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POMP IT UP U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS SWORN IN TO HIS SECOND TERM IN A PRIVATE CEREMONY, WITH A BIG BASH TO FOLLOW ON MONDAY PAGE 7 TORONTO Monday, January 21, 2013 News worth sharing. metronews.ca | twitter.com/metrotoronto | facebook.com/metrotoronto Quick, call a doctor! But you might not get vey, which asked doctors to as- sess the performance of their an appointment. health-care systems. The report Canadians have tough was released Monday by the time getting fast and Health Council of Canada. The report says 58 per cent after-hours access to their of Canadian doctors reported doctors, a report shows that they make home visits, compared to between 90 and 100 per cent in the Nether- lands, Norway, Britain, France A new report suggests Can- and Switzerland. adians have a harder time Another problem the report getting rapid access to their highlights is after-hours care. doctors, especially outside of While having an arrangement working hours, than people in for patients to be able to con- a group of similar countries. sult another doctor or a nurse The report shows Canadians after hours seems to be the are less likely to be able to get norm in many of the countries a same-day or next-day medical in the survey, only 46 per cent appointment than residents of of doctors in Canada reported countries like Britain, the Neth- having such a system. erlands, Norway, New Zealand “That’s (an) issue that needs and the United States. to be addressed because ... your And Canadians are among only recourse then is an emer- the least likely to be able to get gency room. And Canada is a house call from their doctor. pretty well the highest user of The findings are included in emergency rooms,” said John the 2012 Commonwealth Fund Abbott, Health Council of Can- international health policy sur- ada CEO. THE CANADIAN PRESS GETTING EVEN STEPHEN Feed the needy, Girls and their get chewed out getups A celebrity chef’s controversial Allison Williams and Raptors guard Jose Calderon drives past the Los Angeles Lakers’ Steve Nash in Toronto on Sunday. The Raptors — who had previously courted the Victoria, meal-token program for the Jemima Kirke on what B.C., native — spoiled Nash’s first visit to Toronto as a Laker, defeating Los Angeles 108-103. For the story, see page 21. RENE JOHNSTON/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE homeless is coming to T.O. PAGE 4 they like to wear PAGE 11 We think having a plan for the future, is a really good plan for the future. Retirement Savings Calculator Making a plan for the future begins with knowing where you are today. Our easy-to-use Retirement Savings Calculator can help you understand where you are with your current retirement savings. Then, when you come in to meet with us, we can discuss your goals and prepare a plan together. Visit tdcanadatrust.com/yourretirement or a branch today. ®/The TD logo and other trade-marks are the property of The Toronto-Dominion Bank or a wholly-owned subsidiary, in Canada and/or other countries. metronews.ca NEWS 03 Monday, January 21, 2013 Doctor defends Ornge payments Public inquiry. Air Sinai’s physician-in-chief. out in several areas, for ex- Stewart said he was “clinical Stewart’s $75,000-per-year ample, research development, Ornge inquiry care adviser for Ornge.” ambulance service’s consulting contract at Ornge clinician recruitment and im- $75K Stewart acknowledged that new managers say was similar to a contract of up proved critical-care system in- his initial contacts were pri- to $400,000 annually that Maz- tegration,” Stewart said. marily with Mazza. “I was con- they’re trying to fi nd za himself had. In both cases, The consulting contract tacted most frequently by Dr. In explaining what he advised Chris out what work was the new managers of Ornge between Ornge and Stewart Mazza, who would often refer Mazza on for $75,000 a year, Dr. Tom done for the money are trying to determine what ended in January 2012, after Stewart said he performed: “The review me to other members of the work was done to justify the the former chairman of Ornge of clinical care policies and procedures, Ornge staff.” N payments. The monies paid to alerted the provincial health recruitment of physicians and researchers At no time, Stewart said, both men were public funds. ministry of his concern that who specialize in specifi c areas of critical did he hear any rumblings Mount Sinai Hospital’s sen- “Most interactions Dr. Stewart and Mazza were be- care and transport, advising on how that “the terms of my engage- ior doctor received $436,000 Stewart had with Ornge were ing paid for work they did not patient transport services can optimize ment were not being met.” over seven years from Ornge directly with Dr. Mazza. As a do. Rainer Beltzner’s Dec. 23, patient fl ow.” But Ornge officials told a to advise founder Chris Mazza result, we are unable to con- 2011, letter to the province different story. Ornge spokes- E on medical issues, work that firm the work performed,” raising these concerns was sponses to questions over the man MacDonald said “objec- the air ambulance firm’s new Ornge spokesman James Mac- made a public exhibit at the past four days. tions were raised regarding managers cannot confirm was Donald said. Queen’s Park committee in- Mazza and Stewart first this contract within Ornge, performed. In an email, Stewart said he vestigating Ornge. met each other, Stewart said, but Dr. Mazza gave direction The payments to Dr. Tom delivered value for the money, Stewart would not grant an during the SARS outbreak in that it remain in effect.” The W Stewart were in addition to as Mazza frequently contacted interview but, through Mount 2003. When Mazza created contract was renewed “auto- his roughly $607,000 in annu- him with questions. “I saw Sinai public-relations official Ornge in 2005, he asked Stew- matically,” MacDonald said. al salary and benefits as Mount evidence of my counsel play Sally Szuster, he provided re- art to provide ongoing advice. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Body found. Police S charge Toronto man in Etobicoke murder A 30-year-old Toronto man a 27-year-old woman with ob- has been charged with first- vious signs of trauma around degree murder in the death Eglinton Avenue West and of a young woman whose Martin Grove Road. body was found on the street Residents said the victim in Etobicoke on Saturday. lived with her mother in an Emmanuel Owusu-Ansah apartment complex across was arrested at a gas station the street. Her name has not in Mississauga on Saturday been released. after police found the body of TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Grow-op No injuries Couple charged Wheel falls off with traffi cking, Air Canada plane bestiality No passengers or crew were injured when a A Milton couple is facing wheel fell off an Air charges of bestiality and Canada Jazz plane on trafficking in both mari- Sunday after its landing juana and steroids. Police at Pearson airport. A Jazz searched a home in the Nas- spokeswoman said the sagaweya area on Thursday right wheel on the nose ‘Joyous’ celebration tinged with sorrow and found a 1,637-plant gear loosened while the grow-op in a building that small propeller plane was Afi ya Frederick, left, dances at the Warden Woods Community Centre on Saturday during a wake to remember also served as a kennel. Po- taxiing to the terminal Evadne Williams-Scott, the Mississauga toddler who was killed on Jan. 1. Two-year-old Evadne’s funeral will be lice said they found a video to finish its flight from held on Monday morning in Toronto. Her father, Wendell Scott, is a member of a local African drumming group, that they claim includes North Bay. The airline is and Saturday’s wake was a “joyous” celebration of the little girl’s life, with African drumming, dancing and sing- bestiality involving a dog. investigating the incident. ing, drummer Quammie Williams said. Evadne’s mother, Teresa Williams, faces a second-degree-murder charge TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE THE CANADIAN PRESS and is undergoing psychiatric testing to determine if she’s fi t to stand trial. 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It’s definitely not the first the way of doing something is the government’s time. solution’ good. “What I don’t like is responsibility “I’m sure it won’t be the us feeding a bunch of people last,” he said. being convoluted in a discus- As for feeding the hungry, sion about that instead,” said he believes all citizens should York University Prof. Ilan Ka- Brand. Kapoor argues charit- JESSICA take some responsibility, but poor, who recently published able programs, such as these, SMITH that doesn’t mean the govern- a book critical of celebrity give government an excuse [email protected] ment doesn’t need to play a charity work called Celebrity not to adequately address role as well. Humanitarianism: The Ideol- hunger and poverty. Celebrity chef Mark Brand Bowers and Brand talked ogy of Global Charity, counts “It should not be left up to says he wouldn’t encourage about the token program himself among the critics of private individuals — celeb- any other chef to try a token- Chef Rodney Bowers plans to introduce a meal-token program for the while filming Oprah’s Million the token programs. rity chefs in this case — to for-sandwiches program like underprivileged near his Roncesvalles restaurant. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Dollar Neighbourhood this “I agree with the critics decide (how to feed people in the one he runs in Vancouver’s summer, said Bowers. of this program that say it’s need) and we as the audience Downtown Eastside — except Brand runs at Save On Meats be trusted with money. Others Bowers has “struggled” a Band-Aid kind of solution, who buy these meal tickets Toronto’s Rodney Bowers. in Vancouver’s Downtown say poverty and hunger are with the idea of selling $14 because it doesn’t address the should not be making deci- “I don’t think anyone else Eastside. jobs for government, and ad sandwiches when people are broader problems of hunger sions on who we want to give wants to get their ass kicked The ass-kicking Brand talks hoc programs help govern- still hungry and believes the and, larger than that, jobless- them to based on our whims like this, to be honest,” said about comes mostly from anti- ments duck the bigger prob- token program will help him ness and inequality,” Kapoor and fancies,” said Kapoor. Brand. poverty activists who criticize lems. give back to the people in said. “Rather we should be On Monday, Brand and the token program, which lets “I’m really more about the his Parkdale community who Both chefs Mark Brand having a state-funded, fair Bowers are holding a din- people buy tokens for $2.25 people on the receiving end,” can’t afford to eat at his res- and Rodney Bowers say those system of distribution.” ner at Bower’s Roncesvalles that they give to those in said Brand. taurants. restaurant Hey! to officially need, who in turn can redeem “I make sandwiches and “Some critics are going to announce that Bowers will them for a sandwich. they eat them. They feel bet- say it’s dehumanizing or de- degrading is that those people token program will run in be introducing a meal token Some critics say the tokens ter. They’re more happy.” grading, that less fortunate are still hungry,” said Bowers. Parkdale. program for the less fortunate demean their recipients be- Despite showing obvious people can’t handle money, Bowers hasn’t worked out But he said it should be up in Toronto just like the one cause they suggest they can’t frustration with his critics, but what’s dehumanizing and all of the details of how the and running by summer. You booked your last 5 vacations online. Online investing could be your next destination. It’s cold! But it’s certainly not Winnipeg Tara Jan with her dog Milo don’t mind the chilly air, which felt like -13 C with the windchill, as they go for a RBC Direct InvestingTM walk on Sunday. After a rare thundersnow system brought heavy wind, rain, snow and lightning and caused It’s like online shopping for investments. roughly 10,000 people to lose power early Sunday, the city is now facing a week of chilly temperatures that will dip into the negative teens. 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The terrorist attack on an Algerian natural gas plant that left dozens of hostages and militants dead has Algeria kidnapping. stormed the natural gas com- demonstrated how a failing plex in the Sahara desert on Algerian insurgency trans- Recording of head Saturday to end the standoff, formed itself into a regional kidnapper shows and the government said all threat, partly by exploiting militants wanted to 32 militants were killed. Ear- the turmoil unleashed by lier Sunday, Algeria’s chief the Arab Spring revolts. organize a prisoner government spokesman said Al-Qaida’s branch in Al- swap with authorities he feared the death toll of hos- geria retreated into a Sahara tages — which stood at 23 on no-man’s land between Saturday — would rise as the Mali, Algeria and Mauri- special forces teams finished tania after it was largely Algerian bomb squads scour- their search. defeated by the Algerian ing a gas plant where Islamist American Frederick Buttac- army in a 10-year war in the militants took dozens of for- cio, a Texan, was among the 1990s that claimed 200,000 eign workers hostage found dead. U.S. officials told The As- lives. There it grew rich on “numerous” new bodies on sociated Press Buttaccio’s re- smuggling and hostage- Sunday as they searched for mains were recovered Friday. taking, gained new recruits explosive traps left behind by They said the militants and re-emerged stronger the attackers, a security offi- came from six countries and than ever, armed with cial said, a day after a bloody were armed to cause max- looted high-tech weapons raid ended the four-day siege imum destruction. Sonatrach, from Libya’s 2011 civil war. of the remote desert refinery. the Algerian state oil company The assault last Wednes- The official, who spoke on running the Ain Amenas site In this undated photo, men look at the wreckage of a vehicle near Ain Amenas, Algeria. British Prime Minister David day by a multinational band condition of anonymity be- along with BP and Norway’s Cameron said Sunday that three Britons were killed and another three are believed dead, along with a foreigner who of Islamists shows how cause of the situation’s sensi- Statoil, said the entire refinery was living in Britain, after Islamist militants seized a gas plant in the remote region. ECHOROUK ELYAOUMI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS long-simmering ethnic ten- tivity, said the bodies were had been mined. sions in Mali, a civil war in badly disfigured and difficult “They had decided to speaking in a state radio inter- ers in Algeria. ation, but the number of hos- Algeria and a revolution in to identify. succeed in the operation as view. With few details emerging tages reported killed Saturday Libya have combined to cre- “The bodies could be either planned, to blow up the gas The American government from the remote site of the — seven — was how many the ate a conflict spanning both Algerian or foreign hostages,” complex and kill all the hos- has warned that there are gas plant in eastern Algeria, it militants had said that mor- North and West Africa. he said. tages,” said Communications credible threats of more kid- was unclear whether anyone ning they still had. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Algerian special forces Minister Mohamed Said, napping attempts on Western- was rescued in the final oper- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS What Could You Achieve With 10% More Brain Power? Whatever You Want To! Cerebrum™ by Renew Life is a unique combination of two brain boosting ingredients. 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Teen boy charged with term facing major hurdles murder of five people A 15-year-old boy remained in ings travelled quickly through 57th inauguration. custody Sunday night as detec- the law enforcement com- tives tried to piece together munity and officials began of- Official function a what led to the shooting of five fering their condolences for precursor to Monday’s people, including three young Greg Griego, a spiritual leader children, who were found dead known for his work with fire- ceremony on Capitol in a New Mexico home. fighters and the 13 years he Hill, which will include The teenager was arrested spent as a volunteer chaplain on murder and other charges at the county jail. the inaugural address in connection with the shoot- “Chaplin Griego was a ings, which happened Saturday dedicated professional that night at the home in a rural passionately served his fellow area southwest of downtown man and the firefighters of this A still-popular Barack Obama Albuquerque, said Lt. Sid Cov- community,” Fire Chief James took the presidential oath of ington, a sheriff’s spokesman. Breen said in a statement. “His office for a second term on Detectives did not im- calming spirit and gentle na- Sunday, facing a troubled fu- mediately release the victims’ ture will be greatly missed.” ture but hoping to leave be- names, but word of the shoot- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS hind a battering four years at the helm of a government Forehead cut mired in ugly political division. Peter Westmacott, ABC When Obama first took of- Barbara Walters in News spokesman Jeffrey fice as the 44th U.S. president, Schneider said. The fall left many Americans hoped the hospital after fall Walters with a cut on her symbolism of the first black forehead, he said. man in the White House was a U.S. President Barack Obama is officially sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts in the Blue Room of the White House during Veteran ABC newswoman Schneider said Sunday turning point in the country’s the 57th presidential inauguration in Washington, Sunday. LARRY DOWNING/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Barbara Walters fell at an that Walters went to a deeply troubled racial history. inauguration party at an hospital “out of an abun- Obama vowed to moderate the John Roberts during a brief president’s term were put off responded to a remark from ambassador’s home in dance of caution” and for partisan anger engulfing the ceremony with his family in to Monday, which coincides one of his daughters, saying, Washington and has been a full examination. He says country, but the nation is only the White House Blue Room, this year with the celebration “I did it.” hospitalized. Walters is alert “and tell- more divided four years later, meeting the legal require- of civil-rights leader Martin Lu- On Monday, he will repeat Walters, 83, fell Saturday ing everyone what to do,” perhaps as deeply as at any ment that presidents officially ther King Jr.’s birthday. the oath and give his inaugural night on a step at the resi- which is “a very positive time since the U.S. Civil War take office on Jan. 20. Because Obama made no special re- speech on the steps of the U.S. dence of Britain’s ambassa- sign.” 150 years ago. that date fell on a Sunday this marks at Sunday’s ceremony, Capitol before hundreds of dor to the United States, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Obama was sworn in by year, the traditional ceremon- surrounded by portraits of for- thousands of people. Supreme Court Chief Justice ies surrounding the start of a mer White House residents. He THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Nothing stays hidden forever TONIGHT 9 ALL-NEW at following Mr. D at 8 cbc.ca/murdochmysteries @CBCMurdoch 08 NEWS metronews.ca Monday, January 21, 2013 Mexico Restrictions Cynthia Vanier, who’s Canadian accused Requests for Royal been sitting in a Mexico of smuggling prison for more than a year, Prerogative of is currently waiting to make Gadhafi awaits fate her closing statement before Mercy on the rise a judge, who will then decide The family of a Canadian whether to send the case New restrictions on the woman accused of trying to to trial or drop the charges granting of criminal record smuggle Al-Saadi Gadhafi, against her. suspensions, or pardons, the son of late Libyan dictator Vanier was arrested in are causing more former Moammar Gadhafi, into Mex- Mexico in November 2011 convicts to seek clemency ico says her case is approach- and charged in February. under the rarely used Royal ing a crucial turning point. THE CANADIAN PRESS Prerogative of Mercy, ac- cording to the Parole Board of Canada. In fact, the federal agency has posted an “Im- portant Notice” on its web- site to discourage clemency applications, which it notes are “only granted in excep- tional circumstances.” There are currently 79 active clemency applica- Leadership candidates Justin Trudeau, left, Martin Cauchon, Karen McCrimmon, Joyce Murray, Martha Hall Findlay, tions in the pipeline, ac- LGeorge Taikach, Dbeborah Coeyne, Davird Bertscahi and Malrc Garnseau. PHY LICIAk TORREVILLAS/eMETRO ep cording to a spokeswoman. THE CANADIAN PRESS debate civil (cid:38)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:29)(cid:3)(cid:42)(cid:88)(cid:76)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:82)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:53)(cid:68)(cid:75)(cid:88)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:11)(cid:43)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:84)(cid:88)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:41)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:76)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:12)(cid:3) Federal race. 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Mike hole in the Dnipro River, as Del Grande stepped down from others wait for their turn, his post as budget chief. He quit as part of the celebration of suddenly, prompting a messy round of finger pointing and the Epiphany in the town blame. of Vyshgorod outside the Even worse, his resignation came only a day after the budget capital Kiev, Ukraine, on chief had to sit in council chamber and watch as Mayor Rob Saturday. Ford — his boss — voted to blow up the budget Del Grande had Orthodox believers spent thousands of hours pulling together over the last year. celebrate the holiday of the Ford surprised everyone when he supported a wildcard motion Epiphany on Jan. 19, and by Coun. Giorgio Mammoliti to freeze property taxes for 2013, traditionally bathe in holes based on an assumption that the city could replace that lost cut through thick ice on revenue with a floating casino. rivers and ponds to cleanse Thankfully, in his bid to themselves with water Indebted support Mammoliti’s casino deemed holy for the day. Del Grande was probably boat, the mayor lost. The next THE ASSOCIATED PRESS day, he lost his budget chief, the best budget chief too. Orthodox Christians the Ford administration Del Grande deserved better. I say that even though I could have asked for. There’s method disagreed with virtually every- thing he did as budget chief. behind madness Del Grande approached the job with a set of priorities that didn’t really gel with the reality of the city’s fiscal situation. He The traditions also con- appeared to want to be the guy to save Toronto from an eco- tinued at Moscow’s Red nomic apocalypse, but instead he inherited a huge surplus, very Square, at Tyarlevo village manageable debt levels and a top-flight credit rating. just outside St. Petersburg But that didn’t stop him from moving forward, proselytizing and in Minsk, Belarus. for a budgetary doomsday that showed no sign of ever showing The religious holiday up. Epiphany is celebrated by Sure, he reduced city hall’s reliance on prior-year surplus Orthodox Christians accord- money to balance the budget, but it’s hard to call that progress ing to the Julian calendar when it was achieved through budgeting that didn’t really on Jan. 19. consider service levels or Toronto’s growth. It doesn’t make Epiphany Day cele- much sense to cheer on fiscal sustainability when, at the same brates the baptism of Jesus, time, infrastructure crumbles, the TTC is still at crush load for which took place in the much of the day and the affordable housing waiting list lurches River Jordan, and is held toward 200,000 people. in Russia, which uses the But that’s just me. Others, I know, feel differently. Julian calendar. Orthodox And that’s kind of the point. If you step away from policy Christians in Lebanon, and ideology, Del Grande was probably the best budget chief Egypt and Syria follow the the Ford administration could have asked for. Unlike some same tradition based on the politicians, he took the job incredibly seriously, approaching it Julian calendar. Churches with an unshakeable determination. that follow the Gregorian He was also loyal, sometimes to a fault. Translating the calendar celebrate the feast vague and often contradictory ideas coming out of Ford’s on Jan. 6. 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POMP IT UP U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS SWORN IN TO HIS SECOND TERM IN A PRIVATE CEREMONY, WITH A BIG BASH TO FOLLOW ON MONDAY PAGE 7 TORONTO Monday, January 21, 2013 News worth sharing. metronews.ca | twitter.com/metrotoronto | facebook.com/metrotoronto Quick, call a doctor! But you might not get vey, which asked doctors to as- sess the performance of their an appointment. health-care systems. The report Canadians have tough was released Monday by the time getting fast and Health Council of Canada. The report says 58 per cent after-hours access to their of Canadian doctors reported doctors, a report shows that they make home visits, compared to between 90 and 100 per cent in the Nether- lands, Norway, Britain, France A new report suggests Can- and Switzerland. adians have a harder time Another problem the report getting rapid access to their highlights is after-hours care. doctors, especially outside of While having an arrangement working hours, than people in for patients to be able to con- a group of similar countries. sult another doctor or a nurse The report shows Canadians after hours seems to be the are less likely to be able to get norm in many of the countries a same-day or next-day medical in the survey, only 46 per cent appointment than residents of of doctors in Canada reported countries like Britain, the Neth- having such a system. erlands, Norway, New Zealand “That’s (an) issue that needs and the United States. to be addressed because ... your And Canadians are among only recourse then is an emer- the least likely to be able to get gency room. And Canada is a house call from their doctor. pretty well the highest user of The findings are included in emergency rooms,” said John the 2012 Commonwealth Fund Abbott, Health Council of Can- international health policy sur- ada CEO. THE CANADIAN PRESS GETTING EVEN STEPHEN Feed the needy, Girls and their get chewed out getups A celebrity chef’s controversial Allison Williams and Raptors guard Jose Calderon drives past the Los Angeles Lakers’ Steve Nash in Toronto on Sunday. The Raptors — who had previously courted the Victoria, meal-token program for the Jemima Kirke on what B.C., native — spoiled Nash’s first visit to Toronto as a Laker, defeating Los Angeles 108-103. For the story, see page 21. RENE JOHNSTON/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE homeless is coming to T.O. PAGE 4 they like to wear PAGE 11 We think having a plan for the future, is a really good plan for the future. Retirement Savings Calculator Making a plan for the future begins with knowing where you are today. Our easy-to-use Retirement Savings Calculator can help you understand where you are with your current retirement savings. Then, when you come in to meet with us, we can discuss your goals and prepare a plan together. Visit tdcanadatrust.com/yourretirement or a branch today. ®/The TD logo and other trade-marks are the property of The Toronto-Dominion Bank or a wholly-owned subsidiary, in Canada and/or other countries. metronews.ca NEWS 03 Monday, January 21, 2013 Doctor defends Ornge payments Public inquiry. Air Sinai’s physician-in-chief. out in several areas, for ex- Stewart said he was “clinical Stewart’s $75,000-per-year ample, research development, Ornge inquiry care adviser for Ornge.” ambulance service’s consulting contract at Ornge clinician recruitment and im- $75K Stewart acknowledged that new managers say was similar to a contract of up proved critical-care system in- his initial contacts were pri- to $400,000 annually that Maz- tegration,” Stewart said. marily with Mazza. “I was con- they’re trying to fi nd za himself had. In both cases, The consulting contract tacted most frequently by Dr. In explaining what he advised Chris out what work was the new managers of Ornge between Ornge and Stewart Mazza, who would often refer Mazza on for $75,000 a year, Dr. Tom done for the money are trying to determine what ended in January 2012, after Stewart said he performed: “The review me to other members of the work was done to justify the the former chairman of Ornge of clinical care policies and procedures, Ornge staff.” N payments. The monies paid to alerted the provincial health recruitment of physicians and researchers At no time, Stewart said, both men were public funds. ministry of his concern that who specialize in specifi c areas of critical did he hear any rumblings Mount Sinai Hospital’s sen- “Most interactions Dr. Stewart and Mazza were be- care and transport, advising on how that “the terms of my engage- ior doctor received $436,000 Stewart had with Ornge were ing paid for work they did not patient transport services can optimize ment were not being met.” over seven years from Ornge directly with Dr. Mazza. As a do. Rainer Beltzner’s Dec. 23, patient fl ow.” But Ornge officials told a to advise founder Chris Mazza result, we are unable to con- 2011, letter to the province different story. Ornge spokes- E on medical issues, work that firm the work performed,” raising these concerns was sponses to questions over the man MacDonald said “objec- the air ambulance firm’s new Ornge spokesman James Mac- made a public exhibit at the past four days. tions were raised regarding managers cannot confirm was Donald said. Queen’s Park committee in- Mazza and Stewart first this contract within Ornge, performed. In an email, Stewart said he vestigating Ornge. met each other, Stewart said, but Dr. Mazza gave direction The payments to Dr. Tom delivered value for the money, Stewart would not grant an during the SARS outbreak in that it remain in effect.” The W Stewart were in addition to as Mazza frequently contacted interview but, through Mount 2003. When Mazza created contract was renewed “auto- his roughly $607,000 in annu- him with questions. “I saw Sinai public-relations official Ornge in 2005, he asked Stew- matically,” MacDonald said. al salary and benefits as Mount evidence of my counsel play Sally Szuster, he provided re- art to provide ongoing advice. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Body found. Police S charge Toronto man in Etobicoke murder A 30-year-old Toronto man a 27-year-old woman with ob- has been charged with first- vious signs of trauma around degree murder in the death Eglinton Avenue West and of a young woman whose Martin Grove Road. body was found on the street Residents said the victim in Etobicoke on Saturday. lived with her mother in an Emmanuel Owusu-Ansah apartment complex across was arrested at a gas station the street. Her name has not in Mississauga on Saturday been released. after police found the body of TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Grow-op No injuries Couple charged Wheel falls off with traffi cking, Air Canada plane bestiality No passengers or crew were injured when a A Milton couple is facing wheel fell off an Air charges of bestiality and Canada Jazz plane on trafficking in both mari- Sunday after its landing juana and steroids. Police at Pearson airport. A Jazz searched a home in the Nas- spokeswoman said the sagaweya area on Thursday right wheel on the nose ‘Joyous’ celebration tinged with sorrow and found a 1,637-plant gear loosened while the grow-op in a building that small propeller plane was Afi ya Frederick, left, dances at the Warden Woods Community Centre on Saturday during a wake to remember also served as a kennel. Po- taxiing to the terminal Evadne Williams-Scott, the Mississauga toddler who was killed on Jan. 1. Two-year-old Evadne’s funeral will be lice said they found a video to finish its flight from held on Monday morning in Toronto. Her father, Wendell Scott, is a member of a local African drumming group, that they claim includes North Bay. The airline is and Saturday’s wake was a “joyous” celebration of the little girl’s life, with African drumming, dancing and sing- bestiality involving a dog. investigating the incident. ing, drummer Quammie Williams said. Evadne’s mother, Teresa Williams, faces a second-degree-murder charge TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE THE CANADIAN PRESS and is undergoing psychiatric testing to determine if she’s fi t to stand trial. 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It’s definitely not the first the way of doing something is the government’s time. solution’ good. “What I don’t like is responsibility “I’m sure it won’t be the us feeding a bunch of people last,” he said. being convoluted in a discus- As for feeding the hungry, sion about that instead,” said he believes all citizens should York University Prof. Ilan Ka- Brand. Kapoor argues charit- JESSICA take some responsibility, but poor, who recently published able programs, such as these, SMITH that doesn’t mean the govern- a book critical of celebrity give government an excuse [email protected] ment doesn’t need to play a charity work called Celebrity not to adequately address role as well. Humanitarianism: The Ideol- hunger and poverty. Celebrity chef Mark Brand Bowers and Brand talked ogy of Global Charity, counts “It should not be left up to says he wouldn’t encourage about the token program himself among the critics of private individuals — celeb- any other chef to try a token- Chef Rodney Bowers plans to introduce a meal-token program for the while filming Oprah’s Million the token programs. rity chefs in this case — to for-sandwiches program like underprivileged near his Roncesvalles restaurant. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Dollar Neighbourhood this “I agree with the critics decide (how to feed people in the one he runs in Vancouver’s summer, said Bowers. of this program that say it’s need) and we as the audience Downtown Eastside — except Brand runs at Save On Meats be trusted with money. Others Bowers has “struggled” a Band-Aid kind of solution, who buy these meal tickets Toronto’s Rodney Bowers. in Vancouver’s Downtown say poverty and hunger are with the idea of selling $14 because it doesn’t address the should not be making deci- “I don’t think anyone else Eastside. jobs for government, and ad sandwiches when people are broader problems of hunger sions on who we want to give wants to get their ass kicked The ass-kicking Brand talks hoc programs help govern- still hungry and believes the and, larger than that, jobless- them to based on our whims like this, to be honest,” said about comes mostly from anti- ments duck the bigger prob- token program will help him ness and inequality,” Kapoor and fancies,” said Kapoor. Brand. poverty activists who criticize lems. give back to the people in said. “Rather we should be On Monday, Brand and the token program, which lets “I’m really more about the his Parkdale community who Both chefs Mark Brand having a state-funded, fair Bowers are holding a din- people buy tokens for $2.25 people on the receiving end,” can’t afford to eat at his res- and Rodney Bowers say those system of distribution.” ner at Bower’s Roncesvalles that they give to those in said Brand. taurants. restaurant Hey! to officially need, who in turn can redeem “I make sandwiches and “Some critics are going to announce that Bowers will them for a sandwich. they eat them. They feel bet- say it’s dehumanizing or de- degrading is that those people token program will run in be introducing a meal token Some critics say the tokens ter. They’re more happy.” grading, that less fortunate are still hungry,” said Bowers. Parkdale. program for the less fortunate demean their recipients be- Despite showing obvious people can’t handle money, Bowers hasn’t worked out But he said it should be up in Toronto just like the one cause they suggest they can’t frustration with his critics, but what’s dehumanizing and all of the details of how the and running by summer. You booked your last 5 vacations online. Online investing could be your next destination. It’s cold! But it’s certainly not Winnipeg Tara Jan with her dog Milo don’t mind the chilly air, which felt like -13 C with the windchill, as they go for a RBC Direct InvestingTM walk on Sunday. After a rare thundersnow system brought heavy wind, rain, snow and lightning and caused It’s like online shopping for investments. roughly 10,000 people to lose power early Sunday, the city is now facing a week of chilly temperatures that will dip into the negative teens. 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RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. Used under skaters. involved back to their rooms, dent wasn’t criminal in nature licence. © Royal Bank of Canada 2013. All rights reserved. 1 RBC Direct Investing was ranked number one by Dalbar Inc. in 2007, 2008, Peel police Sgt. Pete Brand- adding that one man had his and that police were there 2009, 2010 and 2011. The annual Dalbar Direct Brokerage Service Award rankings are based on evaluations made over the calendar year, wood says officers were called cheek cut in the melee but that mainly to help the manager on measuringacompany’squalityofperformanceinproductknowledge,professionalismandtheirabilitytoprovidevalue-addedservice. to the Delta Meadowvale hotel the injury was minor and didn’t duty quell the unrest. around 5 a.m. Sunday when require medical attention. THE CANADIAN PRESS Hey Toronto, this deal won’t last forever. 5 reasons to ditch the dish and get the best TV. 