Metro Regina - January 28, 2014

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
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neighbours with
natural gas
SaskEnergy. Trucks SaskEnergy’s director of media ing natural gas service to facili-
and government relations ties in the area, he said.
carrying CNG deployed “You take the trailers and Saturday’s rupture of a
to southeastern hook them up to natural gas TransCanada-owned pipeline
stations,” he explained of how near Otterburne has left nearly
Manitoba, where a
the trucks are used. “They 4,000 customers without access
pipeline explosion left were able to get (natural gas) to natural gas, as temperatures
service restored to a couple of in the area dip to almost -30 C.
residents without heat
hospitals, seniors’ facilities and Manitoba Hydro said it ex-
warming centres.” pects to begin restoring service
Opened last year in conjunc- by Monday evening.
MARCO tion with CanGas, the quick- Burdeniuk said SaskEnergy
VIGLIOTTI loading facility in Weyburn is prepared to send more trucks
[email protected] provides semi-trailers of CNG full of natural gas until service
to oil-rig crews in the area. is restored in the area.
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Saskatchewan is sending semi- SaskEnergy, a provincial Once it has been restored,
trailers full of compressed Crown corporation, does have he said, SaskEnergy would
natural gas (CNG) to assist an agreement with CanGas, Bu- send service technicians door-
SEAHAWKS? communities in southeastern rdeniuk noted, to use the trail- to-door to assist residents as
Manitoba still without heat fol- ers in an emergency situation. they relight their natural gas
lowing a pipeline explosion on The province also sent a appliances.
Saturday. SaskEnergy trailer, along with As members of the Can-
The Seattle Seahawks fan fl ag is fl ying high at Regina City Hall as the city gives its support to Seahawks CanGas Solutions deployed a crew of three gas construc- adian Gas Association, all natur-
six trucks on Sunday hauling tion workers, and a mainten- al gas utilities have mutual aid
punter and local man Jon Ryan. Ryan will be the fi rst Saskatchewanian to compete in the Super Bowl, which
CNG cascades to the area, all ance technician in a separate agreements with neighbouring
will be played this year on Feb. 2. Ryan’s brother Steve Ryan, right, along with city offi cials and Mayor of which were filled up at the vehicle. counterparts, Burdeniuk added.
Michael Fougere raised the fan fl ag at city hall Monday. See page 3 for more coverage.SARAH TAGUIAM/METRO SaskEnergy loading facility in The trailer is now on site
Weyburn, said Dave Burdeniuk, south of Winnipeg and provid- More coverage, page 4
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02 NEWS metronews.ca
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
E-cigarette facts still smoky?
‘Number of concerns.’ Vaporizing a small cartridge
Little known about of liquid that can contain nico-
tine, electronic cigarettes pro-
health impact
duce a steam-like vapour that
of product: Province’s the user then inhales. How-
ever, Shahab said the fact the
chief medical offi cer
devices still look and feel like
cigarettes is also an issue, espe-
S
cially amongst youth.
One of Saskatchewan’s leading “There is concern that this
public health experts says he’s is being used as a gateway drug
concerned about the use of or a way of reversing some of
W electronic cigarettes. the denormalization that’s
While electronic cigarette happened around smoking,”
products containing nicotine he said. “Most young people
are unlicensed and prohibited actually don’t smoke, but if
by the federal government, they started picking up and
Canadian consumers can still using e-cigarettes, it’s not a big
buy the devices online and in step from using e-cigarettes to
the last decade they’ve become using regular cigarettes.”
E a popular alternative to tobac- The Canadian Cancer Soci-
co cigarettes. ety (CCS) said it would support
Saqib Shahab, Saskatch- provincial regulations of the
ewan’s chief medical health products and they hope it’s
officer, said although the only a matter of time before
N products are widely available, provinces across the country
there’s little research on their develop new legislation to ad-
health impacts and as a result dress the issue.
he says consumers should “There’s a number of con-
steer clear of the smokes. cerns,” said Rob Cunningham,
“When you buy a product senior policy analyst at the
which is licensed and sold for CCS. “This is an emerging area
a variety of purposes, but it’s a and we’re seeing increasing
pharmaceutical or a food prod- regulatory activity, most re-
uct, you know what the con- cently in this aspect by the cit-
tents are,” Shahab said. “In this ies of Chicago and New York,
case, there may be very little and I do expect we’re going to
information on what actually see an increasing number of Anthony Smith samples a vapour fl avor at American Vapor in downtown Fremont, Neb., in November 2013.
