Metro Edmonton - January 7, 2016

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Oilers rookie Connor McDavid Youth nutrition
with a unique piece of fan art.
COURTESY CHAD WATSON
scores low grade
EATING WELL at 41 indicators from four key per-
“C” rating due to spectives: the availability of food,
marketing of food products, the cost
lack of access to of food and attitudes about food.
Messaging about food, as well as
healthy options:
the lack of healthy food options in
U of A report card schools and recreational facilities,
were particularly worrisome.
Only about 60 per cent of food
Sanam found at schools met Alberta’s nutri-
Islam tion guidelines for children, while
Metro | Edmonton at recreational facilities, only 30 per
cent of food was considered healthy.
When it comes to nutrition and pro- “It’s a good thing that Alberta has
viding children with a healthy food dietary guidelines for children, but
environment, Alberta isn’t making they are not mandatory,” Raine says.
the grade. “Only some schools have taken them
Fan creates The province was given an over- on, and they’re far from mandatory
all “C” rating by the University of at recreation facilities.”
one-of-a-kind Alberta’s first-ever report card on “You take your kids to a rec centre
the subject. to be active and healthy, but then
McDavid treasure “Most parents want their kids they finish their hockey game and
to eat well, and kids also probably have deep-fried foods and pop as
want to eat well, but in many cases a reward. It doesn’t make sense,”
metroNEWS there are barriers to doing that. It she says.
might be cost, lack of availability or Raine says she hopes the report
the marketing of unhealthy foods,” card results will encourage parents
OILER ON CANVAS says Kim Raine, a public health pro- to advocate for healthier options in
fessor at the university and co-lead settings such as rec facilities.
on the project. She also hopes it will encourage
The report card, which will be policy makers to consider making Al-
published on an annual basis, looked berta’s dietary guidelines mandatory.
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UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA KEYSTONE XL
Students Rejection
get to draws
legal salvo
chime in
Alex TransCanada launched a
double-barrelled legal salvo
Boyd
Wednesday against the U.S.
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government over its rejection
of the company’s proposed
The University of Alberta Stu- Keystone XL pipeline.
dent Union wants to make sure The company said it intends
that student voices are heard to file a claim under Chapter
in the school’s new roadmap 11 of the North American Free
that will shape decisions on Trade Agreement in response
campus for years to come. to the decision, which it called
When the planning process arbitrary and unjustified.
for the Institutional Strategic The Calgary-based firm said
Plan was launched in Novem- it will be looking to recover $15
ber, university officials called billion US in costs and damages
it “the single most powerful as a result of what it says is a
tool for building a shared vi- breach of NAFTA obligations.
sion, enabling co-ordinated An ice carver works on a piece that will be on display at this weekend’s festival. KEVIN TUONG/FOR METRO TransCanada alleges that, as
efforts and maximizing finite a signatory to NAFTA, the U.S.
resources.” Embracing the chill government failed in its com-
For the first time the uni- mitment to protect Canadian
versity is asking for extensive investors and ensure the com-
input from students and staff. pany was treated in accordance
“In my five years on campus with international law.
I haven’t seen anything like In its notice of intent to
this,” said Fahim Rahman, the initiate the NAFTA claim,
SU’s vice-president (academic.) DEEP FREEZE inal cultures are happy to go area of Alberta Avenue has al- Elter brings the tradition of TransCanada said that the U.S.
“I do think there’s a strong em- Festival with the momentum created ways been home to newcomers, storytelling to the free week- government concluded five
phasis on making sure every most recently by the ice castle from Ukrainian and Eastern end fete, though he said he times that the pipeline would
voice is being heard.” celebrates in Hawrelak Park and the Ed- Europeans to Franco-Canadian wants a crack at the best-ever not have a significant impact on
The student’s union com- monton Freezeway in the river and Franco-Africans,” Morin tourtiere competition too. greenhouse gas production, but
city’s cultures
pleted their submission on valley. said. “And we want to honour “The meat filling and spices still rejected the pipeline to ap-
Wednesday, and focuses on “In the past, the winter city our place on Treaty 6 land, so are important, but I want to pear strong on climate change.
affordability, teaching, learn- Lucy idea has been tapping along, the festival offers storytelling, see a crust that’s just as incred- TransCanada said it has also
ing opportunities outside the Haines but now it feels like it’s thump- snowshoeing and bannock- ible,” laughed area-resident filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Fed-
classroom and building the Metro | Edmonton ing,” said Deep Freeze artistic making.” Elter, adding that Deep Freeze eral Court in Texas asserting
campus community. Rahman director Christy Morin. Local Metis actor Sheldon is a culturally-diverse festival. that President Barack Obama’s
says they consulted with other The Deep Freeze Byzantine Susan Holdsworth, of Ed- “When it’s so darn cold out, decision in November to deny
faculty-specific student groups Winter Festival on Alberta Av- monton’s winter city initiative, what else are you going to do?” construction of Keystone XL
to write it. enue has been cool (no pun called Deep Freeze “a city gem. “Though this year’s festival exceeded his power under the
It recommends measures intended) for nine years, long It’s part of what transforms us The winter city celebrates a winter wonderland U.S. Constitution.
like increasing the number before Edmonton embraced the into a great winter city — it fairyland with fairies, elves and The White House and the
idea … now it feels
of courses taught using Open ‘winter city’ moniker. encourages us to get out and ogres, the Vikings haven’t gone State Department both de-
Educational Resources, or re- Organizers of this week- play,” she said. like it’s thumping. too far either,” said Morin. “It’s clined to comment on the law-
search materials in the public end’s celebration of Ukrain- “And it’s popular because a joyous, free event—an added suit or the NAFTA challenge.
Christy Morin
domain that can be used freely. ian, Francophone and Aborig- it embraces our roots — this way to celebrate the New Year.” THE CANADIAN PRESS
4 Thursday, January 7, 2016 Edmonton
Meet Wayne Arthurson, BIODIVERSITY
Listening
to climate
new writer in residence
change
Alex
Boyd
Q & A ence with that, and what Metro | Edmonton
Library to host will happen in the work-
shop? If a tree falls in the forest, a
indigenous I’m working on a graphic University of Alberta researcher
novel right now with a friend just might hear it.
author
of mine. My role will be talk- Erin Bayne, an associate pro-
ing about writing graphic fessor of biological sciences, is
Sanam novels and how we design our behind a new initiative to use
Islam novels. My artist will show bio-acoustics technology to rec-
Metro | Edmonton how he draws it by hand, scans ord the soundscapes of Alberta,
it into his computer and then in what he hopes will become
The Edmonton Public Library does all the colouring there. a new way to study wildlife.
recently welcomed two new Many of your novels, in- “Technology has changed the
writers in residence, including cluding upcoming ones, way we survey for wildlife,” he
Wayne Arthurson. Arthurson is are set in Alberta. Why? said. “If it makes a sound, we
an award-winning indigenous My Leo Desroches series is can count it. This is giving us a
crime writer with nine books about a journalist with a whole new insight into animal
to his name. gambling problem, and it’s behaviour.”
He’s also a drummer in a local inspired by various people Audio recording may not be
band, an Amazing Race blogger, I knew here in the journal- new, but the efficient batteries
and a former clown. Metro spoke ism field. Most of the issues I and low-cost materials required
with Arthurson to get to know deal with are also indigenous to build a recording device you
him better and find out his plans issues, so being an indigenous can strap to a tree and leave for
for the year ahead. author I wanted to bring some a year, are.
of them to the forefront by Working in partnership with
What do you want to accom- basing them in Alberta. the Alberta Biodiversity Mon-
plish as EPL’s new writer in Why did you decide to blog itoring Institute, Bayne now
residence? about The Amazing Race? has about 700 recording de-
My plans are to finish two My friend and I are big fans of vices. He’ll start placing them
novels; one of them is the the show, so when the Canada for the year next month — in
fourth book in my Leo Desro- one started, we started a blog. time to capture the owls who
ches mystery series, and the We’ve been doing it for three start to vocalize in late winter
second one is for a new histor- seasons. We’ve interviewed — and take them down in fall,
ical crime series that’s coming the teams and the producers, after they’ve recorded mating
out this fall. I’ll also be helping and gotten quite popular. It’s season for elk and deer.
writers with their work, and part of our plan to apply to the Bayne said nature is a sur-
I’m setting up some work- show. prisingly noisy place — Alberta
shops, including a songwriting Finally, what was it like has between 400 and 500 spe-
one in March. being a semi-professional cies that can be heard by his
Can you tell us more about clown? equipment, and there’s a lot
that? It was a long time ago; I was of variation.
