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Thursday, January 26, 2012
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The Grand Theatre is simply run- by office building, plans were at a to give the Grand its Dufferin lot With Fanshawe College devel-
k A London development company ning out of room, executive direc- standstill, said Deb Harvey, exec- without losing parking spaces. oping its downtown arts campus
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has jumped aboard a plan that tor Deb Harvey said. But an addi- utive director of the theatre. This week, members of a city and UWO considering a takeover
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h could lead to a big expansion at tion to the nonprofit arts venue “Without that parking lot, we real- council committee forwarded a of the block including Centennial
C the Grand Theatre. would do more than add a 400- ly cannot expand,” she said. letter outlining the proposal to Hall, it’s a good time to put ideas
Key to how far — and how seat theatre. It also could include Now the ball’s rolling again. staff for review. Harvey said the on the table, Harvey said.
quickly — the proposal moves will a performing-arts centre for Theatre officials and Sifton have idea — plus architectural render- “We are one of many people
be whether city officials agree to Orchestra London, she said. approached the city with a pro- ings — has been pitched to Mayor presenting proposals to the city
a land deal. Since the Grand is con- posal: They want control of a city Joe Fontana and other city leaders. these days,” she said. “We have to
stricted on three sides and unable The lot — with frontage on Duf- parking lot on Queens Avenue, east Things started to pick up steam dream a little bit and plan for our
to build upward, the only option ferin Avenue — abuts the back of city … I think
for expanding the theatre (471 the building. Leaders of the arts that is happen-
Richmond St.) is a parking lot venue have been eyeing it for ing right
owned by Sifton Development. years. now.”
War comes
home
to London
Exile, which consists
of more than 600 hand-sewn
balls and took artist
Anna Wieselgren more than
1,000 hours to complete,
is part of the Front by Front
exhibition now showing
at Museum London
(421 Ridout St. N.).
The show explores the
impact of armed conflict
on communities and the
ways people adapt and
change in those
environments. Six female
Canadian artists contributed
to the exhibition, which runs
through March 18.
For more, see Backstage Pass London-based artist Anna Wieselgren sits with her sculpture Exile,
on page 9. which is on display at Museum London.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012
Robbery Pickets hit the rails
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suspect
sought
to block locomotive
Police are looking for a
suspect after a bank was
robbed in South London. Canadian Auto Workers block Caterpillar-owned engine in Ingersoll yard
A lone male suspect
walked into the TD Bank OPP step in to clear the way, say no charges expected
at Ernest Street and DAVE CHIDLEY/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Bradley Avenue just before
11 a.m. Wednesday.
The suspect obtained an
news
undisclosed amount of
money and ran off. There
was no weapon seen and
there were no injuries.
Police say the suspect is
about 25 to 30 years old,
five-foot-eight and 200
pounds. He was wearing a
black bomber jacket and a
green scarf.
Anyone with
information on this case is
asked to call London police
at 519-661-5670 or Crime
Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS
(8477). Brad Hughes, a Cami Automotive C.A.W. An anti-bullying campaign
by Thames Valley District
AM980/AM980.CA union member, pickets a site where an School Board has won an
Electro-Motive, Caterpillar-made locomotive award for its effort.
(hidden behind a boxcar) was on a side rail Scan the code for the story.
Grow-op track, preventing it from being moved, in 1
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Ingersoll, Ont., Wednesday.
charges ScanLife app with
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Two people are facing scan 2D barcodes
charges after London in Metro
police and RCMP
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uncovered a marijuana ANGELA or to negotiations.” ers. The codes will
grow operation worth MULLINS Workers know the loco- In a nutshell Dan Borthwick, Local direct your mobile
more than $650,000. @METRONEWS.CA motive was pulled from the 88’s president, said he re- browser to
Shortly after 11 a.m. plant before a Jan. 1 lock- Electro-Motive employees ceived “friendly informa- m.metronews.ca
Wednesday, members of Bob Scott didn’t hesitate to out because of a number were locked out Jan. 1, the tion” early Wednesday that
the London police guns draw conclusions Wednes- printed on its side, Scott day after their contract ex- the locomotive — which On the web at
and drugs section execut- day about an unfinished said. He and others spent a pired. most recently stopped in metronews.ca
ed a search warrant at 966 Electro-Motive Diesel loco- good portion of Wednesday About a week earlier, Stratford — was in town.
