Metro Halifax - January 12, 2016

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Police to
JUST
parents: Talk
ASK to your kids
INVESTIGATION something that can happen to
RCMP makes any youth,” Skinner said.
Statistics for the number of
ME plea after teens child-pornography charges laid
against young offenders in the
charged with
Halifax region were unavailable
child porn at press time. But Skinner said
in RCMP-policed areas outside
of Halifax Regional Municipality
Yvette in 2015, police dealt with three
d’Entremont files in which charges of child
Metro | Halifax pornography were laid against
Hospital? Roads? young offenders.
Police are urging parents to talk The two Hants County teens
Aff ordable housing? to their children about the ser- facing child-pornography charges
iousness of distributing intimate came to the attention of police
images after child-pornography after other students reported the
Canada’s new fi nance
charges were laid against two image to school administrators.
15-year-olds. Skinner advises teens who
minister tells Halifax “I absolutely think it is part encounter such images to notify
of parents’ responsibility to sit someone in authority, not dis-
money is on the down and have these discussions tribute them and delete them.
with their children when their Halifax regional school board
table for everyone. children are using smartphones,” spokesman Doug Hadley said the
said Nova Scotia RCMP spokes- board addresses issues of sexting/
man Const. Mark Skinner. texting in its health education
On Monday, Windsor RCMP classes in Grades 7, 8 and 9 as the
See interview with laid charges against a 15-year-old provincial curriculum requires.
boy and a 15-year-old girl. The pair
Bill Morneau, metroNEWS both face charges of possession
of child pornography and dis-
tribution of child pornography.
Parents need
The female also faces a charge of
publication of child pornography. to have these
Finance Minister Police said the charges re- discussions with
sulted from intimate images of a
Bill Morneau speaks at teenagers about
15-year-old girl that were shared
the Halifax Chamber of online through text messages the safety aspect
Commerce luncheon at the
Westin Nova Scotian on and a chat website. with smartphones.
“The reason we wanted to
Monday.JEFF HARPER/METRO get it out there is obviously it is RCMP Const. Mark Skinner
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CRIME
Police probe flood
of local robberies
A rash of armed robberies in the area but were unable to find
Halifax and Dartmouth kept the suspects. No one was hurt
police busy on Sunday night. in the incident.
The first incident happened at At 9:25 p.m., police were
8:20 p.m. when police responded called to a disturbance in the
to a robbery complaint in the 300 block of Prince Albert Road
5000 block of Gerrish Street in in Dartmouth, where four men
Halifax. A woman, 27, went into had forced their way into a resi-
a residence to purchase a cell- dence armed with a firearm and
phone from a man she knew. a large knife.
Once inside, he produced a knife They rummaged through the
and demanded money from her. home and fired a shot into the
The suspect, age 30, had al- ceiling before fleeing on foot.
ready fled by the time police There were no injuries.
arrived. He was located a short The fourth robbery occurred
time later. at the Ultramar gas station at
The man faces robbery and 219 Pleasant St. in Dartmouth
weapons-related charges. at 10:50 p.m. METRO
The second robbery occurred FORECAST WICKED WET WEEK APPROACHING A Halifax Transit bus makes a splash on the Bedford Highway on Monday.
at 9:15 p.m. in the 1000 block NEED TO KNOW A significant rainfall overnight Sunday made for wet roads in Halifax during the morning commute. More nasty weather is
of Wellington Street in Halifax, expected Tuesday night into Wednesday, with snow and rain. JEFF HARPER/METRO
where a group of three men en-
tered a residence armed with a Police say they don’t be-
handgun and demanded money lieve the robberies are Photo stolen from pub
from the occupants. related.
Police and a K-9 team searched
DARTMOUTH making return home
Two teens nabbed
for home break-in
OLD TRIANGLE ALEHOUSE ers who had themselves a good
Two teenagers are expected to boy broke in “and demanded Owner uses old time and sometime at the
face charges following an armed cash and personal property.” end of the night decided to take
break-in in Dartmouth on Mon- The victims weren’t hurt and social media to a memento with them and took
day morning. were able to call police while the it down,” said Brendan Doherty,
locate culprits,
An 18-year-old man and suspects were still inside their the Old Triangle’s director of
17-year-old boy were in police apartment. historic image operations.
custody Monday afternoon after Officers were able to arrest Although the pub had photos
allegedly breaking into an apart- one of the suspects in the back- and video of the theft, Doherty
ment unit on the 0 to 100 block yard of the apartment building, Yvette said it opted to first try an ap-
of Mountain Avenue with a fire- and following a brief foot chase d’Entremont peal via social media. Inside the Old Triangle pub, where a photo depicting the
arm, police said in a news release. with a police dog, nabbed the Metro | Halifax “We do have your photo and Belfast Titanic memorial was taken by suspected drunken
Police officers responded to second on the 0 to 100 block of video of the theft and really customers and eventually relocated to Ontario. METRO FILE
the call just after 4 a.m., the Hali- Chrysler Avenue. A framed photograph stolen last don’t want to post it online or
fax Regional Police release said, Officers retrieved the gun in- week from the wall of a Halifax call the police,” the Facebook didn’t want to shame anyone. us,” Doherty said. “We expect
adding two residents were in the side the apartment building, po- pub is on its way back from On- post read. “We would just like We just wanted it back.” it back by (Tuesday).”
apartment when the man and lice said. METRO tario, thanks to social media. to have our picture back.” On Saturday, Doherty got a When it does make its re-
The photo that depicts the About 150,000 people saw the message from someone who appearance, the Titanic photo
IN BRIEF Belfast Titanic memorial at post, and it was shared on Fa- said his friend had taken the will be secured to the wall.
night was taken from the Old cebook by almost 1,800 people. picture to Ontario with him. “I went to the hardware store
Triangle Irish Alehouse after a “We have all been there and “He said that his friend was as soon as I found out it was
Bullet wound likely caused Jewelry store robbed night of drunken revelry. done things we aren’t proud of on his way to the post office on its way back to us,” Brian
by neighbour, say police Cape Breton Regional Police “We had a couple of custom- in our time,” Doherty said. “We at that minute to return it to Doherty said.
Police say an Annapolis Val- are investigating an armed
ley man who went to hospital robbery that took place on
with a gunshot wound was Monday morning. TRAFFIC
likely shot by another man According to a news re-
Vehicle-pedestrian collisions on decline
from the same area. lease, at about 10:30 a.m.,
Police were called to the the Cape Breton Regional
Annapolis Community Health Police responded to an
Centre at about 7:30 p.m. on armed robbery at London Halifax police say there was lisions in crosswalks was also juries or didn’t disclose them
Saturday where a man had Jewellers on Charlotte Street a 21-per-cent decrease in re- down from 60 per cent in 2014 to police. 6
come into the clinic with a in Sydney. ported vehicle-pedestrian colli- to 55 per cent. There was also a reported
gunshot wound to his arm. The suspect is described sions from 2014 to 2015. Five people died in vehicle- decrease in incidents for the
The 48-year-old man was as male with a pale com- Statistics released Monday pedestrian collisions last year, month of December, year over
taken to hospital for treat- plexion. He wore a win- show there were 208 vehicle- two had severe injuries, 28 had year, as well, with 33 reported The total drop in
collisions for last month
ment of his injury, which is ter jacket, orange hoodie, pedestrian collisions, down 54 moderate injuries and 114 had incidents down from 39 in
when compared with
not considered serious. METRO gloves and hat. METRO from 2014. minor injuries. December 2014. December 2014.
The percentage of those col- Another 68 either had no in- METRO
Halifax Tuesday, January 12, 2016 3
Francis Fares, developer of King’s Wharf in Dartmouth, wants the city to keep Station 13 staffed by career firefighters. JEFF HARPER/METRO
Fire station plans upset developer
CONTROVERSY Street to e-platoon — meaning report last May that recom- buildings,” Fares told Metro regional council maintain Sta- with Metro on Sunday that
Must provide it would be staffed by career mended decommissioning all on Monday. tion 13 as a 24/7 career fire- raising taxes in order to hire
firefighters during the day, and three stations. Fares said he’s concerned fighter-staffed station. When more firefighters might be the
basic services volunteers firefighters at night. In his letter, Fares said that volunteer firefighters asked if he’d support a tax hike only way to properly staff the
A report before council on any change to fire service is might not live close enough to to pay for firefighter staffing city’s fire stations.
to revitalize:
Tuesday approved by Halifax “counter” to his efforts in “the the station to respond quickly in downtown Dartmouth, Fares “We’ve held the line on taxes
Businessman Fire Chief Doug Trussler also revitalization of the downtown to fires during evenings, week- said the question wasn’t fair. the first three years, and it
recommends converting Sta- Dartmouth area.” ends and statutory holidays. “We pay enough taxes to finally might be the time to
tion 4 on Lady Hammond Road “They’ve been crying for “It’s all about time. I’m not support a fire station in our do the right thing and get the
Zane to e-platoon and converting years, ‘Let’s bring more density questioning their competency community here,” he said. coverage that taxpayers de-
Woodford Station 11 on Patton Road to to our downtown core, let’s level, I’m questioning the re- “The amount of tax we pay serve,” he said.
Metro | Halifax volunteer only. bring more density to our sponse time,” he said. “Min- here, this place should be an Mayor Mike Savage has de-
Council deferred the mo- downtown core,’ and then they utes could be valuable in sav- oasis.” clined to comment on the de-
A downtown Dartmouth de- tion after a heated debate at start cutting essential servi- ing lives.” Deputy Mayor Matt Whit- bate until Tuesday’s council
veloper says he’s “frustrated” city hall in November. The ces, like reducing the hours Fares said he’d like to see man suggested in an interview meeting.
with the city over proposed recommendations came after on the ferry or bringing volun-
changes to the King Street fire regional council shut down a teer firefighters to tackle our
station.
Francis Fares, the developer We pay enough taxes to support
of King’s Wharf in downtown a fire station in our community
Dartmouth, wrote a letter to
here. The amount of tax we pay
Mayor Mike Savage and the rest
of regional council expressing here, this place should be an
his concerns with the plan to oasis. Francis Fares, Dartmouth developer Jan & Feb is Pet Dental Health Month
convert Station 13 on King
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
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up services on a regular and as- shoulders and ditches. They Jan. 21. ZANE WOODFORD/METRO
4 Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Halifax
Feds’ pre-budget talks aim
to identify ‘common ground’
POLITICS
NAVY FUNDING
Provincial
discussions to Shipbuilding still a
commitment: Morneau
set framework
Canada’s finance minster
for priorities said Monday the Liber-
als remain committed to
investing in the navy and
coast guard in Atlantic
Haley
Canada.
