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Tuesday,
January 3, 2012
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Chief focused on
Follow. Through
lower murder rate
Three-to-five-year plan includes community outreach programs
City approved $3 million to hire new officers and staff
METRO FILE
Edmonton police Chief Rod Knecht cide numbers started climbing and
is hoping for better numbers this causing concern. Knecht said the
year. expansion needs to be permanent.
It’s a simple math wish: He Even if the homicide rate drops
wants more officers investigating this year, he said the unit will be
fewer homicides. busy trying to make arrests in many
The city spent the majority of of its 2011 cases. About 40 per cent
2011 with the highest homicide of the files remain unsolved.
numbers in the country, earning “We’ll be in big trouble if in 2012
the nickname Deadmonton from we have the same numbers as we
some media. By mid-October, it sur- have in 2011, because our folks are
passed its record of 38 homicides, stretched to capacity.”
set in 2005. Knecht recently sat down with
And by December, Edmonton’s an Edmonton woman who want-
homicide tally was neck-and-neck ed to talk with him about her son’s
with Toronto’s. Edmonton finished unsolved killing a few years ago. Chief Rod Knecht
the year with 47 killings, beating “Please solve the murder of my
Toronto at 46. son,” she told the chief. The con-
Oilers defenceman Corey Potter “It puts us in the spotlight, and versation has stuck with him.
shoots on Blackhawks goalie nobody likes to be in the spotlight,” “There are many other people Busy unit
Corey Crawford Monday said Knecht. “What we’ve got to do out there like this lady, who are
in Chicago. is invest in the homicide unit and grieving, who need resolution, who Knecht said he hopes 40-plus
try to stay ahead of the curve as need closure,” he said. homicides each year is not the
CHARLES REX ARBOGAST/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS best we can.” Knecht said sexual assaults in new normal. Historically, the city
Oilers win battle with Hawks And that’s his plan. Knecht said the city increased in 2011, but averages about 28.
seven to 10 officers will be added to property crime, break-and-enters,
the unit early this year. personal robberies and vehicle He said the unit also has a pile of
The Oilers scored three goals in the second period to come Ten officers were temporarily thefts all dropped. THE CANADIAN PRESS 100 cold cases dating back three
away with a 4-3 win during a chippy game against the Chicago assigned to help the 16-member decades, and it’s important to
Blackhawks on Monday night. For more, see page 17. team last spring, when the homi- National homicide rates {page 4} keep working on those.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012
Woman LUCY HAINES/FOR METRO
Everett Kunitz collects serviceable used shoes, 1
killed in which will be distributed through the Salvation Army
to needy men, women and children.
suspicious This year, work boots are most wanted.
house fire
identified
A 60-year-old woman who
died in a New Year’s Eve
fire, which police are con-
sidering suspicious, has
been named.
news
Rukmani Prasad, 60,
hailed from Fiji but was liv-
ing in Edmonton with her
husband, said family mem-
bers. Fire crews were called
to the home at 147 Avenue
and 32 Street after a blaze
broke out Saturday
afternoon.
Prasad died at the scene
from her injuries.
Her husband suffered
burns to 68 per cent of his
body. An autopsy is slated
for Tuesday. METRO
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Edmonton police have
of shoes to those in need Kunitz Shoes asks for men’s safety work boots
charged a man in the city’s On the web at
47th homicide of 2011. metronews.ca
Officers were called to shoes behind when they
an apartment suite at 83 LHUACINY ES bought a new pair,” says Stockpiling shoes south side and Jasper Edmonton
Street and Jasper Avenue at [email protected] Kunitz. “It’s a small part Avenue stores, giving $20 photographer
about 3 p.m. on Dec. 31, we can play and easy to Close to 5,000 pairs of toward a new pair of shoes
Paul Burwell
where they found the body It seems like a no-brainer do. We’re just facilitators.” shoes have been collected for a donated pair.
of a woman in her 20s. to Everett Kunitz, owner Kunitz likes this year’s and distributed through explains how he
Police said they believe of Kunitz Shoes — to give initiative to collect men’s Soles for Souls to Edmon- For every 4 pairs of work creates his
the deceased woman and back to the community in work boots, pointing to ton families in need, espe- boots donated, Blunstone
the accused knew each oth- a way that comes natural- the $200-plus price tag for cially children’s winter and Kunitz Shoes will detailed and
er. ly. proper safety industry boots and shoes. donate a pair of brand new radiantly lit
Joshua James Houle, 27, For three years, Kunitz footwear that can be out steel-toed CSA-approved
images of
is charged with second- and family have used their of reach for some. Kunitz Shoes accepts wear- work boots to the Salvation
degree murder. longtime retail shoe busi- Karen Diaper, Salvation able used shoes at the Army for free distribution. snowflakes.
