Metro Regina - January 29, 2013

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BURIED ALIVE
IN PART 2 OF 5, METRO TAKES A LOOK AT
DAY
2
ONE MAN’S NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE IN THE B.C.
BACKCOUNTRY THAT CONTINUES TO LURE MANY ‘Throwing myself into the gauntlet’
AVALANCHE WEEK
PAGES 4 & 5
Ashton Kutcher dishes on his transformation into Steve Jobs,
including a brief hospital stay, for the movie jOBS PAGE 9
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Global day of action in the
city highlights diversity
Idle No More. for a diversity seminar aimed
at educating people about
Supporters of the the issues behind the Idle No
movement gather for More movement. Speakers
included a human-rights law-
speakers, marches in
yer, an environmentalist and
Regina and beyond a political refugee.
“The main goal is to ex-
press the diversity of the
issues that are at hand re-
ALYSSA
garding the bills,” Delorme
MCDONALD
said. “It’s not just an aborig-
[email protected] inal issue — we do have con-
cerns with our lands and our
Idle No More supporters gath- treaties — but there are other
ered for events across Sas- issues beneath that which af-
katchewan on Monday as part fect all Canadians.”
of a day of action that was Delorme says she organ-
met with a global response. ized the event to spread
“Just knowing that there awareness about the core
are millions of people right issues, which led four women
now celebrating this global in Saskatoon to start the
event, it gives me more spirit- movement. Delorme says
ual connection around the founder Sylvia McAdam was
world,” said Chasity Delorme, invited to England to speak
one of the organizers of Re- on the Idle No More national
gina’s event called Celebrat- day of action, demonstrating
ing Idle No More Diversity. how the movement has ex-
Although traditional panded from a local talk to a
marches were planned in Sas- global conversation.
katoon, Fort Qu’appelle and More than 30 events were
Yorkton, more than 200 sup- held throughout the country,
porters in Regina stayed in- as well as in U.S. cities such
side and crowded into a room as New York, Las Vegas and Idle No More protesters march in Saskatoon on Monday as part of the movement’s global day of action, which saw supporters from across the province and
at the Conexus Arts Centre Boston. around the world come together to keep Idle No More’s momentum going. MORGANMODJESKI/METRO IN SASKATOON
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02 NEWS metronews.ca
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
New stadium design and
funding model approved
S Roughriders’ new was the stadium’s funding
model and the stadium’s con-
home. Stadium plan
cept design.
includes 33,000 seats, “This is the beginning
W sunken-bowl design svtiatagleizs aotifo na vfeorry edxocwitnintogw rne,-
and later the option of and I am looking forward to
a retractable roof supporting it,” said Fougere.
Not all at the meeting were
in favour of the legislation
regarding the RRI. A small
JEFF protest took place outside
MACKEY city hall prior to the meeting,
E [email protected] and throughout the evening
council heard from citizens
The Saskatchewan Rough- with concerns regarding the
riders’ new home is one step stadium.
closer to becoming a reality. “I am not sure that we
N When Regina City Council have researched all of our op-
sat on Monday night, the fate tions,” said Coun. Shawn Fra-
of the often-divisive new sta- ser, the lone dissenting vote
dium had a couple of import- on funding and design.
ant votes ahead regarding its The stadium has an open-
future. air, 33,000-seat, sunken-bowl
Included in the nine-page design with the option of
meeting agenda were items adding a retractable roof in
crucial to the Regina Revital- the future. It became a major
ization Initiative (RRI) and issue in this fall’s mayoral
the new stadium. election; Mayor Fougere cam-
“This will be a truly com- paigned on a pro-stadium
munity facility,” said Mayor platform.
Michael Fougere on the new Another RRI topic on
stadium. “The end result of the docket Monday was the
this design will be an incred- purchase of the CP Lands
ibly innovative stadium used — this vote took place after
by the community, and the Metro’s print deadline. For
Riders too, that will benefit more details on last night’s
us for years to come.” city council meeting, visit
Approved at the meeting metronews.ca. The new stadium concept design, as approved by Regina City Council. CONTRIBUTED/STADIUM CONCEPT SUMMARY BOOK
Three cheers for beers in the Queen City
Regina will be celebrating its at pubs and restaurants, Regina
More beer, no fear
beer culture by having a beer. does not have a microbrewery.
Festiv-Ale, the annual brew- Byron Wiebe has been try-
“If there are more
ers’ expo, comes to Regina this ing to start up a microbrewery
weekend, offering more than for about two years and finally local brewers making
25 exhibitors, including many thinks his business venture good beer, it’s just
local brewpubs. with partner Jay Cooke will
good for all of us.”
