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CLASSIC COMEBACK 2011’S MURDERS RANGERS TOP FLYERS IN MUCH-HYPED GAME SOME HIGHS {page 13} AND LOWS FOR MEET THE HOMICIDES ACROSS BOMB GIRLS FACTORY WOMEN IN THE COUNTRY {page 3} WWII {page 7} LONDON Tuesday, January 3, 2012 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing. CAW workers set up picket line Some Electro-Motive Diesel workers fear company’s lockout is a step toward moving London jobs to a facility in Indiana Others consider the latest contract offer a ‘union-busting’ attempt by the locomotive maker ANGELA MULLINS/METRO ANGELA MULLINS Electro-Motive Diesel @METRONEWS.CA The company, which makes loco- About 100 Canadian Auto Work- motives, is based in LaGrange, ers were walking a picket line Ill., and has about 750 employees outside Electro-Motive Diesel on in London. It’s a subsidiary of Monday, blocking a van full of Progress Rail Services, an operat- workers attempting to gain ing division of heavy-equipment access to the plant. giant Caterpillar. Production at the Oxford Street East site was idled late “Therefore, (Electro-Motive Sunday after the company locked Canada) is seeking the assurance out about 420 Canadian Auto of a prompt ratification of the Workers following months of company’s last offer and has failed contract talks. instituted a lockout at the Mike Rossit, a CAW represen- London facility until a ratified tative and an Electro-Motive contract is in place,” the release employee, said picketers are in continued. “Given the union has for the long haul. indicated its members are “We wanted to come in and willing to work under those bargain in good faith and keep terms, we are hopeful of a speedy the lines of communication (with ratification allowing union mem- the company) open,” Rossit said bers to return to work.” as people huddled around burn Contract negotiations, which barrels and waved union flags. started nearly a year ago, broke The company issued a off for the last time Dec. 27, with statement Sunday saying the union members standing firmly union’s “changing positions have against a proposed 55 per cent created an environment of cut in wages and benefits, Rossit uncertainty that is not in the said. Locked out Electro-Motive workers stand near burn barrels Monday morning while walking a picket line outside best interests of the company’s CAW voted in favour of strike the plant at 2021 Oxford St. E. The company locked out workers, many of them members of the Canadian employees, customers, suppliers action Friday — a day before the Auto Workers Local 27, on Sunday. The move came after months of failed contract negotiations. and owners. existing contract expired. 02 news: london metronews.ca TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012 1 A greener Salt. Sprinkling way to trash the Christmas tree Christmas tree recycling is available until Monday, Jan. 9. You can drop off your news tree at one of six depots: South London: Amway (Exeter Road, by White Oak Road (west end of Justin Link, with Parkside Landscaping, sprinkles salt parking lot); Mitches Park along Richmond Row as snow squalls move through the (Upper Queens Avenue city Monday. Link had shovelled and salted sidewalks near parking lot). Victoria Park several times by Monday evening, making it Central: St. Julien his busiest day so far this winter. Works Yard (south end of St. Julien Street). ANGELA MULLINS/METRO East: Stronach Park Temperatures to Environment Canada was forecasting snow squalls well into Tuesday (Beckworth Avenue park- morning, bringing up to 25 centimetres of snow in the London area. ing lot). hover below zero Temperatures are expected to stay well below the freezing mark West: Springbank Park Tuesday, with a high of -10 C, and an overnight low of -12 C. (west entrance parking lot Montreal’s revamped by Boler Road). Cosmodome offers visitors a North: Masonville Place chance to explore the universe Cooking up a deep clean at a fraction of the $35-million (northwest parking lot, by cost of being a space tourist. Nash Jewellers). Scan the code for the story. After Jan. 9, Christmas trees and holiday greenery To scan 2D barcodes in can be taken to a commu- Metro, download the nity EnviroDepot (see your London men put old cleaning technology to new use on keyboards free ScanLife app at waste reduction and con- 2dscan.com. servation calendar or lon- Cellphones, TV remotes among things that could be cleaned: Creators don.ca) or placed out at On the web at the curb with regular ANGELA That’s the way Mike How it works stead of spraying the com- metronews.ca garbage. METRO MULLINS Brock, president and CEO pound, the sterilization @METRONEWS.CA of Adept Chemical Technol- unit (called Log-vi) turns the Edmonton TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE/FILE ogy, sums it up. But he and Remove lid. chlorine dioxide into a The next time you plop a five other Londoners are Place keyboard in bottom vapour, allowing the gassy photographer down to browse the web or out to change that. half of unit. bacterial buster to get into Paul Burwell type an email to your boss, Dubbed the London Fill reservoir with hot tap every nook and cranny of consider this: Your comput- Group of Six — or LG6 — water. an object within minutes. explains how he er keyboard may be one of the team of experts from Add two vials of chemicals In other words, instead creates his the filthiest things you varying business back- to water, creating chlorine of getting a surface clean, detailed and touch every day. grounds has been working dioxide. items placed in the Log-vi Attack it with antibacter- for the past few years on Place lid on unit for at get a deep clean without radiantly lit ial wipes, those highly pres- what’s most simply de- least 45 minutes. coming into contact with images of surized cans of air or scribed as a sterilization Empty water reservoir and water. whatever else suits your unit for everything from remove keyboard. Arscott’s inspiration? snowflakes. cleaning fancy. The fact re- keyboards to medical Watching on TV as hospi- Video at mains that killing all the equipment. — chlorine dioxide — used tals tossed out “dirty” com- gook that builds up over The unit takes old tech- in the cleansing is the same puter keyboards during the metronews.ca/ Christmas tree recycling time is, well, “somewhere nology and puts it to a new one Brock’s company SARS epidemic. video runs until next Monday. between difficult and quite use. sprays to clean carcasses at “I thought, There has to impossible.” The chemical compound food-processing plants. In- be a better way,” he said. The clerk sustained mi- Hospitals preempt disclosure requests nor injuries after a strug- News in brief gle with the suspect, who OHA.COM fled with a number of LTC The salaries, perks and re- “When universities be- Robber used bus tickets. METRO tirement benefits of most came subject to FOI, one of hospital CEOs and execu- the first things people BBQ fork: Police Norwalk impacts tives will be made public wanted to see was execu- Tuesday under Ontario’s tive contracts,” said Tom London police are looking hospital visits freedom of information Closson, OHA president for a male suspect who law. and CEO. tried to rob a convenience London Health Sciences Hospitals became sub- “Rather than waiting for store with a barbecue fork Centre is limiting visitors ject to the law Jan. 1, so the requests to come in one at a Sunday. on a portion of the ninth Follow us on Ontario Hospital Associa- time or hospital by hospital Police said a man tried floor inpatient unit of Uni- Twitter tion advised its members to Tom Closson ... we thought it would to rob Goody’s Variety versity Hospital after an @thelondonmetro release executive contracts other documents — by make the most sense to Store at 10 Hawthorne outbreak of Norwalk — along with board min- posting them on their web- proactively disclose these Rd., demanding money virus. Eleven patients utes, financial plans and sites. contracts.” THE CANADIAN PRESS from the clerk. showed symptoms. METRO metronews.ca 03 news TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012 Numbers tell the story Halifax Population: 370,000 Homicides were up significantly for Halifax, with 17 throughout the municipality in 2011. That’s six more than in 2010 and four more than the 2011 was an unusual year for murders in Canada, with some areas setting records previous record of 13 from 2009. Most of the 17 homicides weren’t random, but in for most or fewest homicides Here’s a look at all eight Metro Canada cities late November three teens were charged in the indiscriminate Vancouver Edmonton Winnipeg shooting of a Halifax-area senior Population: 578,000 Population: 730,000 Population: 633,000 out for a walk. The City of Vancouver saw Edmonton saw its deadliest year ever in 2011 — in- Winnipeg saw a record 39 homicides 15 homicides in 2011. The cluding two slayings in the final 24 hours, with a 35- in 2011, up from the previous record final homicide in the city year-old man and a woman in her 20s becoming the of 34. The high number of killings Montreal 47 was the New Year’s Eve stab- 46th and 47th homicide victims. The was attributed to increasing gang vi- Population: 1.6 million bing death of 19-year-old city, which led the country in homi- olence and one instance 3where9 a Montreal saw 35 homicides on its Dylan Cody Smith at an cides, surpassed its previous record woman allegedly set territory in 2011, down two from apartment. In Metro of 39 from 2005. fire to a rooming 2010. In the province of Quebec Vancouver and the Fraser house, killing five oc- there were 102 35 Valley, there 15 cupants. homicides, an in- Ottawa were 35 crease of 28 per Population: 812,000 homicides in cent. Ottawa had 11 2011, accord- homicides in 2011. Four ing to CBC. victims were women and the rest men. Knives were used in five of the Calgary Toronto cases. Three other Population: 988,000 Population: 2.5 million victims were shot, all of Early intervention and funding Toronto recorded 46 murders in 2011, the whom were men with commitments from municipal and provin- lowest number in 25 years. This was the criminal ties. The shoot- cial governments are being touted as ma- fourth straight year of declines since 2007, METRO CANADA/ ings remain unsolved as jor factors in keeping Calgary’s homicide when the city recorded its deadliest year TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE do three other cases: in number at 11, the lowest it’s been in eight (matched in 1991) with 86 homicides. Police one case, the cause of years. The final count is in stark contrast to Chief Bill Blair attributed some of the decline London death has not been re- 46 killings at the height of the 11 to the disruption of gang Population: 352,000 8 leased. 