An autopsy for the ness to help Edmontoni- Army assistant public rela-
Video at
victim, who has not been ans in need of footwear, tions director for Edmon- work boots he got through year round,” she says.
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Numbers tell the story Halifax
Population: 370,000
Homicides were up significantly for Halifax, with
17 throughout the municipality in 2011. That’s
six more than in 2010 and four more than the
2011 was an unusual year for murders in Canada, with some areas setting records previous record of 13 from 2009. Most of the
17
homicides weren’t random, but in
for most or fewest homicides Here’s a look at all nine Metro Canada cities
late November three teens were
charged in the indiscriminate
Vancouver Edmonton Winnipeg shooting of a Halifax-area senior
Population: 578,000 Population: 730,000 Population: 633,000 out for a walk.
The City of Vancouver saw Edmonton saw its deadliest year ever in 2011 — in- Winnipeg saw a record 39 homicides
15 homicides in 2011. The cluding two slayings in the final 24 hours, with a 35- in 2011, up from the previous record
final homicide in the city year-old man and a woman in her 20s becoming the of 34. The high number of killings Montreal
47
was the New Year’s Eve stab- 46th and 47th homicide victims. The was attributed to increasing gang vi- Population: 1.6 million
bing death of 19-year-old city, which led the country in homi- olence and one instance 3where9 a Montreal saw 35 homicides on its
Dylan Cody Smith at an cides, surpassed its previous record woman allegedly set territory in 2011, down two from
apartment. In Metro of 38 from 2005. fire to a rooming 2010. In the province of Quebec,
Vancouver and the Fraser house, killing five oc- there were 102 35
Valley, there 15 cupants. homicides, an in- Ottawa
were 35 crease of 28 per Population: 812,000
homicides in cent. Ottawa had 11
2011, accord- homicides in 2011. Four
ing to CBC. victims were women
and the rest men. Knives
were used in five of the
Calgary Toronto cases. Three other
Population: 988,000 Population: 2.5 million victims were shot, all of
Early intervention and funding Toronto recorded 46 murders in 2011, the whom were men with
commitments from municipal and provin- lowest number in 25 years. This was the criminal ties. The shoot-
cial governments are being touted as ma- fourth straight year of declines since 2007, METRO CANADA/ ings remain unsolved as
jor factors in keeping Calgary’s homicide when the city recorded its deadliest year TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE do three other cases: In
number at 11, the lowest it’s been in eight (matched in 1991) with 86 homicides. Police one case, the cause of
years. The final count is in stark contrast to Chief Bill Blair attributed some of the decline London death has not been re-
46
killings at the height of the 11 to the disruption of gang Population: 352,000 8 leased. 11
city’s gang war in 2008 and activity following sweeping London police reported eight homicides in 2011 — up from seven Ottawa
2009, when roughly three raids carried out across the in 2010 — the most murders on record since slayings spiked to 14 had 10
times the murders were region. in 2005. The last murder was reported on Dec. 27, when Said Had- homicides
recorded. bai, 20, was found shot in a parking lot. He died in hospital. in 2010.
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL
MOUNT RAINIERSHOOTING said. A PARK/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
medical Man arrested in L.A. arson probe
Suspect in examin-
er was at
murder of
the
DAN STEINBERG/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
scene to Suspect is a German national
U.S. park
deter-
mine the Federal authorities recognized Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters extinguish
ranger cause of Anderson him from immigration court: Police numerous vehicles in a carport in the Sherman Oaks
death. PIERCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S neighbourhood of Los Angeles Monday.
found dead DEPT./THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Troyer
said two Authorities arrested a Ger- earlier in the day because
weapons man man yesterday in con- he resembled a “person of
An armed Iraq War veter- were re- nection with dozens of interest” captured on sur-
an suspected of killing a covered, suspected arson attacks veillance video. He was
Mount Rainier National but he that destroyed parked cars, stopped by a reserve sher-
Park ranger managed to declined scorched buildings and rat- iff’s deputy in a van being
evade snowshoe-wearing to say Barnes tled much of the second- sought by arson investiga-
SWAT teams and dogs on where largest U.S. city over the tors, who did not rule out
his trail for nearly a day. they were located. New Year’s weekend. the possibility that others
He couldn’t, however, es- According to police Harry Burkhart, 24, was may be involved.
