Metro Halifax - January 20, 2016

4.8 MB·English

by  Metro International

Halifax
NEPTUNE THEATRE
DREAM WEDDING
GONE WRONG
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SCOTIABANK CENTRE EMERA OVAL BMO CENTRE CANADA GAMES CENTRE
$650K $50K $10K $???
(Reported, city wouldn’t confirm)
ALL PHOTOS BY JEFF HARPER/METRO
ALL VALUES BASED ON PER YEAR
The high price of a good name
HALIFAX FACILITIES naming rights sold after a “I don’t see the downside.” opinion that the government gagement and events at the Rankin said he hopes that
Canada Games tender closes Friday. Coun. Tim Outhit’s district should pay for and maintain CGC, establishment of a fee translates to some larger bids.
The tender, posted online includes the BMO Centre, the these buildings, and that not assistance program for ac- “They’d get a lot of hits
Centre selling in December, says the city is city’s “first foray” into selling all naming rights should be cess, reinvestment into fa- everyday in terms of traffic
looking for a partner “that naming rights. up for sale, but he sees the cility equipment and fund from both the users and the
naming rights
shares the values, vision and “In most cases, what I hear sale of naming rights as a capital reinvestment.” vehicular traffic,” he said.
mission of the organization is, if it’s being used for a good way to stay on top of main- It also lauds the building as “I’d be looking forward to a
Zane as (it strives) to make people purpose, and if it’s a way of tenance in Halifax Regional prime real estate for ad space. pretty good response.”
Woodford healthy and contribute to getting back a little money Municipality’s facilities. “It is conveniently located A city spokesperson said in
Metro | Halifax Halifax allowing it to grow from these banks and all The tender for the Can- in the centre of Halifax and an email Tuesday that staff
and prosper.” these service charges that ada Games Centre naming as such, has premium visibil- hope to have a recommenda-
The Canada Games Centre “I very much support this,” they charge all of us, that’s a rights says the money could ity by over 30,000 vehicles tion before Halifax regional
will be the next building in area Coun. Reg Rankin said good thing,” he said Tuesday. go towards “marketing op- passes each day,” the ten- council in the next “several
the municipality to have its Tuesday. Outhit said he respects the portunities, community en- der reads. months.”
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GOSSIP 11
Your essential daily news Astronaut Scott Kelly plants a thriving zinnia in space station. World
CRIME
Police seek duo after
bus driver assaulted
The suspect did not immedi-
Kristen
ately leave the bus, instead argu-
Lipscombe
ing with the driver and allegedly
Metro | Halifax spitting in his face before exiting.
The driver also exited the bus
Halifax Regional Police are and the suspect then allegedly
hoping the public can help track hit him in the face, police said.
down two suspects, a man and a The female suspect who was
woman, who allegedly assaulted with the male suspect at the time
a 47-year-old bus driver then allegedly kicked the
on New Year’s Eve. driver in the legs after he
Police received the as- had fallen to the ground,
sault report from Route police said.
66 at about 11 a.m. on The man and woman
Dec. 31, responding to took off from the ter-
the Penhorn Mall termin- minal on foot. The bus
al in Dartmouth, where driver sustained non-life
the bus was parked at the threatening injuries, but
time, according to a po- One of the two declined treatment from
lice news release issued suspects. HO paramedics, the news
Tuesday. release said.
The driver was assaulted after Anyone with information on
asking the male suspect to exit the incident, or who can identify
the bus, after the suspect had al- the two suspects, is asked to call Helo, a German shepherd, had just started training with Const. Tim Reid in December. The 14-week-old puppy died due to
legedly “abruptly pushed past a Halifax Regional Police at 902- complications from surgery after accidentally eating small rocks and rope. HALEY RYAN/METRO
female passenger as she was pro- 490-5016 or Crime Stoppers at
ceeding down the aisle.” 1-800-222-8477. RCMP puppy dies
BARRETT CASE
Autopsy inconclusive
on how victim died following surgery
Although the death was ruled a was an attempt to conceal the
homicide, an autopsy failed to body, she ruled the death to be
conclusively determine the cause a homicide.
of death of a Glace Bay woman The body was found face down
who was reported missing in in a wooded area off a trail lead- ANIMALS “It’s difficult to lose ... a Skinner said Helo’s quarry,
2006 and whose skeletal remains ing to an old dump in Glace Bay. Helo had three member of the RCMP in any Const. Tim Reid, has been sad-
were found two years later. However, after an autopsy on way,” spokesman Const. Mark dened by the situation but will
Dr. Marine Wood, a forensic the remains, Wood was unable to procedures Skinner said Tuesday. “It’s just It’s difficult to lose eventually take over another
pathologist with the provincial conclude an exact cause of death. a really unfortunate circum- puppy to begin the socializa-
after eating a member of the
medical examiner’s office, testi- Wood’s testimony came stance.” tion and training he planned
fied Tues- during the second day of a Su- rocks and rope Skinner said the RCMP be- RCMP in any way. to do with Helo.
