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A.D.V. Disturbingly TALKING L drug-resistant SMOKE I superbug gene A GLOSSARY O finds its way OF VAPING CreamyTHROAT into Canada TERMS HITC Cloud chasing metroNEWS metroLIFE Ottawa Your essential daily news | TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2016 High -9°C/Low -10°C Sunny ‘We are a last resort’ INVESTIGATIONS with how the integrity com- Provincial missioner handled a case, she can take it to the Ontario om- watchdog can budsman. Only about 50 of 444 Ontario probe city hall municipalities have integrity complaints commissioners. Residents in the remaining municipalities were left with “nowhere to turn” with Lucy their complaints, said Finlay. Scholey Her office is looking to change Metro | Ottawa that. They are encouraging mu- nicipalities to set up their own SEIZE THE Anyone griping about city hall independent complaints mech- has a new avenue to lodge com- anisms. plaints, now that Ontario’s om- Meanwhile, the ombudsman’s COLD budsman has expanded powers office has received about 30 com- to investigate municipalities. plaints since Jan. 1. As of Jan. 1, the provincial Bill 8, which expanded the independent watchdog can now ombudsman’s mandate, passed look into complaints about mu- in December 2014. Since then, nicipalities and universities. the office has received 2,227 But here in Ottawa, residents complaints about municipal- Hardy Ottawans hit the will continue lodging complaints ities and 70 about universities to the integrity commissioner, a (if yours is included in the mix, rinks, trails and paths local independent investigator you will have to re-submit it). who handles complaints about The Ontario ombudsman despite a low of -21 city council. can make recommendations “We are a last resort,” said act- to municipalities, universities metroNEWS ing ombudsman Barbara Finlay. and school boards, but they are MICHAEL WOODS/METRO That is, if a resident disagrees not binding. GOSSIP 11 Weather impacting Ontario icewine Shifting winds of winter in recent years ferment fear for Ontario’s icewine industry. BUSINESS Your essential daily news Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Countdown is on for Rideau POLICE No more front desk Skateway and Baitshop Bay at some stations OPENING DAY which said Monday that it’s The decision to close off public Official says 30 “too early to speculate on the access to front-desk services at timing of the opening of the the Leitrim and Greenbank po- centimetres of Skateway.” lice stations as of Friday will free “The weather decides the up the services of two officers ice is required opening,” said Jasmine Luduc, — and other staff who cover for for skating a spokeswoman for the NCC. them in their absence. Luduc said the canal requires The front-desk closures mean a minimum of 30 centimetres residents won’t be able to go Haley of “good quality ice” to open there for background checks, to the public. which accounted for 80 per cent Ritchie How long that ice takes of the officers’ workload. Metro | Ottawa to form will depend on this “When we did the workload month’s temperatures. analysis it was very, very appar- Now that the temperature is The water needs to reach ent that we have sworn members well below the freezing mark, a uniform temperature of there that we weren’t making it almost looks like winter in 4C before ice even begins to the best use of,” said acting Supt. Ottawa. All that’s missing are form, and the unusually high Samir Bhatnagar, who is respon- people skating, drinking hot temperatures over December sible for the Ottawa police dis- chocolate and eating beaver- will guarantee a short season trict directorate, which includes tails on the Rideau Canal. this year. front-desk services. It could be a while before Even with the warm weath- “It’s all about making the best that changes, according to the er, the canal rarely opens be- use of our resources. And to have National Capital Commission, fore mid-January, so it’s not sworn members at those two unusual not to see skaters. locations … processing back- Even if quality ice does form ground checks wasn’t the best MAINTENANCE — allowing the canal to open use of their resources.” —intermittent warm temper- The officers will be redeployed There’s a serious science atures could mean less skate While the signs and change stations have been in place for months along the Rideau Canal, it’ll to other police stations. behind the canal’s ice and days than normal. still be a while before the ice is safe to skate on. MICHAEL WOODS/METRO The move echoes similar its maintenance. “Until the opening, the NCC changes at other policing or- The NCC’s guidelines urges everyone to keep per- Last year, the village’s ice ganizations, such as the Kingston SEASON RECORDS follow advice from a Na- sonal safety in mind and asks fishing season started late Police Service, which recently tional Research Council pedestrians and skaters not to December, but warm temper- closed its front-desk services ice expert and researcher, venture onto the Rideau Canal atures mean it will be awhile The canal has seen a lot of lasting 35 days (26 skating to the public after 9 p.m., Bhat- Nirmal Sinha. The process Skateway,” said Luduc. before the ice is ready. odd winter weather over days) nagar said. of building and main- The canal isn’t the only The Petrie Island Ice Fisher- its 46-year run as a public Earliest opening: Dec. 18, The redeployments also are taining the ice layer is de- waterway where people are men’s Association is still con- skating rink. The record- in both 1972 and 1981 being made in anticipation of tailed on the NCC’s web- waiting for ice. fident the ice is on the way breaking years: Latest Skateway opening: plans to tear down and build site, along with photos of Baitshop Bay — the annual — the group announced last Longest season: 1971–72, Feb. 2, 2002 a new Nepean police building, the canal and the process fishing village that appears weekend that it annual fishing lasting 90 days Earliest Skateway closing: then turn the Leitrim station of keeping it skateable. next to Petrie Island in the east derby, which raises money for Shortest season: 2001–02, Feb. 13, 1984 back over to the city. end each year — is still closed. CHEO, will take place Feb. 13. Demolition of the Greenbank station, at 245 Greenbank Rd. in Nepean, identified in the 2013 WINCHESTER IN BRIEF ELGIN STREET P.S. police facilities strategic plan, is Funeral home English program scheduled to take place some- time after staff move out in 2021 Police investigate — though that hinges on when a operators expand Sandy Hill shooting could be moved new south station in Barrhaven Ottawa Police are investi- will be constructed. gating the first shooting of “A lot of people in that build- Michael rounding municipalities.” 2016, which happened in The Ottawa-Carleton District “There is simply no instruction- ing would go to south (station),” “At a time when many locally Sandy Hill on Sunday even- School Board is asking parents al space available to accommodate said Pamela Mills, director of Woods Metro | Ottawa owned funeral service provid- ing. to weigh in on a plan to shift stu- the school’s projected number of police facilities. Most Barrhaven ers are selling to larger corpora- Police were called to dents away from the overpopu- students,” reads the public notice staff would likely be relocated Funeral home operators Hulse, tions we are delighted to be ex- the 100-block of Goulburn lated Elgin Street Public School. released by the board. Two public by 2021 to that city-owned prop- Playfair & McGarry are expanding panding our operations.” Patrick Avenue between Somerset Board officials said the down- consultations are planned before erty on Lodge Road, off Prince of to Winchester, about 60 kilo- McGarry said. Street and Templeton Street town elementary school is at 30 the final changes are made. On Wales Drive, she added. metres south of Ottawa. Hulse, Playfair & McGarry is at 11:30 p.m. after multiple per cent over capacity and is using Jan. 6 the public is invited to a Construction of a new Green- Owners Sharon McGarry and in its 90th year of operation and gunshots were heard. two portables to house students. presentation in Elgin Street Public bank station is expected to be Patrick McGarry said in a release now has six locations, including Police said no injuries As a solution to growing en- School’s gym at 7 p.m. A second completed in 2025. that the company acquired Dan- three in Ottawa on Woodroffe Av- were reported. Anyone with rolment, the board is proposing input session is planned for Jan. The Leitrim station at 4561 iels Funeral Chapel in December. enue, McLeod Street and Ogilvie information regarding this relocating the school’s English 20 in Viscount Alexander Public Bank St. was to have been re- The release said the acquisi- Road. The Winchester location investigation is asked to call program to Centennial Public School’s gym at 7 p.m. turned to the city in 2020, but tion “should be seen as recon- will be called Hulse, Playfair & Ottawa Police’s Guns and School, 1.6 kilometres from Elgin A final decision on the plan that has been pushed to 2021 firmation of the company’s long McGarry, Daniels chapel. Previ- Gangs Unit at 613-236-1222, Street Public School. Boundary would be presented at a board because of a reduced 2016 fa- term commitment to the Na- ous owners Jim and Mona Dan- ext. 5050. HALEY RITCHIE/METRO lines for the French immersion meeting in February. cilities reserve fund. tional Capital Region and sur- iels are staying on. program could also be changed. HALEY RITCHIE/METRO ERIN MCCRACKEN/METROLAND MEDIA Ottawa Tuesday, January 5, 2016 3 TRAFFIC SAFETY Police watch for tailgaters Ottawa police have a warning for drivers: Give yourself time to stop. Traffic cops will be on the lookout for tailgaters and people running stop signs this month as part of its selective traffic enforcement program, also known by the acronym STEP. Each month, police in Ot- tawa and Gatineau focus on particular traffic violations, depending on the season. In January, following too closely is especially dangerous when the roads can be unpredictable and slick, said Ottawa police spokesperson Const. Chuck Benoit. And drivers who don’t SENTENCED HARPER BANDMATE GETS TWO YEARS’ JAIL Phillip Nolan — seen far right with bandmates from former prime minister Stephen Harper’s oc- give themselves enough time casional rock band Herringbone in Toronto in 2013 — has been sentenced to two years in jail on sexual exploitation charges. The former elementary school to brake may find themselves teacher, who once played drums in Harper’s band, pleaded guilty in October to two counts of sexual interference involving a 13-year-old girl. THE CANADIAN PRESS sliding through stop signs on icy roads. Neither experience is a Crack down on illegal snow laughing matter. Between 2007 and 2011, tail- gating was linked to 24,487 collisions, 6,872 injuries and eight deaths in the city, ac- dumping, councillor urges cording to Safer Roads Ottawa. Between 2008 and 2012, drivers running stop signs caused another 3,383 colli- sions, injuring 998 people and killing six. Either infraction — assum- WEATHER Monday that bylaw officers Even if the charge doesn’t … not allowed, at least until they ing you don’t actually cause Sidewalk- should be issuing more tick- stick, forcing them to fight that learn their route. an accident — could cost you ets and even threatening to “Once things get plowed $110. Running a stop sign clearing efforts revoke licences when private fight is probably worthwhile. and everything is into a regu- would ding you three demerit plows push snow onto public Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper lar routine, then you can see hampered by points, while following too sidewalks and roads. the berms that show there’s a closely would cost you four, piles from lots “This kind of behaviour laneways. “We get along with the by- sidewalk here,” Roberge said. Benoit said. is putting residents at risk,” The resulting piles can force law guys very well. If we have Leiper spent the final Benoit said STEP chooses Leiper said. “Even if the charge pedestrians into the road, or any issues they call us,” Ro- days of 2015 documenting its monthly focus based on Emma doesn’t necessarily stick, for- strand those who can’t scale berge said. shoddy snow clearing work weather patterns and peaks in cing them to fight that fight towering snowbanks, Leiper It’s sometimes hard to tell after Mother Nature dumped Jackson collision causes. In the summer is probably worthwhile.” said. where a private lot ends and more than 20 centimetres on Metro | Ottawa months, officers may concen- Roads manager Luc Gagné Joey Roberge, who owns JR the sidewalk begins, Roberge the capital. trate on keeping cyclists and complained Sunday that the Lawn and Snow, said bylaw added. He said the city was mostly pedestrians safe, he said, while The city needs to curb illegal city’s sidewalk clearing efforts officers usually take a collab- “It was the first storm of to blame for the unplowed in winter the program consid- snow dumping to keep pedes- during the winter storm on orative approach when his the year and it’s basically a sidewalks, which he docu- ers how weather can impact trians safe, says Kitchissippi Dec. 29 were hampered by company’s plows accident- field of white out there,” he mented extensively on Twitter. road safety. Coun. Jeff Leiper. an “epidemic” of illegal snow ally block city property like said. Rookies in particular can He planned to discuss the issue EMMA JACKSON/METRO The rookie councillor said dumping from private lots and hydrants or sidewalks. end up piling snow where it’s with city staff on Tuesday. 4 Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Ottawa EMPLOYMENT Census to bring 3K jobs to area Michael Woods Metro | Ottawa Statistics Canada is hiring 35,000 people across the coun- try to conduct the 2016 census, the first in a decade that will feature a mandatory long-form questionnaire. About 3,400 of those tem- porary positions will be in the national capital region, the agency said Monday. The Liberal government re- instated the mandatory long- form census in early Novem- ber, a day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet were sworn in. The Conservative govern- ment had scrapped it five years ago, replacing it with the less reliable and more expensive National Household Survey amid much controversy. The next census will be held starting in May 2016, when StatsCan will send census let- ters and packages to all Can- adian households. But early enumeration ac- tivities in remote areas of the territories and communities in northern Alberta, Saskatch- Katimavik resident Mark Plummer sits atop the podium at the Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships on Dec. 3 in Vancouver, after placing No. 1 in ewan, Manitoba, Quebec and the 18-and-under 83-93-kilogram category. CONTRIBUTED Labrador are starting next month. Lifted to new heights Statistics Canada said appli- cations for those early enum- eration activities, including guides, translators and drivers, are already being processed. But overall, the agency is looking to hire 25,000 enum- ATHLETICS only did he win that competi- a height of four-foot-nine and went to his first meet in Ham- bench-press record within the erators, 4,000 crew leaders Powerlifter tion, he broke several records weighing about 98 pounds in ilton and found he had talent. International Powerlifting Fed- and crew-leader assistants and in his category both for Com- Grade 8, Plummer got picked “He was the best right from eration with 170 kilograms and 6,000 other positions across breaks world monwealth countries and the on regularly, so a friend of his Day 1,” said Plummer’s father, the world record for the total the country from mid-March world, making him the new introduced him to the gym. Mitch. of his three lifts: 695 kilos, or to mid-July. records on way 2015 world champion. Developing a liking for it, “I won the regional and then 7.5 times his own body weight. Of the 3,400 jobs available to first place “It feels pretty good to work Plummer decided to compete. won provincials and set like all While he says his accom- in the National Capital Region, really hard for something and “I did a body-building show the records, and then I went plishment has not quite hit about 2,000 positions will be finally it all pays off,” said Plum- and then just completely back the next year and then him yet, he has an ultimate for field staff, who will collect Adam mer. switched after I placed dead broke all my records and then goal in mind: being the best in questionnaires. Kveton It was Plummer’s last chance last,” he said. went to provincials and broke the world, which would mean Another 1,400 positions will Metroland Media to be No. 1 in his age category all my records and then won lifting 1,104 kilograms in total. be at the all-important census before moving into a new again,” said Plummer. But in the meantime, he data operations centre, which For Katimavik resident Mark bracket. A world record never far hopes to start training other is responsible for data process- Plummer, the last year has been But even in the 19-23 cat- from his thoughts, and on the young athletes who are inter- ing as well as the census help a steady slog of working full- egory, with his current scores, He was the best lookout for stiffer competition, ested in getting into the sport, line. Most of those jobs will be time, training at the gym, prep- Plummer would rank fifth in right from Day 1. the Commonwealth competi- which remains not particularly at 200 de la Technologie Blvd. ping meals and then maybe Canada — though the confi- tion became Plummer’s target. well known. in Gatineau. StatsCan says spe- some unicycling or gymnastics dent, competitive powerlifter Mitch, father of Training six days a week Plummer’s journey thus far cial bus routes will be arranged to switch things up. said his goal goes well beyond Mark Plummer with coach Jay Nera (plus a has been a learning opportun- to and from the building. But it all turned out to be fifth place. day of cardio to burn a few ity for his parents, who knew A few of the help-line jobs worth it when the five-foot-six, “It’s first place or nothing,” Deciding to focus on strength more carbs), Plummer put off little about powerlifting when will be at the Tunney’s Pas- 93-kilogram 18-year-old was he said. over physique, Plummer tried his first year of university to he began. ture government complex in crowned a powerlifting world So when he gets to a com- out powerlifting, a competi- go for the title. “I thought it was just put Ottawa. champion. petition, his question is not tion that consists of lifting the The day of the competition some heavy weight on your “These jobs are ideal for stu- On Dec. 3, Plummer com- “Who will win?” — it’s “Who’s greatest amount of weight you turned out not to be his best, he shoulders and away you go,” dents, recently retired persons, peted in the Commonwealth coming in second?” can in a squat, bench press and said. Nonetheless, he surpassed said Plummer’s mom, Lynn. stay-at-home parents and those Powerlifting Championships in Plummer’s work in the gym deadlift. the Commonwealth’s squat But seeing their son’s success wanting to supplement their Vancouver in the 18-and-under, started several years ago as a Expecting to find some record with a weight of 258.5 and passion grow has been re- income,” StatsCan’s website 83-93-kilogram category. Not fairly familiar story, he said. At strong competition, Plummer kilograms, as well as the world warding, she said. says. Ottawa Tuesday, January 5, 2016 5 Cancel Darlington rebuild: Advocates NUCLEAR POWER project will cost $12.9 billion, $32B Ontario Clean but if history repeats itself it will be $32 billion.” Air Alliance Gibbons said even if the refurbishment came in on cites high cost The projected real cost of budget, the cost to taxpayers a Darlington generating of maintaining about 2,225 jobs station refurbishment, Lucy at Darlington would work out according to the Ontario Scholey to nearly $6 million per job. Clean Air Alliance. Metro | Ottawa Greenpeace Canada, mean- while, is concerned about the ton, said Gibbons. Environmentalists want the safety and health risks posed Some existing transmission Ontario government to aban- by nuclear power generation in lines between Ontario and Que- don plans for a $13-billion re- the event of an accident, and bec would have to be upgraded furbishment of four nuclear says refurbishing the aging for an inter-provincial power reactors at the Darlington gen- reactors at Darlington is not deal, which the Clean Air Alli- erating station east of Oshawa, worth the risk. ance estimates would cost $500 and instead import more elec- “The government agencies million but the Independent tricity from Quebec. mandated to protect the public Electricity System Operator The Ontario Clean Air Alli- are helping push the project puts at closer to $2 billion. ance says nuclear projects al- through by concealing Darling- Bruce Power announced ways run over budget, and it ton’s true risks from the pub- plans last month to spend $13 doesn’t want to see taxpayers lic,” said Greenpeace spokes- billion to refurbish the nuclear on the hook to pay for rebuild- man Shawn-Patrick Stensil. reactors at the generating sta- ing the Darlington reactors Quebec is the fourth-largest tion it operates in Kincardine, that are owned and operated producer of electricity gener- on Lake Huron, and the private by Ontario Power Generation. ated by water in the world, company will assume all risks “Every single nuclear project has the lowest power rates in of cost overruns. in Ontario’s history has gone North America, and could sell Ontario’s only other nuclear The control room for the reactors at the Darlington Nuclear Power Plant. Environmentalists massively over budget by 2-1/2 Ontario enough electricity to station, in Pickering, is sched- want the Ontario government to scrap a planned $13-billion refurbishment of nuclear times,” said Alliance president replace what would be gener- uled to be decommissioned reactors at the plant, which is east of Toronto. STEVE RUSSELL/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Jack Gibbons. “OPG says this ated by a refurbished Darling- by 2020. Harry’s To m C h en ey/T Winter Sale he N e w Yo rker C o lle ctio n 50% /w w w NOW OFF .carto o n b an Select seasonal merchandise* k.co m Further markdowns to 50% have been taken on selected designer collections and select groups of sport jackets, dress shirts, sweaters, sport shirts, knitwear, ties, scarves, gloves, loungewear and robes. Shop in-store and online. * Not all merchandise on sale. We charge for alterations on sale merchandise; hems on bottoms are complimentary. 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Here are some Since the Lancet paper, at ways bacteria like E. coli are An alarming new superbug gene least a dozen other countries evolving to defeat them. that makes bacteria resistant have also found the MCR-1 gene. to a last-resort antibiotic has Scientists, looking through data- Overuse been detected in Canada, Tor- bases of bacterial samples, de- In China, livestock are given colis- star News Service has learned. tected the gene everywhere tin in their feed; the antibiotic The gene, called MCR-1, pro- from Denmark and Algeria to wards off infections and promotes duces an enzyme that makes Laos. animal growth. In humans, how- bacteria invincible to colistin, Among them is Canada, ever, colistin is a last-resort treat- a highly toxic antibiotic used where an investigation was ment for bacteria like E. coli. only when all other drugs have triggered in December by the failed. Public Health Agency of Canada. Evolution MCR-1 was first reported The Canadian findings have not When exposed to high amounts in November by scientists in yet been published but a case of colistin, the evolutionary pro- China, who published a paper report has been submitted to cess of natural selection kicks in The Lancet that set off alarm the Lancet, according to Dr. in. Weaker strains are killed bells across the globe. Analyzing Michael Mulvey, chief of anti- A worker at a poultry farm in Hefei, China, on Nov. 20, 2015. Researchers in China have found off while bugs that can over- bacterial samples in southeast- microbial resistance with the E. coli with MCR-1, which produces an enzyme that makes bacteria invincible to a last-resort power colistin survive. ern China, researchers found PHAC’s lab in Winnipeg. antibiotic, on meat, hospital patients and farm animals. AFP/GETTY IMAGES 260 samples of E. coli with the The superbug gene was found Survival MCR-1 gene on meat, hospital in three different samples of E. where she lived for several year apart in different locations prise for me,” Mulvey said. “It Among the surviving bacteria patients and farm animals — coli, all previously collected for years, according to Dr. Bald- in Ontario, a butcher shop and supports that there’s global are superbugs with the MCR-1 the likely source of this new special research projects: one win Toye with the Ottawa hospi- a grocery chain, according to dissemination of this gene al- gene. The gene is located on a superbug, the paper suggests. from a 62-year-old patient in tal, who co-wrote a 2013 paper Mulvey. Both were collected in ready.… We’re now going to plasmid, a free-floating circle So far, there have been no Ottawa and two from ground describing her case and four 2010 — predating the samples have to look back even prior of DNA, and codes for an en- reports of deaths caused by beef sold in Ontario. others. from China, which were col- to (2010), because maybe it’s zyme that makes it effectively MCR-1 and some people could The Ottawa patient likely Meanwhile, the ground beef lected between 2011 and 2014. been around for even longer.” invincible to colistin. be harbouring the superbug picked up the bug in Egypt, samples were found nearly a “To see it show up was a sur- TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE SECURITY Public safety minister to look into case of boy on no-fly list When Sulemaan Ahmed saw his young son Adam’s name on a “deemed high profile” list — and not for the first time — at Pearson airport before flying to Boston to see a hockey game he was so frustrated he tweeted a photo of it. The photo appeared to show his son’s legal name, Syed Adam Ahmed, with a DHP label and in- structions on how to proceed be- fore allowing the boy to check in. “Why is our (Canadian-born) 6-year-old on DHP no-fly list?” Ahmed tweeted. “He must clear Syed Adam Ahmed, 6, with his father, Sulemaan Ahmed. security each time. He is 6.” The Toronto boy is on a list that requires an additional travel Khadija Cajee, his mother, security check. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE says the family has faced “con- tinuous delays” during travel parents have come forward to said University of Toronto as- since their son’s birth, which relate similar unpleasant experi- sociate professor Emily Gilbert, appears to stem from the fact ences involving young children. who teaches Canadian Studies he shares a name with someone For Naseer Muhammad Ali, and specializes in Canada-U.S. on the watch list. The family the security checks began on border relations. thought their case was un- his first flight, at 10 weeks old, Public Safety Minister Ralph usual — and isolated. But since with a pat-down at a Jamaican Goodale has said he would look Ahmed’s tweet last week, other airport en route to Toronto. into the family’s case, but Cajee “She checked his diaper — says she’d like to see changes to like, patted down the entire the system so this doesn’t hap- diaper,” his mother, Khudija pen any more. You’re surrendering Ali said, referring to a secur- The hope, Cajee said, is that this child’s liberty in ity agent. more identifiers be added to The family must receive clear- the list so border agents could the name of national ance before boarding each time. distinguish between the person security. They’re not allowed to check-in who’s actually on the list and a online or pick seats in advance. passenger merely unfortunate Khadija Cajee, mother of Syed “It’s not entirely common, enough to have a similar name. Adam Ahmed but it’s not unusual, either,” TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE 8 Tuesday, January 5, 2016 World Ranchers report to jail, protesters stay on land OREGON the Malheur National Wildlife the father and son were ordered for fires on federal land in 2001 Charlie Hebdo marks the an- Occupation Refuge in eastern Oregon, which back to prison for arson on fed- and 2006, one of which was set to niversary of attacks. TWITTER about two dozen activists seized eral grazing lands. cover up deer poaching, accord- continues over the weekend as part of a The group calling itself Cit- ing to prosecutors. They said they MEDIA decades-long fight over public izens for Constitutional Free- lit the fires to reduce the growth Hebdo’s against U.S. lands in the West. dom demanded a government of invasive plants and protect government There appeared to be no ur- response within five days re- their property from wildfires. gent reason for federal officials lated to the ranchers’ extended The men served their original special to move in. No one has been sentences. sentences — three months for Father-and-son ranchers con- hurt. No one is being held hos- Ammon Bundy — one of the Dwight and one year for Steven. copy out victed of setting fire to federal tage. And because the refuge is sons of rancher Cliven Bundy, But an appeals court judge ruled grazing land reported to prison a bleak and forbidding stretch of who was involved in a 2014 Nev- the terms fell short of minimum Monday as the armed anti-gov- wilderness, and it’s the middle ada standoff with the govern- sentences that require them to ernment activists who have taken of winter, the standoff is causing ment over grazing rights — told serve about four more years. Brand Thorton blows a horn In a special edition laced with up their cause maintained the few if any disruptions. reporters that Dwight Hammond Their sentences have been a at Malheur headquarters. THE blasphemy, obscenity and pro- occupation of a remote Oregon Meanwhile, the armed group and his son, Steven Hammond, rallying cry for the group, whose OREGONIAN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS fanity, Charlie Hebdo’s surviv- wildlife preserve. said it wants an inquiry into were treated unfairly. mostly male members said they ing artists and writers declared Federal authorities made no whether the government is for- The Hammonds were con- want federal lands turned over use them free of U.S. oversight. that the satirical newspaper is immediate attempt to retake cing ranchers off their land after victed of arson three years ago to local authorities so people can THE ASSOCIATED PRESS alive, but “the murderer is still at large.” The 32-page copy marking EUROPE DENMARK AND the anniversary of the Jan. 7 at- SWEDEN DEAL BLOW TO tack on the paper’s staff accuses BORDER-FREE ZONE Islamic fundamentalists, organ- Danish police officers ized religion, an irresolute gov- patrol the border crossing ernment and intelligence failures Padborg near Flensburg, for the 2015 violence in France Germany, Monday. by extremists that started with Germany says Europe’s that day. Seventeen people died system of passport-free at Charlie Hebdo and at a kosher travel across borders is supermarket two days later. in danger following the Almost all of those believed decision by Denmark responsible for the Jan. 7-9 at- to step up controls on tacks and the Nov. 13 carnage its southern frontier. in Paris are dead as well. But Denmark and Sweden Charlie Hebdo’s special edition, tightened border checks with a front-page caricature of a Monday to stem the flow bloody God wielding an assault of migrants coming in rifle, darkly predicts that more from Germany, dealing violence is to come. fresh blows to the vision Laurent Sourisseau, the news- of a Europe without paper’s director who goes by Riss, national boundaries. drew the cover and wrote an As of midnight Sunday, editorial describing the horror Sweden demanded that he survived that took the lives passengers travelling by of friends and colleagues. He train from Denmark show insisted the newspaper would ID, something that hasn’t remain alive because “never have been required since the we wanted so much to break the 1950s. faces of those who dreamed of ERNST VAN NORDE/POLFOTO VIA our deaths.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IN BRIEF DIPLOMACY UNITED KINGDOM Saudi’s allies cut ties to Iran Cameron calls ISIL Lion-hunting raffle nixed A safari company has can- video propaganda celled a controversial raffle Allies of Saudi Arabia followed The concerted campaign by that offered hunters the the kingdom’s lead Monday Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia high- chance to kill a lion at a con- and scaled back diplomatic ties lights the aggressive stance servation area in Zimbabwe. British Prime Minister David losing anybody’s sympathy.” to Iran after the ransacking of King Salman and his son, Dep- Martin Nel Safaris had been Cameron on Monday dismissed The video concludes with foot- Saudi diplomatic missions in uty Crown Prince Mohammed selling 100 tickets at $1,500 a new video in which five pur- age of a young boy wearing cam- the Islamic Republic, violence bin Salman, have adopted in each. “The whole idea of it ported British spies are shot dead ouflage who makes a pointing sparked by the Saudi execution confronting Iran, a longtime was to actually raise money by masked Islamic State of Iraq gesture and says, “Go kill the of prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh regional rival. for conservation,” said and the Levant extremists as kuffar (non-believer) over there.” Nimr al-Nimr. “What we have seen during Nel. “It’s been blown out propaganda from a group that is British security officials are Sudan and the island kingdom the last 24 hours is unpreced- of proportion.” The raffle losing control of territory. studying the video for clues about of Bahrain said they would sever ented... It shows you Saudi Ara- drew criticism after reports “It’s desperate stuff from an the identity of a masked man ties with Iran, as Saudi Arabia did bia has had enough of Iran and linked it to the Wildlife Con- organization that really does do who speaks with a British ac- late Sunday. Within hours, the wants to send a message,” said servation Research Unit, the most utterly despicable and cent before shooting a captive. United Arab Emirates announced Abdulkhaleq Abdullah, a political which collared and studied ghastly acts and people can see The masked figure is an appar- it would downgrade ties to Teh- science professor at Emirates Cecil, the lion whose death that again today,” he said. ent replacement for Moham- ran to the level of the charge University. “This is the Saudis A man holds a poster of Nimr sparked a global outcry. “But this is an organization med Emwazi, the man known d’affaires, while other nations saying: ‘There is no limit to how al-Nimr in the Baghdad, Mon- TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE that’s losing territory, it’s losing as “Jihadi John,” who was killed issued statements criticizing Iran. far we will go.’” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS day. AFP/GETTY IMAGES ground, it’s, I think, increasingly in November. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Business Tuesday, January 5, 2016 9 LAS VEGAS Internet of Things big at gadget show Computing devices such as could hit $11 trillion US annu- smartphones, tablets, cars, ally by 2025, a sum that repre- television sets, microwaves, sents over half of U.S. economic bedside alarm clocks, and pos- output in a year. sibly the thermostat have the Most of the value comes potential to get smarter by con- from industrial uses — like necting to their fellows, which cleaner air from smarter could open the door to a brave energy use and fewer factory new “Internet of Things.” shut-downs due to smarter To see where that might be maintenance. But trillions in taking us, there’s no better benefits are expected to come place than the annual gadget from consumer-bought prod- extravaganza formerly known ucts: safer streets because of as the Consumer Electronics better-driving cars, robots that Show — and now simply as take care of household chores CES. and health and fitness track- The show, which starts ers that let us know when our Wednesday in Las Vegas, is bodies need medical attention. the place for companies large “There’s a big value in avoid- and small to show off new con- ing pain and suffering,” says nected devices. These range report co-author Michael Chui. from the seemingly trivial In recent years, CES has — for instance, begun catering smart umbrel- more heavily to las that message startups. That’s Grape growers say there’s still time for an icewine harvest in the coming weeks despite the mild winter, but bigger questions you if you leave There’s a big value largely a reac- about the impact of a changing climate are creeping up on the industry. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE them behind — tion to the fact to the undeniably in avoiding pain that many of Icewine industry feels helpful, such as and suffering. technology’s big- navigation de- gest names have Michael Chui vices that display been no-shows driving directions for some time. onto your windshield so you Apple has skipped the show chill of climate change don’t have to take your eyes since the 1990s, and Microsoft’s off the road. then-CEO Steve Ballmer gave According to the McKinsey the company’s last CES keynote Global Institute, a division of in 2012. Google parent Alpha- the consulting giant McKinsey bet and Amazon.com hold their & Co., the value created by own events to release products. AGRICULTURE Laura Sabourin, who runs the past two seasons, colder climates such as connecting the world’s devices THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Unseasonable an organic vineyard outside Sabourin said. burying the grapes, St. Catharines, Ont., and sup- Sabourin said and diversify into temperatures plies grapes to winemakers, Canadian vine- other crops. said the unseasonably warm yards have to P a t r i c k have delayed temperatures over the past look at strat- G e d g e , grape harvest month have delayed her har- egies to pro- president of vest, but in previous years she tect themselves the Winery & has picked as late as the last in the face of Grower Alli- A late deep freeze this winter week of January. “The harvest a changing cli- ance of Ontario, may have lifted the spirits of is going to be down, but that’s mate. said wine grow- Ontario’s icewine industry, not the result of this warm win- She said growers ers are investing in but grape growers say bigger ter,” she said. “It’s the result could bring in new technolo- questions about the impact of a of two previous cold winters.” new varieties of Icewine is made from grapes gies, such as changing climate are creeping Even though icewine grapes grape that are left on the vine when the cold wind machines up on their business. are bred to withstand the cold, designed for hits. ISTOCK that pull down Canada is one of the few temperatures that drop too even tougher warm air from countries where temperatures quickly can kill emerging buds winters, adopt new harvesting higher in the atmosphere, to Attendees sit in the self-driving Mercedes-Benz F 015 con- in wine-growing regions drop and even the vines themselves and preservation techniques deal with shifting temper- cept car at last year’s International CES. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE to the -8 C required for icewine. — which was the case over from specialized vineyards in atures. THE CANADIAN PRESS market minute UNITED STATES TRAIN FOR A CAREER AS A Gun sales soaring, PHARMACY Contact us today 613-722-7811 new data indicates TECHNICIAN DOLLAR 71.73¢ (–0.52¢) Gun makers’ stocks are surging increase during the year’s final in a slumping market, as new month. Did you know that a Pharmacy Technician is a regulated profession in Ontario? data indicates a sales jump after That follows mass shootings ACCREDITED BY THE CANADIAN COUNCIL FOR TSX 2015 ended with more mass in Paris and San Bernardino, 12,927.15 (–82.80) shootings and growing political Calif., and indications that U.S. ACCREDITATION OF PHARMACY PROGRAMS pressure to tighten regulation President Obama plans to tight- $O3IL6 .76 US (–28¢) in the United States. en gun laws. Hardiman says The program is designed to prepare you for a challenging career in a Recently released numbers these developments all spur Community/Retail Pharmacy, Hospital Pharmacy, Long-Term Care Facility GOLD from the National Instant Crim- sales growth by making people or a corporate/industrial environment. $1,075.20 US (+$15) inal Background Check System feel less secure about both their show that background checks safety and gun rights. jumped about 38 per cent last Shares of Smith & Wesson NATURAL GAS: $2.334 US (–0.3¢) month. Wedbush Securities Holding Corp. and Sturm, Ruger DOW JONES: 17,148.94 (–276.09) analyst James Hardiman says & Co. are climbing. 1830 Bank St, at Walkley statio(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:116)(cid:1)613-722-7811(cid:1)(cid:116)(cid:1)www.algonquinacademy.com that indicates a sizeable sales THE ASSOCIATED PRESS YYoouurr eesssseennttiiaall ddaaiillyy nneewwss Tuesday, JanuMaroy n5d, a2y0, 1J6anuary 4, 2016 the big number R OSEMARY WESTWOOD 437, 400 metroview CEO salaries are an absurdity matched only by, it seems, intractability By 12:18 p.m. yesterday, I had ware, so that must be what his Of interest to those of us who aren’t CEOs: This is the approximate number of open jobs there accomplished quite a lot. $16.3 million is for. were in Canada at last count (the midpoint of 2015). The average wage on offer was $18.80 I woke up, for one, at the It’s a lot, but he’s got noth- respectable time of 7:30 a.m. ing on BlackBerry’s John Chen, per hour. Job seekers could consider a trek up to the Yukon, whose job-vacancy rate, at five and rose a reasonable 45 min- worth $89.7 million a year. per cent, is the nation’s greatest. Head to chilly Nunavut for the best wages on offer, where the utes later. The figures, crunched by average vacant position pays a cool $28 per hour. Most of the jobs available across the coun- I showered, blitzed a the Canadian Centre for Policy try, however, likely pay far less. The most common roles employers were looking to fill in 2015 smoothie, walked to work and Alternatives, are depressing. hit the 10:30 a.m. meeting. By You still have a year’s worth of included retail salespeople, cashiers, food and beverage servers, truck drivers, customer ser- noon, I’d already decided to work hours left to earn your vice reps and landscaping and farm labourers. The only professional categories in the top 10 write this column. $48,000 and change. were chefs and “computer and information systems professionals” — so if you’ve been mean- But that is clearly nothing It reminds me of The Big ing to try your hand at learning code, now may be the time. SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA compared to this country’s top Short, which, if you haven’t, 100 CEOs. By 12:18 p.m. on you should see. The movie is Jan. 4, they had already made a sad/funny condemnation of $48,636 — otherwise known the arrogance and impunity Trudeau’s radicalism: Be as the average Canadian’s en- that caused the 2008 crisis. It tire salary for the year. notes that none of the very They must have done some- well paid executives running thing to earn it. the banks were prosecuted for Most likely rose well before the disaster, and, as outlined good, not just better-off 6 a.m., thus proving their pro- in the Canadian CEO study, ductivity just by getting up. high salaries hardly took a hit They probably did a morning when the economy crashed. workout (it’s a regular in the Sure, some people are going to CEO routine) and then found a be richer than others, but the Consider for instance these more important seasonal work share it. Certainly we want way to turbo-charge the drag- only argument for CEO salar- Richard sentences by Trudeau and then to do such as keeping their our economy to continue to ging Canadian economy. ies is that they represent the Gwyn try to identify an equivalent in Christmas tree, or its equiva- expand in the way it once did. Not quite? Well then. They status quo. It’s an absurdity any other country. lent, more or less straight. Almost as certainly, a great got up, exercised, and cured matched only by the seeming First: “Governments can’t A valid case can be made many of us also want the kind our dependency on oil. intractability of the problem. solve every challenge. We need that Trudeau wasn’t elected to of Canada we once had, or Okay, fine. They got up, Enter the campaign to elect Probably because so many Canadians to do more, too.” preach purity but to run the thought we had, to be “back.” exercised, and solved child Bernie Sanders. Sanders has spokespersons from the Queen Then some of Trudeau’s country more effectively. Getting both will be a huge poverty (which afflicts 40 per many believing that ludicrous to the Pope were uttering their examples: “We can give in tan- For most Canadians these challenge. Throughout the cent of indigenous children). power and wealth can be cur- thoughts during the just-ended gible ways — by donating time days, the most important issue year 2016 it’s going to be fas- Or: They got up, exercised, tailed, and we’ll find out this holiday season, one of these or money to … support our is that of jobs and salaries. cinating watching Trudeau and helped us all live healthier year whether that message is of considerable interest to Can- more vulnerable neighbours.” Former U.S. President Bill Clin- recalibrate his program, which lives, with less personal debt, appealing enough to win the adians got almost no attention And: “We can be more patient ton’s famous comment, “It’s at present encompasses far too greater access to quality food, Democratic nomination, or in the press. and understanding.” And, “I the economy, stupid,” says just many attractive but expensive and better health care. even the U.S. presidency. Its author was our new hope that this year we can be about all that needs to be said. electoral promises at a time Wait: Maybe Mark Thierer, It’ll be November by then, prime minister, Justin Tru- gentler with ourselves, and The state of our economy is when far too little revenue is CEO of Catamaran Corp., ac- and you’ll still face a few hun- deau. What he said was unique with others.” more troubling than it’s been coming in to pay for them. tually did that. His company dred hours of work to match to him and to this country. In- Then his summation: “Let’s since in 2008 when we actual- What Trudeau’s Christmas sells pharmacy benefit and what a CEO earned yesterday triguingly, in the views he ex- show each other what it really ly escaped a global depression statement thus amounted was medical record-keeping soft- morning. pressed it’s possible to detect means to be good; to be Can- in better shape than almost his declaration that even if he some that match those of his adian. Let’s open our hearts any other country. has to step back — quite a way wife, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau. and share love with those Today, though, our economy back, indeed — he will still PHILOSOPHER CAT As a further reach — perhaps around us.” lags behind. The global com- hold to his ideas and dreams. by Jason Logan one too far — it’s possible to Phew! All of that is most modity boom, during which As time passes, more and Your essential daily news detect some that echo the certainly unique. In just about we thrived, above all in oil, has more Canadians may come to opinions of Pope Francis. alenayd eortsh ewro cuoludn dtaryre f etow t iafl kan iny ebveaepno arsa twedea. kO uinr dyeoallrasr, ihtsa smn’ots t rtoe goaurrd escuocnho tmalikc arse airlirteyl.e Svoamnte STAVJIRCo MEh EPnDR IECAS IrGDuRE OiNcUTk P&s P hREaDESInTIDOkER NT We want our that way. Entirely sensibly, troubling characteristic be- may laugh at such pretensions. Cathrin B radbury they would fear being laughed ing that the cheapness of our Alternatively, many may refuse VICE PRESIDENT & GROUP PUBLISHER economy to at, and, much worse, heaved currency has earned us few to give up the Canada that has METRO EASTERN CANADA expand ... We also out at the next election. increases in our exports. come back to them. Greg Lutes want the kind of Trudeau, though, dared to At such a time, though, our In our history, it’s one of the MANASGtIeNvGe E DRITeOnRn OiTeTAWA say it. He did this because he leader is applying himself to most radical political choices Canada we once — and Sophie — believes in it. telling us how to be good rath- we have ever had to make. ADVERTISER INQUIRIES [email protected] had. It’s very likely that few Can- er than how to be better-off. adians read or heard of Tru- What’s intriguing about Richard Gwyn is a Toronto General phone 613-236-5058 deau’s words, most having had this contradiction is Canadians Star columnist. 