Metro Ottawa - January 6, 2017

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FINANCING

Ottawa tech
firm taking
resumés

| Adam
Feibel
(Ottawa Business Journal

foo has Kicked off. the new yearby land
‘Si2milion series financing round that
the Ottwabased company sys will help hire
dozens of new employees
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to S194 millo
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lows users to build their own business dashboards
that display key metrics for their firm, It's doubled

its customer base each year since it fi
inancing in 2014 ves more than
customers globally 4,000 one year ag
io will be looking to carry that momen:
tum into the new year aftera “spectacular” 2016,
and the nev funding wil help mae that hap-
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Brewing up
interest in
Smiths Falls!

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for us to move in and build a

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Dylanc.
Robertson
For Metro| Ottawa

Ottawa's tourist sector is cele-
brating a glowing New York
‘Times report published Taurs-
day, on the city “emerging
from the shadow of Montreal
and Toronto.”

The paper's 36 Hours in
Ottawa report invites visitors
to poke around the Chateau
Laurier, sip wine on Sparks
Street and get “a consum-
mately Canadian sugar rush”
of Beavers.

Duff Joe Adams, Chris Haines and BB | Oto get on people's wish
Tim Vadermeer are all from The team from 4 Degrees Brewing alive in Smith Fallsandthe business wasstartedtohelp | lists, you need articles like
Smith Falls or work there. ‘the community attract tourists and provide jobs. conmwureo this,” says Jantine Van Kreg-
Atthe end of 2016, the near In 2012, Ritchie and Howard fen, Ottawa Tourism spokes-
by Town of Smith Falls was were discussing overlunch how — across the province. ship's team belief that this is woman,
expected to lose their local they could help kickstart jobs They prondly note that, be. the perfect temperature to FOR MORE “You need concrete ex-
mall, an important retail and andtourism in heir hometown, tween them, they have 85 years serve beer. cold enouigh to be amples of why someone
community hub. A group of The craft brewing industry in of beer tasting experience... refreshing, but warm enough | @etthe scoop on suds haul sent vo go there
Focal businesses stepped up Ontario was taking off at the aka. quality control. to allow the carefully crafted Check out the Local Hop: | "A 2007 Times article with
to breathe new life into the time and the friends were all Things got serious when the flavours to come through penings online thisweek | the same title stuck to down-
County Fair Mal big fans of the tasty new and team toured the Big Rig brew- Currently, 4D offers two at wwv:metronews.ca town, but Thursday's story
This included 4 Degrees adventurous beers being poured ing facility in Kanata and was brews, True North of 7 and ventures to Hintonburg and
Brewing Company, who would inspired by their support and True South of 7. True North Centretown, which Van Kreg-
take over the vacant former just how nice they were.4De- of 7 is a Germanstyle Helles Rideau Canal and Frost & Wood | ten says speaks to the city's
Staples space. Breweries are grees began contract brewing Lager and the True South of 7 ‘55 honours a past manufac | emerging neighbourhoods
the best Out of Niagara Falls with Chris isa traditional red ale turing plant. New beers cele- | " "The author did a really
‘As co-owner Nick Ritchie ex- We loved the Jefferies of Taps Brewing Com- Early this year, they will _ brating Smith Falls’ history | good jab at capturing Ottawa,
plainsit: "We loved the chance Chanceto support pany. in less than a year, they be releasing two new beers are planned for future release. | she said.
to support the town, this space the town, this are ready to take the next step through their Home Town Col- —_ Breweries have along history | “You can piece together a
and to be allowed to share in space: toabrieks and mortar brewery, lection: Old Sly's'69 i169 per _ofcommunity development and | really kickass weekend by
the opportunity to save the 7 . The brewery name, 4 De- cent India Pale Ale that pays 4 Degrees is poised to continue | what the New York Times
mall. The former Staples loca- Nick Ritchie agrees, comes from the owner- homage to the history of the that tradition for Smith Falls. | has shared

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Five things to do this weekend

Learn about war and the French capital, go to a wedding exhibition, try your hand at improv

or take ina

OMniParis’

This weekend is your last
chance to see Napoleon
and Paris at the Museum

of Canadian History. Learn
about war, ambition and the
French capital. The special
exhibition runs until Sunday.
The museum will also be
hosting activities for kids,
including model magic
‘snowmen and dance and
drum lessons, Admission is
S18 for adults

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@PerthWedding Show

If you're in the mood for both a drive and
‘wedding planning, head to Perth on
Saturday from 11 am. to 3 p.m. for
the LOVE Wedding Expo. Come
meet bakers, Dis, event
planners, photographers
‘and more, Admission

ig $10 to the event at
Codes Mill, 17 Wilson
Street East.

