Metro Halifax - January 7, 2010

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HALIFAX • THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2010 metronews.ca
Arrested twice in 10 hours
No injuries in
TD Building fire
EMERGENCYThere were no
injuries after an electrical Clayton Park woman charged with impaired driving two times in one day
fire forced the evacuation
of those inside the TD
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malfunctioned in one of sat motionless in a down impaired drivers in
the panels of the electrical Halifax courtroom yester- HRM. Over the past four
room in the building’s day as a judge ordered days, at least six people
basement. A fire her to stay away from al- have phoned 911 to report
spokesman said there was cohol and forbade her having seen someone driv-
some smoke, but it never from operating any motor ing erratically. On Monday
left the basement area. vehicle. night alone, three people
METRO HALIFAX The woman appeared were arrested and charged
drawn and exhausted dur- as a direct result of those
News on the M ve ing her brief appearance, tips, said RCMP spokesman
staring at the floor and an- Cpl. Joe Taplin. Three more
What’s this swering the judge’s ques- calls Tuesday led to the ar-
barcode for? tions in a barely audible rest, and subsequent re-ar-
Learn how to scan whisper. rest, of 50-year-old Diedra
tthhee i bnastrrcuocdteio wnsit aht Halifax Regional Police Fougere of Clayton Park.
the top of pg 3 allege the first incident
happened around 8:40 a.m.
Tuesday, when someone sity to continue the of-
VancouverGames
phoned police to report a fence.”
possible impaired driver “Obviously, this could
Countdown on Regency Drive. Police have ended differently,
to 2010 say they tracked down the with somebody being seri-
vehicle, tested the woman ously hurt,” he added.
Follow Metro as we behind the wheel, and de- Diedra Fougere, 50, is
bring you daily termined she was above charged with two counts of
coverage leading up the legal limit. According impaired driving, one
to the 2010 Winter to police spokesman Const. count of failing the breath-
Olympics in Vancouver. Brian Palmeter, the woman alyzer, and one count of re-
• Today — was arrested and her car fusing a breathalyzer in
Omischl, fel- left at the scene. connection with two sepa-
low aerialists “I’m not sure how she Diedra Fougere is escorted from a courtroom at Halifax provincial court yesterday. Fougere was ar- rate incidents.
seek atone- got home (from police rested twice Tuesday and was charged with impaired driving on two separate occasions — once in Fougere has two previ-
ment, headquarters),” Palmeter the morning and then again in the evening. ous impaired driving con-
page 9 added. victions. The first was
Just 10 hours later, police It turned out to be the thing that’s very rare,” Pal- and charged again in such handed down in New Glas-
say two more concerned same woman, police allege. meter said. “If somebody a short period of time.” gow in October 1990, and
On the web citizens called 911 to re- This time, said Palmeter, gets charged once, we He explained the officer the second in Port Hawkes-
port that someone was she refused a breathalyzer would certainly hope that took the unusual step to bury in 2001.
Visit metronews.ca driving erratically down test, and was again arrest- they would learn from that hold the suspect overnight She is scheduled to re-
for news updates the Bedford Highway near ed and charged. and not put themselves in because the second arrest turn to court in Halifax
Wedgewood Avenue. “This is certainly some- a position to be arrested “really showed the propen- Feb. 23.
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Olympian to speak at fundraiser
Local
Canadian Olympic kayaker Adam van Koeverden, left, is coming to Halifax later this
month as the keynote speaker for Special Olympics Nova Scotia fundraiser on Jan.
27 at the Cunard Centre. In 2004, van Koeverden became a national sports celebrity
when he won two medals at the Summer Olympics, a gold and a bronze. Tickets for
the fundraiser are $125 each or $1,250 for a table of 10. They can be ordered
through the Special Olympics Nova Scotia office at 429-2266, ext. 2. METRO HALIFAX
Weathering storm days Man gets more
than 2 years in
jail for fatal crash
School boards advised to plan for home learning in new report
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suggests a report released port closely, despite not los- 31, of Lochaber Road has
CAW urges yesterday. ing a single day so far this also been prohibited from
Nova Scotia’s Education winter. driving for six years.
LABOURThe Canadian Auto Department hired Jim “I’m sure the board will The charges were laid
Workers union is calling Gunn to explore better look at (the report) with following a car crash in
on the Nova Scotia govern- ways to deal with storm great interest and possibly June 2008 that killed
ment to restore funding days after last winter’s look at … policy changes,” Patrick Derek
for the defunct ferry serv- spike in lost time. He said spokesperson Doug MacEachern, 20, of Lake-
ice out of Yarmouth. made six recommenda- Hadley. vale. Delorey and
The union’s Atlantic di- tions, among them: Devel- Last winter’s toll was the MacEachern’s brother
rector, Les Holloway, says op contingency plans for greatest the HRSB has seen were seriously injured in
the province’s decision to home learning, improve in a non-Juan year. the crash.
discontinue funding for communications on Hadley noted the HRSB is A victim impact
the run to Maine lacks storm-day decisions and already acting in some ar- statement from MacEach-
compassion for the affect- get teachers to better use eas, such as posting a video ern’s family, read in court
ed workers. the time off. of the superintendent ex- yesterday, says they are
Holloway Gunn, who spent 15 plaining how storm days devastated by Patrick’s
says it years as a school-board su- are called. death and will never be
would have perintendent, said he Its policy for catching up the same again.
been better wants provincial boards to individual students who Delorey also addressed
to continue discuss improved methods lose too much school time the court, saying he’s truly
to fund the of handling monster win- could be adapted to storm sorry for Patrick’s death
present Cat ters like last year’s, which days, he said. and thinks about him
ferry while saw six of the seven boards every day. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Darrell Dexter beginning a miss above-average num- time for “professional col-
discussion bers of days, including 12 laboration.”