“We think that beer festi- be Regina’s first. The duo says
vals are really important, es- they have spent the last six Grant Frew, promotions manager at
pecially when the people that months building up the venue, Bushwakker Brewpub
go to beer festivals like to try District Brewing, which is set
different products,” said Grant to open in March. District Brewing is looking
Frew, promotions manager at Cooke, a brewer with 10 forward to joining the beer
Bushwakker Brewpub, which years of experience, says the culture in Regina. They feel
will have three different kinds style of beer they will offer that after bigger beer compan-
of brew at the event. is helles, a 100 per cent malt ies left, there was a big whole
Bushwakker is one of 15 lager, “pretty much the every- to fill.
brewpubs located in the Queen day beer of Munich.” “I would love to brew a beer
Bushwakker will serve its famous blackberry mead at this year’s Festiv-Ale City limits. Despite the home- Although they won’t brew that people are loyal to,” said
on Feb. 1 and 2 at the Conexus Arts Centre. ALYSSA MCDONALD/METRO made brew being easy to find their first batch until March, Cooke. ALYSSA MCDONALD/METRO
Duration unknown Water-main break Sustained injuries
Rural Water Utility who live 7th Avenue and McTavish
south of Highway 302 East, Street. The suspects fled on
Medical centre Boil-water advisory Canine unit takes
and it stretches down to the foot but were tracked by a
closed for safety in Prince Albert to South Saskatchewan River. down three men canine-unit officer. Medical
A water-main break was attention was needed for
Invermay Health Centre in last for several days the cause, and a spokes- charged in robbery the suspects, who sustained
eastern Saskatchewan has person for the utility says injuries while being appre-
been closed due to struc- It could be at least Wed- there have been delays in Regina police have charged hended by the canine unit.
tural issues and mould. nesday before a boil-water getting test samples back. three men with attempted Brandon Bellegarde, 18,
All long-term residents advisory is lifted for a rural People should boil their robbery after they attempted Dale Descharmbault, 24,
and staff are being moved. area around Prince Albert. water for at least a minute to steal an occupied truck. and Colin Stonechild, 19,
There’s no word on how The advisory was issued before drinking, brush- Police responded to the have all been charged with
long repairs may take. last Thursday and affects ing their teeth or washing robbery just after 3 a.m. robbery and mischief under
CTV REGINA/THE CANADIAN PRESS users of the Prince Albert dishes. CKBI/THE CANADIAN PRESS Monday at the corner of $5,000. METRO
metronews.ca NEWS 03
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Neglect, errors contributed
Flight. Monkey in rocket
launched into space:
to Brazil nightclub blaze
Iranian state TV
Iran said Monday it has success-
fully sent a monkey into space, 231 dead. No fire
describing the launch as an- alarm, sprinklers or
other step toward Tehran’s goal
fire escapes resulted in
of a manned space flight.
According to a brief report the world’s worst
on state TV, the rocket, dubbed
fire of its kind in
Pishgam, or Pioneer in Farsi,
reached a height of 120 kilo- more than a decade
metres. The report gave no
other details on the timing or
location of the launch, but said
the monkey safely returned to In this undated image taken from AP There was no fire alarm.
Earth. Television, scientists in Iran surround There were no sprinklers
Still images broadcast on a monkey ahead of a space launch. or fire escapes. And when a
state TV showed a small, grey- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS band member tried to put out
tufted monkey presumably be- a fire that had been started by
ing prepared for the flight, in- to send an astronaut into space pyrotechnics, the extinguish-
cluding wearing a type of body as part of its ambitious aero- er didn’t work.
protection and being strapped space program, which includes All the elements were in
tightly into a pod that resem- plans for a new space centre an- place for the tragedy at the
bled an infant’s car seat. nounced last year. In 2010, Iran Kiss nightclub early Sunday.
The photos draw historical said it launched an Explorer The result was the world’s
links to the earliest years of the rocket into space carrying a worst fire of its kind in more
space race in the 1950s, when mouse, a turtle and worms. than a decade, with 231
both the U.S. and Soviet Union The U.S. and its allies worry people dead and the south-
tested the boundaries of rocket that technology from the space ern Brazilian college town in
flight with animals on board, program could also be used to shock and mourning. Relatives and friends carry the coffin of Vinicius Rosado through a cemetery during his burial in Santa Maria, Brazil,
including American capsules develop long-range missiles Funerals began on Mon- Monday. A fast-moving fire roared through the crowded, windowless Kiss nightclub in this southern Brazilian city
carrying monkeys and Mos- that could potentially be armed day, as reports continued to early Sunday, killing 231. FELIPE DANA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
cow’s crafts holding dogs. Many with nuclear warheads. Iran emerge about the accumula-
of the animals on the flights denies it seeks atomic weapons tion of neglect and errors at every 1,500 square feet as of that appears to have hap- how many people are admit-
perished because of equipment and claims it is pursuing nucle- the packed night spot. well as multiple emergency pened at the Santa Maria ted in a building,” said Joao
failure or technology unable to ar reactors only for energy and According to state safety exits. Limits on the number nightclub. Daniel Nunes, a civil engineer
cope with re-entry from orbit. medical applications. codes here, clubs should of people admitted are to “A problem in Brazil is in nearby Porto Alegre.
