Metro Halifax - January 27, 2011

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PASSION
MOTIVATES
MATT MINGLEWOOD
NOT MONEY
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‘An attack
All. Smiles
on school
boards’
HRSB chair Irvine Carvery sending open letter to province
outlining board’s position on possible cuts Surplus means
boards can trim down: Education Minister Ramona Jennex
ALEX “I want the government to
BOUTILIER understand that we
@METRONEWS.CA
understand that we need to
Halifax Regional School Board (HRSB) be part of the solution. I want
chair Irvine Carvery said last night the
Dexter government was “misleading” in the government also to Mike Evans smiles as he dons a Halifax Rainmen hat inside
suggesting a $45-million surplus in the understand, at the same the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame yesterday.
province’s eight school boards proves time, that we take education
the boards have money to cut. PHILIP CROUCHER/METRO
“This is being seen as an attack on very seriously.” Rainmen get a new coach
school boards. Plain and simple,” IRVINE CARVERY, HRSB CHAIR
Carvery said at last night’s monthly
school board meeting in Dartmouth. 10 years and with $2.6 million already Mike Evans, a former NBA player and assistant coach, has been named the club’s
“The government chooses to bring earmarked for improvements to the new head coach, a position that became vacant when Les Berry stepped down
forward this cry that boards have all board’s offices. on Monday. Story, page 17.
this money, sitting on a pile of cash. Carvery described the Dexter govern-
Just to prove a point?” ment’s response over the last few weeks
Carvery was responding to comments as “a play in the media” to strengthen
made by Education Minister Ramona their position in the negotiation. “It’s Stay cautious Bail hearing
Jennex, who suggested yesterday the unfortunate that the government has
figure proves school boards have more decided to release this information in a near ice: HRM postponed
than adequate funding. way that suggests school boards have
But Carvery said that while the more than enough to cut,” he said.
HRSB’s “accounting surplus” was $12.6 Carvery added he still hopes cooler Mercury set to rise above Archie Billard’s hearing held
million, the actual cash surplus was heads will prevail when school boards freezing mark today {page 6} back by a week {page 3}
closer to $4.2 million, accumulated over sit down with Jennex on Feb 3.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011
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Billard’s bail
hearing delayed
RYAN TAPLIN/METRO news
Man’s supporters in attendance
at court Remanded back to
Central Nova Correctional Facility
ALEX
BOUTILIER Shakes head
@METRONEWS.CA
A bail hearing for 22-year- Wedged between two
old Archie Billard has sherriffs on the
been postponed for one defendant’s bench, Archie
week. Billard looked to a small
Billard has been group of supporters sitting
charged with breaching in the courtroom. He
probation, driving while shook his head repeatedly
disqualified and six sepa- in seeming disbelief. News on the move
rate weapons charges. He
was arrested by Halifax subsequent search of the 1 Download the free
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downtown street. Shortly After spending two-
after, they received a call thirds of his sentence On the web at
about a disturbance at a split between a youth cor- metronews.ca
nearby establishment and rectional facility and a
felt the two might be con- federal penitentiary, Bil-
nected. lard was released in June
They located and ar- 2009.
rested Billard in the Since then, he has had
Archie Billard is escorted from Halifax provincial court yesterday.
parkade on Hollis Street. several run-ins with the
According to police, a law.
cents. MACPASS users
Halifax likely Murder case
would see a 20-cent
News in brief increase to 80 cents per spared snow Don Cherry has
trip. special sere nade
METRO WEATHER. It looks like held over again for The Great
we’re getting off the hook
One on Gretzky’s
Oval closed snow wise with the latest
storm. Environment Cana- RYAN TAPLIN/METRO 50th birthday.