Mike McDonald from the unemployed at the time, and “June 1 at 5 a.m. sounds very
Jr. Gone Wild band is going it was something to do to different than the same spot in
to talk about how he writes make money. I took clowning July at 2 p.m.,” he said.
songs. People will write songs workshops and was hired at The advantage of this system
and then go and record them. various places. After a while, I is it’s a consistent way of track-
I don’t write songs myself, but realized why Krusty the Clown ing wildlife and isn’t dependent
I think songwriters are writers is really crusty. It was insane. on human observation, mean-
as well, so I thought I’d expand It’s too hard being exciting all ing species that signal at 2 a.m.
the definition of “writer.” the time, so I got another job will be monitored as often as
I hear you’re also setting and moved on. those that are active at noon.
up a graphic novel work- This interview has been edited and Wayne Arthurson will be working on two novels and mentoring writers at the Edmonton Public Bayne said this will be espe-
shop. What’s your experi- condensed. Library. KEVIN TUONG/FOR METRO cially helpful in tracking the ef-
fects of climate change, which
will impact things like animal
DIVERSITY range and migration.
Ukrainian influx holds clues on immigration patterns Now, the challenge becomes
figuring out how to interpret
all this new data. Bayne says
Thousands of Edmonton’s history of the Ukrainian com- driving across Alberta to docu- world — in 2011, more than he’s got people trying to teach
Ukrainian families celebrate munity could have lessons for ment Ukrainian religious his- one in 10 Edmontonians iden- computers how to listen to the
Orthodox Christmas this week, handling modern influxes of tory across the province. tified as being of Ukrainian audio.
many with the traditional immigrants. When she first arrived in descent. “Just like Google Translate
Sviata Vechera, or a 12-dish “You’ve got families who Edmonton 11 years ago she But 125 years ago, the turns Russian into French,
meal on Christmas Eve. have arrived here 125 years was amazed by Edmonton’s Ukrainians drawn by west- we’re trying to teach comput-
It’s a tradition that goes ago, and people who arrived unique meld of Ukrainian and ern Canada’s abundant farm- ers things like what a barred
back a long way, and 2016 here five years ago, so you’ve Canadian: the casual refer- land were among the first to owl sounds like, and what a
marks a milestone for Can- got this incredible span that ences to pysankas and babas, negotiate what it meant to be barred owl sounds like when
ada’s Ukrainian community — can be mined for best practi- the thriving dance troupes and ethnic and Canadian, Konon- it’s windy, and what a barred
125 years ago the first influx ces,” says Natalie Kononenko, the Cheemo perogies in every enko says. She suspects part owl sounds like with a chicka-
of Ukrainians, both Orthodox the Kule Chair in Ukrainian grocery store. of their success lies in that dee in the background.”
and Catholic, arrived in the Ethnography at the University “You probably couldn’t sell willingness to embrace both. They’re also working on a
country, in what would be of Alberta. perogy pizza in the U.S.,” she “They had a willingness to Natalie Kononenko new website where, eventually,
the first of four major waves Kononenko is with the says. work but also to hold onto interviews someone for the all the files will be uploaded, so
of immigration. Spiritual Heritage Documen- Alberta and Edmonton have your identity,” she says, “to Sanctuary Spiritual Heritage anyone can go online and hear,
Now, a researcher from the tation Project, which means one of the biggest Ukrainian assimilate and still be you.” Documentation Project. for example, what a specific for-
University of Alberta says the she’s spent the last six years diaspora communities in the ALEX BOYD/METRO CONTRIBUTED est sounds like at dawn.
Edmonton Thursday, January 7, 2016 5
RIDESHARING
Aviva Insurance offers options for Uber drivers
The insurance gap Uber drivers Glenn Cooper. which should be available in pensive commercial insurance.
have been cruising around could Cooper said ride-sharing is Ontario in February and will The city’s proposed Uber by-
be filed with a new policy from likely only to continue to grow. expand across the country after law would require drivers to
an Ontario company. The company cancelled some that, allows personal drivers to carry a type of insurance that is
Aviva Insurance announced of its customers’ coverage last add coverage for up to 20 hours acceptable to provincial regula-
Monday that it would be add- year when it discovered they of ride-share driving per week. tors. Coun. Andrew Knack said
ing a new offering to drivers to were working for Uber, but said “We understand that most it’s good a private company is
allow them to operate as ride- it now wants to find a way to ride-sharing drivers are doing taking up the challenge, but his
share vehicles. bring these people into the fold. this on a part-time basis,” said focus is on ensuring everyone
“Clearly there is a customer He made it clear driving for a Cooper. is safe and adequately covered.
need and that’s why we are there. ride-share firm without appropri- Personal insurance policies “I think that is a step that real-
There is also definitely a gap in ate insurance voids the existing don’t cover drivers who are en- ly needs to be taken, but the
coverage that is currently avail- coverage. gaged in commercial activities bylaw would be in place either
able,” said company spokesman The company’s new policy, and taxis carry much more ex- way.” RYAN TUMILTY /METRO
Right now, a little
The Ride app currently works with Co-Op taxi, but is set to
expand to several other firms. SUPPLIED gets you a lot.
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service: CEO making sure drivers are aware
they’ve been paid. starting at 1¢/min
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Tumilty tion,” he said. over 50 countries
His app will also improve
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taxi dispatch service, Quain • Voicemail+
argues, because it will con-
• Call Control features (Caller ID,
A new taxi app aims to de- nect people not just to one
liver the same convenience company’s fleet, but to every Conference Calling, Call Forward,
Uber provides to consumers, taxi on the road.
and Call Waiting)
but without the surge pricing. “That allows us to be an hon-
Nick Quain, CEO of Cell- est broker. It’s a meritocracy,”
wand, the company behind he said.
the new “The Ride” app and He said some cab compan-
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said. “As time goes on we can also
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in December, already has Ed- dispatch vehicles,” he said.
monton’s Co-Op taxi and is The app also provides transit
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Group, which runs Yellow Cab, to include car-share options
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6 Thursday, January 7, 2016 Edmonton
CANCER TREATMENT Oilers fan proud
Bo OK’d
for U.S. of unique painting
clinic
MEMORABILIA
Jeremy Lurid work
Simes shows McDavid
For Metro | Calgary
lording it over
It’s Bo Cooper’s last chance to the Flames
become cancer-free.
Cooper, a 26-year-old Fort
McMurray firefighter, is on his Ryan
third bout with acute lympho- Tumilty
blastic leukemia. On Tuesday, Metro | Edmonton
he learned that doctors at the
National Institutes of Health Edmonton Oilers fan Chad Wat-
Clinical Centre in Maryland son set out to get a unique
have accepted him into a trial Bo Cooper, 26, is a Fort McMurray firefighter. CONTRIBUTED piece of team memorabilia.
program for the CAR T-Cell It would be hard to argue he
immunotherapy. lab where they’re engineered failed that mission.
The family has been in Mary- to grow receptors that recog- The Fort McMurray man
land since Dec. 18, waiting There are no nize tumour cells. Once T-cells commissioned an oil paint-
to see if Cooper is a suitable multiply, they are then injected ing of rookie Connor McDavid,
options left in
candidate for the treatment, back into the patient to hope- but it’s not just any painting.
according to family spokes- Canada for him. fully destroy the cancer. The piece features McDavid
man Rob Van Hecke, a captain “We’re cautiously optimis- at cen-
Family friend Rob Van Hecke
with the Fort McMurray Fire tic,” Van Hecke said. tre ice,
5-1
Department. Thanks to fundraising ef- stand-
“He’s had a lifetime dose The therapy requires doctors forts, the Coopers managed ing atop
of chemo and the number of to collect T-cells — white blood to raise $600,000 for his trip a mass
times he’s received radiation is cells that attack cells infected to Maryland. of de-
getting high,” he said. “There with microbes they deem for- The family expects to see Tally on the feated
painting’s
are no options left in Canada eign — from cancer patients. the result of the test by the Calgary
scoreboard,
for him.” The cells are then taken to a end of next week. referring to the Flames,
number of holding
Stanley Cups his stick
the Oilers and over his
Flames have
h e a d
Are You Looking to each won.
w i t h
Develop a Career in his jer-
sey ripped to display a mus-
cular chest.
HEALTH CARE?
“It’s an individual item. No
one else has it — it’s all mine,”
Watson said of his piece. Wat- Connor McDavid signs the painting. COURTESY CHAD WATSON
son worked with a painter in
Serbia, over the Internet, to to the difference in Stanley Watson’s collection also in-
A ffordable Tuition complete the masterpiece, Cups between the Oilers and cludes jerseys denoting every
(cid:115)(cid:0) Health Care Aide program - $3 5 00 drawing on a poster from the Flames, and the crowd in the year the Oilers have won the
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“I wound up sending her ings of Rogers Place. to have signed by every mem-
starting at $700
about 20 or 30 different pic- Watson had McDavid sign ber of those teams. He said col-
(cid:115)(cid:0)Community Support Worker tures, starting off with the Na- the painting at an event over lecting, to him, is about having
program - $2500
tional Lampoon and then a the holidays. He said the tal- a one-of-a-kind treasure.
headshot of McDavid and then ented rookie took the painting “To me it’s something a lot
High Job Prospects some jersey shots.” in stride. neater to have something like
Watson said the details were “He was laughing about it that than to have something
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important. The scoreboard the whole time, just a big smile anyone can just pull off the
shows a 5-1 tally, a reference on his face,” said Watson. shelf.”
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A police watchdog says a sus- clerk to call police. “The available evidence
Caring Community pected robber — shot and The man later released the paints a clear picture of a
Setting killed by RCMP outside a con- worker and, over the phone, young man who wished to
venience store in northern Al- warned officers that he had a die at the hands of police and
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The Alberta Serious Incident they did not shoot him first. confrontation which left po-
New Classes Starting Response Team says in a re- When he came out of the lice with little alternative but
lease that the 19-year-old man store, he aimed at an officer, to respond with lethal force,”
in February 1st 2016.
planned the confrontation with who shot the man in the stom- said Susan Hughson.
Apply Now! Mounties in Grande Prairie on ach and legs. “The evidence also estab-
Jan. 2, 2015. He later died in hospital. lishes that, despite clear state-
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with a unloaded pellet gun tor says a review of the shoot- never wished harm to come to
that looked like a real hand- ing determined officers at the anyone other than himself.”
gun and then ordered the store scene lawfully did their job. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canada Thursday, January 7, 2016 7
ABORIGINAL ISSUES WILDLIFE
Families meet to talk Who’s white,
black and cute
about coming inquiry
all over?
The families of missing and mur- have some closure,” said deputy Newly named male polar
dered indigenous women and grand chief Anna Betty Achneep- bear cubs York and Eli
girls have been gathering for ineskum of Nishnawbe Aski Na- are shown at Winnipeg’s
years — to share their stories, tion, which represents 49 First Assiniboine Park Zoo. The
support each other and call for Nations in northern Ontario. zoo says York refers to York
action — but this time was dif- “Maybe the justice may not Factory First Nation, which
ferent. take place, but I think even be- has traditional lands that
Now that the federal govern- ing provided an opportunity include important polar
ment has committed to hold- to be heard on their concerns bear denning habitats. Eli is
ing a national inquiry into the and having an opportunity to named in honour of an elder
more than 1,200 First Nations, change the present process,” from the First Nation that
Métis and Inuit women and girls said Achneepineskum, who was lived and hunted in the area
who have been murdered or at the pre-inquiry consultation between the Nelson and
gone missing in Canada, families meeting Wednesday afternoon. Hayes Rivers.
came together in Thunder Bay Cabinet ministers are sched- HANDOUT/ASSINIBOINE ZOO/
Wednesday to share their hopes uled to hold similar meetings in THE CANADIAN PRESS
and fears of what it should set Yellowknife, Whitehorse, Van-
out to achieve. couver, Prince George, B.C., Hali-
“A lot of people were feel- fax, Quebec City and Montreal
ing that they were finally go- before the end of the month. Ottawa faces heat
ing to have an opportunity to TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
SOCIAL MEDIA
Shovelling trio don’t for Tories’ IT rules
miss an African beat
For Richard Laubonet, the im-
portant thing in life is to put joy CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE peal, Court Martial Appeal Court power until Sept. 1, when the ing a government department
in everything you do. Decision took and Tax Court are all prepared to new rules kicked in and made involved in their IT services “and
And that’s exactly what the Af- launch a constitutional challenge them a “mandatory client” of the perceived implications for
rican dance and fitness instructor away ability of against having the government’s Shared Services Canada, which control of their data” infringed
did when he and two friends super-IT department involved in oversees purchases and digital on judicial independence.
courts to select
picked up shovels to clear an area their digital affairs. services for 43 of the heaviest IT “They must maintain control
of a park in north-end Montreal. own purchases The federal Liberals are now users in the federal government. of their data, not only because of
In a video that has since gar- Montreal trio dance while left to decide how to handle an The move approved by the concerns about confidentiality,
nered almost 380,000 views on moving snow. SCREENSHOT issue created by a decision of the Conservative cabinet in May 2015 but also because an independent
Facebook, Laubonet and friends Newly released documents show previous Conservative govern- was supposed to save money, judiciary cannot tolerate having
Kevin Noah (from Cameroon) and “I’m still blown away. I just the country’s highest court is ment that came into effect dur- since Shared Services Canada its sensitive information con-
Abdul Somade (from Togo) fling can’t believe it,” Laubonet said ready to launch a legal battle ing the federal election. buys in bulk for the federal gov- trolled by a separate branch of
heaps of snow over their shoul- about the response the video with the federal government over That decision forced the ernment, and improve digital government,” reads part of Tru-
ders in a choreographed dance has received. new IT rules which the Supreme courts to go through Shared security, because Shared Services deau’s briefing on urgent issues
set to African music. Laubonet said he saw that a Court of Canada fears would Services Canada for all IT pur- Canada buys from safe suppliers. facing the new government.
They laugh and sing and use children’s play area was covered threaten its independence. chases, such as servers, routers Briefing material provided to If the government doesn’t
their shovels as props while mov- in snow and asked his friends to The Supreme Court is not and software, rather than letting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau backtrack, judges “are prepared
ing in unison in the impromptu clear it with him so kids could alone in these concerns: the Fed- them make the procurements on shortly after he took office shows to take legal action,” Trudeau was
dance in the snow. have access. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE eral Court, Federal Court of Ap- their own. The courts had that the courts were worried that hav- warned. THE CANADIAN PRESS
8 Thursday, January 7, 2016 World
H-bomb threat
provokes world
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY small enough to place on a
North Korea missile that can reach the U.S.
mainland. But South Korea’s
condemned spy agency thought the esti- We absolutely
mated explosive yield from the cannot allow this.
globally for
blast was much smaller than
Japanese Prime Minister
its actions what even a failed hydrogen Shinzo Abe
bomb detonation would pro-
duce, and the White House
Soon after the ground shook said its early analysis of under- test would be an “unaccept-
around its nuclear testing facil- ground activity “is not consist- able and irresponsible provo-
ity, North Korea trumpeted its ent” with the North’s claim of cation,” according to Carter’s
first hydrogen bomb test — a a successful H-bomb test. spokesman, Peter Cook.
self-proclaimed “H-bomb of jus- There was high-level concern North Korea goes to great
tice” that would mark a major in Seoul and elsewhere. South lengths to conceal its tests by
and unanticipated advance for Korean President Park Geun- conducting them underground
its still-limited nuclear arsenal. hye ordered her military to and tightly sealing off tunnels
The announcement Wednes- bolster its combined defence or other vents through which
day by the defiant, impover- posture with U.S. forces. She radioactive residue could es- ROYAL FAMILY
ished country was met with called the test a “grave provoca- cape. Young
widespread skepticism, as well tion” and “an act that threatens A successful H-bomb test
as a strong condemnation by our lives and future.” Japanese would be a big advance in
the UN Security Council, which Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, North Korea’s nuclear weapons prince
said it would begin work on a “We absolutely cannot allow program.
resolution for new internation- this.” Fusion is the main principle
has class
al sanctions. U.S. Defence Secretary Ash behind the hydrogen bomb,
North Korea’s fourth nuclear Carter spoke by phone with which can be hundreds of
test likely pushed its scientists his South Korean counterpart times more powerful than
and engineers closer to their Han Min-Koo, and they agreed atomic bombs that use fission.. The heir to the heir to the heir
goal of building a warhead that a North Korean nuclear THE ASSOCIATED PRESS to the British throne has start-
ed nursery school.
Prince William and his wife
Kate marked the occasion by
releasing two photographs of
two-and-a-half-year-old George
outside the school building.
The royal couple had ear-
lier announced he would be
attending Westacre Montes-
sori School in Norfolk, 180
kilometres north of London.