Iran has long said it seeks THE ASSOCIATED PRESS have one fire extinguisher be strictly respected. None that there is no control of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Soldier ‘really excited’ to get double-arm transplant
The first soldier to survive after others since then, said Mar- complicated one” so far, Lee drugs is important because
losing all four limbs in the Iraq rocco’s father, Alex Marrocco. said in an interview Monday. It they have side effects and raise
war has received a double-arm “He was really excited to get will take more than a year to the risk of cancer over the long
transplant. new arms.’’ know how fully Marrocco will term. Those risks have limited
Brendan Marrocco had the The Marroccos want to be able to use the new arms, the willingness of surgeons
operation on Dec. 18 at Johns thank the donor’s family for Lee said. and patients to do more hand,
Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, “making a selfless decision ... “The maximum speed is arm and even face transplants.
his father said Monday. The making a difference in Bren- an inch a month for nerve Unlike a life-saving heart or liv-
26-year-old Marrocco was in- dan’s life,” the father said. regeneration,” he explained. er transplant, limb transplants
jured by a roadside bomb in Surgeons plan to discuss “We’re easily looking at a are aimed at improving quality
2009. the transplant at a news con- couple years” until the full ex- of life, not extending it.
He also received bone mar- ference with the patient on tent of recovery is known. Quality of life is a key con-
row from the same dead donor Tuesday. While at Pittsburgh, Lee cern for people missing arms
who supplied his new arms. The 13-hour operation was pioneered the novel immune and hands — prosthetics for
That novel approach is aimed led by Dr. W.P. Andrew Lee, suppression approach used those limbs are not as ad-
at helping his body accept the plastic surgery chief at Johns for Marrocco. The surgeon led vanced as those for feet and
new limbs with minimal medi- Hopkins, and is the seventh hand transplant operations legs.
cation to prevent rejection. double-hand or double-arm on five patients, giving them Lee has received funding
The military is sponsoring transplant done in the United marrow from their donors for his work from AFIRM,
operations like these to help States. Lee led three of those in addition to the new limbs. the Armed Forces Institute of
wounded troops. About 300 earlier operations when he All five recipients have done Regenerative Medicine, a co-
have lost arms or hands in the previously worked at the Uni- well and four have been able operative research network of
wars. versity of Pittsburgh, including to take just one anti-rejection top hospitals and universities
“He was the first quad am- the only above-elbow trans- drug instead of combination around the country that the In this July 4, 2012, photo, Army Sgt. Brendan Marrocco of Staten Island, N.Y.,
putee to survive” from the plant that had been done at treatments most transplant pa- government formed about five poses for a picture at the 9-11 Memorial in New York. Marrocco, 26, the first
wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the time, in 2010. tients receive. years ago. soldier to survive losing all four limbs in the Iraq war, has received a double-arm
and there have been four Marrocco’s “was the most Minimizing anti-rejection THE ASSOCIATED PRESS transplant in Baltimore. SETH WENIG/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE
Possible change Media Politics
being discussed, the dif- image Jewish leaders said was At a White House meeting,
ferent religious and civic reminiscent of anti-Semitic Obama said that no group
U.S. Boy Scouts Rupert Murdoch Obama asks police
groups that sponsor Scout propaganda. is more important in the
considering units would be able to de- apologizes for The political cartoon, chiefs to help pass gun debate and he said he
cide for themselves how to which was published on recognizes the issue “elicits
retreat from address the issue — either ‘offensive’ cartoon Holocaust Memorial Day, gun legislation a lot of passion all across the
no-gays policy maintaining an exclusion of Netanyahu shows Netanyahu wielding country.” But Obama also
of gays or opening up their a long, sharp trowel and U.S. President Barack Obama said he believes Congress
The Boy Scouts of America membership. Media baron Rupert Murdoch depicts agonized Palestin- on Monday asked police will respond to appeals from
is considering a dramatic re- Monday’s announce- has apologized for a Sunday ians bricked into the wall’s officials from the three com- police.
treat from its controversial ment of the possible change Times cartoon depicting structure. It was a comment munities hardest hit by mass The president’s meeting
policy of excluding gays as comes after years of protests Israeli leader Benjamin on recent elections in which shootings last year for help comes as he tries to build
leaders and youth members. over the policy. Netanyahu building a wall Netanyahu’s ticket narrowly in getting Congress to pass support for gun control legis-
Under the change now THE ASSOCIATED PRESS using blood-red mortar, an won. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS tough new gun legislation. lation. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
04 AVALANCHE WEEK metronews.ca
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Call of the mountain
lures powder hounds
Extreme winter-sports
warrior. Despite almost
dying in an avalanche,
Jeremy Hanke is still
drawn to the wilds of DAY
2
B.C.’s mountains
KATE
WEBB THE RISK
Metro in Vancouver
Discovering B.C.’s back- Tomorrow: The Rescuers
country 20 years ago was the Meet the two- and four-
moment that Jeremy Hanke
legged frontline avalanche
says turned his life around.
