Metro Saskatoon - January 16, 2013

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about William Lyon Mackenzie King — and our prof tore it apart PAGE 3
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‘Mission impossible’? NDP
seeks to make inroads in Sask.
Eye on 2015 election. The Lethbridge Declara-
tion is currently being draft-
Lethbridge Declaration
ed by participants across
being drafted as Mulcair Western Canada through a
meets with provincial series of meetings. One such
meeting was held in Prince
counterparts in Ottawa Albert on Saturday, and an-
other Saskatchewan meeting
will take place in Saskatoon
JEFF on Jan 26.
MACKEY “I think the Lethbridge
Metro in Regina Declaration is a way for the
NDP to unite progressives on
While federal NDP Leader the Prairies with the hope of
Tom Mulcair was meeting toppling Stephen Harper in
with provincial NDP leaders the 2015 election,” said Noah
in Ottawa on Tuesday, the Evanchuk, a Regina lawyer
process of building party sup- and former NDP candidate.
port in the West had already But making inroads in
begun in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan will be diffi-
In Ottawa, the three-hour, cult for the NDP given recent
closed-door session included electoral trends and history
segments on federalism, the in the province.
economy and energy. “It seems a bit like mis-
“The NDP’s very proud of sion impossible, but Quebec
its track record of prudent seemed like mission impos-
public administration in the sible prior to 2011,” said
five provinces and in the ter- David McGrane, professor of
ritories where it has been in political studies at the Uni-
power, and that’s what we’re versity of Saskatchewan.
going to be doing today,” said “I think the federal NDP
Mulcair. has to have some strong eco-
One province the NDP is nomic credentials if they are
not currently governing is going to gain any sort
Saskatchewan. In fact, the of ground in the
party does not have a single Prairies.”
federal seat in the whole
province, but a process is Follow Jeff Mackey on
underway to change that. Twitter @MetroJeffMackey
Making the cuts Jumpin’ Jasper!
The U of S students’ union The annual
wants representation on task Alberta win-
forces working to battle the ter festival
school’s projected deficit PAGE 2 heats up the
mountain
town with
Got buttermilk skiing, snow-
ball fights
Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair speaks with the media before meeting his provincial counterparts on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday. This tangy pancake ingredient and a chili
ADRIAN WYLD/THE CANADIAN PRESS is surprisingly versatile PAGE 11 cook-off PAGE 10
02 NEWS metronews.ca
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Provincial court
No random police
spot checks in
private parking lots
Saskatchewan’s high-
est court is putting the
brakes on police randomly
stopping people in private
parking lots.
S The Saskatchewan Court
of Appeal says in a decision
recently posted online that
the province’s Traffic Safety
Act does not authorize
W police to conduct random
stops in private parking
areas. The case involved a
woman who was stopped
by officers in a parking lot
at a hotel in Humboldt in
2009. The woman tried
to take a roadside breath
E test but couldn’t and was
charged with failing to
provide a sample.
But Chief Justice John
Klebuc said there was
N nothing unusual in the
way the vehicle was being
Students at the University of Saskatchewan come and go at Place Riel Student Centre on Tuesday afternoon. University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union president driven and no reason of-
SJared Brotwn saiud he wants dstudent reepresentatnion on twot new tassk force s thawt will be workaing to batntle the schtool’s pr ojecited denfi cit. MORGA N MODoJESKI/METRnO ficers couldn’t wait until
she drove onto the road to
check for a driver’s licence
and vehicle registration.
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U of S task forces Pregnant teen
Outcome of
alleged kidnapping
case may come as a
surprise: Lawyer
TransformUS. Forty have student representation to A lawyer for a Saskatch-
employees to receive Quoted ensure certain student supports ewan teen accused of
be protected during the Trans- abducting his 14-year-old
layoff notices this month “Students can be very objective and very worthwhile formUS process. pregnant girlfriend last
within these conversations, because they have such a “Students can be very ob- week says the outcome
unique understanding of what goes on at the U of S.” jective and very worthwhile of the case may surprise
MORGAN within these conversations, be- people. Edmonton lawyer
MODJESKI Jared Brown, University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union president cause they have such a unique Daryl Royer said in an
[email protected] understanding of what goes on interview with CJME/CKOM
programs supported by the U of tainly a concern,” he added. at the U of S,” said Brown. that everyone in the case
The University of Saskatchewan S operating budget at the same Members of the task forces The University of Saskatch- says the girl went willingly.
Students’ Union president, Jar- time, against stated criteria. will make decisions to invest ewan said in the post that al- He says the case may be re-
ed Brown is calling for student “Moving forward with this resources, make no changes or though there won’t be students solved in a way that doesn’t
involvement in new task forces TransformUS I think its impera- eliminate or reduce programs on the task forces because, “the involve a kidnapping
aiming to address the U of S’s tive to have student representa- or resources, which rank low. amount of work entailed and conviction. The 16-year-old
projected annual deficit. tion within these task forces,” The U of S is projecting an an- the significant impact this ac- boy appeared in court on
A post on the U of S’s web- said Brown. nual deficit of $44.5 million by tivity would have on their stud- Monday and was sent to a
site explained the task forces “The vitality of certain as- the year 2016 and the Transfor- ies,” both task forces will be youth home until his next
are part of TransformUS, an pects of what it is to be a stu- mUS initiative will help the U responsible for developing “ap- court date on Feb. 14.
initiative that will review all dent within the institution may of S address the issue. propriate and effective” ways THE CANADIAN PRESS/CJME/CKOM
academic and administrative be overlooked and that’s cer- Brown explained he’d like to students can provide input.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Custom-made plagiarism
Academic dishonesty. Buyer beware
For as little as...
Essay ghostwriter $10 Easy A?
has no moral qualms
No way
about what he does
Some ads on Craigslist charge as little as
$10 per page for essays.
As with everything you
JESSICA
can buy on Craigslist, it’s
SMITH
Metro in Toronto “The way I look at it is that buyer beware for pur-
I am filling a need in the mar- chased essays.
Hey students, want some “elo- ket. I am writing, and what Metro ordered a $97,
quent phrasing and sophisti- they do with it is up to them- custom-written, 1,000-
cated articulate arguments for selves,” he wrote in an email word essay from Aca-
your critical analysis?” Or “are to Metro. demicWritingBrokers.com,
you tired of wasting time in Most of his clients are which advertises on Craig-
front of your laptop instead of repeat customers, and he’s slist Toronto. As promised,
having fun?” There may be an taken some through both it arrived within 24 hours
essay ghostwriter for you. their undergraduate and MBA and passed a check on
On Craigslist Toronto, degrees, he said. Turnitin.com. The topic,
more than 20 ads for essay- About three-quarters of his “Is William Lyon Mack-
writing services were pub- students will hand in his es- enzie King an idealist or
lished in one day this week say verbatim, even though he opportunist?” was from
— months from end-of-the- advises them to make it their Dan Azoulay’s Twentieth-
semester crunch time. own. Sometimes, when they Century Canada history
One post advertises, “A write three essays in a term class at York University.
for your essays.” Another ad- themselves then hand in one “It’s not a very good
vertises a husband and wife of his as the fourth, the TA essay,” said Azoulay of the
team, both with master’s de- will catch on to the differ- finished product. “It just
grees, who have a combined ence, and they’ll get caught, A Metro staffer searches Craigslist ads for essay-writing services. DAVID VAN DYKE/METRO doesn’t answer the essay
35 years of post-secondary he said. “All students want question.”
essay-writing experience. is an A on the essay, no mat- won’t be flagged as plagiar- Many of his clients are a distance degree online, The essay also has
One of the ghostwriters — ter how their previous marks ism by Turnitin.com. in business school, since he he said. grammar issues, rambles
“A for your essays” — agreed have been.” At this time of year, he’ll advertises he has an MBA, “Some students give me without structure and
to be interviewed. Sam, who Sam, like all of the essay get eight to 10 email requests but they come from all disci- their online password, and doesn’t come up with a
declined to give his last name, writers on Craigslist, says his a day, increasing to about 20 plines. Some of his best cli- so I do the online course for thesis on Mackenzie King.
says he has an MBA. essays are original, so they in March. ents are older people taking them,” he said.
