Metro Edmonton - January 26, 2011

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KING-SIZE
OSCARS?
NOMINEES ARE IN
{page 12}
EDMONTON
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
www.metronews.ca
News worth sharing.
Stelmach
State of the Union
Obama plays
calls it quits
both sides
of the room
Speech defends social
programs, promotes fiscal
Wildrose Alliance has been matching the Tories in polls for over a year responsibility Recovering
Rival has tagged Stelmach’s team as reckless spenders with no plan or vision congresswoman honoured
with empty seat {page 6}
JEFF MCINTOSH/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Putin
vows
revenge
for blast
Russian PM says
airport bombing
crime ‘will be
solved’ {page 9}
And the walls
Premier Ed Stelmach is shown at a news conference last March. Stelmach told came down
Albertans yesterday that after much reflection he has decided not to seek re-election.
Seniors centre collapses
Premier Ed Stelmach — pilloried as a political landscape just as it enters an year with attack ads and gutter politics.
hayseed lightweight and wounded by election cycle for a vote Stelmach had “There is a profound danger that the during choir practice {page 3}
personal poll numbers that threaten his previously pledged would come in next election campaign will focus on
party’s 40-year dynasty — says he has an- March 2012. By law the date could now personality and U.S.-style, negative-at-
swered the bell for a quarter century, be pushed out as far as March 2013. tack politics that (would be) directed at A side of
but now it tolls for him. Stelmach said he will submit his me personally,” he said.
“After 25 years of public service, I am resignation papers soon, triggering a “The danger is that it could allow for classical guitar
not prepared to serve another full term leadership race to replace him. an extreme-right party to disguise itself
as premier,” Stelmach told a news con- He fingered the Tories’ main political as a moderate party by focusing on per-
ference yesterday. rival on the right, the Wildrose Alliance, sonality — on me.”
It was a surprise announcement that as one of the reasons he is going. He THE CANADIAN PRESS Live lunchtime music today
delivered a tectonic jolt to Alberta’s expected operatives to come at him this EDMONTONIANS REACT, PAGE 4 at McDougal United {page 11}
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2011
1
Tax hike ALISON BAIRD/FOR METRO
could be
coming to
fund LRT
Increased taxes could be on
deck in order to fund two
new LRT lines.
Lorna Rosen, the city’s
chief financial officer, out-
lined the recommended
funding model at a
news
transportation and public
works committee
yesterday.
With some money in
place for the NAIT,
southeast and west LRT
lines, as well as the down-
town connector, the city
still needs to borrow $806
million to cover one-third
of the $3.9-billion
expansion.
Rosen said a 0.5 per cent
tax increase over the next
seven years, along with
funds from the fuel levy,
could repay the debt in 25 The rubble left behind after the roof of a city seniors’ centre crashed to the ground yesterday. Baltic the dog heads back to sea
years. The committee also one year after being rescued from
ice floe. Scan code for the story.
questioned administration
on the possibility of phas- Seniors evacuate
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Nearly 150 people escaped from seniors’ recreation centre browser to
Officials should crack down relevant
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there are hospitals or sen- The gym roof of the North- on the roof. m.metronews.ca
iors’ centres, say members gate Lions Seniors Recre- Unstable tre, Cannor Nurseries in “I would hazard a pretty
of the city’s transportation ation Centre collapsed Spruce Grove and a horse accurate guess that it
and public works commit- early yesterday afternoon, stable in Parkland County. would be the snow load.” On the web at
tee. forcing seniors to scramble The rest of the building The city is now planning “The snowfall itself is metronews.ca
“I think it’s one thing for from the building during was not affected, but is be- on monitoring buildings not an issue, although it is
people to poison choir practice. ing treated as structurally with flat roofs, large open a factor,” said Paul Specht, The
themselves, it’s completely The group evacuated unstable. spans and those showing director of building and fa-
different for them to the building after being Roof collapses have been signs of distress, rather cilities maintenance for Conserva tives
poison others,” said Coun. alerted to the cave-in, es- occurring all over the capi- than those that are older the city, who went on to might learn
Ben Henderson yesterday. caping moments before tal region including the and showing signs of ice explain that long periods hard less ons
Council turned down a the roof crashed to the Gold Bar Community Cen- damning. of warming after a large from Har per’s
bylaw in 2009 that would ground. snowfall may be cause for
issue a $250 fine if drivers Fire Capt. Keven Lefeb- as the last people got out of able to confirm everybody concern. tight-fisted rule.
were caught idling for vre says the choice to the gym, the entire roof of was out before it came The building is owned More at
more than three minutes quickly evacuate most like- the gym collapsed,” said down,” said Lefebvre. by the City of Edmonton metronews.ca/
in temperatures less than ly saved their lives. Lefebvre. Lefebvre is reasonably and is used for various sen- spindoctor
10 C. “Thoughtfully they evac- No one was injured in sure the cause of the cave- iors events.
HEATHER MCINTYRE uated themselves and just the collapse. “We were in was the amount of snow ALISON BAIRD
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2011
CIBC
JOHN ULAN/THE CANADIAN PRESS
National Client
APPRECIATION
Day
Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach, left, leaves the legislature in Edmonton yesterday after
announcing he has decided not to seek re-election.
Edmontonians split
on premier splitting
Stelmach will not run in next election
Most Edmontonians surprised at announcement
25
Mixed opinions were change Edmontonians will
heard in Edmonton fol- see is a further splitting of
lowing Premier Ed Stel- opposition votes in the
mach’s decision to step area, especially with the
down. The number of years addition of the Alberta
“He was never given a Ed Stelmach has Party.
fair shot,” said Paul Dubs- served in public office. Mensah also thinks a
ki, “(or) given an opportu- 2012 election is necessary.
nity to produce and fix ty to lead the province. “I’m very confident that
mistakes Ralph Klein pro- But one political critic the new leader would like
duced in the past.” isn’t so sure opposition to put his or her stamp (on
Dubski highlighted “de- parties will benefit. the party) and maybe go to
stroyed” health-care and “It will put the Tory par- the people for a new man-
education systems as lin- ty in a stronger position,” date,” he said, adding he
Enter* for your chance to gering problems that Stel- said Dr. Chaldeans Men- expects local MLAs to pur-
mach never got to fix. sah, political science chair sue the leadership.
While most seemed sur- at Grant MacEwan Univer- Mayor Stephen Mandel
prised at the decision, not sity. “I think it’s going to was surprised and disap-
win a $5,000 GIC towards
all are disappointed. be a major blow for the pointed by the news.
“I think we need a Wildrose because a new “Ed has been a great ad-
change,” said Janet Davis, leader will give the party a vocate for municipalities,”
your savings goal! adding she would like new opportunity to rein- he said. “I’m very sorry to
someone younger and, vent itself.” see he made that deci-
perhaps, of a different par- Mensah said the biggest sion.” HEATHER MCINTYRE
Twitter History
Join us on election victory, winning 72
reaction of 83 seats. Turnout is the
A look at some of the victo- lowest in history.
Friday, January 28th, 2011 ries and defeats of Premier
Ed Stelmach. April 7, 2009 After years of
Here’s what the multibillion-dollar surplus-
foragiveaway,refreshmentsandourcontest! Twittersphere told us June 15, 1993 Stelmach es, Alberta tables a $4.7-bil-
about Premier Ed Stel- elected to the legislature lion deficit budget, the
mach’s resignation: for Vegreville-Viking, which largest in the province’s
Tolearnmorevisitcibc.com/clientappreciation is now Fort Saskatchewan- 103-year history.
@petercsillagOver- Vegreville. He would go on
due to hold cabinet posts in Jan. 4, 2010 MLAs Heather
@jtraptowwe have Agriculture, Infrastructure, Forsyth and Rob Anderson
lost a great public Transportation and leave the Tory caucus to
servant in Premier Intergovernmental Affairs. join the Wildrose Alliance.
Stelmach. Say what
you will, but he has Dec. 2, 2006Stelmach wins Feb. 9, 2010 Alberta tables
served honourably the Progressive Conserva- a budget with another $4.7-
for 25 years tive leadership to replace billion deficit projected.
@paulpipesgood Ralph Klein.
bye March 11, 2010 The Alberta
@jeremitisyay! Sept. 18, 2007 Royalty government slashes the
@dwjones83curious report released. It calls on hike to its royalty take after
as to why now all of the province to take $2 bil- oil companies move their
a sudden? lion more annually from oil investment to
@xbrav6 months af- and gas companies to en- Saskatchewan and B.C.
*Nopurchasenecessary.OpenonlytoCanadianResidents.Seefullcontestdetailsandenteratparticipating ter he’s gone, we’ll sure Albertans are receiving
CIBCBankingCentres.Oneprizeavailabletobewonconsistingofone(1)$5,000CIBCBonusRateGIC forget he was ever in a “fair share” from energy Jan. 25, 2011 Stelmach says
(non-redeemable,non-registered)witha1-yearterm,atthecurrentinterestrate(Cdn.).Mathskilltestingquestion power development. he won’t run in the next
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@ElysseBtime 4 election and will resign
January28th,2011.Drawdate:February18th,2011.“CIBCForwhatmatters.”isatrademarkofCIBC.
change METRO March 3, 2008 Stelmach soon as premier.
leads the Tories to a huge THE CANADIAN PRESS

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2011
Obama reaches
Egypt. Tens of thousands mobilize online
out to opponents
U.S. president makes a direct appeal for bipartisan
lawmaking in his State of the Union address
‘We will move forward together or not at all,’ he says
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. President Barack Oba- to position himself above
ma called for unity with politics, even as both par-
newly empowered Republi- ties manoeuvre for advan-
cans in a State of the Union tage ahead of the 2012
policy speech that laid the presidential vote. Police face demonstrators in Cairo, yesterday, during a Tunisia-inspired demonstration
foundation for the second He focused on federal to demand the end of President Hosni Mubarak’s nearly 30 years in power. The clashes
half of his presidential term spending for education, in- left at least three dead.
and next year’s fight for re- novation and infrastructure
election. as ways the government THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Obama staked out terri- can support America’s Tunisia’s uprising fuels Cairo protest
tory in America’s political foundation and help busi-
centre. He defended pro- Barack Obama nesses create jobs for a gen-
grams dear to his Demo- eration. He was pairing that Yesterday’s demonstration, the largest Egypt has seen for years, began peacefully,
cratic base, including the with a call to reduce the with police showing unusual restraint in what appeared to be a calculated strategy
federal Social Security pen- For the first time in his federal debt and to make by the government to avoid further sullying the image of a security apparatus
sion program and his two-year presidency, Oba- the government leaner. widely seen as little more than corrupt thugs in uniforms. Protesters cried out for
health-care overhaul. ma was appearing before a The speech comes President Hosni Mubarak to step down and for a solution to Egypt’s poverty.
But he also backed some divided Congress. After No- weeks after Congress-
top priorities of Republi- vember elections that Oba- woman Gabrielle Giffords
cans, who took control of ma has described as a was seriously wounded in a Facebook pushes its currency
the House of Representa- “shellacking,” Republicans shooting rampage in Ari-
tives this month. narrowed the Democratic zona that killed six people.
He called for cutting the advantage in the Senate as In an attempt at unity,
30
corporate tax rate, freezing well as taking control of the many Democratic and Re- Facebook gets a Facebook says it will begin Credits. Developers will be
some federal spending, House of Representatives. publican lawmakers decid- 30 per cent cut requiring all games on its able to use other currency
shaking up the federal bu- Obama, who has re- ed to break with tradition when developers use website to accept pay- systems, too, but they
reaucracy and eliminating bounded in opinion polls in and sit together. Credits to sell virtual ments through its own must accept Credits.
lawmakers’ pet projects. recent weeks, was looking THE ASSOCIATED PRESS goods and other items. currency system, Facebook THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Harper urges accountability with aid funds
Evidence of corruption in a Prime Minister Stephen was named co-chair of the ADRIAN WYLD/THE CANADIAN PRESS tions of another public-pri- African nations. Sweden
billion-dollar aid program Harper arrived in Switzer- committee, along with the vate, UN-linked program, promptly froze its contribu-
linked to a new maternal land late yesterday in ad- president of Tanzania, last the Global Fund to Fight tions to the Geneva-based
and child health initiative vance of a one-day meeting month. AIDS, Tuberculosis and Global Fund, and the fund
illustrates the need for clear to “kickstart” a United Na- Their work, which is to Malaria. A special audit unit itself is withholding more
accountability rules, the tions commission that will culminate in May with an studied a handful of grants than $22 million in grants
Canadian government said set the template for track- accountability framework, Stephen under the 10-year-old pro- to Mali — one of Canada’s
on the eve of a summit in ing $40 billion in maternal has been cast into sharp re- Harper gram and turned up $34 preferred aid recipients.
Geneva. health spending. Harper lief by internal investiga- million in losses in some THE CANADIAN PRESS
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2011
Soldiers losing
KEN GIGLIOTTI/THE CANADIAN PRESS Invest. Defence
war on flab,
drinking: Study
Elizabeth Buhler
Oldest
Canadian
Inadequate physical fitness, sedentary lifestyles
plague Forces, survey finds Obesity on rise helped all
Canadian Forces personnel the military’s director of
Fat Forces
are getting fatter, more health protection, said yes- Elizabeth Buhler lived to
sedentary in their work, terday from Ottawa. see three centuries.
less physically active and The voluntary, mailed sur- The survey also found al- She endured crushing
becoming heavier drinkers, vey involved about 3,700 most half of the respon- poverty in the former Russ-
according to a new military full-time Forces members dents had more than two ian empire, struggled
study. for 2008-2009. standard alcoholic drinks a through the Great Depres-
The Health and Lifestyle day — above the “low-risk” sion and experienced the
Information Survey also Nearly 48% were drinking guidelines set by heartbreak of losing one of
found members are still re- overweight, an alarming the Centre for Addictions her seven children at birth.
luctant to seek out mental 23.5% deemed obese, and and Mental Health. Despite Through it all, Canada’s
health services for fear it 29% were of normal the numbers, MacKay says oldest person kept a
will hurt their military ca- weight. he believes members of the positive attitude based on
reers, despite several new The survey was recently military are in better shape her religious faith and a Peter MacKay announces $80 million in contracts.
Defence initiatives to re- postedon the National than the average Canadian deep desire to help those
duce the stigma of doing so. Defence website. — a belief he said is sup- around her. Her daughter JOHN WOODS/THE CANADIAN PRESS
The document also ported by the more than says she maintained that Propelling forward
found there was a three “The study results cer- 20,000 personnel who en- attitude until she died Sun-
per cent increase in the tainly indicate to us that, gaged in “vigorous” deploy- day in a nursing home in
number of obese people like the rest of the Canadi- ments in Afghanistan, Winkler, Man. Buhler was National Defence Minister Peter MacKay
since the last survey in an population, we’re not Haiti, elsewhere and do- born Feb. 8, 1899, in what announced Air Force investments at 17 Wing in
2004, even with a renewed immune to this epidemic of mestically in recent years. is now part of Ukraine. Winnipeg yesterday. Projects include modernized
push on fitness promotion. obesity,” Col. Colin MacKay, THE CANADIAN PRESS THE CANADIAN PRESS radar systems, and new aircraft cargo loaders.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2011
Putin vows revenge
Profit. Crop circle
on Moscow terrorists
Finger pointed at lax airport security Detached head of alleged suicide
bomber to undergo DNA testing to confirm ID of man who may be in his 30s
Prime Minister Vladimir to be in his 30s, can be iden- RAMIL GALIYEV/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS has been unable to wipe
Putin vowed revenge yes- tified. out the Islamic insurgency
terday for the suicide A two-second video of that has spread across
bombing that killed 35 the blast itself, broadcast on much of the Caucasus.
people at a Moscow airport state television and said to A brutal crackdown on
— a familiar tough-on- be from a closed-circuit TV the insurgency has pro-
terrorism stance that has camera, showed a burst of duced a backlash that has
underpinned his power flames and passengers led to almost daily attacks
but also led to a rising falling and fleeing as smoke Russian Prime Minister on police and security
number of deadly attacks filled the hall. Vladimir Putin forces in the Caucasus and
in Russia. No one has claimed re- brought the terror to
Lax security also was sponsibility for the attack, Moscow.
blamed for Monday’s explo- but suspicion has fallen on suicide bombers slipping Muscovites have also
sion in the international ar- Islamist separatists from through its security in seen a sharp rise in ethnic Nearby villagers profit from the hoopla
rivals area of Domodedovo Chechnya or elsewhere in 2004 to kill 90 people tensions between Slavic over a crop circle in Indonesia.
Airport that also injured the restive Caucasus region, aboard flights that took off Russians and Muslims
180 people, with President who have been battling from there. from the Caucasus, many THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Don’t ask for money back
Dmitry Medvedev criticiz- Russian authority for more Putin rose to power in of whom come to the capi-
ing police and managers at than 15 years. 2000 on a now-famous vow tal in search of work.
the airport, the largest of Chechen insurgents that Chechen rebels would Putin was stern in ad-
three that serve the capital. have claimed responsibili- be hunted down and killed dressing the Cabinet, vow- Enterprising vendors yesterday sold a picture of the
NTV television showed a ty for an array of attacks, “in the outhouse.” But de- ing that “this crime will be 70-metre-wide crop circle that appeared over the
photograph of what it said including a double suicide spite a second devastating solved and revenge is in- weekend in a nearby rice field in Sleman,
was the detached head of bombing on Moscow’s sub- war that brought Chech- evitable.” Indonesia. Thousands of curious onlookers are
the suspected bomber. In- way system last year that nya back under Moscow’s He did not elaborate flocking to central Indonesia to look at the facture,
vestigators have said DNA killed 40 people. They also control and sanctioning and it was unclear what which looks like an intricately designed flower, fol-
testing will be necessary be- have used Domodedovo the violent rule of his cho- new actions he could take. lowing rumours it was formed by a UFO. Some
fore the man, who appears Airport before, with two sen Chechen leader, Putin THE ASSOCIATED PRESS villagers are charging admission for a closer look.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2011
Corporate tax
New website
Google. Talk bets readers
cut payoff takes will pay
A new website called Ongo
wants to charge people $7
time: Report
US per month to look at
news that is, for the most
part, free elsewhere. Yet
the people behind it — for-
mer eBay Inc. executives —
believe there’s a large audi-
ence of heavy news
Economist wants governments to move away from reliance consumers who will pay for
a site that pulls together
on personal income taxes to focus on consumption taxes
quality stories in one place
and lays them out in a
Corporate tax cuts will key attack points for op- clean, ad-free format.
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