Metro Halifax - January 15, 2015

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‘No investigation
going on’: Police
Dentistry scandal. Remote classes on the Facebook page and
feel that they were affected
Force researching Dal
by the posts.
students’ comments to The fourth-year students “If any of these alleged vic-
determine if criminal who were part of the tims believe they’ve been vic-
Facebook group have been timized criminally, we would
charges could be laid ordered to attend classes like to speak with them and
remotely and are sus- see what they have to say,”
pended from clinical duties, Bourdages said, adding that
which could aff ect their no one has filed a formal
Police in Halifax are re- ability to graduate. complaint about the posts.
viewing misogynistic com- Reports of the offensive
ments about female dentistry posts and the university’s
students at Dalhousie Univer- evidence of criminal wrong- initial response prompted
sity allegedly made by their doing ... We’re now reviewing rallies and calls for the expul-
male classmates to determine it.” sion of the 13 students.
if a criminal investigation In an email Wednesday, The Facebook page at the
is warranted, the force said Dalhousie spokesman Brian centre of the controversy has
Wednesday. Leadbetter said the school been taken down.
Const. Pierre Bourdages has “shared the requested But according to the CBC,
confirmed that the university information” but offered no members of the Class of DDS
provided them with copies of other details. Gentlemen page on Face-
the comments made on a de- The development came book voted on which woman
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But he did not know how that Dalhousie had initially with and joked about using
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to police or the nature of it. the postings based on student CBC said in another post, a
It also wasn’t clear how long privacy concerns, but then woman is shown in a bikini
Carleton Stone, Breagh Mackinnon and Dylan Guthro pose for a photo at The Carleton earlier this
the review would take. indicated it would co-operate. with a caption that says,
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4 HALIFAX metronews.ca
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Province says sorry to
breastfeeding vendor
Tanessa Holt. Despite forming her that she was not
allowed to breastfeed her
apology, Dartmouth
7-1/2-month-old son and then
woman still unsure serve food.
In an email provided by
if she will return to
Holt, food specialist Tracey
farmers’ market MacDonald wrote that pos-
sible contamination could
occur through vomit or feces
from the baby.
STEPHANIE “The email did start out by
TAYLOR saying it’s not a breastfeeding
[email protected] issue … but it wasn’t clear
what our intent was, and
The director of the provincial that being more of a hand-
food protection division be- hygiene issue,” MacGregor
lieves a Dartmouth woman explained Wednesday.
who was told by a food in- He then clarified this in a
spector that she was pro- follow-up email to Holt, out-
hibited from breastfeeding lining as long she properly
her son and handling food washes her hands after nurs-
deserved an apology. ing, there is no problem.
Barry MacGregor ex- “I’m happy to hear the de-
plained the Department of partment doesn’t see breast-
Agriculture has no issue feeding as a contamination
with breastfeeding whatso- issue,” Holt said Wednesday.
ever, but they realized that She is glad the depart-
appeared unclear to vendor ment “owned up” to its mis-
Tanessa Holt, who was plan- take, but feels “irritated that
ning to quit her farmers’ it had to come to this.”
market business over what But even despite the apol-
MacGregor called an unfortu- ogy and invitation to con-
nate misunderstanding. tinue selling at the market,
“This one kind of got away she is “on the fence” about
on us,” MacGregor said of the whether she will return with
situation on Wednesday. her business. Tanessa Holt, owner of Food Noise, at her Dartmouth home this week. JEFF HARPER/METRO
He phoned Holt on Wed- Since the whole situa-
nesday morning, apologizing tion arose from someone feeding and food-handling, Analysis
for any confusion after she inquiring with organizers at Holt is now worried that
Low-risk
had been contacted by a food the Halifax Seaport Market others in the public may
inspector two days prior, in- around the issues of breast- share similar concerns. poses a very low risk for washroom, than breast-
product
As a new business owner, any possible contamina- feeding,
Holt said she can’t risk los- tion compared to food that “Ms. Holt is very
Quoted
ing potential customers who is prepared fresh. educated and aware and I
may question the quality of Barry MacGregor explained In fact, he said, there have no doubt that she will
“We just promote appropriate hand hygiene no
her products, so she needs on Wednesday that since is more of a concern over practise the appropriate
matter what you’re doing.” more time to consider her the food Tanessa Holt sells people who fail to wash hand hygiene,” MacGregor
options before making any comes pre-packaged, it their hands after using the said.