QOttawa67s

Why not catch a cheap hockey game this
weekend at TD Place? The Ottawa 67s are
playing the Kingston Frontenacs on Saturday
(2pm) and the North Bay Battalion (2 p.m.)
(on Sunday, with

tickets starting
at $15 each.

ockey game — there's a lot going on over the weekend.

GFreeimprov
workshop

Was giving improv comedy
try one of your New Year's
resolutions? Improv Embassy
in downtown Ottawa is

offering a free drop-in session workshop at their
location 176 Rideau Street. Head there Sunday
from 3 pm. to 4:30 p.m. “to try improv
‘comedy in a fun, supportive

environment”

Banff Mountain Film Festival

Technically this doesn’t count as a weekend activity — but you should buy your
tickets this weekend (there's any left) because Trailhead Paddle Shack’s screening
Of the best outdoor films of the year always sells out. Tickets are $19 each, with a
10-minute showing inside the Bytowne Cinema at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 9, 10 and.

WEATHER

Freeze, thaw makes snow cleanup tricky

Dylanc.
Robertson
»For Metro| Ottawa

Ottawa's clean-up crews are
facing a perfect storm of ice,
rain and snow, but councillors
say they've done a fine job of
clearing the city's streets,

Luc Gagné, the city's man
ager of road services, says the
city has grappled with chilly
temperatures that hinder road
salt, warmer days that create
slush ponds and freezing rain

that requires a careful mix of
salt and sand.

‘After removing snowbanks
from the downtown core, crews

iss)

We'll never get

plaints on snow removal this
year,” even when the city de-
layed clearing to deal with
freezing rain on the downtown

Crews work all night
to restore power

only 25 people were left with-
out power,

Power has been restored across
the city after outages left some

started crosscity clearing Wed- [elean-up] perfect, us lines. residents in the cold Two smaller outages in
nesday night, and spent Thurs- Meanwhile, Stittsville Coun- | Crews were workingall Wed- College ward and Kitchissip-
day using plows and backhoes Buttheydoagood cijjorshad Qadri said the city | nesday night to restore power pi ward were fixed quickly
on intersections, bus stops and service. will have to wait and see | after high winds, heavy snow Thursday.

dead ends. Coun. EliE-Chantiry whether clean-up has changed | and encasing ice took their toll Hydro Ottawa spokesperson

“The weather can be sub-
stantially different in one area
of the city from another,” Ga-
‘gné said.

That's no news to Coun. Eli
EL-Chantiry, whose West Carle-
ton ward faces snow drifts

“We'll never get [clean-up]
perfect, but they do a good
Over in the winding streets
of Hintonburg, Coun. Jeff
Leiper said he heard “no com:

for 2017.

tose.”

since a vote last July to save
$2.7 million by changing routes
and contracting out services

“Those changes have just
started; it's a little too early

Rebecca Hickey said around
50 customers may still have
outages due to equipment on
private property, but more out-
‘ages caused by the company’s
equipment is unlikely.

on the city’s trees and power-
lines,

By 10 p.m. around 500
people in the city were going
to bed in the dark, according
to Hydro Ottawa, By 2 a.m,
Thursday the company said
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POLICE

Training
to replace
carding

Metro| Ottawa

Ottawa police officers are train-
ing on a system designed to re-
place the controversial practice
of carding.

Supt. Don Sweet said all off-
cers are going through six hours
of classroom training plus an
additional two hours online
that is designed to walk officers
through the new rules forstreet
check interactions.

