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Tuesday, January 27, 2015 metronews.ca | twitter.com/metroottawa | facebook.com/metroottawa OTTAWA NEWS WORTH SHARING. Plant power Forget detox. Recipes to boost your immunity this winter. PAGE 12 Police called over Twitter parody account Social media. Tweets According to Twitter parody rules, the fake account ‘threatening,’ ‘not must not have the same photo helpful’: Chelsea mayor or logo as the target, nor must it have the exact name as the person being mocked. Green said the account was The mayor of Chelsea, Que., sometimes “threatening” be- doesn’t see the humour in a cause it tweeted a drawing of a new parody Twitter account, person’s head and razor blade but she may have the last with blood. laugh. The photo in question is a Someone created a satir- drawing that depicts a person ical Twitter feed using Caryl with a blank face cutting open Green’s photo and name to their own eyes and the phrase, jokingly tweet about Chelsea “Sometimes, opening your politics. eyes may be the most painful Green reported it to Twitter thing you ever have to do.” and the MRC des Collines-de- Many of the tweets are l’Outaouais police, at the rec- about Chelsea’s controversial ommendation of city staff. water and sewer infrastruc- “There’s nothing clear ture project. Green said some that it’s a parody because it people may still be against that is so close to my own Twitter council decision, but that the account,” she said. “We just parody account is “not helpful feel that we created that ac- to the whole conversation.” LOCAL TEEN INKS RECORD DEAL count to help communicate, On Friday, the real Green for example, road closures for sent a tweet denouncing the the infrastructure project and parody account and Gatineau things like that.” Mayor Maxime Pedneaud- The biography for the Twit- Jobin retweeted it. Ottawa singer Michelle Treacy poses at Sony Music Canada’s headquarters in Toronto. The 18-year-old, who made headlines last July when she was ter page does state it’s a par- Since then, the mocking called up on stage to sing with Lady Gaga at a concert in Montreal, has signed a recording contract with the record label. Story, page 5. FACEBOOK ody. Green said that’s not clear tweets have stopped. enough. 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So he noti- Christian says ‘last fied the bank. N The “last straw,” he says, straw’ was when he was was when Scotiabank sent a notifi ed all his accounts letter dated Dec. 2, 2014, tell- ing him it would close all four would be closed of his accounts by Jan. 9, 2015. without explanation There was no explanation, he E says. “It’s been quite a headache. It’s not just one incident. It’s LUCY a combination of lots of inci- SCHOLEY dents,” he said. “One alone is W [email protected] bad enough, but when it just continues to happen over and A Nigerian-born Ottawa lawyer over, it’s terrible.” says he was shocked when Sco- Something that surprised tiabank suddenly decided to him, he says, was that a repre- cancel his accounts. sentative later told him Niger- Gideon Christian boils it ian wire transfers are “high down to racial profiling he risk.” S claims dates back to 2006. “If Nigeria is a high-risk That’s when the now-dual country, I would prefer to be Canadian-Nigerian citizen first treated as an individual and moved to the country to study not part of any ugly statistic,” for his master of laws at the he said. University of Ottawa. He has A Scotiabank representa- since obtained his doctorate tive sent a statement to Metro and teaches part time at the about Christian’s situation. school. It says the institution treats Christian says the Scotia- every customer “fairly and bank Vanier branch “reluc- with respect regardless of tantly agreed” to open U.S. and race, national or ethnic origin, Canadian chequing, savings gender, colour, sexual orienta- and credit-card accounts with tion, or religion.” him back then. But when he “When the matter was first went to deposit money, he raised with us, we investigated says, he faced questions about Mr. Christian’s claims and we how he obtained the funds. apologize for any mixed mes- Another time, he says he sages that Mr. Christian may withdrew funds from his U.S. have received while we con- account to exchange them for ducted our investigation,” it Canadian currency elsewhere reads. at a better rate. 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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 6 CANADA metronews.ca Tuesday, January 27, 2015 ‘He would want us to throw ourselves into the things that bring us joy’ Mountie shootings. less hold one.” Funeral service Const. David Wynn, 42, More than 1,300 A man’s life died last Wednesday, four days Mounties, local law after he and auxiliary Const. remembered Derek Bond were shot during enforcement gathered a struggle with a suspected car to pay their respects to thief at a casino in St. Albert. slain Const. David Wynn He was shot in the head and A riderless horse, a pair never regained consciousness. of brown boots turned The shooter, career crimin- backward in the stirrups, al Shawn Rehn, killed himself led a black hearse carry- The sister of an Alberta Moun- hours later. ing Wynn’s coffin to the tie told mourners at his fu- Wynn’s sister remembered funeral service. neral Monday that he would her brother as a person who The procession included want them to live life the way brought enthusiasm to every- 860 Mounties in their he did — with joy, passion and thing he did be it scuba div- traditional red serge and with every effort to make the ing, swimming, fly fishing, 450 officers from the world a better place. spending time with his family municipal police force in “He would want us to or serving his community. nearby Edmonton. The throw ourselves into the “Over the past 10 days, Shelly MacInnis-Wynn, the wife of slain RCMP Const. David Wynn, and a family member lay flowers on the officer’s Mounties came from across things that bring us joy and there has been such an out- casket on Monday during his funeral in St. Albert, Alta. Hundreds of spectators, who were encouraged to wear red, Canada and from as far to do it for him. He would pouring of stories about Dave lined the parade route and waved large Canadian flags in Wynn’s honour. JASON FRANSON/THE CANADIAN PRESS away as Newfoundland and want us to follow our hearts and obvious love for him Nunavut. A handful made ... he certainly did that,” Mona from the people that he has around him.” flag was strung from the erect- our minds — an officer gave the trip from Bridgewater, Wynn said in her eulogy be- touched that I have realized Hundreds of spectators, ed ladder of a fire truck. his life away to protect our N.S., where Wynn served as fore thousands at a recreation he was far more than I ever who were encouraged to Laredo Nault, 14, travelled country and I think that quote a paramedic. centre in St. Albert, Alta. imagined,” she said. wear red, lined the proces- from Legal, Alta., with a quilt represents it,” said Nault. The flags at the Alberta “David would want us to “Dave was an ordinary sion route under sunny skies emblazoned with the quote: Wynn is survived by his legislature flew at half-mast forgive. He was a peaceful man with an extraordinary and unseasonably warm tem- No greater love than to give wife, Shelly and his three from sunrise to sunset. man. He didn’t have the time capacity to make the world peratures. Many were holding one’s life for another. sons, Matt, Nathan and Alex. THE CANADIAN PRESS to even notice a grudge much a better place for everyone Canadian flags and one giant “It kind of popped up in THE CANADIAN PRESS Feds appearing warm to update of costly First Nations food program It appears the Conservative program’s 2014-15 budget and government is open to the idea a five per cent annual escalator of changing the way it tries to in future years — has been offset the high cost of food in under scrutiny ever since aud- the North. itor general Michael Ferguson’s The department that over- fall report in November. sees the beleaguered Nutrition The audit revealed that Ab- North program has posted a original Affairs is largely in the notice of proposed procure- dark about whether Nutrition The price of a jug of orange juice is ment, asking for someone to North actually does anything listed at a grocery store in Iqaluit in come up with different ways of for those who need it the most. December 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS providing northerners with the Aboriginal Affairs told Fer- federal food subsidy. gram in 2011 — is intended to guson’s team it has looked at The notice, posted Monday, help defray the cost of nutri- expanding the full subsidy to did not elaborate on the nature tious food in the North. around 50 fly-in northern com- of any possible changes to Nu- But the $60-million annual munities, but doing so would trition North. food subsidy — to which the increase the cost of the pro- Nutrition North — which government recently added gram by $7 million a year. replaced the old Food Mail pro- another $11.3 million for the THE CANADIAN PRESS Military Transgender rights Employment Special forces stop Inmates’ identities Feds may be ready two ISIL offensives get equal footing to talk internships Canadian special forces and Transgender inmates in The parliamentary secretary Islamic State of Iraq and the Ontario will now be dealt to Labour Minister Kellie Levant (ISIL) extremists en- with based on their own Leitch is meeting this week gaged in two new firefights, gender identity, not their with various stakeholders with Canadian troops physical sexual traits. The about unpaid interns: “This neutralizing their attackers. policy builds on interim is the first time that we’ve This adds fuel to an already guidelines put in place heard from the federal burning political debate last April. Ontario Human government on this; they’ve as Parliament reconvenes, Rights commissioner Bar- been completely silent until a central topic being the bara Hall says this helps now,” said Claire Seaborn parameters of Canada’s Iraq protect the rights of trans of the Canadian Intern As- mission. THE CANADIAN PRESS people. THE CANADIAN PRESS sociation. THE CANADIAN PRESS metronews.ca WORLD 7 Tuesday, January 27, 2015 Terror. ISIL praises Zehaf- Bibeau’s attacks in Ottawa The spokesman for the Is- Legislation lamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has praised the gunman who killed a Can- The federal government is adian soldier at the National expected to introduce legis- War Memorial in October and lation soon to crack down is calling on Muslims living in on suspected terrorists and Western countries to carry out those who openly encour- attacks. age them. The spokesman says any loyalist who has the opportun- ity to “shed a drop of blood” Hill’s Centre Block before be- should do so. ing killed by security forces, Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, saying: “You all saw what one in a nine-minute audio record- Muslim did in Canada and its ing released Monday, praised infidel parliament.” recent attacks in Australia, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau’s Belgium and France — where killing of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo gunmen killed 12 people in an came just two days after an- assault on the Paris office of other attack by a man with Charlie Hebdo magazine. known jihadist sympathies He also praised the gun- who ran down Warrant Offi- man who shot and killed an cer Patrice Vincent in Quebec. unarmed sentry at the War The attacks ignited a debate A man strolls on a walking path Monday at Liberty State Park, with the Statue of Liberty in the distance, in Jersey City, N.J. The Philadelphia-to-Boston corridor Memorial in Ottawa on Oct. 22 on homegrown terrorism in of more than 35 million people began shutting down as a monster storm moved through the northeast. JULIO CORTEZ/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and then stormed Parliament Canada. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Storm could paralyze Security. Drone flight over White House raises fears Northeast U.S. for days A small drone flying low to the reason to doubt the man’s ac- ground crashed onto the White count, the official said. House grounds before dawn Although President Barack Monday, triggering a major Obama was not at home, the einmge frrgeeshn cqyu ersetsipoonns saeb oauntd s ercauisr-- sloecckudriotwy nb roefa cthh e pernotmirpe tecdo ma- Weather. Flights Quoted Details cancelled, government ity at the presidential mansion. plex until officials could exam- “This will most likely be one of the largest blizzards A man later came forward to ine the drone. offices closed, shopping (cid:580)(cid:3) Entertainment:(cid:3)(cid:16)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:3) say he was responsible and The drone crashed on the lines crammed as people in the history of New York City.” (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:254)(cid:305)(cid:302)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3) didn’t mean to fly it over the southeast side of the White New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:315)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:273)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3) complex. House grounds just after 3 a.m., brace for blizzard (cid:83)(cid:255)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:291)(cid:305)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3) The man contacted the Se- Secret Service spokesman Brian getting stranded and to enable hours or more. (cid:16)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:50)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:251)(cid:305)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:3) cret Service after reports of the Leary said. plows and emergency vehicles Shopping-cart gridlock des- (cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:268)(cid:225)(cid:3) crash spread in the media, a The device was described More than 35 million people to get through. cended on Fairway, the gourmet (cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:55)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:553)(cid:3) U.S. official said. The man told as a two-foot-long quadcopter along the Philadelphia-to- Boston was expected to get grocery on Manhattan’s Upper (cid:56)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:243)(cid:292)(cid:273)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:220)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:302)(cid:3) the agency that he had been — a commercially available Boston corridor rushed to get two to three feet of snow, New West Side. The meat shelves (cid:83)(cid:305)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:553)(cid:3) flying the drone recreationally. unmanned aircraft that is lifted home and settle in Monday as a York one and a half to two and were all but bare as customers The man is a Washington resi- by four propellers. Many small fearsome storm swirled in with Philadelphia more than a foot. shoved past each other. Outside (cid:580)(cid:3) Flights:(cid:3)(cid:5)(cid:255)(cid:292)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:3) dent and is co-operating with quadcopters are essentially so- the potential for hurricane- The National Weather Ser- on Broadway, the checkout line (cid:315)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:251)(cid:279)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:315)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3) investigators. phisticated toys that can also force winds and one to three vice issued a blizzard warning stretched for a block as the (cid:238)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3) Secret Service agents are be useful for commercial oper- feet of snow that could paralyze for a 400-kilometre swath of wind and snow picked up. Store (cid:220)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:320)(cid:320)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:279)(cid:315)(cid:274)(cid:3) now interviewing other people ations like aerial photography the Northeast for days. the region, meaning heavy, employees said it was busier (cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:56)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:16)(cid:317)(cid:3) to corroborate the man’s story and inspections. Snow was blowing sideways blowing snow and potential than Christmastime. (cid:273)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:575)(cid:209)(cid:238)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:55)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:550)(cid:3) and don’t currently have any THE ASSOCIATED PRESS with ever-increasing intensity whiteout conditions. Forecast- In yet another possible sign (cid:209)(cid:220)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:633)(cid:550)(cid:632)(cid:627)(cid:627)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:553)(cid:78)(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:248)(cid:255)(cid:251)(cid:254)(cid:302)(cid:296)(cid:3) in New York City on Monday as ers warned that the wind could that people were hunkering (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:251)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:305)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:3) Guerrilla warfare Rev. Libby Lane flurries began in Boston. Fore- gust to 120 km/h or more along down at home, Fresh Direct, a (cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:221)(cid:292)(cid:305)(cid:220)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:550)(cid:3) casters said the storm would the Massachusetts coast and up grocery delivery service in the (cid:209)(cid:221)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:221)(cid:266)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3) build into a blizzard, and the 80 km/h farther inland. Northeast, said it had seen a (cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:314)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:34)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:251)(cid:254)(cid:302)(cid:5)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:553)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:553)(cid:3) 43 Filipino police Male-only brunt of it would hit late Mon- New York City’s subways rise in orders for “movie-day” (cid:5)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:628)(cid:550)(cid:634)(cid:627)(cid:627)(cid:3)(cid:248)(cid:255)(cid:251)(cid:254)(cid:302)(cid:296)(cid:3) killed in battle leadership ends in day and into Tuesday. and buses planned to shut snacks such as microwave pop- (cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:296)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:553)(cid:3) As the snow got heavier, down completely by 11 p.m., corn and chocolate-chip cook- (cid:17)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:296)(cid:3) At least 43 Philippine police Church of England much of the region rushed to and commuter railroads across ies. 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Most flights were can- on standby to deal with antici- (cid:580)(cid:3) Other transportation: assault in which they may England ended Monday, as cancelled, and many of them celled out of the region’s major pated power outages from high (cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:3) have killed one of Southeast the 500-year-old institution may not take off again until airports. winds. (cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:314)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:3) Asia’s most-wanted terror- consecrated its first female Wednesday. Schools and busi- Authorities banned travel on The storm interrupted jury (cid:86)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:315)(cid:575) ists, officials said Monday. bishop. nesses let out early, government all streets and highways in New selection in the Boston Mara- (cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:273)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:55)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3) The clash Sunday may The Rev. Libby Lane offices closed and supermarkets York City and Long Island and thon bombing case and forced a (cid:229)(cid:316)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:3) have resulted from the became the eighth Bishop were hammered with shoppers warned that violators could be postponement in opening state- (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:305)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:39)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:56)(cid:229)(cid:315)(cid:3) (cid:98)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:266)(cid:3)(cid:17)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:317)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3) commandos’ failure to of Stockport in a service at stocking up on food. fined $300. Even food deliveries ments in the murder trial of for- (cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:289)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:629)(cid:553)(cid:635)(cid:3) follow the terms of a cease- York Minster. Her consecra- All too aware that big snow- were off-limits on the streets of mer NFL star Aaron Hernandez (cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:553)(cid:3) fire with the guerrillas by tion comes after the church storms can make or break pol- takeout-friendly Manhattan. in Fall River, Mass. (cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:289)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:296)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:575) notifying them of their ended a long and divisive iticians, governors and may- “We learned the lesson The Super Bowl-bound New (cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:296)(cid:3) presence in the area, a rebel dispute by voting last year ors moved quickly to declare the hard way,” said New York England Patriots got out of (cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:5)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3) leader said. to allow women to serve as emergencies and order the Gov. Andrew Cuomo, referring town just in time, leaving from (cid:17)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:296)(cid:296)(cid:553)(cid:3) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS bishops. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS shutdown of streets and high- to instances in which motorists Logan Airport around midday ways to prevent travellers from got stranded in the snow for 24 for Phoenix. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 8 BUSINESS metronews.ca Tuesday, January 27, 2015 Creditors hint at Greece deal Bailout. Eurozone weight Germany has so far taken a hard line on debt in leaders open to Europe. dialogue on debt Syriza is calling on the eurozone to ease the spend- issues after radical ing cuts and tax increases left-wing party win required in Greece’s bailout program and lighten the country’s rescue loans. The The election in Greece of a debt is at a level many econo- radical party that wants to mists think is unsustainable. overhaul the country’s bail- A tough stance by either out program raises new un- side could, some fear, cause certainties for the eurozone. Greece to fall out of the euro, Financial markets took in a development that could their stride on Monday the cause huge turmoil for Eur- victory of the left-wing Syr- ope and the currency union. iza party after several leaders Syriza leader Alexis Tsip- in the 19-country eurozone ras joined with the small suggested they were open right-wing Independent to discussing how to lighten Greeks party, united mostly Greece’s debt burden. The in their opposition to the aus- country has since 2010 need- terity measures imposed by ed 240 billion euros (about the other eurozone nations $337 billion) in loans from in exchange for the loans. Industry fights to reverse sour attitude towards milk fellow eurozone countries The tough spending cuts and the International Monet- and tax hikes were meant to A grocery store employee stocks dairy products in Denver. As Americans continue turning away from milk, an industry group is pushing back at its ary Fund to avoid bankrupt- reduce debt but have also put critics with a “Get Real” social media campaign launching Tuesday trumpeting the benefits of milk. Milk’s wholesome image is being muddied by cy. the economy through a de- diet trends and divergent attitudes about nutrition. The Milk Processor Education Program, which represents milk companies, says the breaking The talks are expected pression, causing unemploy- point came last year when a study suggested drinking lots of milk could lead to earlier deaths and higher incidents of fractures. to be tough and protracted, ment and poverty to surge. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE however, as regional heavy- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jobs Faulty switches. 50 deaths FRENCH, ENGLISH as a IBM denies report eligible for compensation SECOND LANGUAGE of 100,000 layoffs PART TIME With only five days left be- Recall Calling it “ridiculous” and fore the deadline to seek pay- “baseless,” IBM on Monday 12 weeks (36 hours in class and 36 hours online) ments, compensation expert dismissed a report that FRENCH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (10 LEVELS) Kenneth Feinberg has decid- General Motors was aware said it plans to lay off one ed that 50 death cases are eli- of faulty ignition switches in four of its workers, or April 14 to July 4, 2015 gible for money due to crash- on Chevrolet Cobalts and 100,000 people. The comes caused by faulty General other small cars for more pany “flatly denies” the Evenings: 6 pm to 9 pm (10 Levels) Motors ignition switches. than a decade, but it didn’t Forbes report, IBM spokes- Saturdays: 9am to noon (7 Levels) Feinberg, who was hired recall them until 2014. man Ian Colley said. by the automaker to handle IBM previously has an- ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (6 LEVELS) death and injury claims, re- (cid:580)(cid:3) On 2.6 million of the cars nounced layoffs affecting April 14 to July 4, 2015 leased new totals on Monday. worldwide, the switches “several thousand people,” The deputy administrator of can slip out of the “on” only “a small fraction” Evenings: 6 pm to 9 pm (6 Levels) the compensation fund says position, causing the of the number predicted NEW!Saturdays: 9 am to noon she expects a flurry of claims cars to stall, knocking last week by a blogger on before Saturday’s deadline, out power steering and Forbes.com, IBM said in a FULL TIME and she also expects the turning off the airbags. statement. 4 weeks (60 hours in class and 60 hours online) number of deaths and injur- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ies to rise. FRENCH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (6 LEVELS) Feinberg, in an Internet chief financial officer told Market Minute posting, determined as of analysts earlier this month February 17 to March 13, 2015 Friday that the families of 50 that those numbers have not DOLLAR Levels 1, 3 and 5: 9am to noon people killed and 75 people changed. Compensation for 80.23¢ (-0.26¢) Levels 2, 4 and 6: 12:30 to 3:30pm injured are eligible for pay- deaths starts at $1 million ments. The fund has received US. March 23 to April 17, 2015 338 death claims and 2,730 Feinberg is among the na- TSX Levels 1, 3 and 5: 12:30 to 3:30pm claims for injuries. Of those, tion’s most prominent com- 14,797.83 (+18.48) 58 death claims have been pensation experts. He previ- Levels 2, 4 and 6: 9am to noon rejected as ineligible for com- ously handled payments to FEES: $35.00 pensation, as have 328 injury victims of the 9/11 terrorist OIL claims. Feinberg is either attacks and the BP oil spill. $45.15 US (-44¢) (Immigrants, new Canadians, Refugees whose language is not English.) reviewing or awaiting docu- Feinberg has promised to mentation on 230 additional decide the claims within 90 death claims and 2,327 injury to 180 days from when he GOLD cases. determines they are substan- $1,279.40 US (-$13.20) Le meilleur conseil qu'on puisse vous donner Last year the company tially complete. His law firm Éducation Permanente 181 Donald St., Ottawa set aside $400 million US to expects to continue working Tel. 613-741-2304 ext. 3; Fax 613-741-2191 make payments, but conced- on claims through the spring, Natural gas: $2.881 US (-10.5¢) www.educationpermanente.ca ed that could grow to $600 and perhaps into summer. Dow Jones: 17,678.70 (+6.10) million US. The company’s THE ASSOCIATED PRESS metronews.ca 9 Tuesday, January 27, 2015 VOICES WALK THE WALK Setting up a group where parents take turns walking kids to school could go a long way towards helping our kids get exercise YOUR RIDE Kathryn Hunt DO YOU HAVE A TRANSIT IDEA? Shoot us an email: It’s pretty hard to argue with the [email protected] idea that it’s good for children to get as much exercise and fresh air as possible. school bus,” Kyriaco said. And it’s pretty hard to deny She hopes that parents will that one easy way to do that consider walking their kids to would be for them to walk to school themselves, or join forces: school. Most walking school buses, But it seems as though, more across the country, are organized and more, parents just aren’t among neighbours, with parents comfortable with letting their taking turns to walk with the kids walk to school alone. children. Every school has a “walk It can be as informal as a zone” around it, where the school couple of families taking turns, buses don’t stop. or as organized as the OSTA’s pi- It’s generally about a kilo- lot project. (There are some tips metre and a half around the for getting your neighbourhood school, and the idea is that chil- walking at walkingschoolbus. dren living in that area are close org.) enough to walk. Kyriaco said that cold weather But when I asked Vicky Kyr- isn’t a problem. “Just make sure iaco, general manager of the Ot- that their skin’s not exposed to tawa Student Transportation Au- the cold air, on really cold days,” thority, about it, she said, “We she said, and added that dry found that most of the parents in clothing is a must. that zone were driving their kids “Get the boots onto the radi- to school.” ators, hang the mittens up over- It seems as if walking has night to be sure they’re dry, and been forgotten about as a means you’re good to go.” of getting around: We default to Natasha Bryce, left, and her son Maxwell join other students and Dr. Isra Levy, Ottawa’s medical officer of health, in a “walking school bus,” the car, even for short trips. on their way to Woodroffe Avenue Public School. CONTRIBUTED/OTTAWA PUBLIC HEALTH But it’s the cheapest and sim- Kathryn Hunt @k8thek8 is a writer, plest form of transportation editor of Centretown BUZZ, storyteller, there is. And it’s good for you. its for the future. boards signed on to have a paid the way. poet, cycling blogger, rock climber, According to OSTA, kids need Kids that walk to school even guide, something like a crossing “If parents see that kids ac- mysterious techno vixen (confirmed) at least 60 minutes of activity a have better concentration. guard, walk a set route through tually can walk, maybe they will and geek. Not necessarily in that day — not just to get exercise Starting last September, a the neighbourhood around the consider it as an option even if order. You can read her cycling blog at now, but to develop healthy hab- half-dozen schools in both school school, picking up students along they’re not using the walking theincidentalcyclist.blogspot.ca. Dal whistleblower deserves gratitude, not condemnation SKTIMEPBHEERN In defense of Millet hclouudsiineg e Mxpilelle at l(lw thheo “hGaedn letlfet mtheen g,”r oinu-p nMoawyb toe. s Bauvte, hbiass perdo ofnes wsihonata wl feu ktunroew. and deleted his Facebook account — it’s worth noting that what we [email protected] He could have looked the other way in the face of the after providing the login informa- know so far comes mainly from Mil- The irony is we might not know to offensive posts, or quietly left the group without sharing what tion). let’s lawyer — I believe Millet deserves be outraged if not for a man many of he knew. Instead, he provided one of the victims with The university has since segregat- our gratitude. He could have looked us are outraged at. We have a com- ed all 13 from their peers. They’re in- the other way in the face of the offen- information that allowed her to choose how to respond. plicated relationship with those who definitely suspended from per- sive posts or quietly left the group blow whistles on bad behaviour: forming clinical work, which they without sharing what he knew. In- Think Edward Snowden, Chelsea top,” he conceded in a Jan. 17 inter- female classmates they’d prefer to must complete to graduate. stead, he provided one of the victims Manning and, now, Ryan Millet. view with the Halifax Chronicle-Her- “hate f—.” Several voted. Millet appealed, pleading his case with information that allowed her to Millet, a 29-year-old fourth-year ald. But, except for one offensive post Shocked, Millet showed the post to before the dental school’s academic choose how to respond. Dalhousie University dental student, (which he