on the future of the serv- lost in Chignecto-Central. Gunn added he was hap- News in brief
ice. “I wrote this report ... to py to leave detailed plan-
The union had a anticipate another winter ning to individual school REFORM The Law Reform Com-
meeting yesterday with like this,” he told Metro boards. mission of Nova Scotia is calling
Premier Darrell Dexter to yesterday. “If we lose four “We’re happy we have a for changes to provincial laws
discuss concerns. or five days per winter like report in hand that we to encourage the cleanup of
Dexter has said he’s we usually do, it’s not a think may be of some help contaminated properties. A
open to the possibility of big deal.” to school boards when commission report on contami-
providing short-term cash If students have missed they update their in- nated sites says such properties
to help keep a ferry a week by Christmas, it clement weather policies,” are subject to far-reaching envi-
service operating —but may be time to reclaim the said Peter McLaughlin, ronmental legislation, but cur-
not a long-term subsidy. days. Schools regularly spokesperson for the Edu- rent laws can discourage people
The premier says he’s lose time to things like cation Department. from purchasing or investing in
waiting to see the results of fires or floods and those Students walk up the path to Citadel High in this November file He emphasized it’s a them. The report takes aim at
a study of transport needs catch-up plans could be re- photo. A new report was released yesterday to help school boards “discussion paper” to get the current system of assigning
for the southwestern purposed for storm days, better deal with cancelled school days due to winter storms. boards talking, rather potential liability to almost any-
region of the province. Gunn said. than a definitive course of one connected with the proper-
THE CANADIAN PRESS The growing online could keep students on ers can make it to school action. ty. THE CANADIAN PRESS
presence of many schools top of things even when when students can’t, the The full report can be
means virtual learning the snow blows. If teach- teachers could use the read at ednet.ns.ca.
HALIFAX
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hours of Tuesday in Lake them to getting a search on an ATV near the resi-
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4 local Yarmouth waterfront funding announced
The federal government announced yesterday close to $300,000 in funding to go towards the revitalizations of the Yarmouth waterfront. West Nova MP Greg Kerr
made the announcement with $276,000 going towards the project. Work to be done includes a stage canopy, murals and a floating water fountain. METRO HALIFAX
Still time to work out a deal: Corbett
Union says it won’t give up wage parity for rural hospital workers, school support staff
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deal. Employees. The government has of-
Frank Corbett, who is al- Union leaders insisted fered the rural employees
so minister responsible for yesterday the key issue is a one per cent wage in-
the public service commis- maintaining wage parity crease in each year of a
sion, reacted with what ap- with workers in Halifax. two-year contract.
peared to be relaxed confi- Wayne Thomas, To maintain wage parity
dence when asked if a spokesman for acute-care with their public sector
strike could be averted — workers at 33 rural hospi- colleagues in the Halifax
even though no talks are tals, said wage parity rep- area, the unions are seek-
planned. resents a line in the sand ing a 2.9 per cent increase
“Oh, yea ... sometimes for his colleagues. in the first year of a three-
you can get a deal in an “For the last 10 years, year contract, followed by
hour,” said Corbett, a for- we’ve had wage parity one per cent increases in
mer union leader with the with Metro (Halifax),” he the last two years, said Karen MacKenzie, chair of CUPE Acute Care 118, speaks to reporters yesterday with Danny
National Association of said. “Giving up what we union spokesman John Mc- Cavanaugh, CUPE Nova Scotia president, listening on during a press conference at the Holiday Inn
Broadcast Employees and think is the component Cracken. THE CANADIAN PRESS in Dartmouth.
Woman cries foul after entry to U.S. denied Enviro group says get ready
for more major storms
A Muslim woman alleges from the building by the
she was mistreated by bor- Ayat Manna RCMP. Passage, the
der officials at the Halifax But a spokesman for the JON TATTRIE Chezzetcooks, Isle
Stanfield International Air- (cid:129)Originally from Jordan, Ayat indicating she was intending to U.S. Customs and Border for Metro Halifax Madame, Cape Breton —
port after she was denied Manna has lived in Canada for return to her job and also pro- Protection Agency denied those are just a small sam-
entry to the United States. 15 years and studied commerce vided bank statements. many of her claims of poor CLIMATE CHANGE The pling of the areas affected
Ayat Manna, who lives in at Saint Mary’s University. (cid:129)She said her plan had been to treatment. provincewide damage by this storm surge.”
Halifax, said she had a one- (cid:129) Manna said she returned to visit her husband and return “This was a standard, caused by last weekend’s Bandage solutions like
way ticket departing Mon- U.S. Customs on Tuesday with home to her job and her par- everyday admissibility re- storm should spur Nova building seawalls aren’t
day for Cleveland, where documents from her employer ents. view we do on hundreds of Scotians to prepare for the whole answer, she ar-
she was planning to spend travellers trying to enter more of the same, says the gued: “We couldn’t possi-
several months to visit her Muslim woman. wrong,” she said yesterday. the United States every- Ecology Action Centre. bly afford to put seawalls
husband. She said border officials “They started yelling at day,” said Steven Sapp from The Halifax environ- against every square kilo-
But the 25-year-old was questioned her for more me and being rude ... I’m his office in Philadelphia. mental group says storm metre of our coast.”
