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Minister to ‘bring down the
hammer’ on teachers: Source
Labour strife. Province he said. “Our preference is
expected to impose and has always been negoti-
ated settlements. But after 10
similar contracts to
months, the bargaining dead-
those of French, line (Jan. 1) has passed.”
While there had been pres-
Catholic teachers
sure from union leaders such
as Sam Hammond of the ele-
mentary teachers’ union and
Education Minister Laurel some Liberal leadership can-
Broten will impose contracts didates to delay imposing
on public-school teachers the terms of Bill 115, that
under Bill 115 before classes option was rejected.
resume on Monday, a senior Education Minister Laurel Broten “I don’t know
government source said on will impose contracts under Bill 115, anyone but Sam
Wednesday. a source says. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Hammond, Gerard
The details — to be an- Kennedy and Eric
nounced on Thursday — mir- one-day, province-wide protest. Hoskins who thinks
ror the two-year deals reached The Elementary Teachers’ postponing it will re-
with Catholic and French- Federation of Ontario and On- duce the uncertainty,”
language teachers, freezing tario Secondary School Teach- the senior source added.
pay for most, reducing sick ers’ Federation say Bill 115, A senior Liberal strat-
days and limiting how much passed with support from the egist said Broten has no
unclaimed sick time can be Progressive Conservatives, choice but to use the pow-
cashed out at retirement. curbs their charter right to col- ers under Bill 115. “She is
“We have to do it or else it’ll lective bargaining and are chal- going to bring down the
be the world’s biggest flip-flop,” lenging it in court. hammer. You’ve got a whole
the government source said. Premier Dalton McGuinty bunch of staffers and teach-
But it’s unlikely the meas- strongly hinted at the govern- ers in other parts of the
ure will restore peace in public ment’s action in an open letter (education) system who have
schools. Many teachers are ex- to teachers on Wednesday. agreed to the terms … you
pected to continue boycotting “Ontarians expect, rightly, have to bring everyone into
extracurricular activities, and that uncertainty in education the same deal,” the strategist
their unions have threatened a will not continue indefinitely,” said. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Call for action
Freeze
dark when Contracts should be imposed.
salaries:
classes It has taken far too long. Why
Hudak resume on else would you pass a bill if
Monday. you are not going to use it?”
“Who The Elementary Teach-
is run- ers’ Federation of Ontario
Progressive Conservative Tim Hudak ning the declined to comment on the
Leader Tim Hudak, who has education new developments in the
TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
called for across-the-board system? Is labour dispute. A spokes-
pay freezes, said Wednesday it the government that is run- person said president Sam
that the solution is to impose ning it, as it should be, or is it Hammond will comment on
contracts immediately under the teachers’ union?” Hudak Thursday after hearing the
Bill 115. Otherwise, parents said. “We owe it our kids and education minister’s state-
and students will be in the parents to fix that problem. ment. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Thames Valley teachers picket outside Princess Elizabeth Public School (247 Thompson Rd.) during a Dec. 20 strike
that cancelled elementary school classes for the day. ANGELA MULLINS/METRO FILE
02 NEWS metronews.ca
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Going from idea to reality
IDEA Centre. Western the city had a deadline for re-
development proposals on the
grad, London native
property and missed the boat
on the hunt for right for getting involved.
spot to enhance city’s Now, Komer’s looking for
something else that might
S technological edge work — and keeping an eye
out for a chance to get his foot
in the Normal School’s door.
ANGELA City council has vowed
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[email protected]
three-dimensional model —
Wanted: A building that’s based on the Normal School’s
inspirational, conveniently layout — to show London
located but slightly off the planners exactly what he
beaten path, and big enough needs to make his project tick.
to include meeting rooms, an So far, their suggestions
auditorium, lounges, a work- for possible sites, including re-
E shop, and then some. habbing space on the psychi-
William Komer knows atric hospital lands near
exactly what he wants in the Highbury Avenue and Oxford
bricks and mortar for his Lon- Street, have fallen flat, Komer
don IDEA Centre. Problem is, said.
N he can’t find the right spot What hasn’t fallen flat,
to launch what could spark Komer said, is his idea — a
a wave of technology-based non-profit centre that match-
businesses. es people who have ideas for
“London seems really tech-centred businesses with
adverse to new technology. talent and investors ready to
We’re trying hard to change turn concepts into reality.
that,” said Komer, 24, a recent In the end, he said, the cen-
Western University graduate tre could create jobs and help
who owns a web-design firm. keep young college graduates
“We want to be the catalyst in the city.
that makes things happen “We have all the talent you
faster in the city.” need here in London,” Komer
After an extensive search said. “(There’s) just a discon-
of available buildings, Komer nect between the tal-
and his partners thought ent and (people start-
they’d found the right match ing a) company.”
at Wortley Village’s former
Normal School (165 Elmwood Follow Angela Mullins on
Ave. E.). But, they didn’t know Twitter @MetroAngela
The idea
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by turning ideas into reality. ANGELA MULLINS/METRO
Public reception St. Thomas Inpatient unit
Police. London’s violent
Mayor’s levee 911 pocket New fl u alert
crime stats hold steady
on Sunday dialers, pranksters at University
cost $20K: Police Hospital
Mayor Joe Fontana will host
It’s not great news, but it’s not his second annual New
Quoted
all bad either. Year’s levee on Sunday. St. Thomas police are An alert level 2 outbreak
The latest statistics on vio- The event will be held sounding the alarm over has been called for influ-
“Comparing the two
lent crime from the London from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at prank and pocket-dial 911 enza A on an inpatient
police show the number of in- years, we’re happy there Aeolian Hall calls. unit in University Hos-
cidents are holding steady. hasn’t been a spike in (795 Dundas Officers say they pital.