is in the product and what hap- provinces take action.” Saskatchewan’s chief medical health offi cer, Saqib Shahab, is advising the public to avoid electronic cigarettes as
pens when it’s vaporized.” MORGAN MODJESKI/METRO IN SASKATOON information and research about the products is lacking. TONY GRAY/THE TRIBUNE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE
‘Pay up’
Don Kossick of Saskatch- up to $850 million in corpor- lower at that time. The case is expected to go
ewan Citizens for Tax Fair- ate taxes. Cameco wouldn’t The allegation is that Ca- to trial next fall, with a court
Cameco owes
ness says they went with a comment on the billboard, meco Europe then sold the ur- decision expected in 2015.
Canadians millions, billboard in the hopes it will but Rob Gereghty, manager anium for more and recorded “We wanted people to
influence Cameco to not use of media relations, said in the profits in Switzerland, know that when companies
group claims
offshore havens for its money. an email that “Cameco has where the taxes are lower. don’t pay their fair share of
Cameco is in a dispute with always, and continues to pay Cameco said it set up the taxes, it means others have to
The group behind a billboard the Canada Revenue Agency all taxes due under the laws of offshore marketing subsidiary pay more and that we don’t
in Saskatoon targeting a major over hundreds of millions of Canada and other jurisdictions because most of its customers have the revenue necessary
Canadian exporter says it dollars of corporate taxes. where we conduct business.” are located outside Canada. to invest in education, health
hopes the sign gets results. The agency alleges a 17- At issue is a deal Cameco However, most of its mines care, infrastructure and so
The sign asks Cameco year contract Cameco signed made in 1999 to sell uranium are in northern Saskatch- on,” said Dennis Howlett,
to “pay up” and says the in 1999 with a subsidiary it set to its wholly-owned Swiss sub- ewan. The province is one of executive director of Can-
company owes hundreds of up in Switzerland was a tax sidiary, Cameco Europe Ltd. the world’s largest uranium adians for Tax Fairness.
millions in taxes to Canadians. dodge and the company owes Uranium prices were much producers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/CKOM
When you Drink the Moo
Remember the Sarcan Blue
metronews.ca NEWS 03
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
A flag of the 12th Man group — the Seattle Seahawks fan club — flew at Regina City Hall Monday. The flag was raised in support of Seahawks punter and
Regina native Jon Ryan, who will be the first Saskatchewanian to play in the Super Bowl. The Seahawks will be facing the Denver Broncos on Feb. 2 in New Jersey.
SARAH TAGUIAM
[email protected] 1
Family pride
From left, Jon Ryan’s
brother Steve, mother
Barb and sister Erica are
proud to be cheering Jon
on live at the Super Bowl
on Sunday. “Football is
our family’s life ... and to
have Jon playing at the
Super Bowl makes it even
more special,” Barb said.
2
Rah-rah
mayor
Mayor Michael Fougere
told reporters that it’s
important for Regina to
show its support for Ryan,
who’s a product of the
city’s football system.
1
2
Regina’s got
Seahawks pride
3 4
6
3
All in attendance
Ryan’s family, friends and city officials braved the
cold and hoisted the 12th Man flag in front of Regina City 5 5 6
Hall.
Up we go Flying high
4
Showing his true colours
From left, a city work- The 12th Man flag
A Seattle Seahawks fan wears his 12th Man jersey in er, the mayor and Ryan’s is flying in city hall’s
support of the team. brother Steve prepare to courtyard in anticipation of
raise the 12th Man flag. Super Bowl XLVIII.
04 NEWS metronews.ca
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Political Games? Tories
to deliver federal budget
during Winter Olympics
If there was any doubt the up-
coming federal budget would
be a low-key affair, the Harper
Conservatives erased it Monday
by announcing plans to deliver
their new spending plan during
the Winter Olympics.
Finance Minister Jim
Flaherty said he’ll table the
budget on Feb. 11, when many
Canadians are likely to be fo-
cused on Sochi and hoping for
gold-medal performances from
their Olympic heroes.
