Metro Edmonton - January 26, 2010

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location-specific editorial woman are now facing
content to the Foursquare charges.
service. People who choose A black man walked in-
to follow Metro on to a convenience store on
Foursquare will receive 118 Avenue and 50 Street
alerts when they’re close to just after midnight on
one of those locations. Sept. 27, where police say
For example, someone he was confronted by a
close to a restaurant that Caucasian man and
Metro has reviewed would woman.
receive a “tip” about that The couple allegedly
restaurant and a link to the hurled racial slurs at the
full Metro review on man, while challenging
metronews.ca. him to step outside to
METRO NEWS SERVICES fight. He refused, and the
Military pallbearers carry the remains of Sgt. John Faught to his funeral in his hometown of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Faught was killed couple left the store.
by a roadside bomb Saturday in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. Faught, 44, who joined the army 23 years ago, was a section com- Police allege the male ag-
News on the M ve mander of Delta Company, 1 Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry of Edmonton. He was on his sixth foreign tour of duty, three gressor shoplifted some
of which were in Afghanistan. items before walking out.
What’s this Shortly after leaving, the
barcode for? woman walked back
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Officers with the EPS
VancouverGames Hate Crimes Unit investi-
gated and identified the
AFL predicts up to 60,000 cuts, province says that’s inaccurate suspects through video
Countdown surveillance and
to 2010 eyewitness reports. “Based
Alberta’s Tory government “They seem to be aimed on the ongoing investiga-
Follow Metro as we and a major labour group “They’re not tipping their hand, they’re at creating fear,” said Bart tion, which includes wit-
bring you daily are sparring over potential not being forthright with Albertans.” Johnson. ness information and
coverage leading up job losses that will result Alberta’s $2 billion fiscal video evidence, we have
Gil McGowan, president
to the 2010 Winter when a tight-fisted provin- correction is based on pro- reason to believe that the
Olympics in Vancouver. cial budget is tabled next Alberta Federation of Labour jections that next year’s incident was racially moti-
• Today — month. budget will grow by $2 bil- vated,” Staff Sgt. Darren
Hockey The Alberta Federation et cuts will destroy thou- “With cuts of the magni- lion, he said. Derko said.
injuries give of Labour is projecting up sands of jobs. tude they’ve been dis- So the Tory govern- Lacey Dawn Snyder, 21,
Yzerman to 60,000 job losses when “They’re not tipping cussing — of between $2 ment’s goal will be was charged with harass-
anxious Premier Ed Stelmach’s Pro- their hand, they’re not be- billion and $3 billion — achieved, Johnson said, if ment, causing a
moments, gressive Conservatives re- ing forthright with Alber- those cuts will result in the it can keep the total budg- disturbance, assault with a
page 14 lease their spending plan tans,” McGowan told a loss of between 33,000 jobs et at the same level of weapon, possession of an
Feb. 9. handful of reporters. and 60,000 jobs.” spending as last year — offensive weapon and mis-
On the web Federation president Gil “We’ve used their own But a Finance Ministry $36.4 billion. chief. Dylan Alfred Trom-
McGowan stood on the forecasting to make our spokesman said the labour The spring sitting of the mel, 23, was charged with
Visit metronews.ca steps of the legislature yes- own estimates and frankly group is wrong and its pro- legislature opens with a criminal harassment, caus-
for news updates terday to say that a those estimates are fright- jections are not based on throne speech on Feb. 4. ing a disturbance and
planned $2 billion in budg- ening. accurate information. THE CANADIAN PRESS theft under $5,000.
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dustry and resulted in re- the instructions at the top of this page Edmonton Humane Society spokeswoman Shawna Randolph holds one of 45 rabbits found on a
derelict city bus on Nov. 10. Of those rescued, eight survived, and four are still available for adoption.
WHAT’S ONLINE TODAY News in brief 2 charged in rabbit bust
VideoStephen Harper COURT A young man who shot hearing in Wetaskiwin, Alta.,
pushes for accountabili- and wounded a toddler on a after he entered a guilty plea
ty on Haiti relief funds central Alberta First Nation has last year to aggravated assault
45 sick, dying animals rescued from old bus
at metronews.ca/ testified that he started smok- and other charges. He was
canada ing marijuana at age 11 and charged after an April 2008
dropped out of school in Grade drive-by shooting that injured Two men are facing for us to lay charges under tion was out of control.