Figures show between Nov- St.). Everyone responded to 1,500 bogus The outbreak occurred
any of the areas that are
ember of 2011 and 2012, the is welcome, calls in 2012, with two of- on the northeast corridor
number of crimes like murder too concerning.” and there ficers attending each. The of the clinical neurologic-
and assault are at roughly the will be light calls racked up a total of al sciences wing, hospital
Const. Ken Steeves
same levels. refreshments 500 wasted police hours officials said Wednesday.
Homicides held steady at as well as a at a hefty cost of $20,055. An alert level 2 can
Joe Fontana
six while attempted murders “Obviously we’d like to see cash bar. Police say the problem be declared when there
CONTRIBUTED
increased from two to nine. a reduction in all (crime) levels, There will would be easily fixed if have been two labora-
Sexual assaults increased especially homicides being the be a collection of non-per- people took a few pre- tory confirmed cases of
three per cent, up six to 219 in ultimate, we’d like to see zero,” ishable food donations for cautions like locking their hospital-acquired flu on a
2012 from 213 in 2011. Domes- Steeves says. the London Food Bank. phone’s screen or remov- specific unit.
tic charges were down by 120. As for how these statistics Before the public recep- ing the battery of any old University Hospital
London police Const. Ken can help officers out on the tion, the mayor will host a or unused devices that cleared a level 2 flu
Steeves said while these fig- streets, Steeves says they can private event with the win- may still have emergency outbreak on the inpatient
ures aren’t perfect, they aren’t assist with crime prevention ners of the 2013 Mayor’s capabilities. medicine unit earlier this
completely dissatisfied with efforts and community out- Honouree Awards. METRO AM980/AM980.CA week. METRO
them. reach programs. AM980/AM980.CA
metronews.ca NEWS 03
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Court battle. Sperm
donor on the hook for
child support payments
A sperm donor in the U.S. is
fighting an effort to force him
to pay child support for a child
conceived through artificial in-
semination by a lesbian couple.
When 46-year-old Wil-
liam Marotta donated sperm
to Angela Bauer and Jennifer
Schreiner in 2009, Marotta re-
linquished all parental rights,
including financial responsibil-
ity to the child. When Bauer
and Schreiner filed for state as-
sistance in Kansas this year, the William Marotta is being asked
state demanded the donor’s to pay child support after providing
name so it could collect child sperm to a same-sex couple.
support for the now 3-year-old THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
girl.
The state contends the Children and Families, said in a
agreement between Marotta statement.
and the women is not valid Bauer and Schreiner
because Kansas law requires a have said they fully support
licensed physician to perform Marotta’s efforts to fight the
artificial insemination. state’s request. When Bauer
“If a sperm donor makes was diagnosed in March with
his contribution through a li- what she calls “a significant
censed physician and a child illness” that prevents her from
Chris Christie speaks at a news conference at New Jersey’s State House on Wednesday in Trenton, N.J. Christie blasted fellow Republican John Boehner for the is conceived, the donor is held working, Schreiner sought
House Speaker’s decision Tuesday to delay a vote on Superstorm Sandy relief and says the inaction is “inexcusable.” NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR’S OFFICE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS harmless under state statute. health insurance for their
In cases where the parties do daughter from the state. The
Congress to vote Friday not go through a physician or a DCF told Schreiner if she didn’t
clinic, there remains the ques- provide the sperm donor’s
tion of who actually is the fath- name, it would deny any health
er of a child or children,’’ An- benefits because she was with-
gela de Rocha, a spokeswoman holding information.
on Superstorm Sandy aid
for the Kansas Department for THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Movie theatre shooting.
Rebuilding stage. Republican Rep. Peter King of it was the right time to sched- On the table Families of victims reject
New York said after emerging ule the vote before the current
Money from House
from a meeting with Boehner Congress went out of business.
invitation to reopening
votes could result in and Republican lawmakers King left the session with The House Appropriations
a roughly $60-billion from New York and New Jer- Boehner without the anger Committee has drafted a
sey. The votes will be taken by that led him to lash out at the smaller, $27-billion measure
relief package the new Congress that will be speaker Tuesday night. for immediate recovery needs Relatives of the majority of 17. They released a letter sent
sworn in Thursday. “What’s done is done. The and a second amendment for people killed in a Colorado to the theatre’s owner, Cine-
Boehner’s decision Tuesday end result will be New York, $33 billion to meet longer- movie theatre rejected an invi- mark, in which they criticized
night to cancel an expected New Jersey and Connecticut term needs. tation on Wednesday to attend the Texas-based company for
The leader of the U.S. House vote on the storm aid before will receive the funding they its reopening this month, call- not previously reaching out to
agreed Wednesday to a Congress ends its current ses- deserve. We made our position (cid:580)(cid:3) The $9 billion in flood ing it a “disgusting offer’’ that them to offer condolences and
vote this week on aid for sion had provoked a firestorm clear last night. That’s in the insurance money to be came at a terrible time — right refusing to meet with them
Superstorm Sandy recovery, of criticism from New York, past,” King said. voted was originally in the after the first Christmas with- without lawyers.
changing course after coming New Jersey and adjacent states, Sandy was blamed for at $27-billion measure. out their loved ones. “Our family members
under intense pressure from including many lawmakers in least 120 deaths and battered The parents, grandparents, will never be on this earth
angry fellow Republicans. his own party. coastline areas from North (cid:580)(cid:3) The votes on Jan. 15 will cousins and widow of nine with us again and a movie
House Speaker John Boeh- According to King, Boeh- Carolina to Maine in October. be for $18 billion in im- of the 12 people killed said ticket and some token words
ner will schedule a vote Friday ner explained that after the New York, New Jersey and Con- mediate assistance and they were asked to attend an from people who didn’t care
for $9 billion for the national contentious vote this week to necticut were the hardest hit $33 billion for longer-term “evening of remembrance” enough to reach out to us ... is
flood insurance program and avoid major tax increases and states and suffered high winds, projects, including protec- followed by a movie when the appalling,” the letter said.
