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New health Police seek
Oilers Crash landing
minister halts
driver of
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— the second major rever- Dodge Neon could be the
sal this week. key to solving the Decem-
The province’s health ber murder of 21-year-old
superboard announced in Melvin Hansen, EPS homi-
September that about 300 cide detectives said yester-
acute-care beds would be day in a public plea to help
closed to help reduce a $1- identify the Neon’s driver.
billion deficit. Hansen was found dead
But Premier Ed on the lawn of a home
Stelmach’s new health near 90 Street and 130 Av-
minister, Gene Zwozdesky, enue on Dec. 12, two
ordered the superboard blocks south of a pub
yesterday not to proceed where he was shooting
with the closures. Alberta pool with friends.
Health Services has been Detectives believe the
able “to find some efficien- suspects found Hansen
cies” that will allow the standing outside the pub,
beds to remain open, said exited the vehicle, and
the minister. chased him on foot to the
THE CANADIAN PRESS location
MORE HEALTH COVERAGE, PAGE 2 where his “He
Edmonton Oilers’ Lubomir Visnovsky, right, of Slovakia, collides with Vancouver Canucks’ Mason Raymond during first period NHL body was
News on the M ve hockey action in Edmonton yesterday. The Canucks won 3-2 in overtime. More coverage, page 13 found the would
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Children waiting in Haiti get boost — but no other rules relaxed be no Rob Mills
reason for
Countdown him to run,” EPS homicide
to 2010 Haiti has tapped provincial au- allow qualified children to write federal officials. Det. Rob Mills said.
thorities for lists of Haitian enter Canada quickly. Kenney cautioned, how- The car — a 1995 white
Follow Metro’s daily Crisis adoptions and it is consult- “Regular processing fees ever, that Canada is not Dodge Neon with tinted
coverage leading up ing Haitian authorities on will be waived and the fed- opening its doors to a flood black windows and a spoil-
to the 2010 Winter Canada is taking steps to “fast-tracking” their for- eral government will cover of new adoption cases nor er — was found two weeks
Olympics in Vancouver. speed some adoptions of eign-adoption approval health costs until they can other immigrants from the later in a motel parking
• Today — Unlike Cypress Haitian children following process, Kenney said. be covered under provin- earthquake zone. lot on 51 Avenue and Gate-
Mountain on Van- last week’s disastrous About 100 adoption cas- cial programs,” Kenney Waiving the rules or way Boulevard.
couver’s North earthquake. es have been identified and told the government’s dai- dropping restrictions “has DNA testing confirmed
Shore, Whistler’s Officials will expedite all prospective parents ly briefing on Haiti. “We never been done before by blood splattered inside the
Olympic venues adoptions that were al- were to be contacted by are working urgently with Canada or any other coun- car was Hansen’s.
are ready, ready underway and had noon yesterday. the provinces to identify try,” he said. “Massive re- Mills said it isn’t
page 14 received preliminary ap- Once the Haitian govern- all of the relevant adoption settlement is not a solu- believed the car’s owner is
provals before the magni- ment confirms the status cases that we can act on.” tion to natural disaster. linked to the killing.
On the web tude-7.0 quake struck Jan. of individual cases, Ken- He encouraged prospec- The solution is reconstruc- Police are asking anyone
12, Immigration Minister ney said he’s directed his tive parents who have tion, and we’re focused with information to come
Visit metronews.ca Jason Kenney said yester- officials to issue temporary Haitian adoption cases un- and dedicated to that.” forward.
for news updates day. resident permits — “an ex- derway and have not yet THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA HANDYSIDES/
The federal government traordinary measure” — to been contacted to call or MORE COVERAGE, PAGES 2, 4 & 7 METRO EDMONTON
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Smog in winter hitting the city 3
Winter-time smog conditions are resulting in poor air quality in the Edmonton area, particularly in Edmonton South. The deterioration of air quality in the area
can be attributed to a build-up of pollutants during light wind conditions, as well as the changing temperatures, which traps the pollutants. METRO EDMONTON
Researchers look for perfect curling shot
the top of the podium. “The goal was to have Partnered with U of A re- been able to record data With this new technolo-
CANDICE WARD Researchers at the Uni- everybody playing better searcher Pierre Baudin, using state-of-the-art video gy the 2010 Canadian
for Metro Edmonton versity of Alberta have than maybe they other- the duo and a research and motion sensors to cal- Olympic and Paralympic
been working on the sci- wise would have played,” team have spent over culate the science behind curling teams may be able
ATHLETICS Finally, a world ence behind a perfectly said Rob Krepps, head three years working on the centuries-old game. to clean the house in the
where academics and ath- delivered curling rock to coach at the National this project. “Understanding that medal standings.
