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A WINNIE COMBO A YOUNG WINSTON CHURCHILL Custom T-SHIRT LOCKS HORNS WITH THE DETECTIVE Printing S Y A EE OU T $3.90 each IN THE LATEST SEASON OF (cid:46)(cid:42)(cid:47)(cid:42)(cid:46)(cid:54)(cid:46)(cid:1)(cid:18)(cid:17)(cid:17)(cid:1)(cid:53)(cid:14)(cid:84)(cid:73)(cid:74)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:84) 3377 15616 - 116 Ave, Edmonton MURDOCH MYSTERIES (cid:24)(cid:25)(cid:17)(cid:15)(cid:21)(cid:22)(cid:18)(cid:15)(cid:21)(cid:22)(cid:21)(cid:23)(cid:1)(cid:116)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:88)(cid:88)(cid:15)(cid:67)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:15)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:78) PAGE 12 L 2 , OCATEDON NDFLOOR EDMONTON Monday, January 7, 2013 COMMERCE PLACE N P W EW ATIENTS ELCOME News I P A worth NSURANCE AYMENTS CCEPTED sharing. #299, 10150 JASPER AVENUE TEL: 780·422·3377 WWW.CITYCENTREDENTAL.CA DR. SIMI SOIN, GENERAL DENTIST metronews.ca | twitter.com/metroedmonton | facebook.com/metroedmonton ‘An inspiration’ Ex-PM Paul Martin has high praise for Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence as her hunger strike nears the one-month mark PAGE 7 What’s in a name? The Palestinian president has ordered his government to change the name of the Palestinian Authority to ‘State of Palestine’ PAGE 9 A breakfast that’ll have you waking up extra early This four-step recipe will help you create a mouth- watering strata layered with mushrooms, spinach and sausage PAGE 15 LIKE STRIKING OIL Clockwise from top left: Stephanie May, Annali Lazowski, Janice May, Mike May (holding Lisa May), Jared Flett and Will Weizenbach pose at Rexall Place on Sunday. The Oilers fans are extremely happy to hear the National Hockey League lockout is coming to an end. For more, see pages 3 and 17. HEATHER MCINTYRE/METRO metronews.ca NEWS 03 Monday, January 7, 2013 Fans learned to cope Countdown to puck-drop. Oilers fans are raring to go Saturday night’s Some may be planning to boy- Fans react on Twitter cott the NHL, but there are all right plenty of people in Edmonton who are more than ready to (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:605)(cid:34)(cid:209)(cid:266)(cid:229)(cid:21)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:317)(cid:268)(cid:48)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:320)(cid:552)(cid:3)(cid:5)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:251)(cid:255)(cid:238)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3) (cid:626)(cid:16)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:626)(cid:98)(cid:25)(cid:35)(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:628)(cid:3)(cid:251)(cid:279)(cid:279)(cid:225)(cid:3) (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:605)(cid:292)(cid:225)(cid:221)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:552)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:317)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:3) for reading pull on their jerseys and turn (cid:273)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:61)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:39)(cid:561)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:3) (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:220)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:626)(cid:56)(cid:38)(cid:50)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:221)(cid:266)(cid:575) (cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:279)(cid:317)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3) their attention to centre ice. 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A self-professed one- “There was too much It was a long wait for Steph- teams in the world juniors forgive — even if they don’t dimensional sports fan, money left on the table,” he anie May and Will Weizen- and Spengler Cup, said May. forget. Julian Aiuto cancelled his said. “They’re still going to bach, who attend about half- And while it remains to “I’m excited,” said Amanda cable TV in September make playoff revenue and a-dozen games each year, but be seen how well the league Meyer, “but so disappointed it W because he used the boob they’re going to have a 50- they filled the void by watch- will fare after the work stop- took so long.” tube solely for watching game season still.” ing Oilers players lead other page, it seems some fans will HEATHER MCINTYRE/METRO hockey. He’s spent the past 113 Lockout’s end has days dedicating himself to other interests. “I recently bought an iPad so I’ve been reading S a lot of ebooks and just learning a lot more stuff, businesses rejoicing trying to do stuff that’s more productive than (be- ing) glued to a TV watching a bunch of millionaires playing hockey,” said Aiuto, with a laugh. Aiuto plans to keep his NHL. Bars and jersey Game count cable cancelled and tune sellers are eager to see in to hockey at pubs once the shortened NHL season a return to the ice (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:221)(cid:266)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3) resumes. 