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News worth sharing.
Mosque vandalized for
second time this week
Windows smashed, ‘terrorists’ and ‘vive David’ spray-painted all over Gatineau place of worship on Thursday
Man caught on surveillance video breaking mosque’s windows, damaging cars in parking lot Monday morning
JOE LOFARO/METRO
“Looking at the images
JOE
LOFARO themselves it seems
@METRONEWS.CA
pretty clear that these
In the second attack on the are anti-Muslim, anti-
Outaouais Islamic Centre this Arab messages. I think
week, a vandal spray-painted hate-
it bears all the
ful graffiti targeting Muslims and
Arabs all over the Gatineau hallmarks of a hate
mosque at about 2:30 a.m. Thurs- crime.”
day morning.
IHSAAN GARDEE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Gatineau police are consider-
CANADIAN COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC
ing the graffiti a hate crime, said
RELATIONS
spokesperson Pierre Lanthier.
The graffiti was discovered at calls for officials to condemn the
about 4:30 a.m. by an officer who vandalism and for police to inves-
was patrolling the area around tigate it as a hate crime.
the mosque because of vandalism “It’s extremely hurtful,” said
there earlier in the week. executive director Ihsaan Gardee.
The mosque’s surveillance “I don’t think that it’s something
camera found the graffiti that is a common sentiment that’s
occurred about two hours earli- held by the majority of Canadi-
er. ans.”
One of the mosque’s members A mosque spokesperson was
was on his way inside to pray not available on Thursday. After
Thursday afternoon when he saw Monday’s vandalism, secretary of
the words “f---ing Arab” spray- the mosque Amadou Thaim said
painted on the front doors. the broken windows were simple
Even though it bothered him vandalism, not motivated by hate.
and made him feel unsafe, he said “We are very established in this
Muslims need to react peaceful- community and in general we
ly. have a very good relationship
“I can’t let the person who tries with our community, and so we
to make us feel fear succeed,” said don’t think this is a hate crime,”
Anass, who only gave his first he said.
name. “I have to stay praying at This is the third time in the last
the mosque.” month and the fourth time in the Ihsaan Gardee, executive director of the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations,
The second attack prompted last four months the mosque has stands in front of graffiti on the doors of the Outaouais Islamic Centre on Thursday.
the Canadian Council on Ameri- been targeted by vandals. His body obscures spray-painted profanity from view.
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Accused CONTRIBUTED
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wife was put over until
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news
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Ian Flann is accused of
stabbing his wife, 82-year-
old Doreen Flann, on Box-
ing Day at the Longfields
Manor Retirement Home.
His lawyer, Solomon
Friedman, has requested a
psychiatric evaluation for
Flann. He remains in cus-
tody at The Ottawa Hospi-
tal. This court exhibit photo shows bomb parts, which include two paper rolls glued to the bottom of a green toolbox.
STEVE COLLINS The parts were found in the trunk of Chad Baillargeon’s car when he was pulled over in the Glebe on Jan. 4, 2011.
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day night’s house fire on
Hawthorne Avenue. He had the house marked on a map at time of arrest Father of two A U.K. MP
A 36-year-old Ottawa
woman faces three counts refuses to make a statement as he’s sentenced to four years in prison at the centre
of arson endangering life of a Twitter-
and one count each of as-
spawned storm
sault, assault with a prison yesterday after he toolbox, an alarm clock statement of facts.
weapon, and breach of re- JOE pleaded guilty to numer- with wires sticking out of The device contained gets a furious
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cognizance. @METRONEWS.CA ous charges, including it, an electronic detonator ammonium nitrate — a phone call from
Police said the incident possessing an explosive and a plastic bag contain- component for explosives
was a domestic dispute The 36-year-old father of with intent to endanger ing two nine-volt batter- — but was missing either her party leader
and released no names. two who was found with life or to cause serious ies. gasoline or diesel, which on live TV.
The fire caused about an explosive device in the property damage, after When police ques- would have been essential
Watch at
$550,000 worth of trunk of his car last Janu- police found a bomb in tioned Baillargeon about for detonation.
damage, said fire officials. ary was going to be paid his car during a traffic the bomb components, he At the time, Baillargeon metronews.ca/
One person was sent to to blow up a Quebec stop on Jan. 4, 2011, on responded, “It is rocket was under a weapons pro- video
hospital with smoke home, Crown prosecutor Third Avenue. propellant, and you know hibition for a previous
inhalation and a total of Robert Wadden told the He asked the officers to that it’s not hooked up, so conviction. He will be pro- Follow us on
three people were court Thursday. go into his trunk to get his it is what is it is. It would hibited from possessing Twitter
displaced. Chad Baillargeon was identification from a bag, take care of 3,000-square weapons for the rest of his @metroottawa
STEVE COLLINS sentenced to four years in where they found a green feet,” according to the life.