Ryan
Minister of Finance
Metro | Halifax
Bill Morneau told repor-
ters the Liberals “made
The federal finance minister clear” during the cam-
kicked off pre-budget consul- paign that it’s import-
tations in Halifax but wouldn’t ant for them to invest in
say where or how much infra- equipment for the navy
structure money would be in Halifax.
spent here. “We remain commit-
Minister of Finance Bill ted to making invest-
Morneau spoke to the Hali- ments in shipbuilding
fax Chamber of Commerce here,” Morneau said in
on Monday afternoon to give response to a question
an update on the country’s about the Irving ship-
economic situation, highlight building contract.
improvement plans and urge “It will be one of the
the public to comment on things we’re moving for-
Nova Scotia priorities that ward on.”
would also help the country. The contract currently
“There’s no easy answers. has Irving building six
So this is where you come in,” Arctic offshore patrol
Morneau said to a crowd of ships and 15 Canadian
hundreds at the Westin Nova surface combatants.
Scotian downtown, including Finance Minister Bill Morneau takes questions from the media at Dalhousie University on Monday. Morneau says the purpose of
HALEY RYAN/METRO
Halifax-area MPs and Mayor the talks is to help identify objectives that help Canadians in their day-to-day lives. JEFF HARPER/METRO
Mike Savage.
“I challenge you to help us tion and opening up trade to Our goal is to create the date on when that would be Although Morneau empha-
to find some common ground, countries besides the United released. sized provincial input, Nova
framework so that we can work
a space where we can all agree States. In response to a question on Scotia’s financial minister said
what will help serve us best.” Canada’s strengths include together with provinces … to get whether hospitals would fall he’s still not sure what pro-
Morneau outlined challen- our debt to GDP ratio, natural the projects that make sense for under the social “bucket” of jects the federal government
ges the new Liberal govern- resources and an educated money, Morneau said they are is looking for.
ment has faced since winning population, but key invest- Canada. Bill Morneau trying to define the category “You don’t want to get out
a majority, including a declin- ments in infrastructure and as things helping Canadians the door too early with a pri-
ing global economy, falling the middle class will make the ing $20 billion. work together with prov- “in their day-to-day lives.” ority list, when you identify
oil prices and a larger deficit most impact, Morneau said. When asked about the inces … to get the projects “I wouldn’t want to be the priorities that aren’t actually
than predicted. With $60 billion in infra- aging Victoria General Hos- that make sense for Canada,” one to exclude anything,” eligible,” Randy Delorey said
He highlighted the import- structure promised over 10 pital, Morneau said he had Morneau told reporters. Morneau said. after the speech.
ance of diversifying the work years, Morneau said the feds no information on the project He added that details on “We’ve identified a num- Delorey said he hopes to get
force to include more aborig- are focused on three themes, at the time. any funding will go through ber of areas … like housing that criteria after Morneau’s
inal people and those with or “buckets,” including social, “Our goal is to create the the federal infrastructure de- in many cities where we have consultations wrap up on
disabilities, fostering innova- green and transit, each hold- framework so that we can partment but did not have a some real challenges.” Jan. 16 in Surrey, B.C.
Creativity is subjective.
The truth isn’t.
Truth in Advertising Matters.
Halifax Tuesday, January 12, 2016 5
Lockout feared at Herald
POLITICS
Make immigrants settle
in Maritimes: McKenna
The three Maritime pre-
miers said Monday their
LABOUR provinces badly need
61 unionized more immigrants, even as
a former New Brunswick
newsroom premier proposed his own
solution: require newcom-
staff soon in
ers to live in the region.
strike position “The imperative to have
an immigration profile that
is similar to the rest of the
Canada’s largest independently country in all aspects is
owned daily newspaper, the mission critical,” Prince Ed-
Halifax Chronicle Herald, is ward Island Premier Wade
bracing for a work stoppage MacLauchlan said Monday.
in less than two weeks. He was reacting to an
Management filed a notice op-ed piece written by
Monday that gives the com- Frank McKenna, where
pany the option to lock out its the former New Brunswick
newsroom staff with 48 hours premier says boosting At-
notice — a pre-emptive legal lantic Canada’s population
move that doesn’t necessarily through immigration is ne-
mean a lockout will happen. cessary to combat aging
Two days have been set aside and declining populations.
for last-ditch, conciliated talks New Brunswick saw
next week, but a union spokes- deaths outpace births for
man said there’s only a slim the first time in 2014, and
chance of averting a legal lock- McKenna said the rest of
out on Jan. 23 at 12:01 a.m. the country needs to take
Francis Campbell, vice- note because an aging
president with the Halifax population costs more,
Typographical Union, says 61 and the declining popu-
unionized workers in the news- lation base will result in
room will be in a legal position less equalization, fewer
to strike that day, but none in- transfers for health and
tends to walk off the job. education, and less money
Instead, Campbell said the raised from income tax.