letics co-exist together to help the Canadian Training Centre in Edmon- Transforming the ice at many things contribute to “They will have the
fine-tune and perfect the Olympic and Paralympic ton and member of Cana- the U of A’s Saville Train- performance, and tech- chance to be a team that
mechanics of a sport to teams achieve gold this da’s women’s Olympic ing Centre into a high-tech nique is only one of displays technical excel-
bring Canadian athletes to February in Vancouver. curling team. research lab, the team has them,” said Krepps. lence,” said Krepps.
Panel calls
for creation
Maureen Wellington
of patient
Happy TD Canada Trust Customer
charter for over 32 years.
HEALTHA government-ap-
pointed review panel is
recommending a patient
charter be created to guide
Albertans on what to
expect from the health
system.
The report says the
patient charter should be
developed in consultation
with Albertans.
The report also calls for
an Alberta health act that
would “reflect a publicly
funded health system that
is accessible to all regard-
less of ability to pay.”
Review panel co-chair
Deborah Prowse says
Albertans repeatedly said
they felt they weren’t be-
ing adequately consulted
on the direction of health
care.
The 16-member panel
spent a year gathering da-
ta mainly through an What’s behind four J.D. Power
Internet survey.
The report has been pre-
sented to Health Minister and Associates awards?
Gene Zwozdesky, who will
review the recommenda-
tions before commenting.
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4 Quebec couple shot in Mexico recovering
A Quebec couple is recovering in hospital after being shot during a robbery attempt in Mexico, CBC News Online reports. The couple, who were staying in the Pacific
resort town of Ixtapa north of Acapulco, were cycling outside the hotel zone Tuesday when armed men tried to rob them, police said. METRO NEWS SERVICES
Ontario’s top cop served summons
Canada
Ontario’s top police officer has been served with a summons over an allegation
he influenced or attempted to influence municipal officials. Ontario Provincial
Police Commissioner Julian Fantino, left, confirmed that he received a summons
yesterday and says he intends to vigorously defend himself. Activist Gary McHale
alleges that the commissioner sent an email in 2007 telling the mayor and coun-
cillors in Caledonia, Ont., not to attend McHale’s rallies. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Haitian-born cops
OttawaDisabled serviceman seeks compensation
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Haiti
Civilians But Delorme said the group
Crisis is well connected in that
(cid:129) The Montreal officers are country and hoping to
A contingent of Haitian- going as civilians because make an impact in any way
born Montreal police offi- they have not yet been possible.
cers is hitting the streets in called upon by the UN for Delorme, who is not Hait-
quake-ravaged Port-au- their services. ian, but who has visited the
Prince armed only with an country, is leading the mis-
unshakeable will to do nied by Montreal police sion code-named Koudmen
whatever they can to help. Chief Yvan Delorme, are — Creole for helping hand.
The group, which arrived part of a group of 100 peo- Among the group is Jean-
yesterday, isn’t wearing ple travelling on a humani- Ernest Celestin, the city’s
their uniforms or carrying tarian mission to the first Haitian-born officer to
their sidearms because Caribbean country where hold the rank of district
their presence as police offi- an estimated 200,000 peo- commander. He said the of- Daniel Hamelin of Montreal, a disabled military serviceman, reacts as he provides testimony on dis-
cers hasn’t been formally ple were killed by a massive ficers on the mission are ea- crimination he received regarding payment of long term disability payments by the federal govern-
requested by the United Na- earthquake last week. ger to link up with a group ment, during a news conference in Ottawa, yesterday.
tions, which is co-ordinat- Most of the 18 officers are of Montreal police officers
ing relief efforts. Haitian-born and some who lived through the
The officers, accompa- haven’t yet heard what hap- quake. THE CANADIAN PRESS Jacmel a hub for relief efforts
quake victims along the large planes to land. Still, a
Haiti
southern coast of Haiti. seemingly endless stream
Crisis “Canada is starting to fer- of aircraft was using the
ry troops in through airport.