another on Jan. 15 for a remain- spending cuts called the “fis- flooding and storm surges. tion against future storms. Aurora theatre reopens on Jan. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ing $51 billion in the package, cal cliff,” Boehner didn’t think THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fatal crash New Year’s Day
Mishandling debt could be ‘catastrophic’: Obama
Paparazzo killed 3 teens dead
trying to snap after alleged
A last-minute deal in Congress Americans while preventing The U.S. officially hit that debt
to avoid the economy-shaking tax hikes that could have sent limit Monday. “If Congress re- Bieber photo plane joyride
“fiscal cliff” sent world stocks the economy back into reces- fuses to give the United States
climbing Wednesday, but sion.” Then he left for Hawaii government the ability to pay A paparazzo was struck Authorities believe that
doesn’t solve the problem of to resume his holiday break. these bills on time, the conse- and killed by a car while a trio of U.S. teenagers
the massive U.S. deficit, mean- Congress also will have to quences for the entire global darting across a street took a small airplane on a
ing other battles on deep act as early as February on rais- economy would be catastroph- after taking pictures of joyride without permis-
spending cuts and the federal ing the $16.4-trillion federal ic — far worse than the impact Justin Bieber’s Ferrari sion before it crashed,
debt limit loom in the coming borrowing limit, which will al- of a fiscal cliff,’’ Obama said. when it was pulled over killing them all. The plane
weeks and months. low the country to pay its bills. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS along a freeway in Los crashed Tuesday night in
All the major U.S. stock in- Angeles, police said Wed- Alabama.
dexes jumped by at least 2 per nesday. “I think they were just
Northern perspective
cent, and the Dow Jones indus- Bieber was not in the looking for a thrill, and
trial average saw its biggest car at the time. The singer they had their last one,”
U.S. stocks surged as traders around surge in six months. “Canada welcomes the agreement reached later said his prayers were Walker County sheriff’s
the globe felt renewed confidence A smiling President Barack between the president and the Congress. ... with the family of the Chief Deputy James
over global markets after Congress Obama said he would sign That said, there remain ... significant risks to 29-year-old photographer. Painter said.
reached a deal to avert the fiscal the law “that raises taxes on THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
cliff. SPENCER PLATT/GETTY IMAGES the wealthiest two per cent of the U.S. economic outlook.” Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty
04 NEWS metronews.ca
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Newtown kids will return to
class in new ‘Sandy Hook’
Shooting survivors. They’re the Sandy Hook
family,” Robinson said after
School in neighbouring
a news conference at a park
town has been in Monroe a few kilometres
renamed, renovated from the school, which will
open for classes Thursday
and garrisoned by a morning. An open house was
team of police officers held for parents and students
on Wednesday.
The school where the
shootings occurred remains
The children who escaped closed and guarded by police.
last month’s shootings at Newtown officials haven’t
a Connecticut elementary decided yet on the building’s
school will be returning to future.
classes in a neighbouring It’s been nearly three
town in a refurbished school weeks since the Dec. 14 mas-
now named after their old sacre, when gunman Adam
one, school officials said Lanza killed 20 students and
Wednesday. six educators.
Newtown Superintendent Numerous police officers
of Schools Janet Robinson an- on Wednesday guarded the
nounced that the students’ outside of the Monroe school,
new school, the former Chalk which is about 11 kilometres
Hill Middle School in Mon- from the old school.
roe, has been renamed Sandy Teams of workers, many
Hook Elementary School. She of them volunteers, pre-
said the Sandy Hook staff pared the Chalk Hill school
made that decision. with fresh paint and new
“That’s who they are. furniture and even raised
bathroom floors so the
smaller elementary school
On guard students can reach the toi-
lets. The students’ desks,
“I think right now it has
backpacks and other belong-
to be the safest school ings that were left behind
in America.” following the shooting were
taken to the new school to
Monroe police Lt. Keith White on the level make them feel at home.
of security at the new school. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Counsellors say it’s important for children to get back to a normal routine and for teachers and parents to offer reassurances. JESSICA HILL/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Syrian death toll at 60,000: UN Lost. Woman missing for
months allegedly killed
The United Nations esti- Deadly conflagration in Pakistan over finances
mated Wednesday that
more than 60,000 people
have been killed in Syria’s A regime airstrike on a gas A lawyer says a Canadian- told a court Wednesday that
21-month-old uprising station in a Damascus sub- Indian woman missing since a suspect confessed to killing
against authoritarian rule, urb on Wednesday pushed August has been killed in the woman.
a toll one-third higher than the death toll even higher. eastern Pakistan. A police officer said the
what anti-regime activists The woman, Rajvinder suspect confessed to working
had counted. The UN human (cid:580)(cid:3) Anti-government activ- Gill, went to Pakistan to try to with a German of Pakistani
rights chief called the toll ists said dozens were settle a financial dispute but origin who was involved in
“truly shocking.” killed when the strike disappeared. the dispute, and together
Opposition activist ignited an inferno and Her father went to the po- they killed the woman.
groups had been estimating left behind a gruesome lice after she didn’t contact The suspect said the
the death toll at more than trail of charred bodies. her family for weeks. second man has fled the
45,000 and this was the first The lawyer, Aftab Bajwa, country.
time that the UN estimate (cid:580)(cid:3) It may be the bloodiest who represents the woman’s Police have not yet man-
was higher. attack in weeks. father, said the police chief aged to locate the woman.
“Given there has been no of the eastern city of Lahore THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
let up in the conflict since
the end of November, we dled at the edges while Syria Banned weapons
can assume that more than burns.” its ban on the export of
60,000 people have been The real death toll is assault-style weapons to Co-
Canada opens gun
killed by the beginning of likely to be even greater be- lombia after Foreign Affairs
2013,” UN High Commission- cause reports containing in- trade to Colombia Minister John Baird recom-
er for Human Rights Navi Pil- complete information were mended an order amending
lay said in a statement. “The excluded and a significant Just one day before last the Automatic Firearms
number of casualties is much number of killings may not month’s school massacre in Country Control List.
higher than we expected and have been documented at all Newtown, Conn., Canada Despite its impressive
is truly shocking,” she added. by the sources available. offered its gun merchants economic growth, Co-
“The failure of the inter- “There are many names “new market opportun- lombia is host to serious
national community, in par- not on the list for people ities” to export banned as- human rights violations, a
ticular the Security Council, who were quietly shot in the sault weapons to Colombia, 50-year guerilla insurgency
to take concrete actions woods,” Pillay’s spokesman one of the world’s most and world-leading cocaine
to stop the blood-letting, Rupert Colville told The As- violent countries. production.
The scene on Dec. 17 after a mortar shell hit a street, killing several people shames us all,” Pillay said. sociated Press. Canada quietly eased THE CANADIAN PRESS
in Aleppo, Syria. NARCISO CONTRERAS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE “Collectively, we have fid- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
metronews.ca NEWS 05
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Owner of lost lobsters
and gifts tracked down
Stacey Nash’s Christmas vaca-
tion involved missing lobsters,
the police and one thoughtful
bus driver.
“This will be a story we’ll
never forget,” Nash said.
On Wednesday morning,
Halifax Regional Police issued
a release asking for the pub-
lic’s help in finding the owner
of a suitcase filled with frozen
lobsters and Christmas gifts.
A Metro Transit driver had
turned it into police before
noon after spotting it on Mon-
day.
“Given the nature of the
items, whoever owned it was
not local,” police spokesman
A flag-carrying Idle No More protester watches as police divert traffic around a blockade set up in Winnipeg on Const. Pierre Bourdages said.
Wednesday. The demonstration lasted three hours and forced traffic on the Trans-Canada Highway to be rerouted “It paid off to alert the public.”
around the Perimeter Highway. SHANE GIBSON/METRO IN WINNIPEG Thanks to a tip from some-
one who read the release and Krista Nash holds a suitcase and a bag full of frozen seafood after retrieving
What is the point saw a Kijiji ad by Nash’s sister- her sister-in-law Stacey’s lost luggage from the Halifax Regional Police
in-law about the missing suit- station on Wednesday afternoon. DEVAAN INGRAHAM/FOR METRO IN HALIFAX
case, police called her in To-
ronto less than an hour later. back to Ontario, after her first gifts besides the three large
Nash said she was “just so holiday visit to Halifax in 20 lobsters — Nash said she was
of Idle No More? happy” everything was safe. years. upset but had to board the
“I never eat seafood here “He said, ‘Stacey, you’re go- plane.
in Toronto,” said Nash, who ing to have to do without your Stacey’s sister-in-law, Krista
is originally from Shelburne, lobster,’” Nash said when he Nash, picked up the suitcase
N.S. “It’s just not the same.” saw the back of the truck was on Wednesday afternoon from
The suitcase was lost at open. police and is making plans
Restless natives. Sauer said many of the non- What they want about 6 a.m. on Monday when When she realized the lug- with Nash on how to ship the
aboriginal people at the Idle No Nash’s brother drove her to gage was gone — along with a luggage to Toronto.
Organizers say national
More events share the concern the airport to catch a flight Wii, clothing and Christmas HALEY RYAN/METRO IN HALIFAX
movement is about that the Canadian government, The organizers of Idle No
protecting all Canadians, led by Prime Minister Stephen More mostly want meaning- New Year’s Eve babies Calgary Fatal encounter
Harper, isn’t talking with Can- ful dialogue between polit-
not just First Nations adians and is changing the icians and First Nations. Twins give birth to Hundreds affected No pit-bull ban in
country through large omni-
bus bills that don’t get enough (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:266)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3) sons 2 hours apart by fuel mix-up Calgary, despite
BERNICE debate before being passed (cid:17)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:314)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:35)(cid:279)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:274)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:3)
PONTANILLA into law. (cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:273)(cid:279)(cid:314)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:266)(cid:229)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:314)(cid:255)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:274)- Aiden Lee Alan Dilts and Hundreds have been forced death of dog
Metro in Winnipeg “That’s a bridge that’s start- (cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3) Donavyn Scott Bratten to park their vehicles after
ing to be built between First (cid:314)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:265)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:292)- didn’t wait until New Year’s a mix-up between regular Calgary has no plans to ban
While the Idle No More pro- Nations and non-First Nations (cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:17)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:314)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:268)(cid:209)- Day to come screaming gas and diesel fuel at a or otherwise restrict pit
tests gain steam around the activism,” Sauer said, adding (cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:255)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:251)(cid:254)(cid:302)(cid:296)(cid:3) into the world, but the cir- Calgary gas station. bulls after three of the dogs
world, many Canadians still the Canadian Labour Congress (cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:273)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:553) cumstances of their births Co-op spokesperson were involved in a fatal en-
don’t know what it’s all about. has endorsed Idle No More. are still pretty special: The Karen Allan said on Dec. 26 counter in a city dog park.
Dave Sauer, president of the “If you look at the changes (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:61)(cid:292)(cid:251)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:320)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:296)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3) babies were born about two that its fuel supplier mis- A Pomeranian died in
Winnipeg Labour Council, said to the Navigable Waters Act, we (cid:39)(cid:225)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:56)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:55)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:296)(cid:3) hours apart to Ohio moth- takenly filled the regular the incident on Monday,
the issues being raised by the have a lot of river systems now, (cid:315)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:289)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:17)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3) ers who are identical twins. gas storage tank at a south while another dog, a Great
Idle No More protests, specific- especially in Manitoba, that (cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:305)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3) The Akron Beacon Jour- Calgary gas bar with diesel Pyrenees, was injured,
ally the federal government’s are no longer protected, that I (cid:209)(cid:220)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:251)(cid:254)(cid:302)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3) nal reports that 19-year-old fuel. after both off-leash animals
Bill C-45, affect Canadians of know a lot of non-First Nations (cid:251)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:314)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:320)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:317)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:3) mothers Aimee and Ashlee It wasn’t until some approached a man walking
all backgrounds — and should people use, whether it’s for (cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:221)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:553)(cid:3) Nelson both gave birth on 500 vehicles had been three pit bulls on leash.
therefore interest them. transportation or recreation.” Monday even though their fuelled that a customer City officials seized the
“As a trade unionist, we live Wab Kinew, director of in- due dates were about a brought the problem to pit bulls, which are due to
and die by our … agreements,” digenous inclusion at the Uni- Kinew said, adding he hopes week apart. the station’s attention. undergo behaviour tests.
Sauer said. “The treaties that versity of Winnipeg, wrote an Idle No More also becomes an THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KATIE TURNER/METRO IN CALGARY ROBSON FLETCHER/METRO IN CALGARY
we’ve made with the First Na- article for the Huffington Post awakening for young people of
tions of this country … right on the Idle No More move- all backgrounds and political
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those are not being followed steam in December. engaged with “the policies and
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
Chump change: Are nickels
Time to empty the piggy bank.
Penny collection starts Feb. 4
next on chopping block?
Jim Flaherty is setting his sights
Costly coinage
on your pennies. The federal
finance minister is reminding
Canadians that starting Feb. 4, (cid:580)(cid:3) The last pennies minted Coins we don’t love
tshtoep Rdoiysatrl ibCuatninagd iapne nMniinest awnildl oabno Muta y1 .46 icne nWtsin enaicphe gto c ost anymore. Some say
instead start collecting them manufacture. five-cent piece is also
from banks and other financial
becoming obsolete,
institutions. (cid:580)(cid:3) Even though Finance Can-
Flaherty says he’ll take every ada faces a one-time net and should follow
advantage over the next month cost of $38 million to retire penny into the sunset
to remind Canadians that the the penny, the long-term
supply of pennies will start to savings to government
diminish as a result. and to the economy will
In his March budget, be substantial. As the penny is set to begin re-
Flaherty unexpectedly an- tirement next month, there are
nounced the demise of the one- already calls to put the nickel
cent piece, saying pennies cost actions will still be calculated out to pasture as well.
too much to manufacture and down to the individual cent. The Royal Canadian Mint
are a nuisance to many Can- A cabinet order last month starts collecting one-cent coins
adians. gave Flaherty the authority on Feb. 4 for melting and re-
After Feb. 4, cash trans- to pay financial institutions cycling of the metal content,
actions will have to be rounded for the mountains of pennies with some six billion pennies
to the nearest five-cent incre- they’ll begin to return to the expected to be surrendered by
ment, but electronic trans- mint. THE CANADIAN PRESS Canadians over the next six
years.
Market Minute Finance Minister Jim
Flaherty announced the sur- The federal government is retiring the penny, and some think the nickel should be next in line. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE
TSX prise demise in last year’s
12,540.77 (+107.24)
DOLLAR budget, saying the penny had said in an interview. the penny should actually have Aubry argues the nickel will
become a nuisance. A retired 30-year veteran of been killed in about 1982. soon hit the same tipping point
101.50¢
And a former Bank of Can- the Bank of Canada, Aubry has That was a tipping point, as the penny did in 1982, as Can-
(+0.99¢) OIL ada economist says the nickel been a leading proponent of more Canadians hoarded the adians hoard them in greater
$93.12 US (+$1.30)
is also becoming obsolete, and withdrawing the one-cent piece coins and the Royal Canadian numbers, forcing the mint to
should be next in line for retire- from circulation. Mint was pressed to churn out distribute up to 350 million
Natural gas: $3.23 US (-12¢) GOLD ment. In papers and presentations billions more to keep retailers each year to meet retail de-
Dow Jones: 13,412.55 (+308.41) $1,688.80 US (+$13) “We see less and less people for Desjardins Group over the stocked, costing the govern- mand. “It’s a sign that the coin
now ... digging in their wallets last few years, Aubry used eco- ment up to $11 million annu- is not well used,” he said.
for nickels,” Jean-Pierre Aubry nomic models to show that ally. THE CANADIAN PRESS
With Zipcar purchase, Avis
goes after younger customers
Avis is leaping into the car-shar- and 2012 is expected to be its
ing service business by buying first-ever profitable year. Avis
Zipcar for $491.2 million US, Budget Group Inc. is the third-
aiming to capture a new type of largest U.S. rental car company,
customer and technology that behind Enterprise Rent-a-Car
will vastly expand its car rental and Hertz Global Holdings Inc.
options. “I’ve been somewhat dis-
Car sharing has become missive of car sharing in the
a popular alternative to trad- past but what I’ve come to real-
itional rentals in metropolitan ize is that car sharing, particu-
areas and on college campuses, larly on the scale that Zipcar
allowing members to get a has achieved and will achieve,
vehicle for an hour or two for is complementary to our trad-
short trips instead of renting itional business,” Avis’ Chair-
a car for a day or using mass man and CEO Ron Nelson said
transit. Zipcar chairman and CEO Scott in a conference call after the
The segment has been grow- Griffith poses in this April 2011 deal was announced.
ing while traditional car rentals photo. Car-rental company Avis is Nelson said the acquisition
have struggled in the current buying Zipcar. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE means Avis will now be able to
slow-growth economy. reach younger, more tech-savvy
Zipcar, which was founded members, triple what it had in consumers that prefer sharing
in 2000, has more than 760,000 2008. It went public in 2011 services. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Smartphone market
biggest mall in Bangkok past two years.
and one of the largest The BlackBerry also
In Southeast Asia,
in Asia, the BlackBerry ranks as the No. 2 smart-
RIM’s star still retail store is just steps phone in the Philippines,
away from outlets selling and the No. 3 smartphone
shines brightly designer labels like Prada, in Thailand and Malaysia.
Dolce & Gabbana and But it is Indonesia,
While BlackBerry-maker Lamborghini. the world’s fourth most
Research In Motion claws Indonesia is also a populated country, that
for a diminishing market bright light, having be- will likely play a key
share in North America, come RIM’s biggest mar- role in RIM’s future as
the smartphone maker ket in Southeast Asia. The it struggles to launch its
maintains a reputation company holds roughly new BlackBerry smart-
in Southeast Asia that in half of the local handset phones in the fickle North
some places harkens back market and has been American and European
to its glory days. ranked the top-selling markets.
At Siam Paragon, the smartphone there for the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
metronews.ca VOICES 07
Thursday, January 3, 2013
LEAVING HIS
From police box to mail box
SINGLE-DUDE
WAYS IN THE DUST
Year after year I make tough
HE
SAYS... New Year’s resolutions in an
John Mazerolle attempt to mend my bachelor-
metronews.ca/voices/ hood ways, such as resolving
he-says to regularly dust the TV with
a cloth, rather than running
my hand over the screen every six months and exclaiming,
“Wow, that’s dusty!”
Well, I’m happy to say that in the past year I’ve finally
made some progress. I no longer own a television.
In your face, dust. Cough, cough.
And in the kitchen, a friend of mine brought me 12 basic
spices this year and, I must say, they really spruce up the
windowsill.
Many of my other single-dude problems remain, however.
I just don’t have the right
attitude.
Share and share alike I notice this in news-
rooms where different shifts
I consider a keyboard
share the same computers.
sticky with the previous Some of my co-workers start
user’s Snickers bar a their shifts with spray and
cloths and hand sanitizer,
tasty value-add, similar
as if they’ll be using their
to a mint on your pillow. desks for open-heart surgery.
Meanwhile, I consider a
keyboard sticky with the
previous user’s Snickers bar a tasty value-add, similar to a
mint on your pillow.
This failure as a human being is unfortunate from a life
perspective but very fortunate from a column perspective
because it leads to:
John’s 2013 Bachelorhood Resolutions
ROYAL MAIL/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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than using increasingly less appropriate stand-ins such as 50
Tupperware, popcorn bowls, flower pots and the mop bucket.
Sci-fi classic gets
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scientists seven centuries from now.
The Royal Mail is marking the 50th
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anniversary of the science fiction show
(Making bacon and toast, eggs and toast, or bacon and eggs is Britain’s Royal Mail on Doctor Who with a series of stamps fea-
partial credit only.) Wednesday, shows a post- turing each of the 11 actors who have
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will not get them clean, that rotating the pillows only works of Doctor Who star Matt include the present doctor, Matt Smith,
once, and that not using the coffee machine for a while is not Smith. The Doctor — who as well as past Time Lords such as David
the same as cleaning the coffee machine. usually uses a police Tennant and Christopher Eccleston. The
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but I’m still not scrubbing behind the toilet unless it’s, at zooming through time liam Hartnett, is shown below.
minimum, the Queen. and space on the edge of
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at London’s Rock Lottery
Fundraising event. early Saturday morning where the Forest City Gallery. be taking a turn at the micro- Around town
their names will be drawn Sophie Quick, organizer of phone as one of five musicians
Local musicians leave
out of a hat to form five new the event and board member assigned to vocals.
it to luck to determine bands. Each group will have a of the Forest City Gallery, says “I’m planning on changing (cid:580)(cid:3) Music. Orlando Valencia’s
their ensemble for designated drummer, guitarist, Rock Lottery is able to build a people’s lives,” said Krar, com- Pachanga Band performs
bassist and vocalist as well as a bridge between the city’s art pletely deadpan. Friday night at Brennan’s
performance at “wild card” musician, someone and music scene. “So everyone should pre- Beer and Bistro. The Latin
Call the Offi ce on capable of bringing a unique “Every year, I see how many pare to witness some pretty in- music night boasts free
set of skills to the stage. new connections are made be- credible things.” dance lessons starting at
Saturday night The newly formed bands are tween musicians in the city, Regardless of whether 10 p.m. Tickets are $5 at
then given a rehearsal space how many people are intro- you’re a musician, an audi- the door.
and a day to compose five new duced to the gallery and how ence member, or an organizer,
BACKSTAGE songs, which they perform live it successfully merges the city’s the best part of Rock Lottery (cid:580)(cid:3) Art. This is the fi nal
PASS that night. music and arts communities,” is the suspense — who will be weekend for One for the
Amanda Grant “It’s a little nerve-wracking Quick said. in what band? What genre of Road, the Kim Adams ex-
[email protected] in the morning when you’re This year’s lineup is diverse music will they write? hibit at Museum London.
standing there and you know and includes previous partici- “It’s cool because it’s ran- Visit the museum from
that everyone is anxious,” said pants, like members of local dom,” said Krar, “And you Friday through Sunday,
Rock Lottery is back. Justis Krar, a local musician bands Say Domino and Wild know any combination is go- noon until 5 p.m.
