Metro London - January 22, 2013

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No flash
moves
State of the City
address. Mayor’s
annual speech will be
trimmed down, ‘clean
cut,’ chamber says
ANGELA
MULLINS
[email protected]
Forget malfunctioning robots, Mayor Joe Fontana CONTRIBUTED
holograms, poetry and theme
songs. Watch from home
This year’s State of the City
address will be a “straight-
forward, clean-cut, sober (cid:580)(cid:3) The address will be
opinion of where we’re going streamed live from the
with some enthusiasm built London Convention
in,” chamber of commerce Centre at mayorfontana.
head Gerry Macartney said. ca/virtual-town-halls.
Mayor Joe Fontana, poised
to give the address on Tues- (cid:580)(cid:3) The streaming starts at
day, and chamber leaders 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday. A
agreed it was time to pull video will be posted on
in the reins after last year’s the website shortly after
event, Macartney said. the speech.
In essence, Fontana’s
speech will bring the annual
event, organized by the cham- Fontana was on stage for
ber, back to its roots, follow- about an hour in 2012, a year
ing the more traditional ap- that saw public disapproval of
proach taken by past mayors his City of Opportunity theme
over nearly three decades. song overshadow the message
“We want to focus on the that good things are happen-
three main things: Where we ing in London.
were, where we are now and As for exactly what Fon-
where we are going,” Macart- tana will say when he takes
‘WE MUST ACT’ ney said. The extras Fontana the limelight, Macartney’s
has added each year since not even in that loop.
2011 “are all things that de- But with the city’s top pol-
tract from the main message.” itician standing in front of
The only technology in just fewer than 1,200 people
play on Tuesday will be a tele- — the same number as last
prompter, something that year — at least some exciting
President Barack Obama waves to a throng of about 800,000 people on Monday after an impassioned speech at the ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol could help keep the mayor on news is expected.
in Washington during the 57th presidential inauguration. “Decisions are upon us, and we cannot afford delay,” Obama said. “We cannot mistake absolutism point and within the expected “I’d have (an announce-
for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate. We must act — we must act knowing that our work will be 25- to 30-minute window for ment planned), wouldn’t
imperfect.” More coverage, page 4. PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS his talk, Macartney said. you?” Macartney said.
02 NEWS metronews.ca
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Out with the
strike law,
in with a
new leader
S
W
Liberals axe Bill 115. this month, which froze the
wages of most teachers and
Party repeals controversial
cut their benefits.
legislation, but will it give The legislation sparked
new provincial leader a a major protest by teachers’
unions after it was passed
clean slate with teachers? in September, resulting in
E rotating one-day strikes by
elementary teachers and the
Ontario’s governing Liber- withdrawal of extracurricular
als are axing a controversial activities by high school teach-
law that has outraged public ers.
N school teachers, just a few It also alienated a power-
days before the party is set to ful group that’s helped the
choose a new premier. Liberals get re-elected over the
The change, which will last nine years. Making the
take effect on Wednesday, law history before the Liberal
comes only four months after leadership convention may
the law was passed. help the party press the reset
Bill 115 allowed the cash- button with teachers and give
strapped Liberals to impose the winner a clean slate as pre-
contracts on about 126,000 mier.
teachers and education work- The Liberals promised to
ers across the province earlier repeal the legislation after im-
posing the contracts on Jan. 3,
but that didn’t do much to as-
Law as a weapon suage at least one union lead-
er, who called it a “disgraceful
“The damage has
misuse of government power.”
already been done. I The Elementary Teachers’
think it’s all calculated, Federation of Ontario was set
to stage a one-day walkout in
and therefore inactive.
protest of the forced contracts,
What’s the diff erence, until the government took it
of just throwing the to the Ontario Labour Rela-
tions Board, which deemed it
smoking gun away?
an illegal strike.
These areas are in the city’s sights for major road projects this year. The work will start in March and continue This could lead to “By moving to repeal the
through the fall. KATIE NAUS/FOR METRO potential negotiations, act, the government is promo-
West London to be site ting goodwill and stability in
but what’s stopping the
Ontario’s schools by address-
government from pulling ing a key concern of the Ele-
of major roadwork out another gun?” mentary Teachers’ Federation
of Ontario and the Ontario
Phillip Mack, president of Thames Valley Secondary Schools Teachers’
chapter of Elementary Teachers’ Federa- Federation,” the government
tion of Ontario, on the Liberal government
repealing Bill 115. release said. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Six major road projects are At a glance lane closures, is critical to Sculpture unveiling Remember summer?
expected to snarl traffic this keeping people on the go,
year — three within a stone’s city engineer John Braam
Skaters to tower 2012 was hottest
throw of each other in west (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:21)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:553) A planned water- said.
London. main project on Com- Bus routes on Oxford and over pedestrians year on record,
The construction season missioners Road west Springbank will be altered.
officially starts in March of Boler Road has been “I’m not going to tell you as wooden statue climatologist says
when a developer building delayed until 2014. there’s not going to be any
condos on Reservoir Hill congestion, there certainly A centrepiece attraction Environment Canada says
plans to dig into Springbank (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:244)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:279)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:553)(cid:3)The road will,” Braam said. “(But,) for the World Figure Skat- we’re coming off the warm-
Drive near Byron Baseline is expected to see planned the way that we ing Championships will est year yet recorded in
Road for a project that in- extra traffi c while Oxford have here, we’re expecting be unveiled today. London.
cludes sewer work. Spring- Street is being widened. to minimize the congestion A huge sculpture of “We have records in
bank will be closed around and maximize the east-west a pair of figure skaters London that go back to the
the construction zone with (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:96)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:251)(cid:209)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:553)(cid:3)All road corridors that we do have carved out of a piece of 1800s, and never have you
work expected to be done by projects slated for this available.” black walnut will stand had a calendar year warmer
April 30. year are pending budget The other major projects at the southeast corner of than last year,” said senior
Crews will widen Oxford approval, expected to are: Dundas and Wellington climatologist David Phillips.