successfully asked Face- one of the women and eventually gave standards committee. (That hearing And ultimately forced the rest of was one of 13 members of the infam- book to delete), he says most conversa- her his Facebook login so she could will resume Wednesday.) us to confront important, difficult ous Facebook group “Class of DDS tions — from taunts about favourite document what he calls a “targeted, Should Millet be suspended? Or issues. Including how we see those 2015 Gentlemen.” Millet claims some- football teams to links to YouTube vid- hateful, sexualized, violent attack” thanked? His social-media and news- who blow whistles. one added his name when he began eos — were standard social-media and complain to the university. paper-comment-section critics — and dentistry in 2011 and he was more a fare. Three days later, on Dec. 15, the they’re legion — argue he should Stephen Kimber is a professor of jour- lurker and occasional “liker” than an That changed on Dec. 6, 2014, story went public, then viral. never have joined the group, quit nalism at the University of King’s College active participant. when one member posted a poll invit- More than 50,000 people signed sooner, spoken up earlier, not “law- in Halifax, as well as an award-winning Some posts were a “little over the ing the others to vote on which of two an online petition demanding Dal- yered up” and is only coming forward writer, editor and broadcaster. 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Ariel Winter throws everyone a curve NED EHRBAR on the red carpet METRO’S TAKE ON THE WORLD Modern Family star Ariel OF CELEBRITIES Winter, a 16-year-old ac- tress, hit the red carpet for the SAG Awards this weekend in a very lovely white gown. But in red E carpet reports from outlets such as InTouch, E! News, Us Weekly and elsewhere, the focus was noticeably on how much Winter has, N ahem, grown. Now, I’m no prude, but this just feels kind of gross, guys. Winter, by the way, turns 17 later this week, if you’re looking for some way to feel slight- ly better about obsessing E over a teenager’s rack. Ariel Winter C S Emma Watson ALL PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES Another one for the books: Emma to star as Disney’s Belle Kate Middleton Aussie mag totally blows its cover on Kate What with all the speeches that the Harry Potter alum one, given Belle’s book at the United Nations and will star as Belle in its smarts and independence. Davos about feminism, upcoming live-action adap- So, just so everyone’s you might have thought tation of Beauty and the clear: Emma Watson, still Maybe it’s the result of the old Photoshop for its Emma Watson was not Beast, directed by Dream- a burgeoning feminist some barely concealed cover photo of universally that interested in acting girls director Bill Condon. icon, but also a Disney commonwealth resentment acknowledged beautiful anymore. You would And honestly, given her princess. Hey, I wonder toward the Crown, but an person Kate Middleton. be wrong. public persona, if she was if they’re planning to ad- Australian women’s maga- I guess they decided she Walt Disney going to play any Disney dress any of the glaring zine — creatively wasn’t wearing enough Studios confirms princess this is the right plot holes in this version? named Women’s makeup? Or she wasn’t just Day — took plain terrifying enough? some startling Because the results — Mark Ruff alo tweets his SAG Awards liberties with yikes! acceptance speech Um, someone forgot to spell out Avengers star home in New York where, as co-star Julia Mark Ruffalo was Roberts joked, he was “waiting for that D-I-V-O-R-C-E honoured Sun- Nor’easter.” day night by the Actually, Ruffalo is busy filming to Dempsey Screen Actors the sequel to Now You See Me. But Guild for his he did express his thanks with a work in the groggy Instagram shot. HBO movie The “Upon waking and hearing from Late last week, Grey’s Anatomy Normal Heart, my wife and kids that I won a [SAG star Patrick Dempsey’s wife, earning the Award] for [The Normal Heart.] Jillian Fink, filed for divorce, outstanding Love win tonight,” he wrote. ending their 15-year marriage. performance by And on Twitter, he offered his And while his decision to a male actor in full acceptance speech: “Special skip out on some autograph a miniseries or thank you to all my brother and sessions at this weekend’s television movie sister actors for this incredible IMSA racing event at the Daytona award. distinction. It’s really the one that International Speedway suggests he’s Only he wasn’t matters.” grappling with the news, photos from there to accept it, He then went on to thank a the race itself show Dempsey still as viewers know. slew of reps and publicists, as well sporting his wedding ring. Instead, Ruffalo was as his wife and kids. Maybe it’s just force of habit? Who knows, maybe social media acceptance speeches are the future. Mark Ruff alo At least no one would get played off. Patrick Dempsey metronews.ca MUSIC 11 Tuesday, January 27, 2015 Songz isn’t shy about success, Music In the 1970s, Back then, music was size really he just gets better and better everything to us. did matter I don’t mean to dimin- ish anyone’s love of music today, but you have to understand that we didn’t have smartphones, Face- SOUND book, Twitter, Instagram, Concerts. We chat with CHECK Pinterest, Snapchat, Alan Cross the smooth-talking [email protected] texting, DVRs, computer games, gaming consoles, R&B singer days before email, DVDs, Netflix, satel- he sets out for his I remember the day I lite