He got his first taste of responders.
extreme winter sports at 15
after moving from his adopt-
ive grandparents’ home in BREAKING THE SILENCE
southern Alberta to the north- Hanke says he did not speak
ern B.C. town of Mackenzie to publicly about his shocking
live with a different side of his experience for six years, but
family. was back on his sled three
He was troubled and, in weeks later. He said he has
his own words, headed down never spoken to a psycholo-
the wrong path — until some gist or counsellor, although
friends handed him a snow- the emotional trauma of what
board and introduced him to he felt and saw still lingers.
Powder Keg Mountain. But three years ago Hanke
“With everything that Former professional snowboarder and snowmobiler Jeremy Hanke still lives for snow, despite its having taught him broke his silence after a friend
was going on in my life at some hard lessons. TYLER RIDDELL/CONTRIBUTED reached out to him on behalf
the time, it seemed to be the of avalanche-safety educa-
answer of peace and solitude fessional snowboarding and recounted. the crushing weight of the icy tors who were trying hard
and motivation,” he told Met- started getting into snow- Recognizing the danger, he debris. to engage the newest and
ro during a recent interview mobiling as a way to enable and his friends began to pos- “I kind of just lost that fastest-growing contingent of
in Revelstoke, B.C., where he himself to go farther into the ition themselves for escape — hope for the last minute and backcountry users — snow-
now works as an avalanche backcountry. but it was too late. Two men went to sleep,” Hanke re- mobilers like him.
safety educator for snow- He didn’t expect that de- from the other group began called. Since then, Hanke said
mobilers. spite all his avalanche-safety climbing the slope right above “My tongue was in the he has told his story to back-
“It’s the feelings that you training, someone else’s lack them, and one of them trig- back of my throat when they country enthusiasts and the
get out there, it’s the friends of experience would almost gered a Size 3 avalanche (on a pulled me out. When a friend media at least 100 times. He
that you’re with, the experi- cost him his life. zero-to-five scale), burying his of mine pulled me out he was still cries every time but he
ence in the mountains. companion, along with Hanke really nervous that my back continues to tell it for two rea-
“To be honest with you, if BURIED ALIVE and three of his friends, under was broken and one leg was sons.
it wasn’t for snowboarding or Hanke had just dropped down up to two metres of snow. over above my head. I looked First, Hanke hopes the mis-
what I do here, I’d probably be a cliff encrusted with a thick, like Gumby, and I was blue.” takes that were made — both
in a jail cell somewhere.” unstable snowpack in March It turned out that he his and those of the others
Before long, snowboard- 2004 to join a group of fellow Waiting to be rescued looked to be in worse shape — will inspire more people
ing took over his life entirely, experienced snowmobilers than he was in, and Hanke to get training and carry an
Hanke, 35, said. He spent when he heard the distant “I kind of just lost ended up walking away with avalanche kit with them at all
summers working in the Al- rumble of another group of no injuries other than some times.
berta oil patch so he could sledders coming toward them. that hope for the oxygen deprivation. But not The second, he said, is
spend whole winters board- The avalanche danger that last minute and everyone was so lucky. more personal. As he started
ing the backcountry in Can- day was listed as “consider- One of the two men from to explain, he paused, took
more and Banff in Alberta able” — not high or extreme, went to sleep.” the other group, a 29-year-old some deep breaths. “For some
and Fernie, Golden and finally which might have kept them from Alberta with a wife and odd reason I feel like it gives
Revelstoke, in B.C., where he inside, but the dangerously Jeremy Hanke young children back at the meaning to the person that
eventually settled. optimistic yellow zone in hotel, had forgotten his trans- lost his life — the father that
By 25 he which experts say most acci- ceiver that day. He was buried was lost, the husband that was
had dab- dents happen. “There’s one rule in the for almost half an hour and lost, the friend that was lost —
bled in “We were parked at the backcountry: You never did not survive. so that he didn’t die in vain.”
pro- bottom of the run-out, which climb or scan or travel above
was a mistake of somebody else on any sort of
our own, and avalanche terrain,” Hanke ex- Exclusively online
exposed to a plained. “No fault of their own
slope above our- — I just don’t think they had
selves,” Hanke the knowledge.” To watch a video
In the terrifying min- of Jeremy Hanke
utes that followed, those in recounting what it
Jeremy Hanke Hanke’s group who weren’t was like to be bur-
turned to a career buried were able to rescue the ied in an avalanche,
as an avalanche- others using their beacons, visit metronews.ca/
safety educator probes and shovels — the backcountry.
several years after life-saving holy trinity of any
surviving one. avalanche kit. Hanke was the Jeremy Hanke
MATT KIELTYKA/METRO last to be rescued, spending WREN MCELROY/CONTRIBUTED
IN VANCOUVER eight to 10 minutes under
metronews.ca AVALANCHE WEEK 05
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Backcountry use is
in our Canadian DNA
Answering the call of the wild
A slice of Canadiana
is simply a way of life in this
country.