day she preme Court trial, judge alone, lieve Helo managed to eat Helo arrived in Nova Sco-
Const. Mark Skinner
attended for Thomas Ted Barrett, 40, of some rope and small rocks, tia in early December 2015
the wood- Glace Bay. He is charged with Haley which became caught in his with his brother, Hamer, who
ed area in the second-degree murder of Ryan intestine and required surgery. the RCMP training program Skinner said will continue the
Glace Bay Brett Elizabeth McKinnon, 19, Metro | Halifax There were complications receive an “extremely high” puppy program in the hopes of
where the also of Glace Bay. from the first surgery, so Helo level of care from their quar- becoming a police service dog.
remains McKinnon was last seen in July Just weeks after joining the was taken to P.E.I. for a second ries (officers training to be- During a press conference
were found. 2006 and was reported missing force as a happy, noisy recruit, and then third surgery, with come official dog handlers), last month, Helo was a bundle
Thomas Ted She said by her family. Her remains were an RCMP puppy has died. the dog passing away after the but can’t be watched at all of energy as he barked and
Barrett TC MEDIA given there found in 2008. TC MEDIA Helo, a 14-week-old German final procedure, Skinner said. times. jumped around, while Hamer
shepherd, passed away Mon- Although this situation is “They do a lot of biting and was quiet and lay on the floor.
IN BRIEF day at the Atlantic Veterinary “very rare,” Skinner said simi- chewing at this point,” Skinner Skinner said people can still
College in Charlottetown due lar puppy deaths have hap- said. “(To) watch exactly what follow Hamer’s progress in the
to complications from surgery, pened before. they’re putting in their mouth puppy program on the RCMP’s
Board suspends licence As part of a settlement the Mounties said. Skinner said the puppies in is very, very difficult to do.” social media accounts.
of doctor for misconduct reached in December,
The College of Physicians Alhazmi’s licence was
and Surgeons of Nova Scotia suspended for 12 months. DARTMOUTH
has reprimanded a Halifax The complaint against Teen faces charges in gas station armed robbery
doctor for professional Alhazmi, a post-graduate
misconduct for improperly in internal medicine at
prescribing opioids. Dalhousie University, was robbery of a Dartmouth gas The suspect fled the location
Philip ACCUSATIONS
The decision against Dr. made in the summer of 2014 station last week. with smokes and money, but
Rayan Alhazmi was released after a pharmacist identified Croucher A staff member at the Ultra- police were unable to find him.
Monday by the college, “unusual and questionable” Metro | Halifax mar at 219 Pleasant St. called On Monday evening, police The boy is charged with
which is the governing body prescribing of opioids. police on Jan. 10 around 10:50 say they arrested a 17-year-old robbery with a weapon and
for doctors in the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS Police say they have charged a p.m. to say someone robbed the male from Halifax on Barrington breaching his probation.
17-year-old boy in the armed store while armed with a knife. Street in relation to the robbery.
Halifax Wednesday, January 20, 2016 3
Capital flows into capital
INFRASTRUCTURE
HRM gets funds,
but province
provides less
than last year
Haley
Ryan
Metro | Halifax
The province’s new $645-mil-
lion capital plan has most
funding going to roads and
buildings, including the Hali-
fax Convention Centre, with
the only money for the aging
Victoria General Hospital put
into planning.
“It’s a disgrace, and so it
needs to be fast-tracked, not
put on hold,” acting NDP lead-
This year’s capital plan is a
er Maureen MacDonald said
about the deteriorating Queen reflection on the fiscal reality in our
ECleinzatrbee tshit eI.I Health Sciences province. Finance Minister Randy Delorey
“That needs to be job No. 1
in a capital plan.”
Finance Minister Randy
Delorey announced the plan
Tuesday.