ASSISTANCE The coastal Jacmel airport because the Even a Canadian military
town of Jacmel is abuzz PaP (Port-au-Prince) airport Hercules transport landed
Feeling constrained? with activity as its tiny air- is so congested,” Col. Bruce with personnel and equip-
port is being turned into a Ewing of the Canadian ment for the Disaster Assis-
new point of entry for dis- Forces said yesterday. tance Response Team, or
aster relief, bypassing the “This is becoming an al- DART, although it was ap-
supply bottleneck in the ternate way in for Canadi- parently not fully loaded to
Haitian capital. ans to move not just to ensure that it could safely
Jacmel — the backdrop Jacmel, but throughout the use the undersized runway.
for many of Gov. Gen. country,” he said. “This is Jacmel city has between
Michaëlle Jean’s childhood going to be a hub for Cana- 50,000 and 70,000 people;
memories in Haiti — is be- dian Forces personnel.” the greater Jacmel region
coming a regional hub for The airstrip is small, has a total population of
the delivery of aid to earth- making it a challenge for 120,000. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Despite gang war, murder Groups call for
Great Lakes cleanup
rate drops in Vancouver
POLLUTIONEnvironmental-
ists are calling on the On-
CRIME There were fewer recorded 18 homicides last tario government to
killings in Vancouver last year, one less than in 2008, update its regulations in
year than the year before, while attempted murders, order to stop the pollution
despite a bloody gang war robberies and assaults also of the Great Lakes.
that raged throughout the dropped. Ecojustice, Great Lakes
region, Vancouver Police But that’s less than a United and Environmental
Chief Jim Chu said yester- third of the roughly five Defence are asking the En-
day. dozen killings last year in vironment Ministry to
Chu and Mayor Gregor Metropolitan Vancouver — review and amend nine
Robertson delivered a population more than two regulations that they claim
good-news message: Crime million. The figure rises to have become stagnant and
overall is down and aggres- about 70 if eastern Fraser ineffective.THE CANADIAN PRESS
sive anti-gang measures Valley communities are in-
are making the city’s cluded.
streets more peaceable. By contrast Metropolitan
But Roberston acknowl- Toronto, with a population
edged organized crime of around 5.5 million, re-
doesn’t stop at Vancou- ported 62 homicides last
ver’s border and more ef- year. Calgary, with about
fort will be put into co-or- 1.2 million people, had 19
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Vancouver, with a popu- months of last year. Lesnar is no fan of our health care.
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Men hunted after cat brutally killed canada 5
Police are looking for two young men after a cat was stabbed
and beaten to death in Windsor, Ont. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Enjoy more freedom
Polar bears safe for .
now, report says
Polar bears are bearing says Traffic International
up, it was announced yes- “Trade is not a in its report yesterday.
terday. The average annual ex-
significant threat.”
An international conser- port of 300 bear skins a
vation watchdog ruled that Traffic International year from Canada isn’t big
polar bears aren’t endan- enough to threaten overall
gered enough to need a polar bear hunt. numbers, said Traffic, an
global ban on trade that It will also be welcomed international wildlife trade
would place their hides in by Inuit hunters who de- monitoring network.
the same category as ele- pend on the industry “There is general agree-
phant ivory. for millions of dollars a ment that the polar bear
The ruling will make it year. population is declining,
tough for U.S. attempts to “Trade is not a signifi- but the rate of decline is
end Canada’s commercial cant threat to the species,” slow.” THE CANADIAN PRESS
CalgaryTorch takes a ride on Olympic chairlift
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Torchbearer Stewart McDonough carries the Vancouver 2010 Olympic flame up a chairlift at Cana-
da Olympic Park, site of events at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, in Calgary, yesterday. Follow the
Olympic torch’s journey with an interactive map at metronews.ca/sports.