“It’s where we really
“Winter in the mountains
is part of the Canadian ex- understand what’s
perience,” says Ilya Storm, important in life. It’s
forecast co-ordinator for the
who we are. You can’t
Canadian Avalanche Centre
in Revelstoke, B.C. “We come take that away from us.”
from a country of igloos and
Brent Hillier, Avalanche Skills Training
fur traders and birch-bark ca- instructor at Vancouver’s Canada West
noes. We love our snowshoes, Mountain School
and in today’s world it means
split snowboards and skis. Be- backcountry skiing,” says
ing out in the mountains is a Rob Elliot, general manager
great thing.” of the Revelstoke Mountain
And, experts say, proper Resort. “We just sell good
risk management can en- skiing. People love this area:
sure that the dangers associ- It’s so easy to traverse into
ated with venturing into the great alpine terrain and tree
mountainous backcountry skiing.”
don’t outweigh the rewards. Statham says backcountry
In fact, those tasked with trips are all good things at
keeping the public safe are once: Spiritual journeys, so-
also some of the staunchest cial occasions and great ex-
supporters of the public’s ercise.
right to explore Canada’s vast Parks Canada has enforced a winter-permit system for users of Glacier National And the more people do
provincial and federal parks. Park in an eff ort to keep backcountry users safe. it, the more they’re hooked.
“It can be done safely. CONTRIBUTED/PARKS CANADA “The more you learn
Closing access — that’s not about the mountains, the
the answer,” says Brent Hill- It’s an experience that em- flying over your forehead all more interesting they be-
ier, an Avalanche Skills Train- powers locals, and is sold to day long — it’s just fantastic.” come,” says Statham, one of
ing instructor at Vancou- international visitors as part Revelstoke may be a small the architects of Canada’s
ver’s Canada West Mountain of our nation’s appeal. B.C. community nestled in existing avalanche-danger
School. “For people that do “It’s amazing every day,” the mountains along the scale and forecasts. “You
go into the backcountry, it’s says Grant Statham, moun- Trans-Canada Highway (415 begin to understand them.
where we learn about our- tain-risk specialist for Parks kilometres west of Calgary You learn the science of
selves. It’s where we really Canada and a mountain and 564 kilometres east of snow, see how it changes if
understand what’s important guide. “People come out to Vancouver) but it’s carved the wind blows in a specific
in life. It’s who we are. You enjoy some peace and quiet. out a big reputation for itself direction. There’s a lot to
can’t take that away from The skiing is awesome, you on the world stage. learn and appreciate.”
us.” get beautiful soft powder “This is the epicentre for MATT KIELTYKA/METRO IN VANCOUVER
Canucks running to the
hills in record numbers
More people than ever are winter fitness activity — es-
Backcountry by the stats
heading for the hills 14 7,000 pecially in the many prov-
Across the board, the so- incial parks that are, quite
called “avalanche industry” literally, at Vancouver’s
is in agreement that the doorstep — is also placing a
number of people skiing, new group at risk.
The approximate number of annual The number of people who take Ava-
snowboarding, sledding and “It’s a user group that’s
avalanche-related deaths in Canada, ac- lanche Skill Training courses each year.
touring through Canada’s cording to the Canadian Avalanche Centre. exploding, I’d say exponen-
wilderness is increasing mas- 1.4M 124% tially,” says Brent Hillier,
sively. a snowshoe guide and Ava-
Just how many people go lanche Skills Training in-
into the backcountry, how- structor. “With $200 you
ever, remains a mystery. can get everything you need
The approximate number — 1,413,230 The increase in users at Glacier
“It’s hard to know what to go snowshoeing. It’s a
to be more precise — of requests for National Park from 2009 to 2012.
goes on in the mountains,” great way to take people
public avalanche forecasts in 2011-12.
admits Ilya Storm, Canadian out there, but at the same
Avalanche Centre forecast time there isn’t as much
Emma-Jane Hetherington ski-tours
co-ordinator. “We only talk he says. “We don’t really lanche fatalities in B.C. awareness of the risk in that
through the backcountry near Duff ey
about the fatalities, in part, know what the rate of ava- “(Snowmobiles) make world.”
Lake, which is about a three-hour
because they’re tracked.” lanche fatalities and close the mountains much more Now the race is on to get
drive from Vancouver.
Storm says the number calls are.” accessible,” says Storm. the new generation of back-
DYLAN LABELLE/FOR METRO of avalanche-related deaths Backcountry skiers have “You don’t need to be super country users trained and
in Canada hovers at around established a good safety skilled to be able to do the conscious about their safety.