11 city’s gang war in 2008 and activity following sweeping London police reported eight homicides in 2011 — up from seven Ottawa 2009, when roughly three raids carried out across the in 2010 — the most murders on record since slayings spiked to 14 had 10 times the murders were region. in 2005. The last murder was reported on Dec. 27, when Said Had- homicides recorded. bai, 20, was found shot in a parking lot. He died in hospital. in 2010. MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL MOUNT RAINIERSHOOTING Ander - PARK/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS son later Man arrested in L.A. arson probe Suspect in Sunday. SWAT murder of teams DAN STEINBERG/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS more Suspect driving van with British U.S. park used to urban Columbia licence plates: Reports Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters extinguish ranger standoffs Anderson numerous cars on fire in a carport in the Sherman Oaks trekked PIERCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S Authorities arrested a man stopped by a reserve sher- neighbourhood of Los Angeles yesterday. found dead DEPT./THE ASSOCIATED PRESS deep into yesterday in connection iff’s deputy in a van being the back- with dozens of suspected sought by arson investiga- country, arson attacks that de- tors. An armed Iraq War veter- unfamil- stroyed parked cars, More than 50 blazes an suspected of killing a iar terri- scorched buildings and rat- have flared since Friday in Mount Rainier National tory for tled much of the nation’s Hollywood, neighbouring Park ranger managed to them. second-largest city over the West Hollywood and the evade snowshoe-wearing “We Barnes New Year’s weekend. San Fernando Valley, caus- SWAT teams and dogs on have Harry Burkhart, 24, was ing about $3 million in his trail for nearly a day. SWAT team memb ers booked for investigation of damage. He couldn’t, however, es- with snows hoes on the arson of an inhabited Police declined to reveal cape chest-deep snow. side of a mountain,” dwelling and was being any motive for the fires. A plane searching the Pierce County Sheriff’s held without bail, authori- Firefighters have not re- remote wilderness for spokesman Ed Troyer ties said. sponded to any other suspi- Benjamin Colton Barnes, said. “This has never hap- Burkhart was arrested cious fires since Burkhart 24, yesterday discovered pened before.” earlier in the day because was detained, Capt. Jaime his body lying face down Immediately after Sun- he resembled a “person of Moore said. on the mountain hours day’s shooting, police interest” captured on sur- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/WITH FILES from where authorities cleared out the park of veillance video. He was FROM THE CANADIAN PRESS could get to him. The visitors and mounted a cause of death was not manhunt. More officers charged in Grenada beating death immediately made pub- Fear that tourists could lic. be caught in the crossfire “People who know Barnes is believed to in a shootout with Three more Grenada po- ed case, it’s unfortunate,” charged Sunday in the have fled to the remote Barnes, who had survival- Grenada ... will tell lice officers were charged Prime Minister Tillman beating death of 39-year- park on Sunday to hide ist training, prompted of- you that Grenada with manslaughter on Thomas told The Canadian old Oscar Bartholomew of after an earlier shooting ficials to hold more than is the safest Sunday in the beating Press in a phone interview Toronto, who was visiting at a New Year’s house par- 100 people at the visitors’ death of a Canadian as the from his home Sunday the island about 160 kilo- destination in the ty near Seattle that centre before evacuating country’s prime minister night. metres north of Venezuela wounded four, two criti- them in the middle of the Caribbean.” insisted the case isn’t in- A police statement said to see family. The Sunday cally. Authorities suspect night. dicative of the Caribbean officers Edward Gibson, arrests brought the num- TILLMAN THOMAS, he shot ranger Margaret THE ASSOCIATED PRESS island’s law enforcement. Shaun Ganness and Ruddy ber of police suspects to PRIME MINISTER OF GRENADA “This is really an isolat- Felix were arrested and five. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 04 news metronews.ca TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012 Wildfires rage across southern Chile THE ASSOCIATED PRESS One man killed after refusing to evacuate Losses in millions Firefighters in Chile battled three huge wildfires on Israeli charged Monday that have burned about 23,000 hectares of An Israeli tourist, Rotem forest, destroyed more than Singer, 23, has denied a 100 homes and driven away charge of negligently thousands of tourists while starting the Torres del causing millions of dollars Paine fire. in losses. But prosecutor Ivan Vidal The fires also claimed said Singer’s travelling their first victim: An elderly companions said he set man who ignored warnings fire to toilet paper after to leave his home. going to the bathroom, Chile’s normally rainy and then failed to put it southern regions are feel- out completely. ing the effects of a nation- If convicted, he faces up to wide heat wave and two months in jail. drought. The country was President Sebastian Pinera battling 48 fires on Sunday has called for tougher alone, and red alerts were sentences for arson. declared for the regions of Magallanes, Bio Bio and tional park had burned, ru- Maule. ining vacations for some of In the Bio Bio region, the the 150,000 tourists who timber industry is threat- come each year, mostly ened by fire that destroyed during the brief southern an Arauco company paper summer. Strong winds mill. Hundreds of people grounded helicopters and who left their homes were planes, leaving the fight to forced to relocate yet again more than 750 firefighters early Monday as the flames on the ground. Authorities advanced. hoped to reopen the north- In Magallanes, more ern section of the park to Firefighters work to contain a major blaze in Torres del Paine national park in southern Chile yesterday. The fire has burned than seven per cent of the tourists later in the week. at least 12,500 hectares in one of the country’s most spectacular national parks. famed Torres del Paine na- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Show. Of strength Speculation mounts of Mubarak acquittal MOHAMMED AL-LAW/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The trial of Hosni Mubarak resumed in Cairo on Monday amid specula- tion that a recent acquittal of policemen tried in the killings of protesters could be a prelude to the dis- missal of charges against the ousted Egyptian Iranian naval officers celebrate after the successful launch of a Ghader missile at the leader. shore of the Gulf of Oman during a drill on Monday. Mubarak, 83, is accused Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is wheeled of complicity in the killing into a Cairo courthouse on Monday to face charges of HAMED JAFARNEJAD/ FARS NEWS AGENCY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS of more than 800 protest- complicity in the killing of more than 800 protesters during Iranian navy test-fires cruise missile ers during the uprising last year’s uprising. that toppled his 29-year regime last year. Iran test-fired a surface-to-surface cruise missile during a drill that Admiral Habi- He was brought by heli- ing the uprising last Jan. ing in courts in several bollah Sayyari said proved Tehran was in complete control of the strategic Strait copter to the Cairo court- 25 to Feb. 11. The court Egyptian cities. of Hormuz, the passageway for one-sixth of the world’s oil supply. Tehran has house from a hospital said three of the defen- On trial with Mubarak threatened to close the strait as retaliation for new U.S. economic sanctions. where he is held in cus- dants were not at the site are his two sons, Gamal, tody. He was then taken of the killings while the his one-time heir appar- into the defendants’ cage other two fired on protest- ent, and Alaa, along with Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to resume on a gurney, wearing dark ers in self-defence. the nation’s former securi- sunglasses and covered by The ruling angered fam- ty chief and six senior po- a green blanket. ilies of the victims. Ac- lice commanders. The Israeli and Palestinian en- meeting since negotiations breakthrough, the Pales- Another Cairo court on tivists demanded that the Mubaraks face additional voys will meet in Jordan on collapsed in September tinians will abandon the Thursday acquitted five killers be brought to jus- corruption charges in the Tuesday in a last-ditch ef- 2010. But Saeb Erekat, the process and could try policemen of charges of tice and complained that same case. fort to salvage peace talks, chief Palestinian negotia- again for recognition at the killing five protesters dur- similar cases are languish- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the first time the sides are tor, warned that, without a UN. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS business metronews.ca 05 TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012 Media mogul tweets Gas. Up his 2012 resolutions 80-year-old Murdoch joins Twitter for the new year More than 46,000 followers by Monday morning SUSAN WALSH/FILE PHOTO/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rupert Murdoch has begun also started tweeting — the new year by setting up she’s @wendi-deng — refer- in a new field of communi- ring to the setbacks: “A lot cations. He’s started tweet- of bad things happened in ing. 2011 but I hope in 2012 we The media mogul, who is can put them all behind us recovering from perhaps and sail on to a bright fu- his most difficult year in ture for everyone Wxx.” An attendant sells fuel at a petrol station in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday. the business, is posting on She also gently reminds Twitter under the handle fellow tweeters to spell her SUNDAY ALAMBA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS @rupertmurdoch, spokes- first name with an “i” at the Nigeria’s gas prices may fuel unrest woman Daisy Dunlop at end, not a “y.” News International con- The Murdochs’ entry in- firmed Monday. to the world of Twitter was Nigeria is ending fuel subsidies, an official said Sunday, a move that is sure to be The account was opened met with some bemuse- unpopular in the oil-rich nation where citizens see cheap fuel as one of their few over the New Year’s holi- Rupert Murdoch ment and some hostility. government benefits. Two union groups are threatening strikes and protests. day, but many doubted its John Prescott, former authenticity because Mur- U.K. deputy prime minister, doch, 80, has generally “My resolutions, try to came up with one of the Pipeline top of tried to stay out of the spot- maintain humility and al- wittier responses. “Wel- tussle over a proposed constituencies. Some light as his media empire ways curiosity,” he tweets, come to Twitter,” he writes election agenda 2,735-kilometre oil pipeline unions say the pipeline comes under increased making no mention of his to the mogul. “I’ve left you from Alberta to Texas that would create thousands of scrutiny because of wide- business troubles. “And of a Happy New Year message President Barack Obama will force the White House jobs. Environmentalists spread phone hacking at course diet!” on my voicemail!” and Congress are starting to make a risky choice be- fear it could lead to an oil his U.K. newspapers. His wife Wendi Deng has THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the election year locked in a tween two key Democratic spill. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Corporate Canada reaps Career TrAaining CAREER WORTH MANY SMILES! more money: StatsCan DENTAL CHAIRSIDE ASSISTANT PnbtPHarrieaxloislrm ifspsoieateensav r bii annclrMoeg ea ms ids nCiedpnitasil tatn2tieioo0anr n1d rs2aie aal,aS nbieptn oev c$upebo2nthum . ea8sanli5esl- Cepcaysqoas urnEeaaaavtttsndeii onoadcn’n lsis, ms nhsababofoatw nnre$t- krf3-t tish3ne e rarfbminrreio cml clmiiuapoolr anv rcptie onheinrnger-- TMmSXaormkeent tDollar PRICES AS OF 5 P.M. FRIDAY Ac(cid:116)a(cid:1)l(cid:1)(cid:41)sre(cid:70)o(cid:66)e o(cid:77)r(cid:85)f (cid:73)efe(cid:13)d(cid:1)r(cid:39)ui(cid:74)n(cid:85)c(cid:79)ga(cid:70)t I(cid:84)ino(cid:84)-n(cid:1)(cid:66)d (cid:79)ien(cid:69)m (cid:1)t(cid:47)ah(cid:86)ne(cid:85)ds(cid:83)(cid:74)e (cid:85)(cid:74) (cid:80)fi(cid:79)e(cid:1)lds: the private “money sitting the third quarter of 2011. 