ADVERTISE TODAY! 7. Christopher Crane, 19, was Asia Saddleback. charges after animal-con- the Animal Protection Act,” “This is the largest
1 888 91 metro (63876) on the stand at his sentencing THE CANADIAN PRESS trol officers seized 45 ill Randolph said. “In this case, seizure of rabbits in the
and dying rabbits from a the individual was not sur- shelter’s history, going back
derelict city bus in a south- rendering the animals to us over records from past
central industrial zone. and we had to seize them.” years,” Randolph said.
www.digitalschool.ca
“This has been just devas- Most of the animals were “We think it’s a matter of
tating on our staff, very infected with snuffles, a someone getting in over
I WILL DESIGN hard to deal with,” Edmon- highly infectious, untreat- their head with pets, unlike
ton Humane Society spokes- able disease found in rab- a puppy-mill situation.”
woman Shawna Randolph bits. Three of the bunnies
said yesterday. The majority were hu- were adopted and one is in
EHS animal-protection manely euthanized at the foster care. The remaining
peace officers discovered shelter, or died in care. Of survivors, three female bun-
Digital School attracts students with a
the animals on the old tran- the 45 rescued, eight sur- nies and one male, will all
passion to create, design, invent, innovate, sit bus at 9620 – 27 Ave. on vived. be ready for adoption by the
Nov. 10. Randolph said authorities week’s end.
and animate. Digital School students and
It’s alleged the rabbits may never have discovered William Lavery and
instructors share a passion for this unique were living in “deplorable the bus had it not been for a Nathan Smith, both of Ed-
conditions” in their own call from a tipster. monton, each face four
blend of design and technology, where
waste, some without food Officials don’t believe the counts of animal distress
software and creativity come together. or water and most in very rabbits were kept for breed- and animal-care duties.
But most of all, students are here to poor health. ing, but that pet rabbits VICTORIA HANDYSIDES/
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prepare for a fulfilling career doing what
Yoga instructors doing their part for Haiti relief
they love - a Career in AutoCAD.
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Fitness Movement on 10301
– 109th St., are providing
yoga classes every Monday John Tai and Allison Conroy of Urban Fitness Movement are
night for the months of Feb- looking to raise Haiti relief funds by offering yoga classes.
ruary and March, and do-
nating all the money raised the couple hopes to raise a hold regular fundraisers.
to the Red Cross Haiti Relief minimum of $2,000 in class “Just knowing the
Operation. fees and another $2,000 in amount of poverty and dev-
“The proceeds are a way participant pledge money. astation that is a regular
for us to contribute to Both have travelled in the day-to-day thing they have
Haiti,” Tai said. “We are also Caribbean and taught yoga to live with in Haiti, and
asking our participants to at an orphanage in the Do- now this?” said Conroy.
#304, 10205-101 STREET, EDMONTON CALL TOLL FREE 1-877-414-0200 collect some pledges to sup- minican Republic. After wit- “That is what spurred us
port them.” nessing some of the poverty on.” YONATHAN SUMAMO/
By charging $15 per class, on their trip firsthand, they FOR METRO EDMONTON
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Missing Inuit hunter found in good health 3
An Inuit hunter who spent three nights stranded on an ice floe drifting in the Northwest Passage was rescued yesterday afternoon. “He
was cold and tired but otherwise in good health,” said Pierre Bolduc of the Canadian Search and Rescue Centre. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Bake sale raises nearly $20K
Canada
Never underestimate the power of a group of moms with cupcakes. Susana
Molinolo, left, organized a school fundraiser with fellow parent council mom
Nancy Botelho and a colourful array of cupcakes soon began piling up at
Molinolo’s home. The event, held this past weekend in Toronto, raised $9,800
for Medecins sans Frontieres, which will be matched by the Canadian
International Development Agency. METRO NEWS SERVICES
Long road to fix Haiti Inuit kids have more
health issues: Study
Harper urges spending transparency at Montreal summit
ARCTIC Inuit infants die at
well over three times the “If you look at the
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dered or stolen. study in the same journal those that occurred in 53
Prime Minister Stephen found that 70 per cent of predominantly Inuit com-
Harper and U.S. Secretary Inuit preschoolers live in munities in the Arctic,
of State Hillary Clinton homes where there isn’t al- from Labrador in the east
emphasized the impor- ways enough food. to the Mackenzie Delta in
tance of accountability in “Inuit children in the west.
the roadmap that will Nunavut are faced with After comparing those
come from Montreal’s in- health challenges that are births with deaths in the
ternational talks on Haiti’s more severe than those in first year of life, Luo found
reconstruction. Southern Canada due to the mortality rate for Inuit
“We bear a responsibili- the socio-economic condi- infants was 16.5 per thou-
ty to our taxpayers to en- tions facing the entire terri- sand live births — a rate
sure that the money that tory,” said Dr. Isaac Sobol, not seen in Southern Cana-
our governments commit the territory’s chief public da since 1971 and 3.6 times
will be well spent, trans- Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton chat prior to a conference officer of health. the Canadian average of 4.6
parently, and with results looking at the future of Haiti yesterday in Montreal. To study the Inuit infant- deaths.
