Metro Toronto - January 14, 2013

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Patients may
find out about
docs’ mistakes
Asking for transparency. While the colleges do pub- Astravas said the assistant
licize the results of disciplinary deputy minister with the health
Health minister says
actions, Torstar found that cau- ministry told the colleges at the
colleges should ‘never tions — some of them dealing meeting that “if colleges want-
with very serious issues — are ed to make cautions public they
lose sight that their job
kept secret. can do so without a regulatory
is to protect the public’ This means that patients change.” Astravas stressed,
have no way of finding out from however, that “any changes
the colleges if their health-care made either through bylaws or
providers have been cautioned. other mechanisms need to be
Ontario’s health ministry has More than 2,000 of these carefully considered.”
given colleges that regulate secret cautions were issued be- The ministry says colleges
doctors, dentists and other tween 2007 and 2011, accord- can pass a bylaw allowing cau-
health-care workers the green ing to the investigation. tions to be made public, and do
light to make public the cau- Zita Astravas, a spokes- not have to wait for the Regu-
tions issued for mistakes or im- woman for Health Minister Deb lated Health Professions Act to
proper behaviour. Matthews, said a top health of- be amended.
A Torstar News Service in- ficial met early last week with But the 21 colleges argue
vestigation published Friday re- the Federation of Health Regu- that the act does not permit
vealed patients are being kept latory Colleges of Ontario, after them to publish cautions. The
in the dark about the warnings Torstar raised questions over colleges stress that cautions
issued to health-care workers the lack of transparency sur- are considered remedial and FEARLESS FOSTER
by the colleges that oversee rounding mistakes made by are not findings of professional
them. health-care professionals. misconduct. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Another woman The great condo Listen kid — it’s
raped on bus sidewalk seize kale, get over it Actress-director Jodie Foster, winner of the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award, poses in the press room during
the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards Sunday in Beverly Hills. Foster gave a frank — some said bizarre — acceptance
Police in India arrest 6 suspects Construction boom in Toronto Hiding healthy food in sauces is speech, mentioning privacy, her acting career and family, at one point soliciting a “wolf whistle” from her pal Mel Gibson.
in gang-rape of victim who was is blocking our sidewalks and an example of coddling and this The reportedly gay actress joked that it was not her “coming out” speech because “I already did my coming out about a
travelling to her village PAGE 8 curb lanes PAGE 4 Metro columnist is over it PAGE 14 1,000 years ago back in the stone age.” More Golden Globes coverage, page 11. KEVIN WINTER/GETTY IMAGES
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metronews.ca NEWS 03
Monday, January 14, 2013
Ashley Smith case
Shocking video
prompted pep
memo to guards
N
Ashley Smith surrounded by
guards at Joliette Institution
in 2007. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE
The commissioner of Cor-
rectional Service Canada E
sought to boost staff morale
after the release of surveil-
lance videos showing the
drugging and duct-taping
of teenage inmate Ashley W
Smith, documents show.
In an internal memo on
Nov. 8, Don Head wrote,
“These images are not Surf’s up, Toronto — the boat show returns for another year
reflective of the kind of cor-
rectional system Canadians
expect of us, nor are they Professional wakeboarder Dustin O’Ferrall takes advantage of the balmy weather on Sunday — and draws attention to the Toronto boat show — by
reflective of the work that showing off his chops on the waterfront opposite Marilyn Bell Park. The 55th annual Toronto International Boat Show, Canada’s largest, runs through S
goes on every day in our Jan. 20 at the Direct Energy Centre at Exhibition Place. ANDREW FRANCIS WALLACE/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
institutions.”
A coroner’s inquest into
Scarborough medical student
Smith’s death starts on
Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Foul play suspected killed by train in Bangladesh
Body found in
west end
Family devastated. very intelligent girl,” he said.
A father’s plea
The homicide squad “She never drank and never
Young woman
is investigating after a got into trouble. She was very
“This is our child, but
man’s body was discov- was uneasy about submissive.”
ered on railway tracks in returning to continue not only my child. This Mir moved to Bangladesh
Toronto’s west end. is Canada’s child. We to study at Uttara Women’s
THE CANADIAN PRESS her studies, friend says have to do everything Medical College and Hospi-
tal. She was in her second
Pedestrian deaths to protect our children year, but family friend Jakaria
Jerin Mir had hoped to be- when they go abroad Khan said she was uneasy
come a family doctor when about going back to continue
Two killed on for education or any
she left Scarborough to study her studies this past fall. She
roadways medicine in Bangladesh more other purposes.” changed her mind when the
than a year ago. Munjerin Arabin Jerin Mir, known school principal called her
Two people died in separate Those dreams were tragic- to family and friends as “Jerin” Kaikobad Mir, Jerin’s father and urged her to return.
incidents while walking ally cut short on Saturday, CONTRIBUTED “For some reason, she was
on roadways on Sunday when Mir was killed in Dhaka, gladesh to attend his daugh- not feeling comfortable,”
morning in Ontario. Police the Bangladeshi capital. A spokesperson for the De- ter’s funeral with his wife and Kahn said.
say Nicholas Holliday, 19, of Her family and friends say partment of Foreign Affairs in other daughter. “This is very “She was so polite and so
Casselman, was struck by a the 21-year-old Canadian died Ottawa said Canadian consul- difficult for me to take as her sweet,” said family friend
pickup on Route 500 near of head injuries and that the ar officials are in contact with father.” Alam Moral. “I couldn’t stop
Ottawa. A few hours later, a circumstances surrounding local authorities to gather Mir was born in Toronto crying when I heard the news.
49-year-old man was hit by her death are suspicious. A more information. and, according to her father, That sweet girl was always
a tractor-trailer on Highway newspaper in Bangladesh is “My brain is not really was an extremely studious smiling.”
401 east of Toronto. His reporting that Mir was struck working very well,” Mir’s girl during high school at “She was just a kid,”
name was not released. and killed by a train. father, Kaikobad Mir, said on Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Khan said. “Everybody’s still
THE CANADIAN PRESS Bangladeshi authorities Saturday night, moments be- Institute. shocked.”
are investigating. fore boarding a plane to Ban- “She was a very quiet and TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
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Monday, January 14, 2013
Construction causing chaos
Growing pains. Ways to ease the pain
Politicians seek
solutions to dozens of Politicians are already toss-
ing out ideas. Among them:
disruptive months-long
lane, sidewalk closures (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:17)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:243)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:255)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3)
(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)
(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:292)(cid:305)(cid:289)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:251)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)
The current building boom (cid:238)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:251)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:315)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)
has created a checkerboard of (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:296)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:553)
downtown curb lane and side-
walk closures. (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:55)(cid:209)(cid:266)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:243)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:3)
Some three dozen con- (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:255)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:305)(cid:221)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)
struction sites, mostly condo (cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:251)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:305)(cid:289)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:550)(cid:3)
towers, are ringed with hoard- (cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:265)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)
ing that extends over the side- (cid:209)(cid:289)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:279)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:302)-
walk and curb lane, many on (cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:255)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:3)
major streets including Yonge (cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:305)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:225)-
and Adelaide. (cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:273)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:561)(cid:296)(cid:3)
At the 1 Bloor E. tower (cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:273)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)
(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:220)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:553)
under construction, north-
bound Yonge Street traffic
backs up to the south during (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:74)(cid:229)(cid:291)(cid:305)(cid:255)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)
(cid:273)(cid:279)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:240)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)
afternoon rush hour because
(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:255)(cid:292)(cid:3)
the curb lane was closed last
(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:291)(cid:305)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:266)(cid:268)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:3)
month — and will remain so
(cid:289)(cid:279)(cid:296)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:220)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:39)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:3)
untFila rmthide-r2 01so4u.th, construc- Scenes such as this one have become common downtown as pedestrians often find their path blocked by construction hoarding. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE (cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:265)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:302)(cid:296)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:305)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:292)-
(cid:251)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:266)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)
tion on the Ryerson student (cid:229)(cid:316)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:314)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:3)
learning centre has closed waiting,” said Briar de Lange, Kristyn Wong-Tam (Ward 27, “The city is a victim of its and treat our streets with far (cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:3)
the sidewalk and curb lane of executive director of the Toronto Centre-Rosedale). own success,” Minnan-Wong more respect than they cur- (cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:3)
Yonge at Gould Street, until Bloor-Yorkville business “We have to try to build said. “We have more build- rently do.” (cid:289)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:553)
the end of May 2014. improvement area. “It’s all a walkable city,” Wong-Tam ings popping up than most The industry is willing
At 21 Avenue Rd., con- over downtown, and it does said. “We just have to do it. cities in North America, and to talk, said Steve Upton, in- (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:71)(cid:305)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:305)(cid:221)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:3)
version of the former Four have an impact on drivers.” Otherwise, it’s unsafe for sen- that’s a good thing. coming chair of BILD, the (cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:289)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)
Seasons Hotel to a condo re- It affects business, too. iors, mothers pushing stroll- “But the collateral damage industry association, and vice- (cid:296)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:561)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:266)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:305)(cid:289)(cid:3)
quired closing the sidewalk “Pedestrians cross the ers, people carrying heavy is you have lanes being taken president of development at (cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:289)(cid:209)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)
and curb lane last month — street, which means busi- groceries, or requiring mobil- out. It’s a problem crying out Tridel. (cid:251)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)
again, continuing until the nesses located next to the ity devices.” for a solution.” Upton said city planners (cid:56)(cid:229)(cid:315)(cid:3)(cid:98)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:266)(cid:3)(cid:17)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:3)
end of 2014. construction will see a drop in Wong-Tam is pushing for Hoardings by definition had favoured projects that (cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:3)
“Drivers do get fed up customer traffic,” said Coun. improved methods of hand- are not objects of beauty, but were built right out to the (cid:83)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:265)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:302)(cid:296)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:3)
ling construction, as is Coun. Wong-Tam said they don’t sidewalk, but now are leaning (cid:630)(cid:627)(cid:627)(cid:3)(cid:34)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:302)(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:96)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:3)
Quoted Adam Vaughan, who repre- need to look quite so ugly or toward having the structure (cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:316)(cid:209)(cid:273)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:553)
sents the development-heavy neglected as they often do. set back from the sidewalk
“You’ve even got developers stepping on other Ward 20, Trinity-Spadina. “I want mural artwork, I somewhat to create a larger (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:34)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:240)(cid:575)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:289)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:3)
And they have the ear of want 24-hour hotline num- pedestrian way. (cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)
developers’ toes at this point. We have a substantial Coun. Denzil Minnan-Wong, bers people can call, I want “A lot of people like to (cid:229)(cid:291)(cid:305)(cid:255)(cid:289)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:553)
number of lane closures now, and more coming. chair of council’s public it lighted, I want it to look have space for patios,” Up-
works and infrastructure better,” she said. “The indus- ton said. “It creates more (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:55)(cid:209)(cid:266)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:279)(cid:266)(cid:3)
It’s getting more and more restricted. We need to
committee, who promises the try needs to do better; they of a dynamic public realm.” (cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:302)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:553)(cid:3)
figure this out.” Coun. Adam Vaughan issue will be studied. need to step up their game TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Ikea monkey abused by
owner, sanctuary claims
The battle over a Japanese or in the court proceedings.
macaque known as the Ikea But the sanctuary alleges Nak-
monkey is heating up, with a huda, a real estate lawyer, was
primate sanctuary alleging his introduced to an illegal exotic
owners strangled the animal, animal dealer by a client.
hit him with a wooden spoon Nakhuda tried to return
and planned to have his teeth Darwin after a few days and
removed. balked at the $10,000 price tag,
But a lawyer representing but she decided to pay and to
the woman who is trying to keep Darwin after the dealer
get her pet back dismisses the showed her how to abuse the
claims, saying they’re an at- monkey so he behaved, the
tempt to discredit his client. sanctuary alleges.
Anything can be claimed The whole family, includ-
in such court documents, “no ing Nakhuda’s husband and
matter how ridiculous or un- her 11-year-old and 16-year-old
true,” Ted Charney said in a Darwin, at Story Book Farm. sons, have abused Darwin since
statement. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE then, the sanctuary alleges.
The monkey named Darwin They have strangled Dar-
has resided at Story Book Farm huda, Darwin’s owner, to get win, hit him in the head and
Primate Sanctuary in Sunder- him back, and it’s now alleging face, used a wooden spoon
Torontonians not fazed by no pants day land, Ont., since he was found in court documents filed Friday to hit him, forced him to live
in December wandering in the in Ontario Superior Court in in a small dog crate, failed to
parking lot of the North York Oshawa, that she abused him. change his diaper for up to
Toronto subway riders take part in the 12th Annual No Pants Subway Ride on Sunday. Cities around the Ikea, wearing a little shearling Nakhuda has said that a three days and failed to comply
world organized similar rides. Toronto participants gathered at Yonge and Dundas and took to the trains coat. breeder gave Darwin to her as with standards of care for cap-
just after 3 p.m. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE The sanctuary is trying to a gift in July, though she hasn’t tive primates, the sanctuary al-
block efforts by Yasmin Nak- identified the breeder publicly leges. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
metronews.ca NEWS 05
Monday, January 14, 2013
Aaron Swartz. Family of Attawapiskat
Reddit co-creator blames Mulcair seeks end
to hunger strike
prosecutors for suicide
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair
is calling on Attawapiskat
Chief Theresa Spence to
The family of a Reddit co- end her liquid-only diet.
founder who committed sui- Mulcair told CTV’s
cide weeks before he was to go Question Period he’s
on trial on federal charges that always concerned when
he stole millions of scholarly someone seems willing to
articles is blaming prosecutors end their own life.
for his death. He says Spence ought
Aaron Swartz hanged him- to end her protest now
self in his Brooklyn apartment following last week’s
Friday night, his family and meeting between Prime
authorities said. The 26-year- Minister Stephen Harper
old had fought to make online and First Nations leaders.
content free to the public and “I would sincerely call
as a teenager helped create RSS, upon Chief Spence to real-
a family of Web feed formats ize that there has been a
used to gather updates from step in the right direction,
blogs, news, audio and video. to try to see now if we can
In 2011, he was charged keep putting pressure on
with stealing millions of scien- Aaron Swartz THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE the government to follow
tific journals from a JSTOR com- through,” he said.
puter archive at the Massachu- product of a criminal justice “It has been a year
setts Institute of Technology system rife with intimidation where nothing was done
in an attempt to make them and prosecutorial overreach. after a very formal meet-
freely available. Decisions made by officials in ing. But finally the govern-
He had pleaded not guilty, the Massachusetts U.S. Attor- ment seems to be moving,
and his federal trial was to ney’s office and at MIT contrib- so I think that the best
begin next month. If convicted, uted to his death,” they said. thing to do would be to
he faced decades in prison and JSTOR didn’t press charges step back from that.”
a fortune in fines. once it reclaimed the articles Spence has vowed to
In a statement released Sat- from Swartz, and some legal Police dog takes a licking, keeps on sniffing continue her protest until
urday, Swartz’s family in Chica- experts considered the case First Nations leaders can
go expressed bitterness toward unfounded. JSTOR’s attorney Vancouver police dog Teak peeks out of a VPD vehicle after his release from an animal clinic Sunday morning. get Harper and Gov. Gen.
federal prosecutors pursuing even asked prosecutors not to The German shepherd is recovering after being slashed in the pursuit of a robbery suspect in Vancouver on David Johnston in the
the case against him. pursue the case, according to Friday. Teak, who will be eight years old in March, received 30 stitches to close up the 10-inch wound he same room.
“Aaron’s death is not sim- Elliot Peters, Swartz’s defence sustained from the incident. PHYLICIA TORREVILLAS/METRO IN VANCOUVER THE CANADIAN PRESS
ply a personal tragedy. It is the attorney. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Monday, January 14, 2013
Marchers protest Russia’s
Political prisoners.
Georgian parliament
ban on American adoptions
frees 190 under amnesty
Nearly 200 people considered Control Critics’ view. Putin targeting Russians accused of
political prisoners by Geor- human rights abuses. It also
gia’s new parliament walked accused of stoking addresses long-brewing re-
free Sunday under an am- President Mikhail Saakash- anti-American sentment in Russia over the
nesty strongly opposed by vili’s party, which domin- 60,000 Russian children who
sentiments to solidify
President Mikhail Saakash- ated Georgian politics for have been adopted by Amer-
vili. nine years, lost control over support among icans in the past two decades,
Many of the 190 prison- parliament in an October 19 of whom have died.
working-class Russians
ers had been arrested during election. Protests against the adop-
anti-Saakashvili protests in tion ban were held Sunday
May 2011, while others had in a number of other Russian
been convicted of trying to parliament’s human rights Up to 20,000 people marched cities, but in most places only
overthrow the government committee, Eka Beselia, who through Moscow on a frigid, a few dozen people took part.
or of spying for Russia. Rela- greeted 70 prisoners released grey afternoon Sunday to pro- In St. Petersburg, about 1,000
tions with Moscow were cut from Gldani Prison No. 8 in test Russia’s new law banning people turned out.
off after Russia and Georgia Tbilisi, the capital. More than Americans from adopting Just ahead of the week-
fought a brief war in 2008. 3,000 other prisoners who Russian children, a far bigger end demonstration, Putin’s
“This was a great shame had their sentences reduced number than expected. spokesman sought to ease an-
on the country, when Saa- under the amnesty will be Protesters carried posters ger over the adoption ban by
kashvili had personal con- freed in the next two months. of President Vladimir Putin announcing that some of the
victs,” said the head of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and members of Russia’s par- dozens of adoptions already
liament who overwhelmingly under way could go forward,
Mali fighting voted for the law last month. allowing children who have
Russia’s adoption ban was already bonded with Amer-
out of the hands of Islamist retaliation for a new U.S. law ican adoptive parents to leave
U.S. providing
extremists. the country.
help, France says Laurent Fabius said the UNICEF estimates there
three-day-old, French-led Quoted are about 740,000 children
France’s foreign minister military operation has not in parental custody in
“Yes, there are cases
said Sunday that the United succeeded in halting the Russia, while about 18,000
States is providing com- extremists’ advance, which when (adopted children) Russians are on the waiting
munications and transport had prompted the inter- are abused and killed, list to adopt a child. Since the
help for an international vention. Some 400 French A man holds a toy inside a glass jar with a sticker reading “I’m against ban was passed, Russian lead-
military intervention aimed troops have been deployed Putin”, during a rally in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday to protest Russia’s but they are rare.” ers have been encouraging
at wresting Mali’s north to Mali. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS new law banning Americans from adopting Russian children. Sergei Udaltsov, head of a leftist Russians to adopt more chil-
DMITRY LOVETSKY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS opposition group in Russia. dren. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Monday, January 14, 2013
GTA DESERVES
Anniversary picks up steam
BETTER THAN ‘HAIL
MARY’ ON TRANSIT
PLANNING London Tube
Restored-train
Here’s the good news. At long last, trip marks 150th
URBAN it seems that most of the GTA’s
COMPASS
Matt Elliott political leaders, activists and Metropolitan 1, a restored
[email protected] advocates agree that the region steam train built in 1898,
is in desperate need of billions of passes through Farring-
dollars in infrastructure spend- don Tube station on its
ing. Without fresh investment in subways, GO trains, light rail journey between Olympia
and roadways, soul-sucking congestion will seriously hamper Tube station in the west to
economic competitiveness. Moorgate station in London
Here’s the bad news. Very few people — especially politicians on Sunday.
— want to really talk about how to pay for it. The trip was part of
They prefer to cling to faint hopes and vague policy directions. celebrations for the 150th
Call it the Hail Mary transit strategy. Instead of looking to proven anniversary of the Lon-
ways for raising cash, too many prefer to just shut their eyes and don Underground Tube
toss the ball way down the field. system. The first stretch of
Take the gaggle of candi- the world-famous network
dates currently in the running opened to the public on
Only G8 country without one for the provincial Liberal Jan. 10, 1863.
leadership spot. A policy scan of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A national transit
these could-be premiers reveals
strategy has always been a distinct lack of detail in most Underground
a sensible idea. Canada is of their transportation plans.
There’s some talk of shuffling
the only G8 country Onlookers catch
around governance models and
without one. Given the amalgamating transit agencies, glimpse of history
importance of thriving but little about how any of that
will lead to, you know, real Tourists waiting for the
cities to our country’s
transit service with trains and morning subway train to
GDP, it’s downright stuff. Madame Tussauds were
criminal that the federal Then there’s the other treated to an unusual sight.
great hope: the national transit Hundreds of train fans,
government invests so
strategy. It’s an idea that’s been costume-wearing enthusi-
little revenue in swirling around for decades, asts and curious onlookers
infrastructure. and makes an appearance in gathered at platforms and
several of the leading Liberal bridges across the city to
candidate platforms. watch as the locomotive
A national transit strategy has always been a sensible idea. transported passengers on
Canada is the only G8 country without one. Given the importance the iconic trip.
of thriving cities to our country’s GDP, it’s downright criminal THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
that the federal government invests so little revenue in infra-
structure. There’s nothing wrong with calling for more cash from Chugging along
Ottawa.
But it’s also, at least for the moment, an idea with virtually
Mayor calls
zero chance of getting off the ground. How many times must
Prime Minister Stephen Harper shut the door in our collective ride ‘romantic’
face before we get the point? Unless we opt for hosting something
like the Olympic Games, Harper is not going to come riding London Mayor Boris
through with big bags of money for cities. Johnson was among the
There’s no harm, of course, in keeping hope alive and continu- invited passengers aboard
ing to push for a national strategy as part of the GTA’s long-term the historic black-and-red
transportation vision. But it can’t be the lynchpin to that vision. locomotive. He said the trip
The congestion crisis is real enough that we need an actionable was “romantic,” describ-
plan that doesn’t involve waiting around for other levels of gov- ing “thick clouds of white
ernment to see the light at the end of the subway tunnel. steam going past and then
And that actionable plan isn’t hard to put together. But it bits of soot coming through
does involve standing up and acknowledging that the GTA needs from the engine.”
things like a sales tax or road tolls. ALASTAIR GRANT/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
And, sure, that can be unpopular, but I don’t see any real
alternatives. The Hail Mary strategy of shuffling around agencies,
commissioning endless studies or waiting for other money to Twitter
materialize is nowhere near good enough. Someone’s got to run Register at metropolitanpanel.ca
the ball. and take the quick poll
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