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Rain on
Slip. Sliding
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good to go
Graders and sanders tackle troubled roads
City offers free sand for icy sidewalks
LUCY HAINES/FOR METRO
First came the snow. Then more snow.
Warm temperatures brought slush and
mush. And now it’s the freezing rain.
“Rain in Edmonton in January means
ice, and that’s never good,” grumbled
one morning commuter.
Rain and temperatures near the
freezing mark greeted weary city
residents yesterday morning, forcing City motorists were left spinning after
traffic delays, spin-outs and nearly 140 rain at near-freezing temperatures
property-damage collisions on ice- coated roads with a slick layer.
covered roadways. Pedestrians fared no
Dallas Stars winger Loui Eriksson is unable to reach a puck ahead of Oiler better, slipping across sidewalks that
Taylor Hall in the third period last night in Dallas. Story, page 25. resembled skating rinks. Cleaning up the mess
The city reminds residents that they
TONY GUTIERREZ/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS must keep their walks safe during freeze- Free sand for icy sidewalks is available
Oilers see Stars win again, 3-1 thaw cycles, either by chipping away the at Community Leagues all over town.
ice and snow, or spreading sand or gravel About 15 per cent of neighbourhoods
for traction. are already cleared by the nearly
For its part, the city is sending some 130 graders running 24-7.
60 sanding trucks to priority areas:
arterial roads, bus routes, key inter- roadway maintenance with the city.
sections, bridge decks and overpasses, And take heart, Edmonton. Despite
Baby, it’s Reverb in
and hills. Graders and bobcats will what it looks like, statistics show our
continue to plow snow in residential winter weather is warmer today than
cold outside a grain bin
areas, down to bare pavement within 20 years ago. Remember that as you
two weeks, as scheduled. slip-slide down the road or sidewalk
“The pace we are setting in neighbour- this morning.
So icy cold, Freezing Man Local band records debut CD hoods will not be impacted by this wet LUCY HAINES
takes its show inside {page 14} in unusual studio {page 14} weather,” says Bob Dunford, director of MORE WEATHER WOES AS ROOF COLLAPSES, PAGE 4
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011
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Shots send JEFF MCINTOSH/THE CANADIAN PRESS
man to
hospital
Multiple gunshots rang out
in a west-end neighbour-
hood late Tuesday evening,
leaving a 26-year-old man
in hospital in stable condi-
tion.
Edmonton police re-
sponded to a shooting out-
side a home at 134 Street
news
and 160 Avenue. The vic-
tim, reportedly shot in the
leg and chest, is known to
police, but isn’t co-operat-
ing with them.
Police said they are look-
ing for a dark SUV in con-
nection with the case.
Lisa Sobchyshyn of EPS
says the incident doesn’t
appear to be a random act,
but with no suspect and no
witnesses, police continue Alberta finance minister Ted Morton speaks to reporters following a caucus meeting in Calgary yesterday.
to investigate.
The public is asked to
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robberies that have taken resign over budget debate Stelmach did not comment publicly yesterday The codes will
place in rural Alberta over direct your mobile
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Franklin William Premier Ed Stelmach got a “The fracture in the To- denied reports of a split. relevant
Gladue, age 34, is charged rousing reception from his ry party is a figment of the He said budget discus- Consensus deficit? content at
with possession of stolen caucus yesterday, a day af- media’s desire for a good sions, like all issues, get a m.metronews.ca
property and assault with a ter he announced he will story,” Morton said as he “robust” hearing from all Premier Ed Stelmach
weapon, among other quit, reportedly over an dashed away from Mc- sides in caucus. Morton, stunned party members by On the web at
charges. acrimonious budget de- Dougall Centre. who lost to Stelmach in announcing he will resign metronews.ca
A female arrested in bate. “We had lots of discus- the 2006 leadership race, after the spring session.
connection with the case “When the premier sion and very rarely any said it’s too soon to say if
Don Cherry has
has been released, but two came in there was a stand- disagreement in caucus on he will join the race for Stelmach said Tuesday that
youths remain in custody ing ovation for him. He anything. At the end of the the leadership. the new budget will follow a special
with Gladue and face gave a speech to caucus, day we all stick together.” “I have not made that the same pattern as the last serenade for
weapons and assault and then he left, and there Morton said reports of decision either and it’s two, which have run The Great One
charges. All are awaiting was a standing ovation heated discussion on the still, as I said yesterday, in- deficits due to struggling on his 50th
court appearances. when he went back out,” issue are wrong since the appropriate to ask those oil and gas revenues.
birthday.
The accused were arrest- said Doug Griffiths, the budget was approved by questions and inappropri- He suggested it would be
ed in the city’s Beverly parliamentary assistant cabinet’s agenda and pri- ate for me to answer wise to keep program and Video at
area, following armed rob- for finance. orities committee on Mon- them,” Morton said. infrastructure spending go- metronews.ca
beries at various financial But Finance Minister day. No date has been set to ing and to use surpluses
institutions in Lac La Biche, Ted Morton downplayed “It’s going ahead. We all bring in the budget, but banked in better times to
Wildwood, Bonneyville, reports of deep divisions support it. It’s a caucus de- politicians are to return pay off the deficit. Follow us on
Millet, Onoway, within the Tory caucus cision.” for the spring sitting of PC backbencher George Twitter
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011
Snow the cause of
of a funeral home say
they are flabbergasted by
News in brief
accusations that they
overbilled families for another roof collapse
cheap burial materials
and cut off a deceased’s
finger in order to remove
a ring.
