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A.D.V. Disturbingly TALKING L drug-resistant SMOKE I superbug gene A GLOSSARY O finds its way OF VAPING CreamyTHROAT HIT into Canada TERMS C Cloud chasing metroNEWS metroLIFE Edmonton Your essential daily news | TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2016 High -10°C/Low -20°C Cloudy, small chance of snow Albertans Carolina Hurricanes’ Brett Pesce and Edmonton Oilers’ Mark Letestu battle for the puck during the worry over first period at Rexall Place on Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS finances SURVEY SAYS to one industry,” says Craig Province most York of the Credit Counsel- ling Society. pessimistic in Call volumes for his Canada: Poll agency’s credit counselling and insolvency department are “well above” those from Sanam the year before, York says, and Islam he expects the upward trend Metro | Edmonton to continue. “Until now, a lot of people The trouble in Alberta’s oil- may have used credit or sav- patch has people feeling ings to get by, but now they’re gloomy about their finances. at the point where things A new CIBC poll shows Al- haven’t picked up in the time bertans are the least happy in they expected,” he says. the country about their cur- Most of the concerns center rent finances — a dramatic around job loss and poten- change from last year, when tial layoffs, he says. ”People they were the most don’t have a feel- positive. ing of job security, 66% In this year’s which can impact survey, only 62 a lot of decisions. per cent reported A lot of people are feeling confident wondering how about their fi- Alberta’s gloom are we going to isn’t shared nancial situation, get out, how are nation-wide — down 21 per cent more than two- we going to move from the year be- thirds of those forward, and how fore. Confidence surveyed remain do you make deci- TOUGH BATTLE in meeting future confident about sions in times of their finances. goals also dropped uncertainty?” 19 points to 72 per For those facing cent. financial difficulties, York rec- A credit counsellor for the ommends adjusting finances Edmonton region says the to align income with expenses, Oilers fight for 1-0 overtime win against Hurricanes impact has been felt at his as well as getting third-party SPORTS agency. “We’re really busy. advice on how to move for- metro It’s tough when so much of ward. the province’s economy is tied WITH FILES FROM THE CANADIAN PRESS Delivering MORE than Headlines Adrienne Pan with 6 Weeknights at pm and online anytime at cbc.ca/edmonton CBCEdmonton @CBCEdmonton @CBCEdmonton @adriennepancbc GOSSIP 11 Your essential daily news Shifting winds of winter ferment fear for icewine industry. Business 5 BIG DECISIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL IN 2016 Edmonton city councillors will have a lot on their collective plate in 2016. Here’s a look at some of the big decisions they will have to make this year. RYAN TUMILTY METRO Uber problem First on council’s agenda and biggest for the taxi industry is finalizing the city’s new ride-share bylaw. Uber has been a contentious issue since it first launched in December 2014 and council gave two readings to a bylaw this past November, but asked for more work before giving it the final sign-off. Coun. Dave Loken said he wants to better understand the impact to the existing taxi industry before he green-lights a new bylaw. “I was very frustrated with the lack of information, the lack of research so I hope they have that for us,” he said. Coun. Michael Oshry said his fellow councillors have been striving for a perfect solution, but he doesn’t believe they will find one right off the bat. “We have to make the best decision that we can, knowing we can always tweak it later,” he said. Council will have to formalize a new bylaw to He said the debate has consumed a lot of council’s time and it’s time to move allow Uber this year. METRO FILE ahead. “There is an appetite to get this one done.” N ext stop? With construction on the southern portion of the Valley LRT line set to get underway Former city manager Simon Farbrother was dismissed in council will have to decide where the system will go next at some point this year. September and council will have to select his replacement The federal Liberals promised large investments in public transit that could this year. METRO FILE help the city continue building LRT. The Valley Line’s western extension from downtown out to West Edmonton Mall and Lewis Estate is generally considered New boss next on the city’s priority list, but the city could also extend the Metro Line into northwest Edmonton. Along with deciding what the city does next, council has to decide Coun. Dave Loken said he hopes the city can do both projects. “I would like on who will oversee the work. to see the northwest line come up to speed and perhaps we could begin work Former city manager Simon Farbrother was let go in September on both of them at the same time,” he said. The Valley Line as currently planned would and the city has started the work of replacing him with a head- Loken said he believes the Metro line extension makes a lot of sense, because stop in downtown Edmonton at the edge of hunting firm that has already placed advertisements. it would service NAIT and the new Blatchford development as well many Churchill Square. Council will have to decide Oshry said Edmonton has changed since the last time it hired neighbourhoods with good transit use. He said the line should also be fairly where the next LRT line should be built in 2016. a city manager and he believes a lot of people will be interested straightforward to build. “It’s basically just a straight line.” CITY OF EDMONTON in running a big city. “I’m confident that with the people who are likely to be applying for the role we are going to be getting a good Rossdale candidate,” he said. He said the role has to be different than it was the last time, but The long-simmering debate about what to do with the city’s lands in Rossdale council is coming together on what they want. “I think council is in a will likely come to a head in 2016 as well. good spot that the majority have the same type of person in mind.” The land around the power plant and the Walterdale bridge has been the canvas for a number of ideas that have included a mixed-use neighbourhood Economic downturn and a canal. The city has also mulled whether Telus Field should come down and how to best respect the aboriginal culture of the area. Edmonton won’t be immune to the economic challenges hitting Loken said with a downtown transformation underway and the Blatchford Alberta and while council has already passed its budget for the development starting Rossdale is next. “The next big visionary project is what year ahead it may have to make some difficult choices. we do with Rossdale,” he said. “I hope by the end of the year we will have an Oshry said city governments are sheltered somewhat from After years of debates councillors will likely idea of what we will be doing down there.” economic downturns, but it will impact Edmonton in ways decide on the future of the Rossdale area, Oshry said there are a lot of moving parts to the project, but council has and he believes there could be a rough patch ahead. “I think including the former power plant in 2016. to commit to a plan. “At some point you have to take a little bit of a risk and there is still a bit of a need to really appreciate the effects the CITY OF EDMONTON make a decision,” he said. downturn is going to have on the city.” 4 Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Edmonton Delayed refugees finally POLITICS Petition calls for arrive on Christmas Eve plebiscite Ryan SYRIA go straight to their new home. Tumilty The Dalaas McDonald says the family and Metro | Edmonton the St. Joseph’s team stayed up were able to late, talking. “They’re just thrilled, they’re If the NDP want to push ahead move directly just lovely people,” McDonald with a carbon tax and farm to new home says. safety legislation, they should Iwan was a furniture maker have to do so understanding in Syria, but for now the prior- just how much voters support Alex ity is helping the family learn them argues one Alberta man. Boyd as much English as possible, George Clark is organizing Metro | Edmonton McDonald says. A parishioner a petition drive that he hopes is already providing language would force a plebiscite on The Edmonton-bound refugee tutoring. both the NDP’s proposed Car- family repeatedly stopped from The St. Joseph’s community bon tax and on the govern- boarding a flight here finally ar- has sponsored two families and ment’s farm safety legislation, rived on Christmas Eve. two individuals. McDonald says which he argues don’t have the “It was the Christmas story they’re very grateful to all the support of Albertans. come alive,” says Father Glenn donations they’ve received, as “We’re looking for our con- McDonald of St. Joseph’s Col- well as to the Edmonton Refugee stitutional right for a plebiscite lege at the University of Alberta, Volunteers group for providing when government decisions the organization that sponsored translation services. are made without public