The school has said he will
receive the same treatment as
other pupils. Prince William and wife Kate released these images of son
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS George on his first day at school. CONTRIBUTED/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
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UNITED STATES
Gun measures fall short
Iraq offers to mediate
lraq has offered to mediate
The gun control measures a tear- est recent mass shootings. The between Saudi Arabia and
ful President Barack Obama an- shooters at Sandy Hook and Iran after tensions soared
nounced Tuesday would not San Bernardino used weapons following the kingdom’s
have prevented the slaughters bought by others, shielding execution of a Shiite cleric.
of 20 first-graders at Sandy Hook them from background checks. Iraq’s Shiite-led government
Elementary School in Newtown, In other cases, the shooters legal- relies on Iranian help to bat-
Connecticut, or 14 county work- ly bought guns. tle the Islamic State group,
ers at a holiday party in San In Aurora, Colo., and at the but is also trying to repair
Bernardino, Calif. Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., ties to oil-rich Saudi Arabia.
Obama’s executive action ex- men undergoing mental health THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
pands mandatory background treatment were cleared to buy
checks to gun shows, flea mar- weapons because federal back- Violence shortens
kets and online sales, adds more ground checks looked to crim- life expectancy in Mexico
than 230 examiners and staff to inal histories and court-ordered A new study suggests that
help process them and calls on commitments for signs of men- at its peak, Mexico’s drug
states to submit accurate and tal illness. The suspect in a shoot- violence was so bad it
updated criminal history data. ing at a church in Charleston, caused male life expect-
Those measures are seen as S.C., should have been flagged at ancy to drop by months. Ex-
crucial to stemming gun sui- the time, but errors and delays perts say from 2005-2010,
cides — the cause of two-thirds cleared the way for his purchase. homicide rates increased
of gun deaths — by blocking Obama rejected the idea that from 9.5 homicides per
immediate access to weapons. undermines the changes are not 100,000 people in 2005
But an Associated Press review worth pursuing. to more than 22 in 2010.
shows they would have had no “We maybe can’t save every- It’s now 16 per 100,000 in
impact in keeping weapons from body, but we could save some,” 2014. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
suspects in several of the deadli- Obama said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Business Thursday, January 7, 2016 9
Twitter is not wedded to
the 140-character limit
SOCIAL MEDIA news site Re/Code reported noticed that many of its rough- Twitter can’t afford “to be-
CEO tweets the company is exploring in- ly 300 million users already come stagnant, they need to
creasing its limits on text from have been including screen- get bigger if they want to build
screenshot of 140 characters to as many as shots of lengthy texts in their a more relevant advertising
10,000. tweets. He indicated Twitter is platform,” said Topeka Capital
1,325-character
Dorsey didn’t directly ad- examining ways to give people Markets analyst Blake Harper.
message dress the Re/Code report that more room to express them- After a long streak of robust
cited unnamed people, but selves without polluting the growth that turned it into one
he made it clear that Twitter service with gasbags. of the Internet’s hottest com-
Twitter appears ready to loosen isn’t wedded to the 140-char- Imposing some restraint “in- panies, Twitter’s growth has
its decade-old restriction on acter limit. He illustrated his spires creativity and brevity. slowed dramatically during
the length of messages in a point by posting a screenshot And a sense of speed. We will the past year-and-half to leave
bid to make its service more of a text consisting of 1,325 never lose that feeling,” Dor- it scrambling to catch up with
appealing to a wider audience characters. sey pledged. social networking leader Face-
accustomed to the greater free- If Twitter were to allow At the same time, Dorsey book and its 1.5 billion users.
dom offered by Facebook and tweets to span 10,000 charac- said Twitter isn’t “going to be The pressure has been build-
other forums. ters, it could produce 1,700- shy about building more util- ing on Dorsey to take drastic
CEO and co-founder Jack word dissertations, based on ity and power into Twitter for measures to accelerate user
Dorsey telegraphed Twitter’s the size of Dorsey’s extended people. As long as it’s consist- growth as Twitter’s stock has
intentions in a tweet posted post. In his message, Dorsey ent with what people want to sunk further below its Novem-
Tuesday after the technology wrote that Twitter has already do, we’re going to explore it.” ber 2013 initial public offering
Analysts said Dorsey is prob- price of $26 US. The shares
As long as it’s consistent with ably trying to avoid a backlash Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey telegraphed that shed 64 cents Tuesday to close
what people want to do, we’re among long-time Twitter users change is coming in a tweet on Tuesday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE at $21.92, a decline of nearly
who consider the 140-charac- 40 per cent from where they
going to explore it.
ter tweeting limit sacred. At holders pining for a bigger More revenue eventually stood from when Dorsey be-
CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey in a message the same time, he needs to audience that would gener- could help Twitter turn a profit came CEO last summer.
respond to company share- ate more advertising revenue. for the first time in its history. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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