“Ittalks about biases and why
we are not supposed to and we
don't condone random checks

| on people based on a racial pro-

file.” he said.
Police across Ontario were
prohibited from doing random
street checks beginning Jan. 1
Officers will now be required to
let people they approach know
that they are not obliged to talk
tothem and issue a receipt of the
interaction. Sweet said the train-
ing aims to walk officers through
the new steps and also includes
scenarios to practise with

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Officials want to rename Confederation Station on the

(-Train line so thatit doesn't get confused withthe
Confederation Line when it opens in 2018. nermonue

New identity
in the works

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Plans are underway to rename
the Trillium O-Train Line's
Confederation Station to head
off the potential for confu-
sion when the Confederation
light-rail transit line opens.

“The name Confederation
Station needs to change next
year because we have the
pending Confederation line —
the east-west line — opening
in 2018,” said River Coun. Ri
ley Brockington, whose ward
includes that station.

‘The busy stop at Heron
Road and Bronson Avenue
just east of the Airport Park-
‘way was originally named for
the Confederation Heights
area that is home to a fed-
eral government complex
that includes Canada Post
headquarters, the Sir Leonard

headquarters, as well as the
RA Centre and the Revenue
Canada Data Centre.

“It's called Confedera-
tion because the entire fed-
eral government complex
in the Heron-Riverside area
(is) all called Confedera-
tion Heights,” Brockington
explained. “Confederation
Heights was a mouthful so
they shrunk it to Confedera-
tion.”

The station is used by fed-
eral government workers as
well as by local residents
from Heron Park and River-
side Park, and it also serves
asa transfer point for many
riders heading to and from
Carleton University, the coun-
illor said,

Transit stations are often
named after the neighbour-
hoods they are located in.

Local hotels getting revved for a big year

ofa Canadian winter.
Davi But the hotelier-turned-
Sali travel consultant doesn't see
OuawaBusinessJournal a lot of down time on the
hotel calendar in 2017. With
Ottawa being the focal point
of many of the nation’s slitz
est Canada 150 events, local
hhotels are revving up for what
will almost certainly be their
busiest year ever, he says
“I think the (Ottawa 2017
organizers) have done a very
good job of spreading activ-
ities our throughout the

and stands to benefit in a ma-
jor way from that and a host
of other activities planned
throughout the year.

“Everybody's very pumped,
very excited to be part of (the
2017 festivities) — to really
put Ottawa on the map and
to become the (tourist des-
tination) we know we are
and to be able to showcase
that to the rest of the world,”
she says. “We see this as a
chance to be a springboard
for the future.”

year,” said Kelly, a former
GM of the Westin and Cha-
teau Laurier who now runs
his own firm Pat Kelly Con-
sulting,

Many other industry insid
ers agree, pointing out that
even the traditionally bar-
ren month of March will be
livened up with events such
as the Red Bull Crashed Ice.

‘That's music to the ears of
Chateau Laurier public rela-
tions director Deneen Perrin,
‘whose hotel is right next door

Asa former general manager
of two of Ottawa's largest
hotels, Pat Kelly is all too
familiar with the peaks and
valleys of an industry that
tends to boom in the sum-
mer when tourists flock to
the capital but can be slug-
gish at other times of the
year — especially the dead

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Refusing widow entry
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applicant’s file

For 18 months, Christopher
Campbell-Durufle has been
trying to convince immigration
officials that his motherin-law
in Colombia is a legitimate
traveller with no intent to over-
stay her welcome in Canada
Since 2015 the Toronto man =
hhas made three failed attempts Carolina Delgado, left, her mother Ofelia Chavez Ruiz,

about the fact my mothers
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travel to Canada?”
the listed reasons in the

rejection letter.

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pre | Ece Heper, 50, was ar-

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chat | __ Heper, adual Canadian‘Turk-

all widows and widowers can't | ish citizen, had been in the coun-

tny since mid-November, accord-

Marital status is not among | ing to her friends.