Twenty-five (mostly) local who is a returning member of Domestic, as well as first-tim- ing to be great.”
musicians have been picked to Rock Lottery. “But it’s an excit- ers, like Baptized in Blood’s “When the venue is
participate in the event, hap- ed nervous.” Josh Torrance and Grey King- packed, anticipation is high Rock Lottery is at Call the
pening Saturday night at Call This year marks the third dom’s Spencer Burton. and the newly formed bands Office Saturday night. Tick-
the Office. instalment of Rock Lottery, an Krar, who has participated wow us all, I get a little teary,” ets are $7 at the door, which
The musicians will arrive annual fundraising event for as a guitarist in the past, will said Quick. opens at 9 p.m.
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metronews.ca SCENE 09
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Walking the line of
Canadian country music.
Dean Brody expects fun
on first headlining tour
super and natural
Sci-Fi television. Kris shape-shifter, so he has to
have animalism, and two,
Holden-Ried speaks to he’s of indiscriminate age, so
Metro about working we’re playing him as 1,000 or
so years old,” notes Holden-
on Showcase’s Lost
Ried during a break on Lost
Girl and the physical Girl’s Toronto set. “The trick
is to then mix and match that
challenges it presents
with creating a grounded and
as an actor believable character.”
Dyson’s unofficial crime-
busting ally (and romantic
STEPHEN interest) is Lost Girl’s heroine
ERAMO and fellow Fae, Bo (Anna Silk),
Dean Brody has been living the life since his success at the Canadian Country [email protected] a beautiful Succubus able to
Music Association Awards. HANDOUT Having a “wolf in the fold” suck the life out of you.
is usually considered a bad “In season one, Bo and
It’s a good thing Dean Brody thing, but if that wolf hap- Dyson shared a great deal of
has scheduled the dates for Learning to headline pens to be Lost Girl’s Dyson, passion, but he also knew
his first national headlining then you are in luck. Hand- some of Bo’s secrets,” says
“It’s definitely going to
tour, because the country some, intelligent and brim- Holden-Ried.
music star is all over the map be a challenge, but I’m ming with animal magnetism “While that put him at
— literally. looking forward to it.” — no pun intended — he is a an advantage, it also stopped
The British Columbia na- member of the supernatural him from fully committing
tive, who now lives in Nova Dean Brody Fae community and works as to her. Dyson ultimately fell
Scotia, records in Nashville Talking about being the headliner on tour a police homicide detective to in love with Bo, but couldn’t
for the first time
and helps rescue girls from help keep the peace amongst show it, which was fun to
sexual exploitation in Brazil humans as well as the Fae. play.
will perform in 24 Canadian For actor Kris Holden- “At the end of season
cities in January and Febru- rocked it out for three or Ried, who plays Dyson on one, Dyson’s love for Bo was
ary. Brody will start kicking four songs and then we pull the popular Showcase TV ser- ripped from his soul. That
up his heels in Victoria and it back and do Wildflower. To ies, teetering between both turned into a whole other
end with a tip of his cowboy me, it’s a point in the show to worlds is a constant but wel- journey for him in season
hat in Halifax. take a breath and just really come acting exercise. two, where the constant emp-
Brody, who was named fall into that song and I love “The physical challenges tiness he felt almost drove
male artist of the year and it.” with Dyson are, one, he’s a him crazy.”
won album of the year for his It wasn’t clear if Brody
record Dirt at the Canadian would ever get to this point. Far from Lost
Country Music Association He moved to Nashville to
Awards in September, admits be a songwriter and was en-
to being a little nervous. couraged to start recording Lost Girl premieres Jan. 6 on upcoming third season, it
“It’s definitely going to be his songs. But things didn’t Showcase is obvious just by watching
a challenge, but I’m looking work out with his U.S. re- Holden-Ried at work that
forward to it,” Brody said in cord label. Brody asked to (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:86)(cid:289)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:553) While the actor his enthusiasm for the ser-
an interview. be let out of his contract in cannot reveal what awaits ies and playing Dyson has
“I just want to give a good 2009 because he said he was Lost Girl fans in the show’s not waned in the least.
show. You know people that asked to make a compromise Kris Holden-Ried stars in Lost Girl on Showcase. HANDOUT
come out, they might not he wasn’t willing to make.
necessarily just want to hear He moved his family back to WIN
just how the record sounds. Canada. Downton Abbey. Could it YOU COULD
We want to do some ele- “I’m just glad it worked
ments in the show that you out because sometimes you all be boiling over in A RUN OF ENGAGEMENT PASS
wouldn’t expect.” do things out of principle
Brody said, for example, and they don’t always work season three? FOR TWO TO SEE THE IMPOSSIBLE
part of the show will be done out for the best financially.
acoustically. As far as your character goes,
“It’s really cool. We had it’s good to stand up to things
STEPHEN
a rehearsal about a month you don’t believe in,” he said.