14 people each year, but the record through decades of things hotshots were doing “People don’t go out
number isn’t necessarily in- industry growth, but new just a handful of years ago. thinking they’re doing any-
dicative of how dangerous at-risk user groups are emer- Sleds have just become bet- thing that’s unduly risky,”
the backcountry may be. ging. ter, and now the hotshots says Storm. “If we can help
“Fourteen fatalities for Sledders — aided by are pushing it (further into people match their percep-
100,000 backcountry users rapidly improving tech- the backcountry).” tions to the reality, that’s
is a way better story than 14 nology — now account for The popularity of snow- what I see as our goal.”
fatalities for 50,000 users,” nearly 41 per cent of ava- shoeing as an affordable MATT KIELTYKA/METRO IN VANCOUVER
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
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metronews.ca BUSINESS 07
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
One-percenters rake in
Credit crunch. Visa suffers
temporary nationwide outage
tenth of Canada’s income
Visa’s credit card system was TD Canada Trust said their
once again working around customers were among those
5 p.m. Monday after it crashed affected by the nationwide out-
earlier in the afternoon, leav- age.
ing Canadians to reach for “The system is down for Income disparity.
their billfolds. Visa credit card transactions,” a StatsCan data shows 5Ric3h wo,m2en 00
“Visa is 100 per cent oper- recorded voice at CIBC custom-
able. The visa network is work- er service said earlier Monday gap between the richest
ing,” a Visa spokesperson said. afternoon. “The issue is being and the rest of us has
“The issue is with a third party investigated and we hope to
provider and we will be issu- resolve the issue as soon as pos- narrowed slightly There are 53,200 Canadian women in the one
per cent club — or 21 per cent of the total —
ing a more detailed statement sible.” compared to only 11 per cent in 1982.
soon.” TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE/WITH FILES
Royal Bank of Canada and FROM THE CANADIAN PRESS
The recession and subsequent By 2010, however, the re-
weak recovery appears to have cession-effect on income dis-
taken a bite out of Canada’s parity appeared to be dimin-
top income earners — but ishing. There was only a slight
they are still doing better than drop-off for the top earners —
the rest and many suspect the from 10.7 per cent to 10.6 per
setback is temporary. cent of the national income —
Statistics Canada reported between 2009 and 2010.
Monday that the top one per Andrew Sharpe, execu-
cent of the country’s 25.5 mil- tive director of Centre for the
lion tax filers earned at least Study of Living Standards, says
$201,400 in 2010, accounting he doubts the new data indi-
for 10.6 per cent of the na- cate a trend to greater income
tion’s total income — down equality because top earnings
from 12.1 per cent peak in are more dependent on invest-
Canadians flocked to social media on Monday afternoon to complain that 2006. ments and capital gains.
their Visa cards were being declined. GETTY IMAGES FILE The latest data finds the “It’s likely a cyclical phe-
biggest narrowing in the gap nomenon,” Sharpe said.
between the top one per cent “There’s a lot of forces in so-
Music streaming. Rdio offers and the rest occurred in 2008 ciety that leads to the concen-
Canadian icon Gordon Lightfoot, right, made an appearance at Occupy and 2009, when the Canadian tration of income. It’s hard to
free access for six months Toronto in November 2011 to support his daughter Meredith in her protest economy was in the midst say what’s going to happen,
about income disparity. Statistics Canada reported Monday that the top one of a deep recession and the but I wouldn’t say it will con-
per cent of earners in this country took home at least $201,400 in 2010. stock market lost about half tinue to fall for the top one
In a bid to boost its market think when people hear about TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE FILE its value. per cent.” THE CANADIAN PRESS
share amongst Canadian ear- it and realize they can access 18
drums, Rdio is offering free million songs, they’ll get really Consumer protection
access to its streaming music excited.”
library for up to six months. Although similar companies
CRTC puts cell-bill
“We just want to be able to like Pandora and Spotify have
give everyone the opportun- not made their services avail- complaints into
ity to experience Rdio,” said able in Canada — citing things
company spokesperson Marisol such as data caps, population 1st draft of code
Segal. size and regulatory issues —
The site was started by one Segal says the country was al- Consumers are asking for
of the creators of Skype, and ways a priority for Rdio. clear language in their
launched across North Amer- Users can sign up for the cellphone contracts and
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
CONSUMER GUILT
A whale of a suite deal
& THE PROBLEM
WITH DISPOSABLE
PARTY DRESSES
SHE A group of 15 women showed up
SAYS... at my friend Sarah’s apartment
Jessica Napier earlier this month with suitcases,
metronews.ca/voices/ laundry baskets and milk crates
she-says
full of items they no longer want-
ed. There were piles of old books,
DVDs and housewares, but mostly, there were clothes. Oh, the
clothes; piles and piles of gently used sweaters, polyester party
dresses and jeans in every shade of denim imaginable. There
were racks of sun-bleached maxi dresses and office-appropriate
pencil skirts; some items still had the tags on.
Swap parties — an increasingly popular activity among the
frugal and fashionable set — are an excellent way to purge
your unwanted cast-offs and acquire some new wardrobe
pieces without pulling out your credit card. Over the course of
two hours, women stripped down in Sarah’s living room to try
on clothes and eyed each other competitively as they ravaged
the mounds of silky blouses and novelty printed tank tops.