Street West between Hyde come next month. (cid:114)(cid:248) (cid:50)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:65)(cid:66)(cid:66)(cid:73)(cid:78)(cid:71)(cid:248) (cid:84)(cid:72)(cid:69)(cid:248) (cid:50)(cid:73)(cid:67)(cid:72)(cid:13) streets. Mayor Joe Fontana “It was almost 2.5 degrees
Park and Boler roads from mond Street bridge south of will officially unveil the warmer than normal.”
early April to November. Windermere Road (May to sculpture at noon. When you think back
Traffic will be down to a of traffic will be moving October). The skaters will tower to the summer, it’s easy to
single lane — travelling west through the Oxford Street (cid:114)(cid:248)(cid:248)(cid:55)(cid:79)(cid:82)(cid:75)(cid:248)(cid:65)(cid:84)(cid:248)(cid:51)(cid:84)(cid:65)(cid:78)(cid:76)(cid:69)(cid:89)(cid:248)(cid:51)(cid:84)(cid:82)(cid:69)(cid:69)(cid:84)(cid:248) 12 feet above the street see how.
on Oxford — during May and construction zone when the and Wortley Road (mid- and will be mounted on a “Think about the num-
June. Sarnia Road projects starts. March to May 1). slab of red oak, which sits ber of days above
Sarnia Road will be wid- With the projects nestled (cid:114)(cid:248) (cid:55)(cid:73)(cid:68)(cid:69)(cid:78)(cid:73)(cid:78)(cid:71)(cid:248) (cid:51)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:72)(cid:68)(cid:65)(cid:76)(cid:69)(cid:248) on two tiers of limestone 30 C, there were 26 of those
ened between Wonderland close together, timing for ex- Road West from Wharncliffe rock quarried from Mani- suckers,” said Phillips.
and Aldersbrook roads from pected start and end dates, to Wonderland roads (May to toulin Island. METRO AM980/AM980.CA
July to October. Two lanes along with the schedule for October). ANGELA MULLINS/METRO
metronews.ca NEWS 03
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Fanshawe College tackles
Blue Monday head-on
Mental health. light on it. Lightening your load
Music, meditation This year, institutions like
Fanshawe College are rallying
and puppies are some to raise awareness. Tips on how to combat
ways community On Monday, the college the January blues, from
held a fair aimed at promo- Lois Wey, counsellor at
tried to lift spirits
ting the school’s mental- Fanshawe:
health services. The event
was promoted province-wide (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:21)(cid:229)(cid:575)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:266)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)
JOHN by the College Student Alli- (cid:220)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:266)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:3)
MATISZ ance, a student-driven advo- (cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:305)(cid:240)(cid:553)
[email protected] cacy group that includes Fan-
shawe’s student union. (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:55)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:317)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:279)(cid:3)
Zack Dodge may be a year re- Information booths, rock (cid:317)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:316)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)
moved from experiencing it, music, meditation sessions, (cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:553)
but the student blues of Janu- and even a chance to play
ary are still fresh in his mind. with puppies were some of (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:86)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)
“I was a struggling stu- the services available to stu- (cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:289)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)
dent,” said Dodge, president dents free-of-charge. (cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:317)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:238)(cid:553)
of the Fanshawe Student “These are problems that
Union. “I had moved away exist all-year-round,” said Lois (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:78)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:317)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:3)
from home, so you deal with Wey, senior manager of the (cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:289)(cid:289)(cid:317)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:279)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:279)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:553)
stresses, anxieties. You’re fi- counselling and accessibility
nancially strained, and con- services department at Fan- (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:25)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:317)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:289)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:317)(cid:550)(cid:3)
necting into a new social shawe. “Everybody’s got their (cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:316)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:221)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:553)
circle. It puts a whole new own story. We know that one- Fanshawe College student Dayna Pearce, 30, of London, gives nine-week-old dog Cheyanne — who is a cross between a
(weight on your shoulders) in-five Canadians will experi- German shepherd and a husky — a hug during Fanshawe’s Blue Monday mental-health initiative. JOHN MATISZ/METRO
that maybe you’re not used to. ence a mental-health issue at
“It’s important that we some point in their life.” It’s a time when students Fanshawe staff counsel 25 “People may only need to Blue Monday event an an-
start to dive into the topic.” While depression and are vulnerable, Wey says. per cent of the entire student come once or twice, make a nual happening. He also has
That topic is mental ill- related illnesses are always Growing debt, starting a new body, according to Wey. shift, and move on in a very a simple message to students:
ness, and for one day in Janu- present in post-secondary semester, and unkind weath- That may seem like a large positive way,” she said. “This is a topic we’re comfort-
ary, internationally-known communities and elsewhere, er are common stressors. number, but most are able to Dodge says the student able with. And you should be
Blue Monday shines a bright January is a pressure-cooker. Over a given school year, cope after a single visit. union plans on making the too.”
Voices.com in London gets more interactive
Voices.com added another people we serve are into their Feedback on the iPhone In terms of Voices.com’s
horse to its stable recently, gear. That was the main rea- version has been remarkably full reach, it has about 75,000
as the world-renowned voice- son; we started with what we positive, says Ben Jackson, users signed up who live
over company unveiled an knew.” the London-based company’s across the globe.
Android-friendly mobile app. On the free app, which is director of sales and market- Companies that have used
After eight months and now available in the Google ing. the site to recruit talent in-
more than 10,000 downloads Play store, voiceover talents He says the app’s access- clude industry heavyweights
of its iPhone app, BlackBerry, can interact with potential ibility and functionality have like ESPN, NBC, and Micro-
and Samsung users can now employers in a matter of given clients the flexibility to soft.
get in on the fun too. seconds. They can also upload record audio work from abso- Voices.com, which was
“We’ve been focusing on auditions, search for jobs, lutely anywhere. For instance, founded in 2000 and incor-
Apple products first,” said and promote their personal one happy customer finished porated in 2005, was given a
Stephanie Ciccarelli, co- brand. voicing a commercial while business-of-the-year award by
owner of Voices.com. “We Essentially, both the talent ordering a coffee in a drive- the London Chamber of Com-
Voices.com co-owner Stephanie Ciccarelli, right, joins Ben Jackson, director of sales predominately use them and talent-seeker can do all of through, while another did merce in 2012.
and marketing, to show off their new app for Android phones. JOHN MATISZ/METRO in-house, plus most of the its business through the app. the same on a beach. JOHN MATISZ/METRO
Hockey Night in Canada Showcase Londoners Windsor Hum The Price is Right Sexual assault
Belmont girls Blizzard host Cops bust 3 for Meteor expert Come on down! Ex-fire chief faces
team on CBC sledge hockey drug possession joins investigation 26 new charges
The Price Is Right Live! is
A London-area girls London will host a large A London police search has Ottawa launched a new coming to London. From Sarnia’s former fire chief
hockey team will be sledge hockey competi- led to drug charges against study Monday to identify Plinko to the Big Wheel, is facing 26 new charges
featured on CBC’s Hockey tion this weekend, with three Londoners. the cause of the so-called and even the Showcase, in connection with an
Night in Canada broadcast the Blizzard invitational On Jan. 18, RCMP and Windsor Hum, which will all the games are played investigation into alleged
this Saturday. taking place. London police raided a be conducted, in part, just like the TV show. Todd sexual assaults.
The B.A.D. Blazers, a Starting at 3 p.m. on Waterloo Street home and by Western University Newton will host, and you Patrick Cayen was first
bantam team based out of Friday and running until found 37.1 grams of crack astronomer Peter Brown. must be at least 19 to play. charged in November
Belmont, is scheduled to Sunday evening, the ninth cocaine (worth $3,710), 7.1 Teaming with Univer- Tickets ($26.75, $41.25, on 28 counts of sexual
appear on national TV on annual event welcomes grams of cocaine ($710), 1.3 sity of Windsor’s Colin $56.75) go on sale Friday at assault relating to two
the HNIC pre-game show, 34 teams, which are split grams of marijuana ($13), Novak, Brown and the 10 a.m. They’ll be available alleged victims.
which starts at 6:30 p.m. into two divisions. and $1,073.41 in cash. Western meteor physics by phone [phone]), Police say the new
The group will intro- Teams hail from com- Livingston Davis, 22, group will investigate online (budweisergardens. charges are in relation to
duce the Toronto Maple munities across Ontario Shannon Picco, 40, and Hail- the recurring vibration com), and at Masonville three additional alleged
Leafs–New York Rangers and beyond, including ey Kalenborn-Honsberger, and noise that has been Place, UWO BookStore, victims who have come
game. a handful from New- 20, have been charged with disturbing people in the BooksPlus, and the Fan- forward as a result of the
Taping took place on foundland, Alberta, and three counts of possessing southwestern region for shawe College Biz Booth. ongoing investigation.
Monday night. METRO Michigan. METRO illegal substances. METRO almost two years. METRO METRO THE CANADIAN PRESS
04 NEWS metronews.ca
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Obama takes public oath
Second term. U.S. “Our journey is not com- The first lady
plete until our wives, our
president’s inauguration What to
mothers, and daughters can
speech sets out bold earn a living equal to their ef-
wear ... what
forts,” he said. “Our journey
agenda for next 4 years
is not complete until our gay to wear ...
brothers and sisters are treated
like anyone else under the law
A solemn U.S. President Barack — for if we are truly created
Obama took the oath of office equal, then surely the love we First lady Michelle
for the second time in as many commit to one another must Obama headed out
days on Monday, this time be equal as well.” to Monday’s inaug-
before an estimated 800,000 Even as inauguration festiv- ural festivities sporting a
jubilant citizens who cheered ities played out across the U.S. navy-silk, checkered-pat-
on his appeal for Americans capital all weekend, gun-rights terned coat and dress by
to come together and fight for activists held a Gun Apprecia- Thom Browne that were
cherished principles of justice tion Day as a form of protest inspired by a menswear
and equality. against Obama’s proposals to necktie.
Obama’s glitzy public combat gun violence. The outfit
swearing-in at the majestic In addition to gun control, was specific-
Capitol building, featuring pop the next four years will also ally designed
star Beyoncé singing the na- include a major push for im- for Obama,
tional anthem, took place on migration reform from the but Browne
the national holiday devoted White House. The Obama ad- said he
to revered civil-rights leader ministration wants a sweeping wasn’t 100
Martin Luther King Jr. bill that would include a path per cent
He then delivered a spirited, toward citizenship for millions sure she
substantive 19-minute address of illegal immigrants already was going
that touched on his admin- living stateside. Obama will to wear it
istration’s priorities. Obama also face continuing pressure until she
didn’t shy away from some of to bring the country’s $16-tril- came out
the most hot-button debates lion US national debt to heel. with it on
currently raging in the United There will also be a decision in at Inauguration.
States, including immigration the weeks to come on the fate “I am proud
reform, gun control, climate of TransCanada’s Keystone XL and humbled,”
change and same-sex mar- pipeline. U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama dance as Jennifer Hudson sings at the Commander-in-Chief’s he said.
riage. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Inaugural Ball Monday in Washington, D.C. Obama was sworn in earlier for his second term. JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES
Algeria. Two Canadians Capt. Wales. Prince Harry
Finding child care
among hostage-takers? returns from deployment
just got easier.
Ottawa wants proof as pilot in Afghanistan
In the absence of reliable in- they’re Canadian. And we want The U.K. Ministry of De-
formation, Ottawa is assum- to corroborate that with back fence revealed Monday that
ing that fake passports could home,” said one government 28-year-old Prince Harry,
be behind Algeria’s claim that official who was not authorized a.k.a. Capt. Wales, is re-
Canadians are among the al- to speak publicly and requested turning from a 20-week de-
Qaida-linked militants who anonymity. ployment in Afghanistan,
took hostages at a remote de- “As far as we know, it’s a where he served as an Apa-
sert energy plant, The Canadian fake passport. Until we actual- che helicopter pilot with
Press has learned. ly see it, we won’t be able to the Army Air Corps.
Senior federal sources say know.” In interviews conducted
the government is frustrated by Canadian officials are liaising in Afghanistan, the third
a lack of information coming with Algerian officials in Algiers in line to the British throne
out of Algeria. and in Ottawa “to bring some described feeling boredom,
And they are unhappy that closure to this stuff,” but as of frustration and satisfaction Prince Harry THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Algeria’s prime minister went Monday night, they couldn’t say during a tour that saw him
on television Monday and an- when that would be. kill Taliban fighters on mis- Harry’s second tour in
nounced that two Canadian na- Algerian Prime Minister sions in support of ground Afghanistan went more
tionals were among the band of Abdelmalek Sellal did not say troops. smoothly than the first,
al-Qaida-linked militants who Monday whether the Canadians He also spoke of his in 2007-08, which was cut
stormed a natural gas complex were among the 29 militants struggle to balance his job short after 10 weeks when a
and took hundreds of workers killed by Algerian forces that as an army officer with his magazine and websites dis-
hostage. stormed the site, or the three royal role — and his relief closed details of his where-
“The concern is we want who were captured alive. An- at the chance to be “one of abouts.
to see the documentation. We other 38 workers were killed. the guys.” British media had agreed
want to see what proves that THE CANADIAN PRESS Stationed at Camp Bas- to a news blackout on secur-
tion, a sprawling British ity grounds.
base in the southern Afghan This time, the media
1 MONTH FREE RENT desert, the prince — known were allowed limited access
as Capt. Wales in the mil- to the prince in return for
It’s safe, fast and convenient. itary — flew scores of mis- not reporting operational
756-758 KIPPS LANE sions as a co-pilot gunner, details.
sometimes firing rockets A member of the air
London and Middlesex Child Care Waitlist ** Dishwashers & 740-754 KIPPS LANE and missiles at Taliban corps’ 662 Squadron, the
Ensuites Included fighters. prince’s duties ranged from
One application. One list. 1 BR $619 1 BR $659 “Take a life to save a supporting ground troops
life. That’s what we revolve in firefights to accompany-
2 BR $679 2 BR $719 around, I suppose,” he said. ing British Chinook and
“If there’s people trying to U.S. Black Hawk helicopters
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Visit www.metcap.com for more information or do bad stuff to our guys, as they evacuated wounded
then we’ll take them out of soldiers.
call our rental offi ce at 519-630-0249
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metronews.ca BUSINESS 05
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Ottawa picked up
Jan. 30 launch
RIM shares surge
again ahead of
expenses during
BB10 unveiling
Research In Motion’s stock
reached levels unseen since CEOs’ trip to China
early last year in trading
Monday before settling
for a substantial gain of
almost 11 per cent on the
day. Shares in the Black-
Berry maker hit $18.49 at Trade mission. Leaders
one point before closing who were part of PM’s $By t1he n,um2be0rs 0
up $1.70 at $17.41 on the
Toronto Stock Exchange. delegation in 2012 put
The surge comes as RIM
meals, accommodation
prepares to unveil its new
BlackBerry 10 operating and more on public tab The Foreign Affairs Department says local
transportation, accommodation, meals and
system and line of smart- “miscellaneous expenses” incurred by an offi-
phones. THE CANADIAN PRESS cial delegation are covered by the government.
For the 2012 non-governmental participants,
Market Minute The Conservative government that meant an average of $1,200 a person.
covered expenses for some of
DOLLAR the country’s top executives as two dozen members of the Chi-
100.68¢ (-0.15¢) they accompanied the prime nese-Canadian cultural com-
minister around China a year munity.
ago, a move business leaders Compare that with a 2009
TSX Atari pushes reset button and officials defend as a good Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks trip to China — Harper’s first —
12,794.25 (+68.56) investment. to a business group in Beijing on Feb. when he brought along eight
The trip signalled a change 9, 2012. Top Canadian executives who people, including Laureen, his
In this 1984 photo, a woman demonstrates Atari’s never-released of approach for Stephen Harp- accompanied Harper on the trip had stylist and four Chinese-Can-
OIL Mindlink system, which let users control a video game by moving er, who for years eschewed the some of their expenses covered by adian businesspeople.
Closed for U.S. holiday their forehead muscles. On Monday, Atari said that its U.S. operations idea of leading big trade offen- the government. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE Corporations and associa-
have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in an effort to separ- sives abroad. tions including Bombardier,
ate from its French parent company, which is filing a similar motion The Public Accounts of Can- ment tab. Cenovus Energy, the Canadian
GOLD separately in France. In a statement, Atari says the move is necessary ada show that between 2006 Then came the China trip Association of Petroleum Pro-
Closed to secure investments it needs to grow in mobile and downloadable and 2011, his wife Laureen last February. The delegation ducers and Cameco confirmed
video games. Atari, which turned 40 last year, was a video game pion- Harper — and for many years to three Chinese cities included that the government paid for
Natural gas: Closed eer with games like Pong and Centipede, but has changed ownership his personal stylist Michelle 30 executives from major oil, portions of the expenses, with
Dow Jones: Closed several times amid financial problems. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Muntean — were the most agricultural and manufacturing the amount varying from firm
common add-ons to the govern- companies as well as roughly to firm. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Cost of credit cards is hurting
businesses, federal NDP says
The federal Opposition on Processing fees
Monday called on the Harper
government to stop credit card
companies from charging busi- (cid:580)(cid:3) Canadian companies
nesses higher fees for using pre- already pay the highest
mium cards. credit card-processing
The call came as a federal fees in the industrialized
competition tribunal prepared world, although Can-
to rule on whether Visa and adians enjoy some of the
MasterCard are engaging in lowest debit fees among
anti-competitive behaviour. G20 nations.
Small business groups hope
the tribunal will recommend
that Ottawa forbid the major
credit card companies from In 2010, the Harper govern-
forcing retailers to accept cards Small business groups say retailers ment introduced a voluntary
that carry higher payment pro- who accept credit and debit cards code aimed at protecting small
cessing fees. should be able to refuse cards with business from abusive practi-
The high cost of processing higher processing fees. ces by credit card companies.
credit card payments is hurt- THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE The code is designed to protect
ing businesses, said Glenn Thi- small businesses, said Kathleen
beault, the NDP consumer pro- gins for merchants and higher Perchaluk, Finance Minister
tection critic. “Ultimately this retail costs for consumers,” he Jim Flaherty’s press secretary.
results in reduced profit mar- said in a statement. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Government compliance
The Canadian Federation Tony Clement, the
of Independent Business, minister who heads the
Red tape costs
one of the country’s largest federal government’s
Canadian firms private-sector lobby groups, Treasury Board, says the
says that red tape amounts Harper government began
$6K per employee to $5,942 per employee in soliciting suggestions for
Canada, compared with reducing red tape in 2010
Canadian businesses spend $4,084 in the United States. but adds it takes time to put
an average of nearly $6,000 The federation estimates changes into place
per employee each year that the total cost of regula- “We sought out advice
on regulatory compliance, tion for Canadian busi- from those most affected by
or red tape — about 45 nesses is $31 billion a year, red tape on how we could
per cent more than their a figure that has hardly alleviate the situation,”
counterparts in the United changed since the group Clement said during a
States, according to a study began tracking the cost in policy announcement Mon-
released Monday. 2005. day. THE CANADIAN PRESS
06 VOICES metronews.ca
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
FRIENVY:
It’s the Starlight Express
WISHING OTHER’S
FACEBOOK
PHOTOS WERE
YOUR OWN
Is everyone having more fun
SHE than me?
