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World Trade & Convention Centre » Sat: 9:30am - 5:30pm * Sun: 10:00am - &00pm ty mo ) alit a Ly a AX mo -N FEN yr Y y_\ If project goes ahead, 3 buildings will be torn down Zane Woodford Metro] Halifax. Halifax regional council will vote this week on whether to allow a controversial development at the comer of Oxford and North streets. The proposal from Mythos De velopment Ltd, is for a seven stor- ey, S1-unit residential building on the site. Three buildings would be torn down to make way for the de velopment: the former St. Theresa Convent building, which is now a 44unit apartment building known as Ardmore Hall: a three unit home: and a single-unit home, Planning staff recommended to the Halifax and West Community Council last fall that bylaw amend ments be approved to allow the de velopment, but only if it was taken down to six storeys. The community council rejected that recommends df Your essential daily news MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2017 Controversial proposal coming to city council tion, and recommended that regional council refuse the bylaw amend- ments and not allow the develop ment. ilked to residents and residents are still not in full agreement of the development,” Coun, Lindell Smith said in an interview. “I'm more will ing to hear reasons of why it can work because it's down to six.” Smith said there was no pr tion from municipal planning: that meeting, where he voted. the proposal, so he's looking forward to hearing one on Tuesday during the first council session of 2017. ‘Tm still not sure if six is where ‘we should be at, but if our plan- ners are saying that, I want to know how they came to that conclusion,” he said. Smith said the community council voted against the development in part because “the neighbourhood ‘was rallying aga Staff originall against the development altogether in 2014, but the previous regional council voted against their recom- mendation, allowing the planning process to go forward. Ata public meeting held about Golden Globes Streep ripsa strip off Trump metroLIFE Shawn Greene gives a demonstration of the technology. ‘a year ago, more than two dozen nearby residents, including Smith, spoke out against a larger version of the development. Coun, Shawn Cleary’s district starts across the street from the site, and he said he's heard “Jot and lots” of feedback from constituents during his short time in office. 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World «> Residents blown away by support after snow storm WEATHER Neighbours and city crews dig in after heavy fall causes chaos Alex Quon For Metro| Halifax Neighbours helping neighbours is a continuing tradition this winter as Halifax cleans up from a major winter storm over the weekend. ‘Albert Kopf, who was clearing his neighbour's sidewalk with a snowblower, said that he's trying to help his friends ‘out as much as possible, He was up at 10 a.m. Sun- day in order to start clearing the pile up of snow around his neighbourhood. “This isnt that bad ofa storm but this thing sure made it eas- ier to clear the snow,” he said, City crews were working throughout the night as well as Sunday morning to clear major roadways but many streets ‘were still covered in snow by noon. In order to help clear the remaining streets the munici- pality was to continue enforcing its overnight winter parking ban from 1-6 am. on Monday. Many early morning flights were cancelled or delayed at the Halifax Stanfield Internation- al Airport, with Environment Joey d’Entremont gets to work with his snowblower in the north tend of Halifax to clear away an overnight snow dump. soma maces Canada eporing:hesipor of gaa fically received 33 centimetres ly) dariag tha qiatel tat Bega 4a‘. Saturday evening and stopped +4, | early Sunday morning. —| While Environment Canada| Theamountofsnow in wasn't able to provide official _gentimetres partof Kings: totals for other areas, it was | Westreceived. The largest able to provide unofficial totals | TePorted fallin Halifax, from volunteer reporters. Dart- mouth received 24 centimetres ceived 22 centimetres and Bed- of snow, Hammond Plains re ford 26 centimetres. plow touches up an alteady clear Almon Street in Halifax on Sunday. ‘The largest reported num- ber comes out of Kings West where they received 42 centimetres of snow, as reported by the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastruc- ture Renewals official Twitter account. Many businesses delayed opening or remained closed ‘on Sunday due to the storm. Laura Draeger, who owns Dilly Dally Café, decided to not open her store until noon on Sunday. She said it was to allow customers to dig themselves out and her employees to clear the snow around the store, “But that didn’t work out, we had people coming in at 11:15," she said, “I guess we'll be powering them through this storm.” COMMERCE Hard year for small Nova Scotia businesses Last year didn’t