ERAMO
ago preparing for the tour “But I really thought,
and we did this one segment ‘Man, this is it. I’m going to [email protected]
where we’re kind of around a be working in a coal mine. In 2010, a British-American
campfire, we’ve got this big This isn’t going to work out.’ period TV drama called
moon in the background and “But I got lucky. Open Downton Abbey took the
the sound of the crickets and Road Records took me on in world by storm. Three sea-
stuff,” he said. Canada and ... we have a mu- sons later, fans still eagerly
“Boy, it was a lot of fun. tual respect for each other. tune in to watch the latest go-
Lesley Nicol plays Mrs. Beryl
It’s going to be the most fun It’s great to be respected by ings-on in the lives of the aris-
part of the show.” your record label and have tocratic Crawley family and Patmore. CARNIVAL FILM &
While it is officially the the freedom, the creative their servants, all of whom TELEVISION LIMITED 2012 FOR MASTERPIECE
Dirt tour, Brody said fans will freedom, to be able to do live together in the fictional
hear from all three of his al- what I do.” Yorkshire country estate of in detail, I can say that in
bums. That includes the hit As a solo songwriter, Brody Downton Abbey. season three, you’ll see
single Canadian Girls. Brody knows the pressure is on. Keeping everyone well-fed much more of Mrs. Patmore
has his own favourites too. “You kind of put yourself is Downton’s cook, Mrs. Beryl and Mrs. Hughes (Phyllis Lo-
“I love playing Wild- out there. Like you write Patmore, played by the lovely gan) banding together rather
flower,” Brody said, referring something and because you and talented Lesley Nicol. Al- than opposed to each other,
to the single from his second didn’t write with anybody though it was two years ago, which was also wonderful
record Trail in Life. else, it’s almost like being she will not soon be giving to investigate.” DOWNTON ABBEY COMING SOON
“I’m not sure why, but it naked in front of a crowd,” he anything away about Down- SEASON THREE PREMIERES JAN. 6 ON To register and for full contest details visit clubmetro.com
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A year in music: Top 5
METRO DISH
chart toppers of 2012
OUR TAKE ON THE WORLD OF CELEBRITIES
Music. From Gangnam
Style to Call Me
Maybe, Metro looks
back at some of the
year’s biggest hits
Top 5 albums/singles
1Frank Ocean’s Channel
Orange
2TIE: Father John Misty’s
Fear Fun and PSY’s Gang-
nam Style
Carly Rae Jepsen. GETTY IMAGES
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Me Maybe Editor’s picks
4Gotye’s Somebody That I Music editor
Used to Know entries, Big Boi and Frank
Pat Healy’s
Ocean, I think both are
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Big Boi took a brave tact
on this most recent album,
How did we all leave We Are 1. Father John Misty’s Fear which also didn’t make
Young by Fun. off this list? Is Fun many lists (presumably due
it because we’re all too old to 2. Michael Kiwanuka’s to its December release
sing that song out loud? Or Home Again date). Instead of just a few
is it that the opening of the Father John Misty made 2012’s Top 5 with Fear Fun. CONTRIBUTED/MAXIMILLA LUKACS 3. Big Boi’s Vicious Lies and indie collaborations here
song is just too schlocky to Dangerous Rumors and there, like he has done
make it all worth the amaz- cause I hadn’t heard them be- I still haven’t even seen the I didn’t want to turn off im- 4. Frank Ocean’s Channel in the past, almost every
ing chorus? Seriously, if that fore. Ke$ha has finally been Gangnam Style video, but I mediately. Who’s old and Orange track is a collaboration
song was the chorus alone, the first to inspire me to call somehow know the dance. I grumpy? This girl — this girl 5. TIE: Bruce Springsteen’s with either Phantogram or
it would be the song of the something “devil music” in personally enjoyed Britney right here. MONICA WEYMOUTH Wrecking Ball and The Little Dragon. The results
year. To tell you the truth, an unflattering way. trying her hand (at) it while Walkmen’s Heaven are completely original.
it probably still will be any- HEIDI PATALANO appearing on Ellen, but why Oh man, Monica, give Mercy Frank Ocean’s results
way. Also, here’s where I’m a was she dressed like a flight a chance! There’s so much This was a weird year for are completely original too.
little bit of a jerk: That Gotye Another bit of food for attendant for that episode? going on in this track. I love music. For the first time, I It really is like he is on the
song officially started get- thought: Would Gangnam MEREDITH ENG how it flawlessly switches feel like there was actually forefront of bringing a much-
ting airplay last year. PAT HEALY Style make the list if there between winding dancehall too much to listen to. Look needed update to R&B. The
weren’t a video? People prob- I think a prerequisite for best to some gritty southern rap at the top lists of any major new school, which includes
Somebody That I Used to ably posed the same question song of the year means we all while maintaining a cool, publication and there are Miguel and The Weeknd,
Know stays on the list because about Duran Duran in 1982, can sing along with it. Oh dark undertone and then sud- very few similarities. never knew a world where
it made me think there was and it’s strange how this bit man, I’m such a xenophobe. denly taking a left turn to an I, for one, am surprised hip-hop didn’t exist and that
this really great Police song of devil’s advocacy is still rel- DOROTHY ROBINSON electronic dance party. Yup, more outlets aren’t prais- has formed their worldview
from the ’80s recently dis- evant in 2012. But seriously, you have to bring ALL your ing the stellar songcraft in such a unique way that
covered and newly released. in an age where music videos What about Kanye this year? moves to the floor. Adding of Father John Misty and the old soulsters didn’t have.
I think I just proved your old aren’t shown on regular TV Did anybody vote for Cruel to the awesomeness is the Michael Kiwanuka. Neither And in fifth place, maybe
fogies theory. AMBER RAY anymore, it is interesting that Summer? PAT HEALY all-black ninja-Bedouin looks are reinventing the wheel. it’s just loyalty, but two of
a video made such a huge cul- everyone sports in the styl- In fact, both seem very my favourite acts released al-
Maybe this supports the argu- tural and musical splash. I say this every single year, ized video. It’s totally one of much rooted in sounds of bums that weren’t my favour-
ment that I’m already an old PAT HEALY and I hate change so I’ll say those fashion moments I can the ’60s and ’70s. ites they’ve ever released, but
fogey, but I had to look up the it again: I have never heard see being referenced years But as for my next two I still enjoy them.
Rihanna and Ke$ha songs be- I think it would have — hell, anything by Kanye West that from now. TINA CHADHA
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