Metro Edmonton - January 23, 2012

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City mulls
emergency
plans
Committee to review Emergency
Operations Centre staffing, training
SHELLEY
WILLIAMSON Emergency preparedness
@METRONEWS.CA
The report suggests 95 per cent
City councillors will examine the of workers become “fully trained”
city’s ability to handle a disaster in emergency exercises as staff
today. absences and turnovers make it
According to a report before a “unreasonable to expect all staff
committee, just 68 per cent of to be fully trained at all times.”
Edmontonians polled feel the city There are no provincial or federal
is equipped for a major emergency. standards for emergency opera-
The original target suggested tions centres, according to the
by administration was to bring report.
that confidence to 75 per cent by
2013. EOC centre for 95 per cent of staff
The committee is expected to by 2013, up from a current 87 per
A lion from the 5 Elements Lion Dance & Drum Crew performs at recommend a replacement goal of cent.
the Metropolis festival Sunday in honour of the Lunar New Year. better training for Emergency Leibovici feels Edmonton is pre-
Operations Centre staff instead. pared should a large disaster hap-
Chinese New Year in with a roSHELLEaY WILLIrAMSON/METRO “That probably is a much bet- pen, between the EOC and the reg-
ter target than people’s opinions,” ular staging and carrying out of
said Coun. Karen Leibovici. mock emergencies.
The report recommends cours- “We’re in a good position. We
Monday marks the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Dragon, and kicks off 15 days es in emergency management and try and envision as many disasters
of Chinese New Year festivities. More coverage, pages 8 & 9. incident command systems at the as possible,” she said.
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MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012
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Charges SHELLEY WILLIAMSON/METRO
in stage
collapse
stayed
Charges against three com-
panies in a fatal stage
collapse at a popular Alber-
ta country music festival
have been stayed.
The Crown says there
was no reasonable chance
news
of conviction against Pan-
handle Productions, Global
Production Co. and a num-
bered Alberta company.
The companies faced al-
most three dozen charges
after a windstorm caused
the main stage to collapse
at the Big Valley Jamboree
near Camrose in 2009. Don- Fire and restoration crews begin the cleanup after a massive condo fire at Heatheridge Estates last week.
na Moore of Lloydminster
was killed and more than a
dozen people were injured. ‘I just fell to my knees
THE CANADIAN PRESS
A Turkish doctor whose team
performed the world’s
CN Rail first triple-limb transplant
and started crying’ says a leg has been
removed due to tissue
sees another incompatibility.
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derailment To scan 2D barcodes in
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CN Rail faced its third Residents displaced by fire to face building owner on Monday Former free ScanLife app at
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Heatheridge Estates resident who lost unit hoping to find missing cat
Saturday when 31 cars On the web at
went off the track while metronews.ca
crossing a bridge near Despite being without
SHELLEY Shelter
Wainright, 200 kilometres WILLIAMSON insurance, Wilke only cares Community League over Arizona Rep.
southeast of Edmonton. @METRONEWS.CA about locating Kitty. the weekend, giving
In all, 17 of the cars on “I am hoping somebody Residents, many who have displaced residents back Gabrielle Giffords
the Edmonton-to- Pam Wilke is hoping a found her and took her in,” been put up at the Ramada damage deposits and a por- announces
Winnipeg train landed in a $1,000 reward will help said Wilke. Inn, are hoping for answers tion of their January rent.
her resignation
valley. find her cat Kitty, who she She spent Sunday poster- at a meeting to be attended The Alberta Red Cross pro-
A CN Railway Co. hasn’t seen since a massive ing the area with signs ask- by the Keelson Group, the vided food, shelter and from Congress to
spokesperson said there fire that left her and 91 ing for her cat’s safe return. building’s owner, on Mon- clothing for up 72 hours for concentrate on
were no injuries or neighbours homeless. When Greg, who didn’t day at 10 a.m. 64 Heatheridge Estates resi-
environmental issues. Wilke was boosting her want his surname used, got A Keelson Group represen- dents. To donate, call 1-800- her recovery from
The bridge was car Thursday when the fire home at 2 p.m. Thursday, tative was at the Blue Quill 418-1111. a gunshot wound
damaged so trains are broke out on the main floor smoke was billowing out
to the head.