end on a high note for Nova Scotia businesses as they experienced afivepoint dip in business confidence — a stark contrast to when the province led the country at the beginning of the year. The data comes from the Canadian Federation of In- dependent Business (CFIB) index, which measures CHB members’ expectations of how their businesses will perform ona scale from zero to 100. ‘An index above 50 means owners who expect their bus- ness performance to be stron; er in the coming year outnum- ber those who expect a weaks performance. An index between 65 and 70 means the economy is growing at its potential While Nova Scotia began 2016 with an index level of 69, a tough first six months saw that drop off dramatic- ally. While confidence grew throughout the final half of the year the province ended the year with an index level of 64.9. Jordi Morgan, CFIB's Atlan- tic vice-president, said in a lease issued Sunday that the business market's volatility is to blame for the province's business owners shrinking confidence. “That would indicate many small firms in Nova Scotia will probably be happy to put 2016 in the rear-view mirror" said Morgan. IT SPECIALIST Success College NEW CLASSES START INMARCH successcollege.ca 902.865.8283 | 800 Sackville Drive, Lower Sackville, NS, B4E 1R8 Halifax headsets plug you into mind- blowing games Hi jetro | Halifax Soaring mountain views underwater encounters with whales, and lightsaber battles are tucked away in the back of a former Halifax convenience store. Halifax VR has won over fans of all ages and sold more than 100 memberships since its soft opening this past Oc- tober in the former Ardmore Convenience at 2863 Oxford S., with virtual reality experi ences that transport users as soon as they strap on the headset. “It's so unique. | honestly feel like I'm living the fu- ture,” co-founder and owner Dan Baldwin said last week beside the black hanging curtains that surround the ‘VR (virtual reality) headset suspended on pulleys from the ceiling “I've put the headset on 100 times, and every time | put it on it's the same reaction — ‘oh cool, oh my God.” Baldwin, who also owns the Daily Sweets store across the street, said the idea for Halifax VR came about when he and fellow founder Shawn Greene were brainstorming ideas for the Ardmore store after taking over the lease a year ago. ‘While they at first toyed with the idea of opening a vape shop. Baldwin said he had a “moral awakening” thinking about what would This is first generation. This is our Atari 2600 — what's it going to be in 10 years? Dan Baldwin be best for the neighbourhood. The store had become “more than a Needs” and was part of the community, he added. Both men are big tech guys, but Baldwin said he didn't know much about VR until Greene suggested they install a professional system in the store and bring in as many experiences as possible. In Vesper Peak you feel on the edge of a mountain, or an underwater one has you ona sunken ship surrounded by fish before spotting a life- size whale passing overhead. Knocking on wood, Bald- win said there has yet to be anyone who walk out saying the experience was “just okay” — even a recent couple in their 70s were floored, with the husband asking “how did they get all that Left: Metro Halifax reporter Haley Ryan gets a hands-on demonstration of the VR technology. seFF waren meTRo ‘Above: One of the scenes from the game Vesper Peak, an underwater experience where users come face-to-face witha life-sized whale, contmaureo in there?" Although the woman was skeptical at first, Baldwin said once she tried on the headset “she wouldn't get out.” “T'll never forget it, her in there when she started tippy- toeing around and then she got comfortable. It was just So cool.” A self-proclaimed Star Wars geek, Baldwin said his favourite VR moment was when Han Solo's Millennium Falcon landed beside him and R2D2 rolled out — just before whipping out his lightsaber to fight off stormtroopers. “How many times in my life as a kid have you got to make the (lightsaber) sound yourself ... you hit the button and it's force feedback,” Bald- win said, vibrating his fist “Honestly, | almost cried. I'm so glad I've lived so long to see this technology.” There's even an app for music lovers to build their own studio and create tunes with the VR instruments. fly around our solar system in a space shuttle, or the popular Tilt Brush where you can draw or create anything you want. Eventually Baldwin said he and Greene hope to roll out a “horror experience” based on a local filmmaker's script. They want to work with escape room creators to make digital versions of their games, and have more local content, This is first generation This is our Atari 2600 — what's it going to be in 10 years?" Baldwin said, @cueck itout 8 Visit halitaxvecom for membership rates (Starting at $25 per month), incentives and hours, or Halifax Virtual Reality Room on Facebook. Learn how ta rack climb, jain a yoga class, ola or increase your strength in tae weight room afun dynamic warks ut are endiess! ‘aur favourite sport the oppartunities for JOIN THE CONVERSATION! &] /dalple 902.494.3372 oe dalplex @da DALPLEX.ca | metre NEWS | Halifa You couldn’ c DIY without this guy Meet the man who keeps the Halifax Tool Library going Clay Radcliffe loves the DIY life Designer at a Halifax archi- tecture firm by trade, Radcliffe also knows his way around household projects, and all the tools that go with them. So when Radcliffe heard about a start-up non-profit project — the Halifax Tool Library — he was intrigued. For $50 a year, members can borrow tools, from the unique to the mundane. "The Tool Library is unique because as much as | talk about it, nobody seems to have a negative thing to say about it,” Radcliffe said. “It’s really nice to be involved in a group or organization that has a 100 per cent positive reaction.” The Tool Library started with a crowd-funding campaign in 2013 and opened up ina comer of the Bike Again shop on Almon Street in 2014. It was a year later when Rad- cliffe found about it and at that point they had 650 tools donated by individuals and companies. But it hit a snag: the board was having trouble with rules and governance. Like in many of these groups the difficulty becomes when you try to take these big picture ideas and try to make reality on the ground,” he said Radcliffe jumped in with a Clay Radcliffe in his element at the Halifax Tool Library. ic wasptsmerno whole lot of ergy and imow- tou in the inventory big Tow and the Tool Lovary pros ger space, and 24 volunteers Perec. it now has orer'i00 "1 Brame wry entnugtc It’s a pleasure to work with such a diverse group and a pleasure to share my passion for doing things by hand. ciay radctife about what the Tool Library was about and when I got in there I realized it was even better than I imagined,” Rad- liffe said, It wasn't an industrial tool operation like he expected, but a community of people with a passion for DIY living and sustainability. “I'm a firm believer in the philosophy that energy attracts energy. | think that's been my biggest contribution to the tool library: I've had the luxury of a bit of time and extra energy | can throw at the Tool Library.” QName AHERO Keep the nominations ‘coming, Halifax. Halifax Heroes has become such a popular weekly feature for us we are doing it again in 2017 after debuting last February. Each week, we will profile an unsung volunteer hero in our community as part of Halifax Heroes. ‘To nominate someone, email philip.croucher@ metronews.ca, Metro, Halifax's managing editor, or Tweet @metrohalifax using the hashtag #HalifaxHeroes Radcliffe commits about 30 hours a week to the Tool Library but he’s hardly one to shoulder the success of the project. He said it is very much a team effort. “For a group that's a shar- ing economy, it's tough to stand out and take praise and individual honours,” he said, “It's fun to throw your energy at something that is so positive but it also person- ally rewarding to have that energy sent back to you and the enthusiasm of others. That's been a huge part of the experience for me, Something else Radcliffe is proud of s the diversity of the Too! Library community. 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Police said Pearson has a wero EDMONTON Cemetery searches for its artist-in-residence ‘and it's really a warm and invit- ing place.” Changarathil said. “Once you get past the in- itial cemetery part of it and actually focus in on the area Here's an eerily good oppor- and the work that we do and tunity: The City of Edmonton our staff and the customers is giving one artist the chance that we work with on a regu- of lifetime —to work among larbasis, the sombreness kind the dead, of fades away and the comfort ‘The Edmonton Arts Council and connections and history has put out a call for applica- comes to light.” Kevin Maimann Metro| Edmonton tions to be the first artistin- Some bodies buried in Ed- residence hosted by City of _monton’s Mount Pleasant cem- Edmonton Cemeteries, etery date back to the 1800s. ‘The chosen artist will get to The building that houses work on art in local cemeter- the studio space sits on one of ies as a full-time job for six _ the city's highest geographical months, witha primary studio points, and also holds admin- space on the second floor of _ istrative offices and niches for building at Mount Pleasant. cremated remains. While some might find The selected artist will the space unnerving, Teena develop a “body” of work Changarathil, supervisor of throughout their residency cemetery sales and operations and will showcase their final with the city, said it could be products with an exhibition inspiring, at an undetermined location. “It’s very historic. A lot of ‘They will also engage with what we do with cemeteries _staffby offering art workshops | Dominle Coballe wearing one of the Tshirts he designed about Ottawa's image problem. ater arcwiemerno ee eee Ottawa’s self. ee eat issue worn on sleeve Coballe, cofounder NProduct, joke about Ottawa. such a demand for'Eshint that ‘CULTURE is promoting those conversations “Ottawa could never getaway _Coballe decided to print a run in2017 with atongueimcheek with an Ottawa vs. Everybody. as an art project. 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But in bon dioxide emissions — two iron carbonate, which isstable in product of the steel-making expensive to manufacture.” Ssstve bad beensnknowingly mother prays to ths gue of oFloxt things fthony gue sscoc tahble product Itakes the his echnlogy, no energy has damaging product oFining normalstmospherccondons pron tht ost ende ups “hScuu Book a free consultation at 1-855-301-2020 or lasikmd.com LASIK MD Your essential daily news URBAN ETIQUETTE ELLEN VANSTONE — Dear Ellen, My husband's best friend got engaged over Christ- mas, and now his fiancée asked me to be her brides- don’t want to do it iready been a bridesmaid four times this year. | don't like her. tried to put her off by politely declining the “honour” but she won't accept no for an answer. It's ‘so much work and expense even when you like the per- ‘son. My current plan is to lie my way out of it. Advice? Reluctant Bridesmaid Dear Reluctant Bridesmaid, Hmmm, I'm thinking The Reluctant Bridesmaid would bean excellent title for a horror movie. Let's hope it doesn't come to that. With the bare facts you have supplied. | would say you owe this person nothing, and that a firm “thank you but I really must say no” is a more-than-acceptable way to get out of it, Twould also condone a big fat fake excuse, as I be- lieve that lying one’s face off to get out of certain (but not all) situations in order to avoid hurting someone's feelings is also completely acceptable. ‘The problem here is that your husband is a liability. If he's the groom's best friend, he will no doubt attend the ‘wedding, and possibly even act as best man, Which ‘would make him a conspicu- ‘ous presence at the proceed- If she’s marrying your husband's best friend, you have to take the men’s relationship into account. THE QUESTION Should I lie my way out of being bridesmaid to my husband's best friend's fiancée who I don’t like? ings. Which means you can't pretend to have a terrible disease, or a dying relative, or that you are on a dangerous intergalactic mission to save the world, without making him look like a total d— for blowing you off to attend the nuptials. As for telling the brutal truth, you may not care what the fiancée thinks of you. But if she’s marrying your husband's best friend, You have to take the men’s relationship into account, Ideally, the two of them will socialize and do guy things without involving you womenfolk for the rest of their lives. (And I have to say, the old-fashioned habit of forced double-dating between couples is a tradition that deserves to die ASAP.) But if there’s any chance the best friend would be hurt by your refusal to join the wedding party, or that his hurt feelings might a fect your husband's friend- ship with him, you must take that into Account. It doesn’t mean you need to submit to emotional blackmail and agree to trot up the aisle with Bridezilla It just means you have to discuss it with your husband, and work something ‘out. Maybe he'll agree the guilt-trip bridesmaid gig is @Ani Castillo a lot of expense and trouble that’s too much to ask, and you'll both agree to find a ‘way out of it, regardless of what his best friend thinks. Or maybe he'll feel it’s im- portant to his friend, and ask you to suck it up — at which point you will have to make up your own mind what to do. Whatever your choice, make sure your own pre- cious marriage doesn’t get sacrificed on the wedding al tar of people you don't care about at all Need advice? Email Ellen: [email protected] Monday, January 9, 2017 MOCHAMA) Canada will party while indigenous kids are denied services For the vast portion of Can- adian history, indigenous com- ‘munities have been stripped of their rights, Underfunding students, bickering over health costs, and allowing children to slip into child welfare cracks is how those rights continue to be abridged. ‘According to a report last week in the Globe and Mail, over the next year, the federal ‘government plans to spend nearly half. billion dollars on Canada 150, While some of that money will go towards promoting truth and recon- Gliation, spending millions ona party while indigenous children, families and com- ‘munities fight for equitable services is a hypocrisy. last week, the Toronto Star reported that the Assembly of First Nations and First Nations Child and Family Caring Soci- ety of Canada filed a motion to the human rights tribunal asking for the federal govern- ‘ment to be found guilty. One year ago, the tribunal ordered the government to comply with Jordan's Principle, a law enacied in 2007. The motion alleges that they have failed to heed the tribunal's