
caused him to unmistakably baby
stocked chemistry lab left by
re-examine his scorched her uncle, her bicycle Gladys, pandas. At that age,
priorities and start and an 11-year-old’s still-fresh they are roly-poly balls
curiosity.
writing like an of black and white.”
Yeah, I know. But, world of
11-year-old girl. wonders, these books, starting Dr. Katherine Feng,
with The Sweetness at the veterinarian/photographer
Bottom of the Pie, currently culminating in Volume 4, I Am
Half-Sick of Shadows, are good. Fancy dress for good
Better than good.
Even crazier? They are written by a 74-year-old Canadian
Staff wear
man, Alan Bradley, originally from Cobourg, Ont., who spent
25 years as a director of TV engineering at the University of panda costumes
Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. He retired to Kelowna, B.C., where
he expected to go gently, etc., when a cataclysmic 2003 forest Wolong made news in 2010
fire that nearly engulfed his house caused him to re-examine after staff decided to don
his scorched priorities and start writing like an 11-year-old girl. furry panda costumes.
He’d never even been to England until 2007, when he went “We came up with
to pick up the first of Flavia’s multitude of awards, but that the idea because captive
didn’t prevent him from nailing the Agatha Christie English- pandas are too familiar
village murder mystery. with people. But by rearing
Of course, there aren’t a lot of 74-year-old men who can them using panda suits, the
write like an 11-year-old girl, but Bradley seems to have little baby panda would grow up
trouble channelling his inner Flavia, who is by turns funny, never seeing any people,”
solemn, wise, petulant, insightful, kind and, above all, curious. researcher Huang Yan said.
The kind of curious that killed the cat, essential in a murder This way, Yan hopes,
mystery. pandas who will return to
Hermione Granger meets Sherlock Holmes. the wild won’t be too de-
The good news gets even better. Unlike George R.R. Martin, pendent on humans. METRO
Bradley has discipline and reliably finishes one of his novels a KATHERINE FENG/MINDEN PICTURES/SOLENT
year. The next one is due, according to Amazon, in two weeks.
Another volume in the series of 10 (say it ain’t so!) arrives in
early 2014. Twitter
Oh, and Hollywood Read an excerpt from
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10 SCENE metronews.ca
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
In Focus
Taking a
Stand on
drug movies
IN
FOCUS
Richard Crouse
[email protected]
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This weekend Arnold
Schwarzenegger takes on
his first lead role in 10
years. In the Last Stand
N
he’s Sheriff Ray Owens, a
rootin’, tootin’ small town
lawman who battles a
Mexican drug cartel.
It’s the first time Arnold
has fought drug lords, but
E
Hollywood often looks to
the cartels for a supply of
bad guys.
As recently as last year
Oliver Stone cast Salma
C Hayek as the ruthless car- C Mama ish an upcomiingl horrdor fi lm dhirected byo Andreso Muschiedtti starri ng tJessicra Chaastain. HuANDOUT ma at
tel leader in Savages, aided
and abetted by Benicio Del
Toro as her henchman.
There are also rumours
S
that Scarface, the legendar-
ily violent Al Pacino movie root of Del Toro’s Mama
about a Cuban immigrant
who takes over the south
Florida drug trade, is about
to be remade and relocated
to the world of Mexican
drug cartels.
The Johnny Depp movie
Blow was actually renamed Interview. Producer Quote at the concept of burning in of form, function and story.”
Cartel in some markets. hell, or the concept of pur- Muschietti is just the latest
Based on the book Blow: talks about why his gatory and original sin. Mex- director to be discovered and
“There is a fi lmmaker
How a Small Town Boy fi lms are so dark, ican Catholicism is very, very mentored by Del Toro, who
Made $100 Million with in that short. Very often brutal and very, very gory. himself was given a helping
and turning a short
the Medellín Cocaine you see shorts that are That all affected me.” hand by people like James
Cartel and Lost It All, Depp fi lm into a full-length Mama, his latest producor- Cameron.
glossy but have very
plays George Jung, the ial effort, is a spooky tale of “I’ve been very, very bless-
man who launched the Hollywood horror little to say.” two abandoned girls raised ed by finding good people
American cocaine market by a supernatural nanny. who believed in me at the
Guillermo Del Toro
in the 1970s. RICHARD Talking about the fi lm that inspired Mama. Del Toro came to the story right time. Obviously I try
Finally, Colombiana after seeing a three-minute and pay it forward. Right now
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is another cartel revenge short film by director Andrés I’m 48-years-old and have
flick. Zoe Saldana is [email protected] relationship with the hor- Muschietti. been doing this for 30-some-
Cataleya Restrepo, who When I ask Guillermo Del ror of Catholic guilt and the “The short is brilliant,” thing years, 20 directing. I’ve
as a 10-year-old saw her Toro why his films often fea- dogma. My grandmother was he says. “Atmospheric and been able to produce close to
parents killed by a Bogota ture kids as main characters like Piper Laurie in Carrie. I creepy. You can see a story- 20 movies between Mexico
drug lord. his answer is upfront, open was like a chubby version of telling will. You can see a and America and Spain and
Instead of calling the and a little surprising. Carrie. It was very difficult for voice. There is a filmmaker in I would say in 99 per cent of
police she instead becomes “I had a horrible child- me to get over that. that short. the cases it has been really,
an assassin who vows to hood, emotionally,” says the “I jokingly say I spent 40 “Very often you see shorts really beautiful. A couple of
avenge her family’s deaths. director of The Devil’s Back- years trying to recuperate that are glossy but have very cases it has been hard or the
Her journey starts with bone and Pan’s Labyrinth. “I from the first eight, but to a little to say. Or they’re really movie has been disappoint-
10 words: “I want to be a was not a child who was beat- degree it is true. I really suf- intense and interesting but ing but Mama is one of the
killer. Can you help me?” en or locked in a closet, but fered intensely in the first 10 they are badly done. But this good ones I am really proud
I really have a very intense years of my life. I would cry short had the perfect balance of.”