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Woman carjacked Tuition rebate kicking
in Orleans: Police
in for Ont. students
CONTRIBUTED
Police are looking for two
suspects who carjacked a
woman who offered them
a ride from the Orleans
Park & Ride. University students will save $1,600 per full school year College
The woman met the two
men aboard an OC Transpo students will save $730 For more details, visit ontario.ca/30off
Bus in Orleans, agreed to
give them a lift and let one STEVE COLLINS/FOR METRO
of the suspects drive her Carjacking suspect
vehicle, said police.
A suspect in the back
seat reached forward and Both suspects speak
choked her. Then they left English with no accent and
her on a rural section of are between 20 and 25
Tenth Line, said police. As years old. One is over six
they sped away, she was feet (183 cm) in height
able to flag down a passing with light black skin and a
driver. narrow nose and the other
Police said the same sus- is five-foot-six (168 cm)
pects then committed two with dark black skin and a
residential break and en- stocky build.
ters in Metcalf. JESSICA SMITH
Ottawa set
a diverse mix of more
than 700 people — in-
to hold
cluding engineering
students from the Uni-
conference
versity of Ottawa and
Carleton University, and
professionals — at the
Delegates from across Delta Ottawa City Cen-
the country and around tre from Jan. 11 to 14 Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi announces the tuition rebate to students at Carleton University on Thursday.
the world will discuss Keynote speakers
“innovations for devel- Michael Edwards,
opment” in Africa at the Samantha Nutt and STEVE “The cost to the treas- Premier Dalton
COLLINS Tuition rebate
annual Engineers With- Pamela Hartigan will ury, especially in these McGuinty held a similar
[email protected]
out Borders (EWB) na- lead discussions around tough economic times, is event at Wilfrid Laurier
tional conference in the theme of systemic Starting this semester, about $430 million a year,” University, where he also You can apply for the 30
Ottawa next week. innovations. More infor- about 300,000 Ontario col- he said, “but we are com- spoke about how the per cent tuition rebate if
The event is the mation on the confer- lege and university stu- mitted in ensuring that ed- province will deal with the all of the following apply:
largest development ence is available at dents can apply for a 30 ucation remains $16-billion deficit.
conference in Canada conference2012.ewb.ca. per cent rebate on their affordable and accessible.” “We’re all going to have You are a full-time student
and will bring together JOE LOFARO tuition, MPPs told stu- The rebate doesn’t ap- a role to play if we’re go- at a public college or uni-
dents across the province ply to part-time students ing to be as effective as we versity in Ontario.
yesterday. and those who graduated need to be in terms of It’s been less than four
In Ottawa, MPP Yasir from high school over four strengthening this econo- years since you left high
Naqvi held a press event at years ago — and opposi- my and ensuring that school.
Carleton University. He tion parties and the Cana- we’re getting ever more You are in a program that
said the price of keeping dian Federation of value for the public dollars you can apply to directly
the Liberal campaign Students say the Liberals that are being invested,” from high school.
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First nation seeks aid
Ottawa says Attawapiskat bills will be paid as soon as band co-operates
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First Nations in the James services are running
Bay region of Northern On- smoothly and the bills are
tario say their housing cri- paid — as soon as the band
sis is deepening despite the starts co-operating with
federal government’s re- him and giving him the in-
cent response to At- formation he needs.
tawapiskat. “As was addressed in a
In a statement issued letter on January 4, 2012 to
Thursday, the troubled At- Chief (Theresa) Spence, the
tawapiskat First Nation said third-party manager is
it won’t be able to make its ready to issue payroll
January payroll unless the cheques for essential servic-
federal government shows es, such as teachers, and
more flexibility. will do so as soon as he is
Many families are still provided with the neces-
living in tents and substan- In this file photo, a tattered Canadian sary information from the
dard shelters there. And flag flies in Attawapiskat, Ont. chief and council,” Duncan
now essential services, said in an emailed state-
such as education, are at ment.
risk because the $1.5 mil- are crying out for emer- statement said. He said families no
lion earmarked for them gency help as well. The federal government longer need to live in tents
has been placed in the “With temperatures now contests almost every point because the local healing
hands of a government-ap- in the -30s and 40s, the in the council’s statement. lodge has been renovated.
pointed third party, accord- chiefs are now calling on Aboriginal Affairs Minis- It now has running water,
ing to a statement from the the federal and provincial ter John Duncan said the bathrooms and heat, and is
regional Mushkegowuk governments to take imme- third-party manager ap- ready to accept families
Council. diate action on the housing pointed by Ottawa to run who feel they need better
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Solace Huxley Layton Campbell is seen shortly after being born in Toronto on Thursday.
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at 2:15 a.m. Sarah Layton, the daughter of former NDP leader Jack Layton, who
died in August, gave birth to the healthy girl, who weighed in at 9.4 pounds.
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Early retirement?
Music. Albums
Better think again
Average worker wants to retire by
61, while 25- to 30-year-olds aim for 59
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With the underfunding
in pension plans and rising
household debt, a new TD
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10 Canadians have less than OIL Natural
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$100,000 in household as- $2.98 In this file photo from last August, Adele performs
sets, not counting any (- 12¢) at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.
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The survey also found that - 1.41¢US $1,620.10 Digital sales play catch-up
44 per cent of respondents ($101.81 US) (+ $7.40)
believe they will have debt
when they retire, and 13 work past age 65 paying off U.S. album sales rose by more than three per cent
per cent said their debt will debt or working longer last year, the first gain since 2004 — a sign that rising
be significant. hours to afford their retire- digital sales are stemming the decade-long decline
“For some Canadians, it’s ment,” said Cynthia Caskey of CDs. The uptick to 458 million album sales was
not going to be about of TD Waterhouse. helped by Adele’s album 21, which sold 5.8 million
choice, they will have to THE CANADIAN PRESS copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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NEIL MORTON dia this year, and watch how ators in the top 6 Allstars of Ottawa IT Department. I
METRO much attention Kate gets next and one of them is am going on the Taylor
Monday (Jan. 9) when the Michalek? Why not just Swift website for official
duchess turns 30. What would be the icing throw in Craig Anderson city business. Really. #big-
on the cake? When Will and Kate and stab me directly in the brother
announce they’re having a baby. Twitter
would completely melt.
2 Rob Schneider:His new comedy,
A writing exam, Japanese-style
Rob, airs next week (Jan. 12). It’s
about a newlywed dealing with his
wife’s close-knit Mexican-American family. TV critic Jace
Lacob watched the pilot and live-tweeted his disdain for NEWS PICTURES/REX FEATURES
it. Sample tweet from @televisionary: “If Hell exists, it
would be watching the Rob pilot over and over again for
eternity. And I am only two minutes in ...” Must-watch.
3 @RupertMurdoch: Eighty-year-old media mogul
Rupert Murdoch opened his (rather boring) Twit-
ter account over the New Year’s holiday and
already has more than 100,000 followers. Murdoch,
whose media empire, News Corp., has been under
increased scrutiny due to phone hacking at his U.K. news-
papers, better hope his Twitter account never gets
hacked.
4 Team Canada: Our juniors were getting smoked 6-
1 in the semifinal by Russia at the Calgary Saddle-
dome, and staged what was almost an epic
comeback, scoring four goals in the third and hitting a
post late before falling short 6-5. Even though they didn’t
make the final, they can hold their heads high after that
valiant comeback. 2013 will be their golden year.
5 Twins born a year apart:In a story gone viral this
week, a Minneapolis couple welcomed twins six
hours apart, with a boy, Beckett, born 6:40 p.m. on
Dec. 31, 2011, and a girl, Freya, Jan. 1, 2012, at 12:26 a.m.
New Year’s Day. This means a) separate birthdays for
both, and b) whenever the siblings fight, Beckett can go,
“Yo, I’m a year older.”
6 Butt out: A giant 12-foot acrylic cigarette butt was
erected in Toronto Tuesday as The Canadian Can-
cer Society launched its seventh annual Driven to
Quit Challenge. If you’re thinking of quitting, try it. I’ve
been clean from the cancer sticks for over 10 years. All
you need is 20 seconds of insane courage. And willpower.
7 Steve Jobs action figure: A Chinese toy company
called InIcons is releasing a detailed 12-inch action
figure of Jobs wearing his signature black
turtleneck, rimless glasses and blue jeans. Due for U.S. re-
Calligraphy contest honours Japan’s tsunami victims
lease late February (if Apple gives permission), word is
they’re getting tons of pre-orders. Accessories such as New-year banners
iPhone, iPad and iPod are not included! DISASTER. Around the Year Calligraphy Contest. quake and tsunami.
8 4,700 self-portraits:For 14 years, Canadian photog- world, people ring bells About 3,000 filled the “My banner reads “The heart waits for
rapher Jeff Harris has been doing an epic art proj- or shoot fireworks to wel- Nippon Budokan indoor ‘Strong will’ — for those spring”
ect whereby he takes a self-portrait each day and come the new year, but in arena for the event. hit by the disaster. I also Haru matsu kokoro
then posts it on his website to take his readers along on Japan they celebrate by Calligraphers this year wish an early spring will (春待つ⼼)
his adventures. Think of it as his personal diary, but in showing off their were encouraged to write arrive there,” said “Strong will”
photos. Check it out at jeffharris.org brushwork. Thousands of banners of well wishes for Kuramochi Jun, a 12-year- Tsuyoi ishi (強い意志)
contestants took part in those affected by last old student. “The sky of the New Year”
Japan’s 48th annual New year’s devastating earth- METRO WORLD NEWS Shinnen no sora (新年の空)
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