Silversmith St. Inside, offi- motive turning up in an In- blocking the engine’s path workers had rejected a He didn’t hesitate to
cers discovered a sophisti- gersoll rail yard. to a plant in Salford, just contract offer. The offer, take action.
cated, multi-room grow-op It’s proof, he said, of outside of Ingersoll. they’ve said, included “This is all about work-
with about 650 pot plants. what workers at the Lon- Once there, the locomo- deep wage cuts and other ers sticking together,
Investigators say there was don plant have been saying tive is due to be finished concessions. whether it’s unionized or
also a hydro bypass set up. all along about parent com- and painted — work that (nonunion),” Borthwick
Charges are pending pany Caterpillar. would have been done in Automotive, taking the said. “Workers have to stick
against a 53-year-old man “Obviously, there was no London if workers weren’t lead. By about 1 p.m., about together in this climate
Another
and a 45-year-old woman, intention to get a collective walking on a picket line, 100 people were standing where employers … think
both from London. agreement,” said Scott, union representatives said. guard at the train tracks. they can (make big profits) cellphone
AM980/AM980.CA chairman of the Canadian The stoppage started The blockade cleared short- and then expect employees
interrupts
Auto Workers’ unit at Elec- about 7 a.m. with CAW Lo- ly after that when provin- to take … wage cuts.”
Jobs posted tro-Motive. “Nobody takes cal 88, which represents cial police stepped in and WITH FILES FROM THE CANADIAN another
material out of a plant pri- workers at Ingersoll’s CAMI negotiated with the work- PRESS
classical
for Apple
performance,
in London Health service cuts looming: Minister
but this violist
handles it like a
ANGELA MULLINS METRO/FILER
There are more signs Ontario will reduce the shows they improve patient incidence of caesarean sec- pro. Watch at
Masonville Place in London number of health services outcomes, and if not, they tions than other jurisdic-
will soon be home to an Ap- covered by medicare as the could be delisted from tions. She says the review metronews.ca/
ple retail store. Liberal government looks to OHIP. will sometimes lead to
video
As of Monday, job post- cut costs and trim a $16-bil- Matthews also says re- delisting a procedure, but
ings for an Apple store in lion deficit. search shows geographic could also lead to new serv-
London have surfaced on Health Minister Deb differences in how often ices being covered. Follow us on
various employment web- Matthews says the govern- some procedures are per- Matthews will outline a Twitter
sites advertising a start date ment is reviewing all health formed, with Ontario hav- plan next week. @themetrolondon
of April 9. AM980/AM980.CA Deb Matthews services to see if evidence ing a much higher THE CANADIAN PRESS
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012
Privacy commish
Streak. Over
questions actual
online anonymity
Ann Cavoukian says new tools have changed things
Asks people to consider information they're sharing
Ontario's privacy commis- “Imagine a and how their personal in-
sioner says people's per- scenario where formation might be used.
ceptions of their privacy Cavoukian is also urg-
your ‘anonymous’
and anonymity online fall ing organizations that col-
far short of reality. comments on a lect and use this data to
Ann Cavoukian says newspaper offer a clear, easy-to-use London Knights forward Gregg McKegg passes the puck out in front of Kitchener
seemingly unrelated website or in an mechanism to opt out of Rangers goalie John Gibson, Wednesday, during OHL action at the John Labatt Centre.
pieces of information that the collection and use of
people share about them- online chat forum, personal information. MARK SPOWART/FOR METRO
selves online may now be could be tracked “We have reached a Rival Rangers hammer the Knights
linked together to create a back to you point where information
detailed profile. — not only strongly identi-
personally.”
Cavoukian says new an- fiable Social Insurance Gibson — a second-round draft pick of the Anaheim Ducks — made 45 saves as
alytic tools and algorithms ONTARIO'S PRIVACY COMMISSIONER Numbers, but also IP ad- the visiting Rangers ended the Knights’ five-game winning streak with an 8-3
now make it possible to ANN CAVOUKIAN dresses, licence plate num- throttling. Seth Griffith, with two, and Bo Horvat scored for London, which
combine information bers, and mobile devices entered the game as the top-ranked team in the country. Tobias Rieder, Brandon
from multiple sources. activities. — serve as pointers to per- Lesway and Radek Faksa all had a pair of goals for the visitors, while Ryan Murphy
This allows the creation She warns people to sonally identifiable infor- and Michael Catenacci chipped in with singles. Michael Houser started the game
of an accurate profile of a consider the nature of the mation,” Cavoukian said. in net for the Knights, but was replaced by Tyson Teichmann after surrendering
person and their online information they share, THE CANADIAN PRESS five goals on 25 shots.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012
Wonderland at Oxford
Mind. The gap
rated most dangerous
intersection in 2011
A worker takes
Highbury Avenue at Huron Street a backhoe to
Top 5 hot spots York Street
had greatest improvement, dropping between Talbot
to 20th spot from eighth last year Highest-collision inter - and Ridout streets
sections in London in on Wednesday
2011: morning after
You might want to check while Exeter Road at a sinkhole was
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your rearview mirror twice Wellington, and Adelaide Wonderland at Oxford: discovered over
the next time you’re at the Street at Oxford rounded 47 (35 in 2010, ranked 9th) the weekend.
intersection of Wonderland out the top five.
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Road and Oxford Street. The greatest changes Highbury at Oxford:44 ANGELA MULLINS/METRO
London police say there saw the arrival of Hamilton (64 in 2010, ranked 1st) Digging in to get back on the level
were 47 collisions there Road at Highbury at sev-
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last year — more than any enth last year after not Wellington at Commis-
other intersection in the making the 2010 list, Rich- sioners:40 (46 in 2010, Work on fixing a sinkhole started Tuesday with York Street expected to reopen
city. There wasan increase mond Street and Fanshawe ranked 4th) sometime Thursday afternoon, said Bill Watson, the city’s sewer manager.
of 12 collisions at that inter- Park Road moving to ninth
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section over 2010. from 18th, and Sarnia and Exeter at Wellington:38
Last year’s No. 1, High- Western roads making the (37 in 2010, ranked 6th)
Neighbourhood needs your vote
bury Avenue and Oxford, list at 13th.
5 Say so
was second. It was the win- The top 20 high-collision Adelaide at Oxford: 36
ner in 2010 when 64 colli- intersections were tallied (47 in 2010, ranked 2nd) Think London’s Woodfield neigh- to the north has been nominated
sions were reported there. and police said there were Cast your vote bourhood is great? The area be- for a Great Places in Canada
Wellington and Commis- no fatal crashes at any of Source: London Police at cipicu.ca/ tween Richmond, Dundas and award. To show your love, vote
sioners Road ranked third, them. AM980/AM980.CA Service greatplaces Adelaide and the railway tracks online through Feb. 29. METRO
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012
Son ‘stupid’ but not killer: Lawyer
Defence pleads with jury to end FRANK GUNN/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Shafia family’s ‘Kafkaesque’ ordeal
A young man accused of
killing his three sisters and Crime scene
the first of his father’s two
wives is only guilty of be-
ing “stupid” and “morally The Crown alleges the girls
blameworthy,” but neither and their mother were
he nor his co-accused par- dead, or at least incapaci-
ents deserve to be in this tated, before they went in-
“Kafkaesque” scenario, to the canal.
court heard Wednesday. Hamed Shafia’s lawyer
Hamed Shafia, 21, and Patrick McCann, as well as
his parents Mohammad the lawyers for his parents
Shafia, 58, and Tooba who addressed the jury
Yahya, 42, are on trial for Tuesday, scoffed at that no-
four counts each of first-de- tion. “How would it be
gree murder, accused by the done?” McCann said. “Just
Crown of killing their four the practicality of doing it,
female relatives in a so- it’s implausible.”
called honour killing. They
have pleaded not guilty. as a concerned brother.
Four months after the He rear-ended them near
family’s July 22, 2009 ar- the scene, he said, and
rests, Hamed told a private while he was picking up
investigator he was there pieces of headlight he
when the car went in the heard a splash and ran to From right, Tooba Yahya, Mohammad Shafia and their son Hamed Mohammed Shafia,
canal. He said he had fol- the edge of the canal. are escorted into the Frontenac County courthouse in Kingston on Wednesday.
lowed them from the motel THE CANADIAN PRESS
Cat in cockpit delays flight 4 hours
CTV SCREEN GRAB PHILIP CROUCHER “It’s a first for me
IN HALIFAX
and I haven’t run
Forget about snakes on a into anybody yet
plane. A pesky feline left
who has heard of
airport officials in Halifax
scratching their heads this before.”
Wednesday. HALIFAX STANFIELD
An Air Canada flight to INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Toronto from Halifax SPOKESMAN PETER SPURWAY
scheduled to depart at 5:30
a.m. was delayed for more Canada to stop boarding
than four hours after a cat the flight and passengers
escaped from its owner’s on the plane had to go back
carrier prior to takeoff, into the waiting area. Main-
then made itself comfort- tenance workers then came
Ripples, the cat who escaped from a crate onboard able inside the cockpit by on scene to remove panels
an Air Canada flight to Toronto from Halifax. squeezing inside some and dissemble part of the
panels near wiring. cockpit before the cat was
“We’ll see a movie come retrieved, unharmed.
out of this one,” joked Hal- “They (then) checked all
ifax Stanfield International the wiring where the cat
Airport spokesman Peter had been to make sure
Spurway. there was no damage and
With the cat refusing to (it was) connected proper-
come out, Spurway said the ly,” Spurway said. The
decision was made by Air flight left at about 10 a.m.
Budget to reflect
aboriginal priorities
The coming budget will be said Wednesday.
consistent with the priori- A pledge was made dur-
ties agreed to by aboriginal ing talks this week to
leaders and the federal move forward with recom-
government, Aboriginal Af- mendations on education
fairs Minister John Duncan reform. THE CANADIAN PRESS
business
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PAUL SAKUMA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Facebook moves to Timeline
Facebook CEO Mark
Zuckerberg shows the
website’s new Timeline
feature in San Francisco New apps will make it easy to share interests from other sites But
last September.
the feature also aims to keep online users on the social network itself
Facebook will switch all Users could opt-in to work announced 60 Time- chronological order, mak-
800-million users to its the Timeline when Face- line apps last week. ing photos, posts and
new profile format Time- book began its rollout in The mandatory profile- events from the past ac-
line over the next few December, but the rush to page makeover will dis- cessible with only a cou-
weeks, it announced in a convert everyone has play a user’s entire ple of clicks.
blog post Tuesday. come after the social net- history on the website in TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Google’s data plans
draw criticism
ANTHONY used across its websites.
JOHNSTON “There is no way any-
@METRO.LU one expected this,” Jeffrey
METRO WORLD NEWS IN LONDON Chester, executive direc- IMPORTANT NOTICE
tor of privacy advocacy
Google’s announcement group the Centre for Digi-
it will merge people’s da- tal Democracy, told the Relocation of the London Passport Canada offi ce
ta across its websites into Washington Post. “There
one profile has sparked a is no way a user can com-
huge debate that the web prehend the implication
giant could be breaching of Google collecting Effective Monday, January 30, 2012,
users’ privacy. across platforms for infor-
Under plans to come in mation about your health, the London Passport Canada offi ce will be located at:
force on March 1, a per- political opinions and fi-
son’s search results across nancial concerns.”
all Google products, in- Google claims that the
cluding search, Gmail, new privacy policy will Cherryhill Village Mall, 301 Oxford Street West, Suite 76
Google+ and YouTube, give the company a better
will be collected into one idea of what users are in-
single database, which terested to know when
Business hours for the new offi ce will be from 8:30 a.m. to
the company could use they search online.
for its targeted advertis-
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watched a YouTube video ADRIAN WYLD/THE CANADIAN PRESS
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appear in your Gmail or
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Google+ account.
But critics see this new
permanently on Friday, January 27, 2012, at 4:30 p.m.
policy as very worrying,
suggesting for example a
person’s confidential de-
tails on health and
Rogers to For more information, visit passportcanada.gc.ca.
lifestyle could be saved in
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JOHN MAZEROLLE leaning person who’s OK $250,000 out #LTC we have places to only class i’m okay with at
METRO with goaltender Tim Thomas OR MORE be! #LdnOnt this hour of the am. at least
showing he also likes to play right wing. @wvrent: 2 EMS vehicles it’s not excel! #bmk
In case you’re exhibiting concussion- stopped by train at #fanshawe
like symptoms and don’t know what I’m colbourne and Waterloo. @NehaC:mission: wake up
talking about: The Boston Bruins were Lights on. THIS is why we to send early morning
invited to the White House this week, 25% need an Adelaide St under- emails. reality: #uwo web-
but their MVP Thomas decided to stay THOSE WHO OWN pass. #LDNont mail isn’t working. likely re-
PRIVATE ISLANDS
away and have a Tea Party instead. @hoogathy:I see the need sult: back to bed.
In a statement that showed he likes capitalization
more than the Capitol, he said that the U.S. government
had “grown out of control” and that he had made his
decision “as an INDIVIDUAL.”
GETTY IMAGES One year since
The media’s reaction?
Well, you think the the revolution
Gadhafis were harshly crit-
“It’s an
icized … CAIRO, EGYPT. Thousands of
interesting thing To be fair, Thomas’ state- Egyptians flocked back to
to discover that ment was vague, which left Tahrir Square to mark the
it open to interpretation. A first anniversary of the
one of your
reader might guess that he start of the revolution that
heroes is your doesn’t recognize the ousted authoritarian
political divine provenance of the leader Hosni Mubarak. But
opposite.It’s a Los Angeles Kings, believes the mood in the square
it’s his right to defend his was far from just celebra-
bit like
crease with a gun, and tory amid fear that violen-
discovering that thinks that Mario Lemieux ce could erupt between
Stephen Hawking is the best Freedom-Cana- protesters and the milita-
dian player ever. ry. MWN
has a
Here’s what some media
Confederate flag members actually said: He
On high Military still
in his bedroom or should turn in his U.S.
medal from the Olympics. calling the shots
Rowlf the Dog is
He hates the troops. And
a Scientologist.” he may be a racist. All this TENSIONS. Why has there
while most were mocking alert been more frustration
his views as extreme. than celebration? Tensions
The only people who seemed to support him were have been simmering bet-
right-wingers who were happy to pile onto Obama. ween pro-democracy acti-
It’s an interesting thing to discover that one of your in Tahrir vists and the military.
heroes is your political opposite. It’s a bit like discover- December saw nine dead
ing that Stephen Hawking has a Confederate flag in his and hundreds injured af-
bedroom or Rowlf the Dog is a Scientologist. You ter a crackdown on
admire them for reasons totally beyond what their poli- antimilitary protesters.
tics are, and you’re not sure how to process it when giv- The military council has
en the new information. pledged to transfer power
Fortunately for me, I’m a militant free-speech guy to a civilian government
(and God knows I’ve got enough friends who are part of by July 1. MWN
the flu-shots-kill-but-bin-Laden’s-alive extreme left.)
I’ve got a good head start with cognitive dissonance,
because I have two other heroes whom I disagree with Egypt today
on just about everything but who are good at what they
do and live their lives with integrity. I call them “Mom”
and “Dad.” Islamists coming to fore:
So I don’t care that Thomas took his stance and I Muslim Brotherhood’s
would argue over a beer, rather than commiserate. In Freedom and Justice Party
the sports realm, he’s a thoughtful, polite and wins last week’s lower-
intelligent interview, and on the ice he’s already proven house election.
he’s one of the best players in the world. Ailing Mubarak in the
Thomas has done his bit for king and country. So to dock:
speak. Ex-leader’s trial on corrup-
tion and ordering deaths
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