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Tuesday, January 13, 2015 metronews.ca | twitter.com/metroottawa | facebook.com/metroottawa OTTAWA NEWS WORTH SHARING. Just ride, Ottawa TIRED OF WAITING FOR THE BUS IN THE COLD, ONLY TO BE SNEEZED ON BY THE PERSON SITTING NEXT TO YOU? IT’S TIME TO GET HARD-CORE LIKE METRO’S NEW TRANSIT COLUMNIST KATHRYN HUNT AND BECOME A WINTER CYCLIST PAGE 11 Third Ottawa man facing terror charges Suliman Mohamed. in terrorist activity with the Police say arrest other two accused. The RCMP thanked Ottawa related to the arrests police and the Ontario Provin- of Larmond twins cial Police for their assistance in the investigation. In a news release Monday, JOE Chief Supt. Jennifer Strachan, LOFARO criminal operations officer for [email protected] the RCMP in Ontario said the arrests “underscored the real- The RCMP have arrested a third ity that there are individuals Ottawa man on terrorism-relat- in Ontario and in Canada who ed charges. have become radicalized to a Suliman Mohamed, 21, was violent ideology, and who are charged with participating willing to act upon it.” in the activities of a terrorist The release stated that group following an arrest made thanks to the collaboration be- by the RCMP’s Ottawa Integrat- tween INSET and its partners, ed National Security Enforce- “we are in a better position to ment Team (INSET). target these threats and protect Police say this arrest is the Canadian public.” linked to the Jan. 9 arrest of The RCMP urged citizens to twin brothers Ashton and remain vigilant and to report HAITI: FIVE YEARS LATER Carlos Larmond. The brothers any information on terrorism lived in the Overbrook area of or suspicious activities to the Ottawa and were the subject of National Security Information a lengthy national security in- Network at 1-800-420-5805 vestigation by the RCMP. or by contacting the police in Ottawa doctors with Team Broken Earth are volunteering in Haiti this week, as the world remembers the fifth anniversary of the Because of the purported their community. earthquake. Although the Caribbean nation received many pledges of help, local aid workers say the country has fallen out the global link between the three men, As the matter is before the spotlight, and is still facing challenges. See stories, pages 4 & 9. FACEBOOK Mohamed was also charged courts, the RCMP said it would with conspiracy to participate not disclose any further details. toyota.ca 2 OTTAWA metronews.ca Tuesday, January 13, 2015 City looking for ways Ottawa School of Art Police ask public to help identify to curb gang violence break-in suspect Ottawa police have released surveillance footage of a man who they allege broke into the Ottawa School of Art on George Street and S Crime strategy. Police are hoping the public can help identify him. chief says there’s a ‘gap’ The incident happened in ways they try to keep in the overnight hours of Dec. 17, according to W gang members from police. getting back into crime The suspect is described as a Caucasian male in his after getting out of jail early 20s with a stocky build, weighing 180 pounds with red hair and a fair LUCY complexion. He was wear- SCHOLEY ing a white T-shirt under E [email protected] a red plaid button-up shirt After a record number of and a green plaid jacket. gang-related shootings last Anyone with informa- year, Ottawa is looking at tion is asked to call Ottawa ways to keep gang members Police’s Central District N from returning to crime after break-and-enter Det. Shane leaving jail. Henderson at 613-236-1222, “There is a gap in dealing ext. 4533. with the young male adult JOE LOFARO/METRO coming out of jail or being arrested by the police service,” said Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau on Monday after meeting with Mayor Jim Watson, MPP Yasir Naqvi and OPS board chairman Eli El- Chantiry. “There are no services there … to support them in trying to get out of the gang.” Drug turf wars, property disputes, lack of gang leader- ship due to recent arrests and Police investigating a Dec. 17 even fights over girlfriends Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau speaks Monday evening to reporters about the recent shootings, while break-and-enter at the Ottawa have been the causes of shoot- Mayor Jim Watson looks on. The city saw a record 49 shootings in 2014. LUCY SCHOLEY/METRO School of Art want to identify ings in recent weeks, said Bor- this man. CONTRIBUTED deleau, noting they were all been arrested or are victims Gangs division and heavier “There are going to be no targeted shootings. of gang-related shootings. An street patrols — will help ad- words that are going to be able Bundle up The city has asked staff “intimidation factor” makes dress gang violence. He laud- to comfort those people in the to review programs on how it tough for gang members to ed the police’s efforts in iden- communities that have seen Ottawa issues to dissuade young people get out, said Bordeleau. tifying the shooting suspect gun violence on their street from joining gangs and keep Apart from the exit strat- in the Boxing Day shooting at or in their parks or outside of frostbite warning existing members from re- egies, Bordeleau is confident Tanger Outlet Mall. school, but we can do our best turning to crime after spend- the Ottawa Police Service’s Last year’s record of 49 to … (give people) peace of Just when Ottawa feels re- ing time in jail. Currently, the actions to date — including