held for questioning — than four hours about why not allowed to go to the He said the fact that surges are nothing new in Instead, Nova Scotians
something she said made she was visiting the U.S. washroom, I’m not al- Manna was wearing a scarf a province and all levels
her believe she was target- “It felt like I was in the lowed to use the phone.” had nothing to do with her with a 7,000- of govern-
ed because she was wear- movies in a place where She said she was told to being held for questioning. kilometre “We know sea ment should
ing a head scarf and is a you’d done something go home and escorted THE CANADIAN PRESS coastline, but levels are rising and adjust to the
climate “living sys-
change we know that tems” of
System gathering AIDSChallenge fit for Olympian Co-founder of means means our shore shores,
energy for summer Cumberland storms that lines are going to rather than
once hit adjusting the
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nounced yesterday the denly at home Monday. know that inland.” or buying
Alderney 5 Geothermal “I knew he hadn’t been means our Jennifer Graham, EAC coastal prop-
Cold Energy Storage System feeling well and he was a shore lines erties to re-
has started gathering ener- little quieter than normal are going to store wet-
gy used to provide air condi- over Christmas, but none be more vulnerable to lands, which act as natu-
tioning to municipal build- of us thought this would flooding, because (with) ral “sponges” absorbing
ings on the Dartmouth wa- happen,” Susan Reid, chair more water, higher levels the excess water.
terfront in the spring and of Cumberland Pride said. reach further inland,” said
summer months. Carter made headlines in Jennifer Graham, coastal
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“Already, the project has October 2004 when he and co-ordinator for ECA. “The
resulted in savings of his partner, Gerard Veld- kind of things that hap- [email protected]
$350,000 in energy costs,” hoven, were legally married pened in Cow Bay, Eastern
said HRM Mayor Peter Kelly. soon after the Civil Marriage
The system will also re- Act was passed. Prior to
duce HRM’s greenhouse gas their marriage, they had News in brief
emissions by over 900 been together for 30 years.
tonnes per year, say the pro- Reid said Carter and Veld- BUST Police have charged a Park Drive. They arrested a
ject’s managers. hoven were instrumental Dartmouth man with drug 47-year-old man at the scene
The system consists of 80 Olympian Richard Dalton of Halifax tries to solve a challenge in developing awareness trafficking after a search war- without incident. Due to an
holes that extend 500 feet during a preview of the first annual RBC Amazing Challenge for education and acceptance rant was executed at a home outstanding parole warrant,
into the ground. Using a AIDS yesterday. The event takes place on April 16 and it will of the gay, lesbian, bi-sexu- in Dartmouth on Tuesday. Po- the suspect was taken to the
seawater cooling system, feature teams squaring off in a day full of physical and mental al and transgender commu- lice say officers found quanti- Central Nova Scotia
cold energy will be harvest- challenges. All teams will have the challenge of raising $3,000 nity and are considered the ties of marijuana and cocaine, Correctional Facility, and is
ed in the winter months that will support the programs and services of the AIDS Coali- founding fathers of the as well as assorted drug para- scheduled to appear in court
and stored underground in tion of Nova Scotia. Cumberland Pride group. phernalia, inside the house in at a later date.
the rock mass. METRO HALIFAX AMHERST DAILY NEWS the 0-100 block of Highfield METRO HALIFAX
Thursday, January 7, 2010 metronews.ca metro
Breast cancer testing lawsuit seeking approval of settlement 5
Members of a class-action lawsuit settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador’s botched breast cancer testing scandal will seek to have the deal approved in court next month. In
October, the province’s largest health board and the law firm spearheading the lawsuit announced they had reached a $17.5-million settlement. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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choosing suicide to escape drop of international de-
study, cited in
the violence and brutality bate last year over the
the Foreign
of their daily lives, says a Afghanistan government’s
Affairs report, said 87 per cent
new human rights report so-called rape law.
of Afghan women complained
prepared by Canada’s For- The legislation, aimed at
that they were the victims of
eign Affairs Department. courting votes in the mi-
violence, half of it sexual.
The 2008 annual assess- nority Shiite community,
ment paints a grim picture The document was ob- legalized rape within a
of a country where violence tained by The Canadian marriage. It prompted out-
against women and girls is Press under the Access to rage in Canada and many
common, despite rising Information Act. other countries.
public awareness among The director of a burn THE CANADIAN PRESS
Afghans and international unit at a hospital in the rela-
condemnation. tively peaceful province of A child representing baby Jesus lies covered in cash as the hand of a man representing one of the
“Self-immolation is being Herat reported that in 2008 Three Kings reads coca leaves in an Andean Indian market on Epiphany in Lima yesterday.
used by increasing num- more than 80 women tried Epiphany, also known as Three Kings Day, is celebrated by Catholics to commemorate the journey
bers of Afghan women to to kill themselves by setting of the Three Kings who paid homage to baby Jesus.
escape their dire circum- themselves on fire, many of
stances and women consti- them in the early 20s.
Yemen sensitive about
tute the majority of Afghan Many of those women
suicides,” said the report, died, the report said. Moinn strimeaml peorilnicge geaxnpge cdti rseppurties,a ls
completed in November The frank evaluation of but say all-out war is unlikely.
2009. the plight of women was Scan this code for the full story. allowing U.S. intervention
Feds to
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Yemen’s foreign minister al-Hanaq, was believed to be
check out said yesterday that his hiding in the mountainous “There is a lot of
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ment is taking a harder tivity about foreign troops cell was behind a plot to Nazeeh al-Hanaq both es-
look at an industry that coming to Yemeni territo- send al-Qaida fighters into caped, but two fighters with
has been a political and ry.” San’a to carry out attacks, them were killed. The U.S.
policy darling amid soar- His comments came as possibly against foreign em- and British embassies re-
ing fuel prices and Yemeni security forces bassies. The U.S. and British opened the following day,
fretting about greenhouse launched a manhunt for the embassies closed down Sun- saying the clashes had
gases. suspected leader of an al- day and Monday, and other largely resolved the threat.