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A.D.V. Disturbingly TALKING L drug-resistant SMOKE I superbug gene A GLOSSARY O finds its way OF VAPING CreamyTHROAT into Canada TERMS HITC Cloud chasing metroNEWS metroLIFE Ottawa Your essential daily news | TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2016 High -9°C/Low -10°C Sunny ‘We are a last resort’ INVESTIGATIONS with how the integrity com- Provincial missioner handled a case, she can take it to the Ontario om- watchdog can budsman. Only about 50 of 444 Ontario probe city hall municipalities have integrity complaints commissioners. Residents in the remaining municipalities were left with “nowhere to turn” with Lucy their complaints, said Finlay. Scholey Her office is looking to change Metro | Ottawa that. They are encouraging mu- nicipalities to set up their own SEIZE THE Anyone griping about city hall independent complaints mech- has a new avenue to lodge com- anisms. plaints, now that Ontario’s om- Meanwhile, the ombudsman’s COLD budsman has expanded powers office has received about 30 com- to investigate municipalities. plaints since Jan. 1. As of Jan. 1, the provincial Bill 8, which expanded the independent watchdog can now ombudsman’s mandate, passed look into complaints about mu- in December 2014. Since then, nicipalities and universities. the office has received 2,227 But here in Ottawa, residents complaints about municipal- Hardy Ottawans hit the will continue lodging complaints ities and 70 about universities to the integrity commissioner, a (if yours is included in the mix, rinks, trails and paths local independent investigator you will have to re-submit it). who handles complaints about The Ontario ombudsman despite a low of -21 city council. can make recommendations “We are a last resort,” said act- to municipalities, universities metroNEWS ing ombudsman Barbara Finlay. and school boards, but they are MICHAEL WOODS/METRO That is, if a resident disagrees not binding. GOSSIP 11 Weather impacting Ontario icewine Shifting winds of winter in recent years ferment fear for Ontario’s icewine industry. BUSINESS Your essential daily news Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Countdown is on for Rideau POLICE No more front desk Skateway and Baitshop Bay at some stations OPENING DAY which said Monday that it’s The decision to close off public Official says 30 “too early to speculate on the access to front-desk services at timing of the opening of the the Leitrim and Greenbank po- centimetres of Skateway.” lice stations as of Friday will free “The weather decides the up the services of two officers ice is required opening,” said Jasmine Luduc, — and other staff who cover for for skating a spokeswoman for the NCC. them in their absence. Luduc said the canal requires The front-desk closures mean a minimum of 30 centimetres residents won’t be able to go Haley of “good quality ice” to open there for background checks, to the public. which accounted for 80 per cent Ritchie How long that ice takes of the officers’ workload. Metro | Ottawa to form will depend on this “When we did the workload month’s temperatures. analysis it was very, very appar- Now that the temperature is The water needs to reach ent that we have sworn members well below the freezing mark, a uniform temperature of there that we weren’t making it almost looks like winter in 4C before ice even begins to the best use of,” said acting Supt. Ottawa. All that’s missing are form, and the unusually high Samir Bhatnagar, who is respon- people skating, drinking hot temperatures over December sible for the Ottawa police dis- chocolate and eating beaver- will guarantee a short season trict directorate, which includes tails on the Rideau Canal. this year. front-desk services. It could be a while before Even with the warm weath- “It’s all about making the best that changes, according to the er, the canal rarely opens be- use of our resources. And to have National Capital Commission, fore mid-January, so it’s not sworn members at those two unusual not to see skaters. locations … processing back- Even if quality ice does form ground checks wasn’t the best MAINTENANCE — allowing the canal to open use of their resources.” —intermittent warm temper- The officers will be redeployed There’s a serious science atures could mean less skate While the signs and change stations have been in place for months along the Rideau Canal, it’ll to other police stations. behind the canal’s ice and days than normal. still be a while before the ice is safe to skate on. MICHAEL WOODS/METRO The move echoes similar its maintenance. “Until the opening, the NCC changes at other policing or- The NCC’s guidelines urges everyone to keep per- Last year, the village’s ice ganizations, such as the Kingston SEASON RECORDS follow advice from a Na- sonal safety in mind and asks fishing season started late Police Service, which recently tional Research Council pedestrians and skaters not to December, but warm temper- closed its front-desk services ice expert and researcher, venture onto the Rideau Canal atures mean it will be awhile The canal has seen a lot of lasting 35 days (26 skating to the public after 9 p.m., Bhat- Nirmal Sinha. The process Skateway,” said Luduc. before the ice is ready. odd winter weather over days) nagar said. of building and main- The canal isn’t the only The Petrie Island Ice Fisher- its 46-year run as a public Earliest opening: Dec. 18, The redeployments also are taining the ice layer is de- waterway where people are men’s Association is still con- skating rink. The record- in both 1972 and 1981 being made in anticipation of tailed on the NCC’s web- waiting for ice. fident the ice is on the way breaking years: Latest Skateway opening: plans to tear down and build site, along with photos of Baitshop Bay — the annual — the group announced last Longest season: 1971–72, Feb. 2, 2002 a new Nepean police building, the canal and the process fishing village that appears weekend that it annual fishing lasting 90 days Earliest Skateway closing: then turn the Leitrim station of keeping it skateable. next to Petrie Island in the east derby, which raises money for Shortest season: 2001–02, Feb. 13, 1984 back over to the city. end each year — is still closed. CHEO, will take place Feb. 13. Demolition of the Greenbank station, at 245 Greenbank Rd. in Nepean, identified in the 2013 WINCHESTER IN BRIEF ELGIN STREET P.S. police facilities strategic plan, is Funeral home English program scheduled to take place some- time after staff move out in 2021 Police investigate — though that hinges on when a operators expand Sandy Hill shooting could be moved new south station in Barrhaven Ottawa Police are investi- will be constructed. gating the first shooting of “A lot of people in that build- Michael rounding municipalities.” 2016, which happened in The Ottawa-Carleton District “There is simply no instruction- ing would go to south (station),” “At a time when many locally Sandy Hill on Sunday even- School Board is asking parents al space available to accommodate said Pamela Mills, director of Woods Metro | Ottawa owned funeral service provid- ing. to weigh in on a plan to shift stu- the school’s projected number of police facilities. Most Barrhaven ers are selling to larger corpora- Police were called to dents away from the overpopu- students,” reads the public notice staff would likely be relocated Funeral home operators Hulse, tions we are delighted to be ex- the 100-block of Goulburn lated Elgin Street Public School. released by the board. Two public by 2021 to that city-owned prop- Playfair & McGarry are expanding panding our operations.” Patrick Avenue between Somerset Board officials said the down- consultations are planned before erty on Lodge Road, off Prince of to Winchester, about 60 kilo- McGarry said. Street and Templeton Street town elementary school is at 30 the final changes are made. On Wales Drive, she added. metres south of Ottawa. Hulse, Playfair & McGarry is at 11:30 p.m. after multiple per cent over capacity and is using Jan. 6 the public is invited to a Construction of a new Green- Owners Sharon McGarry and in its 90th year of operation and gunshots were heard. two portables to house students. presentation in Elgin Street Public bank station is expected to be Patrick McGarry said in a release now has six locations, including Police said no injuries As a solution to growing en- School’s gym at 7 p.m. A second completed in 2025. that the company acquired Dan- three in Ottawa on Woodroffe Av- were reported. Anyone with rolment, the board is proposing input session is planned for Jan. The Leitrim station at 4561 iels Funeral Chapel in December. enue, McLeod Street and Ogilvie information regarding this relocating the school’s English 20 in Viscount Alexander Public Bank St. was to have been re- The release said the acquisi- Road. The Winchester location investigation is asked to call program to Centennial Public School’s gym at 7 p.m. turned to the city in 2020, but tion “should be seen as recon- will be called Hulse, Playfair & Ottawa Police’s Guns and School, 1.6 kilometres from Elgin A final decision on the plan that has been pushed to 2021 firmation of the company’s long McGarry, Daniels chapel. Previ- Gangs Unit at 613-236-1222, Street Public School. Boundary would be presented at a board because of a reduced 2016 fa- term commitment to the Na- ous owners Jim and Mona Dan- ext. 5050. HALEY RITCHIE/METRO lines for the French immersion meeting in February. cilities reserve fund. tional Capital Region and sur- iels are staying on. program could also be changed. HALEY RITCHIE/METRO ERIN MCCRACKEN/METROLAND MEDIA Ottawa Tuesday, January 5, 2016 3 TRAFFIC SAFETY Police watch for tailgaters Ottawa police have a warning for drivers: Give yourself time to stop. Traffic cops will be on the lookout for tailgaters and people running stop signs this month as part of its selective traffic enforcement program, also known by the acronym STEP. Each month, police in Ot- tawa and Gatineau focus on particular traffic violations, depending on the season. In January, following too closely is especially dangerous when the roads can be unpredictable and slick, said Ottawa police spokesperson Const. Chuck Benoit. And drivers who don’t SENTENCED HARPER BANDMATE GETS TWO YEARS’ JAIL Phillip Nolan — seen far right with bandmates from former prime minister Stephen Harper’s oc- give themselves enough time casional rock band Herringbone in Toronto in 2013 — has been sentenced to two years in jail on sexual exploitation charges. The former elementary school to brake may find themselves teacher, who once played drums in Harper’s band, pleaded guilty in October to two counts of sexual interference involving a 13-year-old girl. THE CANADIAN PRESS sliding through stop signs on icy roads. Neither experience is a Crack down on illegal snow laughing matter. Between 2007 and 2011, tail- gating was linked to 24,487 collisions, 6,872 injuries and eight deaths in the city, ac- dumping, councillor urges cording to Safer Roads Ottawa. Between 2008 and 2012, drivers running stop signs caused another 3,383 colli- sions, injuring 998 people and killing six. Either infraction — assum- WEATHER Monday that bylaw officers Even if the charge doesn’t … not allowed, at least until they ing you don’t actually cause Sidewalk- should be issuing more tick- stick, forcing them to fight that learn their route. an accident — could cost you ets and even threatening to “Once things get plowed $110. Running a stop sign clearing efforts revoke licences when private fight is probably worthwhile. and everything is into a regu- would ding you three demerit plows push snow onto public Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper lar routine, then you can see hampered by points, while following too sidewalks and roads. the berms that show there’s a closely would cost you four, piles from lots “This kind of behaviour laneways. “We get along with the by- sidewalk here,” Roberge said. Benoit said. is putting residents at risk,” The resulting piles can force law guys very well. If we have Leiper spent the final Benoit said STEP chooses Leiper said. “Even if the charge pedestrians into the road, or any issues they call us,” Ro- days of 2015 documenting its monthly focus based on Emma doesn’t necessarily stick, for- strand those who can’t scale berge said. shoddy snow clearing work weather patterns and peaks in cing them to fight that fight towering snowbanks, Leiper It’s sometimes hard to tell after Mother Nature dumped Jackson collision causes. In the summer is probably worthwhile.” said. where a private lot ends and more than 20 centimetres on Metro | Ottawa months, officers may concen- Roads manager Luc Gagné Joey Roberge, who owns JR the sidewalk begins, Roberge the capital. trate on keeping cyclists and complained Sunday that the Lawn and Snow, said bylaw added. He said the city was mostly pedestrians safe, he said, while The city needs to curb illegal city’s sidewalk clearing efforts officers usually take a collab- “It was the first storm of to blame for the unplowed in winter the program consid- snow dumping to keep pedes- during the winter storm on orative approach when his the year and it’s basically a sidewalks, which he docu- ers how weather can impact trians safe, says Kitchissippi Dec. 29 were hampered by company’s plows accident- field of white out there,” he mented extensively on Twitter. road safety. Coun. Jeff Leiper. an “epidemic” of illegal snow ally block city property like said. Rookies in particular can He planned to discuss the issue EMMA JACKSON/METRO The rookie councillor said dumping from private lots and hydrants or sidewalks. end up piling snow where it’s with city staff on Tuesday. 4 Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Ottawa EMPLOYMENT Census to bring 3K jobs to area Michael Woods Metro | Ottawa Statistics Canada is hiring 35,000 people across the coun- try to conduct the 2016 census, the first in a decade that will feature a mandatory long-form questionnaire. About 3,400 of those tem- porary positions will be in the national capital region, the agency said Monday. The Liberal government re- instated the mandatory long- form census in early Novem- ber, a day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet were sworn in. The Conservative govern- ment had scrapped it five years ago, replacing it with the less reliable and more expensive National Household Survey amid much controversy. The next census will be held starting in May 2016, when StatsCan will send census let- ters and packages to all Can- adian households. But early enumeration ac- tivities in remote areas of the territories and communities in northern Alberta, Saskatch- Katimavik resident Mark Plummer sits atop the podium at the Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships on Dec. 3 in Vancouver, after placing No. 1 in ewan, Manitoba, Quebec and the 18-and-under 83-93-kilogram category. CONTRIBUTED Labrador are starting next month. Lifted to new heights Statistics Canada said appli- cations for those early enum- eration activities, including guides, translators and drivers, are already being processed. But overall, the agency is looking to hire 25,000 enum- ATHLETICS only did he win that competi- a height of four-foot-nine and went to his first meet in Ham- bench-press record within the erators, 4,000 crew leaders Powerlifter tion, he broke several records weighing about 98 pounds in ilton and found he had talent. International Powerlifting Fed- and crew-leader assistants and in his category both for Com- Grade 8, Plummer got picked “He was the best right from eration with 170 kilograms and 6,000 other positions across breaks world monwealth countries and the on regularly, so a friend of his Day 1,” said Plummer’s father, the world record for the total the country from mid-March world, making him the new introduced him to the gym. Mitch. of his three lifts: 695 kilos, or to mid-July. records on way 2015 world champion. Developing a liking for it, “I won the regional and then 7.5 times his own body weight. Of the 3,400 jobs available to first place “It feels pretty good to work Plummer decided to compete. won provincials and set like all While he says his accom- in the National Capital Region, really hard for something and “I did a body-building show the records, and then I went plishment has not quite hit about 2,000 positions will be finally it all pays off,” said Plum- and then just completely back the next year and then him yet, he has an ultimate for field staff, who will collect Adam mer. switched after I placed dead broke all my records and then goal in mind: being the best in questionnaires. Kveton It was Plummer’s last chance last,” he said. went to provincials and broke the world, which would mean Another 1,400 positions will Metroland Media to be No. 1 in his age category all my records and then won lifting 1,104 kilograms in total. be at the all-important census before moving into a new again,” said Plummer. But in the meantime, he data operations centre, which For Katimavik resident Mark bracket. A world record never far hopes to start training other is responsible for data process- Plummer, the last year has been But even in the 19-23 cat- from his thoughts, and on the young athletes who are inter- ing as well as the census help a steady slog of working full- egory, with his current scores, He was the best lookout for stiffer competition, ested in getting into the sport, line. Most of those jobs will be time, training at the gym, prep- Plummer would rank fifth in right from Day 1. the Commonwealth competi- which remains not particularly at 200 de la Technologie Blvd. ping meals and then maybe Canada — though the confi- tion became Plummer’s target. well known. in Gatineau. StatsCan says spe- some unicycling or gymnastics dent, competitive powerlifter Mitch, father of Training six days a week Plummer’s journey thus far cial bus routes will be arranged to switch things up. said his goal goes well beyond Mark Plummer with coach Jay Nera (plus a has been a learning opportun- to and from the building. But it all turned out to be fifth place. day of cardio to burn a few ity for his parents, who knew A few of the help-line jobs worth it when the five-foot-six, “It’s first place or nothing,” Deciding to focus on strength more carbs), Plummer put off little about powerlifting when will be at the Tunney’s Pas- 93-kilogram 18-year-old was he said. over physique, Plummer tried his first year of university to he began. ture government complex in crowned a powerlifting world So when he gets to a com- out powerlifting, a competi- go for the title. “I thought it was just put Ottawa. champion. petition, his question is not tion that consists of lifting the The day of the competition some heavy weight on your “These jobs are ideal for stu- On Dec. 3, Plummer com- “Who will win?” — it’s “Who’s greatest amount of weight you turned out not to be his best, he shoulders and away you go,” dents, recently retired persons, peted in the Commonwealth coming in second?” can in a squat, bench press and said. Nonetheless, he surpassed said Plummer’s mom, Lynn. stay-at-home parents and those Powerlifting Championships in Plummer’s work in the gym deadlift. the Commonwealth’s squat But seeing their son’s success wanting to supplement their Vancouver in the 18-and-under, started several years ago as a Expecting to find some record with a weight of 258.5 and passion grow has been re- income,” StatsCan’s website 83-93-kilogram category. Not fairly familiar story, he said. At strong competition, Plummer kilograms, as well as the world warding, she said. says. Ottawa Tuesday, January 5, 2016 5 Cancel Darlington rebuild: Advocates NUCLEAR POWER project will cost $12.9 billion, $32B Ontario Clean but if history repeats itself it will be $32 billion.” Air Alliance Gibbons said even if the refurbishment came in on cites high cost The projected real cost of budget, the cost to taxpayers a Darlington generating of maintaining about 2,225 jobs station refurbishment, Lucy at Darlington would work out according to the Ontario Scholey to nearly $6 million per job. Clean Air Alliance. Metro | Ottawa Greenpeace Canada, mean- while, is concerned about the ton, said Gibbons. Environmentalists want the safety and health risks posed Some existing transmission Ontario government to aban- by nuclear power generation in lines between Ontario and Que- don plans for a $13-billion re- the event of an accident, and bec would have to be upgraded furbishment of four nuclear says refurbishing the aging for an inter-provincial power reactors at the Darlington gen- reactors at Darlington is not deal, which the Clean Air Alli- erating station east of Oshawa, worth the risk. ance estimates would cost $500 and instead import more elec- “The government agencies million but the Independent tricity from Quebec. mandated to protect the public Electricity System Operator The Ontario Clean Air Alli- are helping push the project puts at closer to $2 billion. ance says nuclear projects al- through by concealing Darling- Bruce Power announced ways run over budget, and it ton’s true risks from the pub- plans last month to spend $13 doesn’t want to see taxpayers lic,” said Greenpeace spokes- billion to refurbish the nuclear on the hook to pay for rebuild- man Shawn-Patrick Stensil. reactors at the generating sta- ing the Darlington reactors Quebec is the fourth-largest tion it operates in Kincardine, that are owned and operated producer of electricity gener- on Lake Huron, and the private by Ontario Power Generation. ated by water in the world, company will assume all risks “Every single nuclear project has the lowest power rates in of cost overruns. in Ontario’s history has gone North America, and could sell Ontario’s only other nuclear The control room for the reactors at the Darlington Nuclear Power Plant. 