for two days da has rain in the forecast Nicholas Edward White, Video at
through this afternoon in who is facing a murder metronews.ca
SKATING. Hope you got in the Halifax area, with be- charge in the death of an
your Oval fix because it’s tween five and 10 centi - elderly Sackville man, has
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closed today and tomor- metres of snow expected had his case held over on Twitter
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Toll decision Crews will be perform- parts of the province nary hearing was to be de-
ing ice maintenance in aren’t so lucky. Several termined yesterday at
coming today preparation for the Cana- counties, including Colch- Dartmouth provincial
da Games in February. ester, Kings, Annapolis court, but it was held over
BRIDGES. Drivers will find The Oval closed after and Digby are expected to until Feb. 2. The matter was
Nicholas White
out today if it will cost the last public skate yes- receive up to 25 cm of also held over Dec. 21.
more to cross the harbour terday and crews will be snow by day’s end. The The 24-year-old is facing
bridges. The Nova Scotia working “around the storm prompted a severe a charge of second-degree
Utility and Review Board clock.” They need to get a weather advisory by the murder in the death of 76- White was arrested a few
is scheduled to announce lot of work done — province’s Emergency year-old Joseph Walker of hours later in a nearby
its decision this morning including putting in ice Management Office last Lower Sackville. cemetery.
on an application from markings — before the fi- night, saying conditions Walker was found dead White has been remand- Facebook to allow advertisers
to repost user comments
Halifax Harbour Bridges nal games preparations including snow, freezing in his apartment at 70 ed back to the Central Nova as “sponsored content.”
to increase tolls by 25 Feb. 7 to 11. rain and storm surges Cobequid Rd. in the early Correctional Facility in Scan this code for the story.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011
Serial drunk
DARTMOUTH finding the 37-year-old
victim suffering from
Stab stab wounds inside a
home in the 300 block of
victim Portland Street early
Tuesday morning.
driver wants faces drug The victim, according
to police, had woken up
charges to find two men inside
his residence. He was
then assaulted and
The victim of a stabbing stabbed.
less jail time in Dartmouth this week The victim was taken
has been charged with to hospital with non-life-
drug cultivation and drug threatening injuries and
trafficking. will appear in court
Police say they seized March 30.
several marijuana plants, There have been no ar-
drug paraphernalia and rests relating to the stab-
drug equipment after bing and assault. METRO
Defence lawyer asking to reduce sentence to five years, minus 21 months
Naugle spent in remand Served 3.5 years for similar offences in 2006
Man threatened
RYAN TAPLIN/METRO
with gun at home
Police are looking for two
teenage males who alleged- Teenagers
ly threatened another man
at his home in Eastern Pas-
sage on Tuesday night. The two males are
RCMP say the two youth described as being be-
knocked on the door of the tween 16 and 18 years old.
home on Hornes Road.
When the victim answered, lice service dog, searched
police say he noticed a male for the youth, but they
holding a hand gun. weren’t located.
That’s when the victim Police don’t believe the
went back into his home, incident was random.
according to police, and “But we can’t go as far to
started throwing things at say whether they knew
the youth, who fled toward each other or not,” said
Caldwell Road. RCMP spokesman Cpl. Scott
Officers, along with a po- MacRae. JORDAN MINX
More Sarah Trio facing
Terry Naugle is escorted from Dartmouth provincial court in this file photo from last year. McLachlan drug
tickets charges
JENNIFER accident. It was his 23rd “I’m not going to Naugle was driving im-
TAPLIN conviction for impaired comment on him paired when he hit a car available
@METRONEWS.CA driving. because I don’t pulled over at the Enfield Two men and one woman
All three offences carry on-ramp on Highway 102. — all from Dartmouth —
know him well
Eight and a half years was five-year maximum sen- Julia McMillan and her 13- Additional tickets have are facing drug trafficking
far too long a sentence for tences, but they’re usually enough. He’s a year-old daughter Jillian been released for the Sarah charges.
