Metro Regina - January 9, 2014

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Thursday, January 9, 2014
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BIRTH-DAY,
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JILLIAN MICHAELS
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from classic rock and early HE’S NO MARILYN, AND KIM JONG-UN IS
synthpop ... as well as the odd NO KENNEDY, BUT DENNIS RODMAN DID
TRY IT FOR A WEEK FREE! HIS BEST IN SERENADING HIS NORTH KOREAN
zombie roar PAGE 8
VISIT CURVES.COM FRIEND ON HIS SPECIAL DAY PAGE 5
Fatal bird flu
Probe launched into blind man’s
case in Alta.
the first in
complaint against cab company
North America
Health offi cials say the
incident was isolated and
low risk PAGE 4
Saskatchewan Human said he called a cab and was
told he would have to wait
Rights Commission.
for a pet-friendly vehicle.
Mike Simmonds says He reported this incident Canadians
the following morning and
his guide dog was said he was assured “that all un-liking
met with resistance by of their taxis are guide dog-
Comfort Cabs and service dog-friendly.” Facebook?
However, in November he
again called for a ride to the
Research fi nds one in three
airport and said he was met
JACOB with hostility from the driv- Internet users did not use
MORGAN er, who suggested Simmonds the social network in the
Metro in Saskatoon ask for a larger car. previous month PAGE 6
While the driver accepted
After two unsuccessful the fare, Simmonds said
mediation attempts, the Sas- he could sense the tension,
Design trends
katchewan Human Rights which he said he learned was
Commission is investigating due to “religious reasons.”
2014: Bigger
Mike Simmonds’ complaint Just a few days later, Sim-
against Comfort Cabs in Sas- monds said he was made to
and bolder
katoon. wait with Graham in the
Simmonds charges that freezing cold one last time
on three separate occasions before he took the matter to This year likes its paint warm
this past fall, the taxi ser- the Human Rights Commis- and its carpets loud: Metro
vice was unaccommodating sion.
rounds up the latest design
of his need to have a guide Now, he said, a growing
dog, Graham, with him at all number of supporters have trends PAGE 12
times. contacted him from across
“I’ve had apologies, (but) Canada and the United States.
an apology doesn’t correct “I’ve got a list that I’m go-
the problem,” said Sim- ing to be handing off to the
monds. “What I’ve been ask- investigator,” he said.
ing for from the beginning is Cliff Kowbel, operations
education and awareness.” manager with Comfort Cabs,
This all began around said he could not find any
September, when Simmonds evidence of mistreatment.
“Nobody refused him,”
said Kowbel.
Not looking for ‘sorry’ At one point, Kowbel said,
a gift certificate to any taxi
“An apology doesn’t cor-
service in the city was offered
rect the problem.... What to Simmonds, but he said the
I’ve been asking for from olive branch was denied.
“I don’t think we’re going
the beginning is educa- Mike Simmonds with his guide dog, Graham. Simmonds has fi led a human-rights complaint against
to offer him anything in the
tion and awareness.” future,” said Kowbel. “We’re Comfort Cabs for not being forthcoming in their accommodation of his service animal in their vehicles.
going to dig our heels in now JACOB MORGAN/METRO IN SASKATOON
Mike Simmonds
and see what happens.”
When you Drink the Moo
Remember the Sarcan Blue
metronews.ca NEWS 03
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Saskatchewan real estate
market off to strong start
Housing hot in 2014. services with the Association
Buyers gung-ho from of Regina Realtors, is equally N
optimistic about the market
the get-go, agent says in the Queen City.
“We continue to have a
buoyant economy and our
population continues to
JMAOCORGB AN ga rgorwea,”t sphlea csea.i”d . “I think it’s in E
Metro in Saskatoon Although Keyowski said
there was a drop of about 0.1
The new year has begun with per cent in property values in
healthy activity in Saskatch- Regina from November to De- W
ewan’s urban housing mar- cember, she described it as a
ket, according to realtors in seasonal trend that isn’t likely
Saskatoon and Regina. to continue.