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04 NEWS metronews.ca
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Quebec eyes
Drilling test Corruption case St. Louis, Mo. Windsor, Ont.
Curiosity rover to Arrest ordered Administrator University goes
guidelines for peek inside Mars for Pakistani PM shot at school screen-free Friday
NASA says the Curiosity Pakistan’s leaders took a Police say a gunman To conclude its Mental
rover should be ready to powerful one-two punch walked into a business Health Awareness Week,
drill on Mars soon. Tuesday as the Supreme school in downtown St. the University of Windsor
right to die
It’s the most highly Court ordered the arrest Louis, Mo., and shot an is encouraging students to
anticipated milestone since of the prime minister in administrator in the chest go screen-free on Friday.
the nuclear-powered rover a corruption case and a before shooting himself. The event asks stu-
landed near the Martian cleric led thousands of Police Chief Sam dents to spend a day away
equator five months ago. protesters in anti-govern- Dotson said both the from their laptops and
Suffering. Under new Project manager Richard ment demonstrations. administrator and the cellphones.
Cook says the team has Many claim the coun- gunman had surgery. He “I meet a lot of stu-
legislation, assisted chosen the test site for try’s politicians are more didn’t immediately know dents and frankly, they’re
suicide would not be Curiosity. The spot contains interested in corrupt if their wounds were life- overwhelmed by life,” said
a diverse sample of rocks dealings than addressing threatening. Father Chris Valka, a cam-
considered ‘suicide’
that the rover can pick problems facing Pakistani He says no one else was pus minister at UWindsor.
from. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS citizens. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS injured. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS METRO
The Quebec government be-
lieves it has found a way to
not run afoul of Ottawa after
a legal panel recommended
that terminally ill patients
have the right to die. Veronique Hivon THE CANADIAN PRESS
Provincial junior health
minister Veronique Hivon woman for federal Justice
said Tuesday the panel deter- Minister Rob Nicholson, said
mined that provinces have Tuesday the government’s
the jurisdiction to legislate position remains the same.
in matters of health and that “This is a painful and
the future legislation would divisive issue that has been
clarify how acts to end a life thoroughly debated in Parlia-
wouldn’t be considered sui- ment,” she said. “We respect
cide. Parliament’s decision.”
Euthanasia and assisted Hivon said the Quebec
suicide are illegal in Canada government can now pass
under the Criminal Code. a law with strict guidelines
Julie Di Mambro, a spokes- that will respect the wishes
of the dying to shorten their
Background suffering and provide doctors
with a clear legal framework.
Under the recommenda-
Canadians have grappled tions, patients themselves
with the right to die for would have to make the re-
nearly two decades. quest to a doctor on the basis
of unbearable physical or
(cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:305)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:561)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:209)- psychological suffering. Two
tions follow a landmark physicians would have to ap-
report from last March. prove the written request.
The Quebec panel, which
(cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:39)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:628)(cid:636)(cid:636)(cid:629)(cid:550)(cid:3)assisted suicide was headed by lawyer Jean- Apartment for sale: Open concept, close to public transit
hit the national radar Pierre Menard, said people
when Sue Rodriguez, a suffering from an incur-
B.C. woman, fought all able or degenerative illness Emergency services attend the scene after a derailed train crashed into the side of an apartment building in Saltsjobaden, outside Stockholm, Tuesday. A
the way to the Supreme should be allowed to ask for woman in her early 20s allegedly obtained the keys, stole the train and drove it about 1.6 kilometres to the end station on the railway line, where it jumped
Court for the right to kill medical assistance to help off the tracks, careened for about 25 metres and crashed into a three-storey building. She was the only one injured in the incident. The motives of the
herself. She did in 1994. them die. woman, who worked for a company contracted to carry out cleaning for the train operator, were not immediately clear. JONAS EKSTRÖMER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
First Nations. Taxpayers Fear of children. Former Canada vs. U.S. Flu shot
federation recommends teacher sues her school more effective south of
throwing out Indian Act district over rare phobia the border, data reveals
An influential lobby group rie director. A former teacher is suing the district’s attorney, said Wal- New data suggests that Can- Skowronski, who is with
says Ottawa needs to ditch “We need a new approach, U.S. school district where she therr-Willard was transferred adians who got a flu shot the British Columbia Cen-
the Indian Act and give First one that treats all Canadians used to work, saying adminis- because the French program this year cut their risk of tre for Disease Control, says
Nations more control over the same and connects aborig- trators discriminated against at her school was being turned getting sick enough to re- while the protection isn’t as
their land to end aboriginal inal people with jobs and op- her because she has a rare pho- into an online one and that the quire medical care by about high as public health would
poverty. portunities.” bia: A fear of young children. other school needed a Spanish half. like, it’s still significant.
