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HOMELAND Weather ADVANTAGE your cold. CHECK SCENE FOR THE GLOBES’ TOP SHOWS, ACTORS AND JOKES PAGE 11 OTTAWA Monday, January 14, 2013 News worth sharing. We’ll all feel better. metronews.ca | twitter.com/metroottawa | facebook.com/metroottawa Local talent Homegrown 13-year-old’s film appeared in theatre yesterday. Are the Golden Globes in her future? PAGE 3 Attn: Parents We know you’re hip, but maybe it’s time to let go of some of these parenting trends PAGE 13 Thought you’d exhausted uses for cookie dough? Think again. Flip to see one more yummy way to use the better-than-the-original treat PAGE 14 AHOY THERE, CAPTAIN! PAGE 4 Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson acknowledges two young fans who show their appreciation for the team coming back after the 119-day NHL lockout, during training camp in Ottawa on Sunday. FRED CHARTRAND/THE CANADIAN PRESS We think having a plan for the future, is a really good plan for the future. Retirement Savings Calculator Making a plan for the future begins with knowing where you are today. Our easy-to-use Retirement Savings Calculator can help you understand where you are with your current retirement savings. Then, when you come in to meet with us, we can discuss your goals and prepare a plan together. Visit tdcanadatrust.com/yourretirement or a branch today. ®/The TD logo and other trade-marks are the property of The Toronto-Dominion Bank or a wholly-owned subsidiary, in Canada and/or other countries. metronews.ca NEWS 03 Monday, January 14, 2013 13-year-old Ottawa girl makes directorial debut Mirror. McKenzie age 12. Of course, the record- hopes to kickstart a ing equipment McKenzie uses N is slightly more sophisticated career in movies with than the camera Abrams’ film her 20-minute short takes its name from. “The equipment makes a difference, but it never really changes the story,” said Mc- E ALEX Kenzie. “The story is one of BOUTILIER the main parts of (the movie) [email protected] that really enhances it.” Mirror tells the story of When asked what it was like Colette, who, after finding W to see her work on the big a mysterious mirror in her screen for the first time, Mor- house, awakens in a field dis- gana McKenzie says simply oriented and frightened. The that it was “fun.” action follows Colette’s at- “It’s really interesting tempts to return home — but sort of seeing that small idea others in her mysterious new in your head kind of come surroundings have different to life on screen. So that’s designs. S always really rewarding,” McKenzie hopes it will McKenzie said Sunday, after secure her a spot at Ottawa’s her 20-minute short Mirror Canterbury High School, debuted at a private screening where she would like to pur- at the Mayfair Theatre. sue visual arts. She hopes to It’s a more staid response one day work in the movie than one might expect from business — but is taking a bit a 13-year-old writer/director. of a break after Mirror to focus But, when watching her work on school. or speaking with her for any “I do have other plans for length of time, it’s easy to for- films, but I don’t think I’m go- get that McKenzie is so young. ing to do as long a film (next),” Inspired by the plucky band McKenzie said. of would-be moviemakers in “I think I’m going to lean J.J. Abrams’ film Super 8, Mc- towards more like five-minute Kenzie took up pen and cam- shorts, or even shorter, or up Naya Weiler embraces her co-star Amy Cameron, who is burying her head in Weiler’s shoulder, in this still from Morgana era to produce her first film at to eight minutes.” McKenzie’s fi lm Mirror. The 13-year old Ottawa director made her big-screen debut at the Mayfair Theatre Sunday. CONTRIBUTED City hall has big plans for Little Italy Ottawa city officials will mull Avenue near the future LRT the plan for blocks flanking munity activist, wrote on his a plan to transform the Pres- station, 18-storeys along Ottawa’s Little Italy needs to West Side Action blog that ton-Carling community into Rochester Street, with a six- encourage redevelopment in the draft plan has “lots of a “western gateway into the storey maximum on Preston the form of infill while ensur- good words.” larger downtown area” in the Street. ing the “unique quality and “It remains to be seen coming months. The plan would also al- characteristics that define what good deeds remain On Friday, the munici- low 25-storey, predominately the identity of the Preston- once everyone has a kick at pality released draft plans residential developments Carling District will not be making changes,” Darwin for the Preston Street and along the western edge of the lost in the wake of the major wrote. Carling Avenue area. The O-Train corridor. urban transformation.” The complete draft can be plans, which have yet to be Preston Street will remain Some community mem- found at ottawa.ca. The city reviewed by the municipal- the “commercial spine” of bers are skeptical as to is also soliciting opinions on Some worry new plans will threaten ity’s planning committee and the district, according to the whether that can be achieved the draft plan through car- the character of Ottawa’s Little Italy councillors, allow for 40-stor- draft. with the current plan. Eric [email protected]. neighbourhood. 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Twitter He also cited a “deep” apologizes to fans, farm-team system and the @TheKayng: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) says he’s excited Senator’s unexpectedly RT @NHL_Sens: #Sensareback strong performance last on the ice! #Alfie http://t.co/ team is back year in the playoffs as fac- tFXbseHu Is this real life? tors that bode well for the Sens. “There’s a big undertone @SensForLife11: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) SEAN in the NHL … that we are in So we see Cyril Leeder and my MCKIBBON fact a quiet favorite, but we friend goes up and shakes his [email protected] want to be positioned as an hand. He proceeds to pull 2 tix underdog,” said Melnyk. out of his pocket and says There were apologies and “I’ve never been more ex- “Opening night on us” announcements of discounts cited about the depth that and giveaways, but Ottawa we have.” Senators owner Eugene Mel- Melnyk said he was sorry @Iamthehb: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) nyk knows the best way the contract dispute meant Great Practice today guys! back into the hearts of Ot- four months without hock- Looking great! #Sensareback @ tawa fans. ey, but he said he thinks Ot- NHL_Sens ottawa ontario can- “We’re going to do a lot tawa fans are astute enough ada of things for fans this sea- to know the league is mov- son,” Melnyk said Sunday ing on, hockey is back with a at a press conference ahead 10-year contract agreement @angelairwmyers: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) of a training camp practice and they can feel comfort- So exciting! Victoria got a stick from Chris Neil and puck from that was open to fans. able investing emotionally Cody Cece (autographed)! “But the most import- in the team. Thanks @NHL_Sens had a great ant thing we can give is to For his part, Sens Captain time! have these players come out Daniel Alfredsson said local every night — and I know fans had always been good they’re going to give 150 per to the team and he said he @mbjet: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) cent — (and) deliver you a and the other players are @NHL_Sens we’ll be waiting for winning team.” eager to get back on the ice. you #gojetsgo #allsystemsgo” Melnyk said the team has “We are really motivated Bring it on! #Sensareback @ a “huge advantage,” in this to play hard and make Ot- NHL_Sens shorter season since 17 of tawa proud of this team,” Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk smiles as he addresses reporters with team captain Daniel Alfredsson. the team’s 23 players were said Alfredsson. SEAN MCKIBBON/METRO Senators work hard to woo their fans back The Ottawa Senators are pull- can’t get those games back, ing out a lot of stops to woo Quoted but we can make the remain- their fans back. ing 48 games meaningful and “We’re sorry that you had to miss those games Tickets for Sens’ first 10 important to you.” regular-season home games and we can’t get those games back, but we can Leeder said practices will go on sale Monday at 10 a.m. make the remaining 48 games meaningful and be open to fans and the team For the first at-home game will send out alerts about important to you.” Jan. 21 against Florida, kids scheduled scrimmage prac- 14 and under will get in for Team president Cyril Leeder tices that fans can come out free with the purchase of an and watch. adult ticket, there will be free Seven of the first 10 games item such as a mini stick, “That was one of coach parking in lots 5, 6 and 9 and will also feature $1 popcorn puck or player photo. Paul (MacLean’s) ideas and $1 popcorn. Merchandise for and pop. On Feb. 5, students “For all of our fans, we we though it was great,” said the first game will also be 50 will get in for half price and know you love Senators hock- Leeder. per cent off. on Feb. 9 all minor hockey ey and have missed the games Season ticket holders will The free tickets for kids players will get into the game these last few months,” team also get to meet the play- deal will also happen on for half price. The first 1,500 president Cyril Leeder said. ers and will get a free game, Ottawa Senators president Cyril Leeder announces a number of initiatives games Jan. 27, Feb. 12, Feb. players wearing a jersey will “We’re sorry that you had Leeder said. designed to mend fences with fans. SEAN MCKIBBON/METRO 19. receive a player-autographed to miss those games and we SEAN MCKIBBON/METRO Started with the stove Deadly accident On the scene before 10 a.m. Saturday. Services were called to the for further treatment. No According to Fire Airport Parkway south of information on his status Man without a 19-year-old killed Incident being Services, the fire started Hunt Club Road just after was provided. home after fire on a stove in an apartment in collision investigated 7:20 a.m. on Sunday after Ottawa Police Services at that address. The cause receiving reports of a man are investigating the inci- in west end has been determined to be involving pickup after man struck struck by a vehicle. dent. accidental. by vehicle When paramedics ar- ALEX BOUTILIER/METRO A kitchen fire Saturday has Damages are expected to Police say 19-year-old rived on scene, they found turned an Ottawa man out be in the range of $50,000, Nicholas Holliday of Cas- a man believed to be in of his home in the city’s including $5,000 in dam- selman was killed after A man was hospitalized his late 20s to early 30s On the web west end. ages to the apartment’s being struck by a pickup with serious head injur- suffering from life-threat- Ottawa Fire Services contents. The resident was truck around 12:15 a.m. ies after being struck by ening head injuries. responded to reports of a treated for smoke inhal- on Route 500 southeast a vehicle on the Airport He was treated on scene For more local news fire at 30 Van Lang Private ation at the scene. of Ottawa. Parkway Sunday morning. and transported to the Ot- go to metronews.ca near Churchill Avenue just ALEX BOUTILIER/METRO THE CANADIAN PRESS Ottawa Paramedic tawa Hospital Trauma Unit 06 NEWS metronews.ca Monday, January 14, 2013 Sanctuary claims Ikea Aaron Swartz. Family of Reddit co-creator blames monkey was abused prosecutors for suicide The family of a Reddit co- founder who committed sui- cide weeks before he was to go Custody battle. Court Semantics? on trial on federal charges that he stole millions of scholarly documents allege the “She holds him by the neck to keep him still or above articles is blaming prosecutors family beat the animal, for his death. water ... The defence calls this strangulation.” wanted its teeth pulled Aaron Swartz hanged him- Lawyer Ted Charney, alleging that the sanctuary considers normal pet handling “abuse”. self in his Brooklyn apartment Friday night, his family and authorities said. The 26-year- The battle over a macaque Sunderland, Ont., since he was cided keep him after the dealer old had fought to make online known as the Ikea monkey found in December wandering showed her how to abuse the content free to the public and is heating up, with a primate in the parking lot of a Toronto monkey so he behaved, the as a teenager helped create RSS, sanctuary alleging his owners Ikea, wearing a little shearling sanctuary alleges. The whole Darwin, the Ikea monkey. a family of web feed formats strangled the animal, hit him coat. family, including Nakhuda’s used to gather updates from with a spoon and planned to The sanctuary is trying to husband and young sons, have HANDOUT/THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE blogs, news, audio and video. have his teeth removed. block efforts by Yasmin Nak- abused Darwin since then, the In 2011, he was charged But a lawyer representing huda, Darwin’s owner, to get sanctuary alleges. videos which show Darwin with stealing millions of scien- Aaron Swartz THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE the woman, who is trying to him back, and it’s now alleging They have hit him in the with the family looking just tific journals from a JSTOR com- get her pet back, dismisses the in court documents filed Friday head and face, forced him to fine and reveal a loving rela- puter archive at the Massachu- product of a criminal justice claims, saying they’re an at- that she abused him. Nakhuda live in a small dog crate and tionship,” Charney said. “Not setts Institute of Technology system rife with intimidation tempt to discredit his client. has said that an unidentified failed to change his diaper for one person has come forward in an attempt to make them and prosecutorial overreach. Anything can be claimed breeder gave Darwin to her as days, the sanctuary alleges. Dar- to say they witnessed abuse.” freely available. Decisions made by officials in in such court documents, “no a gift. But the sanctuary alleges win was biting the family to Photos entered as evidence He had pleaded not guilty, the Massachusetts U.S. Attor- matter how ridiculous,” Ted Nakhuda, a real estate lawyer, protect himself, which prompt- show the monkey swaddled and his federal trial was to ney’s office and at MIT contrib- Charney said in a statement. was introduced to an illegal ed them to make plans to have like a baby asleep in bed with begin next month. If convicted, uted to his death,” they said. The monkey, named Dar- exotic animal dealer by a client. his teeth removed, the sanctu- Nakhuda and curled up asleep he faced decades in prison and JSTOR didn’t press charges win, has resided at Story Book Nakhuda tried to return ary alleges. on her younger son’s lap. a fortune in fines. once it reclaimed the articles Farm Primate Sanctuary in Darwin after a few days, but de- “There are many YouTube THE CANADIAN PRESS In a statement released Sat- from Swartz, and some legal urday, Swartz’s family in Chica- experts considered the case go expressed bitterness toward unfounded. JSTOR’s attorney federal prosecutors pursuing even asked prosecutors not to the case against him. pursue the case, according to “Aaron’s death is not sim- Elliot Peters, Swartz’s defence ply a personal tragedy. It is the attorney. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Attawapiskat. Mulcair seeks hunger strike’s end NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is upon Chief Spence to realize calling on Attawapiskat Chief that there has been a step in Theresa Spence to end her the right direction,” he said. liquid-only diet. “It has been a year where Mulcair told CTV’s Ques- nothing was done after a very tion Period he’s always con- formal meeting. But finally cerned when someone seems the government seems to be willing to end their own life. moving.” He says Spence ought to Spence has vowed to con- end her protest now following tinue her protest until First last week’s meeting between Nations leaders can get Harp- Prime Minister Stephen Harp- er and Gov. Gen. David John- er and First Nations leaders. ston in the same room. “I would sincerely call THE CANADIAN PRESS Nova Scotia 22-year-old Fisherman likely Canadian student drowned: RCMP killed by a train in Vancouver police dog takes a licking and keeps on sniffing Bangladesh RCMP say a 20-year-old Nova Scotia fisherman Vancouver police dog Teak peeks out of a VPD vehicle after his release from an animal clinic Sunday morning. The German shepherd is recovering after who went overboard A newspaper in Bangla- being slashed in the pursuit of a robbery suspect in Vancouver on Friday. Teak, who will be eight years old in March, received 30 stitches to close up the Saturday southwest of desh says a Canadian 10-inch wound he sustained from the incident. PHYLICIA TORREVILLAS/METRO IN VANCOUVER Yarmouth is presumed student was struck and drowned. killed by a train Saturday Officials say the in Dhaka. Prison head wanted Ashley Smith video shown search for Michael Jeffrey The Daily Star reports Doucette from Wedgeport the victim’s uncle identi- was called off Sunday. fied her as Mungerina The head of Canada’s federal tional Service Canada, writes keep them secret. was substandard, but insisted Lt.-Cmdr. Bruno Trem- Arabin Jerin, 22, a student prisons initially wanted dis- that prison authorities wanted A coroner’s inquest begins it did not reflect usual stan- blay says rescue crews at the Medical College for turbing surveillance videos the videos screened during the hearing evidence Monday, dards. He also sought to boost made the difficult deci- Women and Hospital in the showing the drugging and inquest proper to protect its more than five years after the morale among guards. sion around 9 a.m. after suburb of Uttara. duct-taping of a teenaged in- integrity. 19-year-old choked herself to “I understand that this scouring the waters for Foreign Affairs confirms mate who died in custody Head states that he wanted death in her cell at the Grand negative media coverage ... is more than 14 hours. a Canadian died in the screened at the inquest, docu- to deny what he called media Valley Institution in Kitchener upsetting to Canadians, Ashley “It’s very sad,” Trem- country and says Canadian ments show. reports that Corrections “was while guards, under orders not Smith’s family and many of blay said. “It was a very consular officials are work- In a draft of an internal trying to hide the truth.” to intervene, looked on. you,” Head wrote in the memo difficult decision to do but ing with local authorities to memo — obtained by federal However, the videos were In the final memo, ap- Nov. 8. “These images are not it’s standard protocols.” gather details on the death. 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Fired up over Spain’s health-care sell-off Monday, nearly a year after one of the largest criminal trials Ex-Nortel CEO Frank Dunn leaves a in Canada’s corporate history Toronto court in this Jan. 16, 2012, signing off on financial state- Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against plans to restructure and partly privatize the began. photo. On Monday, a judge will rule ments. health-care sector, Sunday, in Madrid. The area’s regional government proposes selling off the management Ontario Superior Court Jus- on fraud charges against Dunn and Despite this, Canada is still of six of 20 large public hospitals and 27 of 268 health centres, and says the reforms are needed to secure tice Frank Marrocco is set to two colleagues. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE seen as soft on white-collar health services during the country’s economic crisis. Spain’s regions are struggling with a combined debt rule on whether ex-CEO Frank crimes, especially when com- of about $190 billion US as the national economy contracts into a double-dip recession triggered by a 2008 Dunn, ex-CFO Douglas Beatty ecutor in the Bre-X Securities pared to the stiff sentences real-estate crash. ANDRES KUDACKI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and ex-controller Michael Gol- case — the largest corporate handed out in the U.S. during logly manipulated financial fraud case in Canadian history the Enron scandal. statements at Nortel Networks — and his verdict will send a “When you look at white- U.S. Treasury rules out minting $1T Corp. from 2002 to 2003. message through both legal collar crime, there is always go- The men, who each face two and financial circles, says one ing to be incentives for manipu- counts of fraud, are accused of expert observer. lating financial statements,” he supercoin to solve debt-limit crisis participating in a book-cooking Darren Henderson, an as- said. scheme designed to trigger sistant professor of managerial “There is a direct financial $12.8 million in bonuses and accounting and control at Ri- incentive of increasing the The U.S. government won’t be Reserve believes the law can or strategy. The government has stocks for themselves at the chard Ivey School of Business value of your sales, getting a minting a $1-trillion US plat- should be used to produce such reached its $16.4-trillion bor- once-powerful Canadian tech- at Western University, says bigger bonus or keeping your inum coin as a way to solve its a coin to avoid a coming battle rowing limit. By late February nology giant. The accused, who that since the fall of Nortel, se- job. And what has to counteract debt-limit crisis. with Congress over govern- or early March, Treasury will were fired in 2004, have all curities regulations have been that is a disincentive or deter- Treasury Department ment borrowing. run out of ways to cover debts pleaded not guilty to the char- tightened — particularly to rent from the perspective of po- spokesman Anthony Coley Some of U.S. President and could begin defaulting on ges. If convicted, each could ensure that top-ranking execu- tential litigation and potential said Saturday that neither his Barack Obama’s liberal allies government loans. face up to 10 years in prison. tives at major corporations are to go to prison.” department nor the Federal have been promoting the coin THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Marrocco was the lead pros- held more accountable when THE CANADIAN PRESS Geneva Browser security Alimony ruling Perrez told reporters of a flaw in Java software to keep the family’s wealth Sunday in Geneva “we are integrated with web brows- within the bloodline. Global treaty to cut Java glitch to be Maple Leaf Foods confident that we’ll be able ers.” The glitch, which ex- Michael McCain must also mercury emissions to conclude here this week” fixed ‘shortly,’ perts believe hackers could CEO to pay ex-wife make retroactive payments with a final document that exploit, is