Susan Zwarych, an agent She added that she is
with Century 21, says she was seeing the most action on
receiving calls from interest- homes between $350,000
ed buyers immediately after and $450,000, and that some
New Year’s Day. of the popular Regina neigh- S
“I’m seeing a quicker start bourhoods are Lakeridge,
to the year than last year,” Glencairn and Glen Elm Park.
said Zwarych, who runs the One of Saskatoon’s most
website SaskatoonRealty.com. exciting areas in 2014,
“Last year, things didn’t Zwarych said, is the Kensing- An upscale home on the market is seen on Wednesday on Wascana Mews in southeast Regina. The real estate sector
pick up until late March, early ton neighbourhood in the in Saskatoon and Regina is seeing strong activity as 2014 begins. ROSS ROMANIUK/METRO
April.” west end.
This, she said, is partly due “The nice thing with those “There was a need for that, tries are immigrating to Can- hottest markets in the Saska-
to job opportunities and the builds going up is the city especially with the cultural ada, she noted, adding that toon area were in Stonebridge
region’s economy. zoned them to have legal landscape changing in Saska- such suites are necessary to with 272 transactions, Hamp-
Lynette Keyowski, man- basement suites,” Zwarych toon.” accommodate them. ton Village with 252 and Wil-
ager of property information said. Families from other coun- In 2013, Zwarych said, the lowgrove with 226.
City’s transit system shift ing gears on routing, schedules
Scheduling changes to 11 Re- here and there.” city does any route changes
gina Transit routes will kick Some of the other routes or minor transit fixes, they’re
in on Sunday, including a affected include the RCMP- focused on student interests,”
minor map modification to Normanview line changing said Nathan Sgrazzutti.
the Victoria Avenue Express times when buses leave Rose- John Klein, a local transit
line. mont Shopping Centre and proponent, charges that the
The express route, other- Normanview Crossing on bus service has failed to act
wise known as 50, will be Saturdays and the Whitmore on his recommendations to
changed to travel across Vic- Park-Glencairn route, which make more stops between
toria Avenue on Windsor will see modifications to de- the U of R and the nearby
Park Road southbound in a parture times from Victoria Wascana campus of the Sas-
move that will not affect bus Square Mall and Superstore katchewan Institute of Ap-
stops, according to the Regina on Sundays. plied Science and Technology.
Transit website. Yablonski said the changes “I requested a stop or two
“These are very, very are a response to the needs of on Wascana (Parkway) after
minor changes — we just did transit users. the July (route) changes, but
some minor tweaking,” Grant The head of the University nothing so far,” he said in a
Yablonski, route scheduling of Regina Students Union, message on Twitter, adding
analyst with Regina Transit, however, says he’s disappoint- that there are “stops on the
told Metro. ed with the city’s response to Parkway already, so safety is
A transit bus drives northbound on downtown Broad Street on Wednesday. “We just shifted a couple concerns of students. not (the) issue.”
The city’s transit system is making changes. ROSS ROMANIUK/METRO of minutes (on route times) “I don’t think when the MARCO VIGLIOTTI/METRO
Saskatchewan on track to set export record; potash on par with 2012
The president of a Saskatch- exports totalled $2.8 billion. end of October were $1.7 bil- industry is ahead of 2012 and without an issue at all.”
ewan export group says the LaBelle told the John Gorm- lion. Our canola exports were the lumber industry has also LaBelle said Saskatch-
province is on track to set all- ley Live show (CJME-CKOM) $3.5 billion,” he said Wednes- taken a jump. ewan’s energy industry and
time high records for exports. that most people are wonder- day. “I don’t think I’m stepping food industry are parallel at
Lionel LaBelle, president ing where the potash industry “Our lentil business is up out of line when I suggest that around the $11 billion mark.
and CEO of the Saskatchewan would land. 70 per cent, our pea business if you look at December num- Those industries are followed
Trade and Export Partnership, He says potash sales are on is up 80 per cent to the end bers over the last four or five by potash, manufacturing and
says exports surpassed $30.3 par with 2012. of October. When we get the years there has always been uranium.
billion in the first 11 months LaBelle added that the real November numbers in detail, strong representation,” LaBelle “Those five would add up
of 2013, up 5.4 per cent from standout industry was agricul- we suspect that that particular said. to about 90 per cent of our ex-
2012. ture. trend will continue.” “I’m quite confident that ports,” he said.