serial drunk driver Terry served at the same time human being like were in the car at the time, McLachlan and Friends Police say they were in-
Naugle, his lawyer said when they stem from the and her husband, Peter show at the Halifax Metro vestigating a disturbance
any other human
yesterday. same incident. McMillan, was just metres Centre on March 22. around 8:30 a.m. on Tues-
“It’s three and a half to But Crown attorney being and he has away. The Sarah and Friends day, which led them to an
four years longer than sen- Mark Scott said there’s no needs and he Naugle blew a tire but tour is an intimate evening apartment on Lakefront
tences with similar cir- case quite like this, with makes mistakes.” drove on to a nearby gas with McLachlan where she Road.
cumstances to him,” Luke an offender with such a station then fled after Pe- performs classic hits and Police say a subsequent
Craggs told reporters out- lengthy record. Naugle has LUKE CRAGGS, DEFENCE LAWYER ter McMillan confronted new favourites from her search revealed a quantity
side the Nova Scotia Court 68 other criminal convic- case,” Scott said. him. He was caught short- new release, Law of of marijuana and drug
of Appeal yesterday. tions going back to 1974. He added it was fortu- ly after by RCMP officers. Illusion. paraphernalia.
Last year Naugle plead- “I could not find any nate no bodily harm was Scott said there are no METRO METRO
ed guilty to drunk driving, case with a comparable caused in the March 2009 rules limiting consecutive
driving while disqualified record or aggravated facts accident or else the sen- terms and maximum sen-
and leaving the scene of an as in this case. It’s a unique tence would be longer. tences. sentenced Tuesday after
pleading guilty earlier to
RYAN TAPLIN/METRO ‘We shouldn’t even be here News in brief threatening to kill
students and staff at
Sentence for Cobequid Educational
today’: MADD spokeswoman
Centre.
Facebook slurs He also pleaded guilty
to threatening three
Julia McMillan said her room yesterday. enough. A 22-year-old Nova Scotia teenage girls and assault-
husband was 10 seconds “I’m getting tired but Margaret Miller from man who made threats ing his former girlfriend.
away from being killed the spirit’s not gone yet MADD Canada called the on Facebook that people In addition, Weather-
and next time there will either with Terry Naugle arguments to reduce Nau- would be killed has bee has been barred from
be a dead body. or the justice system.” gle’s charge “ridiculous.” received a three-month all schools in the
“It’s difficult coming The very fact Naugle is “We shouldn’t even be conditional sentence, Chignecto Central
back. It’s been almost two appealing shows he’s not here today,” she said. which includes an Regional School Board
Julia McMillan at Nova years for this fight for remorseful, she said, and “What a waste of Nova overnight curfew. system and faces a 10-
Scotia Court of Appeals some justice and we hope changes to the justice sys- Scotia’s resources and tax- James David Weather- year weapons ban.
yesterday. we’ll see that,” she told re- tem for drunk drivers payer resources.” bee of Truro was THE CANADIAN PRESS
porters outside the court- aren’t coming fast JENNIFER TAPLIN
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011
Use caution on outdoor
Care home sorry after
autistic man confined
ice, HRM warns skaters
A Nova Scotia special-care
Requirements
home is apologizing after
the mother of a 20-year-old
autistic man said her son A government report ob-
RYAN TAPLIN/METRO was locked for periods of tained under freedom of
Most recent ice testing by time over 15 days in a con- information legislation
stantly lit room without a says provincial investiga-
municipality done over last few
bathroom. tors have required the fa-
days Temperatures warming up The unidentified man’s cility to remove the video
confinement at the Brae- camera, ensure the man
today after bitterly cold week more Home in Sydney was can reach a bathroom and
broken by exercise periods given him control of the
JORDAN and meals, the provincial light switch in the room.
Updates
MINX government has said. But at It also says the facility is to
[email protected] times, his mother and staff “ensure the resident has
For updated ice thickness at the home said, he had to the same physical environ-
The chance to finally safely results, visit halifax.ca and urinate in the room when ment as all other
skate on local lakes in HRM click Ice Thickness Reports he couldn’t leave to use a residents.”
may prove short lived. or phone [phone]. bathroom.