The Canadian Taxpay- That means Ottawa should Maria Waltherr-Willard, teacher. That’s slightly lower The Canadian estimate is
ers Federation made many get rid of legislation such as 61, had been teaching Span- Patrick McGrath, a clinical than the estimate that the based on data from several
enemies among First Nations the Indian Act, parts of the ish and French to teenagers in psychologist and director of U.S. Centers for Disease hundred family doctors in
leaders when it published a Criminal Code that allow for Ohio since 1976. the Center for Anxiety and Ob- Control released late last Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba,
list of high salaries going to reduced sentences, as well as Waltherr-Willard was sessive Compulsive Disorders week. Alberta and British Colum-
chiefs and pushed for legisla- arts grants for aboriginals — transferred to a school with near Chicago, said he has treat- In the U.S., the CDC said bia.
tive changes. while respecting treaties and younger students in 2009. She ed patients who fear children this year’s flu vaccine re- The U.S. overall figure
Now the group says the the Constitution, he said. says the kids there triggered and that anyone can be afraid duces the risk by 62 per was brought up by the fact
key to eliminating the cycle The federation also says her phobia, forcing her to re- of anything. cent overall and by 55 per that the vaccine effective-
of poverty on reserves is for band members should be tire. “A lot of people will look at cent against influenza A ness estimate for the influ-
Ottawa to treat First Nations able to own their homes, and Her lawsuit says her fear of something someone’s afraid of viruses. enza B component of the
people like everyone else. develop, lease or sell their re- young children falls under the and say, ‘There is no rational Dr. Danuta Skowronski, vaccine was 70 per cent.
“For the sake of kids liv- serve land without Ottawa’s federal American with Disabil- reason to be afraid of that,’” he who led the Canadian study, But in Canada the sur-
ing in poverty on too many permission. ities Act and that the district said. “But anxiety disorders are says the cross-border differ- veillance network hasn’t
reserves, we don’t need an- The group is also proposing violated it by transferring her emotion-based.... We’ve had ence relates to the fact that seen enough influenza B
other decade with more social a pilot project that would see and not letting her go back to mothers who wouldn’t touch in Canada, most infections cases to generate a reliable
programs and tinkering,” said funding go directly to band her former school. their children after they’re this year are caused by the effectiveness estimate for it
Colin Craig, the group’s Prai- members. THE CANADIAN PRESS Gary Winters, the school born.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS influenza A subtype H3N2. yet. THE CANADIAN PRESS
metronews.ca BUSINESS 05
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Wal-Mart pledges to hire U.S. veterans
Patriotic push. Retailer The plan includes hiring low-paying jobs and not buy-
more than 100,000 army vet- 1By0 the n.um8bers% ing more from U.S. manufac-
waves flag as it tries to erans in the next five years, turers, said its plan will high-
rebound from recent spending $50 billion US to buy light the career opportunities
more American-made mer- in the retail industry.
blows to reputation
chandise in the next 10 years “We’ve developed a nation-
The unemployment rate for U.S. veterans
and helping its part-time work- al paralysis that’s driven by all
who served in Iraq or Afghanistan stood
ers move into full-time pos- at 10.8 per cent in December, versus the of us waiting for someone else
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the itions sooner. overall unemployment rate of 7.8 per cent. to do something,” Bill Simon,
world’s largest retailer and the The move comes as Wal- president and CEO of Wal-
biggest U.S. private employer Mart’s attempts to rebound Mart’s U.S. business, said at an
with 1.4 million workers, said from blows to its reputation in a Bangladesh factory that sup- annual retail industry conven-
A woman approaches a Walmart store in Valley Stream, N.Y., in this 2011 file Tuesday it is rolling out a three- recent months from an alleged plies clothes to the company. tion in New York on Tuesday
photo. The retailer said it plans to hire every U.S. veteran who wants a job and has part plan to help jump-start bribery scandal in Mexico and Wal-Mart, which often has morning.
been honourably discharged in the first 12 months of active duty. GETTY IMAGES FILE America’s sluggish economy. a deadly fire in November at been criticized for offering THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Social media. Facebook
unveils ‘graph search’
Facebook CEO Mark Zucker- Competitive move
berg introduced a new search
feature on Tuesday in the com-
pany’s first staged event at its (cid:580)(cid:3) Graph search escalates
Menlo Park, Calif., headquar- an already fierce duel
ters since its May initial public between Google and
offering. Facebook.(cid:3)Although
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in Paris or search for the favour-
ite TV shows of all their friends Zuckerberg says the search
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
THE SWEETNESS
Hands up if you’re the cutest!
OF A GOOD BOOK
When you’re a reader, there’s High five!
JUST nothing like finding a new ser-
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metronews.ca It’s even better when, by the
time you stumble upon it, there says hello to world
is already a bunch written that
you can plow through with relish. It appears this baby panda
That’s what happened with A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of was born for the limelight
Thrones), George R.R. Martin’s wildly fascinating sword-and- as he smiles and waves ador-
sorcery epic. I got to it as Volume 3, A Storm of Swords, was ably in front of the camera.
released. As each book is well over 1,000 pages, I had at least The 37-day-old cub seemed to
three weeks of uninterrupted delight. enjoy his photo shoot after
But then, I had to wait along with all the other geeks for he was weighed, measured
Martin to continue the agonizingly slow process of churning and fed by medics. This
out Nos. 4 and 5. Still to come, Nos. 6 and 7, and who knows charming image was taken
when they’ll be ready? Martin has apparently never met a book at Wolong National Nature
tour, fantasy conference or editing project he can resist. With Reserve’s giant panda con-
any luck, we’ll both be around for The End, but the odds are servation centre in Sichuan,
growing increasingly long … or is that short? China. METRO
Which is why, if you
haven’t encountered Flavia de Photographer’s view
About the author Luce until now, this is your
lucky day. You have something
He retired to Kelowna, “I think the
to do while waiting for Mar-
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to go gently, etc., when Flavia de Luce is an looking
11-year-old girl who lives in
a cataclysmic 2003 cute at
a rundown manor house in
forest fire that nearly the English village of Bishop’s about four
engulfed his house Lacey in 1950. She solves weeks when they are
murders, assisted by a fully
caused him to unmistakably baby
stocked chemistry lab left by
re-examine his scorched her uncle, her bicycle Gladys, pandas. At that age,
priorities and start and an 11-year-old’s still-fresh they are roly-poly balls
curiosity.
writing like an of black and white.”
Yeah, I know. But, world of
11-year-old girl. wonders, these books, starting Dr. Katherine Feng,
with The Sweetness at the veterinarian/photographer
Bottom of the Pie, currently culminating in Volume 4, I Am
Half-Sick of Shadows, are good. Fancy dress for good
Better than good.
Even crazier? They are written by a 74-year-old Canadian
Staff wear
man, Alan Bradley, originally from Cobourg, Ont., who spent
25 years as a director of TV engineering at the University of panda costumes
Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. He retired to Kelowna, B.C., where
he expected to go gently, etc., when a cataclysmic 2003 forest Wolong made news in 2010
fire that nearly engulfed his house caused him to re-examine after staff decided to don
his scorched priorities and start writing like an 11-year-old girl. furry panda costumes.
He’d never even been to England until 2007, when he went “We came up with
to pick up the first of Flavia’s multitude of awards, but that the idea because captive
didn’t prevent him from nailing the Agatha Christie English- pandas are too familiar
village murder mystery. with people. But by rearing
Of course, there aren’t a lot of 74-year-old men who can them using panda suits, the
write like an 11-year-old girl, but Bradley seems to have little baby panda would grow up
trouble channelling his inner Flavia, who is by turns funny, never seeing any people,”
solemn, wise, petulant, insightful, kind and, above all, curious. researcher Huang Yan said.
The kind of curious that killed the cat, essential in a murder This way, Yan hopes,
mystery. pandas who will return to
Hermione Granger meets Sherlock Holmes. the wild won’t be too de-
The good news gets even better. Unlike George R.R. Martin, pendent on humans. METRO
Bradley has discipline and reliably finishes one of his novels a KATHERINE FENG/MINDEN PICTURES/SOLENT
year. The next one is due, according to Amazon, in two weeks.
Another volume in the series of 10 (say it ain’t so!) arrives in
early 2014. Twitter
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
In Focus
Taking a
Stand on
drug movies
IN
FOCUS
Richard Crouse
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S
This weekend Arnold
Schwarzenegger takes on
his first lead role in 10
years. In the Last Stand C
he’s Sheriff Ray Owens, a
rootin’, tootin’ small town
lawman who battles a
Mexican drug cartel.
It’s the first time Arnold E
has fought drug lords, but
Hollywood often looks to
the cartels for a supply of
bad guys.
As recently as last year N
Oliver Stone cast Salma
Hayek as the ruthless car- C Mama ish an upcomiingl horrdor fi lm dhirected byo Andreso Muschiedtti starri ng tJessicra Chaastain. HuANDOUT ma at
tel leader in Savages, aided
and abetted by Benicio Del
Toro as her henchman.
There are also rumours E
that Scarface, the legendar-
ily violent Al Pacino movie root of Del Toro’s Mama
about a Cuban immigrant
who takes over the south
Florida drug trade, is about
to be remade and relocated
to the world of Mexican
drug cartels.
The Johnny Depp movie
Blow was actually renamed Interview. Producer Quote at the concept of burning in of form, function and story.”
Cartel in some markets. hell, or the concept of pur- Muschietti is just the latest
Based on the book Blow: talks about why his gatory and original sin. Mex- director to be discovered and
“There is a fi lmmaker
How a Small Town Boy fi lms are so dark, ican Catholicism is very, very mentored by Del Toro, who
Made $100 Million with in that short. Very often brutal and very, very gory. himself was given a helping
and turning a short
the Medellín Cocaine you see shorts that are That all affected me.” hand by people like James
Cartel and Lost It All, Depp fi lm into a full-length Mama, his latest producor- Cameron.
glossy but have very
plays George Jung, the ial effort, is a spooky tale of “I’ve been very, very bless-
man who launched the Hollywood horror little to say.” two abandoned girls raised ed by finding good people
American cocaine market by a supernatural nanny. who believed in me at the
Guillermo Del Toro
in the 1970s. RICHARD Talking about the fi lm that inspired Mama. Del Toro came to the story right time. Obviously I try
Finally, Colombiana after seeing a three-minute and pay it forward. Right now
CROUSE
is another cartel revenge short film by director Andrés I’m 48-years-old and have
flick. Zoe Saldana is [email protected] relationship with the hor- Muschietti. been doing this for 30-some-
Cataleya Restrepo, who When I ask Guillermo Del ror of Catholic guilt and the “The short is brilliant,” thing years, 20 directing. I’ve
as a 10-year-old saw her Toro why his films often fea- dogma. My grandmother was he says. “Atmospheric and been able to produce close to
parents killed by a Bogota ture kids as main characters like Piper Laurie in Carrie. I creepy. You can see a story- 20 movies between Mexico
drug lord. his answer is upfront, open was like a chubby version of telling will. You can see a and America and Spain and
Instead of calling the and a little surprising. Carrie. It was very difficult for voice. There is a filmmaker in I would say in 99 per cent of
police she instead becomes “I had a horrible child- me to get over that. that short. the cases it has been really,
an assassin who vows to hood, emotionally,” says the “I jokingly say I spent 40 “Very often you see shorts really beautiful. A couple of
avenge her family’s deaths. director of The Devil’s Back- years trying to recuperate that are glossy but have very cases it has been hard or the
Her journey starts with bone and Pan’s Labyrinth. “I from the first eight, but to a little to say. Or they’re really movie has been disappoint-
10 words: “I want to be a was not a child who was beat- degree it is true. I really suf- intense and interesting but ing but Mama is one of the
killer. Can you help me?” en or locked in a closet, but fered intensely in the first 10 they are badly done. But this good ones I am really proud
I really have a very intense years of my life. I would cry short had the perfect balance of.”
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
METRO DISH
OUR TAKE ON THE WORLD OF CELEBRITIES
The Word
Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper
Couple’s romance only on
screen, says Cooper
Oscar nominees Bradley about the prospect of him
Cooper and Jennifer Law- and Lawrence together. “No,
rence fall for each other in no, no, no, no. Not even
Silver Linings Playbook, but close. First of all, I could be
Cooper wants to quash any her father. No, I’m kidding.
rumours of the recently sin- But no, not even close.”
gle stars dating in real life. Lawrence, for her part, isn’t
“I love her to death. She’s offended, responding to
amazing, but no,” Cooper his statement with, “True. I Spears’ father out, and in the fragile state
tells Entertainment Tonight agree. I concur.” that Britney is in, it’s not
arranged split like he could have a ration-
Lindsay Lohan
al conversation with her
with ex-fiancé? about it, so it was really be- Lohan still owes $300K
tween him and Jamie. Brit-
ney was left out of every- to former attorney
Britney Spears reportedly thing and really didn’t even
had nothing to do with know what was going on.”
her breakup with ex-fiancé The biggest surprise,
Jason Trawick, as the split though, is exactly how in Lindsay Lohan recently to cops, in connection
Need some help getting motivated to be active? was orchestrated by Tra- the dark Spears apparently parted ways with her with her car accident in
wick and Spears’ father, is about her personal life. long-suffering attorney, Santa Monica last summer.
My adorable face will wake you up & get you Jamie Spears, who still has “Jason and Jamie wanted Shawn Holley, but appar- Shawn has kept Lindsay
legal control of her person- to make sure that Britney ently there’s still some un- out of jail for over five
energized for a great day together! al life and finances, accord- didn’t lose it, so they had to finished business between years now and she has no
ing to Radar Online. water things down for her them. idea how good she has
I know a great dog
“It really wasn’t Brit- a bit,” the source says. “She “Lindsay owes Shawn had it. Shawn is extremely
park I’d be happy ney’s decision to announce still hasn’t exactly grasped more than $300,000 in respected by judges and
the split last week, it was yet that the relationship is legal fees and she hasn’t prosecutors and that has
to take you to! Jamie who made the call,” a totally over.” made any payments in benefited Lindsay greatly.
source says. “Jason wanted METRO WORLD NEWS over six months,” a source Lindsay’s new criminal
tells Radar Online. “Lind- attorney, Mark Heller, isn’t
say hadn’t paid anything even based in Los Angeles
Come meet me at for any of the work Shawn and certainly doesn’t have
The Saskatoon SPCA. has done on her three new the revered reputation that
criminal charges of lying Shawn does.”
Ask for Meeko.
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metronews.ca TRAVEL 09
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Lost and Lord of the Rings star Dominic Monaghan gets wild this year on OLN’s new series Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan, which
premieres Monday. Metro picked Monaghan’s brain on his favourite escapes.
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spots that “Some of my happiest times travelling
“Ecuador is a pretty beautiful part of the around have been exploring the south islands
world, but I quickly get out of any cities, of New Zealand. New Zealand is obviously
like Quito and make a full-day journey into a very modernized country but the south
the jungle, which is a drive to a boat, then a drive islands have some pockets that have kept
boat to a car, then a car to another boat and their natural beauty. My favourite way to
then finally ending up at this place called experience that is to just rent a car and take
the Tiputini Research Centre, which is one a ferry from Picton on the southern point of
Dominic
of the places I based myself out of when I the north island and get dropped off at the
was making Wild Things. It’s an extremely northern point of the south island and then
remote, extremely isolated research centre just drive down to Queenstown over the
in the middle of the rainforest. It doesn’t Monaghan coast for maybe three or four days, stopping
even appear on the map. If you want to in different places. It’s a wild and blustery
experience what it’s like to be out in the kind of place. You can see a lot of the places
middle of nowhere surrounded by one where we filmed sequences in Lord of the
wild
of the most wild and unforgiving natural Rings. New Zealand is called the land of the
environments in the world, that’s a pretty long white cloud. It’s just a really beautiful
good kicking off place.” place to go to.”
Ho Chi Minh
City, Vietnam
“I really like Ho
Chi Minh City in
Vietnam. It’s a
very, very busy,
crazy city with a
lot of influences
from many parts The islands of Thailand
of the world. The ALL PHOTOS ISTOCK EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED
French influence Berlin
can be felt and Thailand and Cambodia have a “Some of the islands up the coast of
bit of an influence here. It’s just one of those Thailand are pretty beautiful, like Ko “I go to Berlin a lot. It’s not the most
cities where it gets busier and busier as the Tao and Ko Samui. I really like going to exotic of locations in the world in
night gets on. Once the sun goes down the a place called Krabi. They are pretty ex- terms of jungles and crazy animals,
city really comes to life with a lot of noise and perienced with stuff like scuba diving but I was born in Berlin. It’s a really
a lot of really interesting food you can buy on and snorkelling and any kind of water interesting city, great architecture.
the street and friendly people and cool things activity you might want to do. There It’s got nice food. German food is a
to check out. There’s a lot of people watch- are amazing people in Thailand, really little heavy, but it’s very tasty. They
ing, going to squares and seeing some of the fantastic food, it’s a great escape.” also do a pretty good line in beer.”
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PUNTA CANA $859 + 384.25 taxes APR 2013 - MAR 2014 DEPARTURES
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Grand Bahia Principe Coba 4½* 7nts (cid:115)(cid:0) (cid:53)(cid:83)(cid:69)(cid:0)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:0)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:79)(cid:82)(cid:75)(cid:69)(cid:76)(cid:73)(cid:78)(cid:71)(cid:0)(cid:71)(cid:69)(cid:65)(cid:82)
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10 TRAVEL metronews.ca
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Jasper heats up for
annual winter festival
Jumping January. strapping on snowshoes sur- If you go...
rounded by majestic moun-
Two-week event
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has mountain town inside a pub while sipping (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:47)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:47)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:305)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:317)(cid:553) Event
hosting outdoor a pint of beer, even sporting runs through Jan. 27.
a Speedo while leaping into
adventures, contests an icy lake. (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:21)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:296)(cid:553) Most hotels are
and a chili cook-off “It’s rejuvenating,” says offering hot deals during
Peter Scott, a local electri- the festival and Marmot
cian who plans to partici- Basin is also giving
pate in his fourth Polar Bear discounts on its ski lift
It’s like a big small-town Dip this Sunday. tickets.
party in the mountains. Nestled in the Rocky
Jasper in January is an Mountains, Jasper is about a (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:34)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:553)
annual festival scheduled 3 1/2-hour drive west of Ed- Including a full calendar
smack-dab in the middle monton. To many, it’s con- of events, check out
of winter for those brave sidered Banff’s little sister. jasperinjanuary.com.
enough to celebrate the cold But that’s not necessarily
instead of running off to the a bad thing. While Banff is
beaches of Mexico. crowded and commercial,
“We don’t all have to Jasper is quiet and laid- ice skating on a frozen pond
hibernate throughout the back. to noshing on some home-
winter,” says Mary Darling, a History shows Jasper was made chili.
spokeswoman with Tourism a place where people lived In fact, the chili cook-off
Jasper. “There’s still things before it became a travel this Friday night is the only
you can do.” destination. It was settled event that has carried on
Family fun, evening en- as a fur trading post, then each year since the festival
tertainment and outdoor designated a national park started 24 years ago. Would-
adventures — many of them in 1907. be chefs team up and mix
free — take place daily The addition of hotels, pots of chili at the local
over two weeks, bringing spas and five-star restau- activity centre, creating
the town of 5,000 to nearly rants hasn’t dampened its more than a dozen flavours
double its size. cosy and comfortable feel. that anyone can buy and
Picture it: making gooey And Jasper in January cap- sample.
s’mores over an outdoor fire, tures that allure, right from THE CANADIAN PRESS A chili cook-off has been a staple of Jasper in January for 24 years. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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