Metro Ottawa - January 7, 2011

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DEBATE
VEGAN STEW WITH
FLAVOUR, COLOUR
MEAL FROM THE
MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRY NOT
{page 19}
THAT STRONG?
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UP THE SCREEN
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Cops investigate
Finding home
From life of
war to life
explosive device
in Ottawa
Afghan interpreters working
with Canadian military settle in
Canada Escape assassinations,
attacks on families, kidnappings
IED found by police had right components, but assembled incorrectly
{page 4}
Police used robot to retrieve explosive from car’s trunk
How tears
Ottawa police will get more time to in- “I’ve met briefly with him weapons offences including possession
vestigate a bizarre incident involving a and I will be going to see him of an explosive substance with intent to can be a
traffic stop that led to the discovery of endanger life and possessing an explo-
at jail to get some
an improvised explosive device in the sive substance while prohibited.
trunk of a car, in the Glebe, late Tuesday instructions.” Outside court Langevin said he had turnoff
night. CHAD BAILLARGEON’S DEFENCE LAWYER JEFF LANGEVIN not dealt with his client before and had
Chad Baillargeon, 35, of Gatineau, only had time to meet briefly with Bail- for men
had a brief courtroom teleconference Jeff Langevin agreed to adjourn the case largeon.
Thursday in Ottawa, where his lawyer to Monday. Baillargeon is facing a raft of SEAN MCKIBBON
Study looks at what
goes on chemically
Sudan. Votes inside a man when a
woman cries {page 12}
Siblings to
share freedom
and an organ
Imprisoned sisters set to be
free — but one must donate
kidney to the other {page 6}
Harper promises
no deep cuts
PM says focus on creating jobs,
Ottawa artist Hamid Ayoub with his painting Escape, inspired by conditions in western Sudan. Ayoub does not want to see his native growth still ‘very fragile’ {page 10}
Sudan divided into two countries after a historical referendum vote takes place on Sunday. For more coverage on the referendum,
go to page 3 and metronews.ca.
Getting his
STEVE COLLINS/FOR MET RO
Hoping for the “People are uniting now, not separating,” said Hamid Ayoub, an Ottawa second chance
artist, on the situation in his native Sudan. Millions of Sudanese will vote
best in Sudan’s on whether the south should become an independent nation following
nearly 20 years of bloody civil war. “Brothers and sisters can fight and mis-
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understand each other but they are still brothers and sisters.”
referendum JOE LOFARO ‘good guy’ role {page 14}
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Bike-lane plan
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gets mixed reviews
The city’s plan to split seg- Avery Burdett of the he said.
regated bike lanes off ei- Coalition for Responsible Shamus Cain, a down-
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Bike courier Shamus Cain, one of the few cyclists
of Cycling Vision Ottawa, ble and what they can do to out there until it’s too late.”
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which supports the plan. avoid getting into trouble,” STEVE COLLINS
Locals will join vote
on Sudan’s future
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Freed from Man admits to murder,
New York. Reunion
stuffing bodies in tree
jail to share
An unemployed tree-cut- Ohio court.
ter told a court Thursday An indictment alleged
he killed three people, Hoffman killed Tina Her-
a kidney stuffed their bodies in a rmann; her 11-year-old
hollow tree and raped a son, Kody Maynard; and
13-year-old girl. neighbour Stephanie
Matthew Hoffman, 30, Sprang while stealing
GETTY IMAGES pleaded guilty to aggravat- from Herrmann’s home
ed murder, burglary, kid- Nov. 10.
napping and rape. He also was charged
He was sentenced to life with kidnapping the teen
in prison without possibil- and raping her at his
ity for parole. home in Mount Vernon.
“This is so sickening, She was found bound and
Matthew, to know you gagged in his basement.
even had the guts to do “This has changed my
this,” the girl said in a whole life,” the girl said.
Jamie, left, and Gladys Scott going home to Florida. statement read in the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Donation is part of release deal
Hi Mom: Ted Williams, 53, Mudslide 16The worst-hit
Two imprisoned sisters Gladys Scott’s release or- meets his mother Julia, 90. state is Minas
who have pledged to share der requires her to donate kills couple, Gerais, where officials
a kidney were to be freed a kidney to her sister, who DORAL CHENOWETH III/COLUMBUS DISPATCH/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS said 16 people either
Friday as part of a deal to is suffering from kidney two kids drowned or were
suspend their life sen- failure and requires dialy- Golden voice, golden day buried in mudslides.
tences for armed robbery. sis.
Jamie and Gladys Scott The two women have A couple and their two ple across the country
are set to be released from been held in different Just days ago, Ted Williams was living in a tent near young daughters died in a have been forced out of
a state prison just east of parts of the Central Missis- an Ohio highway. Thursday he was in New York for mudslide in Sao Paulo their homes.
Jackson, Miss. sippi Correctional Facility an emotional reunion with his 90-year-old mother. state, Brazilian authorities Heavy rains have been
They plan to head to in Pearl for the past few The panhandler and ex-radio announcer’s life say. pummelling Sao Paulo,
Pensacola, Fla., where years, and it’s unlikely changed when he was spotted holding a sign The deaths bring the Rio de Janeiro and Espirito
their mother and children they had much interaction extolling his velvety voice and asking for help. death toll from heavy Santo states since Christ-
live, said corrections com- in the sprawling complex. NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers offered him announcing flooding to at least 35. mas.
missioner Chris Epps. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS work and other job offers have flooded in. More than 30,000 peo- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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‘Code of silence’ Premier
India. Breathing easy
hints he’s
stalling probe pondering
early exit
over gang rape?
Premier Dalton McGuinty
dropped a bombshell dur-
ing an interview with CTV
on Thursday, suggesting
for the first time that he
‘We can’t force people to talk to us,’ officer says may not serve another full
term if re-elected.
Alleged victim says bullies forced her out of school
Flanked by his wife, Ter-
JONATHAN HAYWARD/THE CANADIAN PRESS ri, on a couch in his
Police say a “code of si- Meadows had been posted Queen’s Park office,
lence” among teens may on social media websites McGuinty gave his clearest
be preventing them from including Facebook. signal yet that the Oct. 6
laying more charges in Colton Ashton McMor- election will be his last.
what they believe may ris, 18, of Maple Ridge has “If you win in October,
have been a gang rape of a now been charged with are you going to serve out
16-year-old girl at a B.C. sexual assault and Dennis your four years?” asked
rave party last fall. John Allen Warrington, 19, CTV’s Paul Bliss.
Police announced of Langley has been Normally, McGuinty,
charges Thursday against charged with production who was elected premier
two more men in the al- and distribution of child in 2003, responds to such
leged September sexual as- pornography. questions by saying he
sault, but said they can't Another 16-year-old boy plans to remain in office
pry enough evidence out Sgt. Peter Thiessen talks was charged last fall with Pot is no pipe dream for this Hindu holy man. until at least 2015.
of the teenage witnesses to reporters on Thursday. production and distribu- Under Bliss’s grilling,
for more charges. tion of child pornography. BIKAS DAS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS however, the 55-year-old
“We can’t force people Meanwhile, the girl says Holy smoke premier changed his tune.
to talk to us, whether The case shocked police she has had to leave school “Uh, I’m not going to
they’re a group of and the public when just because of bullying. speculate as to how long,”
teenagers or whether hours after the incident But she says she is now A Hindu holy man takes a puff of pot at a transit said McGuinty, a beatific
they’re the most hardened photos and video of the al- stronger than she has ever camp in Calcutta, India, on Thursday. His next stop smile suddenly splashed
criminal,” Sgt. Peter leged attack in the Vancou- been. is an annual holy dip with pilgrims at the across his face.
Thiessen told reporters. ver suburb of Pitt THE CANADIAN PRESS confluence of the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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PM puts knife
away, promises
no ‘deep cuts’
Health care, education are safe, he says Instead,
he’ll focus on job creation Growth still ‘very fragile’
GRAHAM HUGHES/THE CANADIAN PRESS
No deep cuts — that’s the nomic action plan — the
message from Prime Minis- stimulus phase — which
ter Stephen Harper. has been a great success.
Harper says the next Now we will be focused on
federal budget will focus deficit reduction.”
on reducing the deficit and Harper lauded Canada’s
controlling expenses. economic recovery to date,
Limited spending will saying it has surpassed
be aimed at encouraging that of most other devel-
job creation and economic oped countries.
growth, Harper said Thurs- At the same time, he
day. stressed that global eco-
“We will have to make nomic growth is still “frag-
choices in terms of priori- ile, very fragile.”
ties, but we are not look- Harper called on the op-
Stephen Harper
ing at deep cuts,” he said position to avoid trigger-
in Windsor, Que. ing an “opportunistic
“We are certainly not er said, will focus on job election,” saying Canadi-
looking at cuts to transfers creation in the new year, ans want their elected offi-
to provinces for things like adding that stimulus cials to improve the
health care and educa- spending is wrapping up. country’s economic situa-
tion.” “It really is the end of tion instead.
The government, Harp- the first phase of our eco- THE CANADIAN PRESS