New Democrat Leader Tom
Mulcair quickly accused the Finance Minister Jim Flaherty
Conservatives of seeking to THE CANADIAN PRESS
avoid public scrutiny of what
he predicted would be a no- they’re holding everything in
news, austerity-driven budget, abeyance so that they can have
bereft of plans or programs to a good-news budget next year,
help create jobs. try to claim — without ever
“People need help now and having to measure it — that
the Conservatives should be they’re heading for a balanced
acting now,” Mulcair said. budget and announce all sorts
“But it’s quite obvious that of things.” THE CANADIAN PRESS TransCanada crews work on a gas pipeline leak that occurred just outside Otterburne, Man., Monday. JOHN WOODS/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Manitobans keep
Mistakes on a plane. Cops
called as couple get overly
amorous while in the air
warm after blast
Two passengers on an Air Can- The situation escalated
ada flight Friday night got a when officers tried to investi-
little too frisky, prompting gate and the women became
complaints from other travel- “upset and disruptive,” and
lers and a call to the RCMP. kicked a police officer, MacRae
Police met Flight 610 when said. Resiliency. Many Quoted communities could have gas
it arrived in Halifax from To- “The woman was very bel- back by Monday night.
residents get creative
ronto around 5:30 p.m. Crew ligerent and continued to be There were no reports of
“We are sorry the impact this is cre-
members identified a 24-year- verbally abusive,” he said. after pipeline explosion injuries from the fiery blast,
old woman and a 38-year-old No one was injured. ated. We are doing everything we can but Johannson apologized
leaves them without
man as the people who al- Police arrested the woman, to restore natural gas services from our and promised that the com-
legedly “engaged in a sexual who is from Porters Lake, near heat for third day pany would cover any direct
pipeline so that your homes and busi-
act” during the flight, said Cpl. Halifax. She spent the night in losses people experienced. He
Scott MacRae, spokesman for custody and is facing charges of nesses can enjoy the heat that they rely thanked neighbours for help-
Halifax RCMP. The sex act was assaulting a police officer, caus- Many of the 4,000 residents on, especially during this type of cold weather.” ing each other by sharing space
not intercourse, MacRae said, ing a disturbance and mischief. of southeastern Manitoba af- heaters and accommodation.
noting the people involved still The man was released at fected by a natural gas pipeline TransCanada Pipelines vice-president Karl Johannson Municipalities in the region
had their clothes on. the airport. Police have not said explosion proved to be creative had set up warming centres,
“People were not naked by where he is from. and resilient as they entered a -30 C. kind of circulating throughout but they were virtually empty.
any means,” he said. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE third day without heat Monday. “One (heater) we’ve got ac- the house,” Cope said. “It’s great news because it
Steve Cope was using an tually facing the cold-air return TransCanada Pipelines vice- means people have been very
Florida Arizona electric fireplace and space on our furnace, so it’s kind of president Karl Johannson said self-sufficient,” Hanover muni-
heaters to keep his Niverville blowing that air into that cold- the company hoped to have cipality spokeswoman Heather
home warm as the temper- air return. And we have the fan natural gas service restored by Chambers Ewen said.
Suspect sought in Calgary doctor
ature outside dipped to near running on the furnace so it’s Tuesday. He suggested some THE CANADIAN PRESS
death of Canadian killed in base-
Police in Florida have jumping fall Canadian leaves ‘thrown together’ Sochi
issued an arrest warrant
for a suspect in the death A base-jumper killed in
of a Canadian tourist a fall in Arizona near the A Vancouver ski and snow- “I for one can’t afford to is pouring off the mountain
who was found stabbed Grand Canyon has been board course builder has left take the gamble and hope and flowing through the
on a sidewalk, identified identified as a 41-year-old Russia after a less-than-stellar that I will be paid. It is just too streets and the cobblestone
as 58-year-old Domenico Canadian physician. welcome to the Olympics. big of a risk for me,” he wrote pavers are all lifting up or dis-
Perruccio. His hometown The Coconino County Johnnie Balfour was hired in a post that went viral. appearing into sinkholes,” he
was not immediately Sheriff’s Office says the to help shape courses for the Aside from the money wrote.
known. body of Dr. David Stather 2014 Sochi Games, but decid- issues, Balfour doubted “This entire place was
Police say an arrest of Calgary was recovered ed not to stick around after a whether Sochi would be built in the last few years,
warrant has been issued Saturday after two fellow few days living in a dirty ho- ready for the Olympics’ Feb. 6 it looks nice at first glance
for 37-year-old Twane jumpers reported him mis- tel room, commuting for two start date. but look a little closer and
Dobard. sing after he made a jump hours along flooded streets “Nothing is finished here you can see that it was just
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Friday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Johnnie Balfour poses in Sochi in a and questioning whether he’d and there are piles of garbage thrown together.”