Im: | “She is intense and opinion-

migration Department's form | ated for sure,” Birgitta Pavic said

‘After Torstar inquired into the
to help Ofelia Chavez Ruiz ob- and husband Christopher Campbell-Durufle. They hope matter, officials said the Can- | NOVASCOTIA
tain a Visitor visato see him and _Delgado’s mother arrives in Canada in time to see the birth of __adian visa post in Bogota has
his wife but could not figure their first child. ronstan news senvice advised Chavez Ruiz this week
‘out the reasons for the rejec tosubmit a new application and

tions, which occurred despite you, a note to our electronic woman's lack of travel history, promised she will be issued a

documentation showing the file indicates that the applicant wealth and a purpose for the _ threemonth visitor visa.
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to her homeland. able to convince the officers of ada through her daughter, as sidered on a case-by-case basis | the former soldier involved in
However, CampbellDurufle the visa office in Bogota that she reasons for the refusal. ‘on the specific facts presented | an apparent murder-suicide in

saida recent response from Im- was firmly established in her Campbell-Durufle, a Univer- by the applicant in each ca

se," | Nova Scotia, with his own words

migration, Refugees and Cit- country.” the department noted sity of Toronto PhD student in noted Immigration, Refugees | on socal media revealing aman
izenship Canada to an MP on inanemailtoNDP Thomas Mul- international law, said he was and Citizenship Canada spokes- | struggling with PTSD who was
his family’s behalf might have car, who had inquired on the _ shocked by the “widow” refer- woman Nancy Chan. “The depart- | trying to get his life back.

explained the real reason for _ family's behalf. ence in his motherinlaw’s file. _ment does not discriminate bs

ased | Lionel Desmond, 33, was

the decisions. In previous rejection letters, "No one could tell us what on the relationship status ofan | found dead Tuesday in a home

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Canadian arrested for
‘insulting’ Erdogan

from her Toronto home.
‘At issue, her friends
and lawyer said, are sev-
eral recent Facebook
posts about President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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28, Heper accused Erdo-

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Global Affairs Canada said they
are aware of a Canadian citizen
detained in Turkey and are pro-
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Ex-soldier changed after
Afghanistan tour: Friends

appeared to be a selfinflicted
‘gunshot wound, RCMP say. His
Wife Shanna Desmond, 31, their
1oyearold daughter Aaliyah and
his mother Brenda Desmond, 52
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Protesters rally against Donald Trump outside of Trump Tower in New York on Nov. 3. arjcerrv mines

The Women’s March:
Achance to speak up

Those who've signed on have agreed to fight for
equality and inclusivity — and to stand united

responding with “a confused dered and vote-suppressed.
and pointless march,” she their way into federal and
writes, state victories, despite the fact
Leaving aside the worn- that the US. is generally be-
out misogyny of arguing that come more left-leaning — that
the women’s movement isa__ they have the entire rest of
shriekfest, this kind of put- the country to answer to, Not
down — that the march isn't just their voters.
focused, that it has no clear ‘The march defends
purpose, that it’s makinga women’s reproductive rights
fuss that won't help —is the and health care, and women’s
Kind of prepackaged criticism dignity in the face of Trump-
you could throw at any move- ian hyper-masculinity and its
‘ment, of any era, at any time. portrayal of women as “nasty
‘Those who've signed on _It rejects white supremacist
have in fact agreed to some sentiment. It stands up for
thing: They've agreed to fight women impacted by govern-
for equality, inclusivity, and to ment policies that increase
stand united against threats poverty.
that will inevitably hit the ‘The sister marches in
‘most marginalized, first. And nearly all states also take the
‘most importantly, they've battle for women’s rights, civil
agreed to be vocal about it. rights, religious freedom and

ROSEMARY %
WESTWOOD

Here's your motto for 2017,
courtesy of the columnist Con-
nie Schultz: “Your voice mat-
ters, but only if you use it”

‘Thus, hundreds of thou-
sands marching in Washing-
ton and 47 US. states, never
mind around the world, is
‘perfect start to the era of
‘Trump. A ctitical, powerful
first step to make dissenting
voices heard,

‘And yet the Women’s
March on Washington —a
movement set for jan. 21 to
defend the rights of women,
LGBTQ, Muslims and all faiths,
racialized people, and all
‘people — has already been

deemed useless by some. ‘The Women’s March is a__ progressive values to where:
Feminists are “making crucial first step in igniting they are deeply needed: at the
Trump's threat about them- widespread left-wing activism _ state level.

Collective activism, wide-
spread in scale and purpose,
is the only thing that stands a
‘chance of mitigating damage
in the next four years, The
march is only the beginning.

selves.” argued Shikha Dalmia
in The Week. Trump and his,
Republican-controlled cap-
ital aren't actually a threat

to women. It's just femin-

ists getting hysterical, and

‘across the US. It is an op-
portunity to galvanize action
that will need to be sustained
for years. I's a reminder to
Republicans — who lost the
popular vote, who gerryman-

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DIGEST win cdnoscice mentally deabied an

UNITED KINGDOM car bombing in a busy Four black people were

Harry ‘constantly in commercial area after nightfall charged with hate crimes
‘trouble; Princess Diana con Thursday, killed atleast 27 Thursday in connection
letter says. people ina particularly brutal with a video broadcast

live on Facebook that
showed a mentally disabled
white man being beaten
and taunted, threatened
with a knife and forced to

Letters sent by Britains late
Princess Diana — including
‘one in which she described a
‘young Prince Harry as being
‘constantly in trouble” while

day in the Iragi capital
The suicide bomber, who
targeted shops and food
stands near a bus station in
the city’s busy Bab al-Muadam

at boarding school — sold for area, killed 11, a police officer drink from a toilet.
thousands of pounds at an —_said. He says the bombing The assault went on for
auction Thursday. also wounded at least 22 hours, until Chicago police

found the disoriented victim
walking along a street. The
suspects can be heard on the
Video using profanities against
white people and Donald
Trump. re assocuren aes

The six handwritten notes
‘were sent to Cyril Dickman,
former head steward at
Buckingham Palace, during
the 1980s and 1990s.

people. Earlier in the day,
bombings elsewhere in and
around Baghdad killed at
least 16 people and wounded
dozens, officials sad.

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Your week in science

ON THE VERGE OF GREAT SCIENCE

2016 was a standout year. Canadian researchers played a weighty role in
observing gravitational waves for the first time, NASA's JUNO spacecraft arrived
on Jupiter, and the gene-editing technology CRISPR came into its own. 2017

could be even more exciting. Here's what's on the global science agenda.

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humans invade their forest
homes, certain songbirds —
including the Pacific wren and
Swainson's thrush — flee the
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year study of the Seattle area

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medicine, Before the science of blood typing
became accurate and reliable in the 20th century,
there wasn't much of anything to be done for
someone who needed blood. But there's stil a
perplexing problem —transfusions require an
endless supply of healthy human volunteers willing
‘to-donate. Soon, that could change. In 2077, a British
clinica trial is going to transfuse volunteers with
‘~ synthetic blood for the frst time. Because the blood
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It’s awards season, a heady
time when the movie biz pats
itself on the back for a job well
done. Tuxedoes are rented,
Botox injected by the gallon
and hundreds of miles of red
carpets unfurled as industry
insiders honour the best of the
best with statues and speeches.

But is it really a time for
celebration? The movie biz
had a record-breaking year,
raking in north of $11.4 billion
on the backs of, as one indus-
try insider said, “a forgetful
fish, infighting superheroes
and Some intergalactic rebels.”

But for every Finding Dory,
Captain America or Rogue
One, which all earned good
reviews and audience sup-
port, there were dozens of
others that acted as public re
pellent, driving viewers away
in droves. Those unsuccessful
movies are dark clouds hang-
ing heavy over the Hollywood
landscape. Metro has some
thoughts on how to clear the
skies and ensure smooth sail-
ing until Hollywood runs out
of awards to hand out.

Let's spend more time
watching imaginative new
worlds and ideas brought to
life on the screen. Give me
more movies from Guillermo
Del Toro, Edgar Wright and
Andrea Arnold, filmmakers
who constantly reinvent our
relationship with story and

Although I'm looking for-
ward to John Wick 2 and Skull
Island, let's cut back on the re-
boots, seimaginings, remakes
and films with numbers in
their titles.

Let Kristen Stewart do any-
thing she wants. Her death-

‘STARS’ CONCERNED

ds season is upon us but with many
ions hanging over the movie industry,

defying leap from a Young
Adult idol to indie star has
been inspiring to watch. She
digs deeper and deeper with
every role, distancing herself
from the teeny-bopper image
that defined the early part
of her career. Her choices
are wild and woolly and you
don't know what to expect
next from her. More please.
‘No more ‘interesting’ mov-
ies from Will Smith. His over

thinking has done more col
lateral damage to his once
towering career than his last

rINGS by Richard Crouse

film, Collateral Beauty,
More convulsive belly
laughs triggered by thought-

Hollywood is facing many questions aboutits future direction. Metro thinks greater influence and impact from the likes of, left
‘toright, Ava DuVernay, Kristen Stewart and Guillermo Del Toro would goa long way to helping. cerry intaces/me ASSOCIATED PRESS ALE

ful, interesting jokes please.
That means fewer films that
mistake politically incorrect
“did he really just say that?”
jokes for actual humour.

Can we have more reliance
on the human touch on screen;
directors like Jim Jarmusch,
Mira Nair and Barry Jenkins
‘who use instinct and experi-
ence to create their art.

Let's have less studio reli
ance on branding, formula and

script algorithms like Script
Book, ScripThreads and Slated.
Successful movie ideas don't
come from marketing depart-
ments or mathematical an-
alysis, they come from the
hearts and minds of interest-
ing storytellers.

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For every Finding
Dory, Captain
America or Rogue
One, which all
earned good
reviews and
audience support,
there were dozens
that acted as
public repellent.

We need more films that
pass both the Bechdel Test
(does the movie feature a
scene where two women dis
cuss something other than a
man?) as well a the DuVernay
‘Test (do the African American
and other minority charac
ters have fully realized lives
or are they just scenery in
white stories?) Ifthe answer
is yes to either of these ques
tions, you'll have more films
that better reflect the world
we live in

Finally, it's time for Holly
wood to be truly egalitarian.
We need to see an end to white
actors cast in non-white roles.
It's not knee jerk political cor
rectness — it's justice for years
of whitewashing in Hollywood.
Recently in Doctor Strange,
Gods of Egypt, Aloha and many
others caucasian actors were
‘ast in roles written or con-
ceived for people of colour.
Let's stop that in 2017,

So, is the silver screen beginning to lose some of its sheen?
INTERVIEW reality of his mother's det

Sci-fiqueen crating condition, faces bullies

at school, and deals with his

accepts a mew _ lonedistance futher, he slips

i into the realm of fantasy. He
challenge With begins encoumering an enor-
AMonster Calls 3s
him nightly to tell him stories
‘As she portrayed a stern, that end up earying particular
emotionally reserved British significance.
matriarch in her latest film Conor is played by Scottish
A Monster Calls, sc+fi queen actor Lewis MacDougall, who
Sigourney Weaver marked a was 12 at the time of filming.
career milestone — her first Weaver plays Conor's seem
role as a grandmother ingly frigid grandmother, seen
The 67-year-old actress, as uptight and unfeeling by her
famous for her Alien and grandson, but secretly battling
Ghostbusters films among her own emotions. She said
many others, said she jumped she dug into her role by tap-
at the chance to be a part of ping into personal experiences
the heart-wrenching fantasy “When you participate in a
drama directed by JA. Bayona, story like this you have to bring
Thought it was sre of fun,* a lot of parts of yourself that
she said of playing a grand- you don't often tse,” Weaver
mother after a slew oficonie Said in an interview.
action roles.“Itwasa pleasure” “In my case, haven't been a ni ai fronts the issues of loss and
‘AMonster Calls, based on grandmother but 'm certainly Sigourney Weaver plays her firstrole as agrandmother in AMonster Calls. TheG7-year-old using the power of fantasy to
anovel of the same name by a mother and I'm a daughter. actress, famous for her Alien and Ghostusters films, said she jumped atthe chancetobeapart grieve, Weaver said the film
Patrick Ness, tells the story of It was often a heart-rending of the fantasy drama directed by 1.8. Bayona. quit vivesrocus FEATURES Vis ME ASSOCIATED PRESS ddoes have a positive side to it.

daughter and trying to comfort
her grandson.”

Helping Weaver navigate her
role was the fact that her own
mother was English, a handy
piece of family heritage that
she drew on for the character

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It was oftena
heart-rending
experience.
Sigourney Weaver

“It's a very familiar accent
and a very familiar world to
me,” she said. “Because my
mother was English and they
have a kind of formality, I just
found that very interesting
territory.”

While much of the film con-

Conor O'Malley, a young boy experience, but at the same “Lfind the movie very heal-
grappling with the looming time the film is so uplifting.” _ “Playing someone whois try. _*I guess that tome was the _are rejected until finally all of ing,” she said. “More healing
death of his sick and rapid- _ Weavernoted, however, that ing so hard to love her family challenge of it. To play some- that, her whole physical being than it is upsetting in a way."
ly weakening mother, who is it was a challenge playing a_and they find her unlovable one who wanted so much to_..ali this armourthat she has__A Monster Calls opens in
played by Felicity Jones. character that starts out being was very interesting to me,” be of help and to bea support drops away and she's just this theatres on Friday.

‘As Conor struggles with the quite unlikeable. she said. and her help or suggestions grandmother who is losing her 1 CANADIAN ness

Monae’s star no longer hidden

‘Theodore Melfi's buoyant Hid-
den Figures is an old-fashioned
feel good movie with powerful
contemporary relevance, spear
headed by a trio of unstoppable
actresses playing black women
‘who wouldn't be stopped.

Set in 1961 Virginia, the fact-
based Hidden Figures, adapted
from Margot Lee Shetteriy's non-
fiction book, is about three per
ipheral characters at NASA who
made important contributions
to the space race. Their work-
place, at Langley, is segregated
(with separate bathrooms and a late appearance) and brought straightforward, satisfying tale
drinking fountains) and the of into the allwhite rocket centre _of triumph, full of warmth and
fices are uniformly run by white to check the trajectories and cal crowd-pleasing scenes that its
males in suits calations ofthe scentistsrushing cast lends spirit and verve to.

But the talent and smarts of to match Sputnik and lift John Henson fierily delivers the film’s
mathematician Katherine John- Glenn (Glen Powell into space. _big, cathartic moment, one that
son (Taraji P. Henson), budding ‘Theirleaderis Al Harrison (a fine, _ will surely resonate for audiences
engineer Mary Jackson (Janelle scene-chewing Kevin Costner), familiar with her plight. Insuch
Monae) and computer super- who compassionately responds scenes, Hidden Figures feels both

‘Monde stars as Mary Jackson in Hidden Figures. no°ece stone

visor Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia to Johnson's rise. ofthe 60s and of now. These are
Spencer) are becoming impos- But Hidden Figures, punctu- figures that have often been hid-

sible to ignore. Metaphors are ated by bright original songs by _ den from movie screens, 100.
all around. While rockets lift Pharrell Williams (who also cok But ofthe formidable three-
. off, the women of Hidden Fig. laborated with HansZimmerand some, it's Monae who most
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 - 8:00 PM uresstrive fortheir own upward Benjamin Wallfisch on the score), stand out. Following her role in
movement. Arithmetic surrounds avoids many ofthe typical notes Bary Jenkins’ Moonlight (winose
CANADIAN TIRE CENTRE them, but they're continuously ofacivil rights rama and keeps MahershalaAlalso appears here
CANADIAN TIRE CENTRE BOX OFFICE underestimated. itsfocuson ts three indomitable _captivatingly asa mibtary office:

“That's NASA for you. Fast leadsand theircharacters private and love interes), the R&B singer
with rocket ships, slow with ad- lives. Nobody would mistake it has made an altogether arresting
vancement,” says Kirsten Dunst’s fora deeply complicated exam- _bigscreen debut this fall. Regal,

manager. ination of segregation and no powerful and tender, she just,
Johnson is pulled out of a one will wonder if Melfi's film might be a fullon movie star.
HAHAHA.COM/GAFFIGAN pool of computers human ones, is going to end ona high note. The real rocket of Hidden Fi

though a roomsized IBM makes Instead, Hidden Figures is a ures is Monae. n