140-year-old company has made Union local president Ingrid Bulmer speaks in front of the Chronicle Herald in this file photo. JEFF HARPER/METRO McKenna said Atlantic
it clear it is getting ready to Canada gets only about
lock out the employees to press pany in Atlantic Canada, with has already agreed to at other been their agenda since we fraction of the pay and benefits,” 2.5 per cent of immigrants
its proposals to reduce wages, wages and benefits that surpass media companies.” started bargaining.” the union said in a statement. to Canada.
lengthen working hours, shrink other outlets. The union’s opening proposal The bargaining unit includes As for pensions, Campbell “Immigrants go where
future pension benefits and lay Nancy Cook, the Herald’s was a 7.5 per cent wage increase reporters, editors, photograph- says the company has indicated immigrants are. They are
off up to 18 workers. vice-president of administra- over three years. Campbell said ers, editorial writers, colum- it wants to do away with the all going to Montreal, To-
Mark Lever, CEO of The Hali- tion, said the newspaper must the union was willing to negoti- nists, page technicians and existing defined-benefit plan. ronto and Vancouver. We
fax Herald Ltd., could not be cut costs to remain competitive. ate but it never got the chance. support staff. The company’s The union also says the Her- have to break that mould
reached for comment. “There is no denying that we Just over 300 people work proposal to cut wages and ex- ald is expanding its advertorial somehow,” McKenna, now
However, the company re- are in a challenging business,” at the daily. tend working hours from 35 and paid-content products, run deputy chairman of the
leased a statement Friday say- Cook said in the statement. Prior to an initial round of to 40 hours a week will result by the advertising department. Toronto-Dominion Bank,
ing that even with the proposed “The company’s proposals come layoffs in 2009, the Herald’s in a 17 per cent reduction in “As we face more deep cuts said in an interview.
reductions, the Herald would from contracts the union repre- newsroom included just over newsroom pay, Campbell said. to the newsroom, we feel very He said the federal gov-
remain the largest media com- senting the Herald newsroom 100 unionized employees, said As well, he said the company strongly that the company is ernment should create a
Campbell, the paper’s Truro has a plan to lay off desk editors leading us toward irrelevance: special program for At-
The company is leading us bureau chief. The proposed lay- and replace them with non- Less depth, less journalism, lantic Canada that would
toward irrelevance: Less offs would reduce the news- unionized workers who will fewer compelling stories, more require immigrants to live
room to less than half its size focus on laying out pages. rewrites of news releases and three to five years in the
depth, less journalism, fewer seven years ago. “Their jobs would be out- more sponsored content,” Ing- region before they are
compelling stories. “I think the company will sourced, possibly within the rid Bulmer, president of the granted citizenship.
lock us out,” Campbell said in company, to its non-unionized union local at the Herald, said THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ingrid Bulmer, president of union local at Herald
an interview. “I think that’s advertorial department, for a in a statement. THE CANADIAN PRESS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Small stepping down as Amherst mayor
The Town of Amherst is going name forward,” Small said after
to be electing a new mayor in giving the annual state-of-the-
October. town address to Rotary. “I’m
Robert Small told members not disappearing, but I am go-
of the Amherst Rotary Club on ing to take a break.”
Monday that he will not be Small served on town coun-
reoffering for the position he cil during the mid-1990s, serv-
has held since 2008. ing from 1994 to 1997.
“I’ve been thinking about He ran for mayor for the
it for quite a while now and first time in 2008 and defeated
this is the time when you nor- longtime councilor Ed Chitty
mally make the decision about by 1,200 votes.
whether you’re going to run He faced a bigger test and
again. a closer race in 2012 when he
“It gives some people an op- edged Wayne Bishop by under
portunity to think about it and 200 votes. Amherst mayor Robert Small (left) and Cumberland North
whether they want to put their TC MEDIA MLA Terry Farrell at Small’s 2015 levee. TC MEDIA FILE
6 Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Canada/World
Freedom Pediatric surgeons
learning hands-on
Doctors from all over the
world did a hands-on sur-
for hostage gical training for congen-
ital heart disease surgery
with 3D print models.
Performing the
complex procedure
COLIN RUTHERFORD ronto man’s family had that he The Norwood Proced-
Canadian was alive came in a 2011 video ure is performed on a 3D
released by insurgents where he model of a newborn heart
released after answered questions; an accom- with hypoplastic left heart
being seized by panying email accused Ruther- syndrome at the Hospital
ford, then 26, of being a spy. for Sick Children, In To-
Taliban in 2010 In the video, Rutherford in- ronto, on Thursday.
sisted he was not a spy and had
travelled to Afghanistan to study Heart-to-heart
A Canadian man captured by the historical sites, old buildings Dr. Shi-Joon Yoo, a cardiac
Taliban in 2010 has been freed. and shrines. radiologist at SickKids who
Colin Rutherford was on a Foreign Affairs Minister Ste- produced the hearts.
private vacation in Afghanistan phane Dion announced Ruth-
when he was seized by the mil- erford’s release in a brief state- ALL PHOTOS NATHAN DENETTE/
itant group in November of that ment, but did not explain what THE CANADIAN PRESS
year. steps were taken to secure his
The last indication the To- freedom — only that it involved
the government of Qatar.
He says he was “very pleased”
that efforts undertaken to get
him out proved successful.
The involvement of Qatar in
Rutherford’s release is not en-
tirely surprising. The Persian
Gulf country has at times quietly
played mediator between west- PEDIATRICS
ern governments and the Tali- 3D-printed hearts help train for surgery
ban — even helping to facili-
tate peace negotiations between
governments in Kabul and the
hardline insurgency. The pediatric surgeons hover from Canada and such coun- orange, others whitish in colour
Colin Rutherford FACEBOOK THE CANADIAN PRESS over a tiny heart, gently re- tries as Norway, Oman, Mexico — were produced by Dr. Shi-Joon
tracting delicate inner structures and the United States — have Yoo, a cardiac radiologist at the
This is a good way
IN BRIEF and attaching a graft with impos- come to watch master surgeons hospital.