rerouted. On Friday 18 cars of the Heatheridge Estates, from the building. and started crying,” he said. most. “I just started rebuild-
derailed near Hay River, destroying her fourth-floor He went to his parents A recovering alcoholic ing after eight years.” Watch at
while last Tuesday a train unit and everything she after the area was evacuat- and drug addict who has Some residents have said
metronews.ca/
went off the tracks north- owned. ed and returned at 8 p.m. to been clean since 2004, he the blaze began in the boil-
east off Hinton, injuring “I have nothing,” she see his home gone. said mementos marking his er room where work was video
three workers. METRO said on Sunday. “I just fell to my knees sobriety are what he’ll miss being done.
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MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012
SHELLEY WLLIIAMSON/ME TRO
An Edmonton baker will have to change the name of her 104 Street shop and pay
$10,000 after an Ontario business owner sued her over the copyrighted moniker.
Hefty fine dished out to
Queen of Tarts bakery
Owner must pay $10K for using trademarked name
Business must also be rebranded and renamed
When Linda Kearney “I never thought it served with the suit last
started selling her tasty would be an issue,” said May, three months after
lemon tarts at an Edmon- the 54-year-old former so- the caféopened its doors.
ton farmers’ market, her cial worker as she sat in She was overwhelmed
six-year-old granddaugh- her downtown café, her with starting the restau-
ter came up with a name pale face flushed red and rant, had put all her life
for the business while tears springing from her savings into the venture
reading Alice in Wonder- eyes. and became too depressed
land. An Ontario pastry chef to deal with the issue.
Queen of Tarts, a twist who owns The Queen of She didn’t hire a lawyer
on the classic story’s Tarts trademark has suc- and struggled to navigate
Queen of Hearts charac- cessfully sued Kearney for the legal system on her
ter, became Kearney’s infringing on her brand own.
food persona and stuck as name. The court issued a de-
her popular sweets stand The Federal Court or- fault judgement in August
transformed last year into dered Kearney to pay and she didn’t find out
a trendy new bakery and $10,000 in damages, plus about the ruling until it
café. court costs. was too late to appeal.
She didn’t know the She also has to pay She said she was too
name would actually lead thousands more to re- busy to deal with the mat-
her down a rabbit hole, brand her business with a ter during the Christmas
straight into a legal night- new name. season.
mare. Kearney said she was THE CANADIAN PRESS
BAR FIGHT unruly men early Satur-
Plumber
day, but they allege the
Car driven men fought back.
sparks fire
Police allege the men
into crowd also fought when police
fixing pipes
arrived.
injures 3 One of the men fled,
drove directly into a A plumber soldering pipes
people crowd of people, and sparked a fire in an apart-
then crashed into two ment near 116 Street and
vehicles, police said. 112 Avenue on Sunday.
The suspect tried to Fire crews were called
Police say three people run for it but police to the blaze, which was re-
were injured when a caught him. No one was ported at about 3:30 p.m.
man drove his car at seriously injured. The plumber first tried
them outside a Yannick Kalala to put out the fire, which
Lethbridge bar. Kanyungu, 25, of had spread to a wall, and
Investigators say staff Calgary is charged with burned himself. He was
at Pulse Nightclub tried several offences. treated and released.
to eject a group of THE CANADIAN PRESS About 20 residents were
evacuated to buses. METRO
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MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012
Navy overhauled
Looking. For answers
intelligence as alleged
spy lurked in midst
Former naval officer accused of leaking information
ANDREW VAUGHAN/THE CANADIAN PRESS
An unfolding spy drama ernment, nor National De-
involving a junior Canadi- fence will say whether
an officer comes amid a de- Sub-Lieut. Jeffrey Delisle Smoke rises from the Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake,
termined effort by the had access to the strategy B.C., Sunday. A fireball levelled the sawmill, which produces products
Royal Canadian Navy to — or early drafts of it. such as framing lumber, just after shift-change Friday evening.