cape the cold. and court documents, booked for investigation of More than 50 blazes
A plane searching the Barnes had a troubled arson of an inhabited have flared since Friday in
remote wilderness for transition to civilian life, dwelling and was being Hollywood, neighbouring
Benjamin Colton Barnes, with accusations in a held without bail, authori- West Hollywood and the
24, Monday discovered child-custody dispute that ties said. Police said he told San Fernando Valley, caus-
his body lying partially he suffered from post- arresting officers he’s from ing about $3 million US in
submerged in an icy, traumatic stress disorder Frankfurt. damage.
snowy mountain creek following his Iraq deploy- Burkhart was arrested THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
with snow banks ments and was suicidal.
standing several feet high Barnes is believed to More officers charged in Grenada beating death
on either side. have fled to the remote
“He was wearing a T- park on Sunday to hide
“People who know
shirt, a pair of jeans and after an earlier shooting Three more Grenada po- ed case, it’s unfortunate,” charged Sunday in the
one tennis shoe. That was at a New Year’s house par- Grenada ... will tell lice officers were charged Prime Minister Tillman beating death of 39-year-
it,” Pierce County ty near Seattle that you that Grenada with manslaughter on Thomas told The Canadian old Oscar Bartholomew of
Sheriff’s spokesman Ed wounded four, two criti- is the safest Sunday in the beating Press in a phone interview Toronto, who was visiting
Troyer said. cally. Authorities suspect death of a Canadian as the from his home Sunday the island about 160 kilo-
destination in the
Barnes did not have he then fatally shot country’s prime minister night. metres north of Venezuela
any external wounds and ranger Margaret Caribbean.” insisted the case isn’t in- A police statement said to see family. The Sunday
appears to have died Anderson. dicative of the Caribbean officers Edward Gibson, arrests brought the num-
TILLMAN THOMAS,
from the elements, he THE ASSOCIATED PRESS island’s law enforcement. Shaun Ganness and Ruddy ber of police suspects to
PRIME MINISTER OF GRENADA
“This is really an isolat- Felix were arrested and five. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012
Mubarak charges
Show. Of strength
could be dropped
Acquittal of policemen accused of killing protesters
raises speculation about former Egyptian president
MOHAMMED AL-LAW/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The trial of Hosni Mubarak
resumed in Cairo on Mon-
day amid speculation that
a recent acquittal of police- Iranian naval officers celebrate after the successful launch of a Ghader missile at the
men tried in the killings of shore of the Gulf of Oman during a drill on Monday.
protesters could be a prel-
ude to the dismissal of HAMED JAFARNEJAD/ FARS NEWS AGENCY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
charges against the ousted Iranian navy test-fires cruise missile
Egyptian leader.
Mubarak, 83, is accused
of complicity in the killing Iran test-fired a surface-to-surface cruise missile during a drill that Admiral Habi-
of more than 800 protest- Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is wheeled bollah Sayyari said proved Tehran was in complete control of the strategic Strait
ers during the uprising into a Cairo courthouse on Monday to face charges of of Hormuz, the passageway for one-sixth of the world’s oil supply. Tehran has
that toppled his 29-year complicity in the killing of protesters last year. threatened to close the strait as retaliation for new U.S. economic sanctions.
regime last year.
He was brought by heli-
copter to the Cairo court- licemen of charges of ers in self-defence.
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to resume
house from a hospital killing five protesters dur- The ruling angered fam-
where he is held in cus- ing the uprising last Jan. ilies of the victims. Ac-
tody. He was then taken in- 25 to Feb. 11. The court tivists demanded justice Israeli and Palestinian en- meeting since negotiations breakthrough, the Pales-
to the defendants’ cage on said three of the defen- and complained that simi- voys will meet in Jordan on collapsed in September tinians will abandon the
a gurney. dants were not at the site lar cases are languishing in Tuesday in a last-ditch ef- 2010. But Saeb Erekat, the process and could try again
Another Cairo court on of the killings while the courts in several Egyptian fort to salvage peace talks, chief Palestinian negotia- for recognition at the UN.
Thursday acquitted five po- other two fired on protest- cities. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the first time the sides are tor, warned that, without a THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Media mogul tweets
Gas. Up
his 2012 resolutions
80-year-old Murdoch joins Twitter for the new year
More than 46,000 followers by Monday morning
SUSAN WALSH/FILE PHOTO/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rupert Murdoch has begun also started tweeting —
the new year by setting up she’s @wendi-deng — refer-
in a new field of communi- ring to the setbacks: “A lot
cations. He’s started tweet- of bad things happened in
ing. 2011 but I hope in 2012 we
The media mogul, who is can put them all behind us
recovering from perhaps and sail on to a bright fu-
his most difficult year in ture for everyone Wxx.” An attendant sells fuel at a petrol station in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday.
the business, is posting on She also gently reminds
Twitter under the handle fellow tweeters to spell her SUNDAY ALAMBA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
@rupertmurdoch, spokes- first name with an “i” at the Nigeria’s gas prices may fuel unrest
woman Daisy Dunlop at end, not a “y.”
News International con- The Murdochs’ entry in-
firmed Monday. to the world of Twitter was Nigeria is ending fuel subsidies, an official said Sunday, a move that is sure to be
The account was opened met with some bemuse- unpopular in the oil-rich nation where citizens see cheap fuel as one of their few
over the New Year’s holi- Rupert Murdoch ment and some hostility. government benefits. Two union groups are threatening strikes and protests.
day, but many doubted its John Prescott, former
authenticity because Mur- U.K. deputy prime minister,
doch, 80, has generally “My resolutions, try to came up with one of the
Pipeline top of
tried to stay out of the spot- maintain humility and al- wittier responses. “Wel- in a tussle over a proposed Some labour unions say the
light as his media empire ways curiosity,” he tweets, come to Twitter,” he writes election agenda 2,735-kilometre oil pipeline pipeline would create thou-
comes under increased making no mention of his to the mogul. “I’ve left you that will force the White sands of jobs, while envi-
scrutiny because of wide- business troubles. “And of a Happy New Year message U.S. President Barack Oba- House to make a risky ronmentalists fear it could
spread phone hacking at course diet!” on my voicemail!” ma and Congress are start- choice between two key lead to an oil spill disaster.
his U.K. newspapers. His wife Wendi Deng has THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ing the election year locked Democratic constituencies. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ly, and let’s try to focus on @BBourret6: Looks like an- @oiler_country: Am I the
setting some small goals for the new other week of above zero. only one in #yeg that is up-
year. 12% What’s going on #yeg set the medal rounds for
I’ve taken the liberty of compiling a PARLIAMENTARY @MindyGee:Downtown the #IIHF is going to take
list of 12 entirely achievable resolutions BKUEVDIGNE PTA OGFEF?ICER #yeg looks so bare with place exclusively in #yyc.
that I’d like you (yes, YOU) to make and nobody working.... #zom- We did a better job.
keep for 2012. Don’t worry, I promise to
try my best to adhere to them as well.
After all, even a few minor changes can make the BINSAR BAKKARA PHOTOS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
world a much better place for me, you and everyone Daily Zoom
1we know.
I will stop watching Keeping Up with the
Kardashians once and for all and spend more HHoommeelleessss iinn IInnddoonneessiiaa
2 time with my own family.
I will stand right and walk left on escalators.
3
I will stop doing that thing where I see an
acquaintance on the street and pretend I don’t
know them. We both know what’s going on;
4let’s just stop being awkward and say hello.
I will take better care of my hair because some-
day I might lose it all.
5
The same thing goes for my money.
6
I will resist the urge to like a Facebook status
update about an engagement or pregnancy in
order to prevent a never-ending stream of
annoying comment notifications in the days that
7follow.
I will stop letting the smug woman behind the
GPS navigation voice jeopardize my
relationship, and surrender to the fact that
8maybe she does know best.
I will recognize that the only things that belong
on the dinner table are food and cutlery, not my
9 cellphone.
I will stop blaming public transit for my late ar-
Half of country’s Living in a
rival at the office every single morning and ad-
mit to myself (and my boss) that maybe I should rainforests lost concrete jungle
be getting up 10 minutes earlier. Alternatively, I will
1think0 of some new excuses for my tardiness. Orphaned baby Veterinarians conduct sur-
I will buy the $14 bottle of wine, not the $9 orangutans Septian and gery on an estimated 40-
bottle. Yes, I want to save money, but the Seroja play inside a basket year-old orangutan named
12-hours-from-now version of me will at a Conservation Puyul, who suffers from a
1appre1ciate my largesse. Programme facility in Batu broken leg, at their facility
I will listen to my mother and wear the ap- Mbelin, North Sumatra, in Batu Mbelin, North
propriate footwear for the weather condi- Indonesia. Indonesia has Sumatra, Indonesia. Puyul
12 tions. lost half of its rainforests broke his leg falling from a
I will actually pay attention to the auto-cor- in the last half century, tree while being rescued by
rect function on my phone and stop send- putting the remaining conservationists after he
ing embarrassing typo-filled messages to 50,000 to 60,000 was found roaming a rub-
friends and family. After all, “Did you show your orangutans living in scat- ber plantation too close to
boss?” is a very different question than “Did you show tered, degraded forests in a village. The vets also
your boobs?” frequent, and often dead- found air-rifle-pellet
ly, conflict with humans. wounds in Puyul’s body.
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