With the bitterly cold He was watched by staff home’s chief executive, said
weather the past few days, able the remainder of the observing him with a video in a news release yesterday.
ice thickness on many lakes week — HRM is warning camera. The facility says it wants
in HRM has risen to appro- people to remain cautious The Canadian Union of to reassure its 134 resi-
priate levels for skating, the when deciding to lace them Public Employees says the dents, families and the pub-
municipality announced up. incident was reported Sept. lic that “steps are being
yesterday. “If a lake is really just 14 by a worker at the home taken to ensure the inci-
The Red Cross recom- getting to that safe level to the Department of Com- dent isn’t repeated.”
mends a minimum of 15 and now we’re into mild munity Services, which de- “This was an isolated in-
John Anderson and his son Ben, 6, play hockey
centimetres of thickness temperatures, you could termined the case cident that was fully inves-
on Lake Banook yesterday.
for individual skating, and probably assume it’s not go- constituted institutional tigated and based on the
21 centimetres for group ing to be as thick,” cau- abuse under the Protection findings, we have imple-
skating of two or more peo- tioned HRM spokesperson for Persons in Care Act. mented the recommended
ple. Shaune MacKinlay. “It we could get out there and ing water such as streams “We are very sorry that strategies to prevent an in-
But with the tempera- would really depend on do more tests.” flow in and out of lakes. this incident occurred and cident like this from occur-
tures expected to rise above how thick the ice surface The municipality is also About 80 lakes and sincerely apologize to our ring again in the future,”
the freezing mark today — was to begin with, but real- asking people to use “ex- ponds are tested for ice client and the client’s fami- says the release.
and remain fairly season- ly, we wouldn’t know until treme caution” where mov- thickness in HRM. ly,” Debra MacPherson, the THE CANADIAN PRESS
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011
Canada gears
up for American
retail invasion
J. Crew set to open first Canadian branch this year
Discount clothier Marshalls has stores under construction
A new breed of prospectors major Canadian expansion
is gearing up for a modern Heading north plans ahead of what some
Canadian gold rush — far malls and experts predict
from the pickaxe-toting old- will be a consumer spend-
timers of the Klondike, Expanding Daniel Baer cit- ing boom in 2012. The U.S.
these are a savvy, business- ed the recent entry of lin- company announced yes-
suited bunch looking to gerie store Victoria’s terday it plans to spend
cash in on rich veins of Pra- Secret, housewares store $500 million US to open 40
da purses and cheap blue Crate and Barrel and skin- more Canadian stores that
jeans. care retailer Bath and Body combine general merchan-
They are major U.S. re- Works into Canada as ex- dise and groceries.
tailers, department stores amples of how American On Monday, Canada’s
and mall moguls, and they companies are succeeding largest retail landlord Rio-
have begun a cross-border north of the border. Can Real Estate Invest-
campaign in anticipation of Variety As international ment Trust announced a
consumers here opening chains move into Canada, 50-50 partnership with
their wallets by 2012, creat- shoppers will ultimately U.S. mall operator Tanger
ing huge demand for new benefit from a wider selec- Outlet Centers, which will
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There’s a report from CIBC
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message about the perils of
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mortgage debt appears to
have been growing more
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CIBC estimates outstanding
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year, down from a 7.7 per
cent increase in 2010.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011
WHEN YOU REALIZE YOU’RE IRRELEVANT
Most of the time I focus on 16 years, advertisers have seen I can prove I’ll be neglected, somebody would skip the high-
the good things about me as no less than a god. People too. Look at any ad aimed at the impact yoga and go get acting
He says ... aging. with money wanted me, needed younger set: They’re awesome. lessons.
I
me, worshipped me. Whether it’s the Canadian Oh sure, there are some slick
JOHN I was male, single, and power- Armed Forces or underarm body ads for baby boomers, but I’m
t leads co-workers to erro- ful, with companies writing their spray, commercials meant for not in that group either. I’m
MAZEROLLE neously assume that I whole playbook young males have about to become the forgotten
know what I’m doing, for based on my loves Hollywood produc- middle child, demographically.
example. And the wisdom and lusts. “I’m about tion values. That This is where the decline
of my years has recently al- But now, sudden- to become the Old Spice guy starts.
lowed me to make the im- ly, I am irrelevant. the forgotten hasn’t won some Soon I’ll spend my days com-
portant changeover from And it hurts. Now I sort of major act- plaining that today’s TV, music,
wanting to get fit, to convincing understand how middle child, ing award yet is and products aren’t as good as
myself I look fine. housewives abrupt- demographically.” one of the great in- when I was young. But nobody
I’ve never seen milestones as ly dropped for justices of our will listen.
millstones. younger women time. It’s going to be lonely. If only
But then, as I was watching a must feel. Now look at the some shiny doodad or new trend
television commercial this week, I’m aware that ad men only ads aimed at people who aren’t could help ease the pain. Please
something disconcerting hit me: wanted me because I was easy to young males: They suck. take me back, advertisers: I
This is my last year in power. manipulate, quick to depart with Car dealership owners, gold swear, I can stay the same.
Why? Because these are my my money, and socially irrespon- dealers, and personal injury
last days as a coveted sible, but at least they wanted lawyers screaming at us, creepy
Read more of
demographic. In the very near fu- me. dads who dye their hair to get
John Mazerolle’s columns
ture, I will no longer be 18 to 35. Advertising gets older; its over the death of their wife, and
at metronews.ca/hesays
This is upsetting. For the last loves stay the same age. seniors that make you wish
Clocks on a cellular level
Cartoon
MICHAEL DE ADDER
Does time stand still?
Worth
mentioning
What makes people tick?
Anybody who has suffered
jet lag knows all about the
body’s internal clock,
which is driven by a clus-
ter of brain cells.
But even the cells
throughout our body have
their own 24-hour clocks
to co-ordinate activities at
the cellular level. Now,
new research suggests What’s your
that these internal ping between two forms the journal Nature.
favourite
timepieces may be more on a regular 24-hour cycle. Joseph Bass of
complicated than Is that a clock? Or is it Northwestern University, TV sitcom? Why?
scientists thought. just responding to some who co-wrote a Nature
Email
For years, scientists clock? Nobody knows yet, commentary on the work,
have said this clock is basi- says Akhilesh Reddy of said the new findings halifaxletters
cally the activity of certain Cambridge University. But don’t overturn the @metronews.ca
genes. But in a new study, it seems to be connected standard notion of a gene- Twitter
scientists looked at in some way to the genetic based clock. Still, he said,
human cells that don’t mechanism found in other “Our understanding of the @metrohalifax
even have genes. And in cells, he said. Reddy co-au- clock is expanding with
these red blood cells, they thored two studies on the this work and other Metro has the right to edit
found an enzyme flip-flop- subject in today’s issue of work.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS letters and submissions.
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• [email protected] can orchestra is on stage in the top violinists in the
PublisherGreg Lutes, Managing EditorPhilip Croucher, Halifax tonight. country. This will be the
Sales ManagerDianne Curran, Distribution Symphony Nova Scotia first time Crow performs
ManagerApril Doucette is presenting An Evening with the symphony. He
METRO CANADA:Group Publisher Bill McDonald, Editor-in-Chief With Jonathan Crow at the will perform Saint-Saens’
Charlotte Empey, National Deputy EditorFernando Carneiro, Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, and Violin Concerto No. 3.
Asst. Managing EditorTarin Elbert, Scene/Life EditorDean Lisk, with the show beginning Tickets range in price
Asst. Managing Editor Amber Shortt, Art DirectorLaila Hakim, at 7:30 p.m. from $29 to $52 and are
Business Ventures DirectorTracy Day, National Sales Director Crow has been concert- available through the Dal-
Peter Bartrem, Interactive/Marketing DirectorJodi Brown master with the Montreal housie Arts Centre box of- Symphony Nova Scotia is presenting An Evening With
Symphony since 2002, fice. METRO Jonathan Crow tonight at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium.