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Flu is set to open more throughout encing an outbreak of H1N1, numbers in Saskatoon that province in the coming it has extended time slots for weeks. immunization appointments Health Region normal, Alberta media are reporting at public health clinics for the offi cials say that two people there have died next two weeks to meet an in- recently as a result of the H1N1 crease in demand for the flu virus. vaccine. MORGAN MODJESKI Not everyone getting tested [email protected] “The lab reports that we get, it actually only As Alberta opens mass immunization clinics to curb an represents the tip of the iceberg.” outbreak of H1N1 influenza, Shovita Padhi, deputy medical offi cer with the Saskatoon Health Region health-care officials in Saskatch- ewan are keeping a close watch on their provincial neighbour. Padhi said although the out- “At this point in time, “In the public health world, break in Alberta is a concern, there’s no need to open these we’re always looking around flu numbers in the SHR are mass immunization clinics,” to our neighbours … the rest normal with an average of 10 she said. of the country and the world H1N1 patients a day. She noted, “But if our numbers were to even, as to what diseases are though, that there could be rise and our hospitals were to lurking and what the numbers many more. be overrun with flu cases, we are like,” Shovita Padhi, deputy “The lab reports that we get, would most definitely consider medical officer with the Saska- it actually only represents the that.” JUNIORS KNOCK OFF SWISS toon Health Region (SHR), told tip of the iceberg,” Padhi said. The Regina Qu’Appelle Metro on Thursday. “Those are the people who Health Region declined to com- Late last week, Alberta are so sick that they actually ment on Thursday. Health Services opened four had to present for medical Saskatchewan’s Ministry Team Canada goaltender Zachary Fucale celebrates with forward Charles Hudon after defeating mass immunization clinics in attention. But you have the of Health is compiling infor- Switzerland 4-1 in quarter-fi nal action at the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Malmo, Calgary, Edmonton, Grande people — usually more of the mation on the flu season and Sweden, on Thursday. Story, page 13.FRANK GUNN/THE CANADIAN PRESS Prairie and Slave Lake as a re- younger, healthier people — H1N1, and will provide an up- sult of more than 600 cases of who also have the flu, but date for the public on Friday. 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Damages sought The conflict is over legisla- $17B tion that removed the wheat board’s marketing monopoly on western wheat and barley E sales. The Canadian Wheat Board supporters are Board supporters are seek- seeking $17 billion in damages. ing $17 billion in damages. In November, a Federal Court justice struck down Board supporters argued N parts of the lawsuit that al- that they had a proprietary leged expropriation and interest in the assets. interference with economic On the expropriation relations. issue, Justice Daniele Trem- Federal Agriculture Minis- blay-Lamer ruled there had ter Gerry Ritz has said the rul- been no transfer of property. ing underscored the right of “The loss of a single desk western Canadian farmers to due to the change in the regu- market their own grain. latory scheme is not enough Stewart Wells, chairman in itself to claim a loss of a of Friends of the Canadian property interest,” she wrote Wheat Board, says the ap- in the decision. peal will seek to have all the She also dismissed allega- claims reinstated in the suit. tions that the government “We are appealing (the) interfered with the best eco- ruling to the extent that we nomic way of securing farm- want to, of course, go ahead ers a premium price for their The Canadian Wheat Board offi ce in Winnipeg on Thursday. The lawsuit is over legislation that removed the board’s with all of the class action we grain. CKRM/THE CANADIAN PRESS marketing monopoly on western wheat and barley sales. SHANE GIBSON/METRO IN WINNIPEG Trial over mother’s murder delayed A man charged in the death Year’s Eve with second-degree on him or his family,” she said. “We didn’t even have of a young Regina mother has murder. “He has a mom, I’m sure; Christmas because my baby Presence had his case held over until Goforth’s mother, Maxine, he has family. I don’t wish wasn’t here with us. She was “I wanted to see his next week. was in court, as were other harm on anybody. My baby girl my pillar, she was my strength Kelly Nicole Goforth, 21, family members and some wouldn’t want that either.” — the one I would turn to in face, to see if he looked was found dead in a Regina al- First Nations leaders. Christmas Day marked times like this.... Now I can go at me. He didn’t.” ley on Sept. 25. “I wanted to see his face, exactly three months since to my baby’s grave and tell her Clayton Bo Eichler, 32, was to see if he looked at me. He Kelly’s body was found. Maxine she can rest now.” Maxine, mother of victim Kelly Nicole Goforth, on the accused at court. arrested and charged on New didn’t. But I don’t wish harm said it was a difficult day. 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No purchase necessary. Terms & conditions apply. For full contest details and conditions, visit clubmetro.com metronews.ca NEWS 03 WEEKEND, January 3-5, 2014 Sask. Olympian not worried despite suicide bombings Sochi safety. Russia fear amongst Russian cit- izens roughly five weeks has been reeling after before the Games. 34 people were killed But Coakwell, a brake- in two separate attacks man for one of three bobsleigh teams participating in the upcoming Games, said he’s confident the Can- MORGAN adian Olympic Committee MODJESKI will ensure the safety of all [email protected] of Canada’s competing athletes. Saskatchewan Olympian “They’re doing every- Ben Coakwell says he’s not thing they can to make concerned for his safety at sure things are going to be the upcoming Sochi 2014 safe, and they really try to Winter Olympics, despite keep us out of that and let two recent suicide bomb- us focus on our job once we ings in Russia. get to the Games, which is The bombings occurred winning medals for Can- just a day apart at a train ada,” said Coakwell in a station and on a trolleybus phone interview from Ger- in the Russian city of Vol- many on Thursday. gograd, killing 34 and hos- When asked if the at- pitalizing 65. The incidents tacks have impacted his have caused widespread preparation for the upcoming Games, he said he’s been trained to focus on the goal at hand. “Most of us are elite athletes — we’ve been doing sports for quite a long time and, you know, we’ve trained to just focus on our sports,” he said. “That’s something we’ve trained for our whole lives, so it doesn’t become much of an issue.” A statement from COC president Marcel Aubut said the organization will Chris Spring, Jesse Lumsden, Cody Sorensen and Ben Coakwell of Canada compete in the men’s four-man bobsleigh first run during the 2013 IBSF World Cup work closely with the Rus- race Nov. 30 in Calgary. Coakwell says despite recent violence in Russia, his focus is on the goal at hand — to medal for Canada. TODD KOROL/GETTY IMAGES sian Olympic Committee and offered condolences to violence occur in one part tasked with ensuring a safe Coakwell said he’s excited reason I’ve been an athlete the host nation, saying the of the world, we are all af- Olympic Games for the for the opportunity to rep- my whole life and it’s a Canadian Olympic family is fected,” the statement said. world’s athletes, coaches resent his province and his chance to showcase what I “deeply saddened” by the “We offer our full sup- and visitors,” country on the global stage. have.” attacks. port to the Russian Olym- Participating in his first “This is what I do it for,” The Sochi Olympics start Ben Coakwell COURTESY JOSH SCHAEFER “When inhuman acts of pic Committee and those Olympic games at Sochi, he said. “This is the whole Feb. 7. 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Another oil Thursday’s safety alert was to know the volatility of the more volatile than the portation warns the public, The oil boom in the Bak- train derailed and exploded in partly due to results of oil so that it can be properly emergency responders and ken has reduced the nation’s Alabama in November, killing preliminary tests on Bakken handled during shipping. traditional variety shippers about the potential reliance on imported oil and no one but releasing an esti- oil to determine just how The issue of volatility is high volatility of the crude brought thousands of jobs to mated 749,000 gallons of oil dangerous it is, said Jeannie of particular importance for being shipped from the Bak- the region. But as compan- from 26 tanker cars. Shiffer with the U.S. Depart- emergency responders who Following a string of explo- ken oil shale patch in Mon- ies have increasingly relied The amount of oil moved ment of Transportation’s have to deal with accidents sive accidents, federal offi- tana and North Dakota. on trains to get that oil to by rail has spiked since 2009, Pipeline and Hazardous like the one in Casselton, cials said Thursday that crude The warning comes after lucrative coastal markets, from just more than 10,000 Materials Safety Administra- said Fred Millar, a rail safety oil being shipped by rail from the massive explosion caused public safety in communities tanker cars to a projected tion. consultant in Virginia. the Northern Plains across by an oil train derailment on bisected by rail lines has be- 400,000 cars in 2013. Shiffer said it is important THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the U.S. and Canada may be Monday near Casselton, N.D. come a major concern. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS H1N1. Young parents embracing flu shot: Poll Increasing numbers of adults in their child-rearing years are becoming convinced that getting a flu shot for themselves and their children is a good idea, a new poll suggests. The Harris/Decima poll, done for The Canadian Press, found that those aged 18 to 34 and those with children in their households were the two demo- Those aged 18 to 34, and those with graphics that had the highest children in their households, are rates of flu-shot converts than the leading flu shot converts. any other. COLIN MCCONNELL/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE “What appears to be oc- curring is that over the years bia Centre for Disease Control younger Canadians and par- suggests children under five are ents are particularly becoming the most vulnerable segment of more convinced that they will the population when it comes do it (get a flu shot) in the com- to this family of flu viruses. ing year if they haven’t done it Less than 20 per cent of chil- very often in the past five,” said dren under age five have anti- Doug Anderson, senior vice- bodies to H1N1 viruses. That’s president for public affairs for not really a surprise; they Ford more years for Toronto’s troubled, yet defiant mayor? the polling firm. would have been born after the With this year’s flu season 2009 pandemic that brought shaping up to be an H1N1 year, the H1N1 virus into the mix of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford officially shows his passport to a city clerk Thursday, as he registered as a candidate for the city’s 2014 municipal election in Oc- that’s a good thing. flu viruses that circulate during tober. Toronto’s troubled yet defiant mayor isn’t allowing months of scandal to stop him from entering what’s likely to be the most watched municipal Newly released data from re- the Northern Hemisphere win- race in the city’s history. Rob Ford was first in line at city hall to sign up for the Oct. 27 mayoral election when the nomination period opened Thursday. searchers at the British Colum- ter. THE CANADIAN PRESS He expressed confidence that he’ll win “Ford More Years” in the top job, despite admitting to using crack cocaine in a “drunken stupor” and making a crude sexual comment on live TV, among other cringe-worthy incidents that have garnered international attention and made him the butt of jokes on late-night shows. VICTOR BIRO/THE CANADIAN PRESS Stafford slaying. Rafferty turned down for legal aid J.K. Rowling Synthetic marijuana which represents Rowling — sold synthetic marijuana for appeal of conviction told a friend of his wife that and shipped it across the Lawyer fined for Breaking Bad the Harry Potter creator was U.S. from his home with two spilling author’s author of The Cuckoo’s Call- contest winner other men. He was arrested ing, published last year under on New Year’s Eve. Ontario’s Ministry of the Attor- Rosenberg had ruled the case is secret identity charged for drug op the name Robert Galbraith. Authorities seized more ney General will be picking up too complex for someone with The friend tweeted the infor- than $1 million US in the tab for an appeal attempt a Grade 9 education in segrega- A lawyer who let slip J.K. mation, and it was followed Authorities say a Florida man synthetic marijuana during by the man convicted of killing tion and with no access to a law Rowling’s secret thriller- up by the Sunday Times. who won a contest to watch a bust. eight-year-old Victoria Stafford. library to handle on his own. writer identity has been fined The law firm apologized the series finale of Breaking According to deputies, the Michael Rafferty’s lawyer Rafferty had been turned 1,000 pounds ($1,645 US) for and paid damages to Rowling Bad with the cast has been suspects used a cement mixer says he has again been turned down four times by Legal Aid breaching client confidential- for the leak. charged with running a drug to create the drugs. The drugs down for funding from Legal since his convictions in May ity rules. Sales of the book rocketed distribution operation. were shipped through the Aid Ontario after a judge or- 2012 for first-degree murder, Chris Gossage of London after Rowling was outed as its The Lee County Sheriff’s U.S. Postal Service. dered last month that it recon- sexual assault causing bodily law firm Russells Solicitors — author. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Office says Ryan Lee Carroll THE ASSOCIATED PRESS sider Rafferty’s case. harm and kidnapping in Tori’s Appeal Court Justice Marc death. THE CANADIAN PRESS metronews.ca NEWS 05 WEEKEND, January 3-5, 2014 Former Israeli PM Syria. Russia, China to add security for chemical in critical condition weapons removal plan A spokesman for the joint ordinating closely with it. Danish-Norwegian oper- Cyprus’ defence ministry ation tasked with ferrying on Wednesday identified Syria’s chemical weapons the Chinese warship as the ‘Turn for the worse.’ the doctors treating him and out of the strife-torn coun- Yan Cheng. also that of the family with Doctors say Ariel try says warships from Rus- Kvarving said two cargo him is that there is a turn for sia and China will provide ships and their warship Sharon, who has been the worse.” additional security on the escorts will set sail Thurs- Sharon’s family is at his in a coma for eight transport leg of the oper- day from the Cypriot port bedside, Rotstein said. ation. of Limassol to waters near years, is clinging to life The 85-year-old Sharon, Maj. Eystein Kvarving Syria where they will wait one of Israel’s most iconic says the Russian missile for orders on when they and controversial figures, cruiser Peter the Great and can head to the Syrian port has been in a coma since a Chinese frigate won’t be of Latakia to pick up more Former Israeli Prime Min- suffering a devastating under Danish-Norwegian than 1,000 tons of chemical ister Ariel Sharon, who has stroke in January 2006. At command, but will be co- agents. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS been in a coma for eight the time, he was prime min- years, was in critical condi- ister and at the height of his tion on Thursday, clinging political power. to life after a decline in the Sharon’s career has functioning of various bodily stretched across Israel’s 65- organs, his doctors said. year history. Dr. Zeev Rotstein, direc- As one of Israel’s most tor of Tel Hashomer hospital, famous generals, Sharon was said Sharon’s condition had known for bold tactics and deteriorated over the past an occasional refusal to obey two days and that a number orders. As a politician he be- of vital organs, including his came known as “the bulldoz- kidneys, were suffering from er” — a man contemptuous “critical malfunction.” of his critics while also ca- “He is in critical condition pable of getting things done. and his life is definitely in A prominent hard-line danger,” Rotstein told repor- voice over the decades, he In Portsmouth, Va., media photograph one of two systems capable of neutralizing ters at the hospital, just out- was elected prime minister Former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon, seen here in 2004, has taken a turn for the worse, Syria’s chemical weapons aboard the MV Cape Ray. STEVE HELBER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS side Tel Aviv. “The feeling of in 2001. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the hospital treating him said. ODED BALILTY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Online extremists Briton, New Zealander found Prosecutors say LaRose’s ‘Jihad Jane’ could sentencing should serve as a deterrent to “other lonely, be sentenced to vulnerable people who might shot to death in western Libya life in prison be enticed by online extremists promising fame and honour.” U.S. federal prosecutors are LaRose and two others asking for a lengthy prison convicted in the plot, Jamie A British man and a New Zea- official said. Their belongings dition of anonymity because ing further information from sentence for a woman who Paulin-Ramirez and teenager land woman were found shot were not stolen and the mo- he was not authorized to the authorities.” She spoke called herself “Jihad Jane” Mohammad Hassan Khalid, to death in western Libya, a tive for their killing was un- speak to the press. He had no on condition of anonymity in online. face sentencing next week. Libyan security official said clear. additional details on the iden- line with official policy. Prosecutors say in court LaRose faces a maximum Thursday. The discovery comes less tity of the two. Two years after the 2011 papers that Colleen LaRose of life in prison. The others He said the two were both than a month after an Amer- In London, a Foreign Office toppling of dictator Moam- should spend decades behind could get up to 15 years in teachers in the capital Tripoli. ican teacher was killed in the spokeswoman said that diplo- mar Gadhafi, the central bars for plotting to kill a prison for conspiring to Their bodies were found next eastern city of Benghazi. The mats were aware of reports government is unable to con- Swedish cartoonist whose provide material aid to ter- to their luggage near an oil attackers have not been iden- that the bodies of two foreign trol unruly militias, some of work had offended Muslims. rorists. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and gas complex outside the tified. nationals had been found in which are Islamic hard-liners. western city of Sabratha, the The official spoke on con- Libya “and are urgently seek- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 06 NEWS metronews.ca WEEKEND, January 3-5, 2014 Chopper swoops in to rescue ice-trapped ship passengers Safe and sound. Three to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s Rescue icebreakers failed at Coordination Centre, which reaching ship trapped oversaw the rescue. At one point, the pas- in the Antarctic since sengers linked arms and Christmas Eve stomped out a landing site in the snow next to the Rus- sian ship for the helicopter, All 52 passengers trapped for which is based on a Chinese more than a week on an ice- icebreaker. bound Russian research ship The eagerly anticipated in the Antarctic were rescued rescue came after days of Thursday when a Chinese failed attempts to reach the helicopter swooped in and vessel, which was trapped plucked them from the ice a since Christmas Eve. dozen at a time. The passengers were in- The dramatic internation- stead flown to an ice floe next al rescue operation became to the Aurora and then taken possible once the weather by a small boat to the Aus- finally cleared. Blinding tralian ship, said expedition snow, strong winds, fog and leader Chris Turney. thick sea ice forced rescuers The icebreaker Aurora to turn back time and again. Australis will take the passen- The twin-rotor helicopter gers to the Australian island — its red and yellow colours state of Tasmania, a journey contrasting starkly against expected to last two weeks. the ice and snow — carried “I think everyone is re- the scientists and tourists lieved and excited to be go- from the Russian ship MV Ak- ing on to the Australian ice- ademik Shokalskiy to an Aus- breaker and then home,” said tralian icebreaker, according Turney. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Passengers from a ship trapped in the Antarctic since Christmas Eve prepare to board a Chinese helicopter Thursday. ZHANG JIANSONG/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/XINHUA Rwanda’s ex-spymaster found dead in Johannesburg The body of Rwanda’s for- government vehemently might have been strangled.” Previously mer spy chief was found, denies it has targeted dissi- She said a murder investiga- possibly strangled, in a ho- dents. tion has been opened in the tel in South Africa, police Karegeya’s body was dis- death of the 53-year-old who Rwanda’s president has also said Thursday. Rwandan dis- covered in a room at Johan- reportedly fled to South Af- been accused in: sidents accused President nesburg’s plush Michelangelo rica in 2007. Paul Kagame of ordering his Towers hotel on New Year’s Gunmen twice tried (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:628)(cid:636)(cid:636)(cid:633)(cid:3)(cid:266)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3) assassination. Day, and many questions re- to kill Kagame’s former (cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:229)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:3) The suspicious death of main unanswered in a coun- chief of army staff, Lt. Gen. (cid:78)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:56)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:220)(cid:255)(cid:550)(cid:3) Patrick Karegeya, a former try with a high crime rate. Kayumba Nyamwasa, while Kenya. Kagame ally who turned “He was found in the hotel he was living in exile in Jo- against him, follows a pat- room dead on the bed,” said hannesburg in 2010. Nyam- (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:628)(cid:636)(cid:636)(cid:635)(cid:3)(cid:266)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3) tern of assassinations or- a statement from South Afri- wasa told The Associated (cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:251)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3) dered by the Rwandan can police spokeswoman Lt. Press in 2012 that Kagame (cid:251)(cid:279)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:274)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:3) president, said Theogene Col. Katlego Mogale. “A towel has hunted him and other (cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:229)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:50)(cid:255)(cid:320)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:550)(cid:3) Rudasingwa of the oppos- with blood and a rope were dissidents around the world, (cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:296)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:56)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:220)(cid:255)(cid:553)(cid:3) (cid:3) Rwanda’s former spy chief, Patrick Karegeya, seen in an undated photo in Ki- ition coalition Rwanda Na- found in the hotel room safe. “using hired killer squads.” gali, was found dead in a Johannesburg hotel Thursday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE tional Congress. Kagame’s There is a possibility that he THE ASSOCIATED PRESS U.S. immigration NSA leaks Egypt’s turmoil Garcia to practise law despite The papers — both of links to al-Qaida-inspired Undocumented Newspapers call Cairo links his immigration status. which have played a role in militants. immigrant gets Garcia had challenged for clemency publishing Snowden’s intelli- ‘confession’ to In a news conference, the a 1996 federal law barring gence trove — suggested late interior minister aired the law licence for Snowden suicide bombing people living in the U.S. il- Wednesday that the former recording, said to be of Yahia legally from receiving profes- National Security Agency Mongi, son of a Brotherhood The California Supreme sional licences. The New York Times and contractor’s revelations about Egyptian authorities pro- lawmaker, in which he says Court granted a law licence He arrived in the U.S. Guardian newspapers have the United States’ world- duced on Thursday what he joined a militant group on Thursday to a man living illegally 20 years ago to pick called for clemency for spanning espionage program they said was a confession by that took responsibility for in the U.S. illegally who almonds with his father and Edward Snowden, saying that were of such public import- the son of a senior member a suicide bombing of a prov- graduated law school and worked at a grocery store and the espionage worker-turned- ance that they outweighed of the Muslim Brotherhood, incial security headquarters passed the state bar exam. in the fields while attending privacy advocate should be any possible wrongdoing. trying to bolster accusations last month, as well as other The decision allows Sergio school. 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Bynum’s propensity for off-court shenanigans clear vision of the coming year. 5Totally beliebable scenario. Justin Bieber will that lead to injury and his subsequent indifference will lead to his The good news is, 2014 will likely not be as pay German officials to retrieve his monkey, attempted strangling by team captain LeBron James during a na- crazy as its predecessor, but then again, if I am which will be trained to walk his new bulldog, tionally televised game. Bynum will sue for millions but will still your go-to psychic, then you’re screwed pick up its poop and fling it at unattractive or over- manage to be bankrupt by 2015. already. Here is what you can expect: weight fans. 9 Hollywood K.O. 2013 brought the Knockout Game into public 6 Bad girls going God. Miley Cyrus will make a consciousness. It involves one person sucker-punching an un- 1 ____ is the new ____. Orange is the new spiritual pilgrimage to the Middle East, where suspecting victim while another films it for public consumption black, 45 will be the new 30, cannabis will she will consume the unknown fruit of a mysteri- on YouTube. In 2014, the brutal pastime will spawn a new reality be the new tobacco, prescription A.D.D. meds THE METRO LIST ous tree that will cause her to feel modesty and series where each week, a different Hollywood celebrity will be will be the new crack, and all will serve as cri- cover her nakedness with a fig leaf and a fragment filmed sucker-punching Perez Hilton. teria for Toronto’s new mayoral candidates. Mike Benhaim of parchment. And army boots. 10 Sounds about right. Neither the Maple Leafs nor the Cana- 2 Why so secretive? Edward Snowden will metronews.ca 7 X-actly what we need. The X Factor USA judge diens will earn a playoff berth in 2014. This may not be a gain enough public support to be exoner- Paulina Rubio will leave the show to judge The revelation, but is more likely to come true than any of the above. ated for his alleged crimes, but will continue to find his friends a X Factor Mexico. She’ll be replaced by Nicki Minaj for a win-win little stand-offish. situation where Mexico gets a mentor whose insight can finally So, dear friends, remember to love like you’ve never been hurt and 3 Bad girls playing good. Lindsay Lohan makes a comeback, gen- be understood, and the American version maintains the deli- dance like no one’s watching, but if you actually catch someone erating Oscar buzz for her portrayal of a young Mother Teresa. cate balance of verbosely incoherent babbling. watching, put your clothes back on immediately. Happy new year! ZOOM Clickbait ANDREW FIFIELD [email protected] Martians-to-be shortlist announced Another iOS Kickstarter success story, Répub- lique arrived on the App Store to much fanfare before Christmas. A hugely ambitious episod- ic stealth-action adventure, wrestled down to iOS size, it puts you in the role of Hope as she is held captive in a building run by an unpleasant totalitarian government. Needless to say, her cap- tivity is short-lived. Controls tend to be the biggest obstacle cameras — once again with one-touch when it comes to shoving an action control. game onto an iOS device, but Répub- lique nimbly clears that hurdle with a simple one-touch interface. Navigating The beautiful animation and convin- Hope through each level begins and cing voice acting leaves little doubt that ends with a single touch wherever you developer Camouflaj is hoping to force want to place her. Of course, this a huge evolution in touchscreen being a stealth game, you’re equipped gaming, and the first instalment of with a tool that allows you to view République is a convincing case that COURTESY BRYAN VERSTEEG/MARS ONE your surroundings and their patrolling they’re onto something. enemies by hacking into security (iOS/$4.99) 75 Canucks make list Retirement years $1.5 billion a head whole other planet, I would be Since he was a young boy, so jazzed about being there.” $6B Twitter “I know I’d be the guinea eagerly devouring science The mission is being fi ction books, Stephen Fenech organized by Mars One, a pig.... And I know I’m @metropicks asked: The Bacon @Rob_Irvine_Jr: (cid:3)(cid:39)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:268)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:3) has dreamed of being an Dutch-based not-for-profi t. On taking a chance.... 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This week we gaze into our cinematic crystal balls and choose the fi lms we’re S looking forward to in the new year. C E N NOn tap for 2e014: Anowther RoboCo p reyboot. CONeTRIBUTEDar, new fi lms Reel Guys RICHARD E CROUSE AND MARK BRESLIN Lookahead. From ing Day director Antoine Brazil and continued with 12 like a Salvador Dali painting The Equalizer to 50 Fuqua seems like a good idea Monkeys. If that isn’t enough, come to life! Gilliam Rules! to me. it stars Christoph Waltz and But there are other things Shades of Grey, the Matt Damon. And did I men- I’m looking forward to, like Reel Guys make their Mark: Richard, I don’t know tion it sprung from the wild Maleficent. The creepy but the show but I do like Denzel, mind of Terry Gilliam? beautiful Sleeping Beauty vil- movie picks for 2014 I do like Fuqua and I do like lain is a role Angelina Jolie’s the concept. One movie I am MB: Reality check: Whose cheekbones were born to looking forward to is The last movie was the unwatch- play. If the movie is as cool Monuments Men with George able The Imaginarium of looking as the clips I’ve seen, Richard: Mark, years ago Clooney, Matt Damon and Doctor Parnassus. When Gil- I’ll go for the art direction I loved a show called The John Goodman as civilians liam stinks he stinks up the alone. Equalizer. It starred Edward pressed into battle during the whole room. Just saying.... Woodward as a private de- Second World War to save art If it’s sci-fi you’re looking MB: Sure, but I think we’re tective who helped people treasures from the Nazis. This for, how about the RoboCop both ignoring what must in need “equalize the odds.” should hit all the bases for reboot, a franchise that’s be the Greatest Movie of It was a cool show, and as me. had more reboots than an 2014 — the cinematic adap- much as movie versions of Ugg store? Or Transcend- tation of the great novel programs like The A-Team RC: Clooney is always cool, ence, which has a Philip K. Fifty Shades of Grey. C’mon, and Starsky and Hutch have and he also directed the mov- Dick meets Body Snatchers Richard, admit it, you’ll disappointed, I’m looking ie, so I’m keen to see it. I’m sound to it. Appeals to the be second in line to see it, forward to this. Denzel Wash- also very excited for The Zero paranoid side of my split only because I got there the ington is masterful at playing Theorem. Terry Gilliam says personality Richard... night before… and I under- ambiguous antiheroes and re- his new film is the third part stand James Franco is play- teaming him with his Train- of the trilogy he began with RC: I liked Parnassus! It was ing the handcuffs. When you Drink the Moo Remember the Sarcan Blue 10 SCENE metronews.ca WEEKEND, January 3-5, 2014 The big films of a big 2014 NED EHRBAR Metro World News in Hollywood Remakes and sequels Transformers: Age of Extinction (June 27) Mark Wahlberg takes over for Shia LaBeouf as the human stand-in amidst Michael Bay’s gargantuan metal extrava- ganza, now on its fourth installment. Fingers crossed for dinobots. X-Men: Days of Future Past (May 23) Bryan Singer steps back into in a story that pits him both Wes Anderson follows up the the director’s chair for the fran- against a mysterious terrorist delightful Moonrise Kingdom chise he started 14 years ago, with connections to his past The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (May 2) with what appears to be the bringing together a massive and his own government, in most Wes Anderson film of all cast combining actors from the form of S.H.I.E.L.D. boss Sony’s holding on tight to its Marvel property, pitting current Spidey Andrew Garfield against a host of threats time with a jam-packed cast the original films and the most Alexander Pierce (Robert like Electro (Jamie Foxx), the Rhino (Paul Giamatti) and the Green Goblin. Plus, they’ve got a series of spin-off including Ralph Fiennes, Tilda recent X-Men: First Class for a Redford). movies to launch. Swinton, Bill Murray, Edward time-hopping storyline cribbed Norton and Jude Law. from the comics. It’s almost Godzilla too much to take. (May 16) The Lego Movie It’s been more than 15 years film starring Bryan Cranston. theatres this Christmas, but officially a movie star. (Feb. 7) Captain America: The Winter since Roland Emmerich’s go-at- Paramount pushed it back a Possibly the most welcome Soldier the-giant monster franchise Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit month. If anything, it should Maleficent film adaptation of a children’s (April 4) landed with a thud, so maybe (Jan. 17) keep the latest Jack Ryan, Chris (May 30) toy in movie history — call it Chris Evans’ Cap gets his first it’s safe to unleash the big This Tom Clancy franchise Pine, busy between Star Trek While technically using an the anti-Transformers — this solo outing since The Avengers green guy again, this time in a reboot was supposed to hit outings. existing property, Disney is animated adventure looks to taking quite a risk by making be pop-culture-skewering fun, More remake-quels one of their biggest baddies with Chris Pratt, Morgan Free- (embodied by Angelina Jolie) man and Liam Neeson leading RoboCop, The Expendables 3, the main character of her own an all-star voice cast. Distribution Assistant (part time) The Hunger Games: Mocking- movie. Sleeping Beauty won’t jay — Part 1, 22 Jump Street, know what hit her. 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