picture posted to his blog. TUMBLR.COM be paid, according to his blog. everywhere. Muddy water EMILY JACKSON/METRO IN VANCOUVER
metronews.ca NEWS 05
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Ukraine president
offers to scrap
anti-protest laws
The government steps ena Lukash on the presiden- Harper’s piece
tial website.
back. Eliminating the
President Viktor Yanuko-
laws will likely be done vych has been under increas- Prime Minister Stephen
ing pressure since he pushed Harper expressed concern
in a special parliament
the tough laws through par- Monday that Ukraine is back-
session Tuesday liament, setting off clashes sliding toward its communist
and protests in other parts of past under the Soviet Union.
the country in a sharp escala-
tion of tensions after weeks (cid:580) Harper’s remarks repre-
Ukraine’s beleaguered of mostly peaceful protests sented a dig at Russian
president on Monday agreed over his rejection of a deal to President Vladimir Putin,
to scrap harsh anti-protest deepen ties with the 28-na- who has been accused
laws that set off a wave of tion European Union. of exerting pressure on
clashes between protest- At a meeting between Ukraine President Viktor
ers and police over the past top opposition figures and Yanukovych to curb his
week, a potentially substan- Yanukovych late Monday “a country’s overtures to the
tial concession to the oppos- political decision was made West.
ition that stopped short of on scrapping the laws of Jan.
meeting all of its demands. 16, which aroused much dis-
In a possibly major stick- cussion,” Lukash said. which is likely to be done
ing point, a proposed am- She made no mention of in a special parliament ses-
nesty for arrested protesters a key opposition demand — sion Tuesday, appears to be
would not be offered unless that Yanukovych resign. a serious step back for the
demonstrators stopped oc- One of the opposition government. The session is
cupying buildings and end- figures, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, also expected to include a
ed their round-the-clock turned down the prime min- discussion of government re-
protests and tent camp on ister’s job, which Yanuko- sponsibility in the crisis, sug-
Kyiv’s central Independence vych had offered him on Sat- gesting a cabinet reshuffle
Square, according to a state- urday, the statement said. could be imminent.
A protester guards the barricades in front of riot police in Kyiv on Monday. EFREM LUKATSKY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ment by Justice Minister El- Eliminating the laws, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brazil Public knowledge
Syria. Senior figure in Tunisia. Progressive new
Many dead, Crime records go
al-Qaida-linked group constitution passed
injured after bus- online in Sweden
reportedly killed bulldozer crash
A website that lets Swedes
After decades of dictatorship region after overthrowing a check each other’s crim-
and two years of arguments dictator in 2011. Brazilian authorities say 14 inal records has sparked a
A senior figure in an al- Chemical weapons and compromises, Tunisians “This constitution, with- people were killed after a debate about the privacy of
Qaida-linked group in Syria finally have a new constitu- out being perfect, is one of passenger bus slammed into ex-convicts and their right
has been killed in a bloody tion laying the foundations consensus,” assembly speaker a bulldozer that had fallen to move on with their lives.
dispute with rival rebel fac- On Monday, the inter- for a new democracy. Mustapha Ben Jaafar said after from a truck transporting it. Such databases are available
tions that has raged for more national mission ridding The document is ground- the vote. “We had today a new Police say the accident hap- in the United States, but
than three weeks across Syria of its chemical breaking as one of the most rendezvous with history to pened in the northeastern aren’t common in Europe,
opposition-held parts of the weapons said a second progressive constitutions in build a democracy founded on state of Bahia. Local media where privacy protection
country, activists and an batch has been removed the Arab world — and for the rights and equality.” reports citing hospital of- laws are typically stricter. By
Iraqi intelligence official said from the country. fact that it got written at all. In a statement, UN Secre- ficials say at least 21 people searching the Lexbase data-
Monday. It passed late Sunday by 200 tary-General Ban Ki-moon said were also injured. base, users can find out if a
Heavy fighting between (cid:580)(cid:3) The UN and the Organi- votes out of the 216 seats in that “Tunisia can be a model THE ASSOCIATED PRESS person has been convicted
the Islamic State of Iraq and sation for the Prohibition the assembly of the Muslim to other peoples who are seek- of a crime in the past five
the Levant and rival rebels of Chemical Weapons Mediterranean country that ing reforms.” Trierweiler years. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
has left more than 1,400 said the materials were inspired uprisings across the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
pereno pSley rida easidn cea crJoanss. 3n. oTrthhe- vloeardifieedd o bnetfoo rDea bneisihn ga nd French ex-first lady Nigeria
clashes, which erupted after Norwegian ships and reappears
months of growing resent- taken out of the country. Dozens killed in
