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Just before 9 a.m. yesterday, police were called to a home in the news area of 107 Street and 60A Avenue where a man had arrived seeking medical at- tention, according to police. An ambulance took the victim to hospital, where he remains with non-life-threatening injuries. According to police re- ports, the man had a gun- shot wound to the leg, but it remains unclear where the crime scene actually originated. While police dogs have Parts of Ontario must deal with closed roads, power outages and been brought in to help downed cables. All for beer. the investigation, police Scan code for the story. say they have no witnesses Feral cats, along with stray cats such as this one, have created an overpopulation problem and no suspects in the throughout Canada and North America, according to the Edmonton Humane Society. 1 Download the free case. The victim is known ScanLife to police. METRO application with How to stanch your smartphone It’s city vs. at 2dscan.com 2 Use the ScanLife city in application on your smartphone January the feline flood? to scan 2D barcodes in Metro blood drive 3 The codes will direct your mobile Edmonton has a title to de- browser to fend against rivals in Cal- relevant gary. This year’s city budget includes $30K to review methods of controlling content at It’s not sports this time m.metronews.ca feral cats Edmonton Humane Society attempting to educate cat owners — it’s a race to see which On the web at city can bring in the most metronews.ca blood donors in January. HEATHER having them spayed or ing collaboratively on ini- Edmonton police, fire- [email protected] neutered and released tiatives to deal with an Strays abound Marking one fighters and EMS are tak- back into their colony. overpopulation of the ani- year since Haiti ing on their Calgary The City of Edmonton is “All municipalities seem mals. Feral cats cannot be counterparts in the ninth considering a new pro- to be struggling,” said Wil- The Edmonton Human adopted but strays can be. was ravaged annual Sirens for Life gram to control its feral-cat son, adding TNR is a much Society had, on average, by a massive blood challenge, and serv- problem. more humane and cost-ef- 450 cats up for adoption at There are about 300 cats earthquake. ice agencies as well as the The Trap-Neuter-Return fective way of dealing with any given time during currently available at the Interactive public are encouraged to (TNR) program is being re- the animals than euthaniz- 2010, proving that many Edmonton Human Society. participate to meet the viewed and could be imple- ing them. pet owners don’t have graphic at city’s goal of 6,900 blood mented this year, said John Implementing the pro- their cats fixed and still let The society adopted out metronews.ca/ donations. Wilson, acting manager of gram this year is fitting be- them roam free. about 900 felines during world The event, run by Cana- the city’s community stan- cause, according to the The 2011 city budget al- seven incentive-driven dian Blood Services, raises dards branch. Vietnamese calendar, 2011 so includes reviewing a adoption events last year, Follow us on awareness about the ongo- TNR is a method of hu- is the Year of the Cat, and subsidized spay-and-neuter said Shawna Randolph, Twitter ing need for blood in our manely trapping feral — organizations all over program for lower-income media relations. @metroedmonton communities. METRO which is to say wild — cats, North America are work- families. BACHELOR OF MANAGEMENT Prepare for opportunities in business, education, government and health, or for professional designations or graduate studies. 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Brothers Sean and Other Delights will have to University of Alberta Tim Caulfield of the U of find them somewhere oth- researchers have organ- A say this exhibition will er than West Edmonton Chris Newell said the South ized a multimedia exhi- offer a more nuanced, Mall. Edmonton Common store, bition on the reflective look at the po- The family-owned store, which has been open for controversial bio-science larizing debate. which has been a staple five years, is a mirror image technology, bringing vi- METRO next to the Ice Palace for 27 of the West Edmonton Mall years, will sell its specialty store so many have come to Friday ski Fitness merchandise until Jan. 15. know and love. “It’s the “We just negotiated for same kind of thing, just a quite a while with the mall different kind of location.” bargain centre and couldn’t come up with a deal,” said owner Chris He opened a location for returns reopens Newell. “It’s too expensive.” a short while on 82 Avenue Although the longtime before setting up shop at location will close its doors Kingsway Mall for five $5 Fridays are back at A new and improved Peter following its 50 per cent off years. While there he added Snow Valley Ski Club in an Hemingway Fitness and clearance sale, the location games to his merchandise, effort to reach 15,000 Leisure Centre is ready for at South Edmonton Com- and after the move to West pounds of donations for Edmontonians who want mon will remain open. Edmonton Mall other toys the Edmonton Food Bank. to fulfill their New Year’s Newell runs the business and hobbies were added to Those who bring a non- resolutions. with his wife, Victoria, and the mix. perishable food item after After six months of ren- their son, Jason. “We’ve been blessed 5 p.m. on Fridays, starting ovations and upgrades, the Chris Newell is closing down shop at West Edmonton “Years and years ago, I with wonderful customers Jan. 7, will have their lift centre, located at 13808- Mall after 27 years of selling kites — along with other was interested in kites and and staff,” said Newell. “It’s pass reduced by half to on- 111 Ave., reopened delights. kite flying,” said Newell. “It the end of a chapter.” ly $5. METRO Monday. 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Reunion stuffing bodies in tree jail to share An unemployed tree-cut- Ohio court. ter told a court Thursday An indictment alleged a kidney he killed three people, Hoffman killed Tina Her- stuffed their bodies in a rmann; her 11-year-old hollow tree and raped a son, Kody Maynard; and 13-year-old girl. neighbour Stephanie Matthew Hoffman, 30, Sprang while stealing GETTY IMAGES pleaded guilty to aggravat- from Herrmann’s home ed murder, burglary, kid- Nov. 10. napping and rape. He also was charged He was sentenced to life with kidnapping the teen in prison without possibil- and raping her at his ity for parole. home in Mount Vernon. “This is so sickening, She was found bound and Matthew, to know you gagged in his basement. even had the guts to do “This has changed my this,” the girl said in a whole life,” the girl said. Jamie, left, and Gladys Scott going home to Florida. statement read in the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sister’s donation part of release deal Hi Mom: Ted Williams, 53, Mudslide 16The worst-hit meets his mother Julia, 90. Two imprisoned sisters Gladys Scott’s release or- kills couple, state is Minas who have pledged to share der requires her to donate DORAL CHENOWETH III/COLUMBUS DISPATCH/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Gerais, where officials a kidney were to be freed a kidney to her sister, who two kids said 16 people either Friday as part of a deal to is suffering from kidney Golden voice, golden day drowned or were suspend their life sen- failure and requires dialy- buried in mudslides. tences for armed robbery. sis. Jamie and Gladys Scott The two women have A couple and their two ple across the country are set to be released from been held in different Just days ago, Ted Williams was living in a tent near young daughters died in a have been forced out of a state prison just east of parts of the Central Missis- an Ohio highway. Thursday he was in New York for mudslide in Sao Paulo their homes. Jackson, Miss. sippi Correctional Facility an emotional reunion with his 90-year-old mother. state, Brazilian authorities Heavy rains have been They plan to head to in Pearl for the past few The panhandler and ex-radio announcer’s life say. pummelling Sao Paulo, Pensacola, Fla., where years, and it’s unlikely changed when he was spotted holding a sign The deaths bring the Rio de Janeiro and Espirito their mother and children they had much interaction extolling his velvety voice and asking for help. death toll from heavy Santo states since Christ- live, said corrections com- in the sprawling complex. NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers offered him announcing flooding to at least 35. mas. missioner Chris Epps. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS work and other job offers have flooded in. More than 30,000 peo- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS I’m a CSI unit. Pets. They’re four paws of wonder. To learn more, join the online debate. Let’s talk pets at A Purina Pet Project Trademarks owned by Société des Produits Nestlé S.A., Vevey, Switzerland. news metronews.ca 09 WEEKEND, JANUARY 7-9, 2011 ‘Code of silence’ Rape stats India. Breathing easy at 4-year stalling probe high in Haiti over gang rape? A new United Nations report says the rape of women and girls in Haiti has reached a four-year ‘We can’t force people to talk to us,’ officer says high. Rape, sexual assault and Alleged victim says bullies forced her out of school the exploitation of children JONATHAN HAYWARD/THE CANADIAN PRESS in the sex industry is at its Police say a “code of si- Meadows had been posted highest level since 2006, lence” among teens may on social media websites says a report by the United be preventing them from including