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Canada...I job. #ece #fanshawe assume caused by a strange @fallenight: Here comes combination of both awe- the snow #ldnont. Will some cities! #ldnont there be a snow day at 38% 50% BANK OF CANADA @k_ksmith: Moving back to #UWO, #Fanshawe for the SHE SAYS ... Snoe wh ayveea ry’osu r ebsroolkuetino nalsl yyeotu?r WTHHEOSE ARE CHICEAF RMNAERYK? #wladnnto tnot disr iovne hino sldu!s pDeoc nteodt f@irpsth draawy rb:aGcoki?ng to Of course you have. Now for- NERDS? snowsqualls #nothankyou #Fanshawe this afternoon. get those lofty ambitions @silentbytes: Am i the only It’ll be like the old days, ex- JESSICA NAPIER that would have you forsake one working today? Down- cept it’s not me that’s METRO all your vices simultaneous- town #ldnont seems dead. going. Haha.... ly, and let’s try to focus on @BrentCornwall: @Slug67:Was that the setting some small goals for the new #OccupyLdnOnt stands in thunder of the 4 horsemen year. 12% support with Electro- in Woodfield just now? I’ve taken the liberty of compiling a PARLIAMENTARY Motive workers locked out Nope, just testing the snow- BUDGET OFFICER list of 12 entirely achievable resolutions KEVIN PAGE? by #Caterpillar. One People, blower. Do your worst, Ol’ that I’d like you (yes YOU) to make and One Struggle. #LdnOnt Man Winter! #ldnont keep for 2012. Don’t worry, I promise to try my best to adhere to them as well. After all, even a few minor changes can make the BINSAR BAKKARA PHOTOS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS world a much better place for me, you and everyone Daily Zoom 1we know. I will stop Keeping Up with the Kardashians once and for all and spend more time with my HHoommeelleessss iinn IInnddoonneessiiaa 2 own family. I will stand right and walk left on escalators. 3 I will stop doing that thing where I see an acquaintance on the street and pretend I don’t know them. We both know what’s going on; 4let’s just stop being awkward and say hello. I will take better care of my hair because some- day I might lose it all. 5 The same thing goes for my money. 6 I will resist the urge to Like a Facebook status update about an engagement or pregnancy in order to prevent a never-ending stream of annoying comment notifications in the days that 7follow. I will stop letting the smug woman behind the GPS navigation voice jeopardize my relationship, and surrender to the fact that 8maybe she does know best. I will recognize that the only things that belong on the dinner table are food and cutlery, not my 9 cellphone. I will stop blaming public transit for my late ar- Half of country’s Living in a rival at the office every single morning and ad- mit to myself (and my boss) that maybe I should rainforests lost concrete jungle be getting up 10 minutes earlier. Alternatively, I will 1think0 of some new excuses for my tardiness. Orphaned baby Veterinarians conduct sur- I will buy the $14 bottle of wine, not the $9 orangutans Septian and gery on an estimated 40- bottle. Yes, I want to save money, but the Seroja play inside a basket year-old orangutan named 12-hours-from-now version of me will at a Conservation Puyul, who suffers from a 1appre1ciate my largesse. Programme facility in Batu broken leg, at their facility I will listen to my mother and wear the ap- Mbelin, North Sumatra, in Batu Mbelin, North propriate footwear for the weather condi- Indonesia. Indonesia has Sumatra, Indonesia. Puyul 12 tions. lost half of its rainforests broke his leg falling from a I will actually pay attention to the auto-cor- in the last half century, tree while being rescued by rect function on my phone and stop send- putting the remaining conservationists after he ing embarrassing typo-filled messages to 50,000 to 60,000 was found roaming a rub- friends and family. After all, “Did you show your orangutans living in scat- ber plantation too close to boss?” is a very different question than “Did you show tered, degraded forests in a village. The vets also your boobs?” frequent, and often dead- found air-rifle-pellet ly, conflict with humans. wounds in Puyul’s body. Read more of Jessica Napier’s columns at metronews.ca/shesays THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS METRO LONDON• 350 Talbot Street • Main Floor London ON • N6A 2R6 • T: 519-434-3556 • Fax: 888-474-3094 • Advertising: 519-434-3556 Ext. 2222 • adinfolondon@ metronews.ca • Distribution: london_ [email protected] •Vice-President and Group Publisher, Metro Eastern Canada Greg Lutes, Managing EditorJim Reyno, Sales ManagerCharlotte Piper, Distribution ManagerRob Delvallet •METRO CANADA:President and Publisher Bill McDonald, Vice-President, SalesQuin Millar, Vice-President, Business Ventures Tracy Day, Vice-President, Marketing & InteractiveJodi Brown, Editor-in-ChiefCharlotte Empey, National Deputy EditorFernando Carneiro, Managing Editor, News & Business Amber Shortt, Managing Editor, Life & EntertainmentDean Lisk, Managing Editor, Night Production Matt LaForge,Associate Managing Editor, News & Business Kristen Thompson, Art DirectorLaila Hakim, National Sales DirectorPeter Bartrem, Director, Marketing & ResearchRobyn Payne scene metronews.ca 07 TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012 Blasting gender roles 2 Bomb Girls is a new series that celebrates the strength of the women who worked in munitions factories during the Second World War Oscar nominee Meg Tilly plays the factory’s supervisor HANDOUT ANNE BRODIE Why Meg Tilly [email protected] quit acting In 1995, Oscar nominee scene Meg Tilly left Hollywood to I took my kids, always, on write, and raise her family, films. My daughter was in including a son with Colin the third grade and I took Firth. her when I did Leaving She’s back in a passion Normal. When we went project, Bomb Girls, set in back, her best friend was an Ajax, Ont., munitions best friends with someone Box office factory during the Second else and there were only World War. seven girls in the class and Tilly relishes her role as she didn’t have anyone to Lorna, whose abusive hus- eat lunch with and she band returned from the cried. I thought this is why war paralyzed and who su- a lot of actors mess up. pervises the girls on the Coming from a factory line. challenging childhood, I Tom Cruise’s new Tilly sat down with didn’t want to leave my mission remains im- Metro to talk about Bomb kids with someone else. If I possible to beat at Girls and gender issues that took them away with me the box office. are still relevant in 2012. six or seven months a year Studio estimates “I have my little chick- they wouldn’t have any Sunday placed Mis- adees to look after on kind of life. I realised what sion: Impossible - Bomb Girls,” says Tilly. would pay me the most for Ghost Protocol in the “Everyone’s younger the least amount of time, No. 1 spot for the than me and there’s all this Meg Tilly, shown in blue, says the reason she left acting was to give her children a chance so I did TV, guest stints and second-straight female power. It’s very to have a normal childhood. saved the money, socked it weekend with $38.3 sweet. away and when I had million. With a “I feel so privileged to enough, I quit. $141.2 million work in this environment. Lorna is nurturing yet stern in One of her charges is do something about them. domestic total, it’s How often can you walk this dangerous place, where Gladys, a headstrong Gender stereotypes dis- the first $100 million back in a chunk of time one spark from a ring or hair- Rosedale debutante played criminating against to this way of being, the hit with Cruise in the and explore it and life in it pin could blow it sky high. by Jodi Balfour. Gladys works women can be dealt with; chivalry of it all. lead role since and love it? I wanted that, “Whoa, she’s in the office but dreams of there are channels you can It wasn’t an easy time to 2006’s Mission: Im- “There is also such good tough!” But why is she joining the line, even as her process these things be a woman and I am nos- possible III. The will for this show. It was tough? If someone makes a father demands that she quit through now. talgic for it. I feel I missed movie led a solid a brave choice to do decision you don’t agree and marry. Balfour says the But it doesn’t mean atti- out on the best time to be New Year’s weekend such an unlikely look with you have to under- series reflects social realities tudes have changed. alive. as Hollywood man- at the Second World War. stand the whys. It’s her job that still exist. And being wartime, they aged fair business to The women had their to keep the factory safe. These issues never become Balfour says the series sucked the marrow out of end a sluggish year jobs and husbands overseas She doesn’t want some irrelevant. We may have inspired nostalgia for a time every day. on a more promising but they were fighting be- dilettante coming here come a long way in gender she never knew. note for 2012. Sher- hind the lines to protect who could kill them all. I issues since the war and Entirely, but I’ve been like Bomb Girls, starring Meg Tilly lock Holmes: A their men and their chil- love the humanness of the the overt discrimination, that all my life. I’ve always and Jodi Balfour, starts Game of Shadows dren at home. They were characters, more noble but those things still exist. felt I was born into the Wednesday night on finished second soldiers.” than they realize. We have the resources to wrong era. I relate so much Global. again with $26.5 mil- lion, raising its DVD Releases Buy it 88888| Rent it 8888 Borrow it 888 | Yawn 88 | Don’t bother 8 domestic total to $132.1 million. The family sequel Alvin Contagion Working as his own cin- China is now returning and the Chipmunks: Genre:Thriller ematographer from a script home with her to Minneso- Chipwrecked was Director:Steven Soderbergh by screenwriter Scott Z. ta, where her new hus- still at No. 3 with $21 Stars: Matt Damon, Kate Burns (The Bourne Ultima- band, Mitch (Matt Damon), million to lift it to Winslet, Jude Law tum), Soderbergh spares and young son are waiting $94.6 million. 811⁄2 few sensibilities in outlin- to welcome her home. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Steven Soderbergh’s Conta- ing how quickly a conta- Beth is barely through gion is the feel-bad movie gion would cross the door when crisis of 2011. A star-studded international boundaries. strikes. As Mitch struggles thriller, it’s reminiscent of Gwyneth Paltrow is Pa- to take in what’s happened 1970s disaster movies, yet tient Zero, a business trav- to his family, governments it’s more grounded in reali- eller named Beth Emhoff, attempt to grasp an escalat- ty. The film details the rap- who is intriguingly intro- ing infection rate and body id spread of a lethal new duced on Day Two of her count as scientists search virus, MEV-1, and does so swiftly developing infec- for a vaccine. delity, a government in- stream movie. Just don’t quite realistically, at least tion — we don’t immedi- At times, Soderbergh quiry and a father-daughter forget to Purell before until an outbreak of ately know what happened seems to lose track of too trek. But Contagion watching. Extras include Berlin film festival to honour maudlin illogic near the on Day One. Whatever many subplots that include demonstrates he still has it making-of featurettes. Meryl Streep for career achievements. end. Beth caught on a trip to a kidnapping, marital infi- in him to deliver a main- PETER HOWELL dish 08 metronews.ca TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012 Russell Brand and Katy Celebrity tweets @lindsaylohan It’s good Perry: What happened? to sit with In 2012 yourself let’s agree @aplusk and have to a resolu- alone time tion to feel one another’s pain & joy, & create the Though the couple appear headed for divorce, details have been scarce peace we desire through proactive generosity. XO ak ALL PHOTOS GETTY IMAGES @kelly_clarkson @AlbertBrooks THE WORD party with people like Ri- hanna. Oh, and Perry’s 5:30 AM is My New family are evangelical definitely Year’s reso- DOROTHY ROBINSON Christians. And, well, too early to lution was to [email protected] Brand is a recovering hero- have to wake stop Without know- in, sex and booze addict. up. tweeting. ing either of the stars, The fame game please join me This has been the busiest as I wildly year for Katy Perry — she McConaughey speculate what became the first woman, drove Brand to and second artist overall pops the question file divorce pa- following Michael Jackson, pers last week. in the 53-year history of the Billboard Hot 100 to Too much, too soon: send five songs from an The two met in 2008 on album to No. 1 with the set of Brand’s comedy her sophomore effort Get Him to the Greek. Af- Teenage Dream. She went ter meeting again at the on a massive tour, MTV Video Music Awards performed at most awards in 2009, the two started shows, and debuted a dating and it was infatua- rainbow of new hair tion at first sight. colours. Just four short months Brand starred in Arthur. later, the two got engaged. Enough said. Perry was just 25. Russell Brand and Katy Perry Matthew McConaughey The two got married at The whip cream bra a tiger sanctuary in India finally ran out eight months later. heroin and sex addict, as ing soccer. You know what they say: It only took five years and on his WhoSay page on well as a recovering alco- Katy Perry sings songs In any relationship, it’s im- two children together, but Christmas Day, accompa- Different lifestyles holic — and is now sober about blacking out on Fri- portant to keep things in- Matthew McConaughey is nied by a photo of the pair Brand is a famous former and likes to stay in, watch- day nights — and likes to teresting in the bedroom. now sure he wants to settle kissing. There’s no word on down with Camila Alves. when the wedding will take “Just asked Camila to place, but chances are the Saldana and marry me. Merry Christ- happy couple aren’t in any mas,” McConaughey posted hurry. METRO Cooper: It’s on ENTER FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN RUN OF ENGAGEMENT PASSES TO SEE After splitting with her fi- ancé of 11 years in No- vember, Zoe Saldana has reportedly moved on to People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive, Bradley Kate Middleton and Prince William Cooper, according to E! News. “They are total- Royal couple keeps ly dating,” a source says of the pair, who things low key co-star in the upcoming film The Words. The source adds that the pair are trying to Prince William and his to be away during this keep their budding re- wife, Kate Middleton, de- time,” a source says. lationship under IN THEATRES JANUARY 13 cided to cancel a holiday The royal couple instead wraps. ski trip because of the con- spent Christmas with the METRO 14A – Graphic violence, substance abuse, Zoe Saldana coarse language tinuing recession in Eng- Queen in Norfolk before To view the trailer visit: land, according to Us spending the rest of the Weekly. holiday week with Middle- www.universalpictures.ca “The palace thinks it ton’s family. To register and for full contest details visit clubmetro.com would send a bad message METRO metronews.ca 09 wellness TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012 3 ISTOCK PHOTO life Germs It’s that time of year when we set resolutions in place. Plan, not procrastinate A study by researchers at Laval University found that bacte- New Year’s resolutions are plentiful right now To make them stick, start making a plan ria thrives on pa- per products and even on unused tailed action plan. CEO of Booty Camp Fit- are a fun and social way to paper towels. Re- CELIA Get fit MILNE Your action plan might ness, a growing company lose weight and get fit. search into bacter- [email protected] look like this: “Monday: dedicated to helping Booty Camp Fitness, which ial transmission walk at the mall 7 p.m. for women get active. is run by women for Here’s three tips for start- from paper towels Want to lose weight by half an hour, medium in- “When you make small- women, has nearly 100 lo- ing the New Year off right. has not previously getting fit? Put it in your tensity.” Wednesday’s plan er changes over time, it be- cations across Canada, in- been well calendar. could be: “Lift weights, at comes less overwhelming cluding British Columbia, Start slow Work your way documented. A Most New Year’s resolu- home, 8 a.m., 20 minutes, and you are more likely to Alberta, Ontario and New up from exercising twice a study of six towel tions fail because they are three repetitions.” And Fri- gain positive momentum Brunswick. Kennedy has week to as many days as brands, all too lofty and vague. “Exer- day’s plan could be: “Boot from actually achieving observed that the most you would like to achieve. commercially sold cise more” is a tough in- camp, at the gym, 5:30 your small goals. You feel successful clients in her Change it up Add in Canada, struction to follow. Where p.m., 45 minutes, full in- positive, you see results eight-week boot camps are something new/different showed all had would you begin? Scientif- tensity.” On Saturday? Get and you are far more likely those who declare their to your fitness routine germs. However, ic studies have found peo- outside and have fun. to be successful in your goals, attend class regular- once a month. recycled towels ple are more likely to be “Baby steps are impor- larger, long-term goals.” ly and make small lifestyle Food is important Eat a were the most physically active if they tant,” says Sammie Boot camps are growing changes they can stick nutritious breakfast every heavily contami- make a realistic and de- Kennedy, the creator and in popularity because they with in their daily lives. morning. nated. No illness was found to be connected to Best Health Minute paper towel use. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BONNIE MUNDAY, cleaning is also a good Toronto. a rise in antibiotic-resis- gen peroxide or bleach EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, way to get rid of germs— Indeed, Health Canada tant bacteria. can kill or inactivate BEST HEALTH just be sure you know warns against using prod- (However, products viruses. Products labeled MAGAZINE which cleaners work, and ucts in the home labelled with antibacterial chemi- ‘disinfectant’ will also in- Wipe Out which ones could make ‘antibacterial’, ‘antimicro- cals may be recommend- activate disease-causing Germs at things worse. Writer Lisa bial’ or ‘bacteria-fighting’, ed in institutional settings bacteria and viruses, and Home Since Bendall checked it out in which typically contain such as hospitals, where don’t necessarily contain germs tend to get passed the December issue of benzalkonium chloride or traffic is high and the vol- the antibacterial chemi- around among family Best Health. triclosan, to kill common ume of germs on surfaces cals health experts recom- members, front-line well- “We don’t need to ster- bacteria and viruses. can be greater.) mend avoiding. ness strategies include fre- ilize our homes; we just These chemicals may So, what works best at And good old vinegar quent handwashing and need to keep them clean,” also wipe out the friendly home? Plain water won’t and water (a 1:1 solution) sneezing into a tissue or says Dr. Camille Lemieux, bacteria we need to fight suffice, but a cleaning may work, too. your sleeve, as well as get- associate director of the germs and stay healthy. product with a surfactant ting a flu shot. But taking University Health Net- Plus, many health ex- detergent will remove the TO CLAIM YOUR FREE ISSUE OF some time this week to do work’s Infection Preven- perts and agencies warn germs we don’t want. BBEESSTT HHEEAALLTTHHM, GAOG .TCOA / wStoumdeyn fi gnedts a n peraernlya tqaul atrhtyerro oidf some post-party house- tion and Control Unit in these products can lead to Products with hydro- METRONEWS check 10 food metronews.ca TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012 Gourmet fried chicken NEWS CANADA BLT Egg Wrap Fritou Fried Chicken favours locally sourced birds and hand-trims each piece Take-out meals offer great value and surprisingly light fried fare PAUL MITCHELL LUNCH RUSH lieve it. The restaurant chain favours locally sourced birds and hand- PAUL MITCHELL trims each piece to remove [email protected] excess fat. It is then mari- Expanding nated and deep-fried. from a string Seating has not yet been of restaurants built so I grab my order in Calgary and head home. Preparation: 1 and Edmon- My four-piece meal Cook bacon in non- Ingredients: ton, Fritou ($9.55), served with home- stick skillet over medi- • Slice chicken or turkey brings its gourmet fried made potato salad and um heat until crisp. Set bacon, cooked chicken to a stylish new, fries, includes a wing, aside; wipe skillet. • Egg but small, location on Rich- breast, thigh and leg. 2 • 1⁄4tsp (1 mL) onion pow- mond. The small popcorn Whisk together egg, der Fritou claims its chicken chicken ($5.99) is cut from onion powder, salt and • Salt and pepper, to taste is healthy and I want to be- cubed breast meat. Bread- pepper in small bowl. • Low-fat flour tortilla ing is nicely seasoned and Pour into skillet; cook, • 2 tsp (10 mL) fat-free not greasy while the meat stirring slightly, over mayonnaise Fritou Fried Chicken is juicy and tender. medium heat. • Leaf lettuce 723 Richmond St. (at Fritou is a welcome ad- 3 • 1 tbsp (30 mL) tomato, Piccadilly) dition. Their take-out Cook until eggs are diced 519-601-2696 meals offer great value for thickened and no visi- Social lunch: No surprisingly light and ele- ble liquid egg remains. Quick Solo Lunch: Yes gant fried chicken. Spread tortilla with bacon, egg and toma- Reservations: No Plans include expanding mayonnaise. Place let- to. Fold wrap and Licensed: No the menu to include other Four-piece chicken meal (above) and popcorn chicken. tuce on top; add serve. NEWS CANADA Rating: 4 out of 5 Southern favourites. Transform cauliflower into a dinner favourite THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fried Caper Vinaigrette Roasting has the power to TYohuis’ llr enceipeed mabaokuets ap lqeunatyr-. Ingredients: CaRuoFlalioflsrtoeewtds er tfcdororaoaondmks,if anotgbric mut tew cjhhtuhensnitis q auabepefo pfiulosi trem tdlaeo ntssoyst I•(•an b23go 0hur meeta L2dd (ksi2 gec t aobnurstl p4isf) l 1:oo⁄2wllibvee)r oil, or ter of it for the cauliflower. • 150 mL (2⁄3cup) olive oil winter vegetables, includ- more if needed The rest can be refrigerat- • 15 mL (1 tbsp) salt-cured ing sweet potatoes, beets, • 10 mL (2 tsp) kosher salt, ed and used on salads. capers, rinsed and fennel, whole shallots, car- or more to taste chopped rots and butternut squash. • Fried caper vinaigrette P1reparation: • 30 mL (2 tbsp) chopped This dish is delicious and • Minced country ham for In a medium sauté pan shallots healthy to boot. Roast one garnish (optional) over medium heat, • 5 mL (1 tsp) grated gar- to two whole heads of cau- heat 50 mL (1⁄4cup) of lic (about 2 cloves) liflower until caramelized, the oil. Add capers, • 75 mL (1⁄3cup) red wine then drizzle on an aromatic are coated with a thin shallots and garlic, vinegar or sherry vinegar vinaigrette of capers, shal- film of oil. Sprinkle with then cook, stirring con- • 5 mL (1 tsp) whole-grain lots and garlic. salt and toss again to stantly, for 2 to 4 min- Dijon mustard The vinaigrette is good distribute evenly. utes, or until just • Pinch sea salt and when all the ingredients 3 starting to brown but ground black pepper are raw, but when you Place florets on the oil is still clear. flash-fry them they become prepared rack. Roast for Transfer to a medium sweet and caramelized. 30 minutes. Use tongs to bowl, including all of tightly sealed contain- turn florets, then roast the cooking oil, and set er for up to 2 days. P1reparation: for another 15 to 20 aside to cool. Makes 250 mL (1 cup). Heat oven to 200 C (400 minutes or until deeply 2 F). Set a wire rack over a caramelized. Once mixture has Tip: Don’t feel like fry- baking sheet. 4 cooled, add vinegar, ing the capers, shallots 2 Return florets to the mustard, salt and pep- and garlic? Give them a Wash and trim both bowl and, while still hot, per. While whisking, rough chop, then add heads of cauliflower, drizzle and toss with a drizzle in remaining them raw to the vinai- cutting out and discard- little of the fried caper oil. Whisk until grette. Salt-cured ing core and cutting top vinaigrette (recipe thoroughly blended. capers should always into large florets. Place follows). Add just Adjust seasoning with be rinsed with cold wa- florets in a large bowl enough vinaigrette to additional salt and ter, then dried with pa- and drizzle with olive lightly coat. Transfer flo- pepper, if necessary, per towels, before oil, then toss (you may rets to a serving platter, and use immediately being used. need to do this in 2 then sprinkle with or refrigerate in a THE ASSOCIATED PRESS This recipe makes 8 servings. batches) until all the sur- minced country ham. faces of the cauliflower THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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CLASSIC COMEBACK 2011’S MURDERS RANGERS TOP FLYERS IN MUCH-HYPED GAME SOME HIGHS {page 13} AND LOWS FOR MEET THE HOMICIDES ACROSS BOMB GIRLS FACTORY WOMEN IN THE COUNTRY {page 3} WWII {page 7} LONDON Tuesday, January 3, 2012 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing. CAW workers set up picket line Some Electro-Motive Diesel workers fear company’s lockout is a step toward moving London jobs to a facility in Indiana Others consider the latest contract offer a ‘union-busting’ attempt by the locomotive maker ANGELA MULLINS/METRO ANGELA MULLINS Electro-Motive Diesel @METRONEWS.CA The company, which makes loco- About 100 Canadian Auto Work- motives, is based in LaGrange, ers were walking a picket line Ill., and has about 750 employees outside Electro-Motive Diesel on in London. It’s a subsidiary of Monday, blocking a van full of Progress Rail Services, an operat- workers attempting to gain ing division of heavy-equipment access to the plant. giant Caterpillar. Production at the Oxford Street East site was idled late “Therefore, (Electro-Motive Sunday after the company locked Canada) is seeking the assurance out about 420 Canadian Auto of a prompt ratification of the Workers following months of company’s last offer and has failed contract talks. instituted a lockout at the Mike Rossit, a CAW represen- London facility until a ratified tative and an Electro-Motive contract is in place,” the release employee, said picketers are in continued. “Given the union has for the long haul. indicated its members are “We wanted to come in and willing to work under those bargain in good faith and keep terms, we are hopeful of a speedy the lines of communication (with ratification allowing union mem- the company) open,” Rossit said bers to return to work.” as people huddled around burn Contract negotiations, which barrels and waved union flags. started nearly a year ago, broke The company issued a off for the last time Dec. 27, with statement Sunday saying the union members standing firmly union’s “changing positions have against a proposed 55 per cent created an environment of cut in wages and benefits, Rossit uncertainty that is not in the said. Locked out Electro-Motive workers stand near burn barrels Monday morning while walking a picket line outside best interests of the company’s CAW voted in favour of strike the plant at 2021 Oxford St. E. The company locked out workers, many of them members of the Canadian employees, customers, suppliers action Friday — a day before the Auto Workers Local 27, on Sunday. The move came after months of failed contract negotiations. and owners. existing contract expired. 02 news: london metronews.ca TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012 1 A greener Salt. Sprinkling way to trash the Christmas tree Christmas tree recycling is available until Monday, Jan. 9. You can drop off your news tree at one of six depots: South London: Amway (Exeter Road, by White Oak Road (west end of Justin Link, with Parkside Landscaping, sprinkles salt parking lot); Mitches Park along Richmond Row as snow squalls move through the (Upper Queens Avenue city Monday. Link had shovelled and salted sidewalks near parking lot). Victoria Park several times by Monday evening, making it Central: St. Julien his busiest day so far this winter. Works Yard (south end of St. Julien Street). ANGELA MULLINS/METRO East: Stronach Park Temperatures to Environment Canada was forecasting snow squalls well into Tuesday (Beckworth Avenue park- morning, bringing up to 25 centimetres of snow in the London area. ing lot). hover below zero Temperatures are expected to stay well below the freezing mark West: Springbank Park Tuesday, with a high of -10 C, and an overnight low of -12 C. (west entrance parking lot Montreal’s revamped by Boler Road). Cosmodome offers visitors a North: Masonville Place chance to explore the universe Cooking up a deep clean at a fraction of the $35-million (northwest parking lot, by cost of being a space tourist. Nash Jewellers). Scan the code for the story. After Jan. 9, Christmas trees and holiday greenery To scan 2D barcodes in can be taken to a commu- Metro, download the nity EnviroDepot (see your London men put old cleaning technology to new use on keyboards free ScanLife app at waste reduction and con- 2dscan.com. servation calendar or lon- Cellphones, TV remotes among things that could be cleaned: Creators don.ca) or placed out at On the web at the curb with regular ANGELA That’s the way Mike How it works stead of spraying the com- metronews.ca garbage. METRO MULLINS Brock, president and CEO pound, the sterilization @METRONEWS.CA of Adept Chemical Technol- unit (called Log-vi) turns the Edmonton TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE/FILE ogy, sums it up. 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Arscott’s inspiration? snowflakes. cleaning fancy. The fact re- keyboards to medical Watching on TV as hospi- Video at mains that killing all the equipment. — chlorine dioxide — used tals tossed out “dirty” com- gook that builds up over The unit takes old tech- in the cleansing is the same puter keyboards during the metronews.ca/ Christmas tree recycling time is, well, “somewhere nology and puts it to a new one Brock’s company SARS epidemic. video runs until next Monday. between difficult and quite use. sprays to clean carcasses at “I thought, There has to impossible.” The chemical compound food-processing plants. In- be a better way,” he said. The clerk sustained mi- Hospitals preempt disclosure requests nor injuries after a strug- News in brief gle with the suspect, who OHA.COM fled with a number of LTC The salaries, perks and re- “When universities be- Robber used bus tickets. METRO tirement benefits of most came subject to FOI, one of hospital CEOs and execu- the first things people BBQ fork: Police Norwalk impacts tives will be made public wanted to see was execu- Tuesday under Ontario’s tive contracts,” said Tom London police are looking hospital visits freedom of information Closson, OHA president for a male suspect who law. and CEO. tried to rob a convenience London Health Sciences Hospitals became sub- “Rather than waiting for store with a barbecue fork Centre is limiting visitors ject to the law Jan. 1, so the requests to come in one at a Sunday. on a portion of the ninth Follow us on Ontario Hospital Associa- time or hospital by hospital Police said a man tried floor inpatient unit of Uni- Twitter tion advised its members to Tom Closson ... we thought it would to rob Goody’s Variety versity Hospital after an @thelondonmetro release executive contracts other documents — by make the most sense to Store at 10 Hawthorne outbreak of Norwalk — along with board min- posting them on their web- proactively disclose these Rd., demanding money virus. Eleven patients utes, financial plans and sites. contracts.” THE CANADIAN PRESS from the clerk. showed symptoms. METRO metronews.ca 03 news TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012 Numbers tell the story Halifax Population: 370,000 Homicides were up significantly for Halifax, with 17 throughout the municipality in 2011. That’s six more than in 2010 and four more than the 2011 was an unusual year for murders in Canada, with some areas setting records previous record of 13 from 2009. Most of the 17 homicides weren’t random, but in for most or fewest homicides Here’s a look at all eight Metro Canada cities late November three teens were charged in the indiscriminate Vancouver Edmonton Winnipeg shooting of a Halifax-area senior Population: 578,000 Population: 730,000 Population: 633,000 out for a walk. The City of Vancouver saw Edmonton saw its deadliest year ever in 2011 — in- Winnipeg saw a record 39 homicides 15 homicides in 2011. The cluding two slayings in the final 24 hours, with a 35- in 2011, up from the previous record final homicide in the city year-old man and a woman in her 20s becoming the of 34. The high number of killings Montreal 47 was the New Year’s Eve stab- 46th and 47th homicide victims. The was attributed to increasing gang vi- Population: 1.6 million bing death of 19-year-old city, which led the country in homi- olence and one instance 3where9 a Montreal saw 35 homicides on its Dylan Cody Smith at an cides, surpassed its previous record woman allegedly set territory in 2011, down two from apartment. In Metro of 39 from 2005. fire to a rooming 2010. In the province of Quebec Vancouver and the Fraser house, killing five oc- there were 102 35 Valley, there 15 cupants. homicides, an in- Ottawa were 35 crease of 28 per Population: 812,000 homicides in cent. Ottawa had 11 2011, accord- homicides in 2011. Four ing to CBC. victims were women and the rest men. Knives were used in five of the Calgary Toronto cases. Three other Population: 988,000 Population: 2.5 million victims were shot, all of Early intervention and funding Toronto recorded 46 murders in 2011, the whom were men with commitments from municipal and provin- lowest number in 25 years. This was the criminal ties. The shoot- cial governments are being touted as ma- fourth straight year of declines since 2007, METRO CANADA/ ings remain unsolved as jor factors in keeping Calgary’s homicide when the city recorded its deadliest year TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE do three other cases: in number at 11, the lowest it’s been in eight (matched in 1991) with 86 homicides. Police one case, the cause of years. The final count is in stark contrast to Chief Bill Blair attributed some of the decline London death has not been re- 46 killings at the height of the 11 to the disruption of gang Population: 352,000 8 leased. 11 city’s gang war in 2008 and activity following sweeping London police reported eight homicides in 2011 — up from seven Ottawa 2009, when roughly three raids carried out across the in 2010 — the most murders on record since slayings spiked to 14 had 10 times the murders were region. in 2005. The last murder was reported on Dec. 27, when Said Had- homicides recorded. bai, 20, was found shot in a parking lot. He died in hospital. in 2010. MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL MOUNT RAINIERSHOOTING Ander - PARK/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS son later Man arrested in L.A. arson probe Suspect in Sunday. SWAT murder of teams DAN STEINBERG/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS more Suspect driving van with British U.S. park used to urban Columbia licence plates: Reports Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters extinguish ranger standoffs Anderson numerous cars on fire in a carport in the Sherman Oaks trekked PIERCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S Authorities arrested a man stopped by a reserve sher- neighbourhood of Los Angeles yesterday. found dead DEPT./THE ASSOCIATED PRESS deep into yesterday in connection iff’s deputy in a van being the back- with dozens of suspected sought by arson investiga- country, arson attacks that de- tors. An armed Iraq War veter- unfamil- stroyed parked cars, More than 50 blazes an suspected of killing a iar terri- scorched buildings and rat- have flared since Friday in Mount Rainier National tory for tled much of the nation’s Hollywood, neighbouring Park ranger managed to them. second-largest city over the West Hollywood and the evade snowshoe-wearing “We Barnes New Year’s weekend. San Fernando Valley, caus- SWAT teams and dogs on have Harry Burkhart, 24, was ing about $3 million in his trail for nearly a day. SWAT team memb ers booked for investigation of damage. He couldn’t, however, es- with snows hoes on the arson of an inhabited Police declined to reveal cape chest-deep snow. side of a mountain,” dwelling and was being any motive for the fires. A plane searching the Pierce County Sheriff’s held without bail, authori- Firefighters have not re- remote wilderness for spokesman Ed Troyer ties said. sponded to any other suspi- Benjamin Colton Barnes, said. “This has never hap- Burkhart was arrested cious fires since Burkhart 24, yesterday discovered pened before.” earlier in the day because was detained, Capt. Jaime his body lying face down Immediately after Sun- he resembled a “person of Moore said. on the mountain hours day’s shooting, police interest” captured on sur- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/WITH FILES from where authorities cleared out the park of veillance video. He was FROM THE CANADIAN PRESS could get to him. The visitors and mounted a cause of death was not manhunt. More officers charged in Grenada beating death immediately made pub- Fear that tourists could lic. be caught in the crossfire “People who know Barnes is believed to in a shootout with Three more Grenada po- ed case, it’s unfortunate,” charged Sunday in the have fled to the remote Barnes, who had survival- Grenada ... will tell lice officers were charged Prime Minister Tillman beating death of 39-year- park on Sunday to hide ist training, prompted of- you that Grenada with manslaughter on Thomas told The Canadian old Oscar Bartholomew of after an earlier shooting ficials to hold more than is the safest Sunday in the beating Press in a phone interview Toronto, who was visiting at a New Year’s house par- 100 people at the visitors’ death of a Canadian as the from his home Sunday the island about 160 kilo- destination in the ty near Seattle that centre before evacuating country’s prime minister night. metres north of Venezuela wounded four, two criti- them in the middle of the Caribbean.” insisted the case isn’t in- A police statement said to see family. The Sunday cally. Authorities suspect night. dicative of the Caribbean officers Edward Gibson, arrests brought the num- TILLMAN THOMAS, he shot ranger Margaret THE ASSOCIATED PRESS island’s law enforcement. Shaun Ganness and Ruddy ber of police suspects to PRIME MINISTER OF GRENADA “This is really an isolat- Felix were arrested and five. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 04 news metronews.ca TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012 Wildfires rage across southern Chile THE ASSOCIATED PRESS One man killed after refusing to evacuate Losses in millions Firefighters in Chile battled three huge wildfires on Israeli charged Monday that have burned about 23,000 hectares of An Israeli tourist, Rotem forest, destroyed more than Singer, 23, has denied a 100 homes and driven away charge of negligently thousands of tourists while starting the Torres del causing millions of dollars Paine fire. in losses. But prosecutor Ivan Vidal The fires also claimed said Singer’s travelling their first victim: An elderly companions said he set man who ignored warnings fire to toilet paper after to leave his home. going to the bathroom, Chile’s normally rainy and then failed to put it southern regions are feel- out completely. ing the effects of a nation- If convicted, he faces up to wide heat wave and two months in jail. drought. The country was President Sebastian Pinera battling 48 fires on Sunday has called for tougher alone, and red alerts were sentences for arson. declared for the regions of Magallanes, Bio Bio and tional park had burned, ru- Maule. ining vacations for some of In the Bio Bio region, the the 150,000 tourists who timber industry is threat- come each year, mostly ened by fire that destroyed during the brief southern an Arauco company paper summer. Strong winds mill. Hundreds of people grounded helicopters and who left their homes were planes, leaving the fight to forced to relocate yet again more than 750 firefighters early Monday as the flames on the ground. Authorities advanced. hoped to reopen the north- In Magallanes, more ern section of the park to Firefighters work to contain a major blaze in Torres del Paine national park in southern Chile yesterday. The fire has burned than seven per cent of the tourists later in the week. at least 12,500 hectares in one of the country’s most spectacular national parks. famed Torres del Paine na- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Show. Of strength Speculation mounts of Mubarak acquittal MOHAMMED AL-LAW/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The trial of Hosni Mubarak resumed in Cairo on Monday amid specula- tion that a recent acquittal of policemen tried in the killings of protesters could be a prelude to the dis- missal of charges against the ousted Egyptian Iranian naval officers celebrate after the successful launch of a Ghader missile at the leader. shore of the Gulf of Oman during a drill on Monday. Mubarak, 83, is accused Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is wheeled of complicity in the killing into a Cairo courthouse on Monday to face charges of HAMED JAFARNEJAD/ FARS NEWS AGENCY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS of more than 800 protest- complicity in the killing of more than 800 protesters during Iranian navy test-fires cruise missile ers during the uprising last year’s uprising. that toppled his 29-year regime last year. Iran test-fired a surface-to-surface cruise missile during a drill that Admiral Habi- He was brought by heli- ing the uprising last Jan. ing in courts in several bollah Sayyari said proved Tehran was in complete control of the strategic Strait copter to the Cairo court- 25 to Feb. 11. The court Egyptian cities. of Hormuz, the passageway for one-sixth of the world’s oil supply. Tehran has house from a hospital said three of the defen- On trial with Mubarak threatened to close the strait as retaliation for new U.S. economic sanctions. where he is held in cus- dants were not at the site are his two sons, Gamal, tody. He was then taken of the killings while the his one-time heir appar- into the defendants’ cage other two fired on protest- ent, and Alaa, along with Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to resume on a gurney, wearing dark ers in self-defence. the nation’s former securi- sunglasses and covered by The ruling angered fam- ty chief and six senior po- a green blanket. ilies of the victims. Ac- lice commanders. The Israeli and Palestinian en- meeting since negotiations breakthrough, the Pales- Another Cairo court on tivists demanded that the Mubaraks face additional voys will meet in Jordan on collapsed in September tinians will abandon the Thursday acquitted five killers be brought to jus- corruption charges in the Tuesday in a last-ditch ef- 2010. But Saeb Erekat, the process and could try policemen of charges of tice and complained that same case. fort to salvage peace talks, chief Palestinian negotia- again for recognition at the killing five protesters dur- similar cases are languish- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the first time the sides are tor, warned that, without a UN. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS business metronews.ca 05 TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012 Media mogul tweets Gas. Up his 2012 resolutions 80-year-old Murdoch joins Twitter for the new year More than 46,000 followers by Monday morning SUSAN WALSH/FILE PHOTO/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rupert Murdoch has begun also started tweeting — the new year by setting up she’s @wendi-deng — refer- in a new field of communi- ring to the setbacks: “A lot cations. He’s started tweet- of bad things happened in ing. 2011 but I hope in 2012 we The media mogul, who is can put them all behind us recovering from perhaps and sail on to a bright fu- his most difficult year in ture for everyone Wxx.” An attendant sells fuel at a petrol station in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday. the business, is posting on She also gently reminds Twitter under the handle fellow tweeters to spell her SUNDAY ALAMBA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS @rupertmurdoch, spokes- first name with an “i” at the Nigeria’s gas prices may fuel unrest woman Daisy Dunlop at end, not a “y.” News International con- The Murdochs’ entry in- firmed Monday. to the world of Twitter was Nigeria is ending fuel subsidies, an official said Sunday, a move that is sure to be The account was opened met with some bemuse- unpopular in the oil-rich nation where citizens see cheap fuel as one of their few over the New Year’s holi- Rupert Murdoch ment and some hostility. government benefits. Two union groups are threatening strikes and protests. day, but many doubted its John Prescott, former authenticity because Mur- U.K. deputy prime minister, doch, 80, has generally “My resolutions, try to came up with one of the Pipeline top of tried to stay out of the spot- maintain humility and al- wittier responses. “Wel- tussle over a proposed constituencies. Some light as his media empire ways curiosity,” he tweets, come to Twitter,” he writes election agenda 2,735-kilometre oil pipeline unions say the pipeline comes under increased making no mention of his to the mogul. “I’ve left you from Alberta to Texas that would create thousands of scrutiny because of wide- business troubles. “And of a Happy New Year message President Barack Obama will force the White House jobs. Environmentalists spread phone hacking at course diet!” on my voicemail!” and Congress are starting to make a risky choice be- fear it could lead to an oil his U.K. newspapers. His wife Wendi Deng has THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the election year locked in a tween two key Democratic spill. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Corporate Canada reaps Career TrAaining CAREER WORTH MANY SMILES! more money: StatsCan DENTAL CHAIRSIDE ASSISTANT PnbtPHarrieaxloislrm ifspsoieateensav r bii annclrMoeg ea ms ids nCiedpnitasil tatn2tieioo0anr n1d rs2aie aal,aS nbieptn oev c$upebo2nthum . ea8sanli5esl- Cepcaysqoas urnEeaaaavtttsndeii onoadcn’n lsis, ms nhsababofoatw nnre$t- krf3-t tish3ne e rarfbminrreio cml clmiiuapoolr anv rcptie onheinrnger-- TMmSXaormkeent tDollar PRICES AS OF 5 P.M. FRIDAY Ac(cid:116)a(cid:1)l(cid:1)(cid:41)sre(cid:70)o(cid:66)e o(cid:77)r(cid:85)f (cid:73)efe(cid:13)d(cid:1)r(cid:39)ui(cid:74)n(cid:85)c(cid:79)ga(cid:70)t I(cid:84)ino(cid:84)-n(cid:1)(cid:66)d (cid:79)ien(cid:69)m (cid:1)t(cid:47)ah(cid:86)ne(cid:85)ds(cid:83)(cid:74)e (cid:85)(cid:74) (cid:80)fi(cid:79)e(cid:1)lds: the private “money sitting the third quarter of 2011. 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I’ve taken the liberty of compiling a PARLIAMENTARY Motive workers locked out Nope, just testing the snow- BUDGET OFFICER list of 12 entirely achievable resolutions KEVIN PAGE? by #Caterpillar. One People, blower. Do your worst, Ol’ that I’d like you (yes YOU) to make and One Struggle. #LdnOnt Man Winter! #ldnont keep for 2012. Don’t worry, I promise to try my best to adhere to them as well. After all, even a few minor changes can make the BINSAR BAKKARA PHOTOS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS world a much better place for me, you and everyone Daily Zoom 1we know. I will stop Keeping Up with the Kardashians once and for all and spend more time with my HHoommeelleessss iinn IInnddoonneessiiaa 2 own family. I will stand right and walk left on escalators. 3 I will stop doing that thing where I see an acquaintance on the street and pretend I don’t know them. We both know what’s going on; 4let’s just stop being awkward and say hello. I will take better care of my hair because some- day I might lose it all. 5 The same thing goes for my money. 6 I will resist the urge to Like a Facebook status update about an engagement or pregnancy in order to prevent a never-ending stream of annoying comment notifications in the days that 7follow. I will stop letting the smug woman behind the GPS navigation voice jeopardize my relationship, and surrender to the fact that 8maybe she does know best. I will recognize that the only things that belong on the dinner table are food and cutlery, not my 9 cellphone. I will stop blaming public transit for my late ar- Half of country’s Living in a rival at the office every single morning and ad- mit to myself (and my boss) that maybe I should rainforests lost concrete jungle be getting up 10 minutes earlier. Alternatively, I will 1think0 of some new excuses for my tardiness. Orphaned baby Veterinarians conduct sur- I will buy the $14 bottle of wine, not the $9 orangutans Septian and gery on an estimated 40- bottle. Yes, I want to save money, but the Seroja play inside a basket year-old orangutan named 12-hours-from-now version of me will at a Conservation Puyul, who suffers from a 1appre1ciate my largesse. Programme facility in Batu broken leg, at their facility I will listen to my mother and wear the ap- Mbelin, North Sumatra, in Batu Mbelin, North propriate footwear for the weather condi- Indonesia. Indonesia has Sumatra, Indonesia. Puyul 12 tions. lost half of its rainforests broke his leg falling from a I will actually pay attention to the auto-cor- in the last half century, tree while being rescued by rect function on my phone and stop send- putting the remaining conservationists after he ing embarrassing typo-filled messages to 50,000 to 60,000 was found roaming a rub- friends and family. After all, “Did you show your orangutans living in scat- ber plantation too close to boss?” is a very different question than “Did you show tered, degraded forests in a village. The vets also your boobs?” frequent, and often dead- found air-rifle-pellet ly, conflict with humans. wounds in Puyul’s body. Read more of Jessica Napier’s columns at metronews.ca/shesays THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS METRO LONDON• 350 Talbot Street • Main Floor London ON • N6A 2R6 • T: 519-434-3556 • Fax: 888-474-3094 • Advertising: 519-434-3556 Ext. 2222 • adinfolondon@ metronews.ca • Distribution: london_ [email protected] •Vice-President and Group Publisher, Metro Eastern Canada Greg Lutes, Managing EditorJim Reyno, Sales ManagerCharlotte Piper, Distribution ManagerRob Delvallet •METRO CANADA:President and Publisher Bill McDonald, Vice-President, SalesQuin Millar, Vice-President, Business Ventures Tracy Day, Vice-President, Marketing & InteractiveJodi Brown, Editor-in-ChiefCharlotte Empey, National Deputy EditorFernando Carneiro, Managing Editor, News & Business Amber Shortt, Managing Editor, Life & EntertainmentDean Lisk, Managing Editor, Night Production Matt LaForge,Associate Managing Editor, News & Business Kristen Thompson, Art DirectorLaila Hakim, National Sales DirectorPeter Bartrem, Director, Marketing & ResearchRobyn Payne scene metronews.ca 07 TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012 Blasting gender roles 2 Bomb Girls is a new series that celebrates the strength of the women who worked in munitions factories during the Second World War Oscar nominee Meg Tilly plays the factory’s supervisor HANDOUT ANNE BRODIE Why Meg Tilly [email protected] quit acting In 1995, Oscar nominee scene Meg Tilly left Hollywood to I took my kids, always, on write, and raise her family, films. My daughter was in including a son with Colin the third grade and I took Firth. her when I did Leaving She’s back in a passion Normal. When we went project, Bomb Girls, set in back, her best friend was an Ajax, Ont., munitions best friends with someone Box office factory during the Second else and there were only World War. seven girls in the class and Tilly relishes her role as she didn’t have anyone to Lorna, whose abusive hus- eat lunch with and she band returned from the cried. I thought this is why war paralyzed and who su- a lot of actors mess up. pervises the girls on the Coming from a factory line. challenging childhood, I Tom Cruise’s new Tilly sat down with didn’t want to leave my mission remains im- Metro to talk about Bomb kids with someone else. If I possible to beat at Girls and gender issues that took them away with me the box office. are still relevant in 2012. six or seven months a year Studio estimates “I have my little chick- they wouldn’t have any Sunday placed Mis- adees to look after on kind of life. I realised what sion: Impossible - Bomb Girls,” says Tilly. would pay me the most for Ghost Protocol in the “Everyone’s younger the least amount of time, No. 1 spot for the than me and there’s all this Meg Tilly, shown in blue, says the reason she left acting was to give her children a chance so I did TV, guest stints and second-straight female power. It’s very to have a normal childhood. saved the money, socked it weekend with $38.3 sweet. away and when I had million. With a “I feel so privileged to enough, I quit. $141.2 million work in this environment. Lorna is nurturing yet stern in One of her charges is do something about them. domestic total, it’s How often can you walk this dangerous place, where Gladys, a headstrong Gender stereotypes dis- the first $100 million back in a chunk of time one spark from a ring or hair- Rosedale debutante played criminating against to this way of being, the hit with Cruise in the and explore it and life in it pin could blow it sky high. by Jodi Balfour. Gladys works women can be dealt with; chivalry of it all. lead role since and love it? I wanted that, “Whoa, she’s in the office but dreams of there are channels you can It wasn’t an easy time to 2006’s Mission: Im- “There is also such good tough!” But why is she joining the line, even as her process these things be a woman and I am nos- possible III. The will for this show. It was tough? If someone makes a father demands that she quit through now. talgic for it. I feel I missed movie led a solid a brave choice to do decision you don’t agree and marry. Balfour says the But it doesn’t mean atti- out on the best time to be New Year’s weekend such an unlikely look with you have to under- series reflects social realities tudes have changed. alive. as Hollywood man- at the Second World War. stand the whys. It’s her job that still exist. And being wartime, they aged fair business to The women had their to keep the factory safe. These issues never become Balfour says the series sucked the marrow out of end a sluggish year jobs and husbands overseas She doesn’t want some irrelevant. We may have inspired nostalgia for a time every day. on a more promising but they were fighting be- dilettante coming here come a long way in gender she never knew. note for 2012. Sher- hind the lines to protect who could kill them all. I issues since the war and Entirely, but I’ve been like Bomb Girls, starring Meg Tilly lock Holmes: A their men and their chil- love the humanness of the the overt discrimination, that all my life. I’ve always and Jodi Balfour, starts Game of Shadows dren at home. They were characters, more noble but those things still exist. felt I was born into the Wednesday night on finished second soldiers.” than they realize. We have the resources to wrong era. I relate so much Global. again with $26.5 mil- lion, raising its DVD Releases Buy it 88888| Rent it 8888 Borrow it 888 | Yawn 88 | Don’t bother 8 domestic total to $132.1 million. The family sequel Alvin Contagion Working as his own cin- China is now returning and the Chipmunks: Genre:Thriller ematographer from a script home with her to Minneso- Chipwrecked was Director:Steven Soderbergh by screenwriter Scott Z. ta, where her new hus- still at No. 3 with $21 Stars: Matt Damon, Kate Burns (The Bourne Ultima- band, Mitch (Matt Damon), million to lift it to Winslet, Jude Law tum), Soderbergh spares and young son are waiting $94.6 million. 811⁄2 few sensibilities in outlin- to welcome her home. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Steven Soderbergh’s Conta- ing how quickly a conta- Beth is barely through gion is the feel-bad movie gion would cross the door when crisis of 2011. A star-studded international boundaries. strikes. As Mitch struggles thriller, it’s reminiscent of Gwyneth Paltrow is Pa- to take in what’s happened 1970s disaster movies, yet tient Zero, a business trav- to his family, governments it’s more grounded in reali- eller named Beth Emhoff, attempt to grasp an escalat- ty. The film details the rap- who is intriguingly intro- ing infection rate and body id spread of a lethal new duced on Day Two of her count as scientists search virus, MEV-1, and does so swiftly developing infec- for a vaccine. delity, a government in- stream movie. Just don’t quite realistically, at least tion — we don’t immedi- At times, Soderbergh quiry and a father-daughter forget to Purell before until an outbreak of ately know what happened seems to lose track of too trek. But Contagion watching. Extras include Berlin film festival to honour maudlin illogic near the on Day One. Whatever many subplots that include demonstrates he still has it making-of featurettes. Meryl Streep for career achievements. end. Beth caught on a trip to a kidnapping, marital infi- in him to deliver a main- PETER HOWELL dish 08 metronews.ca TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012 Russell Brand and Katy Celebrity tweets @lindsaylohan It’s good Perry: What happened? to sit with In 2012 yourself let’s agree @aplusk and have to a resolu- alone time tion to feel one another’s pain & joy, & create the Though the couple appear headed for divorce, details have been scarce peace we desire through proactive generosity. XO ak ALL PHOTOS GETTY IMAGES @kelly_clarkson @AlbertBrooks THE WORD party with people like Ri- hanna. Oh, and Perry’s 5:30 AM is My New family are evangelical definitely Year’s reso- DOROTHY ROBINSON Christians. And, well, too early to lution was to [email protected] Brand is a recovering hero- have to wake stop Without know- in, sex and booze addict. up. tweeting. ing either of the stars, The fame game please join me This has been the busiest as I wildly year for Katy Perry — she McConaughey speculate what became the first woman, drove Brand to and second artist overall pops the question file divorce pa- following Michael Jackson, pers last week. in the 53-year history of the Billboard Hot 100 to Too much, too soon: send five songs from an The two met in 2008 on album to No. 1 with the set of Brand’s comedy her sophomore effort Get Him to the Greek. Af- Teenage Dream. She went ter meeting again at the on a massive tour, MTV Video Music Awards performed at most awards in 2009, the two started shows, and debuted a dating and it was infatua- rainbow of new hair tion at first sight. colours. Just four short months Brand starred in Arthur. later, the two got engaged. Enough said. Perry was just 25. Russell Brand and Katy Perry Matthew McConaughey The two got married at The whip cream bra a tiger sanctuary in India finally ran out eight months later. heroin and sex addict, as ing soccer. You know what they say: It only took five years and on his WhoSay page on well as a recovering alco- Katy Perry sings songs In any relationship, it’s im- two children together, but Christmas Day, accompa- Different lifestyles holic — and is now sober about blacking out on Fri- portant to keep things in- Matthew McConaughey is nied by a photo of the pair Brand is a famous former and likes to stay in, watch- day nights — and likes to teresting in the bedroom. now sure he wants to settle kissing. There’s no word on down with Camila Alves. when the wedding will take “Just asked Camila to place, but chances are the Saldana and marry me. Merry Christ- happy couple aren’t in any mas,” McConaughey posted hurry. METRO Cooper: It’s on ENTER FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN RUN OF ENGAGEMENT PASSES TO SEE After splitting with her fi- ancé of 11 years in No- vember, Zoe Saldana has reportedly moved on to People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive, Bradley Kate Middleton and Prince William Cooper, according to E! News. “They are total- Royal couple keeps ly dating,” a source says of the pair, who things low key co-star in the upcoming film The Words. The source adds that the pair are trying to Prince William and his to be away during this keep their budding re- wife, Kate Middleton, de- time,” a source says. lationship under IN THEATRES JANUARY 13 cided to cancel a holiday The royal couple instead wraps. ski trip because of the con- spent Christmas with the METRO 14A – Graphic violence, substance abuse, Zoe Saldana coarse language tinuing recession in Eng- Queen in Norfolk before To view the trailer visit: land, according to Us spending the rest of the Weekly. holiday week with Middle- www.universalpictures.ca “The palace thinks it ton’s family. To register and for full contest details visit clubmetro.com would send a bad message METRO metronews.ca 09 wellness TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012 3 ISTOCK PHOTO life Germs It’s that time of year when we set resolutions in place. Plan, not procrastinate A study by researchers at Laval University found that bacte- New Year’s resolutions are plentiful right now To make them stick, start making a plan ria thrives on pa- per products and even on unused tailed action plan. CEO of Booty Camp Fit- are a fun and social way to paper towels. Re- CELIA Get fit MILNE Your action plan might ness, a growing company lose weight and get fit. search into bacter- [email protected] look like this: “Monday: dedicated to helping Booty Camp Fitness, which ial transmission walk at the mall 7 p.m. for women get active. is run by women for Here’s three tips for start- from paper towels Want to lose weight by half an hour, medium in- “When you make small- women, has nearly 100 lo- ing the New Year off right. has not previously getting fit? Put it in your tensity.” Wednesday’s plan er changes over time, it be- cations across Canada, in- been well calendar. could be: “Lift weights, at comes less overwhelming cluding British Columbia, Start slow Work your way documented. A Most New Year’s resolu- home, 8 a.m., 20 minutes, and you are more likely to Alberta, Ontario and New up from exercising twice a study of six towel tions fail because they are three repetitions.” And Fri- gain positive momentum Brunswick. Kennedy has week to as many days as brands, all too lofty and vague. “Exer- day’s plan could be: “Boot from actually achieving observed that the most you would like to achieve. commercially sold cise more” is a tough in- camp, at the gym, 5:30 your small goals. You feel successful clients in her Change it up Add in Canada, struction to follow. Where p.m., 45 minutes, full in- positive, you see results eight-week boot camps are something new/different showed all had would you begin? Scientif- tensity.” On Saturday? Get and you are far more likely those who declare their to your fitness routine germs. However, ic studies have found peo- outside and have fun. to be successful in your goals, attend class regular- once a month. recycled towels ple are more likely to be “Baby steps are impor- larger, long-term goals.” ly and make small lifestyle Food is important Eat a were the most physically active if they tant,” says Sammie Boot camps are growing changes they can stick nutritious breakfast every heavily contami- make a realistic and de- Kennedy, the creator and in popularity because they with in their daily lives. morning. nated. No illness was found to be connected to Best Health Minute paper towel use. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BONNIE MUNDAY, cleaning is also a good Toronto. a rise in antibiotic-resis- gen peroxide or bleach EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, way to get rid of germs— Indeed, Health Canada tant bacteria. can kill or inactivate BEST HEALTH just be sure you know warns against using prod- (However, products viruses. Products labeled MAGAZINE which cleaners work, and ucts in the home labelled with antibacterial chemi- ‘disinfectant’ will also in- Wipe Out which ones could make ‘antibacterial’, ‘antimicro- cals may be recommend- activate disease-causing Germs at things worse. Writer Lisa bial’ or ‘bacteria-fighting’, ed in institutional settings bacteria and viruses, and Home Since Bendall checked it out in which typically contain such as hospitals, where don’t necessarily contain germs tend to get passed the December issue of benzalkonium chloride or traffic is high and the vol- the antibacterial chemi- around among family Best Health. triclosan, to kill common ume of germs on surfaces cals health experts recom- members, front-line well- “We don’t need to ster- bacteria and viruses. can be greater.) mend avoiding. ness strategies include fre- ilize our homes; we just These chemicals may So, what works best at And good old vinegar quent handwashing and need to keep them clean,” also wipe out the friendly home? Plain water won’t and water (a 1:1 solution) sneezing into a tissue or says Dr. Camille Lemieux, bacteria we need to fight suffice, but a cleaning may work, too. your sleeve, as well as get- associate director of the germs and stay healthy. product with a surfactant ting a flu shot. But taking University Health Net- Plus, many health ex- detergent will remove the TO CLAIM YOUR FREE ISSUE OF some time this week to do work’s Infection Preven- perts and agencies warn germs we don’t want. BBEESSTT HHEEAALLTTHHM, GAOG .TCOA / wStoumdeyn fi gnedts a n peraernlya tqaul atrhtyerro oidf some post-party house- tion and Control Unit in these products can lead to Products with hydro- METRONEWS check 10 food metronews.ca TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012 Gourmet fried chicken NEWS CANADA BLT Egg Wrap Fritou Fried Chicken favours locally sourced birds and hand-trims each piece Take-out meals offer great value and surprisingly light fried fare PAUL MITCHELL LUNCH RUSH lieve it. The restaurant chain favours locally sourced birds and hand- PAUL MITCHELL trims each piece to remove [email protected] excess fat. It is then mari- Expanding nated and deep-fried. from a string Seating has not yet been of restaurants built so I grab my order in Calgary and head home. Preparation: 1 and Edmon- My four-piece meal Cook bacon in non- Ingredients: ton, Fritou ($9.55), served with home- stick skillet over medi- • Slice chicken or turkey brings its gourmet fried made potato salad and um heat until crisp. Set bacon, cooked chicken to a stylish new, fries, includes a wing, aside; wipe skillet. • Egg but small, location on Rich- breast, thigh and leg. 2 • 1⁄4tsp (1 mL) onion pow- mond. The small popcorn Whisk together egg, der Fritou claims its chicken chicken ($5.99) is cut from onion powder, salt and • Salt and pepper, to taste is healthy and I want to be- cubed breast meat. Bread- pepper in small bowl. • Low-fat flour tortilla ing is nicely seasoned and Pour into skillet; cook, • 2 tsp (10 mL) fat-free not greasy while the meat stirring slightly, over mayonnaise Fritou Fried Chicken is juicy and tender. medium heat. • Leaf lettuce 723 Richmond St. (at Fritou is a welcome ad- 3 • 1 tbsp (30 mL) tomato, Piccadilly) dition. Their take-out Cook until eggs are diced 519-601-2696 meals offer great value for thickened and no visi- Social lunch: No surprisingly light and ele- ble liquid egg remains. Quick Solo Lunch: Yes gant fried chicken. Spread tortilla with bacon, egg and toma- Reservations: No Plans include expanding mayonnaise. Place let- to. Fold wrap and Licensed: No the menu to include other Four-piece chicken meal (above) and popcorn chicken. tuce on top; add serve. NEWS CANADA Rating: 4 out of 5 Southern favourites. Transform cauliflower into a dinner favourite THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fried Caper Vinaigrette Roasting has the power to TYohuis’ llr enceipeed mabaokuets ap lqeunatyr-. Ingredients: CaRuoFlalioflsrtoeewtds er tfcdororaoaondmks,if anotgbric mut tew cjhhtuhensnitis q auabepefo pfiulosi trem tdlaeo ntssoyst I•(•an b23go 0hur meeta L2dd (ksi2 gec t aobnurstl p4isf) l 1:oo⁄2wllibvee)r oil, or ter of it for the cauliflower. • 150 mL (2⁄3cup) olive oil winter vegetables, includ- more if needed The rest can be refrigerat- • 15 mL (1 tbsp) salt-cured ing sweet potatoes, beets, • 10 mL (2 tsp) kosher salt, ed and used on salads. capers, rinsed and fennel, whole shallots, car- or more to taste chopped rots and butternut squash. • Fried caper vinaigrette P1reparation: • 30 mL (2 tbsp) chopped This dish is delicious and • Minced country ham for In a medium sauté pan shallots healthy to boot. Roast one garnish (optional) over medium heat, • 5 mL (1 tsp) grated gar- to two whole heads of cau- heat 50 mL (1⁄4cup) of lic (about 2 cloves) liflower until caramelized, the oil. Add capers, • 75 mL (1⁄3cup) red wine then drizzle on an aromatic are coated with a thin shallots and garlic, vinegar or sherry vinegar vinaigrette of capers, shal- film of oil. Sprinkle with then cook, stirring con- • 5 mL (1 tsp) whole-grain lots and garlic. salt and toss again to stantly, for 2 to 4 min- Dijon mustard The vinaigrette is good distribute evenly. utes, or until just • Pinch sea salt and when all the ingredients 3 starting to brown but ground black pepper are raw, but when you Place florets on the oil is still clear. flash-fry them they become prepared rack. Roast for Transfer to a medium sweet and caramelized. 30 minutes. Use tongs to bowl, including all of tightly sealed contain- turn florets, then roast the cooking oil, and set er for up to 2 days. P1reparation: for another 15 to 20 aside to cool. Makes 250 mL (1 cup). Heat oven to 200 C (400 minutes or until deeply 2 F). Set a wire rack over a caramelized. Once mixture has Tip: Don’t feel like fry- baking sheet. 4 cooled, add vinegar, ing the capers, shallots 2 Return florets to the mustard, salt and pep- and garlic? Give them a Wash and trim both bowl and, while still hot, per. While whisking, rough chop, then add heads of cauliflower, drizzle and toss with a drizzle in remaining them raw to the vinai- cutting out and discard- little of the fried caper oil. Whisk until grette. Salt-cured ing core and cutting top vinaigrette (recipe thoroughly blended. capers should always into large florets. Place follows). Add just Adjust seasoning with be rinsed with cold wa- florets in a large bowl enough vinaigrette to additional salt and ter, then dried with pa- and drizzle with olive lightly coat. Transfer flo- pepper, if necessary, per towels, before oil, then toss (you may rets to a serving platter, and use immediately being used. need to do this in 2 then sprinkle with or refrigerate in a THE ASSOCIATED PRESS This recipe makes 8 servings. batches) until all the sur- minced country ham. faces of the cauliflower THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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