on the ground for the Hait- mortality rate, University “If you look at the trends
ian people,” Clinton told the one-day conference on country. hard work, at least, awaits of Montreal researcher Dr. over time, you do not see
Harper after their meet- rebuilding Haiti after a Jan. Non-governmental or- the world in Haiti,” Harper Zhong-Cheng Luo looked at any improvement,” he said.
ing. 12 earthquake flattened ganizations that were in- said after participants ob- all four million births in THE CANADIAN PRESS
“That is also true for all much of the country. He al- vited to one session of yes- served a minute’s silence
of the private donations so attended the Clinton terday’s talks said the for quake victims.
that will be joined with meeting. bankers were tightlipped “We must ensure that Olympian’s family loses
government funds.” International banking about their specific plans. every resource committed
Added Harper: “A big institutions, including the Harper told the gather- — every relief worker, $8K in housing scam
part of this is working World Bank and the Inter- ing that it would likely every vehicle, every dollar
through credible interna- national Monetary Fund, take a decade to rebuild — is used as effectively as
tional organizations that were monitoring the talks Haiti. He stressed that the possible,” Harper said. “We VANCOUVER another place to stay for
are capable of co-ordinat- involving more than a money pledged by the in- need to focus on effective- him and nine friends and
2010 Games
ing donors, and also capa- dozen foreign ministers to ternational community ness. The Haitian people relatives.
ble of tracking money.” ensure accountability of should be spent properly. deserve that. Our own tax- “We’re in a real bind
Foreign Affairs Minister future financial promises “It is not an exaggera- payers expect it.” here,” he said. “I’m upset,
Lawrence Cannon hosted to the quake-stricken tion to say that 10 years of THE CANADIAN PRESS GREG DOWNS incredibly nervous about
for Metro Canada what’s going to happen.”
His son, Steve Mesler, is
Shell to slow development in oilsands projects WHISTLER The parents of a competing in his third Win-
champion U.S. Olympic ter Olympics as a member
ENERGY Royal Dutch Shell the Financial Times as say- Sands Project, which in- bobsledder were scammed of the United States four-
PLC will develop its oil- ing growth in the oilsands cludes a massive mining $8,000 while trying to rent men bobsled team that is
sands holdings at a slower will be done at a “very operation north of Fort a duplex in Whistler to ranked number one in the
pace in the future, the en- much slower” pace than in McMurray, Alta., as well as watch their son compete. world.
As a sense of normalcy sets on ergy giant’s chief execu- the past. an upgrader near Edmon- Ben Mesler said that in Whistler RCMP Const.
Kandahar, some are fearful more tive told a U.K. newspaper. Shell is a 60 per cent ton. addition to losing the mon- Joseph MacDonald said they
Canadian troops will mean more
violence. Scan this code for the story. Peter Voser is quoted in owner of the Athabasca Oil THE CANADIAN PRESS ey, he’s struggling to find are aware of the issue.
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DCommeenmt ocracy strikes back ICHAEL DE ADDER
NationalReport Secondly, it’s a develop- nent does. Sometimes, out the House. But in that in-
ment that knocks the of the blue — deus ex stance the government had
prime minister from his ar- machina — a big break not lost the House’s confi-
Lawrence rogant perch, that hal- comes your way. Iggy final- dence.
lowed ground wherein he ly got one. As for the latest proroga-
Martin seems to Fourthly, tion, Canadians aren’t buy-
think he can “We can get more the Governor ing the Conservatives’ ex-
get away with General will cuses. One of them is that
work done, Conser-
Cmetronews.ca/nationalreport almost any- now take note other governments pro-
thing. The vatives say, when of how seri- rogued as well. But no oth-
onsidering the people have Parliament isn’t in ous the shut- er government has done it
calamity in Haiti told him ting down of three times in 18 months
has overwhelmed they’re not session ... When Parliament is. for cynical political rea-
all other news, as going to put the opposition isn’t In future it sons.
it should have, up with it. will likely Then there’s the latest ra-
around, it does
the number of Canadians Here’s betting take more tionale, a most revealing
who showed up Sunday for you won’t see make life a lot easi- than just a one. We can get more work
nationwide protests against Stephen er. It’s tantamount phone call done, Conservatives say,
the suspension of Parlia- Harper sus- from the PM. when Parliament isn’t in
to running a
ment was impressive. pending Par- This was the session. That, in fact, is true
The people are speaking liament for dictatorship.” third time, enough. When the opposi-
— in protests and in opin- reasons of not just twice tion isn’t around, it does
ions polls. The story is not crass political gain ever as many think, that Harper make life a lot easier. It’s
going away and the ramifi- again. has shut down Parliament tantamount to running a
cations are many. Thirdly, the story has re- in the last year and a half. dictatorship.