sibly intricate stitches to repair demonstrate the highly compli- to practise it when Depending on its size, a dupli-
a congenital defect that would cated techniques used to repair the consequences cate of a child’s heart can take
Refugee count nears 10K Detain immigrant children mean certain death within days a number of congenital heart anywhere from four to 12 hours
Flight arrival data on the as last resort: Red Cross of birth. abnormalities and to safely prac- are not dire. to produce, as layer upon layer
Immigration Department’s Canada should lock up But this heart isn’t inside the tise those skills on models of Dr. Glen Van Arsdell of the resin is built up, he says.
website suggests the child immigrants only as a chest cavity of a newborn; it’s a their own. While the current cost is
10,000th Syrian will ar- “last resort” and must find 3D-printed model being used Three-dimensional copies have “Each of the models repre- somewhat prohibitive — es-
rive on one of two flights alternatives to detention at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto been created of five hearts from sents a very specific form of dis- timated at about $2,000 per
bound for Toronto on Tues- for such vulnerable new- to train cardiac surgeons from real infants with cardiac anom- ease that is very different,” says model — Yoo says the technol-
day, though the depart- comers, the Red Cross said around the world in some of alies using a high-tech 3D-printer, Dr. Glen Van Arsdell, chief of ogy means hundreds of copies
ment could not confirm in its latest confidential in- the most complex operations which almost perfectly reprodu- cardiovascular surgery at Sick can be printed after imaging
that number. spection report. they will ever perform during ces the organ’s structure using a Kids. “I can look at the model and a single child’s heart to dem-
THE CANADIAN PRESS THE CANADIAN PRESS their careers. photopolymer resin, based on so- tell you what the diagnosis is.” onstrate a particular defect.
About a dozen trainees — phisticated MRI and CT imaging. The 3D-printed hearts — some THE CANADIAN PRESS
IN BRIEF
IRAQ MEXICO
ISIL says it’s behind mall attack Sean Penn says he
Don’t fight violence with
violence, Germany begs
The Islamic State of Iraq and the New Year’s Eve attacks on has ‘nothin’ to hide’
Levant (ISIL) group claimed re- women in Cologne blamed
sponsibility for the Baghdad mall on foreigners were “intoler-
attack that killed 18 people on able,” Chancellor Angela Actor Sean Penn said that contacts between
Monday. Gunmen stormed into Merkel’s spokesman said, he has “nothin’ to Guzman’s lawyers and
the Jawhara Mall after setting but added nothing excuses hide” after images Penn and actress Kate
off a car bomb and launching retaliatory assaults on im- published Monday del Castillo helped
a suicide attack at its entrance. migrants. Pakistanis and a indicated he was them track down
Iraqi officials say the attack, Syrian were attacked there under surveillance the fugitive and they
which lasted over an hour, killed Sunday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS when he met with raided his hideout in
at least 18 people and wounded the Mexican actress rural Durango state
50 in the city’s mainly Shiite east. People gather in front of targeted mall. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Swedish police accused who led him to Joaquin a few days after their
The ISIL statement, posted of covering up assaults “El Chapo” Guzman Sean Penn. Oct. 2 meeting. Guz-
online shortly after the attack, immediately be reconciled. assault, according to police and Swedish police face allega- — and the pair was AFP/GETTY IMAGES FILE man evaded author-
said a car bomb and four ISIL Iraqi officials initially de- medical officials, who spoke on tions of a coverup for failing apparently followed ities then but was
fighters carried out the attack, scribed the attack as a hostage condition of anonymity because to report sexual assaults and photographed as they set out finally captured after a shoot-
targeting an area where many situation, estimating that 50 they were not authorized to brief against teenage girls at a for the supposedly secret meet- out Friday in the state of Sinaloa.
Shiite Muslims are known to people were trapped inside the reporters. 2015 music festival. The ing with the drug lord. Guzman’s capture came six
gather and warned of “worse” complex. But Iraqi forces soon ISIL suffered a major defeat newspaper Dagens Nyheter Penn also dismissed criticism months after his dramatic es-
to come. Iraqi officials say the surrounded the building and last month when Iraqi forces cited officials saying police over his interview with the fugi- cape through a mile-long tun-
attack was carried out by seven landed troops on the roof. They drove them out of Ramadi, cap- hesitate to speak about tive, who was captured on Friday, nel he dug from his cell at the
men, one of whom died when clashed with attackers inside, ital of the sprawling Anbar prov- crimes linked to migrants a day before Penn’s 10,000-word maximum-security Altiplano
he detonated his explosive vest killing two, and arresting four. ince. The group still controls for fear of playing into the story was published in Rolling prison, west of Mexico City.
at the start of the attack. The At least four police officers much of northern and western far right. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Stone magazine. He is back at the same prison.
conflicting accounts could not were among those killed in the Iraq. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mexican officials have said THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Business Tuesday, January 12, 2016 7
Beef industry lowers ENTERTAINMENT
Cineplex gets into
gaming contests
harmful emissions
Cineplex has launched its first
E-SPORTS
national video-game tourna-
ment in hopes of capitalizing
ENVIRONMENT and the change in greenhouse- on the growing popularity of (cid:217)(cid:1)(cid:36)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:72)(cid:66)(cid:78)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:1)
Results due to gas emissions in the production competitive gaming to help fill known as e-sports, has
of Canadian beef. seats at its countrywide chain become a huge market
switching feed The results show the indus- of theatres. overseas in places such
try has become more efficient, The company’s foray into as South Korea and Japan,
from grass to
with about 15 per cent less gaming tournaments is aimed where matches of popu-
grains: Study emissions overall. at a younger demographic be- lar games like Starcraft sell
“A significant reduction in ing pulled away from movie out stadiums.