improve and expand its Just what a potential
own intelligence capacity. spy might have been after JONATHAN HAYWARD/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Over the past two years, and for whom has been Two still missing after sawmill fire
military planners working the subject of frenzied
for the head of the navy speculation.
have been drawing a “road Officials have refused to RCMP Const. Lesley Smith said police are beginning the slow process of interview-
map” in order to provide Sub-Lieut. discuss any and all aspects ing workers at the sawmilland won’t be able to enter the mill to start that part of
decision-makers and war- Jeffrey Delisle of the case. the investigation until a structural engineer has deemed it safe. Nineteen people
ships at sea with better in- But defence and intelli- were injured in the blast, at least four critically, and two are still unaccounted for.
formation on possible gence experts say the real
threats to domestic waters ing list obtained by The gold for a foreign power —
and among international Canadian Press. be it Russia or some other Biebster shows his support
shipping lanes, a series of It could prove to be an nation — would lay in the
internal documents reveal. intelligence bonanza in country’s methods, code
The strategy was widely the wrong hands, provid- words and placement of
circulated among senior ing insight into how Cana- assets, both human and Ottawa’s Hélène Campbell campaign as she waits for “@alungstory i got the
echelons of the navy in dians gather information. electronic. got a huge boost to her or- new lungs. On Saturday, word.” He has 16.6 million
2010, according to a brief- Neither the Harper gov- THE CANADIAN PRESS gan donation awareness Justin Bieber tweeted Twitter followers. METRO

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MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012
Italian cruise ship Giffords
JOSE LUIS MAGANA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
to leave
Congress
search continues
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of
Arizona announced
19 are listed as missing, but number could be higher Sunday she intends to
resign from Congress this
Some passengers may be unregistered: Official
week to concentrate on re-
Republican presidential candidate and former covering from wounds suf-
Unregistered passengers the rescue effort, told re- House Speaker Newt Gingrich poses for a photo fered in
might have been aboard Families informed porters at the island with parishioners after mass at the Basilica of the an assas-
the stricken cruise liner where the ship, with National Shrine in Washington Sunday. sination
that capsized off Giglio, Relatives of missing 4,200 people aboard, attempt
Italy, a top rescue official passengers were briefed rammed a reef and sliced that
Candidate Gingrich
said Sunday, raising the Sunday, and met with open its hull before turn- shook
possibility that the num- Pierluigi Foschi, the CEO ing over on its side. storms South Carolina the coun-
ber of missing might be of Costa Crociere, SpA, the But one of Concordia’s try a lit-
higher than previously an- ship’s operator. officers, who’s recovering tle more
nounced. from a broken leg suffered Newt Gingrich trounced and said it was a mistake than a Gabrielle
Divers, meanwhile, The missing include French during the evacuation, Mitt Romney in South to hold off as long as he year ago. Giffords
pulled out a woman’s passengers, an elderly dismissed the allegation Carolina’s Republican did in getting it out. He “I
body from the capsized American couple, a Peru- that such passengers were presidential primary, up- said the attention paid to don’t remember much
Costa Concordia on Sun- vian crewwoman, an Indi- on the ship. ending the battle to chal- the issue had from that horrible day, but
day, raising to 13 the num- an crewman, and an Italian “Everyone is registered lenge President Barack become a distraction in I will never forget the trust
ber of people dead in the father and his five-year-old and photographed. Every- Obama in November and his battle for the you placed in me to be
Jan. 13 accident. daughter. thing’s electronic,” the reviving a campaign that nomination. your voice,” the Democrat-
Earlier, Italian authori- Italian news agency ANSA has twice been near col- Gingrich said on CNN ic lawmaker said on a
ties raised the possibility X persons who we don’t quoted Manrico Giampe- lapse. that his hardline conser- video posted on her
that the real number of know about who were in- droni as saying. Stung by the worst vative views and sharp Facebook page.
the missing was unknown side, who were clandes- Authorities have identi- week in his campaign, debating skills are need- “I have more work to do
because some unregis- tine” passengers aboard fied eight bodies, but are Romney told Fox News ed if the Republicans are on my recovery. So to do
tered passengers might the ship, Franco Gabrielli, still trying to identify on Sunday that he will re- to take back the White what’s best for Arizona, I
have been aboard. the national civil protec- five badly decomposed lease his tax information, House. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS will step down this week.”
“There could have been tion official in charge of corpses.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
08 news
China ushers in
the new year
Let there be red trousers, dumplings and fireworks
for everyone Chinese worldwide kicking off one of
the year’s most important celebrations
JORDAN
children will cook and vis- lanterns, statues of dragons
POUILLE
it friends and family. and loud traditional music.
METRO WORLD The economy and indus- In Beijing, firecrackers are
NEWS IN BEIJING try will grind to a halt. The sold at every corner and lit
“M
trains will be chaos as mil- anytime of the day. A word
ay gold and lions of people leave the of caution: Two people died
jade come to factories and big cities in last year in the capital be-
fill your the south to rush home. cause of fireworks.
home.” Chi- But it’s worth all the Chinese New Year is also
na is celebrating its Spring hassle: Chinese New Year is a food festival. Prime Minis-
Festival on Monday. This the only time migrant ter Wen Jiabao enjoys turn-
special day marks the start workers get to see their ing up at a worker’s house,
of the Chinese year 4710 families. with a little apron, to cook
and eight days of feasting The Spring Festival cele- dumplings in front of the
and wishing peace, happi- brations are all-day affairs; cameras. Most people enjoy
ness and prosperity to the louder, the better, in or- cheap yet healthy food,
each other. In China, the der to scare away evil spir- such as sweet clementines,
elderly will enjoy the its. In Shanghai, the taro cakes, braised catfish
much-awaited annual shopping malls have and some delicious The colour red — whether it’s for street decorations, envelopes filled
show on state television swapped their Christmas pudding made of rice and with money for youngsters or underwear – brings good luck.
while their married decorations for red paper sugar.
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RIM CEOs resign
Balsillie and Lazaridis will be replaced by former COO Thorsten Heins
Pair have been blamed for RIM’s struggle to keep pace with competitors
Finally bowing to pressure Jim Balsillie and Mike day operations altogether, lost patience with the pair
from disgruntled share- Lazaridis will turn over op- they both still remain on in 2011 as RIM dropped be-
holders, the two men who erational control of RIM to RIMs board and will be able hind its peers in the light-
head BlackBerry maker Re- new CEO Thorsten Heins, to exert significant influ- ning-paced smartphone
search in Motion will step the company’s former chief ence. market, suffering through
down from their positions operating officer, RIM’s Balsillie, 50, and the worst service outage in BlackBerry maker Research in Motion’s co-CEOs Jim
as co-chief executives of the board said Sunday. Lazaridis, 50, have headed its history and losing tens Balsillie, right, and Mike Lazaridis pose at the RIM annual
troubled Canadian high- While Balsillie and RIM together for the past of billions of dollars in mar- general meeting on July 14, 2009, in Waterloo, Ont. Both
tech company. Lazaridis have left day-to- two decades but investors ket value. THE CANADIAN PRESS men are stepping down from their positions with RIM.
FIRST RAW CANNABIS Ottawa spending cuts means major
job losses, says report
DRUG COULD SOON HIT
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Federal government trimmed to the lowest
spending cuts could staffing levels since 2000.
chop between 60,000 About 6,300 person
A quarter-century after the U.S. components — and 68,000 jobs from years are in the process of
Food and Drug Administration ap- delta 9-THC and the public service in being eliminated as a re-
proved the first prescription drugs cannabidiol. It has been the next few years, a sult of department
based on the main psychoactive approved in Canada, report from a reviews launched
ingredient in marijuana, addition- New Zealand and eight progressive think- between 2007 and 2010,
al medicines derived from or European countries for re- tank estimates. designed to save $1.8 bil-
inspired by the cannabis plant it- lieving muscle spasms associ- A review of lion.
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mouth spray it hopes to market in Sativex may increase service which is only now being
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pain. It hopes to see FDA approval government to revisit its be $4-billion Strategic and
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