sup- them. “They’ve made it much easier port,” he said. Iwan and Zamzam Dalaa, than it could have been,” he says. Clark’s petition asks people along with their daughters The refugees sponsored by to sign in front of a witness Karima, four, and Ayat, 15 St. Joe’s are among the first of and provide their address, months, made headlines recent- an estimated 1,500 refugees ex- which he argues should give ly after problems pected to arrive it more weight than online with paperwork in Edmonton in petitions. prevented them coming months. The Alberta Election Act al- from boarding It was the Most of the first lows for cabinet to ask the previous flights. arrivals were pri- Lieutenant Governor to call Christmas story The family vately sponsored, for a plebiscite if they believe was part of a come alive. which means there is a significant public group of refugees that, like the Da- sentiment for it. The plebis- Father Glenn McDonald sponsored by the laas, they have a cite would not be binding on community at St. group here ready the government. Joseph’s but the only ones to en- to help them. Clark said the NDP’s election counter issues. After spending McDonald says the govern- victory was not an endorse- the last of their funds to get to ment-sponsored now arriving ment of their entire platform the airport the family initially won’t have as much of a sup- and they shouldn’t be pushing had to sleep there before the port system, so will likely need ahead with ideas Albertans group from St. Joe’s sent them more support from the general don’t support. He said he has some money. community. thousands of signatures al- After three failed attempts “The government sponsored ready. to fly to Edmonton, McDonald refugees will need more from “The NDP is acting as if they says, the family was successful the average person, just patience have a majority of the support only after they’d boarded a flight and understanding,” he says. of the people, whereas they on Dec 23. After missing an earlier Dec 31 actually only have a majority Because of the delay, they deadline, the federal government of the MLAs in the legislature.” were able to skip their tempor- has committed to bringing in Father Glenn McDonald welcomes Iwan and Zamzam Dalaa and their two daughters to the city. Clark is not alone in ex- ary housing arrangements and 25,000 Syrian refugees by March. SUPPLIED pressing his outrage. Several online petitions calling for recall legislation or for a new ADDICTION election have reached tens of AHS working so parents can get naloxone for kids thousands of supporters. Bob Murray, vice-president of research with the Frontier Centre, said the NDP’s historic Jeremy cial and territorial counterparts, NALOXONE sites to get the kits. about the kits after the incident. win was helped by a split on to make this drug available to “Although prescriptions for She said she has seen her son the right and the Notley gov- Simes Albertans without a prescrip- naloxone cannot be given to in and out of detox centres mul- ernment hasn’t won everyone For Metro | Calgary tion,” said Dr. Martin Lavoie, Naloxone is an antidote a third party without the pa- tiple times, adding the govern- over to their side. Alberta Health’s acting chief that can reverse fentanyl tient being present, we do want ment isn’t doing enough for kids “The majority of Albertans Alberta Health is working to medical officer of health, in a overdoses. people to know that they can leaving detox centres. are still fairly conservative make naloxone available to statement. take their children or loved ones “Even though kits are avail- minded, that’s what the num- family members of Albertans Currently, naloxone is de- to a family doctor or other pre- able, it’s just another band-aid bers tell us,” he said. addicted to fentanyl. fined as a Schedule 1 drug under wish to have her name pub- scriber to request naloxone and solution.” she said. “The real He said the government has On Sunday, Metro learned Health Canada, meaning it can lished — was outraged she to get information about treat- issue is the lack of detox space every right to move ahead on parents aren’t allowed to obtain only be dispensed to a person could’t get naloxone for her ment options,” he said. The and lack of treatment for middle- its agenda, but when the next naloxone kits for their fentanyl- who has a prescription, Lavoie fentanyl-addicted son. She’s mom said she didn’t go with class families. election is called they may addicted kids. added. been dealing with her son’s her son, 18, to get naloxone “The amount (of kids) saved suffer if they are seen as too “Alberta Health and our part- “Prescribing standards re- fentanyl addiction for months prior to his relapse — he hasn’t by naloxone is a drop in a bucket ideological, especially if the ners recognize that the prescrip- quire that a person receiving a and, recently, gave him CPR been home. compared to the amount we’re economy is still struggling. tion requirement for naloxone prescription must first be seen over the holidays before EMS “I found out his relapse was going to lose (to fentanyl). (Na- “You have to bear in mind can be a barrier to access, and we and assessed by a physician or arrived to revive him, she said. on the 23rd (of December) and loxone) is like a fire extinguisher that the majority of Albertans continue to work with the feder- other prescriber.” Lavoie said parents can take I had him in detox on Monday,” to a forest fire. We need to bring certainly in the last election al government, and our provin- A local mom — who doesn’t their children to distribution she said, adding she inquired in the water bombers now.” were not NDP supporters.” Edmonton Tuesday, January 5, 2016 5 Voice of Oilers stepping down BROADCASTING myself or embarrass the team fact that while his voice has Lewis prides that had just hired me and become the soundtrack for I was really serious, so I did Oilers games, many fans can’t himself on my homework on the vari- pick him out of a crowd. ous teams that came over,” “I don’t mind that — my ego professional he said, making sure to learn is very well-satisfied in doing a approach how to pronounce all the play- good job,” he said, adding that ers’ names. he doesn’t ask for autographs While he joked that noth- or pucks. Alex ing about his job is difficult, “So far the relationship has he stressed that an announcer worked because I show up, I Boyd has to show up — physically don’t make too many mistakes Metro | Edmonton and mentally. and then I go home.” “If you have a game tomor- After he retires he plans to You may not know his face, row night you can’t be going spend more time in Arizona but you definitely know his out,” he said, “you can’t be with his wife and do some voice. Mark Lewis has called sick and hungover. You’ve got consulting work, but he said goals and penalties for the Ed- to be professional.” he hasn’t decided how he’ll say monton Oilers for 35 years — His pregame routine has goodbye to the Oilers. and now he’s stepping down. been the same for years. He “I haven’t given it a lot of He announced Monday he shows up a couple of hours thought yet — the last game of will be retiring at the end of early, has dinner in the media the year — though I’m hoping the season. lounge, then checks the game it’s not the end of the regular “It’s been a great career. It’s notes, though these days there season.” been rewarding and exciting aren’t that many names he “Whenever it is, I’ll just go and now it’s time to do some- Mark Lewis has called five Stanley Cup-winning victories for Edmonton. OILERS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP doesn’t already know how to around and shake some hands thing else,” he said. say. and bow out as gracefully as Lewis got started in the is now Rexall Place. “Through my 35 years in three decades,” Oilers Enter- He said he’s fine with the I can.” media business as a disc jock- He’s been the announcer the NHL, I wouldn’t say there tainment Group vice-chairman ey in the late 1960s, before for the Oilers ever since. He’s are a lot of people that stand Kevin Lowe said in a release. It’s been a great career. It’s been stints with CFRN, CBC and called five Stanley Cup win- out when it comes to P.A. an- When talking about his job, rewarding and exciting and now CHED radio. ning seasons, four Cup wins nouncers and hosts, but Mark Lewis repeatedly mentioned In 1981 he was hired as the on home ice, and goals from is right up there as one of the professionalism, a prior- it’s time to do something else. announcer for the Canada Cup, Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier the truly recognizable voices ity since that first Cup. 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W E S T E D M O N T O N M A L L 7 8 0 . 4 4 4 . 1 6 3 7 6 Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Edmonton Property values rise in city, GUN LICENSING Stricter reviews despite troubled economy needed: Judge HOUSING MARKET Average home A fatality inquiry judge is call- ing for stricter reviews of gun now priced licence applications after a southern Alberta man with at $408,000: a history of mental problems Assessment was fatally shot by police. Corey Lewis, 39, was shot outside his Okotoks home Ryan in July 2010 after a standoff Tumilty with an RCMP tactical team. Metro | Edmonton He was found holding a dark-coloured umbrella that Prospective buyers may dis- he had pointed at officers, agree, but city assessors an- who thought the object was nounced Monday the average a weapon. Edmonton home went up in Provincial court Judge Mar- value by 1.7 per cent last year. lene Graham says she finds The city announced its prop- it disturbing that Lewis was erty assessment results Monday, granted licences for five fire- which showed the average city arms, including restricted home is now worth $408,000, weapons, despite his mental up slightly from the year be- problems, a suicide attempt fore. Assessment notices should and a previous emergency begin to arrive in mailboxes protection order. over the next few days. “I do find that Mr. Lewis’s Assessment manager Rod Ris- possession of the five long- ling said he understands many barrelled guns was an integral Edmontonians would struggle part of the event leading up to see their house’s value as to his death,” Graham wrote rising while the city suffers in a report released Monday. economically, but he stressed these are based on market ac- tivity as of last July. “Assessed values represent a Ultimately the snapshot of what occurred in the past,” he said. “We’re just police did their reflecting what the market is job. So I don’t telling us.” Property owners now have begrudge them. until March 11 to file formal Widow Naydene Lewis complaints if they believe the city’s value is wrong. Risling said before filing a formal com- “I find that the screening plaint people should call in and process used to grant the gun have a conversation. licences to Mr. Lewis lacked He said the formal process diligence and common sense involves fees and hearings that and gives me no assurance may not even be necessary if it that public safety, which is is just a simple mistake. City assessment manager Rod Risling says the results of the report are based on market activity as of July 2015. RYAN TUMILTY/METRO the purpose of the Firearms “A lot of that can be allevi- Act, was being sufficiently ated by calling the assessor and “It is usually only about $10 “I think it is going to be emphasized throughout the BY THE NUMBERS – PROPERTY VALUES going through the assessment per month,” he said. challenging. I think the sales process.” and making corrections,” he Realtor Alex Gee with Remax volume will drop a little bit. I Graham recommends bet- said. said the city’s numbers always think sale prices will drop this Neighbourhoods with Neighbourhoods with ter screening for firearms li- Apartments saw a nine per trail the market, but the 1.7 per year,” he said. the biggest increase: the biggest decrease: cence applicants, including a cent average increase in as- cent increase isn’t too delayed. He said he expects starter telephone interview with the sessed value last year. Risling “It’s always behind and so in homes — those below the city’s (cid:217) Homesteader, 5.4% (cid:217)(cid:1)Athlone, 6 .8% applicant’s spouse. said that despite higher vacancy a rising market they are always average — won’t have as much She also recommends that rates most people still see apart- too low and in a market where a challenge as homes in the (cid:217) Lynnwood, 4.6% (cid:217)(cid:1)Kensington, 6.4% police consult with mental- ments as strong investments. it’s tough like it is now, they’re higher part of the market. health professionals when He said the increase too high,” he said. “The higher price ranges (cid:217) McConachie Area, 4.4% (cid:217)(cid:1)Edgemont, 6 .3% dealing with armed people shouldn’t lead to huge rent He said he expects a tough will ultimately not perform as in standoffs to help get them spikes, especially in the cur- year ahead for sellers because well as homes under $400,000,” (cid:217) Terrace Heights, 4.4% (cid:217)(cid:1)Queen Mary Park, 6.0% to surrender. rent market. He said even a big the economy is softening and he said. “There is just a much The report says that jump like this doesn’t lead to fewer people are moving to greater demand in that type (cid:217) Chambery, 4.2% (cid:217)(cid:1)Killarney, 6 .0% in the hours before he a huge increase for landlords. the city. of market.” was shot, Lewis was angry and distraught. Widow Naydene Lewis 2,300 4.8 3.4% $172.3B 376,560 said she is pleased overall with the report and its recom- mendations. But she wishes RCMP had used more light- The city got 2,300 Condos and townhouses City councillors passed a The total value of all The city assessed ing around the house and appeals of assessments went up in value by about 3.4 per cent tax increase property in Edmonton is 376,560 residential last year. 30 per cent 4.8 per cent last year. on the average home estimated at $172.3 properties last year. had contacted her husband’s were successful. priced at $408,000. billion. mental-health providers. THE CANADIAN PRESS Edmonton Tuesday, January 5, 2016 7 CRIME Armed break-in affects more than 50 An armed standoff in northwest vah Witness building, about 50 them so that they came out Sharp says. Edmonton left about 50 people people were asked to stay inside unharmed. The barricaded man con- trapped inside a nearby build- for most of the day. The suspect, who Edmonton tinued to talk to police through- ing on Sunday. “They were asked to remain Police revealed is in his 30s and out the day, and surrendered at Officers were initially called in the basement with a couple is known to them, refused to 7:20 p.m. After he was placed in at 11:30 a.m. to a home at 117 of police officers because of leave. He remained inside for in custody, police searched the Ave. and 89 St. after a nearby safety. However, they were not several hours, and police kept residence and found two fire- resident reported seeing the a target. EPS bussed them home neighbours inside their home arms and ammunition inside. suspect holding a firearm and safely around 6:30 p.m.,” says as a precaution. The man may face weapons- breaking in. The area was con- Sergeant Steve Sharp. At 12:50 p.m. the man fired a related charges. Police continue tained and negotiators were Four people were inside the shot from a third-storey window. to investigate the circumstances called in. home that the suspect broke “A tree was struck when the that led to the man barricading Across the street from the into, and police were success- man took a shot. It appeared he himself in the home. residence at the King Hall Jeho- fully able to communicate with wasn’t trying to target police,” SANAM ISLAM/METRO Tim Young’s view from the top of one of two towers he climbed in one day in Chicago last November. CONTRIBUTED Tower racer climbs new heights ATHLETICS training. 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Aaron She pointed out a 2014 con- Chatha troversy where a physician at Metro | Calgary the walk-in Westglen Medical Centre refused to prescribe As of Jan. 1, women in the birth control due to religious U.S. state of Oregon no longer beliefs. The College of Phys- need a prescription to obtain icians and Surgeons of Alberta birth control — now, advo- said if there is a service the cates in Calgary say a similar physician will not provide, system would do wonders for patients must be referred to women’s reproductive health another resource to obtain in Alberta. that service. Currently, Alberta women Birth control is available In terms of providing birth must visit their physician and over-the-counter in Oregon. control at pharmacies, Krause ask for a prescription. Doctors COURTESY WIKIPEDIA COMMONS is concerned women may have The Office of Traffic Safety will be holding an open house Jan. 18 to address safety concerns will usually prescribe a year’s to travel too far to obtain birth along Scona Road for drivers and pedestrians. METRO FILE worth of birth control. She also noted the need for control. “But, anything that’s a bar- regulation — whether in Can- “The only thing that I care Engineers look to rier is a problem, right?” said ada or in the U.S. about is that there is someone Pam Krause, president and Pharmacists will need to be who is readily available to of- CEO of the Calgary Sexual educated to offer alternatives, fer that service,” she said. “In Health Centre. “So to move depending on how women’s my mind, that’s the person fix intersection from it being any kind of bar- bodies react to certain types sitting next to them — not go- rier to just an over-the-counter of birth control. ing to three other pharmacies drug will encourage usage, An Alberta Health spokes- to see if someone will fill it.” which decreases unplanned person noted that Alberta Krause also noted many pregnancies.” pharmacists are able to pro- women use the yearly visit to Krause said the move vide Schedule 1 drugs, like get a birth control prescription ROAD SAFETY analysis of traffic that showed “We wanted to do a study to would be an important step birth control, without a phys- to also get pap test to check Scona Road not just the crashes, but the ac- find out exactly what the issues for women’s rights, so long ician’s prescription, so long as for cervical cancer — so a new cidents that almost happened. are and find ways to mitigate as the cost is such that any they have additional prescrib- mechanism will have to be put has proved “It digs deeper into the traf- them,” she said. woman can access it, regard- ing authority. into place to remind women fic safety analysis to look at She said in addition to speed problematic less of economic barriers. For Krause, additional bar- to get tested annually. conflicts or near-misses,” said warning signs and flashing for drivers Shewkar Ibrahim of the city’s pedestrian lights coming up traffic safety office. the hill, the office wants to That analysis showed them redesign the right-hand turn Ryan the majority of the problems, lane to make it safer. Tumilty either with pedestrians or just Residents have expressed Metro | Edmonton two vehicles, happens in the concerns about the current southbound lanes as people pedestrian crossing and Edmonton traffic engineers move to make the right turn Ibrahim said they hope to ad- want to hear from the public from Scona Road to Saskatch- dress those issues as well as on their plans for a safer Scona ewan Drive. sightlines and other concerns. Road, but the speed limit on The office has an open house “There are going to be a lot the hotly debated stretch of planned for Jan. 18 at the of elements that are taken in road won’t be changing. Strathcona Centre Commun- with this particular design.” City engineers undertook ity League Hall from 5:30 to 8 Council has debated raising two safety studies of the road; p.m. Ibrahim said they believe the speed limit on the section one, a more traditional look fo- they have hard data and can of road before, but Ibrahim said cusing on collision and vehicle present reasonable solutions both traffic studies confirmed counts and another using video to the community. it should remain the same. CHARITY Wildlife centre collecting old Christmas trees for animals enclosures for the birds and also urges the public to be Ben small mammals to burrow on the lookout for animals Freeland in. We generally prefer real while driving. For Metro | Edmonton trees, but will take artificial “People really need to re- ones as well.” member that cars can severely The Wildlife Rehabilitation Winter is a challenging impact animals, even in the Society of Edmonton (WRSE) time for the WRSE, Perry- city,” she says. is accepting donations of used ment explains. While intake “This is especially true this Christmas trees at its rehabili- is generally lower than in time of year when it gets dark tation centre located west of summer and fall, when the so early.” Edmonton. society typically sees a lot of Tree donors are asked to re- The society will be ac- orphaned baby animals, the move all decorations from the cepting all Christmas trees, birds and small mammals trees, including lights, orna- real and artificial, until Sun- brought in during the winter ments, and fake snow, prior to day, Jan. 10. are often critically injured. dropping them off. The WRSE “We’ve been doing this They have often been hit by does not have a tree pick-up for a number of years,” says motor vehicles, and require service, so donors are asked WRSE executive director extensive care. to deliver the trees to the re- Tamie Perryment. In addition to encouraging habilitation centre acreage, “We put them in the animal people to donate trees, she situated east of Spruce Grove. Canada Tuesday, January 5, 2016 9 Superbug gene found in Canada HEALTH How bacteria Scientists fight back sound alarm on antibiotic Antibiotics like colistin are some of the most powerful weapons resistance available to fight dangerous bac- terial infections. Here are some ways bacteria like E. coli are An alarming new superbug gene evolving to defeat them. that makes bacteria resistant to a last-resort antibiotic has Overuse been detected in Canada, Tor- In China, livestock are given colis- star News Service has learned. tin in their feed; the antibiotic The gene, called MCR-1, pro- wards off infections and promotes duces an enzyme that makes animal growth. In humans, how- bacteria invincible to colistin, a ever, colistin is a last-resort treat- highly toxic antibiotic used only ment for bacteria like E. coli. when all other drugs have failed. MCR-1 was first reported Evolution in November by scientists in When exposed to high amounts China, who published a paper of colistin, the evolutionary pro- in The Lancet that set off alarm cess of natural selection kicks bells across the globe. Analyzing in. Weaker strains are killed off bacterial samples in southeast- while bugs that can overpower ern China, researchers found colistin — due to genes like MCR- 260 samples of E. coli with the 1, for example — survive. MCR-1 gene on meat, hospital patients and farm animals — Survival the likely source of this new Among the surviving bacteria superbug, the paper suggests. are superbugs with the MCR-1 But the news that really sent gene. The gene is located on a a shudder through the scientific plasmid, a free-floating circle community was that MCR-1 is A worker at a poultry farm in Hefei, China, on Nov. 20, 2015. Researchers in China have found E. coli with MCR-1, which produces of DNA, and codes for an en- located on a plasmid — a free- an enzyme that makes bacteria invincible to a last-resort antibiotic, on meat, hospital patients and farm animals. AFP/GETTY IMAGES zyme that makes it effectively floating snippet of DNA that invincible to colistin. bacteria can easily share, thus be harbouring the superbug from Denmark and Algeria to coli, all previously collected for in Ontario, a butcher shop and spreading the resistance to other asymptomatically. But the night- Laos. special research projects: one a grocery chain, according to Reproduction organisms. mare scenario is that MCR-1 will Among them is Canada, from a 62-year-old patient in Mulvey. Both were collected in E. coli reproduces by copying its “It’s clearly the biggest story spread to more virulent bacter- where an investigation was Ottawa and two from ground 2010 — predating the samples genetic code and dividing in two, to come out (in 2015),” said ial strains that also carry other triggered in December by the beef sold in Ontario. from China, which were col- producing a daughter cell which Lance Price, a professor of en- resistance genes — thus creat- Public Health Agency of Canada. The Ottawa patient likely lected between 2011 and 2014. inherits the MCR-1 gene. vironmental health at George ing a “pan-resistant” superbug The Canadian findings have not picked up the bug in Egypt, “To see it show up was a sur- Washington University, who capable of defeating every anti- yet been published but a case where she lived for several years, prise for me,” Mulvey said. “It 5 The spread studies antibiotic resistance. biotic in the medicine cabinet. report has been submitted to the according to Dr. Baldwin Toye supports that there’s global Bacteria like E. coli live every- “There have been horrible Since the Lancet paper, at Lancet, according to Dr. Michael with the Ottawa hospital, who dissemination of this gene al- where, including in our guts. things all year but this is the least a dozen other countries Mulvey, chief of antimicrobial co-wrote a 2013 paper describ- ready.… We’re now going to Strains that harbour the MCR-1 most disturbing.” have also found the MCR-1 gene. resistance with the PHAC’s lab ing her case and four others. have to look back even prior to gene will easily spread across the So far, there have been no Scientists, looking through data- in Winnipeg. Meanwhile, the ground beef (2010), because maybe it’s been globe through travel and inter- reports of deaths caused by bases of bacterial samples, de- The superbug gene was found samples were found nearly a around for even longer.” national trade of meat. MCR-1 and some people could tected the gene everywhere in three different samples of E. year apart in different locations TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE KICK OFF THE NEW YEAR WITH THE BEST OF TONIGHT 8 #rickmercerreport 10 Tuesday, January 5, 2016 World POLITICS Trump doubles down on Muslim ban in ad Republican presidential hopeful exceptions, he says -— and to Donald Trump is giving some of build a wall along the southern the most divisive proposals of border. 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A.D.V. Disturbingly TALKING L drug-resistant SMOKE I superbug gene A GLOSSARY O finds its way OF VAPING CreamyTHROAT HIT into Canada TERMS C Cloud chasing metroNEWS metroLIFE Edmonton Your essential daily news | TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2016 High -10°C/Low -20°C Cloudy, small chance of snow Albertans Carolina Hurricanes’ Brett Pesce and Edmonton Oilers’ Mark Letestu battle for the puck during the worry over first period at Rexall Place on Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS finances SURVEY SAYS to one industry,” says Craig Province most York of the Credit Counsel- ling Society. pessimistic in Call volumes for his Canada: Poll agency’s credit counselling and insolvency department are “well above” those from Sanam the year before, York says, and Islam he expects the upward trend Metro | Edmonton to continue. “Until now, a lot of people The trouble in Alberta’s oil- may have used credit or sav- patch has people feeling ings to get by, but now they’re gloomy about their finances. at the point where things A new CIBC poll shows Al- haven’t picked up in the time bertans are the least happy in they expected,” he says. the country about their cur- Most of the concerns center rent finances — a dramatic around job loss and poten- change from last year, when tial layoffs, he says. ”People they were the most don’t have a feel- positive. ing of job security, 66% In this year’s which can impact survey, only 62 a lot of decisions. per cent reported A lot of people are feeling confident wondering how about their fi- Alberta’s gloom are we going to isn’t shared nancial situation, get out, how are nation-wide — down 21 per cent more than two- we going to move from the year be- thirds of those forward, and how fore. Confidence surveyed remain do you make deci- TOUGH BATTLE in meeting future confident about sions in times of their finances. goals also dropped uncertainty?” 19 points to 72 per For those facing cent. financial difficulties, York rec- A credit counsellor for the ommends adjusting finances Edmonton region says the to align income with expenses, Oilers fight for 1-0 overtime win against Hurricanes impact has been felt at his as well as getting third-party SPORTS agency. “We’re really busy. advice on how to move for- metro It’s tough when so much of ward. the province’s economy is tied WITH FILES FROM THE CANADIAN PRESS Delivering MORE than Headlines Adrienne Pan with 6 Weeknights at pm and online anytime at cbc.ca/edmonton CBCEdmonton @CBCEdmonton @CBCEdmonton @adriennepancbc GOSSIP 11 Your essential daily news Shifting winds of winter ferment fear for icewine industry. Business 5 BIG DECISIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL IN 2016 Edmonton city councillors will have a lot on their collective plate in 2016. Here’s a look at some of the big decisions they will have to make this year. RYAN TUMILTY METRO Uber problem First on council’s agenda and biggest for the taxi industry is finalizing the city’s new ride-share bylaw. Uber has been a contentious issue since it first launched in December 2014 and council gave two readings to a bylaw this past November, but asked for more work before giving it the final sign-off. Coun. Dave Loken said he wants to better understand the impact to the existing taxi industry before he green-lights a new bylaw. “I was very frustrated with the lack of information, the lack of research so I hope they have that for us,” he said. Coun. Michael Oshry said his fellow councillors have been striving for a perfect solution, but he doesn’t believe they will find one right off the bat. “We have to make the best decision that we can, knowing we can always tweak it later,” he said. Council will have to formalize a new bylaw to He said the debate has consumed a lot of council’s time and it’s time to move allow Uber this year. METRO FILE ahead. “There is an appetite to get this one done.” N ext stop? With construction on the southern portion of the Valley LRT line set to get underway Former city manager Simon Farbrother was dismissed in council will have to decide where the system will go next at some point this year. September and council will have to select his replacement The federal Liberals promised large investments in public transit that could this year. METRO FILE help the city continue building LRT. The Valley Line’s western extension from downtown out to West Edmonton Mall and Lewis Estate is generally considered New boss next on the city’s priority list, but the city could also extend the Metro Line into northwest Edmonton. Along with deciding what the city does next, council has to decide Coun. Dave Loken said he hopes the city can do both projects. “I would like on who will oversee the work. to see the northwest line come up to speed and perhaps we could begin work Former city manager Simon Farbrother was let go in September on both of them at the same time,” he said. The Valley Line as currently planned would and the city has started the work of replacing him with a head- Loken said he believes the Metro line extension makes a lot of sense, because stop in downtown Edmonton at the edge of hunting firm that has already placed advertisements. it would service NAIT and the new Blatchford development as well many Churchill Square. Council will have to decide Oshry said Edmonton has changed since the last time it hired neighbourhoods with good transit use. He said the line should also be fairly where the next LRT line should be built in 2016. a city manager and he believes a lot of people will be interested straightforward to build. “It’s basically just a straight line.” CITY OF EDMONTON in running a big city. “I’m confident that with the people who are likely to be applying for the role we are going to be getting a good Rossdale candidate,” he said. He said the role has to be different than it was the last time, but The long-simmering debate about what to do with the city’s lands in Rossdale council is coming together on what they want. “I think council is in a will likely come to a head in 2016 as well. good spot that the majority have the same type of person in mind.” The land around the power plant and the Walterdale bridge has been the canvas for a number of ideas that have included a mixed-use neighbourhood Economic downturn and a canal. The city has also mulled whether Telus Field should come down and how to best respect the aboriginal culture of the area. Edmonton won’t be immune to the economic challenges hitting Loken said with a downtown transformation underway and the Blatchford Alberta and while council has already passed its budget for the development starting Rossdale is next. “The next big visionary project is what year ahead it may have to make some difficult choices. we do with Rossdale,” he said. “I hope by the end of the year we will have an Oshry said city governments are sheltered somewhat from After years of debates councillors will likely idea of what we will be doing down there.” economic downturns, but it will impact Edmonton in ways decide on the future of the Rossdale area, Oshry said there are a lot of moving parts to the project, but council has and he believes there could be a rough patch ahead. “I think including the former power plant in 2016. to commit to a plan. “At some point you have to take a little bit of a risk and there is still a bit of a need to really appreciate the effects the CITY OF EDMONTON make a decision,” he said. downturn is going to have on the city.” 4 Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Edmonton Delayed refugees finally POLITICS Petition calls for arrive on Christmas Eve plebiscite Ryan SYRIA go straight to their new home. Tumilty The Dalaas McDonald says the family and Metro | Edmonton the St. Joseph’s team stayed up were able to late, talking. “They’re just thrilled, they’re If the NDP want to push ahead move directly just lovely people,” McDonald with a carbon tax and farm to new home says. safety legislation, they should Iwan was a furniture maker have to do so understanding in Syria, but for now the prior- just how much voters support Alex ity is helping the family learn them argues one Alberta man. Boyd as much English as possible, George Clark is organizing Metro | Edmonton McDonald says. A parishioner a petition drive that he hopes is already providing language would force a plebiscite on The Edmonton-bound refugee tutoring. both the NDP’s proposed Car- family repeatedly stopped from The St. Joseph’s community bon tax and on the govern- boarding a flight here finally ar- has sponsored two families and ment’s farm safety legislation, rived on Christmas Eve. two individuals. McDonald says which he argues don’t have the “It was the Christmas story they’re very grateful to all the support of Albertans. come alive,” says Father Glenn donations they’ve received, as “We’re looking for our con- McDonald of St. Joseph’s Col- well as to the Edmonton Refugee stitutional right for a plebiscite lege at the University of Alberta, Volunteers group for providing when government decisions the organization that sponsored translation services. are made without public sup- them. “They’ve made it much easier port,” he said. Iwan and Zamzam Dalaa, than it could have been,” he says. Clark’s petition asks people along with their daughters The refugees sponsored by to sign in front of a witness Karima, four, and Ayat, 15 St. Joe’s are among the first of and provide their address, months, made headlines recent- an estimated 1,500 refugees ex- which he argues should give ly after problems pected to arrive it more weight than online with paperwork in Edmonton in petitions. prevented them coming months. The Alberta Election Act al- from boarding It was the Most of the first lows for cabinet to ask the previous flights. arrivals were pri- Lieutenant Governor to call Christmas story The family vately sponsored, for a plebiscite if they believe was part of a come alive. which means there is a significant public group of refugees that, like the Da- sentiment for it. The plebis- Father Glenn McDonald sponsored by the laas, they have a cite would not be binding on community at St. group here ready the government. Joseph’s but the only ones to en- to help them. Clark said the NDP’s election counter issues. After spending McDonald says the govern- victory was not an endorse- the last of their funds to get to ment-sponsored now arriving ment of their entire platform the airport the family initially won’t have as much of a sup- and they shouldn’t be pushing had to sleep there before the port system, so will likely need ahead with ideas Albertans group from St. Joe’s sent them more support from the general don’t support. He said he has some money. community. thousands of signatures al- After three failed attempts “The government sponsored ready. to fly to Edmonton, McDonald refugees will need more from “The NDP is acting as if they says, the family was successful the average person, just patience have a majority of the support only after they’d boarded a flight and understanding,” he says. of the people, whereas they on Dec 23. After missing an earlier Dec 31 actually only have a majority Because of the delay, they deadline, the federal government of the MLAs in the legislature.” were able to skip their tempor- has committed to bringing in Father Glenn McDonald welcomes Iwan and Zamzam Dalaa and their two daughters to the city. Clark is not alone in ex- ary housing arrangements and 25,000 Syrian refugees by March. SUPPLIED pressing his outrage. Several online petitions calling for recall legislation or for a new ADDICTION election have reached tens of AHS working so parents can get naloxone for kids thousands of supporters. Bob Murray, vice-president of research with the Frontier Centre, said the NDP’s historic Jeremy cial and territorial counterparts, NALOXONE sites to get the kits. about the kits after the incident. win was helped by a split on to make this drug available to “Although prescriptions for She said she has seen her son the right and the Notley gov- Simes Albertans without a prescrip- naloxone cannot be given to in and out of detox centres mul- ernment hasn’t won everyone For Metro | Calgary tion,” said Dr. Martin Lavoie, Naloxone is an antidote a third party without the pa- tiple times, adding the govern- over to their side. Alberta Health’s acting chief that can reverse fentanyl tient being present, we do want ment isn’t doing enough for kids “The majority of Albertans Alberta Health is working to medical officer of health, in a overdoses. people to know that they can leaving detox centres. are still fairly conservative make naloxone available to statement. take their children or loved ones “Even though kits are avail- minded, that’s what the num- family members of Albertans Currently, naloxone is de- to a family doctor or other pre- able, it’s just another band-aid bers tell us,” he said. addicted to fentanyl. fined as a Schedule 1 drug under wish to have her name pub- scriber to request naloxone and solution.” she said. “The real He said the government has On Sunday, Metro learned Health Canada, meaning it can lished — was outraged she to get information about treat- issue is the lack of detox space every right to move ahead on parents aren’t allowed to obtain only be dispensed to a person could’t get naloxone for her ment options,” he said. The and lack of treatment for middle- its agenda, but when the next naloxone kits for their fentanyl- who has a prescription, Lavoie fentanyl-addicted son. She’s mom said she didn’t go with class families. election is called they may addicted kids. added. been dealing with her son’s her son, 18, to get naloxone “The amount (of kids) saved suffer if they are seen as too “Alberta Health and our part- “Prescribing standards re- fentanyl addiction for months prior to his relapse — he hasn’t by naloxone is a drop in a bucket ideological, especially if the ners recognize that the prescrip- quire that a person receiving a and, recently, gave him CPR been home. compared to the amount we’re economy is still struggling. tion requirement for naloxone prescription must first be seen over the holidays before EMS “I found out his relapse was going to lose (to fentanyl). (Na- “You have to bear in mind can be a barrier to access, and we and assessed by a physician or arrived to revive him, she said. on the 23rd (of December) and loxone) is like a fire extinguisher that the majority of Albertans continue to work with the feder- other prescriber.” Lavoie said parents can take I had him in detox on Monday,” to a forest fire. We need to bring certainly in the last election al government, and our provin- A local mom — who doesn’t their children to distribution she said, adding she inquired in the water bombers now.” were not NDP supporters.” Edmonton Tuesday, January 5, 2016 5 Voice of Oilers stepping down BROADCASTING myself or embarrass the team fact that while his voice has Lewis prides that had just hired me and become the soundtrack for I was really serious, so I did Oilers games, many fans can’t himself on my homework on the vari- pick him out of a crowd. ous teams that came over,” “I don’t mind that — my ego professional he said, making sure to learn is very well-satisfied in doing a approach how to pronounce all the play- good job,” he said, adding that ers’ names. he doesn’t ask for autographs While he joked that noth- or pucks. Alex ing about his job is difficult, “So far the relationship has he stressed that an announcer worked because I show up, I Boyd has to show up — physically don’t make too many mistakes Metro | Edmonton and mentally. and then I go home.” “If you have a game tomor- After he retires he plans to You may not know his face, row night you can’t be going spend more time in Arizona but you definitely know his out,” he said, “you can’t be with his wife and do some voice. Mark Lewis has called sick and hungover. You’ve got consulting work, but he said goals and penalties for the Ed- to be professional.” he hasn’t decided how he’ll say monton Oilers for 35 years — His pregame routine has goodbye to the Oilers. and now he’s stepping down. been the same for years. He “I haven’t given it a lot of He announced Monday he shows up a couple of hours thought yet — the last game of will be retiring at the end of early, has dinner in the media the year — though I’m hoping the season. lounge, then checks the game it’s not the end of the regular “It’s been a great career. It’s notes, though these days there season.” been rewarding and exciting aren’t that many names he “Whenever it is, I’ll just go and now it’s time to do some- Mark Lewis has called five Stanley Cup-winning victories for Edmonton. OILERS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP doesn’t already know how to around and shake some hands thing else,” he said. say. and bow out as gracefully as Lewis got started in the is now Rexall Place. “Through my 35 years in three decades,” Oilers Enter- He said he’s fine with the I can.” media business as a disc jock- He’s been the announcer the NHL, I wouldn’t say there tainment Group vice-chairman ey in the late 1960s, before for the Oilers ever since. He’s are a lot of people that stand Kevin Lowe said in a release. It’s been a great career. It’s been stints with CFRN, CBC and called five Stanley Cup win- out when it comes to P.A. an- When talking about his job, rewarding and exciting and now CHED radio. ning seasons, four Cup wins nouncers and hosts, but Mark Lewis repeatedly mentioned In 1981 he was hired as the on home ice, and goals from is right up there as one of the professionalism, a prior- it’s time to do something else. announcer for the Canada Cup, Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier the truly recognizable voices ity since that first Cup. 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W E S T E D M O N T O N M A L L 7 8 0 . 4 4 4 . 