GHG intensity over the past theatres by mobile phones,
Canada’s cattle industry is pro- three decades occurred as a re- YouTube and social media. (cid:217)(cid:1)(cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:72)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:14)(cid:84)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:86)(cid:84)-
ducing more beef with less sult of increased daily gain and “E-sports are quickly becom- try was worth $748 million
greenhouse-gas emissions, says slaughter weight, improved re- ing a global phenomenon and, US in 2015, according to
a new study. production efficiency, reduced as a company, we’ve invested SuperData Research, with
Researchers at the University time to slaughter, increased in it because it allows us to viewership of some events,
of Manitoba and Agriculture crop yields and a shift toward engage a new customer base,” such as the League of
Canada found a 15 per cent high-grain diet that enabled Cineplex spokeswoman Sarah Legends world champion-
reduction in methane emis- cattle to be marketed at an Van Lange said Monday. ship, reaching into the tens
sions on a production basis earlier age,” reads the study. Cineplex is offering $50,000 of millions.
between 1981 and 2011, and The beef industry accounts in prizes in one-on-one match-
a 16 per cent cut in nitrous for 3.6 per cent of Canada’s ups of Call of Duty: Black
dioxide from manure. total greenhouse-gas emis- Ops III. The tournament will on that company’s PlayStation
The results sions, a figure begin Saturday with qualify- 4 console.
were achieved that hasn’t ing rounds to be played on- But questions remain about
partly by feed- 20,000 changed much line, followed by matches at the revenue potential for Cine-
ing cattle over the years, 24 theatres next month and a plex.
grain instead McAllister final event on March 6. “It’s an unproven model,
of grass and said. The Canadian office of gam- but there certainly seems to
other forage Agriculture Canada once Agriculture ing giant Sony has signed on be a lot of gamers out there,”
estimated a single lactat-
when they Canada once as the lead sponsor, and the said BMO analyst Tim Casey.
ing dairy cow produces a
are being fat- similar amount of green- estimated that competition will take place THE CANADIAN PRESS
tened before house-gas emissions as a one lactating
slaughter, says mid-sized car driven dairy cow pro- market minute IN BRIEF
the study pub- 20,000 km in one year. duces a simi-
lished in the lar amount of
journal Ani- greenhouse- Growth hit hard by oil
mal Production Science. gas emissions as a mid-sized prices: Finance minister
“A lot of our efficiencies in vehicle driven 20,000 kilo- The federal finance min-
Canada have to do with the use metres in one year. DOLLAR ister says the economy
of grain in feedlot diets,” Tim The Canadian Cattlemen’s is suffering from slower
McAllister, a research scientist Association hopes the study 70.31¢ (–0.37¢) growth than originally
with Agriculture Canada, said helps counter some of the criti- projected by the former
Monday. cism the beef industry has re- Conservative government.
“They get more energy from ceived over the years about TSX Bill Morneau told sev-
it and with less digestive prob- how it affects the environment. 12,319.25 (–126.20) eral hundred people
lems.” Tom Lynch-Staunton, an attending a Halifax
Changes in management association spokesman, said OIL Chamber of Commerce
$31.41 US (–$1.75)
practices have allowed cat- many producers have changed luncheon that his depart-
tle to be sent for slaughter how they operate. “It tells us GOLD ment’s projections on
at a younger age, around 18 that our changes in manage- $1,096.20 US (–$1.70) growth since the 2015
months, rather than 24 months ment practices are actually hav- budget have fallen due
in the past. ing a positive impact,” he said. to oil prices that are less
The study compared the cat- The industry includes 68,500 Canadian cattle account for 3.6 per cent of the country’s total NATURAL GAS: $2.396 US (–7.6¢) than half those of 2014.
tle herd, the amount of land beef farms, mainly in Western greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a research scientist DOW JONES: 16,398.57 (+52.12) THE CANADIAN PRESS
required for beef production Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS with Agriculture Canada. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE FILE
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The Bowie handbook
for a crazy, creative,
ever-changing life
The first time I listened closely ductive. Be insanely creative.
to David Bowie, I couldn’t see The foremost ideal he por-
That’s the windfall David Bowie made by issuing “Bowie bonds” tied to his future royalties in the stars at all. trayed was freedom. Second
I was driving B.C.’s switch- was gall. Both made him very
1997. The singer was ahead of his time not only when it came to music, gender expression and back, two-lane Sea-to-Sky rich, which was undoubtedly
enormous pants, but also in terms of securitization, the process of taking real-life assets and highway at night, while con- part of the calculation, but
turning them into financial instruments. Bowie bonds let him raise money without selling the struction crews laboured to his wealth doesn’t lessen the
widen the roads. The looming message.
rights to his work or having to wait for royalties to roll in. People who bought in received a portion
spotlights and dust kicked up I never became an avowed
of the future royalties from Bowie’s 25-album, 21-year back catalogue over a 10-year period. The by heavy machines obscured fan. I can’t list off all his alter
bonds paid a 7.9 per cent yield, and though they didn’t perform as well as expected — the indus- everything around the car. egos in chronological order
try soon came under pressure from pirates — the idea caught on. Iron Maiden, James Brown and I couldn’t see more than and match his elaborate out-
a dozen metres ahead, and fits to his world tours. But
Rod Stewart got on the bond-issuing bandwagon. Soon securities promising future profits from
it felt like navigating some you didn’t have to be a fan
everything from time-share loans to racehorse sperm flooded the market. (And subprime mort- robot-strewn future, listen- to understand the way he
gages, too, though that’s another story). Bowie had foreseen the ch-ch-ch-changes in the music ing to a mixtape of Bowie, ignored the rules. And there
business, telling the New York Times in 2002 that “The absolute transformation of everything that who seemed to be singing could have been no better
from somewhere beyond this soundtrack to that summer,
we ever thought about music will take place within 10 years … just take advantage of these last
world. driving the highway at night
few years because none of this is ever going to happen again.” SOURCE: BLOOMBERG One chord from Ziggy Star- and dreaming of who I could
dust, and the picture appears: be.
me, young and truly alone for Bowie will be remembered
the first time, trying to make as a genius of the level few
A bigger down payment something of myself in a could aspire to. But there’s
strange town. Dust, lights and nothing stopping anyone from
darkness. aspiring to his approach to
Many others will tell you, life, if to less dazzling and lu-
better than I could, what crative ends.
is actually a good thing
David Bowie meant to fashion, “I thought he was a vam-
to finance, to music, to ideas pire! I thought he’d live for-
of gender. But his effect on ever!” one colleague quipped,
our notions of who and what after word broke that Bowie
we could be — that it is his died of cancer.
down payments of as little as This insurance protects miums, CMHC has in the past most revolutionary legacy. Few knew he was sick. Few
Diane Baker five per cent. the lender, not the borrower. been in a loss position when The David Bowie handbook believed he could die. But you
Mason Meanwhile, lenders — Upon default, the insurance the real-estate market has for living would include such really can’t avoid it — even if
banks and trust companies — company pays the bank, then crashed. points as: You don’t need to you’re Bowie. Eventually, you
For Metro
are happy to hand out money. pursues the borrower. As In order to cool the market pick an identity, as you are run out of costume chan-
Why? Because they aren’t for the premium (which can without causing a crash, the infinitely changeable. Feel free ges. There’s no more time to
It’s a common misconception the ones facing the risk, in be as much as 3.85 per cent federal government is intro- to wear pants as large as you contribute to the world. There
that buying a house is always the event of a crash. That risk of the amount borrowed), ducing changes to the in- like. Weird is sexy. Never take is no more time for shape-
a good investment. is in the hands of the lenders’ it is added to the debt. On a sured-mortgage rules effective half-steps in make-believe. shifting.
This myth has been bol- default insurers, including $500K loan, that’s another 20 Feb. 15, 2016, increasing the Don’t worry about gender With whatever time you
stered over the last decade by the crown corporation, Can- grand — which, on a loan of down payment to 10 per cent conformity. Don’t worry about have, why hold back when
skyrocketing housing prices, ada Mortgage and Housing — half a million dollars, doesn’t for the portion of a home fluid sexuality. Be insanely pro- you could be more like Bowie?
with nearly frantic buyers our corporation. seem like much. value greater than $500k. In a
borrowing disproportionate Mortgage default insur- But it is. This will be pain- falling market, this minimal
PHILOSOPHER CAT
amounts of money in order ance has been around for fully apparent when interest equity will quickly vanish. by Jason Logan
to “enter the market,” with decades, and is not in itself a rates eventually go up. Pay- Lenders hand out money
bad thing. Ordinarily a bank, ments on these massive loans at low rates, and we gobble Your essential daily news
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5
WAYS WE WILL
As the world mourns the death
of the legendary David Bowie,
REMEMBER Metro looks at how the shape-
shifting genius influenced pop
DAVID BOWIE culture for more than half a
century METRO/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/AFP
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Long before alter egosss aaaannndd wild
outfits became commonplace in
pop, Bowie turned the music world
upside down with the release of
the 1972 album, The Rise and Fall
of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders
from Mars which introduced one
of music’s most famous personas.
Ziggy Stardust was a concept
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RVI from outer space trying to make
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Changes, Starman,
and Rebel Rebel, You may not think of Bowie as a Christmas artist, but his 1977
to Heroes, Ashes duet of Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy with Bing Crosby is
to Ashes and 1981’s a perennial favourite during the holiday season thanks to annual
Under Pressure. play on MuchMusic in the 1980s and ’90s and millions of YouTube
views. Bowie recorded a duet for the song Under Pressure with
Queen in 1982, and performed it live with Annie Lennox. Other
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Bowie — with his outra-
geous alter egos — was as
renowned for his image and
influence on fashion design
as he was for his music.
From the much-copied
lightning-flash face paint
of Aladdin Sane, the
David Bowie’s mug shot from a 1976 pot bust. oversize shoulders and
white shirt collars of Thin
The Man
White Duke to the trilby
hat and floppy fringe of
The Movies
“My entire career, I’ve only really worked with the the alien he played in
same subject matter,” Bowie told The Associated the movie The Man that D
Bowie will always be remembered for Press in a 2002 interview. “The trousers may change, Fell to Earth, Bowie for UTE
his tight-pants-wearing turn as Jareth but the actual words and subjects I’ve always decades boldly broke RIB
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adventure film Labyrinth (inset) and as Maj. Jack “Strafer” Cel- abandonment, fear and anxiety — all of the high gender with his influen- CO
liers in the BAFTA-winning Japanese prisoner of war film Merry points of one’s life.” tial looks.
Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. During his career, Bowie famously declared himself Then there was, of course, 1972’s flame-orange-haired
Bowie won an acting award for his performance as Thomas bisexual in the 1970s. In a 1983 Rolling Stone article Ziggy Stardust — his most recognizable invention. Jean
Jerome Newton, an extraterrestrial, in The Man Who Fell to Earth, he called the declaration the biggest mistake he ever Paul Gaultier (a Ziggy-inspired design from a 2013 Gaultier
and appeared as a vampire opposite Catherine Deneuve in The made, qualifying that comment to Blender maga- collection is shown at left), Dior, Saint Laurent and Dries
Hunger (top). Other acting credits include Twin Peaks: Fire Walk zine in 2002 to say “I don’t think it was a mistake in Van Noten and fashion-conscious actresses such as Tilda
with Me, Basquiat — where he played Andy Warhol — Pontius Europe, but it was a lot tougher in America.” Swinton all owe Bowie a lot. Trends in recent seasons have
Pilate in Martin Scorcese’s controversial The Last Temptation of In the 1980s he famously and publicly challenged turned the clocks back to the glam rock of the 1970s and
Christ and Nikola Tesla in Christopher Nolan’s thriller The Prestige. MTV on its refusal to play black music videos on air. ‘80s — a Bowie signature.
10 Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Health
Playing
pregnancy
roulette
HEALTH POLICY nervously. women — leaving her with two
Canada lags The 31-year-old Toronto entre- remaining choices: hormonal
preneur doesn’t want to play IUDs Mirena and Jaydess.
behind other roulette with pregnancy, but But Wilson can’t afford either
she’s left with few options due — both cost upwards of $300 and
nations in birth
to health issues that prevent subsidized birth control clinics
control access her from using most forms of don’t offer them.
birth control. At present, she and “I’m just starting a business so
her partner use condoms, but, I’m always worried about when
“I can tell you we’re not using money is coming in, and these
Liz
them perfectly 100 per cent of costs add up,” she says. “I wish
Brown
the time,” she says. there were more options.”
Metro | Canada
Doctors have advised her that Wilson isn’t alone.
her only option is an IUD. Wil- According to the Canadian
When her period comes each son’s painful menstrual cramps Contraception Consensus report
month, Anne Wilson* breathes remove the copper IUD from from the Society of Obstetricians
a sigh of relief. “I’m like, oh her list of options — it’s known and Gynaecologists of Canada,
thank God,” she says, laughing to exacerbate cramps in some 15 per cent of sexually active Canadian women aren’t using As soon as a subsidy is brought
any form of birth control and in, particularly for highly
20 per cent are using a form of
effective methods like IUDs, the
birth control inconsistently. And
Azrael according to the World Health population shifts towards using
Organization, 51 per cent of preg- them.
nancies in North America were
Domestic unintended in 2012 (a stat that Dr. Wendy Norman
includes pregnancies that were
Medium Hair not carried to term). and long wait times. According to Dr. Norman, free,
Low-income women are twice Catherine Datta, the north/ accessible birth control is one of
as likely to use no contracep- east manager of the Toronto Sex- the easiest ways to reduce costs
It is hard NOT to notice 10-year-old
tives compared to the highest ual Health Clinics, notes that in on the health care system.
Azrael, a grand and magnificent earners. And one third of Can- 2014, over 63,000 people visited American research shows that
adian women will have an in- clinics in Toronto and sometimes the nation’s publicly-funded clin-
figure. He is a mature, healthy
duced abortion at some point in experienced wait times of more ics — which provide access to
adult who has found himself in their life. Simply put, Canadian than two hours. free or subsidized birth control
women are facing enough bar- “The hours (of clinics) don’t — saved the U.S. $13.6 billion
need of a loving forever home. His riers to birth control that a sub- support the people who may in 2010, or about $7 for every
steady, calm gaze suggests he is stantial number are risking un- use them the most,” agrees Pam public dollar spent.
planned pregnancy each month. Krause, executive director of the And a study from St. Louis,
interested in knowing what is “When we look around the Calgary Sexual Health Centre. Mo., conducted between 2007
going on with you. He is a big sook, world, Canada is one of the only According to Krause, the clinics and 2011 involving 10,000 young
societies that pays for universal in Calgary have hours similar to women given the option of vari-
rolling around and rubbing against health care ... but doesn’t pro- school and offices. ous methods of free birth con-
vide free contraception,” says That leaves many women trol resulted in a dramatic drop
you to make sure you can give him
Dr. Wendy Norman, chair of the using condoms or withdrawal in unintended pregnancy. The
a good petting. This wonderful Contraception Access Research for birth control, two methods annual rate of pregnancy for
Team (CART) at the University of with the highest rates of failure participants in the study was 34
boy is ready to head home with someone who will give him the love and attention he so
British Columbia. “The number — 21 per cent failure for con- per 1,000 women, compared to a
deserves. Could that someone be you? one barrier that we’ve identified doms over one year of typical national average of 57 per 1,000.
for women accessing birth con- use, and a 22 per cent failure About 75 per cent of the par-
trol is cost,” she adds. for withdrawal over one year of ticipants opted for long-acting
For more information on Azrael and other adoptable furry friends, The United States, 11 countries typical use, according to research IUDs. In contrast, only about 2
visit www.spcans.ca/dartmouthshelter or contact the Nova Scoti a SPCA in Europe, the U.K., Australia and from Princeton University in per cent of the general female
New Zealand all provide a uni- 2011. In contrast, less than 1 per population in the U.S. use an IUD.
Provincial Animal Shelter at 902-468-7877 or [email protected] versal subsidy for contraception. cent of women using an IUD will “As soon as a subsidy is
In Canada, however, afford- become pregnant over one year. brought in, particularly for highly
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