A study has been Qaida cell believed to be be- Western missions limited or There have been media
ordered into the environ- hind a threatened attack stopped their access to the reports that U.S. cruise mis-
mental and health effects that forced the closure this public. siles or warplanes were in-
of producing ethanol and week of the U.S. and British Security forces on Mon- volved in strikes carried out
biodiesel after other coun- embassies in the capital city day tried to capture al- last month against several
tries found facilities that of San’a. Hanaq as he was moving al-Qaida strongholds, which
make renewable fuels Security forces swept into through the Arhab region, Yemen says killed at least 30
could be behind problems several areas where the mil- prompting heavy clashes. militants.
with air, water and human itant, Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed and THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
health.
“Based on global produc-
tion levels from the past News in brief Prostitute loses
three years alone, there is Jim Walsh, a former prominent Newfoundland and Labrador case against school
now evidence of implica- cabinet minister, is escorted from court in St. John’s, yesterday. KENYA A lone elephant with the second lowest job ap-
tions to the environment Walsh was sentenced yesterday to 22 months in jail and charged out of the brush as an proval rating and highest dis- NETHERLANDSA Dutch court
from biofuels-based ordered to pay $144,000 in restitution for his role in the American family was hiking approval rating of any has rejected a claim by a
ethanol production facili- province’s constituency allowance spending scandal. near Mount Kenya and president at that point in their woman who sued her for-
ties,” says a government trampled to death a mother term in 50 years. But the mer high school for
document released yester- and the one-year-old daughter ratings do not necessarily pre- allegedly failing to stop her
day. she held in her arms, officials dict political failure, since oth- from becoming a
“Biofuels (ethanol and News in brief said yesterday. Four adults and er presidents with low polling prostitute. Maria Mosterd
biodiesel) are still viewed the baby were walking with an numbers have gone on to win claimed Thorbecke School
as ‘green’ energy sources ARCTICAmerican researchers article says that, on average, unarmed guide when the ele- re-election. According to should have done more to
by some, however, suggest the melting season for sea ice has started melting 2.5 phant charged, said Kenya Gallup, Obama started out his prevent pimps preying on
criticism of biofuels has al- Arctic sea ice is growing faster days earlier every decade and Wildlife Service official Michael presidency with a 68 per cent her and should have told
so grown remarkably across much of the Canadian begun to refreeze 3.7 days lat- Kipkeu. approval rating. But that has her mother about her
throughout recent years. Arctic than anywhere else in er. U.S. President Barack Obama dropped to 50 per cent going repeated school absence.
THE CANADIAN PRESS the world. A recently published THE CANADIAN PRESS began his second year in office into 2010. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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timid resolution, indeed smokes, your special some- suggesting them, except in
Steve one perhaps so incremental one gets to enjoy your irri- extreme circumstances.
as to be meaningless. My tability at deprivation or Let’s say you can suggest
Collins beloved has a handful of se- self-loathing at backslides. one every five years if
mi-ambitious You can al- you’re willing to accept sug-
ones and a “We are also not so find your- gestions in turn, but I’d still
metronews.ca/collins better track self roped in- suggest skipping it entirely.
S record of always at our easiest to resolu- Never far enough away,
o, it’s been almost a making them to live with while tions you after all, is the ultimate haz-
week. How are those happen. in the throes of never made. ard of this time of year: Get-
resolutions holding I see no If your part- ting resolved right out the
up? sign so far self-improvement.” ner is on a di- door as your significant oth-
I wish you luck. The that either of et, especially er starts taking stock and
delinquency rates are high, our plans have us headed if you live together, good deciding what stays and
and no wonder. This is a for couple trouble, which luck not ending up on it what goes in his or her life,
wretched time of year to resolutions can bring about yourself. Misery loves com- and you end up on the lat-
embark on major renova- with unnerving ease. pany, and gets annoyed if ter list.
tions to one’s finances, First and foremost, reso- you keep snarfing back the It’s not for nothing that
waistline, health or charac- lution season has us focused pizza. family lawyers mark D-Day
ter. It’s my personal convic- on our faults, thus remind- It probably helps to share (Jan. 8 or thereabouts), the
tion that to get through ing our partners of a few your resolutions with each day that they begin the
these dark, cold months, minor glitches instead of other, to get that gym bud- greatest annual volume of
you’ll need every vice and the pretty damn OK overall dy effect and reinforce your divorce proceedings. I sus-
crutch you have in your ar- package. Excessive dissatis- respective resolve, but, in pect a lot of these begin as Worth mentioning
senal. faction with oneself can be the face of entirely under- New Year’s resolutions. Be
Bad habits might be easi- contagious. standable failure, a little un- careful out there.
Report blows tetrapod
er dumped in June, but we We are also not always at derstanding goes a long
persist in picking this arbi- our easiest to live with way. Steve Collins offers his best guesses on
trary date to spontaneously while in the throes of self- And please, please, re- relationships for Metro every two weeks. theory out of the water
Views The water-dwelling ances- with the research said the
tors of modern-day mam- find would force experts to
mals, reptiles and birds reconsider a critical period
Idiot box: Tuning out Berlusconi’s TV culture emerged onto in evolution
land millions 385 when sea-
of years earli- based verte-
FourthWave women into veline— biki- says robs women of their minister of equal opportu- er than previ- brates took
ni-clad talk show sidekicks. identities, opinions, and nity. ously be- their first
In clips from the doc, natural beauty. “Who are It’s shocking there’s lieved, re- steps toward
Canice the models are mocked we? What do we want? been little backlash until searchers re- Until now, scientists thought becoming di-
for their ditziness, parad- Why aren’t all Italian now, but Berlusconi’s pop- ported. they had the e volution from nosaurs,
Leung ed before male talk show women in the streets ularity among women, his A set of fos- fin to foot fairly well under- mammals
hosts in thongs, doused protesting against the way primary supporters, is silized foot- stood. The earliest tetrapods and — even-
within glass- they are rep- waning. His dalliance with prints show had been traced to 385 mil- tually — hu-
metronews.ca/fourthwave walled show- On the web resented?” an 18-year-old highlighted the first lion years ago. Experts theo- man beings.
ers, or (in a I asked my the absurdity of this 73- tetrapods — a rized they had split from “It blows
One of the joys of living in painfully lit- (cid:129) Watch Women’s friend Nina, year-old man’s attitude to- term applied their close relatives, a fleshy- the whole
an immigrant household is eral analogy) Bodies online at whose family wards women. to any four- finned family of fish, a few story out of
the access to diasporic tele- hung from metronews.ca/fourthwave watches Ital- I was heartened to read footed animal million years earlier and then the water, so
vision. It connects you to hooks like ian shows the this from Italian professor with a spine gone on to conquer land. to speak,”
your family’s pop culture meat. Despite way mine Chiara Volpato in a New — were tread- said Jenny
— which in my case con- the treatment, velineare watches Hong Kong ones, York Times op-ed: “Today ing open ground 397 mil- Clack, a paleontologist at
sists mostly of soap operas, celebrities, courted by fa- whether it really was as there are two Italys: One lion years ago, well before Cambridge University.
cooking shows and abnor- mous soccer players, so bad as the doc suggested. It Italy has soaked up Mr. scientists thought they ex- The work appears in to-
mally thin, doll-like beauty it’s no surprise some is, she nodded. Berlusconi’s ideology ei- isted. day’s issue of the journal
queens vying for the Miss young Italian women re- The root of the problem? ther out of self-interest or An expert unconnected Nature. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hong Kong crown. port they strive to become “It’s Berlusconi,” she said, an inability to resist his
So I understand the pre- one. referring to Italian Prime enormous powers of per-
occupation with the idea “Real women’s bodies Minister Silvio Berlusconi. suasion; the other is fight-
of femininity, something have been hidden away; in- Before he ruled Italy’s poli- ing back” — which means We Know What You’re Thinking
that seems to afflict Lorella stead we are presented tics, he conquered its cul- sooner or later, they’re go-
Zanardo as well. Her docu- with an obsessively vulgar ture with his Mediaset em- ing to rise up and pull the 51%The number of
mentary-manifesto, Il Cor- image made of silicone pire of television stations. plug on Silvio’s TV set. Canadians who spend
po Delle Donne (Women’s lips, thighs, breasts: The Velineare rampant on his more than six minutes
Bodies), was borne out of truth is removed and re- channels, and a former Canice Leung is a former editor of Ryerson in the shower.
University feminist magazine McClung’s,
the frustration of watching placed with a mask,” Za- model, Mara Carfagna, copy editor at Metro, ardent feminist
Italian television turn nardo narrates, one she went on to become his and loudmouth. IPSOSREID
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Canada still hopes to persuade UBS to hand over the names of Canadian clients suspected
of tax evasion, Revenue Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn said on Tuesday. METRO NEWS SERVICES
Business
EDITOR: [email protected]
Government debt
a concern: Pollsters
But majority expects better economy in 2010, study says
Canadians are starting to number of Canadians ex-
put their confidence back Slower growth pecting higher taxes has
in the economy but their doubled since the survey
concern over government (cid:129) The real challenge facing last year.
debt has risen, according Canadians is not that the The poll results were col-
to a new survey from Pol- country will slip back into lected from 4,263 respon-
lara Strategic Research. recession, but getting used dents on Pollara’s online
The study found that 54 to slower growth, econo- panel between Dec. 6-14. A
per cent of Canadians sur- mists say. An aging popula- sample of this size is con-
veyed in December expect- tion and reduced demand sidered to be accurate
ed the economy will im- are among factors that will within 1.5 percentage
prove in 2010. That’s far determine how quickly the points, 19 times out of 20.
more optimistic than at economy expands. The Pollara poll is the
the same time last year, TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE latest evidence that the
when Canada was in the Canadian economy is on
midst of a major global re- only six per cent who felt the mend.THE CANADIAN PRESS
cession. that way in 2009.
Only 20 per cent of those Pollara chairman
surveyed in the previous Michael Marzolini told the
poll for the Economic Club Economic Club of Canada
of Canada expected 2009 yesterday that while many
would bring better times. Canadians’ fears about the
The latest Pollara poll al- economy have abated, “the
so found 17 per cent of re- public has now shifted to
spondents believe Canada focus on the growing na- Bcaulsleinde "scsyebs einr cmreoamsisn"g alys lao loukc rtaot isvoe-
is in a period of moderate tional debt.” and powerful customer base. Scan this
growth, compared with Marzolini said that the code for the full story.
Las VegasIn your face
PAUL SAKUM
A/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mitsubishi 3-D glasses are shown in front of an 82-inch Mitsubishi Home Theatre TV with 3-D-
Ready technology at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Tuesday. Riding what
could be one of the next big waves in consumer electronics, 3-D TV sets will likely cost $200 to
$300 US more than comparable flat-panel sets without 3-D capabilities, which already run more
than $1,000, officials say.
Business in brief
MARKETS The Toronto Stock that total financings raised $60 AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Gen-
Exchange set new trading and billion for companies, surpass- eral Motors Canada is denying
financing records last year, a ing the previous record of a report that suggests it could
period when the market $47.6 billion set in 2007. Mean- reduce production at its Cana-
gained just under 31 per cent while, the total 2009 trading dian plants when it adds new
in stock value. Canada’s domi- volume of 118.5 billion shares car models over the next few
nant stock exchange owner, was higher than the record of years.