Ralph and Faith Zent-
ner of Cornerstone
Second collapse in two days, both blamed on heavy
Funeral Home in
Clear snow
Lethbridge are charged snow Flat-roofed buildings may be at risk
with fraud and offering
Cops hunt an indignity to human re- LEDUC FIRE DEPARTMENT Residential buildings,
mains. They are to ALISON especially those with
for suspect appear in a Lethbridge BAIRD sloped roofs, are not at
court in March. [email protected] high risk of collapsing.
ROBBERY. Police are asking THE CANADIAN PRESS Excessive weight on
for assistance identifying The second roof collapse rooftops is said to be the
the male suspect of a rob- Woman killed in as many days left an cause of many recent cave-
bery, pictured, that area retailer with a mess ins in the Edmonton area.
occurred Jan. 20 shortly in crash to clean up. Yesterday’s freezing rain
after 8:30 p.m. Two store No one was injured in only added more weight to
clerks were pepper HIGHWAY 2. Icy roads may the early morning roof already burdened roofs.
sprayed before the be responsible for a collapse at the Leduc Leduc Fire Services is
suspect removed jewelry woman’s death following Brick location, and there urging all owners of flat-
from the store and fled a head-on crash on High- is no word yet on the ex- roofed buildings to clear
the scene. The suspect is way 2 yesterday. act amount of damage snow from roofs and
about five-foot-11, of Police say a semi-trail- done, but Leduc fire Chief inspect for signs of duress.
medium build, in his 30s er was travelling north Ernie Polsom said he be- The Leduc Brick store was the latest building to fall victim
and has a fair complexion. on Highway 2 near the lieves it will be “exten- to a roof collapse under the heavy weight of snow. air conditioning units on
Anyone with information Legal turnoff when a sive.” them.”
can call police or Crime southbound car lost con- The rooftop unit had David Jamieson, of
Stoppers. METRO trol and crossed into the fallen into the store, said ton area have happened snow, rain and ice con- General Roofing Systems
semi’s path. The driver of Polsom, along with “all to buildings with flat tributed to the collapse. Canada, says that clearing
Morticians the car, in her 60s, was sorts of flooding” from roofs. “Everybody needs to be snow and maintaining
dead at the scene. No water and snow on the Polsom reminds the paying attention to their rooftop drains is the best
deny charges names have been roof and a damaged sprin- public that roofs should roof. Particularly com- way to prevent damage.
released. kler system. be monitored. It’s be- mercial and larger build- “You got to get the
LETHBRIDGE. The owners METRO Many of the recent roof lieved that extreme ings with flat roofs and snow off the roof,” said
collapses in the Edmon- weight on the roof from rooftop heating vents or Jamieson.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011
Man on the run
Parliament. Show
gave himself a
brutal nose job
Do-it-yourself surgery with scissors and a box cutter
helped accused murderer escape detection
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While on the lam for two
and half years, a Japanese Tatsuya Ichihashi: Before, left, and after. Italian minister and former showgirl Mara Carfagna,
man wanted for the murder reflected in a mirror recently, signed a protocol yesterday
of a British woman took to set up a panel that could ban ads “plainly wrong
brutal measures to obscure and offensive” to women’s dignity.
his identity.
He scissored off his low- GREGORIO BORGIA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
What’s too sexy for Berlusconi?
er lip, dug two moles out of
his cheek with a box cutter
and gave himself a nose job.
The disclosures come in The government of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is involved in a
a book released yesterday sex scandal many say fosters a demeaning image of women, is taking action
and written from jail by Tat- against advertisements that use vulgar images of the female body.
suya Ichihashi, who will He twice tried to cut off found dead in a sand-filled
stand trial later this year. part of his lower lip to bathtub on the balcony of
Ichihashi travelled up make it thinner. The first Ichihashi’s apartment in
and down Japan, in fear of time, he couldn’t follow March, 2007. 20Co-author Garth The lonely galaxy
arrest and obsessed with through because of the ex- A visit to a cosmetic sur- Illingworth says
cosmetic surg ery. He bound cruciating pain, he wrote. geon would later lead to his there’s a 20 per cent
up his nose with a thread He finished it up a few days arrest, as staff noticed the chance the smudge is A team of astronomers say ly 13.2 billion years ago —
and needle — like a cook later in a public bathroom. remnants of moles and sent contamination but they have glimpsed the a time when the cosmos
trussing a piece of meat — His English teacher, photos of Ichihashi to po- ‘we’re pretty sure it’s earliest galaxy yet, a was a far lonelier place.
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hormone levels, lack of sleep, other
demands of motherhood, say experts
January Savings Having an abortion does
Women’s health
not increase the risk of
mental health problems,
but having a baby does, Researchers say women
Renew, Refresh, Revitalize one of the largest studies to who seek abortions come
compare the aftermath of from a demographic
both decisions suggests. group more likely to have
The research by Danish emotional problems to
scientists further debunks begin with.
the notion that terminat-
ing a pregnancy can trigger Statisticsshow that a
mental illness and shows large percentage struggle
postpartum depression to economically and they
be much more of a factor. have above-average rates
The Danish study in- of unintended
cluded 365,550 teenagers pregnancies.
and women who had an
abortion or first-time deliv- The most common prob-
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at a hospital or outpatient stress and depression.
facility before and after an
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abortion. who led the study.
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ilar to the rate seeking seeking help after giving
help nine months before birth was dramatically
an abortion. higher.
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