only in the JDK7 stretching back to July 2011, may be in sight nations will adopt later Oracle says version of the software, and $175K monthly the first month of his split this year. Fernando Lugris it “does not affect Java ap- from his wife of 30 years, Delegates from more than of Uruguay, who chairs Oracle Corp. says it will plications directly installed The CEO of Maple Leaf Christine McCain. The case, 130 nations have begun the negotiations, said the soon fix a flaw in its Java and running on servers, Foods has been ordered to which was heard in Novem- negotiating to create the six-day conference already software that caught the desktops, laptops and other pay his ex-wife $175,000 a ber and decided last month, world’s first legally binding has agreed on a draft text attention of the U.S. Depart- devices,” the company said, month in interim spousal lays bare intimate details of treaty to reduce mercury that it will use this week for ment of Homeland Security. adding that a “fix will be support after an Ontario the McCain’s marriage and emissions. negotiations. In a statement Saturday, the available shortly.” judge struck down parts of lavish lifestyle. 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I’ve learned not to take it personally when the latest Tube station in the west to objectionable government notion is disparagingly attributed to Moorgate station in London “some genius in Ottawa.” on Sunday. The overwhelming majority of those who live here, after The trip was part of all, have about as much to do with the regular emissions of celebrations for the 150th goofiness from the feds as do our fellow citizens in Gander or anniversary of the Lon- Gibsons. We might bump into more cabinet ministers at the air- don Underground Tube port, but they don’t buttonhole us for advice. Whatever you’re system. The first stretch of upset about this week, it wasn’t us, we swear. the world-famous network I once again felt this urge for disavowal last week, amid ques- opened to the public on tions of whether the Canadian Forces, smarting from budget Jan. 10, 1863. cuts, would start going after communities, provinces and other THE ASSOCIATED PRESS federal government departments with bills for their disaster relief work across the country. Underground The military, we were told, has for the past 15 years waived (but always reserved) their option of invoicing, say, flood-ravaged Onlookers catch Manitoba communities for all those sandbags. Coincidentally, 15 years ago, the Canadian Forces emerged as glimpse of history the heroes of the 1998 ice storm, which had crippled commun- ities in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. The well-deserved Tourists waiting for the attaboys from a grateful public would have been somewhat morning subway train to muted, you can imagine, had the military turned around and Madame Tussauds were presented the recipients of their aid with a bill for the estimated treated to the unusual $60-million in services rendered. sight. Hundreds of train Various government spokespeople tried to explain under fans, costume-wearing what circumstances taxpayers, understandably under the im- enthusiasts, and curious pression they’d already paid in full for the armed forces, might onlookers gathered at plat- now be obliged to pay additional protection money should they forms and bridges across actually need their help. As a denizen of unofficial Ottawa, I the city to watch as the cringingly braced for another hit of bureaucratic guilt by as- locomotive transported pas- sociation. sengers on the iconic trip. Then came Friday’s scramble in the freezing rain over the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS legality of a one-day teacher walkout and whether it would close area public schools, which provided some welcome relief from Chugging along my Ottawa-shame. This whole mess, remember, followed aggressive legislation Mayor calls and contracts imposed by the provincial government at Queen’s Park. It was clearly not the fault of any “genius in Ottawa.” ride ‘romantic’ Ottawa residents could safely join the rest of the province in blaming “some genius in Toronto,” and either the teachers’ London Mayor Boris unions or the Liberal government, according to politics and Johnson was among the temperament (and conveniently forgetting that Ottawa’s the invited passengers aboard hometown of our embattled premier). the historic black-and-red Despite a ruling handed down in the wee hours of Friday locomotive. He said the trip morning by the Ontario Labour Relations Board outlawing the was “romantic,” describ- job action, it seemed that confusion had won the day and a long ing “thick clouds of white weekend was in the offing for Ottawa schoolchildren, a some- steam going past and then what unexpected manifestation of Bill 115’s purported goal of bits of soot coming through “Putting students first.’ from the engine.” Even some of us with no kids, though we were certainly ALASTAIR GRANT/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS experiencing less aggravation than all the moms and dads fran- tically reworking their schedules to keep up with events, were by no means any less confused. 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But if Chalet getaway weekend starts and holidays, and Friday seemed, from all indications, to have What’s your plan for getting you are looking to get intoxicat- now! #canada #holidays become one. in shape in 2013? ed in 3 minutes, it works effect- ively :p So there we were in the midst of a pretty good session, the @Allann87qyrgvw: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:3) mutt bounding across an icy and abandoned schoolyard, when A man in love is incomplete until a staff member emerged from the door of the school and kindly, 22% @nessysalvatore6: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) he has married. Then he`s fin- nicely, asked if we’d refrain from visiting the grounds during 67% TAKE UP lol #SeaHawks is trending and i ished. school hours. Our (admittedly charismatic) canine companion, SALSA she explained, was a little too fascinating for the students inside. 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HOMELAND Weather ADVANTAGE your cold. CHECK SCENE FOR THE GLOBES’ TOP SHOWS, ACTORS AND JOKES PAGE 11 OTTAWA Monday, January 14, 2013 News worth sharing. We’ll all feel better. metronews.ca | twitter.com/metroottawa | facebook.com/metroottawa Local talent Homegrown 13-year-old’s film appeared in theatre yesterday. Are the Golden Globes in her future? PAGE 3 Attn: Parents We know you’re hip, but maybe it’s time to let go of some of these parenting trends PAGE 13 Thought you’d exhausted uses for cookie dough? Think again. Flip to see one more yummy way to use the better-than-the-original treat PAGE 14 AHOY THERE, CAPTAIN! PAGE 4 Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson acknowledges two young fans who show their appreciation for the team coming back after the 119-day NHL lockout, during training camp in Ottawa on Sunday. FRED CHARTRAND/THE CANADIAN PRESS We think having a plan for the future, is a really good plan for the future. Retirement Savings Calculator Making a plan for the future begins with knowing where you are today. Our easy-to-use Retirement Savings Calculator can help you understand where you are with your current retirement savings. Then, when you come in to meet with us, we can discuss your goals and prepare a plan together. Visit tdcanadatrust.com/yourretirement or a branch today. ®/The TD logo and other trade-marks are the property of The Toronto-Dominion Bank or a wholly-owned subsidiary, in