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TUMILTY (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:302)(cid:225)(cid:279)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:96)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:17)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:575) “I just found other stuff [email protected] (cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:553)(cid:3) to occupy my time. 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(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:251)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:291)(cid:305)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:266)(cid:268)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:632)(cid:627)(cid:575)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3) for post-secondary student At the Jersey City store in (cid:631)(cid:635)(cid:575)(cid:251)(cid:209)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:305)(cid:274)(cid:553) Annali Lazowski, she’s Kingsway Mall, sales associate ready to welcome the NHL Stephen Klute said they had to back. cut prices on a lot of NHL jer- “Yakupov,” Klute said con- “(Hockey) can break up seys to get them out the door. fidently. “You can pretty much the routine of studying,” “It wasn’t moving other- take that one to the bank.” she said. wise,” he said. “A few people At the Pint downtown, the Avid fans Mike and came in and said they weren’t news of a return to hockey was Janice May have missed the going to support the NHL by greeted with enthusiasm. Oilers, but they’ve also been buying their merchandise.” “We are pretty excited,” said busy with their 10-month- He said the jerseys of top bar manager Deborah Straw- old daughter Lisa. players like Taylor Hall and berry. “I’ve been playing with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins are reli- She said weeknights have a baby,” Mike said Sunday. able sellers, but with the season been much slower for the bar Stephen Klute hangs an Oilers jersey on the rack at the Jersey City store in ANNALISE KLINGBEIL/METRO back on he expects a new big without anyone to come in and Kingsway Mall. Klute said after a diffi cult fall he expects fans will be buying draw. watch the games. up Oilers gear again soon. RYAN TUMILTY/METRO BAD CREDIT? NO CREDIT? I CAN HELP! 2010 JEEP GR. 2001 FORD EXPLORER 2007 MERCEDES C280 CHEROKEE SRT8 SPORT TRAK 4X4 CREW 2GH1930E You Deserve It! 3T42453A CAB 2R10065B 1 OWNER, FULL LOAD, AUTO, EXCELLENT CONDITION 167KMS AUTO, 3.0L V6 MINT 102KMS I Guarantee It! IMMACULATE 25KMS $45,50000 $580000 $14,70000 BRAD 780.951.1657 Call Brad McDonald Yellowhead & Broadmoor, Sherwood Park 04 NEWS metronews.ca Monday, January 7, 2013 Operations centre sees whole transit system at a glance Edmonton Transit RYAN Growing ridership System. Operations TUMILTY [email protected] Centre getting an (cid:580)(cid:3) The transit-centre up- Insp. Dan Petri of the Edmonton Transit System scans an array of monitors to see the entire LRT system at a glance. upgrade this year Inside the operations centre of grades are being done The transit operations centre is undergoing renovations and an expansion this year. RYAN TUMILTY/METRO the Edmonton Transit System, before the opening of you can hear the rumble of the NAIT line in 2014. both the cars and buses over- head and the trains running (cid:580)(cid:3) Transit use in Edmonton below. grew by more than 60 With an upgrade and ex- per cent between 2000 pansion of the centre taking and 2009. place this year, Metro toured the facility before Christmas — and before the beating death of “We train our eyes to look John Hollar on an LRT car — to at certain things. You can’t see how the system works. watch it all or it gets brain- Almost every square inch numbing. You watch certain of the small centre is covered parts of it and you (attune) Hang ten at Bondi Beach… with screens showing train lo- your ears to listen to certain cations, delays and problems information.” in just fi ve years. with buses from video cameras Across the room, Insp. that scan virtually every inch of Pepito Tabelon monitors the $7…, ad3ds u8p to0 * theT shyset elmar.gest screen in the hsturenedtrse adts anoyf gibvuense tsi moen. city room shows the location of When a driver calls in with in 5 years every LRT car in the system, concerns that a cement truck in real time. It allows Insp. at the Northgate Transit