shootings is just a “one-year mind that we are committed lief from the subzero cold, police use exit strategies to redeploying resources from spike” and not a trend, said to working on a holistic solu- the city issues a two-day “engage with” those who have other units to its Guns and Bordeleau and Watson. tion,” said Watson. frostbite advisory. Temperatures are expected to drop to -23 C Cornwall rink can stay for one year Monday night with a wind chill of -32 C, according to Environment Canada. Despite Tuesday’s sunny The Vincent kids in Cornwall O’Shaughnessy said the skies, the air will feel like have got their hockey rink back boards were anchored by -33 C. A low of -19 C is — for now. stakes that were driven into the expected for Wednesday. More than a dozen volun- ground on land that could con- Ottawa Public Health teers showed up at Laura and tain high-voltage electrical and issued a frostbite advisory Brian Vincent’s home to help telephone wires, explaining it from Monday night until rebuild the rink after the city was a safety issue. Wednesday. ordered the family to dismantle The Vincents can keep the A frostbite advisory the boards, as they violated rink up for this season but will is in effect when a wind road-allowance bylaws. have to relocate it next year. chill of at least -25 C is Cornwall Mayor Leslie O’Shaughnessy said the predicted. O’Shaughnessy told Metro the From left: Brian and Laura Vincent pose on their rebuilt outdoor hockey rink incident, which has attracted Wear two pairs of wool family was never ordered to dis- with Cornwall Coun. Justin Towndale. JAMIE GILCIG/CORNWALL FREE NEWS national media attention, has socks, a scarf over the mantle the ice surface, only the left a “black eye” on Cornwall, frostbite-vulnerable chin, boards — but just hours after we had a lot of volunteers show with backhoes in early January and his council is now work- lips and cheeks and an the boards were removed, the up and help,” said a grateful but to dismantle the rink boards, as ing on an awareness campaign extra pair of mittens, rec- ice cracked down the middle emotionally drained Laura Vin- they violated three city bylaws: to show the public why bylaws ommends Ottawa Public and collapsed. cent on Monday. road allowance, property stan- are bylaws. Health. LUCY SCHOLEY/METRO “The boards are gone, but Municipal crews showed up dards and front-yard setbacks. TREVOR GREENWAY/METRO metronews.ca OTTAWA 3 Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Dwindling enrolment could shutter Munster Elementary Education. Attempt ster would not be easy,” said adding that while the com- OCDSB superintendent of mute would be longer, no to incorporate French facilities Mike Carson. student would spend more immersion into school “There were a lot of than 30 minutes on the bus people who were very satis- in the morning. curriculum not enough fied with their program at “But we are trying to rec- to bolster numbers, so the school they were at- ognize that if you do have tending and even if we did kids in different programs, school may close establish a Munster bound- at least they are attending ary for early French immer- the same school.” sion, that by itself wasn’t In 2005, Munster boasted TREVOR going to be a strong pro- an enrolment of 190 kids GREENWAY gram, either.” — a whopping 75 per cent [email protected] It’s not a typical school drop to this year’s 50 pupils. closure, as the building will There are only two stu- French immersion couldn’t remain open in the “short dents in junior kinder- save Munster Elementary term” to serve the commun- garten and another nine in School. ity after hours. senior kindergarten, and Officials at the Ottawa Carson said the school’s Carson expects the situa- Carleton District School current students would be tion to get even worse. Board (OCDSB) tried to bussed to either A. Lorne “You reach a point where boost dwindling numbers Cassidy where there is an people will just choose not at the school just south of early French immersion to send their kids maybe for Ottawa by implementing course or parents would kindergarten, or they will an early French immersion also have the option of look for other alternatives, course, but with just 50 sending the kids to Rich- once you get to numbers students enrolled this year, mond Public School where that small,” he added. the board is recommending a number of Munster stu- There will be more dis- that the school be closed dents’ siblings go. cussion at the board’s meet- next year. “We understand that it’s ing this month before a “Implementing early never easy to move your final decision is made at the The Ottawa Carleton District School board is recommending that Munster Elementary School be closed due to low French immersion at Mun- children,” noted Carson, end of February. enrolment. OTTAWA CARLETON DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD Maintenance worker dies in fall at adult high school The Ministry of Labour is pital where he succumbed tawa Catholic School Board to involved in the incident and investigating the death of a to his injuries, according to ensure equipment is moved it did not happen near a class- maintenance worker who paramedic spokesman, J. P. and transported in a safe room. was working with equipment Trottier. manner and to ensure work “Counselling support is outside the St. Nicholas Adult Janet Deline, speaking on surfaces are free of hazards, available for M. Charron’s co- High School on