Canada and/or other countries. metronews.ca NEWS 03 Monday, January 14, 2013 13-year-old Ottawa girl makes directorial debut Mirror. McKenzie age 12. Of course, the record- hopes to kickstart a ing equipment McKenzie uses N is slightly more sophisticated career in movies with than the camera Abrams’ film her 20-minute short takes its name from. “The equipment makes a difference, but it never really changes the story,” said Mc- E ALEX Kenzie. “The story is one of BOUTILIER the main parts of (the movie) [email protected] that really enhances it.” Mirror tells the story of When asked what it was like Colette, who, after finding W to see her work on the big a mysterious mirror in her screen for the first time, Mor- house, awakens in a field dis- gana McKenzie says simply oriented and frightened. The that it was “fun.” action follows Colette’s at- “It’s really interesting tempts to return home — but sort of seeing that small idea others in her mysterious new in your head kind of come surroundings have different to life on screen. So that’s designs. S always really rewarding,” McKenzie hopes it will McKenzie said Sunday, after secure her a spot at Ottawa’s her 20-minute short Mirror Canterbury High School, debuted at a private screening where she would like to pur- at the Mayfair Theatre. sue visual arts. She hopes to It’s a more staid response one day work in the movie than one might expect from business — but is taking a bit a 13-year-old writer/director. of a break after Mirror to focus But, when watching her work on school. or speaking with her for any “I do have other plans for length of time, it’s easy to for- films, but I don’t think I’m go- get that McKenzie is so young. ing to do as long a film (next),” Inspired by the plucky band McKenzie said. of would-be moviemakers in “I think I’m going to lean J.J. Abrams’ film Super 8, Mc- towards more like five-minute Kenzie took up pen and cam- shorts, or even shorter, or up Naya Weiler embraces her co-star Amy Cameron, who is burying her head in Weiler’s shoulder, in this still from Morgana era to produce her first film at to eight minutes.” McKenzie’s fi lm Mirror. The 13-year old Ottawa director made her big-screen debut at the Mayfair Theatre Sunday. CONTRIBUTED City hall has big plans for Little Italy Ottawa city officials will mull Avenue near the future LRT the plan for blocks flanking munity activist, wrote on his a plan to transform the Pres- station, 18-storeys along Ottawa’s Little Italy needs to West Side Action blog that ton-Carling community into Rochester Street, with a six- encourage redevelopment in the draft plan has “lots of a “western gateway into the storey maximum on Preston the form of infill while ensur- good words.” larger downtown area” in the Street. ing the “unique quality and “It remains to be seen coming months. The plan would also al- characteristics that define what good deeds remain On Friday, the munici- low 25-storey, predominately the identity of the Preston- once everyone has a kick at pality released draft plans residential developments Carling District will not be making changes,” Darwin for the Preston Street and along the western edge of the lost in the wake of the major wrote. Carling Avenue area. The O-Train corridor. urban transformation.” The complete draft can be plans, which have yet to be Preston Street will remain Some community mem- found at ottawa.ca. The city reviewed by the municipal- the “commercial spine” of bers are skeptical as to is also soliciting opinions on Some worry new plans will threaten ity’s planning committee and the district, according to the whether that can be achieved the draft plan through car- the character of Ottawa’s Little Italy councillors, allow for 40-stor- draft. with the current plan. Eric [email protected]. neighbourhood. SEAN MCKIBBON/METRO ey buildings along Carling The draft report states Darwin, an outspoken com- A LEX BOUTILIER/METRO 4 12TH ANNUAL (cid:45)(cid:57)(cid:44)(cid:44)(cid:3)(cid:55) (cid:40) (cid:57)(cid:50)(cid:48)(cid:53)12(cid:46)(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:57)(cid:48)(cid:43)(cid:40)(cid:64) January18–20nst & Young Centre $Save (cid:53) 5 COURTESY OF Er (cid:54) (cid:54)(cid:53) (cid:3)(cid:182) (cid:176)(cid:28) (cid:55)(cid:52)(cid:3) (cid:54)(cid:53)(cid:51)(cid:64) per WDIONO&DROSWS couple JAKdidmas i1s7s ni&o nu n$.d12er 1 ar8e fre–e! 20 Ern4s8t9 9& U pYlaondus nDrg., OCtteawnatre PROUD MEMBER OHR13MET14 12 ATHNNUAL tSabohpedr eic mcs$oi ma2cilsbo oosiufniffeeopfdr noss. in cnwa.ngi’tlt eh H R S . (cid:41)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:71)(cid:68)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:21)(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:82)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:177)(cid:3)(cid:28)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:135)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:54)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:71)(cid:68)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:19)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:3)(cid:177)(cid:3)(cid:25)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:135)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:54)(cid:88)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:68)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:19)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:3)(cid:177)(cid:3)(cid:24)(cid:83)(cid:80) OME ENOVATIONS HOW COM HOMERENOVATIONSSHOW.COM 04 NEWS metronews.ca Monday, January 14, 2013 ‘We’re going to do a lot of things for fans this season’ Eugene Melnyk. playing hockey during the Senators owner lockout. Twitter He also cited a “deep” apologizes to fans, farm-team system and the @TheKayng: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) says he’s excited Senator’s unexpectedly RT @NHL_Sens: #Sensareback strong performance last on the ice! #Alfie http://t.co/ team is back year in the playoffs as fac- tFXbseHu Is this real life? tors that bode well for the Sens. “There’s a big undertone @SensForLife11: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) SEAN in the NHL … that we are in So we see Cyril Leeder and my MCKIBBON fact a quiet favorite, but we friend goes up and shakes his [email protected] want to be positioned as an hand. He proceeds to pull 2 tix underdog,” said Melnyk. out of his pocket and says There were apologies and “I’ve never been more ex- “Opening night on us” announcements of discounts cited about the depth that and giveaways, but Ottawa we have.” Senators owner Eugene Mel- Melnyk said he was sorry @Iamthehb: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) nyk knows the best way the contract dispute meant Great Practice today guys! back into the hearts of Ot- four months without hock- Looking great! #Sensareback @ tawa fans. ey, but he said he thinks Ot- NHL_Sens ottawa ontario can- “We’re going to do a lot tawa fans are astute enough ada of things for fans this sea- to know the league is mov- son,” Melnyk said Sunday ing on, hockey is back with a at a press conference ahead 10-year contract agreement @angelairwmyers: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) of a training camp practice and they can feel comfort- So exciting! Victoria got a stick from Chris Neil and puck from that was open to fans. able investing emotionally Cody Cece (autographed)! “But the most import- in the team. Thanks @NHL_Sens had a great ant thing we can give is to For his part, Sens Captain time! have these players come out Daniel Alfredsson said local every night — and I know fans had always been good they’re going to give 150 per to the team and he said he @mbjet: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) cent — (and) deliver you a and the other players are @NHL_Sens we’ll be waiting for winning team.” eager to get back on the ice. you #gojetsgo #allsystemsgo” Melnyk said the team has “We are really motivated Bring it on! #Sensareback @ a “huge advantage,” in this to play hard and make Ot- NHL_Sens shorter season since 17 of tawa proud of this team,” Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk smiles as he addresses reporters with team captain Daniel Alfredsson. the team’s 23 players were said Alfredsson. SEAN MCKIBBON/METRO Senators work hard to woo their fans back The Ottawa Senators are pull- can’t get those games back, ing out a lot of stops to woo Quoted but we can make the remain- their fans back. ing 48 games meaningful and “We’re sorry that you had to miss those games Tickets for Sens’ first 10 important to you.” regular-season home games and we can’t get those games back, but we can Leeder said practices will go on sale Monday at 10 a.m. make the remaining 48 games meaningful and be open to fans and the team For the first at-home game will send out alerts about important to you.” Jan. 21 against Florida, kids scheduled scrimmage prac- 14 and under will get in for Team president Cyril Leeder tices that fans can come out free with the purchase of an and watch. adult ticket, there will be free Seven of the first 10 games item such as a mini stick, “That was one of coach parking in lots 5, 6 and 9 and will also feature $1 popcorn puck or player photo. Paul (MacLean’s) ideas and $1 popcorn. Merchandise for and pop. On Feb. 5, students “For all of our fans, we we though it was great,” said the first game will also be 50 will get in for half price and know you love Senators hock- Leeder. per cent off. on Feb. 9 all minor hockey ey and have missed the games Season ticket holders will The free tickets for kids players will get into the game these last few months,” team also get to meet the play- deal will also happen on for half price. The first 1,500 president Cyril Leeder said. ers and will get a free game, Ottawa Senators president Cyril Leeder announces a number of initiatives games Jan. 27, Feb. 12, Feb. players wearing a jersey will “We’re sorry that you had Leeder said. designed to mend fences with fans. SEAN MCKIBBON/METRO 19. receive a player-autographed to miss those games and we SEAN MCKIBBON/METRO Started with the stove Deadly accident On the scene before 10 a.m. Saturday. Services were called to the for further treatment. No According to Fire Airport Parkway south of information on his status Man without a 19-year-old killed Incident being Services, the fire started Hunt Club Road just after was provided. home after fire on a stove in an apartment in collision investigated 7:20 a.m. on Sunday after Ottawa Police Services at that address. The cause receiving reports of a man are investigating the inci- in west end has been determined to be involving pickup after man struck struck by a vehicle. dent. accidental. by vehicle When paramedics ar- ALEX BOUTILIER/METRO A kitchen fire Saturday has Damages are expected to Police say 19-year-old rived on scene, they found turned an Ottawa man out be in the range of $50,000, Nicholas Holliday of Cas- a man believed to be in of his home in the city’s including $5,000 in dam- selman was killed after A man was hospitalized his late 20s to early 30s On the web west end. ages to the apartment’s being struck by a pickup with serious head injur- suffering from life-threat- Ottawa Fire Services contents. The resident was truck around 12:15 a.m. ies after being struck by ening head injuries. responded to reports of a treated for smoke inhal- on Route 500 southeast a vehicle on the Airport He was treated on scene For more local news fire at 30 Van Lang Private ation at the scene. of Ottawa. Parkway Sunday morning. and transported to the Ot- go to metronews.ca near Churchill Avenue just ALEX BOUTILIER/METRO THE CANADIAN PRESS Ottawa Paramedic tawa Hospital Trauma Unit 06 NEWS metronews.ca Monday, January 14, 2013 Sanctuary claims Ikea Aaron Swartz. Family of Reddit co-creator blames monkey was abused prosecutors for suicide The family of a Reddit co- founder who committed sui- cide weeks before he was to go Custody battle. Court Semantics? on trial on federal charges that he stole millions of scholarly documents allege the “She holds him by the neck to keep him still or above articles is blaming prosecutors family beat the animal, for his death. water ... The defence calls this strangulation.” wanted its teeth pulled Aaron Swartz hanged him- Lawyer Ted Charney, alleging that the sanctuary considers normal pet handling “abuse”. self in his Brooklyn apartment Friday night, his family and authorities said. The 26-year- The battle over a macaque Sunderland, Ont., since he was cided keep him after the dealer old had fought to make online known as the Ikea monkey found in December wandering showed her how to abuse the content free to the public and is heating up, with a primate in the parking lot of a Toronto monkey so he behaved, the as a teenager helped create RSS, sanctuary alleging his owners Ikea, wearing a little shearling sanctuary alleges. The whole Darwin, the Ikea monkey. a family of web feed formats strangled the animal, hit him coat. family, including Nakhuda’s used to gather updates from with a spoon and planned to The sanctuary is trying to husband and young sons, have HANDOUT/THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE blogs, news, audio and video. have his teeth removed. block efforts by Yasmin Nak- abused Darwin since then, the In 2011, he was charged But a lawyer representing huda, Darwin’s owner, to get sanctuary alleges. videos which show Darwin with stealing millions of scien- Aaron Swartz THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE the woman, who is trying to him back, and it’s now alleging They have hit him in the with the family looking just tific journals from a JSTOR com- get her pet back, dismisses the in court documents filed Friday head and face, forced him to fine and reveal a loving rela- puter archive at the Massachu- product of a criminal justice claims, saying they’re an at- that she abused him. Nakhuda live in a small dog crate and tionship,” Charney said. “Not setts Institute of Technology system rife with intimidation tempt to discredit his client. has said that an unidentified failed to change his diaper for one person has come forward in an attempt to make them and prosecutorial overreach. Anything can be claimed breeder gave Darwin to her as days, the sanctuary alleges. Dar- to say they witnessed abuse.” freely available. Decisions made by officials in in such court documents, “no a gift. But the sanctuary alleges win was biting the family to Photos entered as evidence He had pleaded not guilty, the Massachusetts U.S. Attor- matter how ridiculous,” Ted Nakhuda, a real estate lawyer, protect himself, which prompt- show the monkey swaddled and his federal trial was to ney’s office and at MIT contrib- Charney said in a statement. was introduced to an illegal ed them to make plans to have like a baby asleep in bed with begin next month. If convicted, uted to his death,” they said. The monkey, named Dar- exotic animal dealer by a client. his teeth removed, the sanctu- Nakhuda and curled up asleep he faced decades in prison and JSTOR didn’t press charges win, has resided at Story Book Nakhuda tried to return ary alleges. on her younger son’s lap. a fortune in fines. once it reclaimed the articles Farm Primate Sanctuary in Darwin after a few days, but de- “There are many YouTube THE CANADIAN PRESS In a statement released Sat- from Swartz, and some legal urday, Swartz’s family in Chica- experts considered the case go expressed bitterness toward unfounded. JSTOR’s attorney federal prosecutors pursuing even asked prosecutors not to the case against him. pursue the case, according to “Aaron’s death is not sim- Elliot Peters, Swartz’s defence ply a personal tragedy. It is the attorney. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Attawapiskat. Mulcair seeks hunger strike’s end NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is upon Chief Spence to realize calling on Attawapiskat Chief that there has been a step in Theresa Spence to end her the right direction,” he said. liquid-only diet. “It has been a year where Mulcair told CTV’s Ques- nothing was done after a very tion Period he’s always con- formal meeting. But finally cerned when someone seems the government seems to be willing to end their own life. moving.” He says Spence ought to Spence has vowed to con- end her protest now following tinue her protest until First last week’s meeting between Nations leaders can get Harp- Prime Minister Stephen Harp- er and Gov. Gen. David John- er and First Nations leaders. ston in the same room. “I would sincerely call THE CANADIAN PRESS Nova Scotia 22-year-old Fisherman likely Canadian student drowned: RCMP killed by a train in Vancouver police dog takes a licking and keeps on sniffing Bangladesh RCMP say a 20-year-old Nova Scotia fisherman Vancouver police dog Teak peeks out of a VPD vehicle after his release from an animal clinic Sunday morning. The German shepherd is recovering after who went overboard A newspaper in Bangla- being slashed in the pursuit of a robbery suspect in Vancouver on Friday. Teak, who will be eight years old in March, received 30 stitches to close up the Saturday southwest of desh says a Canadian 10-inch wound he sustained from the incident. PHYLICIA TORREVILLAS/METRO IN VANCOUVER Yarmouth is presumed student was struck and drowned. killed by a train Saturday Officials say the in Dhaka. Prison head wanted Ashley Smith video shown search for Michael Jeffrey The Daily Star reports Doucette from Wedgeport the victim’s uncle identi- was called off Sunday. fied her as Mungerina The head of Canada’s federal tional Service Canada, writes keep them secret. was substandard, but insisted Lt.-Cmdr. Bruno Trem- Arabin Jerin, 22, a student prisons initially wanted dis- that prison authorities wanted A coroner’s inquest begins it did not reflect usual stan- blay says rescue crews at the Medical College for turbing surveillance videos the videos screened during the hearing evidence Monday, dards. He also sought to boost made the difficult deci- Women and Hospital in the showing the drugging and inquest proper to protect its more than five years after the morale among guards. sion around 9 a.m. after suburb of Uttara. duct-taping of a teenaged in- integrity. 19-year-old choked herself to “I understand that this scouring the waters for Foreign Affairs confirms mate who died in custody Head states that he wanted death in her cell at the Grand negative media coverage ... is more than 14 hours. a Canadian died in the screened at the inquest, docu- to deny what he called media Valley Institution in Kitchener upsetting to Canadians, Ashley “It’s very sad,” Trem- country and says Canadian ments show. reports that Corrections “was while guards, under orders not Smith’s family and many of blay said. “It was a very consular officials are work- In a draft of an internal trying to hide the truth.” to intervene, looked on. you,” Head wrote in the memo difficult decision to do but ing with local authorities to memo — obtained by federal However, the videos were In the final memo, ap- Nov. 8. “These images are not it’s standard protocols.” gather details on the death. 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Fired up over Spain’s health-care sell-off Monday, nearly a year after one of the largest criminal trials Ex-Nortel CEO Frank Dunn leaves a in Canada’s corporate history Toronto court in this Jan. 16, 2012, signing off on financial state- Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against plans to restructure and partly privatize the began. photo. On Monday, a judge will rule ments. health-care sector, Sunday, in Madrid. The area’s regional government proposes selling off the management Ontario Superior Court Jus- on fraud charges against Dunn and Despite this, Canada is still of six of 20 large public hospitals and 27 of 268 health centres, and says the reforms are needed to secure tice Frank Marrocco is set to two colleagues. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE seen as soft on white-collar health services during the country’s economic crisis. Spain’s regions are struggling with a combined debt rule on whether ex-CEO Frank crimes, especially when com- of about $190 billion US as the national economy contracts into a double-dip recession triggered by a 2008 Dunn, ex-CFO Douglas Beatty ecutor in the Bre-X Securities pared to the stiff sentences real-estate crash. ANDRES KUDACKI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and ex-controller Michael Gol- case — the largest corporate handed out in the U.S. during logly manipulated financial fraud case in Canadian history the Enron scandal. statements at Nortel Networks — and his verdict will send a “When you look at white- U.S. Treasury rules out minting $1T Corp. from 2002 to 2003. message through both legal collar crime, there is always go- The men, who each face two and financial circles, says one ing to be incentives for manipu- counts of fraud, are accused of expert observer. lating financial statements,” he supercoin to solve debt-limit crisis participating in a book-cooking Darren Henderson, an as- said. scheme designed to trigger sistant professor of managerial “There is a direct financial $12.8 million in bonuses and accounting and control at Ri- incentive of increasing the The U.S. government won’t be Reserve believes the law can or strategy. The government has stocks for themselves at the chard Ivey School of Business value of your sales, getting a minting a $1-trillion US plat- should be used to produce such reached its $16.4-trillion bor- once-powerful Canadian tech- at Western University, says bigger bonus or keeping your inum coin as a way to solve its a coin to avoid a coming battle rowing limit. By late February nology giant. The accused, who that since the fall of Nortel, se- job. And what has to counteract debt-limit crisis. with Congress over govern- or early March, Treasury will were fired in 2004, have all curities regulations have been that is a disincentive or deter- Treasury Department ment borrowing. run out of ways to cover debts pleaded not guilty to the char- tightened — particularly to rent from the perspective of po- spokesman Anthony Coley Some of U.S. President and could begin defaulting on ges. If convicted, each could ensure that top-ranking execu- tential litigation and potential said Saturday that neither his Barack Obama’s liberal allies government loans. face up to 10 years in prison. tives at major corporations are to go to prison.” department nor the Federal have been promoting the coin THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Marrocco was the lead pros- held more accountable when THE CANADIAN PRESS Geneva Browser security Alimony ruling Perrez told reporters of a flaw in Java software to keep the family’s wealth Sunday in Geneva “we are integrated with web brows- within the bloodline. Global treaty to cut Java glitch to be Maple Leaf Foods confident that we’ll be able ers.” The glitch, which ex- Michael McCain must also mercury emissions to conclude here this week” fixed ‘shortly,’ perts believe hackers could CEO to pay ex-wife make retroactive payments with a final document that exploit, is only in the JDK7 stretching back to July 2011, may be in sight nations will adopt later Oracle says version of the software, and $175K monthly the first month of his split this year. Fernando Lugris it “does not affect Java ap- from his wife of 30 years, Delegates from more than of Uruguay, who chairs Oracle Corp. says it will plications directly installed The CEO of Maple Leaf Christine McCain. The case, 130 nations have begun the negotiations, said the soon fix a flaw in its Java and running on servers, Foods has been ordered to which was heard in Novem- negotiating to create the six-day conference already software that caught the desktops, laptops and other pay his ex-wife $175,000 a ber and decided last month, world’s first legally binding has agreed on a draft text attention of the U.S. Depart- devices,” the company said, month in interim spousal lays bare intimate details of treaty to reduce mercury that it will use this week for ment of Homeland Security. adding that a “fix will be support after an Ontario the McCain’s marriage and emissions. negotiations. In a statement Saturday, the available shortly.” judge struck down parts of lavish lifestyle. 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I’ve learned not to take it personally when the latest Tube station in the west to objectionable government notion is disparagingly attributed to Moorgate station in London “some genius in Ottawa.” on Sunday. The overwhelming majority of those who live here, after The trip was part of all, have about as much to do with the regular emissions of celebrations for the 150th goofiness from the feds as do our fellow citizens in Gander or anniversary of the Lon- Gibsons. We might bump into more cabinet ministers at the air- don Underground Tube port, but they don’t buttonhole us for advice. Whatever you’re system. The first stretch of upset about this week, it wasn’t us, we swear. the world-famous network I once again felt this urge for disavowal last week, amid ques- opened to the public on tions of whether the Canadian Forces, smarting from budget Jan. 10, 1863. cuts, would start going after communities, provinces and other THE ASSOCIATED PRESS federal government departments with bills for their disaster relief work across the country. Underground The military, we were told, has for the past 15 years waived (but always reserved) their option of invoicing, say, flood-ravaged Onlookers catch Manitoba communities for all those sandbags. Coincidentally, 15 years ago, the Canadian Forces emerged as glimpse of history the heroes of the 1998 ice storm, which had crippled commun- ities in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. The well-deserved Tourists waiting for the attaboys from a grateful public would have been somewhat morning subway train to muted, you can imagine, had the military turned around and Madame Tussauds were presented the recipients of their aid with a bill for the estimated treated to the unusual $60-million in services rendered. sight. Hundreds of train Various government spokespeople tried to explain under fans, costume-wearing what circumstances taxpayers, understandably under the im- enthusiasts, and curious pression they’d already paid in full for the armed forces, might onlookers gathered at plat- now be obliged to pay additional protection money should they forms and bridges across actually need their help. As a denizen of unofficial Ottawa, I the city to watch as the cringingly braced for another hit of bureaucratic guilt by as- locomotive transported pas- sociation. sengers on the iconic trip. Then came Friday’s scramble in the freezing rain over the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS legality of a one-day teacher walkout and whether it would close area public schools, which provided some welcome relief from Chugging along my Ottawa-shame. This whole mess, remember, followed aggressive legislation Mayor calls and contracts imposed by the provincial government at Queen’s Park. It was clearly not the fault of any “genius in Ottawa.” ride ‘romantic’ Ottawa residents could safely join the rest of the province in blaming “some genius in Toronto,” and either the teachers’ London Mayor Boris unions or the Liberal government, according to politics and Johnson was among the temperament (and conveniently forgetting that Ottawa’s the invited passengers aboard hometown of our embattled premier). the historic black-and-red Despite a ruling handed down in the wee hours of Friday locomotive. He said the trip morning by the Ontario Labour Relations Board outlawing the was “romantic,” describ- job action, it seemed that confusion had won the day and a long ing “thick clouds of white weekend was in the offing for Ottawa schoolchildren, a some- steam going past and then what unexpected manifestation of Bill 115’s purported goal of bits of soot coming through “Putting students first.’ from the engine.” Even some of us with no kids, though we were certainly ALASTAIR GRANT/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS experiencing less aggravation than all the moms and dads fran- tically reworking their schedules to keep up with events, were by no means any less confused. Twitter My local schoolyard is one of the few fenced-in spots in Register at metropolitanpanel.ca the neighbourhood where our entertainment-starved dog can and take the quick poll chase a ball around without undue risk of a flattening run-in @NikkiIrvine: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) @KraveAwmack: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) with traffic. We take advantage of the playground on weekends @DaneToGo haha they are! But if Chalet getaway weekend starts and holidays, and Friday seemed, from all indications, to have What’s your plan for getting you are looking to get intoxicat- now! #canada #holidays become one. in shape in 2013? ed in 3 minutes, it works effect- ively :p So there we were in the midst of a pretty good session, the @Allann87qyrgvw: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:3) mutt bounding across an icy and abandoned schoolyard, when A man in love is incomplete until a staff member emerged from the door of the school and kindly, 22% @nessysalvatore6: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) he has married. Then he`s fin- nicely, asked if we’d refrain from visiting the grounds during 67% TAKE UP lol #SeaHawks is trending and i ished. school hours. Our (admittedly charismatic) canine companion, SALSA she explained, was a little too fascinating for the students inside. GET OUTSIDE DANCING think swimming but everyones like nope football Oh, of course, I replied, all apologies, and fighting down an @mylifehasmeanin: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:3) old fear of being sent to the principal’s office. I didn’t know #ThingsYourParentsSay You are there were any kids here to distract. Aren’t you closed today? 0% 11% @fredianslips: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) never home and always out late! “We’re Catholic.” HIT THE GYM HIDE THE #WhatMadeMeMadAsAKid *stays home* omg why don’t Ah. REMOTE Superman III & IV. you do anything you just sit in Whoever that supposed genius in Ottawa may be, he’s clearly the house all day? not me. 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