Cen- Dan Petri and his colleagues tre is blocking a lane, Tabelon to see the whole system at a pulls up video of the site, sees glance and to stop trains if the truck and dispatches an they are getting too close to inspector to deal with the log- each other. jam. Most of the time, operators Problems like that are rela- can see far enough ahead to tively straightforward, but at keep a safe distance, Petri says, busier times — such as during and they do get a red light in winter storms — things get the tunnels if they are getting hectic, Tableon says. too close. But, as a backup, The last storm was a gong $4,205* he also has the power to stop show, he says, and the busiest 3 years them. he’s ever seen the centre. “Out on the open, it is not “We had so many buses as big a concern, but in the tun- stuck and we didn’t have nel section with the curves, it is enough resources to get people harder to see,” he says. out,” he says. Between the radio calls, the David Warhaft, who as safe- big system board, video cam- ty operations co-ordinator over- Investing eras and the other screens, the sees the room, says the chal- $25 $1,332* operation can be a challenge to lenge in the upcoming move adapt to, Petri said, but grad- will be to keep the system run- 1 year ually one gets used to it. ning while changing it over. a week… Snowy collision Villeneuve Accidents close Road conditions Today 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Highway 881 possible factor in double fatal crash Two collisions shut down Highway 881 on Sunday at kilometre marker 159 and Two people were killed on No matter what you’re investing for, kilometre marker 120. Sunday in a head-on crash $25 a week can get you there. Start today. By late afternoon, Lac near Villeneuve. 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Cries for help ordinated effort to keep these Chief Rod Knecht plans 35,000 people off the streets and out of ‘Real Renos’ the criminal justice system. ‘assessment centre’ Knecht envisions a central and to stop same people intake facility he calls an “as- ‘Builder sessment centre,” which would cycling through system The number of calls for service to the bring together the efforts of Boss’ panodli cheo pmeer lyeesas rE fdrmomon mtoennitaanlsly. Tilhl,e a advdeicrategde agencies, police and emergency call takes 104 minutes. responders. ANNALISE “It’s coming together and I KLINGBEIL hope the strategy comes to frui- [email protected] 18 months as the city’s top cop. tion here early in (2013).” “It’s the same group of Police officers, firefighters Friday Edmonton’s Police Chief is about 2,000 individuals that are and emergency crews often 7:30 hopeful the combined efforts being cycled through the sys- deal with the same people. PM of police, government and so- tem continually,” Knecht said Knecht believes a coordin- cial agencies will help the city’s in a year-end interview with ated effort would get people Saturday homeless, addicted and men- Metro in late December. off the street, less dependent 1:30 tally ill this year. In November and Decem- on the system and into a better PM Rod Knecht has been struck ber, Knecht met with social ser- place. by the number of vulnerable vice agencies and various levels “I don’t know if it’s been people in Edmonton during his of government to discuss a co- done anywhere else,” he said. Edmonton Oilers. President bemoans the long-lasting lockout, but looks forward to a breakneck blitz to the end Oilers president Patrick La- ces group, and I am happy to Forge said he wished fans say this day is here.” didn’t have to suffer through LaForge said, as in the last the lockout but now is point- lockout, some of the Oilers ed forward looking for a re- staff will likely stay with the turn to hockey. companies they have been se- “I wish none of them had conded to, but he hopes all of to go through it and watch it, them will come back. SHOW but the good news is we are He said starting up a sea- HOURS on the other side of it,” said son, which the team nor- Friday 2 - 9pm LaForge. mally plans for months, in a Saturday 10am - 8pm LaForge also thanked matter of days will be a chal- Oilers employees, many of lenge, but the organization Sunday 10am - 5pm whom were seconded to can handle it. other businesses for the lock- “To just drop the puck ADMISSION Adults (18+) $12 Seniors/Youth $10 Children (12 and under) FREE out, for their patience. and go like this is pretty “We had to lay off nobody exciting for us,” he said. Patrick LaForge thanked fans for thanks to our human resour- RYAN TUMILTY/METRO their patience. RYAN TUMILTY/METRO metronews.ca NEWS 07 Monday, January 7, 2013 Aboriginal chief an inspiration to Canada: Martin Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence holds hands with