ment against the Islamic In her first public appear- rebel attacks
State’s heavy-handed tactics ance since the French
in the territory under its according to the Britain- president broke up with Suspected Islamic extrem-
control, are the most serious based Syrian Observatory for her, Valerie Trierweiler bris- ists used explosives and
among the opponents of Syr- Human Rights monitoring tled Monday when asked heavy guns to attack a
ian President Bashar Assad group. about her future during a village and worshippers
since the country’s civil war That corresponded to charity visit to India and during a Christian church
began. reports provided by two ac- said, “Don’t worry about service in Nigeria’s
The senior militant, an tivists based in the city of me.” Trierweiler did not northeast, killing at least
Iraqi who went by the nom Aleppo, Hassan Kattan and address the scandal directly 99 people and razing
de guerre of Haji Bakr, was another who spoke on condi- during a news conference hundreds of homes, of-
killed earlier this month in tion of anonymity for secur- Members of the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly celebrate the with Action Against Hunger. ficials and witnesses said
the town of Tal Rifaat in the ity reasons. adoption of the new constitution in Tunis, Tunisia, on Sunday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Monday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
northern province of Aleppo, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AIMEN ZINE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
06 BUSINESS metronews.ca
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Advocacy groups call Bell out for
data collection on wireless customers
Consumer rights. Bell is going beyond its role describing the practice as an With or without your name program isn’t breaking any The telecom giant an-
as a provider of telecom ser- abuse of privacy. They want Bell federal telecom rules or privacy nounced last fall that it would
Gathering the
vices, according to the Public to be ordered to stop collecting guidelines and noted that cus- collect consumers’ data to put
watching, clicking and Interest Advocacy Centre and the data. In the U.S., big telecoms tomers can opt out at any time. targeted ads on mobile devices
calling of people who the Consumers’ Association of The CRTC said it was study- Verizon and AT&T also allow “Because customers would to be able to compete with
Canada. ing the complaint and wouldn’t their customers to opt-out receive random online adver- search engine Google and so-
pay for telecom service “What you’re paying for is comment further. of data sharing, but critics tising in any event, they won’t cial network site Facebook,
has led to complaints an uninterrupted telecom ser- The Office of the Privacy have said that even with actually be seeing more ads, but which offer ads to consumers
vice, not for an ad-based service Commissioner of Canada said personal identities stripped they will see ads of greater in- based on their interests.
supported by behavioural tar- Monday that it has received out the information still can terest to them,” Bell spokesman But Lawford said he believes
geting, which is the Facebook- more than 150 complaints be sold to third parties who Jason Laszlo said in an email. the opt-out rate for Bell custom-
Consumer groups are chal- Google model,” lawyer John about Bell’s data collection. would get a profile of cus- Laszlo also said Bell could ers would be low, adding it’s
lenging Bell Canada’s tracking Lawford of the Public Interest It is investigating whether tomers’ habits and interests. segment a large group of cus- usually well under 10 per cent
of how its wireless customers Advocacy Centre said Monday. collecting this data is compli- tomers to advertisers who in these kinds of circumstances.
use the web, what they watch The consumer groups have ant with the Personal Informa- are interested in gaming, for “They catch all of the people
on TV and their phone call pat- filed a complaint with the Can- tion Protection and Electronic and disclosure of information example, but the advertisers who have too many other
terns in order to deliver target- adian Radio-television and Tele- Documents Act, the federal law in commercial activities. wouldn’t see any specific de- things to do with their life,” he
ed online advertising. communications Commission, which covers the collection, use Bell said its data collection tails about the customers. said. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Rouge
$650M deal. Hudson’s Bay
Air Canada’s
Co. to get swish makeover
discount carrier
adding routes with Saks Fifth Avenue
Air Canada is adding service
to more sun destinations on Hudson’s Bay Co. plans to open
its low-cost Rouge subsidi- a pair of Saks Fifth Avenue lux-
ary this spring and summer ury department stores in To-
as it continues to transfer ronto, the first such locations
older aircraft from its main in Canada.
fleet. The retailer says one store
The airline said Monday will share space with HBC’s
that it will be adding new flagship store in downtown To-
routes from Toronto and ronto, while the second store
Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS will be at the Sherway Gardens A man leaves the downtown
mall, in the city’s west end. Toronto flagship Hudson’s Bay Co.
Silk Road site The news came as HBC an- store on Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS
nounced a deal to sell and lease
back its main downtown Toron- the cash from the sales to pay
2 bitcoin sellers
to store and executive offices to down debt and fund growth.
face money- Cadillac Fairview for $650 mil- The HBC flagship store is
lion. across the street from Cadillac
laundering charges
HBC will lease back the Fairview’s Eaton Centre, which
properties for 25 years with op- recently landed Seattle-based
U.S. authorities said Mon- tions to extend the leases near- Nordstrom as a tenant in some
day they have charged ly 50 additional years. of the space being vacated by
two men with conspir- The company says it will use Sears. THE CANADIAN PRESS
ing to commit money
laundering by selling
more than $1 million in Booking.yeah. Travel site
bitcoins to users of the
black market website Silk goes from Google searches
Road. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
to guffaws with new ads
Market Minute
DOLLAR When Canadian Darren Hus- yeah” aims to change that.
89.99¢ (-0.32¢) ton was recruited to join the The ads show anxious trav-
leadership team at the Pricel- ellers preparing to open the
ine Group, he sheepishly had doors to their rental properties
TSX to admit he’d never heard of while an amusingly over-the-
13,582.29 (-135.47) the biggest company in the top voiceover grows increas-
group’s corporate stable. ingly enthusiastic. “You got it
No, not Priceline, the travel booking right” and “It doesn’t
OIL bidding site popularized by get any booking better than
$95.72 US (-$0.92)
the wacky ads starring fellow this” are a few of the commer-
Rolling in the green from Stoner Bowl? Canuck William Shatner. The cial’s one-liners.
biggest company in the group Huston said the ads were
$G1O,2L6D3 .40 US (-$0. 90) Bryan Weinman is pictured with two of his Stoner Bowl T-shirts in southeast Denver on Friday. Weinman and a few bud- is Booking.com, a challenger designed to make Booking.
dies registered the Internet domain www.stonerbowl.org and are using the website to hawk T-shirts and hats celebrat- to the likes of Expedia, Orbitz com more memorable, given
ing the Stoner Bowl between the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos — the NFL teams from the two states that have and Travelocity that’s big over- much of its business comes
Natural gas: $4.93 US (-$0.22) legalized marijuana. One shirt features the Vince Lombardi Trophy, reserved for the game’s victors, refashioned into a seas but little known on this through Google searches, not
Dow Jones: 15,837.88 (-41.23) bong. Another displays a spoof of the league’s logo, with the letters THC replacing NFL. ED ANDRIESKI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS side of the pond. A minute- because they’re familiar with
long TV spot titled “Booking. the company. THE CANADIAN PRESS
metronews.ca VOICES 07
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
THEY’RE JUST NOT INTO YOU
While most of us can’t imagine going Some couples might lose interest in sex- bus and talk about sexual positions in graphic detail over
through life without experiencing some ual activity during particular phases in brunch.
form of carnal desire, researchers estimate their relationships — following childbirth It’s important to remember that sexuality exists on an
about one per cent of the population — up or while faced with health problems or per- extremely vast and complicated spectrum. From pan-
to 70 million people worldwide — have ab- sonal struggles — but these issues are usu- sexuals to polyamorous to demiromantics to autosexuals,
solutely no sex drive. Not in a “No honey, ally a temporary concern rather than an in- there exists a veritable alphabet soup of sexual prefer-
not tonight. I have a headache” kind of way nate and enduring absence of desire. Asex- ences and expressions.
but an ongoing disinterest in sexual behav- uals do not choose to abstain from sex for And while different forms of categorization can be
iour with members of the same or opposite religious or moral reasons; it is not the re- helpful in promoting visibility, educating others and de-
sex. sult of some traumatic childhood event or veloping a sense of community, labelling shouldn’t be
According to the Asexual Visibility and because they haven’t found the right per- done for negative or exclusionary purposes.
Education Network, an asexual person is a son. Sexual desire might be one of our most basic biological
SHE SAYS
person who does not experience sexual at- For those who identify as asexual, this instincts, but that doesn’t mean we should judge those
traction. Anthony Bogaert, a professor in Jessica Napier apathetic attitude toward sex is much more who choose to have intimacy without intercourse. Ac-
the psychology department at Brock Uni- metronews.ca than just a simple dry spell or an empty cepting sexual diversity means recognizing the
versity, refers to asexuality as the “fourth vow of celibacy following a bad breakup. many different forms of at-
sexual orientation,” distinct from heterosexuality, homo- Many feel confused and isolated as they come to terms traction and giving others
sexuality or bisexuality. Like other sexual orientations, with their asexuality in our hyper-sexualized culture. I the freedom to embody their
asexuality is classified as an intrinsic part of a person’s can imagine it would be hard not to feel like an outsider own sexuality, even if that Follow Jessica Napier on
identity and not something that can be turned on or off. in a society where people read erotic paperbacks on the means not at all. Twitter @MetroSheSays
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This weather may be testing the patience of
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DVD review A Great Big World really
do have something to say
Rush
S
Director. Ron Howard
Stars. Daniel Brühl,
Chris Hemsworth,
Olivia Wilde C
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You’d expect a movie about
Formula One racers to cut E
to the chase, but director
Ron Howard takes his time
establishing the ego vs.
egghead rivalry between
1976 top guns James Hunt N
(Chris Hemsworth) and Niki
Lauda (Daniel Brühl). This is
no mere thrill ride by two
real-life rival speedsters,
although it is certainly that.
The film also provides a so- E
bering look at what it takes
to be a true champion.
When the engines really
start, the fact-based story by
Peter Morgan (The Queen)
locks in. It smoothly shifts
gears between involving
entertainment and serious Ian Axel performs on the runway at the 2013 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in New York City in November. GETTY IMAGES
drama, seeking to under-
stand the competitive drive both were studying in NYU’s
Piano pop. Duo has
to succeed at all costs. The music business program,
film is highly commercial, been working together that put the 28-year-olds on
but also thoughtful and since their days at track to the top of the pop
suspenseful. Do yourself a charts. Though A Great Big
favour and don’t Google the NYU, but Aguilera’s World’s seamless harmon-
result prior to seeing. vocals on Say ies seem like destiny, the
PETER HOWELL union wouldn’t have hap-
Something changed pened if Axel hadn’t literal-
The Fifth Estate their lives forever ly stalked Vaccarino.
“We were put on the
same project and I asked
Director. Bill Condon him to listen to my songs,”
LINDA says Axel.
Stars. Benedict Cumber- LABAN “He was like, ‘No, I’m
batch, Daniel Brühl Metro World News too busy, I don’t have time
for anything else.’ He real-
(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) Singing with superstars ly wanted to practice by
and performing with super- himself, but I went to the
Bill Condon adopts the models are just two of the practice room and looked
info-dump approach of his many mind-blowing hook- through all the windows
subject, WikiLeaks, for this ups Ian Axel and Chad Vac- until I found him. I had to Ian Axel, left, and Chad Vaccarino are the duo behind A Great Big World.
unsteady docudrama. The carino experienced last be pushy, I had to.” CONTRIBUTED
film combines elements of year. Vaccarino agrees with
biopic, thriller and didactic The piano pop duo, Axel’s assessment: “I was
Quoted
documentary for a story known as A Great Big World, really weirded out by how
that engages the mind but performed on The Voice, forceful he was, trying to
“I was really weirded out by how forceful he was,
sometimes overtaxes it. Too at the American Music have my friendship,” he
much info is hurled at the Awards and during the Vic- says. trying to have my friendship.”
screen, much of it at a rapid toria’s Secret lingerie show. The pair both laugh
Chad Vaccarino, talking about how Ian Axel ‘stalked’ him while they were classmates at
clip that makes it hard to However, it was a phone warmly at the recollection. NYU’s music business program.
take in. At the heart of it is call from Christina Aguil- “Then, when he played
a sterling performance by era, asking if she could sing me his song ideas on piano,
Benedict Cumberbatch as on their song Say Some- I flipped out. Those con- Great Big World’s debut al- element.
brash WikiLeaks founder thing, that got the ball roll- cerns went out of the win- bum, Is There Anybody Out “She made the song
Julian Assange, who ing. dow. I was like, ‘Oh my God, There?, which was released more universal than it
takes the “publish and be “When we got the call, it I’m so stupid! We should be in January, includes both might have been. You have
damned” ethos to 21st-cen- was disbelief that went into writing together; we should cuts. the two parallel male and
tury heights, shaking world a panic attack,” Axel says. be friends.’” “I love both versions,” female worlds, and they
governments with revealed “I knew what this meant; The pair say that choos- says Vaccarino. don’t come together until
secrets and lies just a few I knew our lives were ing between their original “I was definitely married the end of the song. It’s all
clicks away. changed forever.” recording of Say Something to the original, but I love harmonized except for that
PETER HOWELL Still, it was a hookup and the one with Aguilera what Christina did: I love last line.
eight years earlier, while was just too difficult, so A that she added this female “It’s very dramatic.”
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OUR TAKE ON THE WORLD OF CELEBRITIES
The Word
Nigella Lawson
Police won’t cross
Nigella’s white line
British police have decided not A police statement says
to investigate celebrity cook the decision was based on
and author Nigella Lawson for the need for police action to
admitting illegal drug use in a be “proportionate” and on
recent court case. whether further action would
Prince ALL PHOTOS GETTY IMAGES Police said Monday that “no be in the public interest. The
further action” will be taken. statement says further police
This is what it looks like,
The 53-year-old Lawson told action might deter victims
a court in December that she from being candid with police
when Prince sues had used cocaine a handful of and courts.
times but was not a regular Police say they consulted
user. She was testifying in the prosecutors before deciding
Prince is going after some of book, or both, to accomplish fraud case of two former aides. not to pursue charges.
his fans for posting record- their unlawful activity,”
ings of some live perform- the suit claims, adding that
ances online. According to the fans “typically publish Quentin ain’t gonna to let
Radar Online, the singer posts that list all the songs
is suing two California in- performed at a certain Prince
dividuals for infringing on live show and then provide a us Gawk at his script
his copyright by sharing link to a file-sharing service
bootlegs, and he’s seeking $1 where unauthorized copies
million US in damages from of the performance can Quentin Tarantino sued the
each of them. “The defend- be downloaded.” Prince’s news and gossip website Gawk-
ants rely on either Google’s lawyers say they have found er on Monday over a post that
Blogger platform or Face- more than 360 such links. directed readers to a leaked
copy of the Oscar-winning
screenwriter’s latest script.
Tarantino’s lawsuit accuses
Gawker Media LLC of copyright
infringement for posting a link
to the 146-page script for a
Serious slip- one thing — one thing — planned film titled The Hateful
it should probably be the Eight last week. A link to the Quentin Tarantino
ups cast SMH names of deceased people. script was posted on Gawker’s
Maybe next year, have one Defamer blog and remained last week in an interview
shadow over fewer fake blood cannon active on Monday afternoon, with deadline.com and said
and put that part of the despite demands from Taran- he would abandon the project
song awards budget toward a proof- tino’s lawyers to take it down, as a film. His lawsuit states
reader. the lawsuit states. he planned to publish the
Glee isn’t the only one An email sent to Gawker screenplay and that practice in
MELINDA with a grievance against seeking comment was not im- the past has earned him hefty
TAUB the Grammys: Trent Rez- mediately returned. royalties and advances.
Metro World News nor is none to happy with Tarantino blasted the leak THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
them, either.
Michelle Williams The Grammy Awards Reznor’s band Nine Twitter
would like everyone to Inch Nails gave the awards
Bey’s album is too know how very, very sorry show’s closing perform-
they are about the death of ance, along with Queens @MarlonWayans (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)
bootylicious for what’s-his-name. of the Stone Age, Dave Love that u guys can actually hear the
Glee star Cory Monte- Grohl and Fleetwood Mac’s wild, crazy, off-base, sometimes crass and
Michelle Williams ith, who died last sum- Lindsey Buckingham. rude thoughts in my head thru social media
mer, was included in the Unfortunately, by the end
Grammys’ In Memoriam of a four-hour ceremony,
Beyoncé’s latest album might ences. “The makeup artist montage of musicians lost not even all that star
be incredibly popular, but and everyone was listening to in the past year. However, power could induce people @EmWatson (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)
at least one of her friends her say these things and I’m the slideshow spelled his to wait around and listen Computer just crashed. Pain au chocolat anyone?
thinks the material’s a bit too like, ‘That’s private, girl!’ We name “Cory Montieth.” — the Grammys began to
revealing. Former Destiny’s aren’t supposed to know all Listen, Grammys, I roll the credits during the
Child band-mate Michelle that,” Williams says. “But she know you’re a drunken, performance. @pattonoswalt (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)
Williams tells Us Weekly that is married and has produced long-winded stripper of an Reznor didn’t take it Fun fact about @HBO’s #TrueDetective: It started as
some of the more graphic a baby, and we know what awards show, but if you’re lying down. “A heartfelt a MR. BELVEDERE reboot and went waaaaaay off the
songs on the album make for you have to do to produce a only going to spell-check F— YOU guys,” he tweeted. tracks.
awkward listening experi- baby, so OK!”