Friday. behalf of the ministry, said specifically ice and snow. workers, friends, staff and the Paramedics say Luc Char- Charron was working with an The investigation is on- adult students. The thoughts ron suffered serious head “aerial lift” at the time of the going. and prayers of the Ottawa trauma and was found with- incident, although she did School board spokes- Catholic School Board com- out vital signs when they not have information about woman Mardi de Kemp said munity go out to the Charron arrived shortly after noon what he was using it for. the OCSB is co-operating with family,” the board said in a at the school on Admiral Av- As a result, the ministry the ministry. statement. St. Nicholas Adult High School GOOGLE STREETVIEW IMAGE enue. He was rushed to hos- issued two orders to the Ot- She said no students were JOE LOFARO/METRO OUR BEST PLAN EVER 44 $ The Cross-Canada Plan /month • Unlimited Data • Unlimited Canada & US Talk • Unlimited Global Text • International Calling from 1¢/min • Voicemail+ • Credits to use your phone across Canada OFFER ENDS SOON Off er is valid as of November 2014 and are subject to change or cancellation without notice. 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WIND, WIND MOBILE and TRUE MOBILE FREEDOM are trademarks of Wind Telecommunicazioni S.p.A and are used under license in Canada by Globalive Wireless Management Corp. © 2014 WIND Mobile 4 OTTAWA metronews.ca Tuesday, January 13, 2015 ‘There’s a strong connection between Canada and Haiti’ Five years after the doctors’ trips. Kaleem Akhtar, executive deadly quake. Need director of the Ottawa-based for help still great, yet charity Human Concern Inter- national, which also relies on support has dwindled, donors for its development say aid groups projects worldwide, said the “big-time support” for Haiti poured in after the earth- LUCY quake. SCHOLEY Human Concern still has [email protected] small education and agricul- tural programs in Haiti, but When Dr. Andrew Furey trav- their efforts are stretched thin, elled to Haiti in May 2010 to said Akhtar. treat patients following the Although Haiti has fallen tragic earthquake, he says the from headlines, there’s still a piles of rubble was compar- “gigantic” need to help people able to the snow banks of his in Port-au-Prince, added Furey. Newfoundland home. A demonstrator holds up a leaflet that shows an image of former president Bill Clinton, asking where the aid money for reconstruction went, in Port-au-Prince, “Haiti is right in our back- Five years later, his Ottawa Haiti, Saturday, during a protest calling for the resignation of Haiti’s President Michel Martelly. DIEU NALIO CHERY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS yard,” he said. “There’s a colleagues with Team Broken strong connection between Earth are in Port-au-Prince quake,” he said. The fifth an- son this Ottawa medical team organizations and NGOs. For about the day-to-day illnesses Canada and Haiti. It can be a carrying on the organization’s niversary of the disaster that is down south for a week. Team Broken Earth — which and trauma in the city of two better place, it just needs help ongoing work. killed nearly 230,000 Haitians Despite the tragedy’s dis- has five medical chapters million people. and I think Canada can lead “(Haiti) still has a long — by some estimates closer to appearance from headlines, across Canada — its efforts are With no government fund- the way in helping.” ways to go to even get back to 300,000 — and displaced 1.5 the work in Haiti has been on- obviously less about treating ing, Broken Earth relies on where it was before the earth- million people is not the rea- going for many international earthquake injuries and more online donations to pay for its FOR MORE HAITI COVERAGE, GO TO PAGE 9 Playing their music and working 9 to 5 Reg Allen has never made it huge as a musician. He’s never toured Eur- ope playing stadium shows to thousands of screaming fans, he’s never had an epic fight with his bandmates on the road and he’s never had to live for months out of the Your opportunity to back of a tour van. And he’s totally OK with support people living that. “We all have 9-to-5 jobs with dementia. and just love to play live music,” said Allen, bass- Ottawa punk band Good2Go, featuring vocalist Miss Maureen, play House 100% of proceeds ist for Ottawa punk band of Targ Jan. 31. COURTESY SANDY SHARKEY Good2Go. “We are not sleeping in the back of a ists Christian Lapensee and and the Stooges. stay local. van for months, we are just Glen Russell and drum- But don’t expect a full-on playing local shows at local mer Gilles Mantha, have tympanic assault all night clubs and selling local CDs watched the indie music at House of Targ, as Good- www.walkformemories.ca and we love it.” landscape drastically morph 2Go usually changes things The band has been rock- over the last decade and up during their live sets, ing the Ottawa punk scene a half — witnessing indie taking audiences up and for 15 years — thrilling rock go from loud, raucous then down, only to go back their modest audiences garage music with bands up again — music to keep January 25, 2015 with high-octane shows that like the Replacements and you entertained. For information: keep the loyal 150 or so fans Hüsker Dü to more mel- “We will throw in a coun- Registration - 8 a.m. coming back for more. The lowed-out tunes from the try song, or the odd jazzy- [email protected] Walk - 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. band is playing House of likes of Arcade Fire, Spoon sounding tune,” said Allen. or 613-369-5627 Targ — complete with per- and MGMT. “But it’s mostly a high-oc- Inside Carleton University ogies and pinball — Jan. 31. Allen says he misses tane, high-energy show.” www.alzheimer.ca/ottawa Allen and crew, which when indie punk encom- Tickets are $8 with doors Fieldhouse features the dynamic Miss passed bands like the Ra- opening at 9 p.m. Maureen on vocals, guitar- mones, the Clash and Iggy TREVOR GREENWAY/METRO Cost of living 3 times lower, perfect year-round weather ADVERTISING FEATURE OVER 1000 CANADIANS HEAD TO ECUADOR FOR THEIR RETIREMENT (cid:55)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:82)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:90)(cid:29)(cid:3)(cid:72)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:75)(cid:3)(cid:92)(cid:72)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:86)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:3)(cid:38)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:68)(cid:71)(cid:76)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:241)(cid:3)(cid:72)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:70)(cid:82)(cid:79)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3) the snow, heading south to sun destinations for weeks or months at a time. 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The Oulianovs wanted to act quickly (cid:3) (cid:3) (cid:55)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:82)(cid:71)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:82)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:15)(cid:3) and take advantage of the favourable market. “The develop- Mr. and Mrs. Oulianov from Ottawa, purchased their proper- (cid:3) (cid:3) (cid:20)(cid:22)(cid:26)(cid:25)(cid:3)(cid:38)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:36)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:72) ment itself is spectacular - an endless beautiful beach, lots of ty in HolaEcuador’s urban development. “The ability to sign a (cid:38)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:68)(cid:71)(cid:76)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:70)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:87)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:86)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:73)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:88)(cid:86)(cid:339)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:48)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:50)(cid:88)(cid:16) parks and gardens, services available right on the site, and a (cid:42)(cid:36)(cid:55)(cid:44)(cid:49)(cid:40)(cid:36)(cid:56)(cid:29)(cid:3) (cid:54)(cid:88)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:68)(cid:92)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:21)(cid:24)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:17)(cid:80)(cid:17) ton of activities available in the region. We’re convinced that lianov. “Furthermore, the HolaEcuador representatives here in (cid:11)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:41)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:75)(cid:12)(cid:3) (cid:39)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:69)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:55)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:82)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:15)(cid:3) this will be a fantastic community in a secure and comfortable Gatineau answered all our questions and helped us throughout (cid:3) (cid:3) (cid:20)(cid:20)(cid:26)(cid:19)(cid:3)(cid:38)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:36)(cid:92)(cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:85) (cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:89)(cid:76)(cid:85)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:87)(cid:17)(cid:339) the entire purchase process. The whole experience was very (cid:83)(cid:82)(cid:86)(cid:76)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:4)(cid:339)(cid:3)(cid:55)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:73)(cid:82)(cid:79)(cid:16) (cid:51)(cid:47)(cid:40)(cid:36)(cid:54)(cid:40)(cid:3)(cid:53)(cid:40)(cid:42)(cid:44)(cid:54)(cid:55)(cid:40)(cid:53)(cid:3)(cid:58)(cid:44)(cid:55)(cid:43)(cid:29)(cid:3)(cid:3) lowing comments TO GET MORE INFORMATION (cid:42)(cid:68)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:51)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:71)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:25)(cid:20)(cid:22)(cid:3)(cid:24)(cid:20)(cid:27)(cid:16)(cid:20)(cid:28)(cid:26)(cid:22) were shared by Mrs. Boucher from “At HolaEcuador’s informational seminar I was Gatineau, who felt pleased to discover the high level of professional- reassured by ism of the developers and the overall quality of the project. In addition to providing lots of interesting information about Ecuador in general, Mr. Poole also provided an in-depth look into this residential project and he took the time to answer numerous questions Mr. and Mrs. from the participants. The information that was pro- (cid:39)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:79)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:29) Oulianov, vided at the seminar left me with a great deal of con- HolaEcuador (cid:373)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:68)(cid:78)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:91)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:93)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:80)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:17)(cid:340)(cid:3)(cid:3) Clients says Al Hendley, a client in Ottawa. 6 CANADA metronews.ca Tuesday, January 13, 2015 International push. Probe missing, murdered native women cases: Rights group An international body has Activists react joined Canadian domestic calls for a national inquiry into missing and murdered Canadian activists who have aboriginal women and girls. been pressing the federal A report from The Inter- government for just such an American Commission on Hu- inquiry welcomed the report. man Rights (IACHR), an arm of the Organization of American States, says an inquiry or na- stand and to acknowledge tional action plan is needed to in relation to the missing get at the root of the problem. and murdered indigenous The report, issued in women,” the report said. “This Washington, followed an in- initiative must be organized in vestigation the commission consultation with indigenous conducted in Canada in 2013. peoples, particularly indigen- Three climbers found dead in B.C. The body spoke with govern- ous women, at all stages.” ment officials, opposition The report said aboriginal politicians and native repre- women in Canada are mur- A rescue-crew member heads to a helicopter in Pemberton, B.C., north of Whistler, on Monday to search for three missing ice climbers. The climbers were eventually sentatives in both Ottawa and dered or disappear at a rate found dead in a crevasse about 300 metres below Joffre Peak. Police are not releasing the names of the victims but described two of them as a man and woman in British Columbia. four times higher than their their mid-30s from the Metro Vancouver area and the third as a woman in her late 20s who was an international visitor. DAVE STEERS/THE CANADIAN PRESS “The IACHR considers that representation in the popula- there is much more to under- tion. THE CANADIAN PRESS Lac-Mégantic families to Taser death. Perjury case against Mounties to proceed get ‘very little’: Official An RCMP officer who stunned Robert Dziekanski with a Taser at Vancouver’s airport lost an attempt Monday to dismiss a A $200-million US the amount could rise. and some oil producers. Three Quoted perjury charge related to his Given the magnitude of major companies have de- settlement. Only a testimony at a public inquiry. the tragedy, the town’s deputy clined to participate — World “It will help the families Const. Kwesi Millington fraction of settlement set mayor says what seems like a Fuel Services, Canadian Pacific was among four officers who large sum of money isn’t very and the governments — Railway and Irving Oil. to go to victims’ relatives confronted Dziekanski during much. but it’s not an astro- U.S. bankruptcy trustee Rob- his fatal encounter with police “Two hundred million can ert Keach, a court-appointed nomical sum.” in October 2007. All four were seem like a lot of money but trustee in the defunct railroad’s later charged with perjury over The funds earmarked for those in my opinion, it’s very little,” Richard Michaud, deputy mayor of Lac- bankruptcy case in Maine, said their testimony given at a pub- RCMP Const. Kwesi Millington affected by the Lac-Mégantic Richard Michaud said. “Much Mégantic the draft sets aside about $50 lic inquiry two years later. DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS train disaster represent just a more than $200 million has million of the $200 million The Crown, which alleges fraction of what’s needed, a been injected by the federal before derailing and exploding. pool for wrongful death claims, the officers colluded to lie to support a conviction. town official says. and provincial government to The families of the victims which could increase through a investigators and then per- But B.C. Supreme Court A $200-million US settle- decontaminate the devastated will share in the settlement reallocation of the federal gov- jure themselves at the inquiry, Judge William Ehrcke said the ment was announced last territory alone, and we’re not money, which is “very little ernment’s share to as much as wrapped up its case against Mil- Crown had put forward some week, with more than one-half even talking about reconstruc- considering there are more $57 million. lington late last year. evidence that, if true, could sup- of the money going to various tion.” than 20 orphans who must re- Up to $29 million could go Millington’s lawyer then port a guilty verdict, though he levels of government. A runaway train hauling build their lives,” Michaud said. to property damage, while an- made an application to end the cautioned that his ruling had no As it stands, about $50 mil- tanker cars loaded with volatile The settlement involves other $19 million could go to trial and throw out the charge, bearing on whether Millington lion is destined for relatives of crude oil broke loose and bar- the Montreal Maine and Atlan- bodily injury and moral dam- arguing the Crown had pro- would eventually be convicted the 47 people who died in the relled into the town in the early tic Canada Co., its insurance age claims, Keach said. duced no evidence that could or acquitted. THE CANADIAN PRESS July 2013 disaster, although morning hours of July 6, 2013, carrier, rail-car manufacturers THE CANADIAN PRESS metronews.ca CANADA 7 Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Dentistry students head to class amid probe Dalhousie University. Students refused to com- cebook group that contained finish their studies. Dental clinic also ment as they went into the misogynistic comments. The student union has said school for their first classes The university also delayed it reported complaints of sex- reopens after delay since the holiday break. The the reopening of a dental clinic ism in the dentistry program to resumption of school was de- at the school and stripped the the president last summer and layed by a week as the univer- 13 male students of their clin- were referred to the univer- Students headed back to class sity dealt with the controversy. ical privileges there. sity’s human rights, equity and at Dalhousie University’s dent- Dalhousie University Patients going to the clinic harassment prevention office. istry school Monday, with some president Richard Florizone Monday had mixed feelings The union says the matter men ordered to study else- said Friday that 13 male dent- about the incident, with some was dropped when the office where because of sexually vio- istry students will have to at- saying the male students said complainants would have lent comments made on Face- tend classes remotely after they should be expelled while others to provide their names. book about female classmates. were alleged to be part of a Fa- said they should be allowed to THE CANADIAN PRESS The Dalhousie University dentistry building ANDREW VAUGHAN/THE CANADIAN PRESS Silicone. 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Reid administered the injec- Investigators at the time al- tions with syringes, Barry said. leged Reid advertised buttock, One of the women — none lip and muscle augmentations of whom can be identified due and Botox injections on a web- to a publication ban — is still site called pmmainjection.com. unable to sit down, he said. Several other victims came Barry said the Crown is forward after her arrest. seeking a nine- to 10-year sen- Her lawyer, Calvin Barry, tence, but he is arguing his said Monday several of the client should get sentenced to women have had “serious time served because she is re- health issues” ever since the morseful. 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It could take up It was the first time the Central Command Flight data recorder School reopens a to two weeks to analyze all school had reopened since sites hacked pulled up from sea the data on the so-called month after the assault, and security black boxes. Based on past was tight. The nation has Taliban massacre Hackers claiming to be Investigators trying to fig- crashes, the information been reeling from the Dec. working on behalf of ure out why AirAsia Flight retrieved could be vital. 16 terrorist attack in Pe- Islamic State militants 8501 crashed into the Java The two separate Pakistani children shawar — one of the worst seized control of the Twitter Sea on Dec. 28 might now devices — actually orange returned on Monday to Pakistan has experienced. and YouTube sites of the have the tools they need to boxes designed to survive the school where Taliban The violence carried out military’s U.S. Central Com- provide answers. extreme heat and pressure gunmen killed 150 of their by seven Taliban militants mand on Monday, but the On Monday the flight’s — should provide inves- classmates and teachers heaped pressure on author- Mohammad Baqair on his way to Pentagon swiftly suspended data recorder was pulled tigators with a second- last month, clutching their ities to end the stubborn the military-run school where his the sites and said no classi- up from the bottom of the by-second timeline of the parents’ hands tightly in a insurgency that kills and mother, a teacher, was killed during fied material was breached. shallow sea. The cockpit plane’s flight. poignant symbol of perse- maims thousands every an attack, in Peshawar, Pakistan, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS voice recorder was also THE ASSOCIATED PRESS verance despite the horrors year. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Monday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS France hunts for accomplices to 3 dead extremist attackers Mission to protect Anti-Islam rally Quoted sensitive sites. Country German march mobilizes 10,000 troops “It’s fair attracts 25,000 to say we should As many as six members of a have sent terrorist cell involved in the A weekly anti-Islam rally Paris attacks may still be at in the eastern German someone large, including a man who city of Dresden drew with a higher profile.” was seen driving a car regis- its biggest crowd yet on tered to the widow of one of Monday, after organiz- White House spokesman Josh Earnest, making a rare public admission of error on the gunmen, police officials ers declared it a tribute behalf of the Obama administration, on said Monday. to the victims of the the decision to let the U.S.’s ambassador Two French police officials terror attacks in Paris. to France be the most senior government told The Associated Press that Organizers said 40,000 official to attend Sunday’s anti-terror rally in Paris. authorities were searching people participated in the the Paris area for the Mini march, while Dresden Cooper registered to Hayat police put the figure at “Doesn’t Boumeddiene, the widow of more than 25,000 people the intel- Amedy Coulibaly. Turkish of- — still more than the ligence ser- ficials say she is now in Syria. 