her daughter Juliette Spence during a press conference outside her teepee on Victoria Island in Ottawa on Friday. Spence has been on a hunger strike for more than three weeks. SEAN KILPATRICK/THE CANADIAN PRESS Hunger strike. Weekend protests spending over 10 years. Former PM who The money would have been used to improve educa- brokered Kelowna Idle No More protests con- tion and health outcomes, as Accord meets with tinued over the weekend well as housing. Spence, while Harper with groups blocking rail But Martin’s Liberal gov- lines and border crossings ernment fell and was re- says he will meet throughout the country. placed by the Conservatives with First Nations under Prime Minister Ste- (cid:580)(cid:3) A blockade of Via Rail phen Harper and the accord leadership this week lines near Kingston on was never implemented. Saturday held up trains Resetting the treaty rela- on the Montreal-Ottawa- tionship was Spence’s goal Toronto corridor, affect- when she began her self-pro- An aboriginal chief who has ing about 1,000 people. claimed hunger strike on Dec. gone without solid food for 11, giving up solid foods in fa- close to a month in a bid to (cid:580)(cid:3) A protest at the Seaway vour of a liquids-only diet. force renewed talks between International Bridge Spence was seeking a First Nations and the federal near Cornwall, Ont., meeting between the prime government is an inspiration prompted police to close minister, Governor General to all Canadians, says former the border crossing as a and First Nations leadership. prime minister Paul Martin. public safety precaution. Her strike came as aborig- Martin visited Attawapis- inal activists also began a kat Chief Theresa Spence at national protest movement her camp on Ottawa’s Vic- about her health and that called Idle No More in re- toria Island on Saturday. she’s got to take care of her- sponse to the Conservatives’ He told CTV’s Question self,” Martin said. latest budget bill. Period Sunday that it was a One of Martin’s final acts as The Idle No More move- good meeting. prime minister was the brok- ment feels the bill threatens “I just told her that she’d ering of the Kelowna Accord, a their treaty rights with the become really an inspiration deal between the government changes it makes to regula- for all Canadians and that we and First Nations that would tions surrounding waterways. were obviously concerned have seen $5 billion in new THE CANADIAN PRESS Coast Guard safety agency six months to program is expected to U.S. reviews B.C. conduct a risk assessment come under the political of the planned expansion of microscope within weeks oil export plans oil pipeline capacity to the in what is likely another West Coast. defence equipment embar- Concerns in the U.S. over oil THE CANADIAN PRESS rassment for the Harper tanker traffic from British government. Columbia have spurred a Troubled program Documents obtained by U.S. Coast Guard review of The Canadian Press under proposed increases in Can- Naval ships access to information laws adian oil exports. offer a glimpse of a troubled A legislative amendment under scrutiny ship program set to deliver signed into law by President less capable vessels than Barack Obama a few weeks The navy’s long-delayed originally envisioned. ago gives the U.S. marine joint support ship THE CANADIAN PRESS 08 NEWS metronews.ca Monday, January 7, 2013 Request for troops? Sexual violence. Former African Union B.C. politician weighs in chair to meet on castration debate with Harper The head of the African EMILY Union is set to visit Ot- JACKSON tawa this week. Metro in Vancouver Thomas Boni Yayi’s meeting with Prime Former B.C. premier and MP Minister Stephen Harper Ujjal Dosanjh added his voice could bring a request for to the outrage over the brutal Canadian troops to be in- gang-rape and murder in volved in an international India, tweeting that men who mission in Mali. can’t control their penises The United Nations should have them removed. Security Council backed a Dosanjh sent a series of proposal in December to tweets calling for castration Fri- Ujjal Dosanjh THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE send an African-led force day to make a point about how of 3,300 soldiers into the “ludicrous” it is to blame rape say women shud (sic) dress country. THE CANADIAN PRESS on women’s clothing choices. ‘appropriately’. I say if men “Re Delhi gang rape some can not control penises, have Alleged assault them removed,” Dosanjh said Gang rape in India on Twitter. Police look for Dosanjh deliberately used the extreme language to suspects after (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:21)(cid:279)(cid:296)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:265)(cid:254)(cid:561)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:296)(cid:3) highlight