TMX Group, said yesterday 109.2 billion. THE CANADIAN PRESS
metro metronews.ca Thursday, January 7, 2010
8 Arenas suspended by NBA
NBA commissioner David Stern indefinitely suspended Gilbert Arenas without pay yesterday, saying the Washington Wizards guard is “not currently fit to take
the court.” Arenas is under investigation by federal and local authorities after admittedly bringing guns to the locker room. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sports Dawson elected into Hall
Andre Dawson was elected to the Hall of Fame yesterday in his ninth try, while Bert
Blyleven and Roberto Alomar fell just short of earning baseball’s highest honour.
The former Montreal Expos outfielder received 420 of 539 votes in results
announced by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, 15 more than the 75
per cent necessary to gain election. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
EDITOR: [email protected]
Mooseheads trade Metcalfe
Popular defender dealt to Moncton as M Cherished chance
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[email protected] cheering for.
Here’s a look at some key Cape Breton dealt him to The 18-year-old right-
The Halifax Mooseheads moves made yesterday in Lewiston to acquire Devils winger got a late
have traded the QMJHL’s the QMJHL. draft choice Eric Gelinas, a Christmas present on Dec.
penalty-minute king to •Goaltender Jake Allen, top blue-liner. Stephen 28 when the Halifax
the Moncton Wildcats. coming off a tough outing Woodworth of the junior A Mooseheads acquired him
Spencer Metcalfe will get with Team Canada in Tues- Halifax Lions also goes to from the Bathurst Titan
a shot at a championship day’s gold-medal game at Cape Breton. for a ninth-round draft
on a Memorial Cup con- the world junior •Pierre-Marc Lessard was choice.
tender after being traded championship, was officially traded from Moncton to Wigginton was whisked
to the Wildcats yesterday dealt from Montreal to P.E.I. for a fourth-round draft into the Mooseheads’ line-
for a seventh-round draft Drummondville for two first- choice. The over-age up a day later, dressing in
pick in 2011. round picks. forward had drawn mild the home-and-home Battle
The 19-year-old defence- •Defenceman Ian Saab of interest from the of Nova Scotia with the
man leads the QMJHL with Halifax is on the move after Mooseheads. Cape Breton Screaming Ea-
a whopping 113 penalty gles, and is edging toward
minutes and 13 fighting a permanent second-half
majors in 37 games. Al- ifax is building around 17- ed to keep Bishop here and roster spot with the club.
though he has just one as- year-olds Garrett Clarke, work with him. It became “It’s been awesome,”
sist all year, his plus-three Konrad Abeltshauser, Steve a numbers game.” said Wigginton, who
rating was the Moose- Gillard and Sawyer Hannay Bishop, drafted 19th appeared in four games
heads’ only positive plus- and has highly-touted 16- overall in June, was re- with the Titan last season
minus. year-olds Jamie Bishop and called on Dec. 2. Lewis, a but was skating with the
“It was really hard to Trey Lewis waiting in the fourth-round pick who is junior A Halifax Lions this
move him,” said Moose- wings. playing major midget in season. “I’ve lived here all
heads general manager Metcalfe’s presence, New Brunswick, is eighth my life and growing up I
Cam Russell. along with that of fellow on the depth chart. always wanted to play for
“He was a very well-liked 19-year-olds Pascal Amyot The trade deadline is to- this team.”
guy, a popular guy in the and Paul Dimitruk, would day at 1 p.m. The five-foot-11 182-
dressing room. He was a have pushed one of the “We’re listening, we’re pounder is a former Dart-
pleasure to coach. We’ll youngsters out of the line- inquiring, but if it doesn’t mouth Subways captain
miss his physical game and up on a regular basis. make sense, it’s not worth who had 42 points in 35
his leadership.” “It was an ice-time is- doing,” Russell said. games last season in the
The Herd’s youth move- sue,” Russell said. “We’re not done, but Nova Scotia major midget
ment fuelled the decision “We had eight defence- that’s not to say ranks.
to trade the six-foot, 192- men and knew one of something’s going to Spencer Metcalfe leads the QMJHL with 113 penalty minutes and MATTHEW WUEST/
pound Toronto native. Hal- them had to go. We want- happen.” 13 fighting majors in 37 games. METRO HALIFAX
SCOREBOARD Rainmen searching for first win Impending free-agent Plekanec
NHL enjoying breakout campaign
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
Minnesota 4 Calgary 1 said Ferguson, who shot a are set to unleash former
Philadelphia 6 Toronto 2 MATTHEW WUEST deadly 45.2 per cent from PBL most valuable player HABSWhen Mike Cammal- “The rest of it is for Bob
Buffalo 5 Tampa Bay 3 [email protected] beyond the arc his past Jeremy Bell, a six-foot-one leri left the Calgary Flames and he and his agent to
N.Y. Rangers 5 Dallas 2 three professional seasons. point guard who they to sign with the Montreal deal with, but I’d obviously
NSt..Y .L oIsulaisn adte rSsa nat J Cooselorado BASKETBALL The Halifax “They were inked earlier this Canadiens as a free agent love to have him.”
Rainmen need to bounce wide-open week. last off-season, many won- “Bob” is Habs general
NBA back quickly, and they’ll shots, shots The Rainmen, dered how he would manager Bob
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
have to find their shooting I’m going to who make their perform without Gainey, who is
Toronto 108 Orlando 103
Atlanta 119 New Jersey 89 touch to do it. take every home debut on Sun- the benefit of faced with the
Boston 112 Miami 106 (OT) After an atrocious night time and day against the playing along- task of negotiat-
Cleveland 121 Washington 98 from the field in their usually make Kebs, know their side an elite ing a new con-
Golden State 107 Minnesota 101 Premier Basketball League every time. season can spiral player like tract for
New Orleans 97 Oklahoma City 92
Detroit at San Antonio season-opener in Oklaho- Unfortunate- quickly out of con- Jarome Iginla. Plekanec before
Houston at Phoenix ma on Sunday, the ly, it was just trol due to the But those same peo- he becomes an unre-
Memphis at Utah Rainmen can ill-afford a re- a bad night. league’s short 20- ple never could have imag- stricted free agent July 1.
L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers
peat showing tonight Hopefully, game schedule and ined the emergence of Fitting Plekanec into a
when they visit the Quebec we got our the fact that only Tomas Plekanec as one of payroll that’s already at
Kebs at the University of bad shooting four of nine teams the NHL’s top scorers, and nearly $45 million US for
Laval. night out of Desmond Ferguson qualify for the play- you can count his linemate only 13 players next sea-
Long-bomber Desmond the way for offs. Cammalleri among them. son is going to be tricky.
Ferguson went just one- the rest of the season.” “We can’t come out 0-2,” “I didn’t know all that Gainey was allowed to
for-eight from three-point Newly-signed small for- the 32-year-old Ferguson much about him,” Cam- begin contract negotia-
range, while the Rainmen ward Gregory Plummer said. malleri said yesterday after tions with Plekanec on Jan.
shot just four-for-25 in a and six-foot-10 centre Cory “It’s early and the sea- the Canadiens held a team 1, but refuses to say when
102-87 loss to the Lawgon- Underwood are expected son’s not going to be won meeting and off-ice work- or if those talks will begin.
SScpaonr ttsh uisp bdaartceosd oen f oyor uthr es mmaorsttp rheocnene.t Fort Sill Cavalry. to make their Rainmen de- or lost by the first game, out. “I’ve been very im- Plekanec has 46 points
Learn how to scan the barcode with “It wasn’t like they were buts tonight. but we can’t let that sec- pressed with him and what in 45 games.
the instructions at the top of pg 3 bad or contested shots,” The Kebs, meanwhile, ond loss happen.” he brings to this team. THE CANADIAN PRESS
metronews.ca metro
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Anderson takes gold sports 9
Alpine snowboarder Jasey-Jay Anderson won gold yesterday in a World Cup
parallel giant slalom race on a tricky Austrian course. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Vancouver Games
EDITOR: [email protected]
Eagle returns High expectations Thousands
to take part of banners
in torch relay being hung
It’s as close to Olympic glo- Men’s aerialists hope to avoid repeat of Turin disappointments in Vancouver
ry as Eddie (the Eagle)
Edwards is going to get Their reactions ranged Learn more about The city of Vancouver has
these days. from confusion to “ I definitely bit off much Steve Omischl in an started installing thousands
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1988 Calgary Olympics for Four years after a disas- chew.” trying to do gesting the qualifying miss logos in the leadup to next
his geek-chic and infectious trous showing at the 2006 Steve Omischl something hard- was one of the worst mo- month’s Winter Games.
smile — despite placing Olympic Games, Canada’s er than you’re ca- ments of his life. The 6,000 banners will be
dead last in ski jumping — top men’s aerialists are in a pable of. That’s When asked if he has for- erected in the coming
has returned to Canada as far better frame of mind the defending World probably not the gotten about the Turin fias- weeks throughout the city,
an official torchbearer in this time around, confident Cup champion four best scenario.” co, Omischl paused. featuring images of
Winnipeg. they can put the memories years ago. But he For Omischl “Well, it’s ... nothing is Olympic events and the of-
The favourite Olympic of Turin behind them. was battling a and former ever behind you,” said ficial shades of blues
underdog was to run 300 Steve Omischl is the lone plantar fasci- national team Omischl, who finished 11th and greens that
metres with the flame this Canadian to have already se- itis injury veteran Jeff at his first Olympics in Salt make up the so-
morning to usher it out of cured his spot for the Van- that cost Bean, who al- Lake City. called look of the
the Manitoba capital. couver Games while Ryan him sev- so failed to “You learn from what ex- Games.
Although his own dreams Blais, Warren Shouldice and eral qualify for the periences happen through- Vancouver is
of glory were dashed over Kyle Nissen are also hoping months of competition final, the re- out your career.” spending about
two decades to make the Olympic team leading up to the Games. sult was dev- One of the lessons Omis- $650,000 on the
ago, Edwards and help Canada deliver on Ever the daredevil, Omischl astating. chl learned in Italy? Don’t project, with about
is throwing the high expectations next attempt a difficult jump in Omischl overcompensate. half that paying for the ban-
himself into month at Cypress Mountain. the qualifying round, but was a “If anything, I’m just go- ners and the rest covering
his They opened their World botched the landing and wreck af- ing to carry that knowledge the cost to put them up.
torchbearing Cup season in December at ended up a disappointing terward, that if I do have a minor set- After the Games, the ban-
duties with Changchun, China, where 20th. sug- back or an injury going into ners will likely be used for
as much gus- Omischl was the top Cana- “I definitely bit off more Vancouver, that I don’t have other purposes — as in the
to as he did dian, earning a fourth- and than I could chew, and after to, to use a past, when about 700 ban-
on the ski Eddie Edwards a fifth-place finish. The coming off an injury, that cheesy ners celebrating
jump as preparation continues this was probably ill-advised,” hockey anal- Vancouver’s successful
Britain’s one-man team. weekend with a World Cup Omischl said during a re- ogy, “grip the Olympic bid were turned
“It’s great. I’m loving it,” in Calgary. cent interview. stick” so tight,” he said. “I into backpacks.