18,000 who came last The French police officials week. One of the 10,000 armed troops deployed to protect sensitive sites, including Jewish schools, patrols outside a Jewish vice there spoke on condition of ano- School in the Marais district of Paris as children make their way home on Monday. JEFF J. MITCHELL/GETTY IMAGES follow nymity because they are not those who have been authorized to discuss details hoods — in the wake of the died Friday in clashes with with 12 people killed at the day and then killed four of the investigation with the attacks that killed 17 people police. satirical newspaper Charlie people at a kosher supermar- released?” news media. last week. Brothers Cherif Prime Minister Manuel Hebdo by gunmen the po- ket Friday before all three Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, France deployed 10,000 and Said Kouachi, as well as Valls said the manhunt is lice identified as the Kouachi attackers were slain in two on why two of the gunmen in the attacks troops to protect sensitive Coulibaly, their friend who urgent because “the threat brothers. nearly simultaneous clashes in France were not monitored more closely sites — including Jewish claimed ties to Islamic ex- is still present” after the at- Authorities said Coulibaly with security forces around after serving their prison sentences. schools and neighbour- tremists in the Middle East, tacks that began Wednesday killed a policewoman Thurs- Paris. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS metronews.ca WORLD 9 Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Nigeria nage around the northeastern tions” on Feb. 14, despite the in resisting Boko Haram. Townspeople town of Baga. The killing un- attacks, but acknowledged it But the army told his folded over several days after would be difficult. militia group to pull back so exterminated Boko Haram seized a military One survivor of the Baga a plane could attack Boko by Boko Haram base there on Jan. 3. violence, Ibrahim Gambo, Haram forces, which sur- Amnesty International estimated that more than 500 rounded Baga when the plane said there are reports that the people may have died and didn’t arrive, Gambo said. Survivors of an assault by death toll could be as high said he did not know what “It is sad that our fortifica- Islamic militants that killed as 2,000, though some wit- happened to his wife and tion charm became ineffect- a large number of civilians nesses cite lower tolls in the daughter. ive once we showed fear,” in Nigeria have described hundreds. The 25-year-old truck Gambo said. “As we were days of systematic violence in In Washington, U.S. State driver said he was part of a running for our lives, we which people were slaugh- Department spokeswoman civilian militia that, bolstered came across many corpses; tered “like insects.” Marie Harf said Nigeria by a belief that its fighters both men and women and The accounts were given needed to move forward with were protected by a magical even children,” he said. by villagers who fled the car- “credible and peaceful elec- charm, initially had success THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Top: People sell goods outside the ruins of the old Iron Market on Feb. 15, 2010. Bottom: The market on Jan. 10, 2015, after being rebuilt by Haiti’s biggest employer, Digicel. DARIO LOPEZ-MILLS, DIEU NALIO CHERY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Five years after quake, Haiti’s rebuild goes on Mixed progress. Some levelled by the 2010 quake, areas have been ‘built has been replaced by a color- ful new landmark with decor- back better,’ but others ative minarets and a clock look much the same tower. The pancaked National Palace, its collapsed domed roof a powerful image of a It’s been five years since the government in ruins, has ground shook violently in since been demolished and and around Port-au-Prince, its wreckage cleared from the the overcrowded capital of grounds. Haiti, raising a cloud of dust Some of the broken white over the smashed city and walls of the once-towering outlying towns. National Cathedral still stand. The devastating 7.0-mag- The site has attracted a few nitude earthquake struck at destitute Haitians, still living 4:53 p.m. on Jan. 12, 2010, in tarp shelters. killing some 316,000 people, A trash-strewn market according to Haiti’s estimates. area in downtown Port-au- Some 1.5 million Haitians Prince still looks ramshackle were left homeless, and the five years later, though splin- country’s government was tered power lines have since obliterated. been carted away. Desolate streets were filled Some places have seen with rubble and the piercing more progress than others, sounds of anguish. but one thing is clear: Haiti Today, some hard-hit still has a long way to go be- sites in Port-au-Prince have fore it can say it has finally changed dramatically, and been “built back better,” the most lots are cleared of rub- goal repeatedly stated by re- ble. The historic Iron Market construction officials. in downtown Port-au-Prince, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 10 BUSINESS metronews.ca Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Market Minute Business outlook Migrant smuggling Canada planned to reduce fares and offering tips on TSX their investments in secure payments. Mean- DOLLAR 14,265.01 (- 119.91) Cheap oil dims Social media new equipment and hiring while, the traffickers who 83.56¢ spirit of energy following the oil-price tool for Europe send them floating across collapse. the Mediterranean are (– 0.71¢) OIL sector: BoC On the other hand, human traffickers buying scrapyard cargo $46.07 US (- $2.29) Eastern and Central Can- ships over the Internet. The Bank of Canada’s adian companies said they Migrants dreaming of That’s the picture of an Natural gas: $2.795 US (-15.1¢) GOLD latest business outlook were planning to invest Europe have their pick increasingly sophisticated Dow Jones: 17,640.84 (- 96.53) $1,232.80 US (+ $16.70) survey, released Mon- more, particularly in the of social-media sites business in migrant smug- day, found companies manufacturing industry. that work like an online gling painted by European in energy-rich Western THE CANADIAN PRESS travel agent, advertising officials. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mounties balk at paying Keystone XL. Pipeline clears Senate hurdle Rogers to get their man The Keystone XL pipeline has Democrats — but this time passed a major procedural the measure has got 63 votes, hurdle in the United States three more than required to Congress. The U.S. Senate override a filibuster. The Sen- has agreed to move forward ate’s Bill 1 now moves back New fees. Dispute Payments on a bill that would force onto the floor for additional simmering over who President Barack Obama to debates, which could lead to approve the controversial major amendments. should pay when Although they have con- Canadian oil infrastructure. But there’s one fly in the police ask for help in cerns about the new Rogers This is the first bill to ad- ointment for pipeline sup- fees, the RCMP says it did vance in the newly sworn-in porters: President Obama investigating cases pay more than $2 million to Congress and represents a has already signalled he’ll telecom firms in 2012-13 in demonstration of the new veto the bill because he says connection with customer power wielded by the Repub- it’s up to his administra- The RCMP and many other information and intercept- lican Party since the midterm tion, not lawmakers, to ap- police forces are refusing related activities. elections. Similar measures prove or reject cross-border to pay new fees imposed by had repeatedly failed in the infrastructure. Rogers Communications for last Senate, controlled by THE CANADIAN PRESS helping them track suspects less costs became unreason- through their mobile phones. able. In the case at hand, Police say the telecom- the court said it was not un- Gros Morne. Artists push munications firm is legally reasonable for Tele-Mobile obligated to provide such Co. to pay annual costs of be- for buffer around park court-ordered services and to tween $400,000 and $800,000 cover the cost as part of its A phone displays the RCMP website in this photo illustration. The RCMP and to comply with production duty to society. many other police forces are refusing to pay new fees imposed by Rogers orders. Canadian artists, writers and thousands of visitors each Rogers says that, while Communications for helping them track suspects through their mobile The RCMP note suggested musicians ranging from Hey year. Its famous hiking trails it picks up the tab for most phones. DOUG IVES/THE CANADIAN PRESS that the Canadian Associa- Rosetta to novelist Joseph Boy- wind through thick forests judicially approved requests, tion of Chiefs of Police be den are pushing for action to and across stunning clifftop in some cases it will charge a The fees were meant to under the Criminal Code for asked to issue a collective re- protect Gros Morne National views over glacier-cut fjords. minimal fee. help execute warrants for failing to comply with a court sponse to Rogers that “police Park in western Newfound- The letter urges Harper The quietly simmering dis- tracking customers’ move- order if it refused to provide will not be paying the fees land. and Davis to help create a buf- pute underscores long-stand- ments through cellphone the services unless compen- requested.” They’ve signed an open fer zone around Gros Morne ing tensions over who should data and help produce af- sated. Rogers spokesman Kevin letter to Prime Minister Ste- “that will be kept permanent- pay when police ask tele- fidavits certifying records The note, obtained by The Spafford said the company phen Harper and Premier Paul ly free from industrialization.” phone and Internet providers when testimony is required Canadian Press under the dropped the demand for fees Davis urging a buffer zone to Its 32 signatures include those to help investigate cases. to explain them in court. Access to Information Act, related to affidavits prior to prevent hydraulic fracturing of astronaut Roberta Bondar, It began late last May RCMP officials responsible points to a 2008 Supreme the Aug. 1 changes. and other development near writer Lawrence Hill of The when Rogers wrote to RCMP for covert operations told Court of Canada decision in However, where possible, the UNESCO world heritage Book of Negroes, musician divisions and other police their superiors in a June brief- which the judges said com- Rogers does recover costs for site. Gros Morne received that Tim Baker of Hey Rosetta and services across Canada to say ing note there was no legal panies would generally be ex- location tracking of mobile designation from the United actor Greg Malone of Codco. it would usher in new fees to basis for the planned fees and pected to comply with court devices, Spafford said. 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