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Here are some Since the Lancet paper, at ways bacteria like E. coli are An alarming new superbug gene least a dozen other countries evolving to defeat them. that makes bacteria resistant have also found the MCR-1 gene. to a last-resort antibiotic has Scientists, looking through data- Overuse been detected in Canada, Tor- bases of bacterial samples, de- In China, livestock are given colis- star News Service has learned. tected the gene everywhere tin in their feed; the antibiotic The gene, called MCR-1, pro- from Denmark and Algeria to wards off infections and promotes duces an enzyme that makes Laos. animal growth. In humans, how- bacteria invincible to colistin, Among them is Canada, ever, colistin is a last-resort treat- a highly toxic antibiotic used where an investigation was ment for bacteria like E. coli. only when all other drugs have triggered in December by the failed. Public Health Agency of Canada. Evolution MCR-1 was first reported The Canadian findings have not When exposed to high amounts in November by scientists in yet been published but a case of colistin, the evolutionary pro- China, who published a paper report has been submitted to cess of natural selection kicks in The Lancet that set off alarm the Lancet, according to Dr. in. Weaker strains are killed bells across the globe. Analyzing Michael Mulvey, chief of anti- A worker at a poultry farm in Hefei, China, on Nov. 20, 2015. Researchers in China have found off while bugs that can over- bacterial samples in southeast- microbial resistance with the E. coli with MCR-1, which produces an enzyme that makes bacteria invincible to a last-resort power colistin survive. ern China, researchers found PHAC’s lab in Winnipeg. antibiotic, on meat, hospital patients and farm animals. AFP/GETTY IMAGES 260 samples of E. coli with the The superbug gene was found Survival MCR-1 gene on meat, hospital in three different samples of E. where she lived for several year apart in different locations prise for me,” Mulvey said. “It Among the surviving bacteria patients and farm animals — coli, all previously collected for years, according to Dr. Bald- in Ontario, a butcher shop and supports that there’s global are superbugs with the MCR-1 the likely source of this new special research projects: one win Toye with the Ottawa hospi- a grocery chain, according to dissemination of this gene al- gene. The gene is located on a superbug, the paper suggests. from a 62-year-old patient in tal, who co-wrote a 2013 paper Mulvey. Both were collected in ready.… We’re now going to plasmid, a free-floating circle So far, there have been no Ottawa and two from ground describing her case and four 2010 — predating the samples have to look back even prior of DNA, and codes for an en- reports of deaths caused by beef sold in Ontario. others. from China, which were col- to (2010), because maybe it’s zyme that makes it effectively MCR-1 and some people could The Ottawa patient likely Meanwhile, the ground beef lected between 2011 and 2014. been around for even longer.” invincible to colistin. be harbouring the superbug picked up the bug in Egypt, samples were found nearly a “To see it show up was a sur- TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE SECURITY Public safety minister to look into case of boy on no-fly list When Sulemaan Ahmed saw his young son Adam’s name on a “deemed high profile” list — and not for the first time — at Pearson airport before flying to Boston to see a hockey game he was so frustrated he tweeted a photo of it. The photo appeared to show his son’s legal name, Syed Adam Ahmed, with a DHP label and in- structions on how to proceed be- fore allowing the boy to check in. “Why is our (Canadian-born) 6-year-old on DHP no-fly list?” Ahmed tweeted. “He must clear Syed Adam Ahmed, 6, with his father, Sulemaan Ahmed. security each time. He is 6.” The Toronto boy is on a list that requires an additional travel Khadija Cajee, his mother, security check. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE says the family has faced “con- tinuous delays” during travel parents have come forward to said University of Toronto as- since their son’s birth, which relate similar unpleasant experi- sociate professor Emily Gilbert, appears to stem from the fact ences involving young children. who teaches Canadian Studies he shares a name with someone For Naseer Muhammad Ali, and specializes in Canada-U.S. on the watch list. The family the security checks began on border relations. thought their case was un- his first flight, at 10 weeks old, Public Safety Minister Ralph usual — and isolated. But since with a pat-down at a Jamaican Goodale has said he would look Ahmed’s tweet last week, other airport en route to Toronto. into the family’s case, but Cajee “She checked his diaper — says she’d like to see changes to like, patted down the entire the system so this doesn’t hap- diaper,” his mother, Khudija pen any more. You’re surrendering Ali said, referring to a secur- The hope, Cajee said, is that this child’s liberty in ity agent. more identifiers be added to The family must receive clear- the list so border agents could the name of national ance before boarding each time. distinguish between the person security. They’re not allowed to check-in who’s actually on the list and a online or pick seats in advance. passenger merely unfortunate Khadija Cajee, mother of Syed “It’s not entirely common, enough to have a similar name. Adam Ahmed but it’s not unusual, either,” TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE 8 Tuesday, January 5, 2016 World Ranchers report to jail, protesters stay on land OREGON the Malheur National Wildlife the father and son were ordered for fires on federal land in 2001 Charlie Hebdo marks the an- Occupation Refuge in eastern Oregon, which back to prison for arson on fed- and 2006, one of which was set to niversary of attacks. TWITTER about two dozen activists seized eral grazing lands. cover up deer poaching, accord- continues over the weekend as part of a The group calling itself Cit- ing to prosecutors. They said they MEDIA decades-long fight over public izens for Constitutional Free- lit the fires to reduce the growth Hebdo’s against U.S. lands in the West. dom demanded a government of invasive plants and protect government There appeared to be no ur- response within five days re- their property from wildfires. gent reason for federal officials lated to the ranchers’ extended The men served their original special to move in. No one has been sentences. sentences — three months for Father-and-son ranchers con- hurt. No one is being held hos- Ammon Bundy — one of the Dwight and one year for Steven. copy out victed of setting fire to federal tage. And because the refuge is sons of rancher Cliven Bundy, But an appeals court judge ruled grazing land reported to prison a bleak and forbidding stretch of who was involved in a 2014 Nev- the terms fell short of minimum Monday as the armed anti-gov- wilderness, and it’s the middle ada standoff with the govern- sentences that require them to ernment activists who have taken of winter, the standoff is causing ment over grazing rights — told serve about four more years. Brand Thorton blows a horn In a special edition laced with up their cause maintained the few if any disruptions. reporters that Dwight Hammond Their sentences have been a at Malheur headquarters. THE blasphemy, obscenity and pro- occupation of a remote Oregon Meanwhile, the armed group and his son, Steven Hammond, rallying cry for the group, whose OREGONIAN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS fanity, Charlie Hebdo’s surviv- wildlife preserve. said it wants an inquiry into were treated unfairly. mostly male members said they ing artists and writers declared Federal authorities made no whether the government is for- The Hammonds were con- want federal lands turned over use them free of U.S. oversight. that the satirical newspaper is immediate attempt to retake cing ranchers off their land after victed of arson three years ago to local authorities so people can THE ASSOCIATED PRESS alive, but “the murderer is still at large.” The 32-page copy marking EUROPE DENMARK AND the anniversary of the Jan. 7 at- SWEDEN DEAL BLOW TO tack on the paper’s staff accuses BORDER-FREE ZONE Islamic fundamentalists, organ- Danish police officers ized religion, an irresolute gov- patrol the border crossing ernment and intelligence failures Padborg near Flensburg, for the 2015 violence in France Germany, Monday. by extremists that started with Germany says Europe’s that day. Seventeen people died system of passport-free at Charlie Hebdo and at a kosher travel across borders is supermarket two days later. in danger following the Almost all of those believed decision by Denmark responsible for the Jan. 7-9 at- to step up controls on tacks and the Nov. 13 carnage its southern frontier. in Paris are dead as well. But Denmark and Sweden Charlie Hebdo’s special edition, tightened border checks with a front-page caricature of a Monday to stem the flow bloody God wielding an assault of migrants coming in rifle, darkly predicts that more from Germany, dealing violence is to come. fresh blows to the vision Laurent Sourisseau, the news- of a Europe without paper’s director who goes by Riss, national boundaries. drew the cover and wrote an As of midnight Sunday, editorial describing the horror Sweden demanded that he survived that took the lives passengers travelling by of friends and colleagues. He train from Denmark show insisted the newspaper would ID, something that hasn’t remain alive because “never have been required since the we wanted so much to break the 1950s. faces of those who dreamed of ERNST VAN NORDE/POLFOTO VIA our deaths.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IN BRIEF DIPLOMACY UNITED KINGDOM Saudi’s allies cut ties to Iran Cameron calls ISIL Lion-hunting raffle nixed A safari company has can- video propaganda celled a controversial raffle Allies of Saudi Arabia followed The concerted campaign by that offered hunters the the kingdom’s lead Monday Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia high- chance to kill a lion at a con- and scaled back diplomatic ties lights the aggressive stance servation area in Zimbabwe. British Prime Minister David losing anybody’s sympathy.” to Iran after the ransacking of King Salman and his son, Dep- Martin Nel Safaris had been Cameron on Monday dismissed The video concludes with foot- Saudi diplomatic missions in uty Crown Prince Mohammed selling 100 tickets at $1,500 a new video in which five pur- age of a young boy wearing cam- the Islamic Republic, violence bin Salman, have adopted in each. “The whole idea of it ported British spies are shot dead ouflage who makes a pointing sparked by the Saudi execution confronting Iran, a longtime was to actually raise money by masked Islamic State of Iraq gesture and says, “Go kill the of prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh regional rival. for conservation,” said and the Levant extremists as kuffar (non-believer) over there.” Nimr al-Nimr. “What we have seen during Nel. “It’s been blown out propaganda from a group that is British security officials are Sudan and the island kingdom the last 24 hours is unpreced- of proportion.” The raffle losing control of territory. studying the video for clues about of Bahrain said they would sever ented... It shows you Saudi Ara- drew criticism after reports “It’s desperate stuff from an the identity of a masked man ties with Iran, as Saudi Arabia did bia has had enough of Iran and linked it to the Wildlife Con- organization that really does do who speaks with a British ac- late Sunday. Within hours, the wants to send a message,” said servation Research Unit, the most utterly despicable and cent before shooting a captive. United Arab Emirates announced Abdulkhaleq Abdullah, a political which collared and studied ghastly acts and people can see The masked figure is an appar- it would downgrade ties to Teh- science professor at Emirates Cecil, the lion whose death that again today,” he said. ent replacement for Moham- ran to the level of the charge University. “This is the Saudis A man holds a poster of Nimr sparked a global outcry. “But this is an organization med Emwazi, the man known d’affaires, while other nations saying: ‘There is no limit to how al-Nimr in the Baghdad, Mon- TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE that’s losing territory, it’s losing as “Jihadi John,” who was killed issued statements criticizing Iran. far we will go.’” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS day. AFP/GETTY IMAGES ground, it’s, I think, increasingly in November. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Business Tuesday, January 5, 2016 9 LAS VEGAS Internet of Things big at gadget show Computing devices such as could hit $11 trillion US annu- smartphones, tablets, cars, ally by 2025, a sum that repre- television sets, microwaves, sents over half of U.S. economic bedside alarm clocks, and pos- output in a year. sibly the thermostat have the Most of the value comes potential to get smarter by con- from industrial uses — like necting to their fellows, which cleaner air from smarter could open the door to a brave energy use and fewer factory new “Internet of Things.” shut-downs due to smarter To see where that might be maintenance. But trillions in taking us, there’s no better benefits are expected to come place than the annual gadget from consumer-bought prod- extravaganza formerly known ucts: safer streets because of as the Consumer Electronics better-driving cars, robots that Show — and now simply as take care of household chores CES. and health and fitness track- The show, which starts ers that let us know when our Wednesday in Las Vegas, is bodies need medical attention. the place for companies large “There’s a big value in avoid- and small to show off new con- ing pain and suffering,” says nected devices. These range report co-author Michael Chui. from the seemingly trivial In recent years, CES has — for instance, begun catering smart umbrel- more heavily to las that message startups. That’s Grape growers say there’s still time for an icewine harvest in the coming weeks despite the mild winter, but bigger questions you if you leave There’s a big value largely a reac- about the impact of a changing climate are creeping up on the industry. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE them behind — tion to the fact to the undeniably in avoiding pain that many of Icewine industry feels helpful, such as and suffering. technology’s big- navigation de- gest names have Michael Chui vices that display been no-shows driving directions for some time. onto your windshield so you Apple has skipped the show chill of climate change don’t have to take your eyes since the 1990s, and Microsoft’s off the road. then-CEO Steve Ballmer gave According to the McKinsey the company’s last CES keynote Global Institute, a division of in 2012. Google parent Alpha- the consulting giant McKinsey bet and Amazon.com hold their & Co., the value created by own events to release products. AGRICULTURE Laura Sabourin, who runs the past two seasons, colder climates such as connecting the world’s devices THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Unseasonable an organic vineyard outside Sabourin said. burying the grapes, St. Catharines, Ont., and sup- Sabourin said and diversify into temperatures plies grapes to winemakers, Canadian vine- other crops. said the unseasonably warm yards have to P a t r i c k have delayed temperatures over the past look at strat- G e d g e , grape harvest month have delayed her har- egies to pro- president of vest, but in previous years she tect themselves the Winery & has picked as late as the last in the face of Grower Alli- A late deep freeze this winter week of January. “The harvest a changing cli- ance of Ontario, may have lifted the spirits of is going to be down, but that’s mate. said wine grow- Ontario’s icewine industry, not the result of this warm win- She said growers ers are investing in but grape growers say bigger ter,” she said. “It’s the result could bring in new technolo- questions about the impact of a of two previous cold winters.” new varieties of Icewine is made from grapes gies, such as changing climate are creeping Even though icewine grapes grape that are left on the vine when the cold wind machines up on their business. are bred to withstand the cold, designed for hits. ISTOCK that pull down Canada is one of the few temperatures that drop too even tougher warm air from countries where temperatures quickly can kill emerging buds winters, adopt new harvesting higher in the atmosphere, to Attendees sit in the self-driving Mercedes-Benz F 015 con- in wine-growing regions drop and even the vines themselves and preservation techniques deal with shifting temper- cept car at last year’s International CES. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE to the -8 C required for icewine. — which was the case over from specialized vineyards in atures. THE CANADIAN PRESS market minute UNITED STATES TRAIN FOR A CAREER AS A Gun sales soaring, PHARMACY Contact us today 613-722-7811 new data indicates TECHNICIAN DOLLAR 71.73¢ (–0.52¢) Gun makers’ stocks are surging increase during the year’s final in a slumping market, as new month. 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Job seekers could consider a trek up to the Yukon, whose job-vacancy rate, at five and rose a reasonable 45 min- worth $89.7 million a year. per cent, is the nation’s greatest. Head to chilly Nunavut for the best wages on offer, where the utes later. The figures, crunched by average vacant position pays a cool $28 per hour. Most of the jobs available across the coun- I showered, blitzed a the Canadian Centre for Policy try, however, likely pay far less. The most common roles employers were looking to fill in 2015 smoothie, walked to work and Alternatives, are depressing. hit the 10:30 a.m. meeting. By You still have a year’s worth of included retail salespeople, cashiers, food and beverage servers, truck drivers, customer ser- noon, I’d already decided to work hours left to earn your vice reps and landscaping and farm labourers. The only professional categories in the top 10 write this column. $48,000 and change. were chefs and “computer and information systems professionals” — so if you’ve been mean- But that is clearly nothing It reminds me of The Big ing to try your hand at learning code, now may be the time. SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA compared to this country’s top Short, which, if you haven’t, 100 CEOs. By 12:18 p.m. on you should see. The movie is Jan. 4, they had already made a sad/funny condemnation of $48,636 — otherwise known the arrogance and impunity Trudeau’s radicalism: Be as the average Canadian’s en- that caused the 2008 crisis. It tire salary for the year. notes that none of the very They must have done some- well paid executives running thing to earn it. the banks were prosecuted for Most likely rose well before the disaster, and, as outlined good, not just better-off 6 a.m., thus proving their pro- in the Canadian CEO study, ductivity just by getting up. high salaries hardly took a hit They probably did a morning when the economy crashed. workout (it’s a regular in the Sure, some people are going to CEO routine) and then found a be richer than others, but the Consider for instance these more important seasonal work share it. Certainly we want way to turbo-charge the drag- only argument for CEO salar- Richard sentences by Trudeau and then to do such as keeping their our economy to continue to ging Canadian economy. ies is that they represent the Gwyn try to identify an equivalent in Christmas tree, or its equiva- expand in the way it once did. Not quite? Well then. They status quo. It’s an absurdity any other country. lent, more or less straight. Almost as certainly, a great got up, exercised, and cured matched only by the seeming First: “Governments can’t A valid case can be made many of us also want the kind our dependency on oil. intractability of the problem. solve every challenge. We need that Trudeau wasn’t elected to of Canada we once had, or Okay, fine. They got up, Enter the campaign to elect Probably because so many Canadians to do more, too.” preach purity but to run the thought we had, to be “back.” exercised, and solved child Bernie Sanders. Sanders has spokespersons from the Queen Then some of Trudeau’s country more effectively. Getting both will be a huge poverty (which afflicts 40 per many believing that ludicrous to the Pope were uttering their examples: “We can give in tan- For most Canadians these challenge. Throughout the cent of indigenous children). power and wealth can be cur- thoughts during the just-ended gible ways — by donating time days, the most important issue year 2016 it’s going to be fas- Or: They got up, exercised, tailed, and we’ll find out this holiday season, one of these or money to … support our is that of jobs and salaries. cinating watching Trudeau and helped us all live healthier year whether that message is of considerable interest to Can- more vulnerable neighbours.” Former U.S. President Bill Clin- recalibrate his program, which lives, with less personal debt, appealing enough to win the adians got almost no attention And: “We can be more patient ton’s famous comment, “It’s at present encompasses far too greater access to quality food, Democratic nomination, or in the press. and understanding.” And, “I the economy, stupid,” says just many attractive but expensive and better health care. even the U.S. presidency. Its author was our new hope that this year we can be about all that needs to be said. electoral promises at a time Wait: Maybe Mark Thierer, It’ll be November by then, prime minister, Justin Tru- gentler with ourselves, and The state of our economy is when far too little revenue is CEO of Catamaran Corp., ac- and you’ll still face a few hun- deau. What he said was unique with others.” more troubling than it’s been coming in to pay for them. tually did that. His company dred hours of work to match to him and to this country. In- Then his summation: “Let’s since in 2008 when we actual- What Trudeau’s Christmas sells pharmacy benefit and what a CEO earned yesterday triguingly, in the views he ex- show each other what it really ly escaped a global depression statement thus amounted was medical record-keeping soft- morning. pressed it’s possible to detect means to be good; to be Can- in better shape than almost his declaration that even if he some that match those of his adian. Let’s open our hearts any other country. has to step back — quite a way wife, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau. and share love with those Today, though, our economy back, indeed — he will still PHILOSOPHER CAT As a further reach — perhaps around us.” lags behind. The global com- hold to his ideas and dreams. by Jason Logan one too far — it’s possible to Phew! All of that is most modity boom, during which As time passes, more and Your essential daily news detect some that echo the certainly unique. In just about we thrived, above all in oil, has more Canadians may come to opinions of Pope Francis. alenayd eortsh ewro cuoludn dtaryre f etow t iafl kan iny ebveaepno arsa twedea. kO uinr dyeoallrasr, ihtsa smn’ots t rtoe goaurrd escuocnho tmalikc arse airlirteyl.e Svoamnte STAVJIRCo MEh EPnDR IECAS IrGDuRE OiNcUTk P&s P hREaDESInTIDOkER NT We want our that way. Entirely sensibly, troubling characteristic be- may laugh at such pretensions. Cathrin B radbury they would fear being laughed ing that the cheapness of our Alternatively, many may refuse VICE PRESIDENT & GROUP PUBLISHER economy to at, and, much worse, heaved currency has earned us few to give up the Canada that has METRO EASTERN CANADA expand ... We also out at the next election. increases in our exports. come back to them. Greg Lutes want the kind of Trudeau, though, dared to At such a time, though, our In our history, it’s one of the MANASGtIeNvGe E DRITeOnRn OiTeTAWA say it. He did this because he leader is applying himself to most radical political choices Canada we once — and Sophie — believes in it. telling us how to be good rath- we have ever had to make. ADVERTISER INQUIRIES [email protected] had. It’s very likely that few Can- er than how to be better-off. adians read or heard of Tru- What’s intriguing about Richard Gwyn is a Toronto General phone 613-236-5058 deau’s words, most having had this contradiction is Canadians Star columnist. 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