Edwards said yesterday be- The Canadian men are no “The whole coaching staff don’t have to try that hard if The start of the banner
tween a curling lesson at a strangers to pre-Olympic would probably agree with I have a setback, I just kind program comes on the
Winnipeg rink and ice-skat- hype. Omischl, a native of that, but that’s what hap- of need to relax and trust in same day the city published
ing on Manitoba’s frozen North Bay, Ont., who now pens after coming off an in- my abilities.” an insert in a local newspa-
rivers. “I’m honoured to be lives in Kelowna, B.C., was jury and not training very Steve Omischl THE CANADIAN PRESS per to prepare residents for
asked to take part in the getting around during the
Olympic torch relay and be Games, as well as giving
a part of the Canadian Some Olympic staffers unhappy about losing use of BlackBerrys them tips on how to treat
Olympic ideals and dreams visitors.
and aspirations.” A power struggle at Vancou- search In Motion, maker of Korea’s Samsung, official ing committee, known as A top-10 list prepared by
The 45-year-old had been ver’s Olympic headquarters the beloved communication provider of wireless com- VANOC, because they’re Tourism Vancouver asks
ski jumping for just two has left staff divided into device, is not a sponsor, munications equipment for frustrated with the touch- people to help anyone who
years when he decided he two camps: Those who get Olympic staffers are being the 2010 Olympics. screen devices and say key appears lost, be patient on
wanted to participate at the to keep their BlackBerrys forced to turn in their Black- The move has been met functions like sending and public transit and invite vis-
1988 Olympics. and those who don’t. Berrys for an Omnia or a with a thumbs down by reading email are nearly im- itors to come back to the
THE CANADIAN PRESS Since Waterloo-based Re- Vice, both made by South some staffers at the organiz- possible. THE CANADIAN PRESS city. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Cleaning up all that
After a screaming holiday,
some tips for quiet time
big Christmas mess HomeScape so charmingly open and
accessible to all (thanks to
long-awaited renovations),
Sylvia is loud during large gather-
ings. All the lovely new
Putz hard surfacing such as tiles
and countertops and back-
JON TATTRIE splashes reflect right back
for Metro Canada metronews.ca/homescape at you the loud laughs,
B
clattering dishes, excited
Struggling with post-Christ- arking dogs, cry- dog barks and shrieks
mas clutter can suck the ing babies, inter- from over-stimulated chil-
holiday cheer out of any net and TV chat- dren.
home as festive lights yield ter, and the sound Sensible people might
to January bleakness, so of video games be- consider rationing the sug-
Metro asked professional ing played over and over ar and leaving the dog in a
organizers for tips on again were all part of the doggie hotel, and I might
reclaiming your space. holidays for me. just consider it next year.
Jane Veldhoven, owner of But I’m happy to report Of course, I might have al-
the Halifax-based Get Or- that, with the season safely so anticipated noise and
ganized!, says the first step behind us, I’m relishing built sound attenuation
is out with the old to make the relative quiet of my technology into my home,
room for the new. work and home environ- but that didn’t happen. So
“I see so many people ment. for those of you in a simi-
spending time moving their It also leaves me some lar situation, let me pass
stuff from one place to an- time to reflect on how to on the results of my reflec-
other, when in reality there go about minimizing noise tions on how home decor
is just way too much stuff Tidying after the holiday may seem daunting, but as author (of The Art of Organizing Everything) in a household during can easily be used to help
and no matter how much and consultant Rosalie Maggio says, “Procrastinating has its place.” those times of raucous minimize noise.
organizing you do, it’s nev- merrymaking. If a home is newly built
er going to be under con- “No matter how much When you do start, break I’ve discovered that or renovated or is simply
trol,” she says. it down. Line up the rooms our kitchen, now sparsely decorated, sound
Go online to offload your organizing you do, it’s never and go after them one by waves have many smooth,
old TVs and sweaters. Use one. Channel the clutter as reflective surfaces to
Facebook, Kijiji, Craigslist going to be under control.” you go by starting a pile at bounce from, unobstruct-
and your local freecycling the front door for things ed, and noise becomes an
site to find new homes. Jane Veldhoven on the virtues leaving the house, one for issue. Particularly in a
“You post something on keys, one for mail and even large room, such as a fami-
there you think no one will of selling your old stuff one for things that have no ly room, you need soft
want and lo and behold, immediate home. This (porous) surfaces to absorb
there they are,” she says. “It keeps things moving to- noise rather than reflective
amazes me.” clients to an artistically in- Rosalie Maggio, author of ward their intended desti- hard surfacing.
If that doesn’t work, give clined church that regularly The Art of Organizing Any- nations, cutting clutter off That doesn’t mean every
your excess baggage to fur- funnels unwanted items to thing, says don’t fear the at the pass. When you get to surface has to be covered
niture banks and charity amateur artisans, who hap- clutter. “Here’s my theory: re-storing things, use the in fabric. A good rule of
stores. Veldhoven connects pily recraft them. If you have clutter in the unused spaces under the thumb is to cover at least
house, there’s probably bed for clothes or nets 25 per cent of sur-
room for it in the house,” hanging from children’s faces in a
she says. “What blows a lot bedroom walls for toys or in room
of people is that it’s so the garage for sports equip- in
much to deal with.” ment. fab-
So don’t deal with it. Take In the end, it only matters ric or
Santa and the lights down, if it bothers you and your sound-
stuff things under the bed housemates, Maggio says. attenuating fin-
and make your house liv- “There are people who are ishes.
able. Then forget about it just a mess, and they’re If you’re thinking of putting For example, a rug on
until February. fine. It’s only other people the dog in the kennel for occa- the floor — on any type of
“Procrastinating has its who say, ‘Do you have ene- sions due to noise, try these uncarpeted flooring — will
place,” the California-based mies? Who did this to tips to control sound first. do wonders. Not only does
consultant says. you?’” it prevent loud clattering
and footfalls, but it helps
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noise, as do fabric cushions
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rug to help dampen sound.
• Renew all the wood in your home or office
220-0400 • www.nhance.com Before After Sylvia Putz is a journalist with an interest in
Many Jobs Complete in One Day! decor and design. She’s written for the TV show
Arresting Design; [email protected].