In November alone, he says “Our wheat exports to the He said the manufacturing we will eclipse $33 billion THE CANADIAN PRESS/CKOM/CJME
04 NEWS metronews.ca
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Road safety. U.K. survey
shows many men have
fallen asleep at the wheel
Driving tired carries similar campaigns officer at Brake,
risks to driving drunk, but, ac- told Metro. “We see this trend
cording to a new British survey, across the board when it comes
sleeping at the wheel is com- to road safety.”
mon, with men being by far the Booth believes “cultural and
worst offenders. biological” factors explain why
In the survey of 1,000 driv- men take more risks. More
ers, British road safety charity than 90 per cent of those con-
Brake found that 45 per cent victed for dangerous driving
of men admitted “microsleeps” in Britain are male, while a re-
of up to 30 seconds while driv- cent U.S. study found that men
ing. The figure for women was caused 80 per cent of crashes.
22 per cent. A further 14 per Researchers are concerned that
cent of male drivers have slept tiredness is adding to the trend.
for longer periods behind the Brake is calling for more
wheel, while just two per cent education to ensure that driv-
of women had done the same. ers sleep enough and take regu-
An estimated one-in-six fatal lar breaks, as well as an audit of
road crashes result from tired- roads to guarantee rest areas. In
ness. These typically involve the U.S., the state of New Jersey
vehicles veering off the road or has gone further by making it a
a driver failing to brake. criminal offence to drive tired.
“Men are much more likely Another possible solu-
to take risks at the wheel, such tion may come from tech-
as setting off on journeys with- nology, with devices in de-
out enough sleep, or trying velopment that aim to keep PM defends rail-safety record in wake of N.B. derailment
to push through if they feel drivers awake. KIERON MONKS/
drowsy,” Ellen Booth, senior METRO WORLD NEWS IN LONDON
Derailed train cars burn in Plaster Rock, N.B., Wednesday. A CN freight train carrying crude oil and propane derailed Tuesday night in a sparsely populated
region of northwestern New Brunswick, leading to the evacuation of 150 people. It’s at least the third such serious incident on North American rails since
last July’s deadly derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Que., that claimed 47 lives. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, speaking to reporters in Inuvik, N.W.T., Wednesday,
defended his government’s record on rail safety, saying the government has “vastly” increased rail safety and rail inspections. TOM BATEMAN/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Fatal bird flu case
located in Alberta
According to a new British survey, sleeping at the wheel is common, and
men are by far the worst offenders. ISTOCK
Florida Changes implemented
First in North America. of health, said that family
Health officials assure members of the victim are
Police: DNA shows ‘Mistake’ that let
being monitored and treat-
public that incident
2 women involved protesters get ed with medication, noting
was isolated, unrelated that there’s nothing to indi-
in slaying of close to PM has
cate they are sick.
to seasonal flu and risk
Canadian couple been fixed: RCMP “Public health has fol-
to public is small lowed up with all close
Police in Florida believe two The RCMP says it has contacts of this individual
women were involved in identified and fixed the and offered Tamiflu as a pre-
the killings of a Canadian “mistake” that allowed caution,” Talbot said.
couple one year ago. two climate-change Federal public health offi- “None of them have
David Pichosky, 71, protesters to walk onto cials say a fatal human case symptoms and the risk of
and Rochelle Wise, 66, of a stage within touching of H5N1 bird flu has been developing symptoms is ex-
Toronto were found dead distance of Prime Minis- reported in Canada, the first tremely low. Precautions for
by asphyxiation on Jan. ter Stephen Harper. such case in North America. health-care staff were also
10, 2013, in their winter However, the force Health Minister Rona taken as part of this individ-
home. The DNA profiles of isn’t saying just what Ambrose says the case, A colourized transmission electron micrograph of Avian influenza A H5N1 viruses ual’s hospital treatment.”
two females were found at the mistake was or what which was located in Al- (seen in gold) are shown in a 1997 image. CDC/THE CANADIAN PRESS/CONTRIBUTED The World Health Organ-
the scene, said police Chief specifically was done to berta, was an isolated one ization says that as of mid-
Dwayne Flournoy. prevent it from happen- and that the risk to the gen- The H5N1 strain is un- person contracted the virus, December, there had been
“The science tells us ing again. eral public is small. related to the seasonal flu there is no evidence of 648 laboratory-confirmed
that there are two females RCMP Cpl. Lucy “The risk of getting H5N1 outbreak, Ambrose added. human-to-human transmis- human cases of H5N1 flu
that are involved in this Shorey says in a state- is very low,” Ambrose told a Health officials say the sion. since 2003, reported from
homicide, at least two,” he ment that the force hastily assembled news con- victim had travelled to “The health system did 15 countries. Of that total,
said Wednesday. “It’s only continues to review ference in Ottawa via con- China last month and was everything it could for this 384 infections have been
a matter of time before we the incident, and it has ference call. hospitalized after returning individual, and our thoughts fatal.
get our match, and we will implemented changes to “This case is not part to Alberta on Jan. 1, then are with the family at this In 2013, there were 38
get our match.” ensure it doesn’t happen of the seasonal flu, which died two days later. time,” Ambrose said. worldwide cases of H5N1,
THE CANADIAN PRESS again. THE CANADIAN PRESS circulates in Canada every They say that while it Dr. James Talbot, Al- 24 of which were fatal.
year.” remains unclear how the berta’s chief medical officer THE CANADIAN PRESS
metronews.ca NEWS 05
Thursday, January 9, 2014
North Korean leader
Solar flare. Sun delays
space station supply run
serenaded by Rodman
A strong solar storm is inter-
fering with the latest supply
run to the International Space
Station.
On the bright side, the
orbiting lab has won a four- Basketball diplomacy.
year extension, pushing its
Former NBA player
projected end-of-lifetime to at
least 2024, a full decade from hopes to build
now.
connections with
“This is a big plus for us,”
said NASA’s human explora- North Korea through
tion chief, Bill Gerstenmaier. the sport
On Wednesday, Orbital Sci-
ences Corp. delayed its space
station delivery mission for
the third time. Dennis Rodman sang Happy
The company’s unmanned Birthday to North Korean lead-
rocket, the Antares, was set to er Kim Jong-un before leading
blast off from Wallops Island, In this Tuesday image, a giant cloud a squad of former NBA stars in
Virginia, with a capsule full of of solar particles explodes off the a friendly game Wednesday as
supplies and science experi- sun, which is obscured to show the part of his “basketball diplo-
ments, including ants for an atmosphere around it. macy” that has been criticized
educational project. But sev- ESA/NASA-SOHO/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS in the United States as naive
eral hours before Wednesday and laughable.
afternoon’s planned flight, technical officer, Antonio Rodman dedicated the
company officials took the Elias, said solar particles game to his “best friend” Kim,
unusual step of postponing might interfere with electron- who along with his wife and
the launch for fear solar radia- ics equipment in the rocket other senior officials and their
tion could doom the rocket. and lead to a launch failure. wives, watched from a spe-
Orbital Sciences’ chief THE ASSOCIATED PRESS cial seating area. The capacity
crowd of about 14,000 at the
Taking the plunge Insane Clown Posse Pyongyang Indoor Stadium
clapped loudly as Rodman
sang a verse from the birthday
Giffords skydives Rap-metal duo
song.
to commemorate sues U.S. Justice Rodman said he was hon- Dennis Rodman sings Happy Birthday to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, seated above in the stands, before an
oured to be able to play the exhibition basketball game at an indoor stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Wednesday.
third anniversary Department game in the North Korean cap- KIM KWANG HYON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
of shooting ital and called the event “his-
The Insane Clown Posse toric.” Some members of the womanizing, drug abuse and Held prisoner
Gabrielle Giffords, the sued the U.S. Justice De- U.S. Congress, the NBA and hu- attempting to seize power.