Facebook. Nations Children's Fund, or laying more charges in Colton Ashton McMor- UNICEF. what they believe may ris, 18, of Maple Ridge has The crowded and precar- have been a gang rape of a now been charged with ious conditions in tent 16-year-old girl at a B.C. sexual assault and Dennis camps are cited by UNICEF rave party last fall. John Allen Warrington, 19, for increasing the vulnera- Police announced of Langley has been bility of women and charges Thursday against charged with production children. two more men in the al- and distribution of child The report is one of sev- leged September sexual as- pornography. eral emerging in the run-up sault, but said they can't Another 16-year-old boy to the one-year anniversary pry enough evidence out Sgt. Peter Thiessen talks was charged last fall with Pot is no pipe dream for this Hindu holy man. of Haiti's Jan. 12, 2010, of the teenage witnesses to reporters on Thursday. production and distribu- earthquake that killed for more charges. tion of child pornography. BIKAS DAS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 200,000 and forced 1.5 mil- “We can’t force people Meanwhile, the girl says Holy smoke lion from their homes. to talk to us, whether The case shocked police she has had to leave school A separate Amnesty In- they’re a group of and the public when just because of bullying. ternational report also teenagers or whether hours after the incident But she says she is now A Hindu holy man takes a puff of pot at a transit found that the earthquake they’re the most hardened photos and video of the al- stronger than she has ever camp in Calcutta, India, on Thursday. His next stop sparked an increase in sex- criminal,” Sgt. Peter leged attack in the Vancou- been. is an annual holy dip with pilgrims at the ual violence across Haiti. Thiessen told reporters. ver suburb of Pitt THE CANADIAN PRESS confluence of the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal. THE CANADIAN PRESS 10 news metronews.ca WEEKEND, JANUARY 7-9, 2011 Alberta standing in way Stephen Harper and has been the focus of criti- News in brief cism and complaints over what many say is its of CPP expansion: N.S. overtly partisan appear- ance and tone. THE CANADIAN PRESS New rules for PAWEL DWULIT/THE CANADIAN PRESS But B.C. also has reservations, fertilization says economy needs to improve first IN VITRO. Brazil’s national association of doctors has approved new rules for Nova Scotia’s government day as minister of state for Siobhan Coady in vitro fertilization that is accusing Alberta of stand- finance, said reforms will RICK MADONIK/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE let same-sex couples and ing in the way of expanding have to wait because in- Tories ad tab single people qualify for the Canada Pension Plan, creased premiums could $45M: Grits the process. saying the western hurt the economic recov- A statement from the province is opposed to ery. CRITIC. The Liberals say organization says that change because it is locked Steele said the Harper the federal Conservative the change “was a in by ideology. government is needlessly party owes Canadians demand of modern socie- Graham Steele, Nova holding up the proposed $45 million for partisan ty.” Scotia’s finance minister, expansion by insisting it government advertising THE ASSOCIATED PRESS was responding to com- must secure unanimous ap- on the taxpayers’ dime. ments made Wednesday by proval from the provinces. Liberal critic Siobhan Segregation on Ted Menzies, who said any He said the law states Ot- Coady has released a move to help people save tawa requires approval mock invoice for the buses allowed for retirement by enhanc- from only two-thirds of the Prime Minister Stephen Harper congratulates Alberta’s amount in reaction to a ing the public pension plan provinces representing two report by The Canadian GENDER. Israel’s Supreme is a long way off. Menzies, thirds of the population. Ted Menzies following his swearing in as minister of state for finance in Ottawa on Tuesday. Press that found the gov- Court has issued a ruling an Albertan appointed Tues- THE CANADIAN PRESS ernment went ahead permitting the with a Tory-blue website separation of men and Ottawa’s take on pension wrong: N.S. premier in spite of civil-service women on some buses concerns. serving minority ultra- The Economic Action Orthodox Jewish commu- “I’m disappointed that the Nova Scotia Premier Darrell den on businesses, saying Plan website debuted in nities, but only if the federal government doesn’t Dexter rejected Ted Men- the lack of an adequate 2009 with dozens of pho- passengers agree. zies’ suggestion expanding pension plan will result in tos of Prime Minister THE ASSOCIATED PRESS see it that way.” DARRELL DEXTER public pension benefits social consequences that would put an onerous bur- cost more. THE CANADIAN PRESS