1 6 3 7 6 Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Edmonton Property values rise in city, GUN LICENSING Stricter reviews despite troubled economy needed: Judge HOUSING MARKET Average home A fatality inquiry judge is call- ing for stricter reviews of gun now priced licence applications after a southern Alberta man with at $408,000: a history of mental problems Assessment was fatally shot by police. Corey Lewis, 39, was shot outside his Okotoks home Ryan in July 2010 after a standoff Tumilty with an RCMP tactical team. Metro | Edmonton He was found holding a dark-coloured umbrella that Prospective buyers may dis- he had pointed at officers, agree, but city assessors an- who thought the object was nounced Monday the average a weapon. Edmonton home went up in Provincial court Judge Mar- value by 1.7 per cent last year. lene Graham says she finds The city announced its prop- it disturbing that Lewis was erty assessment results Monday, granted licences for five fire- which showed the average city arms, including restricted home is now worth $408,000, weapons, despite his mental up slightly from the year be- problems, a suicide attempt fore. Assessment notices should and a previous emergency begin to arrive in mailboxes protection order. over the next few days. “I do find that Mr. Lewis’s Assessment manager Rod Ris- possession of the five long- ling said he understands many barrelled guns was an integral Edmontonians would struggle part of the event leading up to see their house’s value as to his death,” Graham wrote rising while the city suffers in a report released Monday. economically, but he stressed these are based on market ac- tivity as of last July. “Assessed values represent a Ultimately the snapshot of what occurred in the past,” he said. “We’re just police did their reflecting what the market is job. So I don’t telling us.” Property owners now have begrudge them. until March 11 to file formal Widow Naydene Lewis complaints if they believe the city’s value is wrong. Risling said before filing a formal com- “I find that the screening plaint people should call in and process used to grant the gun have a conversation. licences to Mr. Lewis lacked He said the formal process diligence and common sense involves fees and hearings that and gives me no assurance may not even be necessary if it that public safety, which is is just a simple mistake. City assessment manager Rod Risling says the results of the report are based on market activity as of July 2015. RYAN TUMILTY/METRO the purpose of the Firearms “A lot of that can be allevi- Act, was being sufficiently ated by calling the assessor and “It is usually only about $10 “I think it is going to be emphasized throughout the BY THE NUMBERS – PROPERTY VALUES going through the assessment per month,” he said. challenging. I think the sales process.” and making corrections,” he Realtor Alex Gee with Remax volume will drop a little bit. I Graham recommends bet- said. said the city’s numbers always think sale prices will drop this Neighbourhoods with Neighbourhoods with ter screening for firearms li- Apartments saw a nine per trail the market, but the 1.7 per year,” he said. the biggest increase: the biggest decrease: cence applicants, including a cent average increase in as- cent increase isn’t too delayed. He said he expects starter telephone interview with the sessed value last year. Risling “It’s always behind and so in homes — those below the city’s (cid:217) Homesteader, 5.4% (cid:217)(cid:1)Athlone, 6 .8% applicant’s spouse. said that despite higher vacancy a rising market they are always average — won’t have as much She also recommends that rates most people still see apart- too low and in a market where a challenge as homes in the (cid:217) Lynnwood, 4.6% (cid:217)(cid:1)Kensington, 6.4% police consult with mental- ments as strong investments. it’s tough like it is now, they’re higher part of the market. health professionals when He said the increase too high,” he said. “The higher price ranges (cid:217) McConachie Area, 4.4% (cid:217)(cid:1)Edgemont, 6 .3% dealing with armed people shouldn’t lead to huge rent He said he expects a tough will ultimately not perform as in standoffs to help get them spikes, especially in the cur- year ahead for sellers because well as homes under $400,000,” (cid:217) Terrace Heights, 4.4% (cid:217)(cid:1)Queen Mary Park, 6.0% to surrender. rent market. He said even a big the economy is softening and he said. “There is just a much The report says that jump like this doesn’t lead to fewer people are moving to greater demand in that type (cid:217) Chambery, 4.2% (cid:217)(cid:1)Killarney, 6 .0% in the hours before he a huge increase for landlords. the city. of market.” was shot, Lewis was angry and distraught. Widow Naydene Lewis 2,300 4.8 3.4% $172.3B 376,560 said she is pleased overall with the report and its recom- mendations. But she wishes RCMP had used more light- The city got 2,300 Condos and townhouses City councillors passed a The total value of all The city assessed ing around the house and appeals of assessments went up in value by about 3.4 per cent tax increase property in Edmonton is 376,560 residential last year. 30 per cent 4.8 per cent last year. on the average home estimated at $172.3 properties last year. had contacted her husband’s were successful. priced at $408,000. billion. mental-health providers. THE CANADIAN PRESS Edmonton Tuesday, January 5, 2016 7 CRIME Armed break-in affects more than 50 An armed standoff in northwest vah Witness building, about 50 them so that they came out Sharp says. Edmonton left about 50 people people were asked to stay inside unharmed. The barricaded man con- trapped inside a nearby build- for most of the day. The suspect, who Edmonton tinued to talk to police through- ing on Sunday. “They were asked to remain Police revealed is in his 30s and out the day, and surrendered at Officers were initially called in the basement with a couple is known to them, refused to 7:20 p.m. After he was placed in at 11:30 a.m. to a home at 117 of police officers because of leave. He remained inside for in custody, police searched the Ave. and 89 St. after a nearby safety. However, they were not several hours, and police kept residence and found two fire- resident reported seeing the a target. EPS bussed them home neighbours inside their home arms and ammunition inside. suspect holding a firearm and safely around 6:30 p.m.,” says as a precaution. The man may face weapons- breaking in. The area was con- Sergeant Steve Sharp. At 12:50 p.m. the man fired a related charges. Police continue tained and negotiators were Four people were inside the shot from a third-storey window. to investigate the circumstances called in. home that the suspect broke “A tree was struck when the that led to the man barricading Across the street from the into, and police were success- man took a shot. It appeared he himself in the home. residence at the King Hall Jeho- fully able to communicate with wasn’t trying to target police,” SANAM ISLAM/METRO Tim Young’s view from the top of one of two towers he climbed in one day in Chicago last November. CONTRIBUTED Tower racer climbs new heights ATHLETICS training. 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Aaron She pointed out a 2014 con- Chatha troversy where a physician at Metro | Calgary the walk-in Westglen Medical Centre refused to prescribe As of Jan. 1, women in the birth control due to religious U.S. state of Oregon no longer beliefs. The College of Phys- need a prescription to obtain icians and Surgeons of Alberta birth control — now, advo- said if there is a service the cates in Calgary say a similar physician will not provide, system would do wonders for patients must be referred to women’s reproductive health another resource to obtain in Alberta. that service. Currently, Alberta women Birth control is available In terms of providing birth must visit their physician and over-the-counter in Oregon. control at pharmacies, Krause ask for a prescription. Doctors COURTESY WIKIPEDIA COMMONS is concerned women may have The Office of Traffic Safety will be holding an open house Jan. 18 to address safety concerns will usually prescribe a year’s to travel too far to obtain birth along Scona Road for drivers and pedestrians. METRO FILE worth of birth control. She also noted the need for control. “But, anything that’s a bar- regulation — whether in Can- “The only thing that I care Engineers look to rier is a problem, right?” said ada or in the U.S. about is that there is someone Pam Krause, president and Pharmacists will need to be who is readily available to of- CEO of the Calgary Sexual educated to offer alternatives, fer that service,” she said. “In Health Centre. “So to move depending on how women’s my mind, that’s the person fix intersection from it being any kind of bar- bodies react to certain types sitting next to them — not go- rier to just an over-the-counter of birth control. ing to three other pharmacies drug will encourage usage, An Alberta Health spokes- to see if someone will fill it.” which decreases unplanned person noted that Alberta Krause also noted many pregnancies.” pharmacists are able to pro- women use the yearly visit to Krause said the move vide Schedule 1 drugs, like get a birth control prescription ROAD SAFETY analysis of traffic that showed “We wanted to do a study to would be an important step birth control, without a phys- to also get pap test to check Scona Road not just the crashes, but the ac- find out exactly what the issues for women’s rights, so long ician’s prescription, so long as for cervical cancer — so a new cidents that almost happened. are and find ways to mitigate as the cost is such that any they have additional prescrib- mechanism will have to be put has proved “It digs deeper into the traf- them,” she said. woman can access it, regard- ing authority. into place to remind women fic safety analysis to look at She said in addition to speed problematic less of economic barriers. For Krause, additional bar- to get tested annually. conflicts or near-misses,” said warning signs and flashing for drivers Shewkar Ibrahim of the city’s pedestrian lights coming up traffic safety office. the hill, the office wants to That analysis showed them redesign the right-hand turn Ryan the majority of the problems, lane to make it safer. Tumilty either with pedestrians or just Residents have expressed Metro | Edmonton two vehicles, happens in the concerns about the current southbound lanes as people pedestrian crossing and Edmonton traffic engineers move to make the right turn Ibrahim said they hope to ad- want to hear from the public from Scona Road to Saskatch- dress those issues as well as on their plans for a safer Scona ewan Drive. sightlines and other concerns. Road, but the speed limit on The office has an open house “There are going to be a lot the hotly debated stretch of planned for Jan. 18 at the of elements that are taken in road won’t be changing. Strathcona Centre Commun- with this particular design.” City engineers undertook ity League Hall from 5:30 to 8 Council has debated raising two safety studies of the road; p.m. Ibrahim said they believe the speed limit on the section one, a more traditional look fo- they have hard data and can of road before, but Ibrahim said cusing on collision and vehicle present reasonable solutions both traffic studies confirmed counts and another using video to the community. it should remain the same. CHARITY Wildlife centre collecting old Christmas trees for animals enclosures for the birds and also urges the public to be Ben small mammals to burrow on the lookout for animals Freeland in. We generally prefer real while driving. For Metro | Edmonton trees, but will take artificial “People really need to re- ones as well.” member that cars can severely The Wildlife Rehabilitation Winter is a challenging impact animals, even in the Society of Edmonton (WRSE) time for the WRSE, Perry- city,” she says. is accepting donations of used ment explains. While intake “This is especially true this Christmas trees at its rehabili- is generally lower than in time of year when it gets dark tation centre located west of summer and fall, when the so early.” Edmonton. society typically sees a lot of Tree donors are asked to re- The society will be ac- orphaned baby animals, the move all decorations from the cepting all Christmas trees, birds and small mammals trees, including lights, orna- real and artificial, until Sun- brought in during the winter ments, and fake snow, prior to day, Jan. 10. are often critically injured. dropping them off. The WRSE “We’ve been doing this They have often been hit by does not have a tree pick-up for a number of years,” says motor vehicles, and require service, so donors are asked WRSE executive director extensive care. to deliver the trees to the re- Tamie Perryment. In addition to encouraging habilitation centre acreage, “We put them in the animal people to donate trees, she situated east of Spruce Grove. Canada Tuesday, January 5, 2016 9 Superbug gene found in Canada HEALTH How bacteria Scientists fight back sound alarm on antibiotic Antibiotics like colistin are some of the most powerful weapons resistance available to fight dangerous bac- terial infections. Here are some ways bacteria like E. coli are An alarming new superbug gene evolving to defeat them. that makes bacteria resistant to a last-resort antibiotic has Overuse been detected in Canada, Tor- In China, livestock are given colis- star News Service has learned. tin in their feed; the antibiotic The gene, called MCR-1, pro- wards off infections and promotes duces an enzyme that makes animal growth. In humans, how- bacteria invincible to colistin, a ever, colistin is a last-resort treat- highly toxic antibiotic used only ment for bacteria like E. coli. when all other drugs have failed. MCR-1 was first reported Evolution in November by scientists in When exposed to high amounts China, who published a paper of colistin, the evolutionary pro- in The Lancet that set off alarm cess of natural selection kicks bells across the globe. Analyzing in. Weaker strains are killed off bacterial samples in southeast- while bugs that can overpower ern China, researchers found colistin — due to genes like MCR- 260 samples of E. coli with the 1, for example — survive. MCR-1 gene on meat, hospital patients and farm animals — Survival the likely source of this new Among the surviving bacteria superbug, the paper suggests. are superbugs with the MCR-1 But the news that really sent gene. The gene is located on a a shudder through the scientific plasmid, a free-floating circle community was that MCR-1 is A worker at a poultry farm in Hefei, China, on Nov. 20, 2015. Researchers in China have found E. coli with MCR-1, which produces of DNA, and codes for an en- located on a plasmid — a free- an enzyme that makes bacteria invincible to a last-resort antibiotic, on meat, hospital patients and farm animals. AFP/GETTY IMAGES zyme that makes it effectively floating snippet of DNA that invincible to colistin. bacteria can easily share, thus be harbouring the superbug from Denmark and Algeria to coli, all previously collected for in Ontario, a butcher shop and spreading the resistance to other asymptomatically. But the night- Laos. special research projects: one a grocery chain, according to Reproduction organisms. mare scenario is that MCR-1 will Among them is Canada, from a 62-year-old patient in Mulvey. Both were collected in E. coli reproduces by copying its “It’s clearly the biggest story spread to more virulent bacter- where an investigation was Ottawa and two from ground 2010 — predating the samples genetic code and dividing in two, to come out (in 2015),” said ial strains that also carry other triggered in December by the beef sold in Ontario. from China, which were col- producing a daughter cell which Lance Price, a professor of en- resistance genes — thus creat- Public Health Agency of Canada. The Ottawa patient likely lected between 2011 and 2014. inherits the MCR-1 gene. vironmental health at George ing a “pan-resistant” superbug The Canadian findings have not picked up the bug in Egypt, “To see it show up was a sur- Washington University, who capable of defeating every anti- yet been published but a case where she lived for several years, prise for me,” Mulvey said. “It 5 The spread studies antibiotic resistance. biotic in the medicine cabinet. report has been submitted to the according to Dr. Baldwin Toye supports that there’s global Bacteria like E. coli live every- “There have been horrible Since the Lancet paper, at Lancet, according to Dr. Michael with the Ottawa hospital, who dissemination of this gene al- where, including in our guts. things all year but this is the least a dozen other countries Mulvey, chief of antimicrobial co-wrote a 2013 paper describ- ready.… We’re now going to Strains that harbour the MCR-1 most disturbing.” have also found the MCR-1 gene. resistance with the PHAC’s lab ing her case and four others. have to look back even prior to gene will easily spread across the So far, there have been no Scientists, looking through data- in Winnipeg. Meanwhile, the ground beef (2010), because maybe it’s been globe through travel and inter- reports of deaths caused by bases of bacterial samples, de- The superbug gene was found samples were found nearly a around for even longer.” national trade of meat. MCR-1 and some people could tected the gene everywhere in three different samples of E. year apart in different locations TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE KICK OFF THE NEW YEAR WITH THE BEST OF TONIGHT 8 #rickmercerreport 10 Tuesday, January 5, 2016 World POLITICS Trump doubles down on Muslim ban in ad Republican presidential hopeful exceptions, he says -— and to Donald Trump is giving some of build a wall along the southern the most divisive proposals of border. Trump’s campaign says his campaign a starring role in he plans to spend $2 million a his first major television ad, as week on the ad, set to begin air- the unsettled race for the party’s ing Tuesday. nomination swirls around secur- Trump’s proposal on Mus- ity concerns. lims has been condemned as With the opening 2016 pri- un-American and counterproduct- mary contest four weeks away, ive, yet the hardline approach to the billionaire businessman is immigration has fueled his popu- spotlighting his plan to ban Mus- larity among the overwhelmingly lims from entering the United white Republican primary elec- States — temporarily and with torate. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A still from Donald Trump’s campaign ad. SCREENSHOT Supercharge your savings. DENMARK CHECKPOINT Danish police patrol the German- Danish border near Flensburg, northern Germany, Monday. Denmark and Sweden have both tightened their borders to Accelerate your savings with 1.75%* interest on new stem the flow of migrants. 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Seventeen people ments of horror in Paris’ 11th died at Charlie Hebdo and at a ko- arrondissement in the first sher supermarket two days later. staff meeting of 2015. Editor- Almost all of those believed ials take aim at students who directly responsible for the Jan. wear veils or openly pray in 7-9 attacks and the Nov. 13 car- classrooms, patients who re- nage in Paris that killed 130 fuse medical treatment from people are dead as well. But someone of the opposite sex, and Charlie Hebdo’s special edition France’s intelligence community. this week, with a front-page cari- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Talk to an advisor today. 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