the absurdity of (cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:238)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3) blaming a woman if she is cabbie robbed (cid:629)(cid:630)(cid:575)(cid:317)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:575)(cid:279)(cid:268)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:305)- raped, but he doesn’t actually (cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:316)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3) support forcible castration or Police in St. Thomas, (cid:21)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:3) the death penalty, he said. Ont., are looking for two (cid:238)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:279)(cid:314)(cid:255)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3) “It was revolting to hear suspects after a female (cid:238)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:316)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:251)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:3) people in different parts of To Russia, with love and money taxi driver was assaulted, (cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:265)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:553) the world and different parts robbed and left tied to of India talking about how playground equipment (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:266)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3) women can avoid rape if they French actor Gerard Depardieu, left, greets Russian President Vladimir Putin after his arrival Saturday at the early Sunday. She was (cid:39)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:209)(cid:561)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:302)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:3) dress differently or don’t go out president’s residence in Sochi, the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Depardieu has received a Russian taken to hospital for (cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:3) late at night,” he said. “Rape is passport after flying to Russia for a late-night dinner with Putin. Depardieu sought Russian citizenship as part minor facial wounds and (cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3) perpetrated by men — it’s not of his battle against a proposed super-tax on millionaires in France, and Putin granted his request last week. has since been released. 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Coupon expires February 28th, 2013. metronews.ca NEWS 09 Monday, January 7, 2013 Official name now ‘State of Palestine’: Abbas Name change. Palestinian president orders Palestinian Authority officially changed after United Nations upgrade The Palestinian president has ordered his government to of- ficially change the name of the Palestinian Authority to “State of Palestine.” The move follows the Nov- ember decision by the United Nations to upgrade the Pales- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said all official documents will now read tinians’ status to that of a “non- “State of Palestine”. ABED AL HASHLAMOUN-POOL/GETTY IMAGES FILE member observer state.” President Mahmoud Abbas enhancing Palestinian “sover- UN, calling it a unilateral step said Sunday that all official eignty on the ground” and aimed at bypassing direct Palestinian stamps, stationery was a step on the way to “real peace negotiations. Abbas de- and documents will now bear independence.” Israel still con- nied that. the new name. trols most of the West Bank. Israel had no comment A statement from his office Israel objected to the Pal- Sunday. said the move was aimed at estinian statehood bid at the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HELP ME BUILD A BRIGHTER FUTURE The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba will be a national and international destination—a centre of learning that will encourage and educate the next generation of human rights champions. PLEASE DONATE This holiday season, please make a gift to the Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Your donation will help build exhibits and programming that will inspire Canadians of all ages to build a better Canada, a better world and a brighter future for us all. 10 BUSINESS metronews.ca Monday, January 7, 2013 Plastic $20 bill sticks in vending industry’s craw Dispensing dispute. Quoted Machine owners say “The Bank of Canada Bank of Canada didn’t didn’t really even talk to give them enough lead us in the last three years. time to convert scanners It seems like they have no desire to work with us.... Tough luck for our Thousands of vending ma- industry.” chines still can’t digest those plastic $20 bank notes the gov- The new Canadian $20 bill is part of a series of plastic notes intended to last Kim Lockie, an official with the Canadian ernment released two months longer and be more challenging to counterfeit. By one estimate, less than Automatic Merchandising Association ago, with machine owners half the vending machines in the country are currently programmed to NEED MONEY? blaming the Bank of Canada for accept the new $20 bill. BANK OF CANADA/THE CANADIAN PRESS NEED A their problems. ing machines before the official As many as half a million tended to thwart counterfeiters accept this bill right now,” says release of the new bills. RIDE? No credit checks machines that scan bank notes and last much longer than their Lockie, an official with the The Bank of Canada rejects needed reprogramming to ac- paper-cotton predecessors. Canadian Automatic Merchan- the criticisms, saying its offi- Fast approvals cept the radically redesigned Kim Lockie has been con- dising Association. “As a small cials have worked closely with $20 bills, the most popular de- verting his 1,200 machines in business, I am losing money.” the sector, providing vending- Read ll66499-5629 nomination in Canada. Fort McMurray, Alta., full-time Lockie blames the Bank of equipment manufacturers with a8 Some 145 million polymer for two months, but still has Canada for failing to heed three sample bills months before the everyWednesday. C1 $20 notes have been put into about 300 to go. years of warnings from owners official release so they could And get cash now!! circulation since Nov. 7, one of “I would think less than half that they needed a long lead create the right software. a series of new plastic notes in- the machines in Canada would time to recalibrate their vend- THE CANADIAN PRESS www.mynextpay.ca Alaska Hostess bankruptcy Detroit. Chevy Sonic symbolizes Shell will attempt Bidders line up industry’s surprise comeback to tow grounded for Wonder Bread oil-drilling ship When the word reached the The makers of Thomas’ By the numbers Orion Assembly Plant, it English muffins and Tasty- 790,000 spread along the serpentine Royal Dutch Shell PLC will kake snacks are emerging assembly line like news of try to move its grounded as two of the bidders for a death or natural disaster: drill ship out of the worst of Wonder Bread and other General Motors, the biggest the North Pacific’s fury with Hostess bread brands as the U.S. automakers have made a remarkable automaker in the world, had a towing attempt when company tries to sell off its recovery. Nearly 790,000 people now have filed for bankruptcy protec- jobs building cars, trucks and parts, up 27 conditions allow. assets under bankruptcy- tion. per cent from the dark days of 2009. Shell incident com- court oversight, a news- On that grim day in 2009, mander Sean Churchfield paper reported Saturday. 8111 102 Street 780.433.6614 Chevrolet and Pontiac sedans said at a news confer- The Wall Street Journal kept rolling down the line. plant now builds the Sonic, ence Saturday that naval said Hostess Brands Inc. And 1,700 worried workers the bestselling subcom- architects have pronounced could reveal as early as NEED stayed at their stations even pact car in the nation. It’s the Kulluk fit to be towed. next week that Flowers COOL as GM announced it would a vehicle no one thought The attempt will depend Foods Inc. and Grupo close the Michigan plant in a could be made profitably in on weather, tides and Bimbo SAB are in discus- DESIGN desperate bid to survive. the U.S., by a company that readiness. “I can’t offer you sions to acquire its bread TIPS? But the workers didn’t few people thought would firm times. Right now, the brands. Hostess announced know they were witnessing last. preparation for the tow de- in November that it was the opening act of one of the But GM has not only sur- pends on the weather and shutting down its busi- Read greatest recovery stories in vived, it has earned $16 bil- operational constraints,” he ness and selling its bread, American business. lion US in profits in the past said. “We will be looking to snacks and cakes brands Nearly four years later, three years. And the industry move the vessel as soon as along with its 33 bakeries every Chevrolets are still mov- is on track to make this year we are ready and able.” and other operations. Thursday. ing down the assembly line its best year since 2007. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS under the 82-acre roof. The THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ©2013 Porsche Cars Canada Ltd. Porsche recommends seat belt usage and observance of all traffi c laws at all times. Dream wildly. Rest easy. Porsche Approved. Certifi ed Pre-Owned Vehicles. 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