SAYS...
It’s a nagging thought
Jessica Napier
metronews.ca that keeps creeping into my
consciousness and I can’t
seem to get rid of it. I mean, is
everyone else out there making more money, having more
sex, drinking better wine and basically being better at life
than me?
You’d think I would have
grown out of this insecure
Gasp! jealousy when I left my
angsty teenage years and
On any given Friday I’ll
emerged as a confident and
scroll through iPhone happy adult. As if. Now
snapshots of glamorous I’m in my twenties and my
attachment to social media
art openings, and
(which occasionally borders
European adventures, on obsession) only exacer-
music festivals, cocktail bates my problem. 
In many ways, social net-
parties in gorgeous
working sites like Facebook
apartments and and Instagram feel a lot like
seven-course tasting high school. Except now I
don’t have to wonder what
menus at a secret
everyone else is doing; now
supper club I’ve never I know I’m missing out be-
even heard of. cause I’m spying on the cool
kids at their cool-kid parties
in real-time while I just lie
on the couch listening to a Harry Potter audio book. BRAD GOLDPAINT/SOLENT
On any given Friday I’ll scroll through iPhone snapshots Astrophotography Q and A
of glamorous art openings, and European adventures,
music festivals, cocktail parties in gorgeous apartments Reconnect to
Photog captures
and seven-course tasting menus at a secret supper club I’ve together using Photoshop to What message do you
never even heard of. It seems that every single person I star trails lakeside the night sky create the final photograph. hope people will see inside
stalk (follow) online seems to be doing something designed your photography?
to make me feel like my life is utterly boring.   It’s a wild starry night up Why did you pick this I want to reconnect others
But of course, that isn’t the case. I too have posed ob- above, reflected in the location to take your star with the night sky, espe-
noxiously next to champagne bottles and posted show-offy stillness of the lake below. BRAD GOLDPAINT trails? cially since our city lights
travel photos from Greek islands; I’m sure I’ve been respon- Photographer Brad Gold- Photographer First and foremost, a lot of have cut off this connection.
sible for igniting other people’s jealousy from time to time. paint shot this stunning experience — I have been I have donated images of
The key to living with this is to give yourself a real- image at Sparks Lake near How did this picture come a night sky photographer mine to the International
ity check every once in a while. I have to force myself to the Cascade Range moun- about? for three years — prepara- Dark-Sky Association to
step away from the #humblebrags and the Rich Kids of tain range in Oregon. I took the photograph at tion and patience go into raise awareness of light pol-
Instagram and realize that these are just the highlights These star trails are Sparks Lake in Oregon, picking the right place. For lution. Also, having worked
and no one is having the Best. Night. Ever every single made by merging photos about three kilometres example, the night sky here as an architect, I apply my
night. We all stub our toes, clean the bathroom and go to of stars recorded as the from the nearest road. I at the lake shows Polaris, trade to photography by
the dentist occasionally; we just don’t feel the need Earth rotates over time. arrived at sunset and stayed or the North Star, which is showing visual representa-
to immediately snap, hashtag and upload these The camera’s shutter is there the whole night. I key to forming the centre tions of fixed patterns, in
particularly mundane moments.  open and the exposure captured hundreds of im- around which the star trails an attempt to find meaning
times are long. ages, which I later stacked swirl. and emotion.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
DVD review
Don’t call me daughter
Sure, familial connections can kick open plenty of doors, but most next generation talents struggle to make
the grade and live up to their star-powered lineage. Lately a passel of gals have made coming into their own
while slipping the looming and lengthy shadows of their glitterati parents look easy. We salute this
generation’s Kate Hudsons and Liv Tylers
S
MIKE DOJC
[email protected]
Dakota Johnson Zosia Mamet C
2006’s Miss Golden Globe, an honour typically lavished After piling up a flurry of small roles in offbeat
upon celebrity spawn, toed into the movie biz’s alluring independent fare and snagging high profile yet fleet-
waters before taking the plunge. The model/actress’s ing part-time gigs on NBC’s Parenthood and Show-
film debut wasn’t exactly a stretch. Johnson played one time’s United States of Tara, Mamet blew up faster E
of her real life mom’s daughters in Crazy in Alabama. than a Glengarry Glen Ross quote. Zosia’s proper
Last year she hit her stride with turns in 21 Jump Street breakout came when she landed the part of Joyce on
and The Five Year Engagement before garnering top Mad Men, a photo editor for Life Magazine who gives
billing on Fox’s quirky comedy Ben and Kate. Johnson Peggy Olson a
is Kate, a tenderhearted single mom with a pinch of window into NYC N
End of Watch nervous energy and a dash of sass who co-parents her counterculture.
daughter with her nutty older brother. Watch out She then showed
Director. David Ayer Dakota Fanning, there’s another blonde named after the her character
same Native American tribe gunning for your Google acting virtuosity,
Stars. Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael ranking. segueing from a
Pena, Anna Kendrick Pedigree: Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith are her worldly lesbian in E
parents and Antonio Banderas is her stepfather. the 1960s to Shos-
(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) hanna, a bubbly
short form happy
End of Watch begins as chatterbox who
just another LAPD cop is also the most
story, something writer/ innocent member
director David Ayer is all of the Girls
too familiar with, having gang.
written Training Day and Pedigree: Pops
directed Harsh Times and David Mamet is
Street Kings. Officer Brian an Oscar-nomin-
Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) ated screenwriter
is an ex-marine studying and Pulitzer Prize
film at night school. He winning play-
wants to make a video, in wright. Mom is
defiance of police rules, Oscar-nominated
on what it’s really like actress Lindsay
patrolling L.A.’s rock-hard Crouse.