radio, iTunes, Spotify, Between The Sheets bought my first stereo Rdio or 500-plus cable TV system. With $500 from my channels. Plenty of kids tour with Chris Brown first job, I begged my dad didn’t even have a local FM to take my 14-year-old self rock station. What we had, to buy it. though, was our stereos. EMILY Having devoured maga- We bought lots and lots LAURENCE zines like Stereo Review of records. And many of us Metro News in New York City and the annual Radio spent crazy sums on our Shack catalogue, I’d finally stereo systems, especially Trey Songz’s new single may decided on what I needed. on speakers. be called Slow Motion, but And despite my parents’ But when the Walkman it’s clear he lives life in the begging that I spend my and boom boxes came fast lane. money on something more along, things began to Steadily releasing a new sensible, I would not be dis- change. And when we got album every two years with suaded. I wanted, needed, a into the mid-’90s and the A-list collaborations (Trigga stereo for my bedroom. home-theatre revolution, boasts hits with Nicki Minaj, These electronics people became distracted Juicy J. and Young Jeezy), his infected me with the audio- from old-school, two-chan- latest debuted at the top of phile bug, the beginning nel stereo systems. the Billboard 200 list. He also of an expensive obsession Today, far too many has an endorsement deal for sound that was bigger, people are satisfied with with SX Liquors and is gear- louder and the sound ing up to tour with Chris more accur- they get from Brown for their Between The Trey Songz says his secret with the ladies is just “being genuine” with them. CONTRIBUTED ate. Worst of cheap earbuds, Sheets tour. all was the tiny Bluetooth We talk to him about his driven, so to have a full body it be about anything else to focus on bettering your- snipe hunt units and even latest successes, plus how of work that I’m very proud except that woman in that self. Life isn’t about getting for the best laptop speak- he manages to be so damn of is something I love.” moment. Being genuine is hung up on moments, it’s speakers. ers. I wish they smooth with the ladies. going to get you there.” about making moments.” If you could experi- His tip for always getting grew up in ence music like Why he says Trigga is his the girl His thoughts on breakups On touring with Chris the ’70s, we did. best album yet One listen to tracks like Not all Songz’s hits are about Brown you know Now if Songz isn’t shy about his Touchin, Lovin or All We Do one-night stands. What’s Best Chris Brown has been hyp- exactly what you’ll excuse success. He says that, with shows that Songz doesn’t For You is about moving on ing up his Between The I’m talking me, I have to each album, he just gets struggle with leaving the after a breakup, which is one Sheets tour on Twitter and about. We yell at some better and better. “I’ve grown club alone. But he says his of the more sensitive songs Instagram for months, and used our kids who are throughout the years and secret isn’t using fame or on Trigga. He doesn’t seem Songz shares the excitement, stereos as a on my lawn. have become so seasoned, bottle service, it’s being to dwell on being broken- saying to expect a high- way of pro- Before iPhone understanding what I mean genuine and honest. “It’s not hearted. “It’s quite simple,” energy show. “Have you seen claiming our docks, there to R&B music, hip-hop and about when you’re out. It’s he tells us. “A breakup is Chris perform? That’s reason identity to was the stereo pop-culture,” he tells us. “The about when you’re talking about separating yourself enough to go. It’s going to be the world. speaker. ISTOCK music industry is very single to a woman and not having from somebody, so you need great.” New Kids have a few things to teach today’s new kids Boy bands. Success is I hate to sound like an old have had some success. all about connecting fogey, but these kids don’t Donnie Wahlberg, 45, know what they’re missing said the decades-long bond with fans, advise the nowadays, because we got to between New Kids and their veteran performers as sing and dance for our sup- fans makes it worthwhile. per, you know what I mean, “I would rather have the they head out on tour and we love to do that,” Joey credibility of thousands of McIntyre, 42, said in an inter- fans and have them be happy. view at Madison Square Gar- That’s what we’ve learned The New Kids on the Block den in New York City. and that’s why we’re still may be aging, but they still “So maybe a few kids here,” he said. think they can school today’s could come to the show and Wahlberg and McIn- hot boy bands. see how it’s done.” tyre, along with bandmates The Boston-based veteran The Main Event tour kicks Danny Wood and brothers group, which announced a off May 1 in Las Vegas. Tickets Jordan and Jonathan Knight, summer tour with TLC and go on sale Jan. 31. began playing together more Nelly last week, said con- In the past few years, boy than 30 years ago. They said temporary boy bands should bands have resurged, with they’re excited to share a check out their live concerts One Direction leading the stage with one of the top-sell- to learn from the experts. pack, followed by 5 Seconds ing female groups of all-time “As far as boy bands, you of Summer. Others, from The and the multi-platinum Nelly. know, we dance, we perform. Wanted to Mindless Behavior, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New Kids On The Block will join TLC and Nelly on a North American tour this summer. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS