Metro Halifax - January 17, 2013

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your cold.
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‘A great show’ for fans
Future stars. Top NHL a few former NHLers on hand
prospects showcase along with countless scouts,
was watching for his Tampa
skills to sold-out Metro
Bay Lighting squad, which he
Centre crowd is the general manager of.
“It’s been a really enter-
taining game,” said Yzerman.
“The kids are playing hard
ANDREW and it’s been a little more
RANKIN physical than I expected, big
[email protected] play and goaltenders. I’m
very happy I made the trip
Alexis McLellan couldn’t out here.”
match the legendary Steve Though Drouin and
Yzerman’s excitement for the MacKinnon didn’t have the
CHL Top Prospects game at offensive nights they wanted,
the Metro Centre on Wednes- Yzerman could see the bigger
day night. picture.
Donning her Halifax “Nathan and Jonathan are
Mooseheads jersey, the exceptional skaters. Nathan’s
11-year-old sat rinkside as stride and power are remark-
Team Cherry, featuring a trio able. They’re both just spe-
of Mooseheads standouts, cial players and will go high
trailed Team Orr 3-0 late in in the draft. Fucale is very
the third period. athletic and quick. Halifax
“I wish (Nathan) has done a great job drafting
MacKinnon would score then them.”
I could cheer and bang on Fan Chris Frey took in the
the glass,” said the diehard game and was more than
Mooseheads fan. happy with what he saw.
But MacKinnon, Cherry’s “This has been fantastic to
captain, didn’t score, neither see all these talented players
did his Mooseheads linemate on one stage put on a great
Jonathan Drouin as Team Orr show,” he said.
won the by the 3-0 score be-
fore 10,595 fans. More inside
But like Yzerman, McLel-
lan could see the brighter
side. For more coverage of the
“It was a really good game CHL Top Prospects game,
Team Orr’s Nicolas Petan crashes into Team Cherry goaltender Zachary Fucale at the CHL Top Prospects game at the Metro Centre on Wednesday. The event and a lot of action,” she said. flip to page 21.
featured 40 of the top draft-eligible junior hockey players. ANDREW VAUGHAN/THE CANADIAN PRESS Yzerman, who was among
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metronews.ca NEWS 03
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Canal Greenway delay
Make it pretty
Coun. Mason
pushes for funds to upsets councillors
keep downtown
looking fresh
The councillor for down-
town Halifax is urging
city staff to find funds
for high-level public- Broken promise. No Dartmouth Cove to Sullivan’s get the detail drawings togeth-
Explanation
view streetscaping in money for Shubenacadie Pond. er, to tender, and award,” he N
the capital district, Councillors Gloria McClus- said.
saying it’s currently too Greenway project key and Darreb Fisher said “There is a Gallagher met with mem-
run-down to compete they’d been told that more very strong bers of the Shubenacadie Canal
with privately owned than $2 million would be in the understand- Commission Wednesday after-
commercial counter- 2013-14 budget, and construc- noon to inform them of the
RUTH ing there
par“tTs.he example that [email protected] tion“ Pcuobullidc becgoinn stuhlitsa tsiuomnsm eor.n was more delaCyo.mmission director Allan E
one of the downtown that project started in 2001,” coming for- Billard said it was disappoint-
businesses used to me An overview of HRM’s pro- said Fisher. “This is beyond dis- ing news, noting the project
ward on this, so I’d like
was, ‘It wouldn’t look jected budget for 2013-14 did appointing.” was delayed once already, but
like this in Dartmouth not include a major Dartmouth Coun. Barry Dalrymple, to get some explanation said the in-person meeting was W
Crossing,’” Coun. Waye project, to the dismay of at member of the Shubenacadie on that.” an improvement in communi-
Mayor Mike Savage
Mason told finance staff least three councillors and the Canal Commission, said the cations.
members at the audit mayor. members had been told work “The money is there for
and finance committee The budget includes just would start this year. ture and Asset Management 2014, but if there’s another ex-
meeting on Wednesday. $300,000 for the Shubenacadie Mayor Mike Savage said that Terry Gallagher said the $2.6 cuse to not do it, we still don’t
“We look shabby in Canal Greenway, a trail run- was the belief among residents million will be available in have any guarantees,” he said.
these areas.” ning along Prince Albert Road too, and asked staff to explain 2014, and construction can’t “At least they came out and
Mason said there’s no that will showcase the historic the delay. start before then. told us, so we’re optimistic that S
funds regularly budget- marine railway system from HRM manager of Infrastruc- “We don’t have the time to maybe they mean it this time.”
ed for basic cosmetic
maintenance at street
level, the kind of up-
keep that would freshen
the paint on lightposts
and replace cracked con-
crete rather than patch
it with asphalt.
The Spring Garden
Road area is about to
undergo a major facelift,
thanks to a $25-million
infrastructure renewal
that involves replacing
water and sewer pipes
and “undergrounding”
power lines.
Mason said the
“pretty stuff on top” will
cost only about $2 mil-
lion to $3 million, and
said that kind of money
should be available for
ongoing spruce-ups
throughout downtown
Halifax and Dartmouth.
“What I’m trying
to get at is dedicated
funding for the capital
district … because right Grey’s anatomy: 10 cm of snow, chill in the air
now it just doesn’t look
nearly as attractive as
the newer commercial A pedestrian runs down Young Avenue in Halifax on Wednesday afternoon during the snowy weather. Upwards of 10 centimetres was forecast, with the
districts.” snow expected to stop overnight. JEFF HARPER/METRO
RUTH DAVENPORT/METRO
04 NEWS metronews.ca
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Foul play not suspected Sexual assault Federal funding Hayden Mitchell
confinement and kidnapping.
The 47-year-old is to
Missing woman’s Preliminary hearing Preserving historic Missing teen
return to court April 29 for a
body found set for accused in one-day hearing in Bridge- Round Church found safe
water. The RCMP launched
confinement case
Foul play isn’t suspected an investigation in Septem- The federal govern- Halifax police have located
after a woman’s body was ber after a woman in rural ment says it will spend a missing male youth.
found Wednesday morning The date for a preliminary Upper Chelsea reported that $20,000 to preserve a Hayden Mitchell, 15,
under the Macdonald hearing has been set for a a frightened, barefoot boy historic site in Hali- had been last seen on
Bridge. Police were called man accused of sexually showed up at her doorstep fax best known as the Friday leaving his Spencer
at 9:17 a.m. by military assaulting and confining a with chains around his wrists David James Leblanc Round Church. Avenue home in Halifax at
police. The victim is being 16-year-old boy. and ankles. THE CANADIAN PRESS St. George’s Anglican about 8 a.m. On Wednes-
identified as 31-year-old David James Leblanc faces Police say the youth later Church is the only 19th day, police say he was
Robin Armstrong, who had seven charges, including told them he had been held Leblanc was arrested Sept. century example of a located unharmed after
been missing since Friday. sexual assault, sexual assault captive and sexually abused 30 in northern Ontario. round church in Canada. he showed up for school.
METRO causing bodily harm, forcible for about a week. THE CANADIAN PRESS THE CANADIAN PRESS METRO
Dal students pick sides
on team hazing suspension
Women’s hockey. involved heavy drinking and
intimidation, which are against Weighing in
University president
the school’s zero-tolerance haz-
“All teams do it, it’s a
upholds decision, team ing policy.
The team has stated alcohol really common thing.
considers legal action
was not forced on anyone, and I kind of think they
the girls were only asked to
should just let them
dress up in odd clothes and eat
HALEY sardines with whipped cream. play hockey, honestly.”
RYAN “I don’t think it should be
[email protected] considered hazing. It’s kind Jsatumdieen Jte.nsen, second-year Dalhousie
of fun, it’s in the spirit of the
The president of Dalhousie Uni- team,” said Kenzie Morrison, a
versity has upheld the suspen- third-year University of King’s “I think they still should
sion of the school’s women’s College student.
be able to compete.
hockey team in a move that “To weigh so heavily on an
second-year student Sara Daley outside activity that doesn’t That’s what they’re
called “exactly right.” necessarily involve the whole here for.”
Members of the university team, to detriment the entire
team met with president Tom team … is a little extreme.” Charles Roy, fourth-year Dalhousie
Traves on Monday to raise Kenisse Trotman, a second- student
concerns that the suspensions year student at Dalhousie, said
of all but the first-year players hazing can easily go from fun
“When it comes to
due to hazing allegations were to dangerous in a short amount
extreme. of time. hazing I think it should
On Wednesday, the univer- “I feel like sports teams be cracked down.”
sity reported all of the suspen- think of it like no big deal, but
sions would stand, prompting then when it gets serious they Shelby Taylor, second-year year Dalhousie
mixed reactions from students. all feel bad,” Trotman said. student.
“It was against the rules. Alex Finck, another Dal-
They broke the rules, they got housie student, said the fact the
“That’s way too harsh
punished for it. I thought it was team has said it is considering
handled really well,” Daley said legal action is poor sportsman- because I think hazing
on the school’s campus Wed- ship. “They could have walked can be a good part of
nesday. away with it with some dignity
group dynamic.”
The school investigated haz- ... you know ‘we did wrong,
ing allegations stemming from we’ll come back next year, we’ll Cameron McNaughton, fourth-year
a team house party in Septem- do better next year,” Finck said. Dalhousie student.
ber. “The legal challenge just A pedestrian walks past Dalhousie University on Wednesday. Students have mixed reactions to the school’s
Dalhousie said the party makes it look like sour grapes.” suspension of the entire women’s hockey team following accusations of team hazing. HALEY RYAN/METRO
Michelin, premier to announce tire-plant funding
The North American give further details. more time to review it and
president of Michelin and Michelin postponed 3Em,pl5oyee0s 0 brief local councillors be-
Premier Darrell Dexter are plans for an announcement fore releasing it.
expected to announce fund- in Waterville last July and at Michelin announced
ing Thursday for the com- the time didn’t give any rea- a $72-million investment
pany’s tire plant in the prov- sons for its decision. along with a $10-million
The company employs about 3,500
ince’s Annapolis Valley. The tire manufacturer contribution from the prov-
throughout the province.
Dana LeBlanc and Dexter has been looking at ex- ince for the Waterville plant
are scheduled to attend the panding its operations in in 2006.
announcement in Water- the community. At the time, the Atlan-
ville, where Michelin em- Last May, Dexter an- That study was expected to tic Canada Opportunities
ploys about 1,300 people. nounced the launch of a be complete by the end of Agency also provided a
A spokeswoman for the study that would look at October. $10-million loan, with the
company says the announce- relocating the Waterville A spokeswoman for the bulk of that money due to
ment is positive news for Municipal Airport to allow government says it has a be repaid in 2041.
Premier Darrell Dexter METRO the factory, but declined to for expansion at Michelin. draft of the study but needs THE CANADIAN PRESS
metronews.ca NEWS 05
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Get back to work, tugboat owner tells crew
Detained vessel. Men ica, the owner of the vessel said Quoted transferred to the sailors.
Wednesday. But Gerard Antoine, the
ought to fix problems
Eight crew members have president of Vesta Shipping,
“Most deficiencies they
instead of heading been living aboard the 68-year- which owns the tugboat, said
old Craig Trans since Dec. 18, have are cosmetic things.” the crew should stay on board
home, says president
when it sailed into Halifax to the vessel, repair it and com-
of Vesta Shipping escape a winter gale and Trans- Gpienrga,r dw Ahon tsoaiynse h, ep rbeesliideevenst tohfe V persotbal eShmisp -on plete a journey to Montreal
port Canada inspectors de- the boat can be fixed in about two weeks. to pick up another vessel and
tained it, citing poor living con- tow it to Mexico. “I didn’t send
The crew of a cockroach-in- ditions, pollution and concerns to their families in Honduras them home,” he said from his
fested tugboat detained in Hali- over its seaworthiness. and El Salvador. The group office in New Jersey. “Unless the
fax for safety problems should The Mission to Seafarers said it has raised about $7,000 person is sick ... you sign some-
fix them instead of appealing launched a public appeal for in cash and enough Aeroplan thing to come to Canada and to
to the public for help to return help on the crew’s behalf to cov- points to fly them home, but go to Mexico. You have a con- Lon Terrons Tatum Tatum, chief engineer on the tugboat Craig Trans, stands on the
to their homes in Central Amer- er the costs of flying them back is waiting for the points to be tract.” THE CANADIAN PRESS deck of the vessel in Halifax on Monday. ANDREW VAUGHAN/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Brunswick Street Laura Jessome case
Police raid leads Bail hearing for
to drug charges Deruelle delayed
Two Halifax men are The bail hearing for one
facing drug charges fol- of two men charged in
lowing a police raid at connection with the death
a residence in the 2500 of Laura Jessome has been
block of Brunswick Street adjourned to Jan. 29 to
at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. give him more time to
Police seized 500 find a legal aid lawyer. Hang ten at Bondi Beach…
codeine pills, 15 grams of Bryan Augustine
marijuana, 85 hydromor- Deruelle, 37, appeared in in just fi ve years.
phone pills, drug parapher- Sydney provincial court
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Ashley Lord, 25, face char- fact to murder. Morgan
ges of possession of drugs James MacNeil, 21, faces in 5 years
for the purpose of traffick- a second-degree murder
ing, possession of drugs charge in the case. He re-
and numerous breaches of turns to court on Tuesday.
court orders. METRO CAPE BRETON POST
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06 NEWS metronews.ca
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Obama announces $500-million
strategy to combat gun violence
Your move, Congress. military-style assault weapons The president appealed to try’s founding fathers never President’s daughters
and high-capacity ammunition the nation’s conscience, but could have foreseen assault
U.S. president bracing NRA ad is
magazines just a month after a his announcement promises weapons more than two cen-
for blowback from gun shooting in Connecticut killed to lead to a bitter fight with a turies ago, when guns — often The comments referred
‘cowardly’:
owners, lawmakers 20 school children. powerful pro-gun lobby that stored in community areas to an online video from
Obama signed 23 execu- has long warned supporters — were intended for the com- White House the pro-gun lobby that
and lobbyists tive actions, which require no that Obama wanted to take mon, not individual, defence calls Obama an “elitist
congressional approval. But away their guns. and rifles fired one laborious hypocrite” for having
the president, speaking at the The U.S. has the highest rate shot at a time. armed Secret Service
President Barack Obama on White House, acknowledged of gun ownership in the world, “This is the land of the free The White House says a agents protect his daugh-
Wednesday launched the most the most sweeping, effective and pro-gun groups see any and the home of the brave,” National Rifle Association ters at school while
sweeping effort to curb U.S. actions must be taken by law- move on gun restrictions as an Obama said, acknowledging video that makes refer- voicing skepticism about
gun violence in nearly two dec- makers. offence against the right guar- the right to bear arms. “But ence to President Barack installing armed guards in
ades, announcing a $500-mil- “To make a real and lasting anteed by the Second Amend- we’ve also long realized ... that Obama’s daughters is “re- all schools.
lion package that sets up a fight difference ... Congress must act ment of the U.S. Constitution. with rights come responsibil- pugnant and cowardly.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
with Congress over bans on soon,” Obama said. Critics counter that the coun- ities.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posing as American
Judgments. Vancouver
Gun buyer ordered
student’s provocative
to leave U.S.
photo sparks discussion
A Canadian man has been
sentenced to nearly 16
months in prison for lying
in order to buy guns in The words are written all
the U.S. the way up the back of the
Federal prosecutors woman’s leg. “Matronly” ap-
say 35-year-old Jeremy pears at her calf, “proper” at
Gertsch, of Oka, Que., was the knee and “whore” at the
also sentenced Tuesday very top — words meant to
in U.S. District Court reflect how women are often
in Bangor, Maine, to perceived based on the length
three years of probation. of their skirt.
Because he had already The provocative photo,
served his sentence await- called Judgments, was posted
ing trial, he was ordered by Rosea Lake, a first-year uni-
back to Canada and told versity student at Capilano
not to return to the U.S. University in Vancouver, B.C.,
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on her Tumblr site in early
January. In a matter of days Student Rosea Lake’s photo, titled
Twitter troller the photo exploded, with more Judgments. HANDOUT
than 280,000 people liking and
re-blogging it. culture. Right under the words
Celeb harasser
She took the photo as part slut and whore on model Ali
put on probation of a high school art project last Mackenzie’s leg are the words
year as a way to reassess her as- “asking for it.”
A Quebecer who used sumptions and preconceptions Lake says that, living in a
Twitter to harass celebri- about how women dress. “rough neighbourhood,” she
ties, including singer Avril “If you see a girl wearing has often wondered if her
Lavigne and Montreal something you see as distaste- outfit will result in her being
Canadiens forward Max ful, then you automatically “sexually harassed or verbally
Pacioretty, has been put on discount them as a person and abused.”
probation for two years. you don’t give them the oppor- “These are the things I
Jean-Francois Cham- tunity to really be somebody in think about, and I don’t think
pagne has also been your eyes,” said Lake, 18. “And women ... should have to worry
sentenced to 140 hours of that’s really shameful.” about, ‘Am I going to be raped
community service. She says the image is also because of what I am wearing
THE CANADIAN PRESS meant to be a response to rape today?’” TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Misdiagnoses
DNA. Behaviour of
Breast-screening
bullying victims linked
apps a bust: Study
to genes, study suggests
Smartphone apps that
analyze photos of moles
to assess whether they
might be potentially The episodes of bullying that interactions they enjoy with
deadly melanoma or mar early grade-school years their peers.
benign lesions vary widely for hundreds of children may The findings were pub-
in accuracy, say research- be a partial result of the vic- lished on the website of the
ers, who warn patients tim’s DNA, a new study sug- journal Child Development.
against using them for a Idling on the Ambassador Bridge gested Wednesday. Michel Boivin, lead re-
diagnosis. The behaviours that most searcher and psychology pro-
A study of four such Idle No More protesters march toward the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont., on Wednesday. About 1,000 often lead to exclusion and fessor at Université Laval, said
applications found they demonstrators disrupted traffic to the country’s busiest border crossing for several hours. Amid pleas from ab- victimization in the classroom a child’s genes will often dic-
incorrectly classified original leaders for civility on both sides, peaceful protest appeared to be the order of the day across Canada. or schoolyard have their roots tate the way they act, which
at least 30 per cent of However, motives varied. Some groups spoke of their own land claims; others decried the federal govern- in a student’s genes, the study will in turn shape their experi-
melanomas as being of no ment’s changes to environmental oversight. Still others spoke of the need to honour all First Nations treaties. said, arguing that children’s ences both in and out of the
concern. THE CANADIAN PRESS GEOFF ROBINS/THE CANADIAN PRESS genetic makeup has a direct classroom.
impact on the quality of the THE CANADIAN PRESS
metronews.ca NEWS 07
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Helicopter goes down Sex ed
Underestimated. Survey
Teacher banned
suggests energy-drink
on busy London street over porn history
danger on the rise in U.S.
A California teacher fired
after students learned
she had appeared in
Two dead. Pilot and A new U.S. government survey pornographic movies has
suggests the number of people been told by a three-judge
a man on the ground seeking emergency treatment commission that she can’t
killed after chopper after downing energy drinks return to the classroom.
has doubled in the last four Halas’ decision to
collided with crane
years as the industry surged. “engage in pornography
in foggy weather From 2007 to 2011, the was incompatible with
government estimates the an- her responsibilities as a
nual number of emergency- role model for students,”
Dr. Steve Sun has seen an increase
A helicopter crashed into a room visits shot up from about district superintendent
in such cases in San Francisco.
crane and fell on a crowded 10,000 to more than 20,000. Jeff Chancer said in a
street in central London dur- Most involved teens or young ERIC RISBERG/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS statement.
ing rush hour Wednesday, adults, according to a survey THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
sending flames and smoke released last week. Steve Sun of San Francisco. “Be-
into the air. The pilot and one The report calls energy- cause he was young he did well Josef Fritzl
person on the ground were drink consumption a “rising ... but if another patient had
killed and 13 others injured, public health problem” that had underlying coronary artery
Man tried to name
officials said. can cause insomnia, headache, disease, it could have led to a
The pilot had requested fast heartbeat and seizures. heart attack.” pub after rapist
to divert to the nearby Lon- The crash site in Vauxhall, south London. LEWIS WHYLD/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “A lot of people don’t realize The findings follow reports
don Heliport because of bad the strength of these things. I from last fall of 18 deaths pos- Polish authorities have
weather, the site said in a Police identified the other scape worker at the scene, had someone come in recently sibly tied to the drinks — in- cancelled the lease for a
statement. fatality as 39-year-old Mat- said he heard the impact. who had drunk three energy cluding a 14-year-old girl who cellar pub that was to be
The company identified thew Wood, from south Lon- “Luckily the crane oper- drinks in an hour, which is the died after drinking two large named after Josef Fritzl,
the pilot as Peter Barnes, 50, don. ator was late for work.... He equivalent of 15 cups of coffee,” cans of Monster Energy. an Austrian man serving
whose career included flying The crash unfolded at the picked a good day to be late,” said Howard Mell, an emer- Two senators are calling for a life sentence for locking
in films such as Saving Pri- height of the morning com- Belsey said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS gency physician in Cleveland. the Food and Drug Administra- his daughter in a base-
vate Ryan and Die Another mute when thousands of In 2011, about 42 per cent tion to investigate safety con- ment, raping her and fath-
Day. pedestrians in the area were of the cases involved energy cerns about energy drinks. ering her seven children.
Sudden panic
“He was a very highly trying to get to work. The drinks in combination with In 2011, sales volume for the A businessman had
skilled pilot, one of the most weather at the time was over- alcohol or drugs, such as the drinks rose by almost 17 per planned to open “Fritzl’s
“I was 100 per cent sure
experienced in the U.K., with cast and misty, with fog and stimulants Adderall or Ritalin. cent, Beverage Digest found. Cellar” in Warsaw in what
over 12,000 flying hours,” poor visibility, according to it was a terrorist attack.” “I saw one young man who The industry says there is no he described as a “publi-
said Philip Amadeus, manag- the Met Office weather fore- had mixed energy drinks with proof linking its products to ad- city stunt.”
Allen Crosbie, site manager for a
ing director of RotorMotion, casting service. landscaping firm working at the scene alcohol.... He was so dehydrated verse reactions. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
a helicopter charter business. William Belsey, 25, a land- he had renal failure,” said Dr. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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08 NEWS metronews.ca
Thursday, January 17, 2013
France needs to borrow our plane a
bit longer; could use some cash, too
Trouble in Mali. On the ground
French envoy says Militants try
money is needed from
to blend in
Canada and others to
support fight against
Islamist extremists French soldiers pressed
north in Mali territory oc-
cupied by radical Islamists
on Wednesday, launching
France is looking for financial a land assault that was to
backing from Canada and the put them in direct combat
world to support the inter- with al-Qaida-linked fight-
national military mission in ers “in one to 72 hours,”
Mali, says the country’s Can- military officials said.
adian envoy. Their presumed des-
Ambassador Philippe tination was the town of
Zeller also said Canada’s con- Diabaly, where fleeing resi-
tribution of a C-17 military dents said Islamist extrem-
transport plane could be ex- ists were melting into the
tended beyond the initial one- population to avoid being
week commitment. targeted by the French.
“It’s possible that this “They have beards.
plane, that came from Tren- And they wear boubous (a
ton to south of France, might Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird hosted a discussion about the situation in Mali Wednesday in Ottawa. The talks were with, from back right, Philippe Zeller, France’s flowing robe). No one ap-
be used for some more time,” Ambassador to Canada; Traore Ami Diallo, Mali’s Ambassador to Canada; and Goran Kouame, Ivory Coast’s Ambassador to Canada. ADRIAN WYLD/THE CANADIAN PRESS proaches them. Everyone
the envoy said Wednesday, is afraid,” said Ibrahim
just after his president, Fran- C-17 mission in a statement to the Mali mission but says ada,” Zeller said in a wide- Ivory Coast President Alas- Komnotogo, who was out
cois Hollande, spoke to Prime about the telephone call. money is needed to support ranging interview prior to sane Ouattara is current chair of town when the mil-
Minister Stephen Harper by Zeller told The Canadian the international force, which his meeting Wednesday with of the Economic Community itants seized Diabaly over
telephone. Press that his country is grate- will eventually be buttressed Foreign Affairs Minister John of West African States, a key the weekend.
Harper’s office made no ful for Canada’s contribution by 2,500 French troops. Baird and the ambassadors regional bloc. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
mention of extending the of a military transport plane “Of course, it’s up to Can- from Mali and the Ivory Coast. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Americans among hostages taken in revenge for Mali
In what could be the first spill- they were holding 41 foreign- In Rome, U.S. Defence Secre- Those dead, wounded
over from France’s interven- ers from the energy complex, tary Leon Panetta declared that
tion in Mali, Islamist militants including seven Americans. the U.S. “will take all necessary
attacked and occupied a nat- The group — called Katibat and proper steps” to deal with Algeria’s top security
ural-gas complex in southern Moulathamine, or the Masked the attack in Algeria. He would official, Interior Minister
Algeria on Wednesday. Two Brigade — phoned a Mauritan- not detail what such steps Daho Ould Kabila, said
people were killed, and doz- ian news outlet to say one of might be but condemned the that “security forces have
ens of others, including several its affiliates had carried out the action as “terrorist attack” and surrounded the area
Americans, were reportedly operation at the Ain Amenas likened it to al-Qaida activities and cornered the
taken hostage. gas field, located 1,300 kilo- in Pakistan, Afghanistan and in terrorists.”
A militant group claimed metres south of Algiers, the Al- the United States on 9/11.
responsibility for the rare at- gerian capital. Algeria’s top security of- (cid:580)(cid:3) He said one Briton
tack on one of oil-rich Algeria’s BP, together with the Nor- ficial, Interior Minister Daho and one Algerian were
energy facilities, saying it came wegian company Statoil and Ould Kabila, said that “secur- killed in the attack,
in revenge for the North African the Algerian state oil company ity forces have surrounded the while a Norwegian
Mali National Guard soldiers stand at Bamako’s airport Wednesday, where nation’s support for France’s Sonatrach, operates the gas area and cornered the terror- and two other Britons
French troops are also based. Two people were killed and dozens of others military operation against al- field. A Japanese company, JGC ists, who are in one wing of the were among the six
taken hostage in Algeria as an act of revenge against those who support Qaida-linked rebels in neigh- Corp, provides services for the complex’s living quarters.” wounded.
France’s military operation in Mali. JEROME DELAY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS bouring Mali. The militants said facility as well. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
metronews.ca NEWS 09
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Meet the granddaddy
Social media. Who
is ghost-tweeting,
of cosmic structures
and who is for real?
About 290,000 people follow
Prime Minister Stephen Harper Startling discovery.
on Twitter, perhaps to read
Massive quasar group
what he has to say about the
country’s affairs or to glean a pokes holes in Einstein’s
little personal insight into what Cosmological Principle,
makes him tick.
Thing is, most of the mes- which says that the
sages that are sent from his ac- universe is symmetrical
count aren’t really his.
Harper only “occasionally”
sends out tweets himself, ac-
cording to a spokesperson. An international team of as-
Much like many other high- tronomers has found the lar-
profile Twitter users, most of Prime Minister Stephen Harper looks gest structure ever in the uni-
the short-form messages that into the crowd during a Jan. 14 press verse.
appear under Harper’s name conference in Montreal. If you thought The large quasar group is
and avatar are actually crafted all Harper’s tweets were written by so big, it would take four bil-
by ghost-tweeters charged to the man himself, well, they’re not. lion years to cross it, travelling
work social media on his be- THE CANADIAN PRESS at the speed of light. By com-
half. parison, it would take just 2.5
“I assume if it’s an institu- million light years to get to the
Quoted
tional individual — if it’s a CEO, Andromeda Galaxy, our closest
if it’s a big personality, a singer, neighbour in the universe.
“Obviously with some
or it’s a politician — then they A staggering leap in size
are not doing it themselves,” tweets you can sort of isn’t the only piece of cosmic
said Greg Elmer, director of the gauge if it’s a staffer lore the discovery has shat-
Infoscape Research Lab at Ryer- tered, however.
writing it in a very for-
son University studying social “The structure we found
media. “It’s another example mal way ... but you is a few per cent, say five per This gigantic structure, which scientists have named Huge-LQG, is a never-before seen cluster of 73 quasars.
of public relations, it’s profes- never really know.” cent, of the size of the observ- UNIVERSITY OF LANCASHIRE
sionally managed communica- able universe. It becomes hard
tions.” Social media consultant Andrew Escobar to say the universe is uniform,” long time, although it’s never What is it?
It’s tough to know whose lead author Dr. Roger Clowes been demonstrated beyond a
tweets to trust. Sure, there’s Elmer said reporters and of the University of Lancashire reasonable doubt.”
Twitter’s official verified stamp editors should take a harder told Torstar News Service. The discovery, published (cid:580)(cid:3) Large quasar groups are (cid:580)(cid:3) Clowes’s earlier work in
of approval, letting users know line on confirming who actual- The modern theory known in the journal of the Royal supermassive black holes discovering large quasar
the account isn’t run by an im- ly wrote a tweet if they plan to as the Cosmological Principle, Astronomical Society, doesn’t typically at the centre of groups has found structures
poster, but that doesn’t confirm attribute words to someone. the work of Albert Einstein, punch holes in Einstein’s other galaxies. “that have come close to
who actually writes the tweets. THE CANADIAN PRESS says the universe is symmet- theory of relativity, he said. It challenging” the idea of
rical: the same in all direc- does, however, raise the red (cid:580)(cid:3) The gigantic structure spot- a symmetrical universe.
Russia Houston tions. flag that science has been sim- ted by Dr. Roger Clowes of This one hits it out of the
“Ours is the most dramatic plifying that theory by assum- the University of Lancashire, celestial ballpark. “We were
challenge to that,” said Clowes. ing one half of the universe is with work from astron- very surprised, of course,
Court won’t defer Man charged with What does that mean? the same as the other half. omers at the University because it was so big,” said
sentence for Pussy vandalizing Picasso It “upsets the foundation of Science believed the biggest of Chile, the University Clowes. “I sent the details
everything we do.” thing in the universe should of Oxford and California over to my collaborator at
Riot member to stay jailed Clinging to the Cosmo- be no bigger than 370 mega- Institute of Technology, is a the University of Chile and
logical Principle “makes life a parsecs (1.2 billion light years). never-before seen cluster of his response was ‘What is
A Russian court has turned A man accused of vandal- lot simpler mathematically, so This thing is three times that. 73 quasars. that?’”
down an attempt by an izing a 1929 Pablo Picasso people have stuck with it for a TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
imprisoned Pussy Riot band painting — an act that
member to defer serving was caught on cellphone
her sentence for hooligan- video — must remain jailed
ism until her preschool son on $500,000 U.S. bonds
becomes a teenager. Maria because he is a flight risk, a
Alekhina asked the court in Houston judge ruled Wed-
Berezniki, a Urals Mountain nesday. Uriel Landeros, 22,
city near her prison, to let is charged with graffiti and
her serve the rest of her criminal mischief felonies
two-year sentence after her in the June 13 incident.
five-year-old son turns 14. Prosecutors say he spray
She argued that separa- painted on Woman in a
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Cirque du soleil to
Employment
Applicants with
disabilities
overlooked: Panel
let go of 400 staff
Many companies strug-
gling to find the right
employees are overlooking
a talented pool of disabled
workers, a government-
Blame the loonie. commissioned panel has
Company says they found.
The group found that
had a record year, but almost 800,000 people
no profit due in part with disabilities can work
in Canada and almost half
to production costs
of them have post-second-
ary education.
The panel of private-
sector employers was
The strong Canadian dollar, assembled by the federal
surging production costs government last summer
and the worldwide econom- and was asked to figure
ic downturn are all being out how to better match
blamed by Cirque du soleil job openings with the
for its decision to lay off 400 skills of workers with
employees. disabilities.
Most of the layoffs will be Their report says that
at the artistic giant’s Mont- when companies hire
real headquarters. people with disabilities, no
Company spokeswoman special accommodation is
Renée-Claude Ménard required in 57 per cent of
moved to dispel speculation cases. When arrangements
the Cirque is flailing. are necessary, the average
“The first thing to say cost to the company is just
is that the circus is not in $500. THE CANADIAN PRESS
crisis,” Ménard told a news
conference Wednesday. Performers from Cirque du soleil perform onstage during the 84th annual Academy Awards last year in Hollywood.
“Let’s get that straight. Despite a boom year in revenue, Cirque says it will lay off workers due to a lack of profits. KEVIN WINTER/GETTY IMAGES Market Minute
“We had a record year
in terms of tickets sold. We Cirque employs about eral years of unprecedented and wound up last August.
sold more than 14 million 5,000 people worldwide, in- expansion amid the world Zaia, Cirque’s first resident DOLLAR
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enue, with more than $1 bil- being presented worldwide four shows in the last couple lacklustre attendance.
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NEED A said. Another touring produc- ney, ran from 2008 to 2011, are reports Cirque plans to OIL
She said the powerful tion that will open in the when it was retired in the take the show on tour. $94.24 US (+96¢)
RIDE? loonie hit Cirque hard in spring of 2014 in Montreal aftermath of an earthquake Cirque’s 3D movie is
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The layoffs will begin by was founded by street per- year after a new tour. Away has made more than
everyWednesday. the end of this month and former Guy Laliberté in Viva Elvis, which got $23 million worldwide since Natural gas: $3.44 US (-2¢)
continue until the end of 1984. mixed reviews, ran from it opened Dec. 21. Dow Jones: 13,511.23 (-23.66)
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