South Central ’hood. To
this end, he and his part-
ner, Officer Mike Zavala
(Michael Pena), are pack-
ing tiny cameras. Crime is Mamie Gummer Alice Englert
rampant in L.A.’s toughest
division and the good cops While Emily Owens M.D. flatlined after just seven epi- This Kiwi new-
have to turn a blind eye sodes, Gummer shined and proved she has the chops to comer earned a
to petty offences because helm a series. A thespian straight out of the cradle, Gum- British independ-
there’s too much really mer has been receiving rave reviews since she was three. ent film award
bad stuff going down to In 1986’s Heartburn, an adaption of a Nora Ephron’s nomination
keep them occupied. “Try autobiographical novel starring Gummer’s marvellous for last year’s
not to kill anybody before mama, the New York Times gushed that Mamie (using Ginger & Rosa,
end of watch,” a superior the pseudonym Natalie Stern at the time to avoid a but forget about
says as Taylor and Zavala media feeding frenzy) was “an inordinately cute baby” across-the-pond
are assigned to a patrol. who was “already accomplished enough to steal scenes, kudos, she’s
The officers’ dedication to even from Miss Streep.” Critical acclaim also looks to be about to conjure
their jobs and each other in the cards for her latest movie, The Lifeguard, which up a mass media
is put to the test when has been nominated for the 2013 Sundance Film Festi- maelstrom.
they run afoul of drug val’s Grand Jury Prize. Englert stars
lords during a routine Pedigree: Calls sculptor Don Gummer dad and Meryl as a teenage
traffic stop, and a twisted Streep mom. witch in Warner
sense of neighbourhood Bros’ Beautiful
pride becomes a vow to Creatures, the
exact revenge. It’s refresh- film version of
ing to see the boys in the first book of
blue be the good guys for the supernatural
a change. But life in and romance ser-
out of uniform is hard for ies The Caster
them — and the female Chronicles.
officers they work with. Scores of malleable tweenage fan groups from
“You got a soul?” someone twihards to tributes (Hunger Games devotees) will
asks them. start obsessing over Englert in the run up to the Val-
“Yeah, we just leave entine’s day release. Staying in the love story zone,
it at home,” comes the Englert’s future projects include Singularity, a time
reply. and continent-straddling epic with Josh Hartnett and
Extras include a Bollywood babe Bipasha Basu.
feature commentary by Pedigree: Her mother is Jane Campion, the first
writer/director Ayer, de- woman filmmaker to take home the Cannes Film
leted scenes and making- Festival’s top prize, The Palm d’Or.
of featurettes.
P ETER HOWELL
08 SCENE metronews.ca
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Gérard Depardieu caused a stir when he bought a property in Belgium, a mile over the French border, in response to a proposed
75 per cent tax levied on his country’s top earners. Later France’s high court ruled that Francois Hollande’s “super-tax” campaign
promise for the super rich is unconstitutional, but the French government pledged to redraft the proposal. Russia, where this is
an attractive 13 per cent flat tax on personal income, then threw their fur cap in the Depardieu relocation sweepstakes. President
Vladimir Putin granted the middle-aged actor citizenship and handed him a passport over supper in Sochi.
MIKE DOJC
[email protected]
These celebrity expats left for love, low taxes or sunshine
Sting (tax) and anyone that did Johnny Depp
that would be stupid,” the scoured the Côte d’Azur
The former Police front guitarist admitted to the Despite being born in for a sweet pad and
man may have sung “Don’t Record Mirror newspaper. Kentucky and raised in plonked down a few mil-
wanna be no millionaire, British fame drain was Florida, Depp has always lion francs on a beauti-
don’t wanna own no mint, hardly a new phenomenon had a European sensibil- ful home in Plan-de-la-
I don’t wanna be no tax by the time Sting decided ity. He has a predilection Tour near St. Tropez as
exile and I don’t mind to stray. In the mid-’60s, for puffing on Parisian well as a magnificent
being skint,” on Dead End when the Beatles’ Taxman cheroot cigarettes and maison in Meudon, a
Job, the b-side to Can’t came out, the top income dressing like a bohemian suburb of Paris. This past
Stand Losing You. But tax rate in England was bon vivant. Depp moved summer after 14 years
when the billfolds started around 90 per cent and in to France with his together the couple split
stacking high, he changed the mid-’70s, when Rod former long-term amour and Depp also bid adieu
his tune, followed his Sting Stewart and Tom Jones Vanessa Paradis in the to France. Perhaps he’ll
accountant’s advice and relocated to L.A. and David 1990s to raise their now spend more time
moved to Galway, Ireland, relocating to Kinsale. “It’s Bowie high tailed to Switz- offspring away from the soaking in the sun on
in 1980. Bandmate Andy a pain in the ass, but the erland, the top rate was 83 glare of Hollywood pap- Little Hall’s Pond Cay,
Summers followed suit, alternative is 80 per cent per cent. arazzi and overzealous his private Bahamian
autograph hounds. So he island.
Johnny Depp
Shania Twain
they’d sell the 18th cen- Ian Fleming
tury estate and take up spawned all 14 007 novels
Back when some of her residence in a relatively The man who concocted or splurge on the Fleming
best known songs like more down home villa James Bond, the globetrot- Villa ($5,500 to $8,500 a
That Don’t Impress Me in Corseaux. Close-by ting superspy with the night depending on the
Much and Man! I Feel Montreux was also a fa- standing “shaken, not season), a swanky five
Like a Woman! were still vourite stomping ground stirred” martini order, built bedroom with the author’s
relatively daisy fresh sin- of Freddie Mercury until Goldeneye, his residence in original writing desk in the
gles, Twain and her then his untimely passing, sunny Oracabessa Bay on master suite. While more
super producer hubby and Phil Collins lives not the north coast of Jamaica of a snowbird than an
Mutt Lange moved to too far away in Féchy. after serving his country expat per se, once a major
Switzerland, where Twain married Frédéric in the Second World War. transportation hub bears
their son Eja was born. Thiébaud, a Swiss Nestlé The balmy locale features your name, consider adopt-
They found sanctuary in executive in 2011, a prominently in a trio of ed son status bestowed,
Ian Fleming
Château de Sully, a mas- couple years after they Bond adventures, Dr. No, even posthumously. The
sive and elegant 46-room discovered that their ex- Live and Let Die and The a resort. Rent a lagoon area airport was renamed
castle on the shores of spouses were having an Man with the Golden Gun. fronting cottage to get a Ian Fleming International
Lake Geneva. Eventually affair together. His exotic hideaway is now whiff of the lifestyle that in 2011.
Shania Twain. ALL PHOTOS GETTY
Good fortune for the ‘Trouble Man’
Heavy is the Head. bum hit No. 2 on Billboard,
Quoted
moving 179,000 units in the
T.I. on returning to the
first week.
“The response exceeded
entertainment industry “The response exceeded
with a vengeance my expectations.” my expectations. I’m ecstatic
that the subject matter and
Rapper, producer and author TI
On how his comeback album hit No.2 on body of work really connect-
the Billboard charts. ed with the audience,” he
says. “That’s an unmatched
G. VALENTINO
Is he worried that fans of feeling for an artist.”
BALL
[email protected] his hard edged hip-hop will The next challenge for T.I.
be turned off by how much is bringing together the stars
While his run-ins with the he has broadened his hor- of his hometown for an all-
law have been the fodder for izons? star tour.
many a tabloid over the past “It would be preposterous “As of right now I’m culti-
few years, hip-hop star T.I. to come back after my hiatus vating the relationships that
has stayed focused on diversi- and not acknowledge that will allow us to work together
fying his work. there is a rebuilding process,” in that capacity,” he says. “I’m
The Atlanta rapper has he says. “I’m not the same making an attempt at putting
produced his VH1 reality guy, but I am cut from the together a domestic package
show Family Hustle, written same cloth. My morals, my that would allow us to go on
two books — Power & Beauty standards are still the same. tour: A package that will con-
along with its sequel Trouble My actions and my locations sist of myself, Trinidad James,
& Triumph — and through might be a tad bit different I’ve spoken to Jeezy (and
his Grand Hustle label intro- but my mindset and my heart others). The new generation,
duced the world to B.o.B. is still the same.” the veterans and the OGs put-
Now you can add the success The Atlanta-born rapper ting together a package that
of his latest album, Trouble returned to the charts last will really show the nation
Man: Heavy is the Head. month when his eighth al- what this town has to offer.” ‘It’d be preposterous to come back after my hiatus and not acknowledge that there’s a rebuilding process,’ — T.I. GETTY IMAGE
metronews.ca DISH 09
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
METRO DISH
OUR TAKE ON THE WORLD OF CELEBRITIES
The Word
Taylor Swift ALL PHOTOS GETTY IMAGES
Taylor second guessing
the Swift search for love
Taylor Swift’s patchy roman- the Golden Globes got under
tic history has helped her pen her skin.”
a number of hit songs, but But Swift may also be
it’s also made the subject of taking all the criticism and
more than a few punchlines, turning it into something Leonardo DiCaprio
and the 23-year-old singer positive, using this as a
has had enough, according to chance to turn her love life
Radar Online. around. A hunk and a hero:
“At first Taylor just “The jokes being made
thought it was funny how about her love life embarrass DiCaprio to spend free
much interest people had in her, but it’s finally hit home
her love life and she went with Taylor,” the source says. Famous friends snafu, Boston Celtics great time doing good
along with it,” a source close “She really wants to make Bill Russell was misidenti-
to the singer says. “But now an effort to slow down and and a front fied as Morgan Freeman
she’s the butt of jokes on not jump from boyfriend to by ABC announcer George
Saturday Night Live, in the boyfriend. In a weird way all stage Fiasco: Stephanopoulos. Leonardo DiCaprio has gone break. I’ve done three films
tabloids and on the late night the negative press has really At the official inaug- from filming Django Un- in two years and I’m just
shows. She laughed it off, but opened her eyes and will be Welcome back ural balls, such bold-faced chained to The Great Gatsby worn out.” So what will Di-
the jokes made about her at good for her.” names as Alicia Keys, Usher, and straight into The Wolf of Caprio be doing if he’s not
Barack! John Legend, the cast of Wall Street, and the schedule acting for a bit? Certainly
Glee, Brad Paisley, Nick Can- has taken its toll on him. not going on vacation. “I
She’s loved, she’s lost non, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer “I’m a little bit drained,” would like to improve the
THE Hudson, Marc Anthony and DiCaprio tells German world a bit,” he says. “I will
WORD Chris Cornell are expected newspaper Bild. “I am now fly around the world doing
and she’s singing it loud Dorothy Robinson to appear. going to take a long, long good for the environment.”
[email protected] One celeb who had a
less-than-fun inauguration Twitter
Selena Gomez is using experience? Lupe Fiasco,
music to help work Yesterday was a big day for who was asked to leave the @jtimberlake (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)
through her emotions fol- President Barack Obama stage at a pre-inauguration This is gonna be a GREAT Super Bowl! 49ers/
lowing her split from Justin as well as the celebrities concert in Washington D.C. Ravens?? Can’t wait! i’m booking my flight to New
Bieber — just not her own in attendance for the 57th “Lupe Fiasco performed Orleans right now! Oh wait... I don’t have tickets.
music. inauguration. Kelly Clark- at this private event, and as Dammit! Anybody know anybody?? LOL!
The actress and singer son (who came with new you may have read, he left
treated the crowd at a fiancé Brandon Blackstock) the stage earlier than we
recent UNICEF charity con- performed My Country, had planned,” concert or- @Pink (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)
cert in New York to tunes ’Tis of Thee while Beyoncé ganizers said in an email to tonight im grateful that ill never be a crotchety old
of heartbreak by Justin Knowles (in an Emilio reporters. “But Lupe Fiasco man sitting on his computer complaining about pol-
Timberlake and Taylor Pucci gown) cranked out was not ‘kicked off stage’ itics while doing nothing to change it
Swift. Before launching the national anthem — for an ‘anti-Obama rant.’
into Timberlake’s Cry Me and even got hugs from We are staunch supporters
a River, Gomez told the President Obama and First of free speech, and free pol- @SteveMartinToGo (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)
crowd, “I’ve been through Lady Michelle Obama after- itical speech. This was not Amazing Super Bowl day: the San Francisco Boule-
a lot the past few months. Selena Gomez ward. Looking on from the about his opinions. Instead, vardiers will be playing the Baltimore Adventuristas!