It includes $480.8 million Above: The Nova Centre, which will house the new convention centre, in construction this week. Below: The Victoria General Hospital . JEFF HARPER/METRO
for roads, schools, public infra-
structure and health care, plus Delorey said. Centre funds will be shared
$164.2 million for the Halifax “Governments really have a three ways, with the federal T0P 5 EXPENSES
Convention Centre. history of what happens when government paying the de-
Taking out the one-time you rush.” veloper $51.4 million upon These are the most
convention centre expense, But MacDonald said the completion, and the province expensive items in the
it is roughly $9 million less former NDP government had and Halifax Regional Munici- 2016-17 capital plan:
than last year. begun planning a replacement pality each paying $56.4 mil-
“We would like to do more,” site and done two years of lion over 25 years, with the Highways and structures
Delorey said. “However, this preliminary work, including city paying back Nova Scotia. $222.5 million
year’s capital plan is a reflec- expansions to the Dartmouth Delorey said while it’s un-
tion on the fiscal reality in General Hospital, where ser- clear what projects are eli- Buildings and land
our province.” vices could move. gible for federal infrastructure 107.6 million
While $26.5 million is When asked about whether money, $43.1 million has been
planned for hospital improve- the spending on the conven- set aside as contingency for Halifax Convention
ments, about $1.5 million has tion centre is worth it for tax- various projects, including Centre
been marked for high-level payers, Delorey said the pro- anything federal. $164.2 million
design and planning around ject has already given back to “I’d certainly like to see our
moving services out of the those in the construction and provincial Liberal government Information technology
Centennial Building at the VG supply industries, and should standing up and fighting for $30 million
site before a replacement can continue in tourism spinoff more of that money, because
begin, Delorey said. when visitors start exploring we have big infrastructure Vehicles and equipment
“The risks of failing to plan the rest of Nova Scotia. needs,” PC finance critic Tim $17.8 million
adequately are far too great,” The Halifax Convention Houston said.
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4 Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Halifax
Wedding gone wrong for all to see
NEPTUNE THEATRE
Play explores
comedic side
of what should
be bride’s day
Zane
Woodford
Metro | Halifax
Imagine your dream wedding.
Now imagine the exact opposite.
Stag & Doe, a play debuting
at Neptune Theatre on Friday,
is a comedic look at just that:
a wedding gone horribly awry.
“It’s a date play,” said direc-
tor Miles Potter after a media
call on Tuesday.
Potter first brought the play
— Mark Crawford’s playwright
debut — to life at Ontario’s
Blyth Festival in 2014.
A stag and doe party is an
Ontario tradition where a bride-
and groom-to-be hold a party to
raise money for their wedding.
In this case, the party gets hi-
jacked by a bride and groom
whose outdoor wedding is de-
railed by a storm.
And things don’t get any
smoother from there.
Potter said it’s “a comedy of
errors,” but it also has a social
commentary aspect to it.
“These people are caught up
in this wedding industrial com-
plex — $6,000 dresses, $6,000
caterers, speeches three hours
long — and what they realize at
the end is that that’s not what The cast of Neptune Theatre’s production of Stag & Doe run through a scene from the play during a media rehearsal on Tuesday. JEFF HARPER/METRO
it’s about,” he said.
“The prince and the prin- the hair-pulling, crotch-kick- think we can all identify with the groom trying (and failing) “As an actor, when you’re in
cess is a myth that the industry ing bride whose big day has Mandy,” Dinn said after the to smooth things out between TICKETS a wedding dress for the run of a
wants you to buy into because fallen apart. media call. Mandy and many of the other show, you kind of get over the
you will spend a lot of money.” “She exaggerates and ex- “Until I know where she’s go- characters. Stag & Doe runs from fantasy of being in a dress, or
Maria Dinn plays Mandy, plodes every little thing, and I ing emotionally, I have to kind “They’re kind of buying into Friday to Feb. 7. Tickets being that princess for a day,”
of take it really seriously, and the whole fantasy about the are $27 plus tax. said Dinn.
You kind of get over the fantasy of really go there and believe it, wedding, and I think audiences “If I do get married, I’m go-
and not mock her or comment hopefully will see a little bit ing to know how to deal with
being … that princess for a day. on her, but really believe that of themselves in some of the of whom has taken the marital it calmly, and not make the
Maria Dinn, who plays Mandy the bride this is a great tragedy.” characters,” he said. plunge, the allure of a big wed- mistakes that Rob makes,” said
Daniel Gervais plays Rob, For both he and Dinn, neither ding has certainly worn off. Gervais.
