Metro Ottawa - January 31, 2011

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Monday, January 31, 2011
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Chanting
Guitar. Hero
support for
Egyptians
Ottawa protesters share photos, videos through social
media to show support Violent crackdown on peaceful
demonstrators must come to an end: MP Paul Dewar
TONYA CATTAN/FOR METRO
Members of Ottawa’s Egyptian communi-
ty say showing their support publicly is
the only way to deal with feelings of
helplessness amid the violence in cities
like Cairo and Alexandria.
“If they know that people around the
world support them, they will be
stronger,” said 25-year-old Ehab Abdou.
Country Music Awards 2010 entertainer of the year Brad Paisley wows the crowd at “People are happy and worried at the
Scotiabank Place in Ottawa last night with his H2O Frozen Over Tour. More photos of same time.”
the show at metronews.ca/ottawa. Abdou’s voice was still hoarse yester-
day from chanting outside the Egyptian
MIKE CARROCCETTO/FOR METRO Embassy Friday. He said the Ottawa
Paisley anything but Frozen Over protest organized through Facebook was
a peaceful but energetic gathering.
Tonya Cattan, 22, said the Ottawa
Brad Paisley’s tour, which began in May of last yearand has played to more than protest was calm — a contrast to what is
750,000 fans,featured opening performances last night from former Hootie and going on Alexandria where her cousins Protesters chant outside the Egyptian
the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker and rising star Jerrod Niemann. live. Embassy in Ottawa on Friday to show
“They are given rifles from the army support for the Egyptian people. More
because they have to protect the neigh- Egypt coverage, pages 6, 8.
bourhood,” she said.
Smokin’ joint Picking a pet
“There are no cops. Everybody has to
protect themselves because no one will.” “Something good is
has to go over a partner
Although no new protests are planned happening. People are
yet, she said the Egypt Day 2011 event at asking for their rights
the University of Ottawa this coming Fri-
Tidy solution creates mess for Think you are your partner’s day will be a good chance to unite every- for the first time in years.”
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MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2011
U.S. won’t halt aid for
PILOT PROJECT PUT OUT on smoking on school
property, the project
School was suggested as a way
to deal with loitering in Haiti despite deadlock
removes front of the school.
“This came as a com-
smoking plete and total surprise
that this was even
shelter occurring and this so- ALEXANDRE MENEGHIN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
called structure was be- Riots broke out after disputed
ing put up,” Education preliminary election results
A smoking shelter built Minister Nancy Allan
as part of a pilot said earlier this month.
“One of the ways
program at a Manitoba Randy Hildebrand, The U.S. has no plans to
high school has been re- the chairman of the halt aid to earthquake-rav- we want to help
moved following an in- Hanover School aged Haiti in spite of an them is by making
vestigation by the Division, said the board election crisis but does in-
province’s education is disappointed the shel- sist that the president’s sure that their
minister. ter had to come down. chosen successor be political choices
Despite a 2008 ban THE CANADIAN PRESS dropped from the race,
are respected.”
U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton said yester- U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE
Southern Hundreds day. HILLARY CLINTON
Only two candidates
Sudan votes pray for
can go on to the delayed officials, including leaders
second round, now sched- of Preval’s Unity party and
to secede Mandela
uled for March 20. The U.S. rival candidate Michel
is backing an Organization Martelly, interpreted that
More than 99 per cent of Hundreds gathered at of American States recom- to mean the U.S. was
voters in the Southern Su- Regina Mundi church, a mendation that the candi- threatening an embargo
dan opted to secede from former centre of anti- date from Rene Preval’s and cutting off aid.
the country’s north in a apartheid protests and fu- party, government con- Clinton flatly rebuffed
peaceful vote held earlier nerals, for former South struction official Jude Ce- that suggestion: “We’re
this month. African president Nelson lestin, should be left out. not talking about any of
The announcement Mandela. The top U.S. official at that,” she said yesterday.
drew cheers from Mandela was released the UN, Susan Rice, said Asked if there were any
thousands in Juba, the from the hospital earlier recently “sustained sup- set of circumstances that
dusty capital of what may this week after being treat- port” from the U.S. re- would prompt Washing-
become the world’s ed for an acute respiratory quired the OAS ton to cut off aid, Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
newest country. tract infection. recommendations be im- said, “At this point, no.”
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Anti-government protesters,
one of holding them holding a sheet
reading “freedom,” at right,
demonstrate in Cairo, Egypt, yesterday.
Egypt’s military
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WHO’S IN CHARGE HERE? ASK THE OMB
Ottawa’s homebuilding pealing to the Ontario Municipal tion of who sets the agenda for understandably reluctant to
Taggart family had two im- Board to redraw the boundary, in growth — elected officials or re- make the prediction. What does
Urban Compass portant bits of business in hopes of getting 2,000 or more al estate developers. The answer seem fairly certain is that the
town last week. The friend- hectares for new subdivisions. will come from five weeks of process will be expensive, with
STEVE lier of the two was a record The city’s reasons for holding OMB hearings starting Feb. 22. an estimated bill of up to
the line are many. The OMB, a $400,000 for legal work and ex-
COLLINS $2-million donation to the Unchecked subur- body of provincial pert testimony, win or lose.
YMCA-YWCA, for which the ban development “Mayor Jim appointees, has a Surprises can happen on
downtown Y will be drives up taxes as Watson took reputation for costs, too. In 2008, council
renamed the Taggart Fami- we struggle to serv- a keen interest overturning rejected a massive 1,400-home
ice the far-flung municipal development by Minto Commu-
Tly Y. new in the decision, decisions in nities, which will double the size
neighbourhoods. It lobbying favour of develop- of the village. Minto appealed to
he second was at city also increases pol- councillors ...” ers. This may or the OMB and won. The city, after
hall, where council de- lution and traffic may not be spending $637,000 in its unsuc-
cided to stick to a mod- congestion as new deserved, but I cessful defence, found itself po-
est expansion of the long-distance com- can think of few tentially on the hook for Minto’s
urban boundary, free- muters join the daily crush. recent victories there for Ottawa costs — a whopping $1,470,000.
ing up 230 hectares of Mayor Jim Watson took a or Ontario municipalities in gen- Last week, the OMB rejected
land for new suburban develop- keen interest in the decision, eral. Minto’s application for costs, but
ment. lobbying councillors and sitting City lawyers, in response to a is it any wonder, when develop-
The Taggart group of compa- in on last week’s planning com- question from Coun. Keith Egli, ers can spend more than twice
nies, which includes Tartan mittee meeting before the mat- estimated Ottawa’s chances of what the city does, that they
Homes and Doran Contractors, is ter came to council. He casts the beating this appeal at roughly 70 tend to prevail at these
among a group of developers ap- urban boundary fight as a ques- per cent, though they were hearings?
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