It’s been weird and sad and audience were Katy Perry after a bizarrely repetitive,
cool. This song definitely friend in the entire world and boyfriend John Mayer jarring performance that
speaks to me.” She later and if anybody has felt as well as Eva Longoria in a left the crowd vocally dis- @jessicaalba (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)
played Swift’s I Knew You anything painful to their beautiful pink coral trench satisfied, organizers decided When your meal starts off with a doughy
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10 WELLNESS metronews.ca
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Reasons to consider
Healthy eating
Five healthy
habits to try
this year
veganism in 2013
JULIA
FURLAN
Metro World News
It’s easy to take for
E granted the root of a New
Year’s resolution — to Top 5 Take note
be resolute. According to
Janet Helm, registered
Healthy habits Kris’s kitchen
dietician and author of
F Cooking Light: The Food you can steal basics
Lover’s Healthy Habits
Cookbook, getting healthy from Kris Carr Use these spices: garlic gran-
— and staying healthy all ules, salt, pepper, turmeric,
year — is about starting 1Load half of your plate with cumin and chili.
I small. vegetables.
“Your goal should be Nutritional yeast. Use this
attainable. If you have 2Remove dairy from your instead of cheese.
L success, that fuels greater diet and assess the sugars
success and then you can you’re consuming. Tamari. This is a good alterna-
celebrate the little victor- tive to soy sauce.
ies,” Helm said 3It’s not just about food but
your mindset. Low self- Olive and fl axseed oil
1. Cook more often esteem can be the number one
Firing up the stove — say, thing that keeps people from Grains. Quinoa (called the
three times a week — is making a change. bachelor’s grain as it’s
the foundation of healthy easy to make and high in
eating. Eating out gener- 4Strictly counting calories protein) brown rice, millet
ally means you’ll consume is missing the point. We and lentils.
at least 50 per cent more didn’t come into this planet
calories. with a set of charts. Calories Cashew nuts. Great for a snack
only matter if you eat foods or to use in desserts.
2. Eat a healthy breakfast that have been heavily modi-
“When you start your day fi ed. Want the recipes? Check out
on the right foot, it leads Metro’s Food page to get
to better habits through- 5Empty calories cause end- recipes from Kris
out the day,” Helm says. less hunger. Eat a more Carr’s book
Eating breakfast helps nutrient-dense diet in order to Crazy Sexy
curb temptations for the feel more satiated and crave Kitchen.
rest of the day. less food.
Kris Carr made some major life changes to confront a serious disease. BILL MILES
3. Be a mindful eater
Helm suggests eating Diet. Cancer survivor So what? She was like any You have 60 seconds to make having the time to cook.
all kinds of foods and other 20-something-year-old me go vegan. Go. Well I have no time to get
focusing on controlling and Crazy Sexy Kitchen living in a big city — stressed, “Animal products, processed sick — it takes a lot of
portions instead of restric- author Kris Carr says tired and hungry. foods, refined sugars ... all energy, time and focus. We
tions. But the day she was diag- these things create inflam- can’t wiggle our way out
it’s time to deal with
nosed with an incurable stage mation in the body, depress of eating well. Doing so
4. Eat more fi sh disease and obesity on four cancer at 26-years-old, the immune system and mess will improve your life, so
Follow the lead of Japan she knew her eating habits with your hormones. Dairy relegating it to something
our plates — she also
and Iceland — where the were partly to blame. can be difficult to digest. It that’s a drag is crazy.”
average life expectancy is shares her favourite “I had a lot of confusion creates mucus and contains
81 years — and incorpor- vegan recipes and chaos when it came to growth hormones — so does Aren’t you nervous meat
ate more fish into your food. I only ate hamburgers, flesh — which also contains and dairy lovers will want
diet. peanut butter and jelly. I was saturated fat, which can cause to throw your book in the
ROMINA obsessed with calories, yet I dietary cholesterol.” trash?
5. Be a part-time veggie MCGUINNESS lived on carbs and trans fats,” “I’m not demanding people
Helm suggests going veg [email protected] she says. OK, I’m convinced. The stop eating meat and dairy.
once a week for all three Now a bonafide vegan, she problem is, it’s much easier Just that they eat less of it.
meals and encourages Kris Carr liked smoking and wants you to know that you to fry a steak than to steam I want people to become
experimentation. fast food. can turn your life around sim- broccoli. plant passionate — not
Not cooking. ply by changing your diet. “People complain about not vegan.”
Google search reveals lots about who is sick
Only clinical data can
CELIA Quote truly predict epidemics, but
MILNE Google data provides health
[email protected] “Do not touch the T- officials with early warning
When you Google “flu,” zone — your eyes, nose that a wave of illness is oc-
you’re part of a giant trend. and mouth.” curring. Seasonal flu causes
Sniffing, coughing and an estimated half a million
shaking with fever, you grim- Dr. Will Sawyer deaths a year worldwide.
ly go online searching for Speaking about how to prevent the fl u. What can you do to pre-
remedies and a sense of how vent the flu when it’s going
long you’ll be sick. When tens around?
of thousands of people do dle, a spokesman from Goo- “Do not touch the T-
that, it’s a helpful predictor gle Canada, based in Toronto. zone — your eyes, nose and
that flu has hit your area. Canadian searches for mouth,” says Dr. Will Sawyer,
“By counting how often “flu” on Google spiked 240 an infection prevention ex-
we see these search queries, per cent in the last 30 days, pert in the U.S. and Canada.
we can estimate how much according to Google, and are “These are the only portals of
flu is circulating in different on a slight wane now. The entry into the human body
countries and regions around province with the most flu for all respiratory illnesses Google searches for ‘fl u’ spiked nearly 240 per cent in the last
the world,” says Aaron Brin- activity is Manitoba. such as the flu.” month in Canada. ISTOCK PHOTOS