RESCUE
Man stranded on highway in storm says RCMP saved his life
A former Nova Scotia man cred- driver to catch up to the bus. “I can’t blame the bus driver off the bus that he realized sick father, so he kept going. McIntosh said he’s not upset
its two RCMP officers with sav- “Once we got on the high- for calling it a day — it was a there wasn’t a hotel there. About four hours later, Mc- with the bus driver or com-
ing his life after he became way, it really turned into a massive blizzard.” McIntosh said the restaurant Intosh said he lost hope. He pany.
trapped in last weekend’s bliz- wicked storm.” McIntosh said the bus driver was closing in 15 minutes, and said he sat in a snowbank and “I’m just glad to be home.”
zard for more than four hours. He said they said he was go- the only other option was he sent a text to his wife telling Wenda Pitre, director of busi-
“I was as good as dead — caught up with ing to stay at a could have stood inside the her he couldn’t go any further. ness services with Maritime
they saved my life. “ the bus at the bus hotel and any- variety store all night. “She called my uncle here Bus, said the company posts all
Allan McIntosh, 46, who stop in New Glas- I was shivering, one unable to “I walked to the outside of and he called the Mounties,” storm warnings on its websites
hadn’t been back to his home- gow. McIntosh afford a hotel the parking lot and dropped he said. so people know they travel at
town of New Waterford for sev- said at this point could hardly talk. could wait in my bag of clothes in the snow- “I was shivering, could hard- their own risk.
en years, was travelling home the bus driver in- Allan McIntosh the restaurant bank because it was too heavy ly talk. They really did save She said during any storm
to see his ailing father. He trav- formed passen- for the night. to carry, and started walking my life.” it’s ultimately up to the driver
elled from Ontario to Truro by gers the roads “I might have up the highway.” After paramedics checked if they go any further.
train on Saturday, but after ar- were bad. misunderstood him, but I He said the blizzard only McIntosh, RCMP retrieved his “The driver then took the
riving in Truro at 6 p.m., he had The bus driver ended up pull- thought he was pointing out got worse. bag of clothes, then took him passengers wanting to stay in
missed the Maritime Bus. He ing into the Irving Big Stop in the window, that there was a “It was whiteout conditions.” to a hotel in Port Hawkesbury. a hotel to Port Hawkesbury.”
said the storm was just getting Aulds Cove, announcing the hotel right across the road.” McIntosh said he was on a “It was the same hotel where Pitre said the driver did his
started there, so he paid a taxi roads were too bad to continue. It wasn’t until McIntosh was mission to get home to see his the bus driver was.” job. CAPE BRETON POST
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6 Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Halifax
Carmen’s legacy of love WEATHER
Parking
ban ahead
PAYING IT FORWARD “My heart is broken but ex-
of storm
ploding with joy at the same
Girl’s untimely
time,” wrote Jennie Huskilson
death sparks to the group.
Reports of paying it forward The city was asking certain
outpouring for Carmen have spread as far residents to find off-street
as Texas and Vancouver. parking overnight Tuesday
of generosity
Others are donating to the local so targeted snow removal
schools at Hillcrest Academy could get at “problem areas”
Carmen Huskilson was a and Little People’s Place where before another storm hits.
courageous five-year-old from Carmen attended. Some dona- In a release Tuesday, the
Nova Scotia who spent her early tions, including a pizza party, municipality asked residents
years defying all odds. were made to help cheer up in Halifax and Dartmouth
The community joined her the classmates who are missing urban cores move vehicles
family in grief when Carmen their little friend. off streets from 8 p.m. Tues-
died unexpectedly Jan. 12. However, the movement isn’t day to 8 a.m. Wednesday, so
“We are completely over- stopping here in southwest Nova crews could remove snow and
whelmed and happy and hum- Scotia. People are printing out improve curb cuts.
bled with everyone’s generosity “pay it forward” cards in On- The affected streets were
and love and support,” the girl’s tario, P.E.I. and Alberta and pass- about two dozen.
mother, Jennie Huskilson, said ing along a kind act and asking According to HRM, with
on Monday. only if another kind act is given another storm expected this
At Carmen’s funeral and to another in Carmen’s name. weekend it’s important for
through her obituary, Jennie “We wanted to do this to try crews to be able to remove
and Andrew Huskilson asked and spread positivity through what snow they can now.
that the community “pay it for- Carmen Huskilson and her brother, Ryan. CONTRIBUTED our community and try and Last winter, storms quickly
ward” in their daughter’s name. give back what we could even coming one after another
“In keeping with Carmen’s community to take hold of the People have been paying for through this rough time,” Husk- made snow storage a big issue
outlook on life, we believe this request and spread it far and orders of coffee for the persons ilson said in an interview. as well as sidewalk clearing
is a time to make our commun- wide. We are so, so behind them in line. The family was approached and bus-stop access in the
ity stronger and better so we ask On the day of Carmen’s fu- Hundreds of “paying it for- by friends and members of the urban core, the release said.
thankful for
you: Please Pay it Forward in her neral, Jan. 15, TLC Pharmacy ward for Carmen” stories have community asking how they The municipality said
name,” wrote the Huskilsons. in Shelburne paid it forward everything, big also been posted in the Face- could help. crews will be out every even-
“We will be eternally grateful for her by buying everyone’s and small. book group Paying it Forward, “This is what we came up ing this week to carry out
as she loved helping others.” prescriptions and purchases In memory of Carmen Faith with,” Jennie said. the work.
It did not take long for the throughout the day. Jennie Huskilson Huskilson. TC MEDIA METRO
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Canada/World Wednesday, January 20, 2016 7
Havoc over
email foul
CITIZENSHIP After several hours, we all re-
‘Human error’ ceived another email stating that
the previous request was sent
to blame for in error and to ignore it,” said
the IT professional from Ireland.
immigration
“The question is what we do
fee blunder about the payment now. Are we
any closer to getting our perma-
nent resident status?”
Immigration officials are red- Adrian Carabajal, who got his
faced in the wake of an email permanent resident status last
sent in error to 9,000 people de- July, got the same email at 11:08
manding payment of their $490 a.m. Monday. “I thought it’s got
right-of-landing fees. to be a mistake, but it made you
The email indeed came from wonder if anything was wrong
TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Immigration Refugee Citizenship with your immigration file,” said
Canada (IRCC) but the problem the winemaker from Argentina. Saeed Malekpour — Iranian-born Malekpour
is the recipients had either al- According to immigration of- emigrated to Canada in 2004, but on a visit to
ready paid the fee and become ficials, Cassidy and Carabajal Tehran in 2008 he was he was arrested on charges
permanent residents, or in some were among 9,000 applicants of working with a foreign government to subvert
cases, their immigration appli- who “inadvertently” received a the clerical regime with Internet pornography. He
cations were nowhere close to request for fees on Monday due is now serving a life sentence in Evin prison.
being approved. to a human error.
The foul-up caused panic “IRCC strives to provide ex- Mostafa Azizi — Azizi emigrated to Toronto from
for those already settled and cellent client service,” said de- Iran and became a permanent resident in 2010.
disappointment partment spokes- After returning to Iran to be with his ailing father, he
for those still in person Nancy was arrested in early 2015 and sentenced to eight
the queue who Caron. “If any of THE CANADIAN PRESS years in prison for “collusion against Iran.”
thought their The question is these clients acci-
cases had finally dentally re-pay or POLITICAL PRISONERS
what we do about
been concluded. pay the fee that Time may be ripe to lift Iran sanctions
While some specu- the payment is not required,
lated the computer now. Are we any the department
system had been will refund their
hacked and ap- closer to getting costs. This error When the plane carrying Wash- government that the chilly re- Whether warming relations
plicants’ informa- our permanent will not affect the ington Post reporter Jason Re- lationship between Canada and would lead to the release of the
tion compromised, resident status? processing of any zaian and two other freed Amer- Iran that grew colder with the As a country we Canadian prisoners is still in
the department as- applications.” ican prisoners touched down in severing of diplomatic relations question.
intend to speak out
sured them this James Cassidy The two-page Germany on Saturday, a new in 2012 will thaw enough to al- In Canada, where negotia-
was not the case emails appeared page was turned in U.S.- Iran low a new rapport. on human rights. tions for prisoner releases have
and their information was safe. to be the same except for the relations. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau been grounded, the time may
Liberal MP Ali Ehsassi
Having been caught up for clients’ personal information and The prisoners’ release, en- welcomed the “quiet diplomacy” now be ripe for a new start,
15 months in the backlog of the identification number. abled by the diplomatic bond that led to the Iran nuclear deal. tions against Iran. A briefing propelled by lifting of sanctions
Canada Experience Class applica- “We wish to remind you at this between U.S. Secretary of State In his election campaign, Tru- note written for Trudeau and and reopening of the embassy.
tions for permanent immigrant time that your Right of Perma- John Kerry and Iranian Foreign deau pledged to reopen the Teh- obtained by The Canadian Press For now, says Liberal MP Ali
status, James Cassidy of Toron- nent Residence Fee (RPRF) is out- Minister Javad Zarif, also gives ran embassy that was shuttered says that Ottawa could lift them Ehsassi, himself the son of a
to was thrilled when he got an standing. You must pay this fee new hope to two Canadian under the Harper government. “as early as winter 2016 and as former Iranian diplomat, “I can
email from immigration at 11:34 before a permanent resident visa permanent residents behind But Foreign Minister Stephane late as summer 2016.” assure you that as a country
a.m. Monday, asking for his land- can be issued,” said the email bars in Iran. Dion said that while it “cannot Dion suggested the cabinet we intend to speak out on hu-
ing fee, thinking his application from the department’s case pro- Saeed Malekpour, serving a be done overnight,” it would would make a decision quickly man rights, and the minister is
had been approved. cessing centre in Ottawa. “Your life sentence, and Mostafa Azizi, be done “properly in a timely — a move that could give Can- very much concerned with both
“Obviously, I was delighted response to the above request an eight year term, are also pol- manner.” adian companies the chance to cases. The department is do-
and I paid the fee straight away. is required within 30 days.” itical prisoners. And relatives are A more rapid move could be bid for Iranian contracts that ing what it can on those cases.”
However, my joy was short-lived. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE awaiting word from the Trudeau the lifting of Canadian sanc- might be snapped up by the U.S. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
IN BRIEF
BAGHDAD INDIA
Iraqi civilians are dying at a Suicide of student
‘Jihadi John’ dead: ISIL
The Islamic State of Iraq
‘staggering’ rate: UN report triggers protest
and the Levant (ISIL) has
acknowledged the death of
the masked militant known
Iraq witnessed a sharp increase “Despite their steady losses as “Jihadi John,” the SITE Shouting slogans and holding clashed last year with a group
in civilian deaths following the to pro-government forces, the Intelligence Group said placards, hundreds of students of students supporting the
fall of large swaths of territory scourge of ISIL continues to kill, Tuesday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on Tuesday angrily protested governing Hindu national-
to the Islamic State of Iraq and maim and displace Iraqi civilians the death of an Indian student ist party.
the Levant (ISIL) in the summer in the thousands,” UN envoy Jan Green-thumbed astronaut who, along with four others, Police are investigating
of 2014. Now despite a string of Kubis said in a statement. nurses zinnia to full bloom was barred from using some whether actions by the of-
recent battlefield losses for ISIL, The numbers are nowhere The International Space facilities at his university in ficials contributed to the
civilians in Iraq continue to die near the death tolls recorded Station now has a bright the southern tech-hub of Hy- 26-year-old doctoral student’s
at a “staggering” rate, according during Iraq’s civil war. In 2006 pop of orange, thanks to derabad. death, which they say was a
to a new United Nations report. more than 34,000 civilians were commander Scott Kelly’s The protesters accused suicide.
At least 18,802 civilians were killed, according to UN data. green thumb. Kelly showed Hyderabad University’s vice He had been a member of a
killed and another 36,245 were The report also documented People carry the body of a vic- off his thriving orange- chancellor and a federal min- group representing Dalits, the
wounded in Iraq between the human rights abuses, like ISIL’s tim killed in a truck bombing in yellow zinnia over the ister of unfairly demanding lowest caste in India’s Hindu
start of 2014 and Oct. 31 of last conscription of 3,500 people into Baghdad in 2015. weekend. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS punishment for the five low- caste hierarchy.
year, according to the report. slavery. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE er-caste students after they THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
8 Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Business
Postmedia cuts 90 jobs SUN TAKEOVER
Top 6 execs get
sunny bonuses
across newspaper chain In the midst of its cuts,
Postmedia is paying nearly
a million dollars in bonuses
to executives for their hand
in the deal to buy the Sun
newspapers.
A total of $925,000 in
PRINT MEDIA discretionary bonuses
Journalists POSITIONS LOST was paid out to its top six
executives in the 2015
take to Twitter Number of jobs lost fiscal year ended in August,
across Postmedia according to company
to announce
operations: documents filed Wednesday.
their layoffs CEO Paul Godfrey, whose
Edmonton Journal base salary was unchanged
& Edmonton Sun: 35 at $950,000, received
Postmedia Network Canada combined jobs were lost. $400,000 in the payout. He
Corp., Canada’s largest news- was also the only executive
paper chain, has begun mak- Calgary Herald to receive a bonus under
ing dramatic cuts at its media & Calgary Sun: 25 the short-term incentive
properties — including mer- combined jobs were lost. plan. The short-term bonus
ging newsroom operations in amounted to $118,750, even
cities where it has two papers. Ottawa Citizen & though the company fell
In a memo to all staff, Paul Ottawa Sun: A total of 12 short of its operating profit
Godfrey, president and CEO, jobs were lost. target used to calculate that
said the company was elimin- bonus structure.
ating 90 jobs across the chain National Post: Five jobs Godfrey’s total
as part of efforts to cut $80 were lost, mostly in the compensation was $1.76
million in costs by next year. sports department. million, up from $1.42
However, Godfrey made it million the previous year.
clear that it would continue to Saskatoon Star- Ousted chief operating
operate the two papers in Ot- Phoenix: One job lost officer Wayne Parrish
tawa, Calgary, Edmonton and received a $150,000
Vancouver, though there will Windsor Star: One job bonus related to the
be only one newsroom. lost. Sun acquisition, plus
“Let me be clear on one very a $1-million severance
important point — we will package after his
continue to operate separate revenue to $251.1 million — termination in July — twice
brands in each of these mar- up from $169.5 million for his $475,000 base salary.
kets. What is changing is how Multimedia reporter Sam Cooley makes his way to his car after being laid off from the Ottawa Postmedia alone. Postmedia spokeswoman
we produce these products,” Sun on Tuesday. Postmedia is stepping up plans to slash costs amid mounting revenue losses. However, the company is Phyllise Gelfand said the
Godfrey said. Each city will SEAN KILPATRICK/THE CANADIAN PRESS now aiming for cost reduc- payments were part of a
have one newsroom, under tions of $80 million by mid- special transaction bonus
one editor. Koreen and Edmonton Jour- sad to say as of today, I’m no made it clear that it was accel- 2017 — up from its previous related to the highly
It also plans to offer a buyout nal’s editor-in-chief Margo longer with the @edmonton- erating its goal to cut costs as it goal of $50 million in cuts by leveraged $316-million
program in the Vancouver and Goodhand and managing editor journal. It’s been a privilege continues to bleed advertising, the end of 2017. takeover of Sun Media’s
Ottawa newsrooms as part of Stephanie Coombs. to work there and tell Edmon- print circulation and digital The company said it expects English-language dailies and
the one newsroom initiative. Goodhand tweeted: “So sorry ton’s stories.” media revenue. the first $50 million of savings digital properties.
On Twitter, journalists start- to leave that tremendously Last week, when Postmedia, Postmedia says last year’s will be implemented by the TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
ed announcing their own de- talented @edmontonjournal which owns the National Post acquisition of Quebecor’s Sun end of its third quarter, which
partures including the National newsroom. No regrets.” and the Toronto Sun, reported Media newspapers helped push ends May 31. Unstable times, except in
Post’s basketball writer Eric Coombs tweeted: “Super its latest earnings, executives up the combined company’s TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE the C-suite. metroVIEWS
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URBAN ETIQUETTE ELLEN VANSTONE
WESTWOOD
THE ISSUE
metroview
I have two cats. Certain
Dear media execs,
allergic friends show up at
when times get tough,
my house and, forgetting
the tough take pay cuts
I have them, request an
antihistamine. If you’re that
If he has a heart, which some looking at everything in a
journalists doubt, Paul God- new way,” he noted. “Noth-
allergic, shouldn’t you carry a frey might now be regretting ing is off the table.”
those diamond-studded Sun Except, presumably, cut-
Claritin in your wallet? newspaper cufflinks. ting his own salary.
Turns out, they’re not such Postmedia posted a net
a good look for a job-slash- loss of $4.2 million late last
Dear Ellen, ing newspaper CEO. year. At the same time, God-
I have two cats. Certain Yesterday Postmedia frey enjoyed a pay raise.
allergic friends routinely announced it’s cutting He earned $1.76 million in
show up at my house forget- 90 jobs and dramatically 2015, up from $1.42 million
ting I have them, and then changing the local news the year before. He and his
request an antihistamine. scene in four cities by executive-suite colleagues
A while back, a friend even merging the newsrooms were handsomely rewarded
brought another friend, of its Sun-tabloid and to the tune of $925,000 for
whom I didn’t know, and the broadsheet papers in having overseen the acquisi-
friend of the friend seized Vancouver, Edmonton, tion of the Sun chain earlier
up and started pleading Calgary and Ottawa. this year — a deal that made
for me to find an antihista- As Canadian journalists yesterday’s “transformation”
mine. Sorry, but cats aren’t flocked to Twitter to decry possible.
iguanas or tarantulas — it’s the news, Godfrey’s name Of course, Postmedia isn’t
not that rare for someone to topped the trending charts, the only company with well-
have one. He should keep a and photos of his executive paid executives and strug-
bloody Claritin in his wallet bling flooded newsfeeds. gling newspapers. Quebecor
if he’s that allergic. I spent To be clear: Newspapers paid its CEO nearly $15 mil-
10 minutes searching the everywhere are in crisis. lion in 2014, the year after
house for a remedy while Print-ad revenue continues it slashed more than 1,000
my other guests waited to to dive, and online ads can’t Sun Media jobs. According
have their cocktails made. come close to filling the gap. to Bloomberg, the total cal-
Advice? But the crisis has yet to culated compensation of the
Victor, Toronto hit the salaries of Canadian CEO of Torstar, which owns
media executives. this newspaper, the Toronto
Dear Victor, Journalists, ad reps and Star and Metroland papers,
You don’t mention wheth- admin staff are the ones was about $3 million in 2014.
er or not your 10 minutes bearing the brunt of the (The Globe and Mail is
of searching resulted in industry’s beating. Yet the privately held, and isn’t re-
finding an antihistamine lergic to cats, have forgot- tle of something nice, and a so you don’t need etiquette C-suite is still downright quired to divulge executive
or not. Should I wonder if, ten about my host’s cats and policy of praising everything advice. What you do need is lucrative. And the incongru- pay.)
even if you did find one, that have then asked said host for you own, say or do — from practical advice so you can ence is galling. Every North American
you might have pretended an antihistamine on the few the cleverly situated salt- avoid the ill-effects of last- In a memo to staff, God- paper is suffering, and
otherwise in order to let the occasions I’ve failed to pack encrusted boot tray in your ing resentment over rudely frey used pat euphemisms obviously it’s not because
allergic friend of the friend my own. front hall right down to the allergic guests and your sim- such as “ongoing pressures” every CEO is bad at her job.
suffer? Or even have to leave Now that I see it from dusty after-dinner mints you mering anxiety over failing and described the cuts as a But the least executives
the party if the symptoms your point of view, I’m apparently filched from the to get drinks quickly into the “transformation.” Postmedia’s can do is show times really
overwhelmed him? acutely aware of how annoy- checkout counter at a family hands of your other guests. plan to cut $80 million by are rough, and take a pay
That wouldn’t be the ing this must be. To all my restaurant in 2002. You have two choices: 1) the end of 2017 “requires cut.
best example of good man- cat-owning friends who’ve You as host, meanwhile, Keep some antihistamines
ners, I suppose. But I could so kindly provided me with have the equally important on hand, ideally in the spice PHILOSOPHER CAT
certainly understand the pills over the years, please responsibility of pretending cupboard between the anise by Jason Logan
impulse. And I say this as a accept my sincere apologies! everything your guests say and the Baharat, which you
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With male models about to walk the runways
runway
in Paris and New York, we take a look at the
biggest Fall/Winter 2016 fashion and beauty
trends straight from Milan.
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Boyish bohemian Urban formal
BEAUTY
at Gucci at Emporio
Side part
Armani
Creative director Alessandro The go-to
Michele unpacked a chest full look for
of 1970s memories for his The Emporio Armani man is designers,
latest Gucci menswear col- urban and sleek. There is Prada dis-
lection. His runway-realized no excess, just the essen- tinguished
looks reference a happy boy- tial. Giorgio Armani used itself by opting
hood, with Sherlock Holmes- new technology to bond for a slicked-over
style detective capes and materials for his more do. Philipp Plein exaggerat-
caps, Snoopy and Wood- contemporary line, cre- ed the look by letting roots
stock motifs on T-shirts, a ating new forms and a show on dyed hair.
Charlie Brown sweater, and futuristic feel. Formal
a crinkly Western cowboy double-breasted jack- Long hair
shirt with boot-leg jeans. ets were worn with Many mod-
Grown-up Gucci looks pleated trousers. A els strutted
incorporated floral prints, a shawl jacket with with long
mainstain of the house, into diagonal zipper hair breez-
embellished and embroidered was paired with ing out be-
coats and suits, and pyjamas. athletically cut hind them.
pants. At Vivienne
Lap of luxury Westwood the
look was bedraggled, while
at Fendi
at Calvin Klein models wore
their shoulder-length locks
Life is pretty plush at Fendi. A with a slick center part.
model glided down a carpeted
spiral staircase in a soft plaid David Bowie beauty
overcoat-cum-dayrobe with match- The most eye-
ing trousers to soothing soul music. catching
Think Jack Nicholson playing golf in looks were
his robe, one of the references on at Moncler
Silvia Venturini Fendi’s mood board Gamme
backstage. Bleu,
Fendi’s looks were all about cozy where mod-
comfort, right down to the lush ac- els sported
cessories: A parka with yellow fur trim camouflage
was paired with a large yellow, furry face paint and false lashes.
bag. Plaids and checks on jackets, pants While Vivienne Westwood
and bags created a homey feel, and sent models out wearing
Fendi boldly paired mohair jackets with vibrant eyeshadow that
matching pants, for a definite Fozzie matched their shirts. AFP
Bear feel.