former congresswoman partment on Wednesday man rights groups, however, Rodman, 52, has refused to Rodman
severely injured three over a 2011 FBI report say he has become a public address those concerns while Wednesday the family was
refuses to help
years ago in a mass shoot- that describes the rap- relations tool for North Korea’s continuing to forge a relation- appalled that someone in
ing, has made an impres- metal duo’s devoted fans, government. ship with Kim, whose age has a position to help 45-year-
sive recovery, learned to the Juggalos, as a danger- The government’s poor never been officially disclosed. old Kenneth Bae refuses to
walk again and founded ous gang, saying the human rights record and its The government did not say The sister of a U.S. man do so. Chung says Rodman
a national political organ- designation has tarnished threats to use nuclear weapons how old he turned Wednesday imprisoned in North Korea may be hurting efforts to
ization. On Wednesday, reputations and hurt against rival South Korea and but he is believed to be in his says his family can’t be- free her brother. Chung
while others gathered business. the United States have kept early 30s. lieve what Dennis Rodman says it’s clear Rodman “has
for bell-ringing and flag- The American Civil it a pariah state. Kim shocked To keep it friendly, the said about him while on a no idea what he’s talking
raising ceremonies, she Liberties Union filed the the world in December by hav- Americans played against the basketball trip to celebrate about.” In a CNN interview
marked the anniversary lawsuit in Detroit federal ing his uncle, once considered North Koreans in the first half, the birthday of leader Kim Tuesday, Rodman implied
by skydiving. court on behalf of the his mentor, executed after but split up and merged teams Jong-un. Terri Chung told Bae may deserve his pun-
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS group. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS being accused of a litany of for the second half. KOMO Radio in Seattle on ishment.
crimes including corruption, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hamilton. McMaster lab Two websites to stop billing
cracks genetic code of
people to remove mug shots
1800s cholera bacteria
Canadian and American scien- era in 1849.
tists have mapped the genetic The work confirmed the Two Internet sites that remove the mug shots even while legislators in Georgia down who owns the sites,
blueprint of the cholera bac- suspicion that the outbreak make money by posting mil- if the cases against those ar- and Utah have passed laws some of which claim to
teria responsible for a 19th- — the second of seven cholera lions of mug shots of people rested had been dropped. aimed at stopping the sites originate from outside the
century pandemic of the dis- pandemics in history — was who’ve been arrested have The settlement in U.S. from charging to remove ar- country.
ease, cracking open a veritable caused by what is known as agreed to stop charging District Court in Toledo, rest photos. Lawmakers in Some operators say
medical time capsule to do so. the classical strain of the bac- them to take down their Ohio, doesn’t apply to all of California are considering a they’re performing a public
The researchers, led by the terium Vibrio cholera. Cur- photos as part of a settle- the mug shot sites that can similar proposal. service by providing infor-
Ancient DNA Centre at Mc- rently most cholera disease is ment in a federal lawsuit. be found online, just two — But efforts to rein in the mation about arrest records
Master University in Hamilton, triggered by another strain — The lawsuit came about BustedMugshots.com and sites have been complicated that can be found by par-
mined a postage stamp-sized El Tor — that displaced classic- after a number of com- MugshotsOnline.com. by questions about whether ents and neighbours with-
piece of tissue taken from the al as the most common cause plaints from people who Similar lawsuits have the attempts infringe on out searching through court
preserved intestine of a Phila- of illness in the 1960s. said the websites were char- been filed in Florida, Il- First Amendment rights and records.
delphia man who died of chol- THE CANADIAN PRESS ging hundreds of dollars to linois, and Pennsylvania the difficulty of tracking THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
06 BUSINESS metronews.ca
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Facebook gets thumbs down in Canada
Losing fans. refuse to join or have logged they used to have a Facebook were 10 times more likely to
off permanently, suggests account but quit, 16 per cent have dropped their account,
We are not all liking the
recently released research. said they’re technically still rather than having never
social media network One in three Canadian a member but rarely use signed up in the first place.
Internet users told pollsters the site and 70 per cent said When poll respondents
these days, survey finds
that they did not use Face- they never joined at all. were asked why they quit
book in the previous month, Younger non-Facebook Facebook, the most common
according to a report by the users were more likely to response was they didn’t
Facebook may be the world’s Media Technology Monitor, have abandoned their pro- find the site useful, followed
biggest social network, and based on telephone surveys files. by privacy concerns and a
particularly popular in Can- with more than 4,000 Can- Poll respondents be- lack of time to engage with
ada, but there are still plenty adians last spring. tween 18 and 24 who said the site.