Barry MacGregor, director of the provincial food protection division
return.
Vote for the name of another new ferry
The city and Halifax Transit new vessel named in honour Online discrimination faced by resi- The new vessel is the
are once again asking resi- of six well-known Haligon- dents of Africville. second of three ferries that
dents to choose a name for a ians. They are: — Raymond Taavel, a re- will be replacing the har-
new harbour ferry, expected — Craig Blake, the first How do you vote? Go to spected LGBTQ activist and for- bour’s older fleet.
to set sail this summer. Canadian sailor to be killed halifax.ca/surveys/#_blank. mer chairman of Halifax Pride. Last year, residents voted
After more than 500 in the Afghanistan war. He was murdered in 2012. in favour of naming the first
names were submitted by — Vincent Coleman, the The name receiving the of the new ferries Christo-
residents last fall, people will hero who sacrificed his own — Ruth Goldbloom, who most votes will be subject to pher Stannix, in honour of
have a chance to cast their life to warn thousands of co-founded the Pier 21 Soci- final approval by Transport the young solider from Cole
ballots for one of six possible people to flee from the Hali- ety that established the Pier Canada. The resident who Harbour who was killed in
names shortlisted in an on- fax Explosion. 21 immigration museum. submitted the winning name 2007 while serving with the
line survey until Jan. 30. — Walter Fitzgerald, a — Maxine Tynes, an Af- will receive a free one-year Canadian Armed Forces in Af- The new Christopher Stannix ferry
Voters can choose wheth- long-time educator and for- rican Nova Scotian writer transport pass, courtesy of ghanistan. is unveiled last summer.
er they would like to see the mer mayor of Halifax. who has written about the the city and Halifax Transit. STEPHANIE TAYLOR/METRO JEFF HARPER/METRO
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6 HALIFAX metronews.ca
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Inquiry board rules salon owner
sexually harassed gay employee
Ordered to pay $11,400. on sexual orientation, a board felt uncomfortable when Cor- Cormier’s “abhorrent ac-
Quoted
Stephanie Graham filed of inquiry has ordered him to mier made comments about tions” occurred with more
pay her more than $11,000. her appearance and inappropri- regularity one month after Gra-
complaint in what board “It was patently obvious Mr. Cormier wished to com-
Graham first filed a com- ate remarks about being gay, ham said she was gay, Crawford
chair called ‘abhorrent plaint with the Nova Scotia such as saying a man could mence an intimate relationship with Ms. Graham said.
actions’ of former boss Human Rights Commission “still dream,” referring to her shortly after her employment. One does not have to Crawford ruled Cormier had
against the owner of Shear as a “crazy bipolar lesbian” and discriminated against Graham
be perspicacious to discern that his infatuation soon
Logic Hairstyling, Sean Cor- introducing her to clients as a on account of her gender and
mier, in November 2007. She lesbian. became an obsession.” sexual orientation, and sexually
HALEY worked at the now-closed Fen- Cormier also called her in Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission board chair Kenneth Crawford, in a written release harassed her while she was em-
RYAN wick Street location for three the evening multiple times, ployed with him.
[email protected] months in an apprenticeship asked her to dinner and parked Cormier was then ordered
for her cosmetology course. outside her home, Graham wrote that although Cormier think how the respondent to pay Graham $11,400, repre-
Seven years after Stephanie According to the decision said, and eventually fired her denied every allegation, “I did could have treated a young senting general damages for
Graham filed a human rights made by board chairman Ken- when he yelled at her in her not believe him at all,” and ac- lady, who was 22 years of age at denigration of her dignity and
complaint alleging her former neth Crawford on Dec. 15 and apartment soon after she de- cepted Graham’s evidence de- the time, with such anger, total self-respect and the psycho-
boss sexually harassed and dis- released Wednesday, Graham clined to meet him for dinner. spite conflicting reports. disrespect and humiliation,” logical and emotional harm he
criminated against her based presented evidence that she In his decision, Crawford “It greatly dismays me to Crawford said in the decision. inflicted.
Walking
in a winter
wonderland
A pair of walkers enjoy a sunny
trek around a partially frozen
Northwest Arm at Sir Sandford
Fleming Park past Dingle Tower
on Wednesday. Environment
Canada is calling for another
sunny day on Thursday, with
temperatures climbing to -1 C.
JEFF HARPER/METRO
60,000 visit new Halifax library
Overnight parking ban.
Nearly 900 tickets issued
It was a number higher than sessions to weigh in on the
By the numbers
anyone at Halifax Public Li- design of the new library.
braries could have dreamed. 900,000 “So many people walked The overnight winter park- a few hundred tickets this time
New statistics collected by that building every day ing ban was enforced for the of year,” says city spokeswoman
by staff reveal that in the and saw the progression. second time this winter early Jennifer Stairs in regard to the
first two opening weeks, the Even if they weren’t a part Wednesday and it saw close to number of tickets issued by its
The number of visitors the library is
Halifax Central Library saw of designing it, they were 900 people awaken to find tick- parking enforcement unit.
predicting to see by the end of 2015
60,000 people walk through part of watching it come ets on their windshields. When put into effect by the
its doors. into being and so curiosity The city says its parking city, the parking ban runs from
“We knew it’d be a lot, but Morrison estimates it was there,” Morrison ex- enforcement team issued 347 1 a.m. until 6 a.m. and prohibits
but we didn’t realize it’d be has something to do with plained. tickets, while Halifax Regional parking on any streets.
that much,” library spokes- how involved people felt It also helped that last Police handed out 535. That HRM issues public service
woman Kasia Morrison said from the start. January, CNN named the adds up to a grand total of 882 announcements and posts in-
Wednesday. “It was a community pro- new library as one of the tickets handed out. formation on their website to
“It’s amazing.” ject from the beginning,” top eye-popping buildings The first parking ban of notify the public of a parking
The crowd inside Halifax Public There’s no clear reason she said, citing that an aver- to watch for in 2014, she 2015 was in effect Jan. 5 and re- ban. The overnight winter park-
Library on its opening day. why so many Haligonians age of 300 residents turned added. sulted in 335 tickets. ing ban is in effect until March
BRAEDON CLARK/FOR METRO flocked to the new library, out to the five consolation STEPHANIE TAYLOR/METRO “It’s not uncommon to see 31. SYDNEY JONES/FOR METRO
metronews.ca HALIFAX 7
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Three times the talent: Solo
acts join to form Port Cities
In the studio. Local Stone, Guthro and
Mackinnon are putting their
musicians Carleton
solo careers on the back-
Stone, Dylan Guthro burner and forming the
band Port Cities.
and Breagh MacKinnon
Although all three have
are recording with found success on their own,
it wasn’t a hard decision to
Gordie Sampson
leave that behind, said the
23-year-old Guthro. All three
have played in each others’
BACKSTAGE bands, they’ve written songs
PASS together and they are long-
Aly Thomson time friends.
[email protected] “We were on stage sing-
ing Carleton’s Blood Is
Thicker Than Water, and
For a musician, there’s noth- the three-part harmony
ing like being on the road blend felt really natural and
with your friends. really cool, and that kind
Especially when your of sparked the idea,” said
friends are artists you used Guthro, a jack-of-all-trades
to be in competition with, artist who plays a number
local musician Carleton of instruments and crosses
Stone said of Dylan Guthro multiple genres.
and Breagh Mackinnon. Guthro’s song Do It All
“There’s a lot of singer- Again was produced by Clas-
songwriters, especially in sified and last summer, he
this community. We were teamed up with local rapper
kind of doing our own thing Quake Matthews for the in-
but also competing against fectious Summertime Win.
each other,” said Stone, sip- Mackinnon, 24, described
ping beers with Guthro and the band’s sound as “rootsy
Mackinnon in the back room pop,” drawing inspiration
of the Carleton Music Bar from Crosby Stills and Nash
and Grill in Halifax. and Fleetwood Mac.
“We just thought, there’s “The show is sort of a Carleton Stone, Breagh Mackinnon, Dylan Guthro pose for a photo at the Carleton earlier this week. EFF HARPER/METRO
such a great chemistry be- mix of our three sounds,
tween us, why not try to join but coming together with Mackinnon, whose has two- and three-part harmon- Analysis
forces and do something these songs that we all earned Music Nova Scotia ies.
Nashville-
that’s bigger that any of us wrote together so there’s and East Coast Music Awards “It’s nice to have two
could do on our own?” that common thread,” said nominations for her music. of your best buds to share to Nashville for more record-
bound
Stone, 29, said he plays the weight of being on the ing, with the hopes of releas-
mostly acoustic guitar, while road with, because there’s ing a single this spring.
Quoted
Mackinnon plays keyboards. so many not-so-cool things “I feel like (Sampson)
Guthro, meanwhile, can about being a travelling The band has been record- is capturing the three
“The music, in my opinion, is stronger than what I
often be seen switching in- musician,” said Stone, an ing in Cape Breton with characters that we bring to
do by myself. I’m excited for what we’re going to struments during live shows. award-winning musician the group’s mentor and the table and making it one
accomplish together.” But all three will share whose song Climbing Up producer, Gordie Sampson. thing — Port Cities,” said
the role of singer, often The Walls has been a main- Later this year, they’ll head Dylan Guthro.
Singer-songwriter Dylan Guthro blending their voices for stay on local radio airwaves.
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8 HALIFAX metronews.ca
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Dartmouth Alexander Cole
firearm and demanded cash Saulnier appeared in day, Jan. 10 at 2 p.m. to go to
from the woman and threat- Dartmouth provincial court the Young Street Superstore.
Two more charged Public’s help
ened her life. on Wednesday to face several Police say Cole didn’t
in armed robbery Douglas Saulnier, 38, was charges in relation to the Jan. sought in locating return from his shopping trip
arrested and charged on 10 incident, including charges and hasn’t been heard from
missing man
Police in Halifax have charged Tuesday in relation to the of robbery, uttering threats, since.
two more people in relation robbery, which police now and possession of a weapon He’s described as white,
to an armed robbery that say involved more than one for dangerous purpose. Police in Halifax are asking five-foot-eight and 180
happened last weekend in person. Boutilier also appeared for the public’s help locating a pounds. He has brown hair,
Dartmouth. Michael Saulnier, 22, and in court Wednesday to face missing Dartmouth man who blue eyes, a beard and was Alexander Cole CONTRIBUTED
The robbery took place on 23-year-old Telicia Boutilier charges including possession hasn’t been heard from since last seen wearing blue jeans, a
Pinecrest Drive Jan. 10 when were arrested at a traffic stop of a weapon for dangerous the weekend. black coat and blue ball cap. well-being. Anyone with infor-
police say a man approached on Wyse Road on Tuesday purpose and unauthorized Alexander Cole, 37, was Police don’t believe Cole mation on his whereabouts is
a 34-year-old woman and a evening and held in custody possession of a firearm. last seen leaving his residence has met with foul play, but asked to call police at 902-490-
31-year-old man, produced a overnight. SYDNEY JONES/FOR METRO on Windmill Road on Satur- they are concerned for his 5020. METRO
NDP questions appointment of
former Ontario cabinet minister
Laurel Broten. government (in Ontario), but Nova Scotia Business Inc.
economic development was issued a statement Wednesday
Opposition wants to
never one of them,” MacDon- saying Broten has experience
know if she has skills ald said in a statement released in economic development,
after Broten’s new job at Nova budgetary analysis, micro-
to run N.S. business
Scotia Business Inc. was an- finance and job creation in
development agency nounced. the creative industries, food
“Nova Scotians need to be processing, green energy and
assured that the person just clean-tech sectors.
The leader of Nova Scotia’s selected to manage economic As well, Broten said, she has
opposition New Democrats investments on behalf of the a good understanding of Nova
is raising questions about the province was hired due to her Scotia’s economy given the fact
qualifications and political ties professional qualifications and that she recently wrapped up
of a former Ontario cabinet not her political affiliations.” a study that included a broad
minister appointed Wednesday MacDonald went further in review of the province’s tax
as president and CEO of Nova an interview, suggesting little is system.
Scotia’s key business develop- known about Broten’s creden- Her report released in Nov-
ment agency. tials. ember said Nova Scotia should
Maureen MacDonald said “We know what her polit- introduce a carbon tax like
she hasn’t seen Laurel Broten’s ical experience is, but what is British Columbia and broaden
resumé, but it’s legitimate to her experience with respect to its harmonized sales tax to
ask about her political connec- working in the private sector cover previously exempt items
tions. doing economic development including children’s clothing,
“Over the past decade, Ms. and attracting investment?” diapers and home energy costs.
Broten held several portfolios Broten stressed she was Broten’s report also said
in Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal hired not by politicians, but those proposed tax increases
through the approval of a board New Nova Scotia Business Inc. head Laurel Broten is shown in this file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS should be offset by lower in-
Later this month led by private-sector members. come and corporate tax rates
“My political past had noth- “I bring 20-plus years of ex- and acquisitions. I worked with served as the Ontario govern- and a government spending
ing to do with the decisions perience from both the private companies that were having ment’s vice-chairwoman of the freeze.
Laurel Broten’s appointment that they made,” she said in an and public sector. I practised some struggles ... I was elected Treasury Board, which “looked Nova Scotia’s Liberal govern-
at Nova Scotia Business Inc. interview, adding her resumé commercial litigation on Bay into government and had a at decisions on investing in ment has yet to say what it will
takes effect Jan. 26. is replete with business experi- Street, I dealt with companies breadth of portfolios.” economic development oppor- do with the report.
ence. going through exciting mergers She also pointed out she tunities.” THE CANADIAN PRESS
Former N.S. cop saves toddler from burning home
A former New Minas man is phone as he ran towards the The house was filled with her medical condition, need-
being called a hero for rescu- coach-house-style home (two thick, black smoke and King ed a little more help.
ing a toddler and her grand- separate homes that share a couldn’t see anything inside. Some of King’s RCMP col-
mother from a house fire in roof). Banging first on one He told the woman to hold leagues who responded to the
Surrey, B.C. last week. door and then on the second onto the door frame and fire recognized him and the
RCMP dog handler Sgt. as he tried to ensure no one rushed inside to find the child. story of his actions began to
Derek King was recently as- was inside, he heard someone “I couldn’t see anything circulate around the Surrey
signed to the detachment trying to get the door open. because of the black smoke. area.
in Surrey. On Jan. 8, he was “The lady was struggling to I didn’t have to go far, thank- “I’m glad I was in the right
taking a walk through his get the latch undone,” he said. fully.” place at the right time, and
new neighbourhood when The woman, who used an King got two-year-old Av- I’m glad everything worked
he heard a fire alarm coming oxygen tank for a pre-existing ery outside just as firefighters out — the main thing is that
from a nearby house. breathing condition, told arrived. the little girl and her grand-
“I looked over and I could King her granddaughter was Paramedics attended to mother are OK,” said King,
see smoke billowing from the still inside. The little girl had both King and the little girl who has a young daughter
place,” said King. become separated from her and both were breathing well. close to Avery’s age.
Sgt. Derek King of the RCMP, a former New Minas resident. CONTRIBUTED He dialed 911 on his cell- grandmother in the smoke. Avery’s grandmother, due to KENTVILLE REGISTER