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Comment
Marriage – main cause of divorce
marriage in the state, has sis of U.S. census data by the ter. What’s in it for women event that put prospective first place? What if this “dif-
Relating
heard expert testimony that Pew Research Center claims now? Good question. splitters in touch with ficulty or despair” is a prod-
significant health benefits marriage is an excellent eco- Some married people, I lawyers, life coaches and uct of being married to the
Steve accrue to married people rel- nomic deal for men, whose find, sell the joys of conju- other professionals. wrong person?
ative to singletons, and the income outstrips those who gality a little too hard, en- Institute spokesperson Personally, I don’t knock
Collins ban is putting gay people at don’t marry. couraging any couples who Andrea Mrozek lamented marriage, but neither am I
greater risk of depression, This is a change from 40 have been dating longer the haste with which cou- likely to try it.
suicide and substance abuse. years ago, when a stigma, than a year to follow them ples now contemplate di- While it seems to work
Imetronews.ca/collins An economist also out- and vastly inferior salaries, to Hitchville post haste. vorce instead of sticking it swimmingly for some peo-
lined the fiscal benefits for greeted working wives. So And then there are those out, and accused the di- ple, contribute to healthier,
s marriage good for you? the cash-strapped state of married men typically took who have taken an interest vorce fair of “capitalizing happier lives and all that, it
The research continues. letting gay couples marry, a financial hit relative to in the institution in general, on moments of difficulty or remains the leading cause
In San Francisco, the U.S. including increased con- bachelors. Now, women like the Institute of Mar- despair in people's lives.” of divorce.
federal court hearing on sumer spending, school have more education and riage and the Family Cana- But where are the insti-
California’s Proposition funding and tax revenue. make more money, often da, which decried a recent tute’s warnings for those Steve Collins offers his best guesses on
8, which prohibits same-sex Meanwhile, a new analy- more money than the mis- “Divorce Fair” in Halifax, an who marry in haste in the relationships for Metro every two weeks.
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SViizewins g up fashion’s plus-size model obsession ICHAEL DE ADDER
FourthWave which hit stands last week. ever, what the rest of us erage-sized models were
It’s one of contradictions; need is not a condescending just as effective at selling
one series, titled “One Size pat on the head in a single, products as their skinny
Canice Fits All,” invites comparison solitary magazine issue, but counterparts.
between two models — some acknowledgement Are these inclusive ges-
Leung “straight-size” model that the fashion world is tures as token as the models
Jacquelyn Jablonski and for- out of step with reality, and they choose?
mer-model-turned-plus-size perhaps an act of contrition And why bother integrat-
metronews.ca/fourthwave model Crystal Renn are by changing that. ing them into the fashion
photographed in the same Rightly or wrongly, maga- world if all they’re going to
Fashion is a contentious cul- clothes and poses. An edito- zines and designers influ- do is highlight how differ-
tural beast to wrestle with rial titled “Curves Ahead” ence women’s psyches and ent they are?
— its idealizing of the fe- stars four plus-size models, sartorial choices — and as As long as “plus-size”
male shape is the source while “V Love U Just The the saying goes, with power models are ghettoized in a
disordered eating and inse- Way U R” features bigger comes responsibility. Size 0 special “Size Issue” and
curity, but it’s an economic and older gals, gender-am- models shouldn’t be man- made an exception to the
powerhouse that is domi- biguous models, men and dated to pack on the rule, the fashion industry
nated by women as well. It’s minorities. pounds, but they should re- and the women who follow
difficult for me to reconcile The whole issue sounds a flect the breadth of our it will never get over their
fashion’s simultaneously lot like an after-school spe- hips, butts and breasts. complex of seeing fat as an
destructive and creative ca- cial: We love you — you av- The fashion industry does aberration.
pacity. erage woman that meas- itself a disservice by not re-
So it piqued my interest ures size 12 — even with flecting a range of body Canice Leung is a former editor of Ryerson
when I saw photos from V your lumps, bumps, creases types — in fact, a 2006 Uncoivpeyr seitdyi tfoerm aitn Miste mtroa,g aarzdineen tM fecmCliunnisgt’s,
Magazine’s “Size Issue,” and cellulite. Perhaps, how- British study found that av- and loudmouth.
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Irish bishops summoned to Vatican 7
Ireland’s Roman Catholic bishops are being summoned next month to a Vatican summit with
Pope Benedict XVI to shape the pontiff’s response to child-abuse scandals. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
World
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People try to stay in line to get disaster relief supplies at U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division’s base in
Port-au-Prince yesterday.
Aftershock rocks Haiti
tients to flee the University
Haiti Tax deductions Hospital.
Crisis Hundreds of thousands
(cid:129) The U.S. House of Repre- of Haitians remain home-
sentatives has passed a bill less, hungry and in mourn-
A powerful aftershock allowing for faster tax ing — most still waiting
sent Haitians screaming breaks for U.S. donors to for the benefits of a nearly
into the streets yesterday, Haiti earthquake relief ef- $1 billion US global aid
collapsing buildings, forts. Under current law, campaign that has brought
cracking roads and donors would have to wait hundreds of doctors and
adding to the trauma of a until they file their 2010 re- thousands of troops to the
nation stunned by an turns next year to take the impoverished Caribbean
apocalyptic quake eight deductions. nation.
days ago. The U.S. Navy’s floating
The magnitude-5.9 jolt tion agency, but there hospital, USNS Comfort,
matched the strongest of were no reports of people dropped anchor in view of
the aftershocks that have crushed or trapped, per- the capital yesterday with
followed the huge quake haps because the earlier about 550 medical staff,
of Jan. 12 that devastated quake frightened most joining teams from about
Haiti’s capital of Port-au- people into sleeping out- 30 other countries trying
Prince. side. to treat the injured. About
The new temblor col- Wails of terror erupted 250,000 people were hurt
lapsed seven buildings in in Port-au-Prince, where in the quake and aid
Petit-Goave, the seaside the aftershock briefly in- groups say many people
town closest to the epicen- terrupted rescue efforts have died for lack of med-
tre, according to Mike Mor- amid the broken concrete ical care or adequate
ton of the UN Disaster As- of collapsed buildings, and equipment.
sessment and Coordina- prompted doctors and pa- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
News in brief Democrats licking wounds
CHINA A leading human rights
group said yesterday that China MASSACHUSETTS Chastened cedural obstacles aimed at
openly harasses, targets and ar- by the Democratic Senate defeating the legislation.
bitrarily detains critics, disbars loss in the state of Massa- No decisions have been
lawyers to silence complaints chusetts, U.S. President made, lawmakers said, but
and detains petitioners in Barack Obama and congres- they laid out a new ap-
secret jails. Along with criticism sional allies signalled yester- proach that could still in-
of China, Human Rights Watch day they will try to scale clude these provisions: lim-
also said Western governments back his sweeping health iting the ability of insur-
have gone soft on efforts to care overhaul in an effort to ance companies to deny
hold Beijing accountable for its at least keep parts of it alive. coverage to people with
record. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A simpler, less ambitious medical problems, allowing
bill emerged as an alterna- young adults to stay on
tive only hours after the their parents’ policies, help-
loss of the party’s crucial ing small businesses and
60th Senate seat forced the low-income people pay in-
Democrats to slow their all- surance premiums and
out drive to pass Obama’s changing government
top domestic priority and health care for the elderly
reconsider all options. to encourage payment for
Tension over blacklists and long The 60-vote Senate Demo- quality care instead of sheer
memories are roiling Iraqi politics, and
the U.S. is dispatching Joe Biden to help. cratic majority is needed to volume of services.
Scan this code for the story. overcome Republican pro- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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8 world Death toll rises to 10 as floods ravage Sinai Desert
Three more Egyptians died in flooding in the southern Sinai Desert yesterday, bringing the toll for three days of unseasonably heavy rains to 10, a health
official said. Meanwhile, Bedouins angry the government was downplaying their losses clashed with security forces in South Sinai. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
How many died?
Kandahar CityMeeting the locals
B.C. group questions toll in Congo conflict KIRSTY WIGGLESW
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World War, causing 5.4 some experts argue Con-
million deaths. leased yesterday says the go’s rate was higher even
But a research group is statistics themselves are before the conflict.
challenging those figures. questionable. “In Congo, people were
The figure of 5.4 million The Human Security Re- already dying in higher
deaths since 1998 was pub- port project at Simon Fras- numbers than in the rest
licized by the International er University in B.C. found of Africa, even before the
Rescue Committee, a pri- two major problems with war. And they continued to
vate relief agency. the IRC’s 2000 study: die in higher numbers af-
The UN Security Council (cid:129) The Human Security Re- ter the war,” said professor
cited IRC’s figures when it port rejected the inter- emeritus Joshua Goldstein
decided to raise a peace- view-based sampling that of American University.
keeping force for Congo, was done in dangerous He estimates one million Cpl. Stephanie Lanning from Clinton, Ark., of the 293rd Military Police Company out of Fort Stew-
which has grown to more eastern Congo regions, ar- to two million Congolese art, Ga., meets Afghan girls during an information gathering operation in Kandahar City, south-
than 20,000 troops. guing that the areas were died as a result of the con- ern Afghanistan, yesterday.
But a new review re- not representative. flict. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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U.S. Defence Secretary vices as more details about while awaiting charges, co-
Robert Gates warned yes- Robert Gates the gunman came to light. owned and lived in the
terday. Christopher Bryan home where some of the
“I believe this operation, their greatest fears is that Speight, a 39-year-old secu- bodies were found.
under the umbrella of al- Islamic militants who op- rity guard, surrendered to Neighbour Monte W.
Qaida working with all of pose the popularly elected police at daybreak after Mays said Speight’s moth-
these different groups, is governments in both India leading authorities on an er deeded the house to
intended to destabilize not and Pakistan will find a 18-hour manhunt follow- Speight and his sister in
just Afghanistan, or not way to get the nuclear- ing the shootings at a 2006, shortly before she
just Pakistan, but poten- armed rivals fighting one house in rural central Vir- died of brain cancer.
tially the whole region,” another instead of the mil- ginia. Mays said Speight was a
Gates said. itants. In the house, deputies good neighbour. They
Gates described the rela- Gates praised his Indian found a mortally wounded waved as they passed each
tions between Taliban hosts for restraint follow- man and seven bodies. other on the road and sent
groups and Lashkar-e- ing the three-day terror Speight had no weapons their dogs out to play with
Taiba extremists accused siege of Mumbai, which In- when he surrendered one another.
of orchestrating the 2008 dia immediately blamed shortly after 7 a.m. wear- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
terror attack on the Indian on militants inside Pak-
city of Mumbai. istan. News in brief
And he suggested the There were no reprisals, A Hindu holy man takes a dip at Sangam, the confluence of the
Pakistan-based militants and Pakistan has charged Ganges and Yamuna rivers, on the day of Basant Pachami dur- ACTIVISM Environmental Depot to tell customers not to
might try a new terror as- seven men. Yet it might ing the month-long Magh Mela in Allahabad, India, yesterday. group Sierra Club has named buy lumber from ancient
sault on India to provoke a not be the same next time, Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus bathe over 30 days to its first new leader in 18 years forests. Michael Brune, 38,
reprisal. Gates said. rid themselves of their sins and attain prosperity. — an activist who once took replaces Carl Pope in March.
U.S. officials say one of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS over the intercom of a Home THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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KINDLE Amazon.com Inc. said 70 per cent after delivery costs.
ECONOMY Canadian infla- “There are two big fac- ward inflationary pres- yesterday it will begin offering With those costs equalling less
tion remained tame in De- tors at play — the underly- sures makes it even less authors and publishers a big- than six cents per book, Ama-
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annual inflation rate is quashing weakness of the rate at the
charge for ticked up to 1.3 per cent in import economy means historic low
website access December — three-tenths prices,” said businesses can’t of 0.25 and Sleeplessness
of a point less than expec- Douglas pledged to
tations — but, if anything, Porter, deputy raise prices …” keep it there
ONLINEThe New York even that low figure exag- chief econo- Douglas Porter until after
Times says it will charge gerates the upward pres- mist with June, but
readers for full access to its sure on prices. BMO Capital Markets. some economists specu-
website starting in 2011, a The more important The surprisingly-low in- late it may remain at the
risky move aimed at draw- number, say economists, is flation rate helped drive so-called lower bound un-
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Occasional lack of sleep can affect your overall well-
biggest possible audience. and that core inflation, cents from Tuesday’s close earlier warned about low
being. But if you frequently wake up in the morning,
The potential pitfalls which excludes the of 97.02. That was the interest rates triggering a
after a night of fitful or disturbed sleep, with widespread
have made most other ma- volatile energy compo- biggest one-day slid for the housing bubble, which
muscle pain that lasts through the day, you could have
jor newspapers hesitant to nent, remained a tame 1.5 loonie since October. could drive up inflation,
a condition called Fibromyalgia.
take a similar step. But af- per cent — below the cen- Money markets down- but did not mention home
ter months of tral bank’s target of two graded the dollar in part prices in Tuesday’s state- We are conducting a research study of an investiga-
deliberation, the Times per cent. because the lack of up- ment. THE CANADIAN PRESS tional medication for the sleep difficulties associated
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