orders, Jordan's Principle requires the government fo take a childfrst approach to provid- ing services to all First Nations children. The government that is first contacted — be it federal or provincial — takes on the cost of a chil’ services and seeks to solve jurisdictional issues only after those services haave first been paid for. ‘The law is meant to ensure that all indigenous children receive equal access to govern- ‘ment services with the same level of service that non- indigenous children do, In education, for example, there are significant gaps between what indigenous students on-reserve receive versus provincially funded students (Education is a provincial re- sponsibility, except in the case of First Nations children living on-eserve) ‘Areport last month from the parliamentary budget office found shortfalls in what Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAQ) provided for students on-reserve and what their provincial counterpart receive. In their estimation, the funding shortfall between What INAC paid for and what the various provinces would be between $336 million and $665 million in 2016-2017. ‘The human rights tribunal case — and many others — is evidence of an ongoing process of depriving indigen- us children of equitable and humane services. Organizations like First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada are continually forced to sue the ‘government to provide for services that are standard and sacrosanct for non-indigenous children, ‘The most recent federal budget provides $3.7 billion in funding for indigenous stu dents over the next five years But too much of that money ‘won't be seen fora few years yet. Generations of indigen- ‘ous children will be lost in the meantime. PHILOSOPHERCAT ‘by JasonLogan Oo gn ap. FOCUSING 15 Your essential daily news to bully o GOLDEN GLOBES Meryl Streep speech delivers takedown of Donald Trump In accepting her speech for a lifetime achievement award at Sunday night's Golden Globes, Meryl Streep used the opportun- ity tocritidze US. presidentelect Donald Trump. ‘When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose,” said Streep, referencing Trump's mocking of a reporter with a disability The actress also gave an ode to her fellow actors in a changing Hollywood, referencing the diverse cultural backgrounds of Dev Patel, Ruth Negga, and others. (Even Ryan Gosling received mention for being Can- adian) She used that asan oppor tunity to take a shot at Trump's intolerant stance when it comes to immigration. Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners and if or more coverage and a full list of Golden Globes winners, visit metrone\ ‘When the powerful use their position you kick them al out, you have nothing to watch but football and mixed martial arts, which dare not the arts," Streep said to loud applause. la La Land came into the Gold- en Globes as the big favourite. Damien Chazelle's Los Angeles musical, which had a leading seven nominations, won best ‘actor for Gosling, best screen- play for Chazelle's script, best score {Justin Hurwitz) and best song for "City of Stars,” and best musical or comedy fm, In one of the evening's more Sparkle and shine — Futuristic metallics were all over the red carpet at this year's Golden Globes. From left: Ruth Negga in Louis Vuitton, Regina King in Romona Keveza, Emma Stone in Valentino and Chrissy Teigen in Marchesa. Parade of pinks — Lily Collins wore a princessy Zuhair Murad gown — one of Hove this colour. It’s fun, it’s fresh, it’s great,” she said, many actresses in pink emotional acceptance speeches, Gosling dedicated his award to his late brother-in-law, juan Car los Mendes. ‘While Iwas singing and dan- cing and playing piano and having one of the best experiences I've ever had on a film, my lady ‘was raising our daughter, preg- nant with our second and trying to help her brother fight his battle with cancer.” said Gos ling, referring to his partner, Eva Mendes The Globes got off to a rocky start, when a broken teleprompt- © Comedy gold — ers, we alllose’: Streep er initially froze Fal but president-elect lon. "Cut to Jus- Trump. He com- tin Timberlake, pared Trump please.” implored E to the belliger- desperately im- ent teenage provising Fallon. king Joffrey Itwas the second of Games of fiasco for Globes Thrones. Fal- producer Dick lon's first line Clark Productions, {at least once the which presented the teleprompter was infamous Mariah Carey up) was introducing ‘lub on New Year's Eve. the Globes as “one of the few Ina more truncated mono- places left where America still logue, Fallon’'s sharpest barbs _ honours the popular vote.” weren't directed at celebrities Tue assocuarzapressiMerzo nice here, at 44,” joked Tracee Ellis Ross, referencing her age, when she won for best actress in a comedy for her role in Black-ish, @ Artandheart — viola Davis, best supporting actress, said of Fences: “It doesn't scream moneymaker but it does scream art. It does scream heart.”