Firstly, it’s a sign — a vived Liberal party for- The first time was when he That’s why Canadians are Worth mentioning
damn good sign — that tunes. Prior to the proroga- turned his back on his reacting the way they are.
democracy is alive in this tion, the slumping Michael pledge of fixed election They’re saying, “Sorry Mr. British boy’s bike ride
country. We hear so often Ignatieff had almost been dates to force the 2008 elec- Harper, you can’t have
that Canadians don’t care, written off as another dead tion. Yes, there was an ex- one.”
that they’re apathetic, that Grit walking. But as is so of- ception to the fixed-date raises $160K for Haiti
what goes on in Parliament ten the case in politics, it’s law. An election could be Lawrence Martin is a journalist and
is off their radar. But it sure not what you do that called earlier if the govern- author of 10 books who writes about
national affairs from Ottawa.
hasn’t looked that way. counts, it’s what your oppo- ment lost the confidence of A young British schoolboy splashed on the front page
has raised more than of Britain’s Daily Mirror
100,000 pounds ($160,000) newspaper yesterday, and
Views yesterday for Haiti’s relief money is still flooding in.
effort by cycling around his “I want to make some
Not easy to hack away at federal deficit local park. money to buy
Charlie food, water
Haiti
Simpson, 7, and tents for
Crisis
was so upset everyone in
InBusiness all his appendages, but little equalization payments, ance the budget by 2014. by the images Haiti,” he said
else. The federal govern- health and social transfers, But the longer you look at of Haiti’s on his
ment says it can reduce the employment insurance, old the federal government’s deadly earthquake that he fundraising website.
Charles deficit to nearly zero by fis- age supplement payments current program spending, asked his mother if she The effort drew the atten-
cal 2014 from more than and the like, are inviolable the harder it is to see where could help him set up a tion of Prime Minister Gor-
Davies $50 billion in the year end- because it’s political suicide savings of this order can be sponsored bicycle ride don Brown, with his Down-
ing March 31. to touch them. made. around a west London park. ing Street posting on Twit-
But given its planned ap- They make up 45 per cent There is one possibility. Charlie originally hoped ter: “Amazed by response to
metronews.ca/inbusiness proach, a combination of of Ottawa’s current $236 Stockwell Day, who was to raise 500 pounds (for the great fundraising ef-
spending restraint (holding billion a year in program named president of the UNICEF’s Haiti appeal with forts of 7 yr old.”
Deficit reduction in Canada annual federal spending spending. About 14 per cent Treasury Board in the re- Sunday’s eight-kilometre The boy’s mother, Leono-
reminds me of that scene in growth to more like four goes to service our national cent cabinet shuffle, is ex- bike ride), but his Internet ra Simpson, said she was
Monty Python and the Holy per cent rather than the six debt, so we can’t do any- pected to be Flaherty’s hit page was flooded with do- amazed by the response.
Grail where King Arthur en- per cent it has been run- thing about that. And 11 man in reducing expendi- nations. “We put it on the web and
counters a Black Knight ning at in recent years), per cent goes to internation- tures. Day can start close to He raised nearly 50,000 that was it, it suddenly took
who won’t let him pass. leaving transfer payments al, immigration and de- home with the Treasury pounds in a single day. off and we can’t believe it.”
As Arthur systematically largely untouched, no new fence programs, a tally un- Board secretariat, the Charlie’s story was THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
hacks off his limbs, the taxation, and heavy reliance likely to shrink even if our board’s administrative arm
Black Knight refuses to ac- on economic growth, we’ll troops are repatriated from and general manager of the
knowledge that anything’s see limbless knights danc- Afghanistan starting in government’s operations.
wrong. “It’s just a flesh ing in the streets before the 2011. Let’s not even think The secretariat is spending We Know What You’re Thinking
wound,” he chirps after los- shortfall is eradicated. about Haiti. nearly $8 billion a year, and
ing both arms. By the time You’d think cutting Parliamentary budget of- it must have some limbs in 22%The number of Canadians
Arthur is finished with him, spending in an enterprise as ficer Kevin Page, a realist need of trimming. who have reduced their
he’s legless as well. vast and all-encompassing unlike the spinmeisters in automobile usage in the last two
When Finance Minister as the federal government the Harper government, Charles Davies is a veteran business writer years in favour of public transit.
Jim Flaherty delivers his would be easy, but no. Fed- says Ottawa must save who has worked for Canadian and
international news organizations.
budget March 4, he’ll have eral transfers, a mélange of roughly $19 billion to bal- IPSOSREID
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metro metronews.ca Tuesday, January 26, 2010
6 Pope calls for Christian unity
Pope Benedict XVI says the world is marked by religious indifference and a “growing aversion” to Christianity. The pontiff also is urging Christians to overcome their
differences through dialogue so that they can unite their efforts to influence debates in society on ethical issues such as abortion and euthanasia. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Netanyahu’s wife sues newspaper
World
The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sued an Israeli newspaper yesterday for libel
and defamation of character, claiming the Maariv daily is “maliciously trying to humiliate” her. Sara
Netanyahu, left, is claiming damages of US $270,000 and demanding an apology and a correction
for a story that stated she fired a 70-year-old gardener at the prime minister’s official residence. The
gardener lost a son in one of Israel’s wars. The suit comes a week after a former housekeeper sued
Netanyahu for alleged verbal abuse and other mistreatment. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
French panel Where do they go now? U.S. imposing
report on veils due
‘information
FRANCEA French parliamen-
tary panel will recommend imperialism’
Government urges people to leave capital as 700,000 lack shelter
a ban on face-covering Mus-
lim veils in public areas BEIJINGChina rebuked the
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las Sarkozy said in June that As many as one million government relaxes rules
they are “not welcome” on people — one person in enough tent cities to hold on censorship. The ultima-
French territory. The nine across the entire coun- earthquake refugees. tum came after Google said
panel’s mission, and a sepa- try — need to find new shel- Haiti’s government wants email accounts of human
rate national identity ter, the United Nations esti- many of the homeless to rights activists had been
debate on immigration, al- mates, and there are too Two men fight over a bag of rice during food distribution in leave the capital city of two hacked. Since then, U.S.
ready have left some of few tents, let alone safe Port-au-Prince yesterday. million people, to look for Secretary of State Hillary
France’s Muslims feeling buildings, to put them in. better shelter with relatives Rodham Clinton has criti-
discriminated against, said That leaves about 700,000 pink sheet with a floral camped around him yester- or others elsewhere. cized censorship of cyber-
Mohammed Moussaoui, other people living on the print border for two walls. day across from the col- An estimated 50,000 to space. The Foreign Ministry
who heads an umbrella streets around Port-au- “I’m not sure what you’d lapsed National Palace, 100,000 people have re- said her remarks damaged
group of various Muslim or- Prince under whatever they call it, but it’s much more amid piles of trash and the turned to the region around relations, while a Chinese
ganizations. France has the can salvage. In the case of than terrible,” said Antho- stench of human waste. the coastal city of Gonaives newspaper said the U.S.
largest Muslim population Jean Anthony’s family, ny, the 60-year-old owner of “We live like dogs,” said in northern Haiti, a city was imposing “information
in western Europe. that’s a blue plastic tarpau- a collapsed restaurant. Espiegle Amilcar, an unem- abandoned by many after imperialism” on China.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS lin for a ceiling and a faded Thousands of people were ployed 34-year-old who has two floods in six years. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
been staying under a sheet “Living in Port-au-Prince
of plastic nearby. Aid organ- is a problem. Going to Go-
izations say they are collect- naives is another problem,”
ing tents, but few so far are said Maire Delphin Alceus.
in evidence. And the Inter- “Everywhere you go is a
national Organization for problem. If I could, I would
Migration, an intergovern- have left this country and
mental agency, says it could been somewhere else by
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger tells
take experts weeks to now. But I have no way to Californians they have a right to be
search out suitable sites for do that.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS angry. Scan this code for the story.
News in brief OctomomOctoplets turn one
IRAQ Suicide bombers struck
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hanged Saddam Hussein’s no-
torious henchman “Chemical
Ali” and gave rise to specula-
tion about possible links to the
attacks.
MISSOURI Police say a man ac-
cused of stealing a ring
coughed up the evidence
while officers were question-
ing him. Pictures of the two-
carat diamond ring worth
about $20,000 US were sent to
jewelers after it was reported
stolen Thursday. The owner of
Newton’s Jewelry recognized
the ring when a man and
woman came in a few hours
after the theft and said they
wanted to sell it. L.T. Newton
stalled them and called police.
Police say the man swallowed In this cover image released by Star magazine, the Feb. 1 issue
the ring when officers arrived. features “Octomom” Nadya Suleman. As the octuplets
While being questioned, he celebrate their first birthday, the single, unemployed woman is
began to cough uncontrollably raising 14 children while milking the celebrity media for atten-
and eventually coughed it up. tion and money that she plans to use to bring up her brood.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 metro
2,000 tourists stranded world 7
Heavy rains and mudslides in Peru have blocked the train route to the
ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, stranding some 2,000 tourists. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Leftist conference
begins in Brazil
Thousands of leftists con- In contrast, the econom- “The fact that Davos is
verged yesterday in south- ic forum that starts tomor- being held like it’s a wake
ern Brazil to spend five row in Davos, Switzerland, gives the impression that
days railing against unfet- is expected to see fewer capitalism is on the down-
tered capitalism at the leaders than in years past, fall and hitting its limits,”
World Social Forum, the and U.S. President Barack Whitaker said.
annual countercultural Obama’s plan to clamp Activists are increasingly
gathering held to protest down on the size and activ- energized by the prospect
the bankers and world ity of banks is sure to be on of persuading govern-
leaders who will attend the minds of many of the ments to tackle corporate
the World Economic rich and powerful heading excess and spread more
Forum at a Swiss ski to Switzerland. wealth to the needy, he
resort. Lingering fallout from said.
Organizers expect as the financial crisis is proof “We’re in the midst of
many as 15,000 activists that the world economy true enthusiasm,” Whitak-
from around the world to must be retooled to benefit er said. “We may not
swarm into Porto Alegre, people, not big companies, change the world com-
raising communist flags said Francisco Whitaker, a pletely and all at once, but
and shouting socialist slo- Roman Catholic activist the change now can come
gans as they decry corpo- and co-founder of the so- from the bottom and
rate greed as the main rea- cial forum who was exiled spread. It’s surging and
son the planet plummeted from Brazil during its getting toward a critical
into an economic slump. 1964-1995 dictatorship. mass.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VenezuelaFighting censorship
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IREZ/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman argues with riot police during a protest in Caracas yesterday. Police fired tear gas and
plastic bullets to disperse students protesting after President Hugo Chavez’s government forced
a critical TV channel off cable television.
15 Canadians applied for asylum Neo-nazi group
on grounds of persecution: U.K. to pick up litter
COLORADOA white
LONDON British govern- of the applicants were re- supremacist group will be
ment figures show that a fused. heading out on the roads
number of Canadians and The Home Office was un- to pick up litter. The chap-
Americans have applied able to give information ter of the National Social-
for asylum in the United explaining why, saying on- ist Movement is participat-
Kingdom in the past few ly that all asylum seekers ing in an Adopt-A-Highway
years on the grounds that must prove they face per- program in Colorado. The
they were persecuted in secution at home and that group calls itself
their own countries. authorities there cannot America’s Nazi Party and
Home Office figures address it properly. it will be responsible for
show 15 Canadians and 45 The figures were made picking up trash along a
Americans tried to obtain available to the Guardian 1.6-kilometre stretch of
asylum in Britain between newspaper, which pub- highway north of Denver.
2004 to 2008. lished them yesterday. A sign is already up in the
The government says all THE ASSOCIATED PRESS area with the group’s
name on it.
State highway officials
News in brief say they allowed the high-
way adoption because
NEW YORK Two Tamil-Canadi- been sentenced to 25 years in their lawyers said they
ans caught by the FBI trying to prison. Toronto residents Suhil could be in violation of the
buy anti-aircraft missiles and Sabaratnam and Thani Thani- group’s free speech if they
other weapons for the Tamil gasalam were sentenced yes- issued a denial.
Tigers three years ago have terday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
metro metronews.ca Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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system, according to an over 809,000 between Octo- Many of those were women, Even with improve-
analysis by a senior Cana- ber 2008 and October 2009, his report added. ments to the system, only
dian Labour Congress offi- about half of those unem-
cial. ployed nationally were col-
The analysis by CLC as of October 2009 com- “If the exhaustion rate lecting benefits as of last
chief economist Andrew pared with before the re- were to remain the same October. In Ontario, one of
Jackson found that 500,000 cession hit in October as in 2006-07, we could the hardest-hit provinces,
Canadians who initiated EI 2008. eventually see some that number was as low as
claims in 2009 could very “We can expect that the 500,000-plus exhausted 41 per cent, Jackson said.
well see their benefits run total number of new regu- claims in late 2009 and in- He noted that the aver-
out with no job prospects lar claims in 2009 will to 2010,” he wrote. age time it took to find a
Google Australia previews its new Street View Trike at Taronga in sight. (have) hit about two mil- The report gave credit to job stood at 17 weeks as of
Zoo in Sydney, yesterday. The zoo will be the first location The report noted that lion,” Jackson said in his the government for ex- last September, compared
mapped using the new Google vehicle enabling Internet users there were 120,000 more report, written for the tending benefits by an ad- with 13.6 weeks in Sep-
to view the imagery collected. unemployed Canadians Canadian Centre for Policy ditional five weeks. But it tember 2008.
unable to collect benefits Alternatives. said the changes were in- THE CANADIAN PRESS
Middle class under assault: Obama
Your Money
POLITICS U.S. President et request due to be sub- vide the option of a work- Asset inventory could
Barack Obama is offering mitted to Congress next place-based retirement sav-
help for people struggling week. ings plan.
to pay bills and care for Among the initiatives: a Obama is seeking to of- uncover hidden money
their families, appealing to doubling of the child care fer some attractive options
a middle-class he says has tax credit for families earn- to taxpayers, mindful of
been “under assault for a ing under $85,000 US; a the painful implications of
long time.” $1.6 billion increase in fed- the loss of a traditionally
In a partial preview of a eral funding for child care Democratic Senate seat in AlisonOnMoney only rules were: Don’t which have big balances.
state of the union address programs and a program Massachusetts to Republi- hide anything and no In effect they are still pay-
that aims to answer voter to cap student loan pay- can Scott Brown. whining when we’re fin- ing 19 per cent interest, or
angst about the economy ments at 10 per cent of in- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ished. almost $25 a month for
and reconnect with the come above “a basic living Alison I started in the garage, so this stuff.
public, Obama outlined allowance.” Griffiths overstuffed they couldn’t I was licking my lips as I
yesterday the series of pro- His initiatives also in- fit the car in as well. I headed into the
posals from the White clude expanding tax cred- found a working freezer house. Hello
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Career Finder with concessions looms. This is when I get a A box of 1960s mint condi- three years) and
rising crescendo of pleas tion vinyl albums. Sold! an exercise bike sporting a
MUSIC BIZThe U.S. Depart- for help. Most of them $225. cobweb hairdo.
ment of Justice has along the lines of neigh- Getting the picture? Julia enjoyed Jason’s dis-
imposed major bours Julia and Jason: “We They had almost may until I turned to her
concessions upon Live Na- just can’t find any more $1,500 of bureau. She had gobs of no
tion and Ticketmaster in money. What malinger- longer worn costume jew-
approving the companies’ are we going ing assets elry plus a drawer filled
Is Hiring Pre-board merger. to do?” in the with gold items either bro-
Shares in both Answer: The Au- garage, all pur- ken or missing a mate.
Screening Officers companies jumped in trad- dit Squad — actual- chased with cred- The gold went for $400 at a
ing yesterday after reports ly, just moi. it cards, gold party.
surfaced earlier that the I offered After the audit, Julia and
Become a CATSA Pre-board Screening Officer & merger would be to do Jason sold almost $3,000
contribute to Canada’s national security! approved. what I worth of stuff which made
Included in the call an a big dent in their credit
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AEG and sell its subsidiary through
[email protected], Fax: [phone] Paciolan to Comcast Spec- their pos- Alison Griffiths is a financial journalist, author
or visit our website at careers.gardaglobal.com tacor. sessions to discover super- and host of Maxed Out on the W Network.
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Financial planning is cru- have, you can make health. Good debt, such as timate the power and op-
cial to meeting many of positive changes for an RRSP loan, can help portunity they have, and a
your life’s goals, but many yourself.” you meet financial goals lot of times it just means
people are afraid of mak- in the right situation, asking the right ques-
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ager of financial planning plan allows you to be in a hold you back from those much money you have,
support at RBC, says the position where you can goals. you can make positive
first step to taking control control the things you ac- Templeton says that no changes for yourself,”
of your financial future is tually have control over,” matter how long you’ve Templeton said.
to find an expert you trust she said.
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“I strongly encourage life can be predicted,
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adviser because there are lenging situations can
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planning that most indi- Having a financial plan can help you to understand what your a job loss, a death in the
viduals are not ready to short-, mid- and long-term goals are. family or an economic
handle alone. An adviser downturn, and good plan-
can really help you get a tance rather than trying economies swerving up ning can help you weath-
vision of what your goals to conquer them all at and down, Ida Templeton, er those challenges.
are,” Young said. once. a director with Canadian “A really critical compo-
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them. If some of your said. “The reason financial foundation in your finan-
goals are too vague or too With people living planning is so critical is cial pyramid,” Templeton
lofty (at least for now), it longer, inflation continu- that we all are living un- said.
might be time to tackle ally rising, taxes slowly der the same financial cir- The concept of good
them in order of impor- creeping up and cumstances. A financial and bad debt is important
Budget ‘like a diet’
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The United States Rare Coin and Bullion +294%
Reserve Vault Facility today announces the
final release of U.S. Gov’t Issued Gold Coins pre-
viously held in The West Point Depository/U.S. 2000-2010*
Mint. For a limited time, Canadian citizens
will have the opportunity to purchase these
$5 Gov’t Issued Gold Coins for the incredible
SS&&PP
at-cost price of only $126.00 per coin. An amaz-
ing price because these U.S. Gov’t Issued Gold
Coins are completely free of dealer markup. -7%
That’s correct, our cost. This may be your fi-
-21%
nal opportunity to buy U.S. Gov’t Issued Gold
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Coins at-cost. The Gold market, which recently (cid:54)(cid:51)(cid:40)(cid:38)(cid:44)(cid:36)(cid:47)(cid:47)(cid:60)(cid:3)(cid:40)(cid:49)(cid:43)(cid:36)(cid:49)(cid:38)(cid:40)(cid:39)(cid:3)(cid:51)(cid:43)(cid:50)(cid:55)(cid:50)(cid:54)(cid:3)(cid:55)(cid:50)(cid:3)(cid:54)(cid:43)(cid:50)(cid:58)(cid:3)(cid:39)(cid:40)(cid:55)(cid:36)(cid:44)(cid:47) *As of 01/06/10
skyrocketed past $1,100 an ounce, is predicted
by experts to have the explosive upside poten-
tial of reaching up to $5,000 an ounce in the (cid:58)(cid:43)(cid:60)(cid:3)(cid:55)(cid:50)(cid:3)(cid:37)(cid:56)(cid:60)(cid:3)(cid:42)(cid:50)(cid:47)(cid:39)(cid:3)(cid:49)(cid:50)(cid:58)
future. Due to extremely high Gold de-
mand, availability of these special at-cost
(cid:129) With the U.S. National Debt at more than
Gold Coins may vary based on current
$11 trillion and rising, Gold may have an
vault inventory. The United States Rare
upside potential that has not been seen
Coin and Bullion Reserve will release these
since the 1980’s.
U.S. Gov’t Issued Gold Coins at-cost on a first-
come, first-serve basis. Orders that are not im-
(cid:129) If the dollar continues to weaken and in-
mediately received with the order center could
flation predictions become a reality, Gold
be subject to cancellation and your checks
may be the safest place for your money.
returned uncashed. Good luck. We hope that ev-
eryone will have a chance to purchase this spe-
(cid:129) Experts predict that Gold may have
cial U.S. Gov’t Issued Gold at-cost. Order your
enough upside potential to reach a price
Gold immediately to avoid disappointment.
as high as $5,000 an ounce in the future.
Special arrangements can be made for Gold or-
ders of $50,000. Call Toll-Free 1-800-410-8532.
(cid:129) Smart individuals are moving up to 30%

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(cid:129) Due to extremely high Gold demand,
If you had $50,000 in the bank and you trans- availability of these special at-cost Gold
ferred it into Gold at today’s price, you could Coins may vary based on current vault
now have an opportunity to possibly gain inventory.
as much as five times its value. That’s right, (cid:56)(cid:17)(cid:54)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:38)(cid:36)(cid:51)(cid:44)(cid:55)(cid:50)(cid:47)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:58)(cid:36)(cid:54)(cid:43)(cid:44)(cid:49)(cid:42)(cid:55)(cid:50)(cid:49)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:39)(cid:17)(cid:38)(cid:17)
$250,000. On the other hand, if you leave that (cid:129) Special arrangements can be made for
same $50,000 in the bank for 10 years, chances (cid:38)(cid:36)(cid:47)(cid:47)(cid:3)(cid:49)(cid:50)(cid:58)(cid:3) Gold orders of $50,000.
are, it’s only going to be worth about $50,000.
When you convert money to Gold, you haven’t
spent your money, but have transferred its (cid:55)(cid:43)(cid:40)(cid:60)(cid:3)(cid:48)(cid:36)(cid:60)(cid:3)(cid:49)(cid:50)(cid:55)(cid:3)(cid:47)(cid:36)(cid:54)(cid:55)(cid:3)(cid:47)(cid:50)(cid:49)(cid:42) MASTERCARD (cid:129) VISA (cid:129) AMEX
value from a declining paper currency, to a pre- DISCOVER (cid:129) CHECK
cious metal that is rising in value. With pre- (cid:55)(cid:50)(cid:47)(cid:47)(cid:3)(cid:41)(cid:53)(cid:40)(cid:40)
BEGINNING TODAY, TELEPHONE ORDERS
dictions of Gold rising from more than $1,100
(cid:20)(cid:16)(cid:27)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:16)(cid:23)(cid:20)(cid:19)(cid:16)(cid:27)(cid:24)(cid:22)(cid:21) WILL BE ACCEPTED ON A FIRST-COME,
an ounce to $5,000 an ounce in the future, now
FIRST-SERVE BASIS ACCORDING TO THE
could be a great time to get in. Buying Coins
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involves some risk. The market for these items
is unregulated, so prices may rise or fall over (cid:57)(cid:68)(cid:88)(cid:79)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:49)(cid:82)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:38)(cid:49)(cid:48)(cid:55)(cid:21)(cid:19)(cid:41)(cid:16)(cid:20)(cid:21)(cid:25) 1 – Gov’t Issue Gold Coin $ 126.00
time, therefore the value of a coin depends in 5 – Gov’t Issue Gold Coins $ 630.00
part on the price you pay. You should not ac- 10 – Gov’t Issue Gold Coins $ 1,260.00
quire any item if you are not competent or
qualified to make your own financial decisions. SLPEESCSI +A LSH AITP-CPOINSGT, OINFSFUERR ALNIMCEIT, EGDS TT O& PAUPPRLCIHCAASBELSE O PFS T1.0 P CROIICNESS (M$1A,2Y6 V0A) ORYR
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