Once the swapping concluded,
the remaining items were
Swap till you drop packed up in garbage bags to
be donated to a local home-
As I looked around at
less shelter.
the outfit carcasses While there is definitely
strewn about the a feel-good element to this
form of sustainable shop-
apartment, I felt sick at
ping, I couldn’t help feeling
the wastefulness of it all horrified at the hundreds of
and left the swap party dollars’ worth of stuff we had CHRISTIAN STROMQVIST
all managed to accumulate. As
vowing to curb my own
I looked around at the outfit Carving out a niche BLUE’s point of view Taking stock
gratuitous spending. carcasses strewn about the
apartment, I felt sick at the
Icy ‘whale’ room “Awareness is good news for the ‘Fountains’ of fish
wastefulness of it all and left
the swap party vowing to curb my own gratuitous spending. I helps save oceans world’s oceans. Today, only 2.3 per could flourish in
wasn’t proud when, just a few days later, I found myself wait- cent of them are under protection.
ing in line to purchase a $39.99 pair of “leather” leggings. This interior may chill protected seas
Sadly, marine conservation is, for
Human beings spend more than $1 trillion a year on cloth- your bones, but the inten-
ing worldwide — an estimated one third of those consumers tion behind its design will the moment, out of sight and mind.” While news that popular
come from North America. A significant percentage of this surely warm your heart. oily fish mackerel is no
Rachel Etherington, managing director at Blue Marine Foundation
industry can be accredited to the enticing appeal of the ill- Designer Andrew longer sustainable points to
fitting runway knockoffs churned out en masse by monolithic Winch’s commission our oceans’ woes, ongoing
European chains like H&M and Zara. Shoppers are insatiable to build the recently Totally chill design conservation projects can
when it comes to poorly-constructed trendy clothes, but we unveiled “whale” suite at degrees outside. revive fish stocks “within
neglect to think about the environmental consequences of our the Icehotel in Jukkas- five years,” according to
excessive consumption. järvi, Sweden, will be (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:17)(cid:279)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:553) For one person, (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:55)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:553) BLUE’s Rachel Etherington.
It can be hard to resist the temptation of fast fashion donated to efforts to save a night in the Whale Suite The “If we set up ‘no take
when you’re at an age (and in an income bracket) that favours the world’s oceans, ecolo- starts from a cool 3,250 Icehotel zones’, such as the Chagos
accessible fads gist group Blue Marine Swedish krona ($506). is built in Archipelago in the Indian
over investment Foundation (BLUE) has November Ocean, ‘fountains’ of fish
pieces. But we announced. (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:229)(cid:273)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:553) The Icehotel’s and melts stocks can thrive, migrate
need to work METRO WORLD NEWS room temperature is a balmy in May. The melting process and populate elsewhere,”
at recognizing -5 degrees, compared to -30 takes four to six weeks. Etherington told Metro.
the difference METRO WORLD NEWS
between a want
and a need and
reconciling
our cravings
for affordable Twitter
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our obligation to and take the quick poll @patzombie: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) else’s SUV that is identical to
become conscious Forget this stupid stadium! Build mine. Worst part? The driver was
consumers. Not another hospital. It’s needed still in it.
only for ethical Will you be attending the NKOTB, 98 Degrees, more than the stadium. #YQR
and environment- Boyz II Men reunion tour? #cdnpoli #skpoli
al considerations, @joel_sopp: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)
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our clothes didn’t 88% Will those opposed to the stadium bours make up the hood. The
expire faster than NO. ever get organized enough for civil hood does not make up the
disobedience? It’s clear at this neighbours. #YQR
a container of
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
DVD review
Paranormal Activity 4
S
Director. Henry Joost,
Ariel Schulman
Stars. Kathryn Newton, Katie
Featherston, Alexondra Lee C
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Ever since Oren Peli first
made bank in 2009 with E
his found-footage combo
of grainy videos, pesky
demons and skittish home-
owners, the push has been
on to have a new chapter N
of the slowly evolving
Paranormal Activity saga
out every Halloween. The
quality isn’t keeping pace K Ashton Kuutcher starts in jOcBS, whhich was thee closingr fi lm a t thue Sundancpe Film Fes tivatl. THoE ASSOCIATE D PRtESS he jOB
with the production quota.
Directors Henry Joost and E
Ariel Schulman, back for
more after helming the
superior PA3, take story
strands from the first three
movies and try to stitch
them into something
resembling a cohesive nar- Method man. Actor said. “I think we can all sort of While the filmmakers say part because of his admiration
rative. It’s a stretch and also relate to that at some point in they tried to be as historically for the man who created the
not all that scary. PA4 picks took his starring role life.” accurate as possible, there was Macintosh computer and the
up the dangling plot line in Steve Jobs biopic Kutcher even embodied the also a disclaimer at the very end iPod. “I admire this man so
from PA2 where poltergeist- Jobs character as he pursued of the credits that said portions much and what he’s done. I ad-
seriously — even
plagued Californian Katie his own high-tech interests off- of the film might not be com- mire the way he built things,”
(Katie Featherston) vanished risking his health for it screen. pletely accurate. Kutcher said.
in 2006 along with her “What was nice was when Still, realism was always the The film also shows Jobs’
baby nephew Hunter. This I was preparing for the charac- focus for Kutcher, who watched less appealing side, withhold-
is hitched to strange 2011 ter, I could still work on prod- “hundreds of hours of footage,” ing stock options from some
goings-on in a Nevada Ashton Kutcher says playing uct development for technol- listened to Jobs’ past speeches of the company’s original em-
household. The expository Steve Jobs on screen “was hon- ogy companies, and I would and interviewed several of his ployees and denying child sup-
prequel that was PA3 is estly one of the most terrifying sort of stay in character, in the friends to prepare for the role. port to the mother of his eldest
all but forgotten until the things I’ve ever tried to do in mode of the character,” he said. The actor even adopted child.
confusing ending of this my life.” “But I didn’t feel like I was com- the entrepreneur’s “fruitarian Kutcher still found the man
film. You follow? It doesn’t The 34-year-old actor helped promising the work on the film diet,” which he said “can lead inspiring. Jobs had a singular
really matter, because it’s premiere the biopic jOBS — by working on technology stuff to some serious issues.” focus, Kutcher said, and felt
all faint-by-numbers this the closing-night film at the because it was pretty much in “I ended up in the hospi- like anyone could change the
time, without even a cool Sundance Film Festival — on the same field.” tal two days before we started world.
device like the low-tech fan Friday. In the movie, Kutcher But playing the real-life tech shooting the movie,” he said. “I don’t know if there’s ever
cam from PA3 to interest plays the Apple Inc. founder icon who died in 2011 still felt “I was like doubled over in been an entrepreneur who’s
us or really scare us. Extras from the company’s humble risky, he said, because “he’s pain, and my pancreas levels had more compassion and care
include the unrated version origins in the 1970s until the fresh in our minds.” were completely out of whack, for his consumer than Steve
of the film plus a half hour launch of the first iPod in 2001. “It was kind of like throwing which was completely terrify- Jobs,” Kutcher said. “He wanted
of “found footage.” A digital entrepreneur himself, myself into this gauntlet of, I ing, considering everything.” to put something in your hand
PETER HOWELL Kutcher said he considers Jobs a know, massive amounts of criti- Jobs died of complications that you could use and you
personal hero. cism because somebody’s going from pancreatic cancer. could use it easily ... and he
“He’s a guy who failed and to go, ‘Well, it wasn’t exactly Still, Kutcher was up to the really cared about that.”
got back on the horse,” Kutcher ...”’ Kutcher said. challenge of playing Jobs, in THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
10 metronews.ca
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
METRO DISH
OUR TAKE ON THE WORLD OF CELEBRITIES
The Word
Rick Ross is in
ter of a brawl outside a Los
all sorts of Angeles recording studio.
The dispute erupted
trouble, as is the over a parking spot, with
members of both men’s
delightful Chris entourages kicking off the
fight. Brown, no stranger
Brown to brawls, left the scene be-
fore police arrived, though
Ocean and his team stuck
THE
WORD around to give a statement.
Because of that, police are
Dorothy Robinson
[email protected] classifying Ocean as “the
victim,” a law enforcement
source tells the website.
Ocean took to Twitter to
First up is Mr. Ross, who address the fight, posting,
crashed his Rolls-Royce “got jumped by Chris and a
into an apartment building couple guys.
around 5 a.m. on Monday. I only wish [his dog]
The rapper was apparently Everest was there. Cut my
trying to flee from an at- finger now I can’t play
tempted drive-by shooting with two hands at the
in Fort Lauderdale. Author- Grammys.”
ities say unknown suspects Ha. I love how Brown
fled before police arrived likes to think of himself as
and that Ross and his com- the bad boy of R&B — and
panion were unharmed. he gets into a fight over
That apartment building on a different coast, Chris a parking spot. His street
and Rolls — not so much. Brown and Frank Ocean cred is seriously impres-
Also on Monday, but were reportedly at the cen- sive.
STARTS FRIDAY! Ben and Jen trying to keep
kids out of the biz
All your favourites.
Hollywood has been pretty
good to Ben Affleck and
Presented in digital Jennifer Garner, but that
doesn’t mean they want any
on the big screen. of their three children going
into the business. “I would
do whatever I could to dis-
Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade courage that,” Affleck tells E!
News. “My kids have enough
Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom (cid:135) Jaws issues of being exposed in
Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Randy Quaid ways that I don’t want them
to be exposed, in magazines
A Clockwork Orange (cid:135) An American Werewolf in London and shows and stuff.” But
Canada
Pulp Fiction (cid:135) Raiders of the Lost Ark (cid:135) Reservoir Dogs if daughters Violet, 7, and
Seraphina, 4, or 11-month-
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know, if you’re interested in
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classes and stuff and that’s
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It looks like Canada
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request has been denied, they have those. almost forgot what milk was.
a Canadian government
official confirms to the
Washington Times. U.S. @ABFoundation (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)
officials have not sought Disregard that last tweet. Someone hacked me.
the actor’s extradition, but
Santa Barbara authorities @Bitchuation (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)
have made it clear they
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plan to have the couple ar-
rested if they set foot back
on U.S. soil.