of Canadian holdouts who Of them, 14 per cent said they weren’t using Facebook THE CANADIAN PRESS Canadians are not giving Facebook a thumbs up lately. GETTY IMAGES FILE
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metronews.ca VOICES 07
Thursday, January 9, 2014
OWN THE IRRATIONAL REACTION
It’s almost time for the Olympics, which for rational analysis of a world hockey tourna- shut up.
many people is the only time they care ment. Wrong: “These are two evenly matched teams and
about sports aside from hilarious ball-to- Canadian hockey history is rife with there is no discernible momentum.”
the-groin videos on YouTube. late, one-goal victories that somehow Right: Whichever team has most recently scored “has
That means some of you might have felt taught us that Canada is an unstoppable, all the momentum.”
adrift this week as Canada announced its dominant force in world hockey. It’s also Wrong: “It’s overtime, so it’s going to come down to
Olympic hockey team, an event that left replete with shootout losses and other random chance as two teams give it their all.”
hockey fans buzzing like my 20-year-old hard-fought defeats that taught us our na- Right: “It’s overtime, so it’s going to come down to
fridge. tional hockey program is a disaster that which team has the most heart.”
Everyone likes to cheer for their coun- must be burned to the ground. Wrong: “I bet Sidney Crosby wins it because the highest
try, but if you’re not obsessed with hockey There is no middle ground, even if the scoring player is the player most likely to score now too.”
the rest of the time, then joining the heat- outcome of the game came down to ran- Right: “I bet Sidney Crosby wins it because he’s so
ed conversations at home and the work- dom chance. clutch.”
HE SAYS
place can be tricky. Remember this when the games start. And that’s how to speak like a true hockey fan.
To help, I’ve compiled this primer for John Mazerolle You might feel nervous about complicated One last lesson: If you come across a newspaper colum-
newbie Olympic hockey watchers about metronews.ca discussions about matchups, statistics, nist or other unpatriotic liberal who questions any of
what they should say during the tourna- etc., but those are just a smokescreen of these truisms, your surefire response is to say, “Clearly
ment to blend right in: facts that hide the three irrational pillars of hockey dis- you’ve never played the game,” and then walk away. With
cussion: momentum, heart and clutch. that sort of momentum, you could be a TV hockey com-
What to say during Olympic hockey: These might sound like intangible nonsense that mentator in no time.
The No. 1 rule to remember is that there can be no would be impossible to measure or even ascertain, but Assuming, of course, that you’re clutch.
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Dark clouds hanging overhead
Health, wellness and
wearable tech are
colliding in full
force at this year’s
Consumer Elec-
tronic Show, with
a healthy portion of
products geared toward
the digitally-inclined
fitness diehards. Look out
Fitbit and FuelBand, there
are some new kids on the
starting block.
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Skulpt Aim:
Knowing how many clicks you’ve run and calories you’ve burned is just part of
the health equation. Knowing the effects of your hard work is the other.
Press this phone-size gadget to your freshly pumped muscles to get an instant
(and accurate, they say) reading of your body composition.
Tinke:
Again, for those beyond measuring simple kms and cals, Tinke reads heart rate,
blood oxygen levels and respiratory rate with just the tap of your thumb (accur-
acy may be questionable on this one).
Bracelets:
LG, Sony, Razer and even Intel have launched fitness tracking bracelets, all tak-
ing various metrics of your activities which connect to varying degrees with
your smartphone.
Twitter
freezer in their beach wear
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@metropicks asked: @adam_rizk: A big enough star he
@jimmykimmel dumped snow could’ve had a following to Sequoia,
Volcano erupts
to spew ash and smoke after Sinabung is one of nearly 130 on L.A. beach goers who bragged Yosemite mountains & left them
in Indonesia, again several eruptions since active volcanoes in Indonesia about the warm climate. What is a there LYAO!
September. Eleven deaths that straddle key tectonic fault suitable penalty for bragging?
Mount Sinabung spews have now been recorded as a lines known as the Pacifi c Ring @sarahmeaghang: They should
pyroclastic smoke, seen from result of the eruptions, with of Fire. @yelpcalgary: Ha. Californians are have gotten “face-washes”
Sibintun village on hundreds more falling ill. The deadliest eruption in just jealous of our awesome
Wednesday in Karo District, Offi cials expect the number recent years was of Mount touques.
Follow @metropicks and
North Sumatra, Indonesia. of evacuees to rise as volcanic Merapi in 2010 near the
The number of displaced activity remains high. densely populated city of @ehbsea: One hour in a walk in take part in our daily poll.
people has increased to Sinabung had lain dormant Yogyakarta, which killed 350 A man wears a plastic bag to
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Peanut Butter Genocide spreads
psychedelic sounds across the land
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Mitch Doll, left, Andy Goodson and Ethan Anderson of the Peanut Butter Genocide perform at the Artful Dodger on Jan. 11. Doors open at 8 p.m. and tickets are $10. COURTESY MITCH DOLL
Tour Guides. Band hits Dodger, his group will release about putting together a live pling. Goodson draws from
Quoted
a five-track EP called Tour show,” he said. video games, movies and the
up everything from
Guides, their most honed-in Now with the help of noises of daily life to craft his
“Music is everywhere.
the ’60s to the ’90s project to date. Mitch Doll on bass and Ethan drum parts. He even plays
“I wanted to keep all of our Anderson on guitar, the Pea- them in real-time on a syn- You’ve just got to
for its infl uences
songs under five minutes,” nut Butter Genocide has a well- thesizer during the live show, fi nd it.”
Goodson tells Metro. “We’re fo- rounded style that incorpor- rather than preprogramming
cusing more on writing hooks.” ates influences from several on a computer. Andy Goodson, founder of the
BACKSTAGE This approach stands in decades. “Any time I can take sounds Peanut Butter Genocide
PASS contrast with the Peanut But- “We’re big fans of every- from zombies roaring or gun-
Jacob Morgan ter Genocide’s sprawling 2011 thing from the ’60s through to shots from old spaghetti West-
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debut album, Mood Bedroom the ’90s,” said Goodson. erns, I’ll put those in,” he said. these pursuits. The title is even
Meter. For that record, Good- Many of the guitar riffs are “Music is everywhere. a nod to his current occupa-
Andy Goodson is an explorer. son recorded all of the ma- reminiscent of classic rock You’ve just got to find it.” tion as a travel counselor with
The founder of Regina- terial on his own in a remote while the beats are indebted to And Goodson certainly is Tourism Saskatchewan.
based band, the Peanut Butter shack while working as an early synthpop, he explained. able to find music in the most “I love just walking around
Genocide, enjoys camping in attendant at Duck Mountain However, there are still unlikely locations, whether in and being alone with nature,”
the woods of Saskatchewan Provincial Park. traces of the avant-garde tech- front of a television set or the said Goodson.
and experimenting with “After writing that album I niques Goodson employed on great outdoors. “I think a lot of artists from
psychedelic music. showed it to a couple friends Mood Bedroom Meter, includ- The Tour Guides EP appears Saskatchewan have that side
On Jan. 11 at the Artful and they were really excited ing his creative use of sam- to successfully combine all of to them.”
When you Drink the Moo
Remember the Sarcan Blue
metronews.ca SCENE 09
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Bitten star sinks her teeth
into female werewolf role
Laura Vandervoort. “(Elena is) suppressing Watch it “It’s an adult show and it’s
Actress talks about this animal inside of her about the relationships and
and trying to just maintain not just the fact that we’re
the nuances of a
this perfect facade, whereas Bitten premiers Saturday werewolves. It’s the family
role traditionally her true self is in New York at 9 p.m. ET on Space in dynamic.
as this werewolf and just Canada. The series is based “It’s protecting your
reserved for men
letting loose, and I think a on the New York Times family at all costs. And if that
lot of women have trouble bestselling Women of the means murder, as much as
being themselves,” she said Otherworld novels by Can- Elena hates who she is, you
Werewolves have been howl- in a recent telephone inter- adian Kelley Armstrong. protect your pack.”
ing loudly at the spotlight in view. The Los Angeles-based
recent years through various “So it’s interesting if you Vandervoort, who’s twice
films and TV series — Twi- think about it from that per- life with the pack, though, made Maxim’s list of Top
light, True Blood and The spective while watching it, when a “random mutt” 100 hottest women, came to
Mortal Instruments to name that she’s trying to keep this breaks the rules by killing hu- the series after playing key
but a few. perfect image.” mans for sport and her strong roles on series including
But the sexy new super- Vandervoort’s Elena is tracking skills are needed to the Instant Star, Smallville
natural thriller Bitten offers a an orphan who grew up in catch the culprit. and V.
rarely seen take on the moon the foster care system in Co-stars include Greg With a second-degree
monster mythology: a furry the U.S. and became a were- Bryk as pack head Jeremy, black belt in Shotokan kar-
female lead. wolf when a professor with Paul Greene as Elena’s un- ate, she did “93 per cent” of
The werewolf figure is whom she fell in love (Grey- suspecting boyfriend Philip her own stunts “except fall-
well suited to women be- ston Holt) bit her to protect and Michael Xavier as Elena’s ing down the stairs.”
cause both are “so affected by her. therapist and fellow pack “It’s such a vast range for a
mother Earth and the cycles” In the series premiere, member Logan. female to get to play on tele-
and face societal pressures she’s working as a photog- “It’s very Sopranos, True vision that I loved going to
concerning image, says Laura rapher in Toronto and trying Blood,” said Vandervoort, work every day and coming
Vandervoort, the Toronto to carry on a new life away who grew up in Toronto’s home and being exhausted
native who stars as the four- from her wolf pack in upstate North York area and is the but feeling like, ‘Wow, I did
legged fanged protagonist El- New York. third cousin of acting great that and I didn’t think I was
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Thursday, January 9, 2014
METRO DISH Ever heard
of frost bite?
Skarsgard
OUR TAKE ON THE WORLD OF CELEBRITIES
celebrates
South Pole
The Word
challenge in
Protect Your Home! the nude
Alexander Skarsgard knew
306.530.6758 exactly how to celebrate
reaching the South Pole as
part of his Walking with
Email: [email protected] the Wounded Challenge
across Antarctica: getting
www.youngsinsulation.com naked. Fellow trekker Inge
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to Instagram of the actor
Regina, SK
wearing nothing but a pair
of snow boots and sunglass-
es, perched on an outdoor
toilet in the middle of
the snowy landscape, the
temperature reportedly a
brisk -30 C. Coincidentally,
the shot echoes Skarsgard’s
full-frontal appearance at
the end of the True Blood
Paul’s got some ly made an impression: “I was sixth season finale, only
going back up to my room, the TV version didn’t fea-
party haul but and this guy grabs me and ture a toilet.
says, ‘Hey, Prince Azim wants
this one was a to see you in the library,’”
Paul says. “So I go down there,
real thriller and he’s sitting on the couch
with Michael Jackson, and me
and Michael Jackson end up
Aaron Paul has been to some having this hour-long heart-
impressive parties, but one to-heart about family and
sticks out particularly for the upbringings, and I remember,
Breaking Bad star. “It was he just put his arm around
the Prince of Brunei’s 25th my shoulder and said, ‘You
birthday party. Six years ago, know, if you’ve had a rough
outside of London,” he tells childhood or not, it’s all about
Details magazine. Paul, who forgiveness. Once you realize
attended as another guest’s that, it’s fine. Everything’s
plus-one, entertained himself fine.’ And I’m like, ‘Michael,
An ice dam can occur when snow accumulates on the roof of a house by chasing sheep around you are absolutely right. Do
with inadequate insulation. Heat conducted through the insuffi cient the castle and breaking the you want to do a shot?’ And
Prince’s hovercraft. He certain- he goes ‘Sure!’”
insulation warms the roof and melts the snow on those areas of the
roof that are above living spaces, but does not melt the snow on
roof overhangs. Eventually, ice accumulates along the eave and in the
gutter. Snow that melts later cannot drain properly through the ice
on the eave and in the gutter, resulting in leaks which lead to
damaged ceilings, walls, roof structures and insulation. There is no
better time to protect your home.
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Gyllenhaal’s relationship
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with model ‘fizzled out’
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Jake Gyllenhaal has reportedly really good between Jake and
split up with model Alyssa Mil- Alyssa right up until he had to
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according to Us Weekly. “They in the fall. Then the distance
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while back — before the holi- for Gyllenhaal and Miller did
days. He’s back on the scene,” not respond to requests for
a source says. “Things were comment. Alexander Skarsgard