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The terrorist attack on an Algerian natural gas plant that left dozens of hostages and militants dead has Algeria kidnapping. stormed the natural gas com- demonstrated how a failing plex in the Sahara desert on Algerian insurgency trans- Recording of head Saturday to end the standoff, formed itself into a regional kidnapper shows and the government said all threat, partly by exploiting militants wanted to 32 militants were killed. Ear- the turmoil unleashed by lier Sunday, Algeria’s chief the Arab Spring revolts. organize a prisoner government spokesman said Al-Qaida’s branch in Al- swap with authorities he feared the death toll of hos- geria retreated into a Sahara tages — which stood at 23 on no-man’s land between Saturday — would rise as the Mali, Algeria and Mauri- special forces teams finished tania after it was largely Algerian bomb squads scour- their search. defeated by the Algerian ing a gas plant where Islamist American Frederick Buttac- army in a 10-year war in the militants took dozens of for- cio, a Texan, was among the 1990s that claimed 200,000 eign workers hostage found dead. U.S. officials told The As- lives. There it grew rich on “numerous” new bodies on sociated Press Buttaccio’s re- smuggling and hostage- Sunday as they searched for mains were recovered Friday. taking, gained new recruits explosive traps left behind by They said the militants and re-emerged stronger the attackers, a security offi- came from six countries and than ever, armed with cial said, a day after a bloody were armed to cause max- looted high-tech weapons raid ended the four-day siege imum destruction. Sonatrach, from Libya’s 2011 civil war. of the remote desert refinery. the Algerian state oil company The assault last Wednes- The official, who spoke on running the Ain Amenas site In this undated photo, men look at the wreckage of a vehicle near Ain Amenas, Algeria. British Prime Minister David day by a multinational band condition of anonymity be- along with BP and Norway’s Cameron said Sunday that three Britons were killed and another three are believed dead, along with a foreigner who of Islamists shows how cause of the situation’s sensi- Statoil, said the entire refinery was living in Britain, after Islamist militants seized a gas plant in the remote region. ECHOROUK ELYAOUMI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS long-simmering ethnic ten- tivity, said the bodies were had been mined. sions in Mali, a civil war in badly disfigured and difficult “They had decided to speaking in a state radio inter- ers in Algeria. ation, but the number of hos- Algeria and a revolution in to identify. succeed in the operation as view. 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Teen boy charged with term facing major hurdles murder of five people A 15-year-old boy remained in ings travelled quickly through 57th inauguration. custody Sunday night as detec- the law enforcement com- tives tried to piece together munity and officials began of- Official function a what led to the shooting of five fering their condolences for precursor to Monday’s people, including three young Greg Griego, a spiritual leader children, who were found dead known for his work with fire- ceremony on Capitol in a New Mexico home. fighters and the 13 years he Hill, which will include The teenager was arrested spent as a volunteer chaplain on murder and other charges at the county jail. the inaugural address in connection with the shoot- “Chaplin Griego was a ings, which happened Saturday dedicated professional that night at the home in a rural passionately served his fellow area southwest of downtown man and the firefighters of this A still-popular Barack Obama Albuquerque, said Lt. Sid Cov- community,” Fire Chief James took the presidential oath of ington, a sheriff’s spokesman. Breen said in a statement. “His office for a second term on Detectives did not im- calming spirit and gentle na- Sunday, facing a troubled fu- mediately release the victims’ ture will be greatly missed.” ture but hoping to leave be- names, but word of the shoot- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS hind a battering four years at the helm of a government Forehead cut mired in ugly political division. Peter Westmacott, ABC When Obama first took of- Barbara Walters in News spokesman Jeffrey fice as the 44th U.S. president, Schneider said. The fall left many Americans hoped the hospital after fall Walters with a cut on her symbolism of the first black forehead, he said. man in the White House was a U.S. President Barack Obama is officially sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts in the Blue Room of the White House during Veteran ABC newswoman Schneider said Sunday turning point in the country’s the 57th presidential inauguration in Washington, Sunday. LARRY DOWNING/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Barbara Walters fell at an that Walters went to a deeply troubled racial history. inauguration party at an hospital “out of an abun- Obama vowed to moderate the John Roberts during a brief president’s term were put off responded to a remark from ambassador’s home in dance of caution” and for partisan anger engulfing the ceremony with his family in to Monday, which coincides one of his daughters, saying, Washington and has been a full examination. He says country, but the nation is only the White House Blue Room, this year with the celebration “I did it.” hospitalized. Walters is alert “and tell- more divided four years later, meeting the legal require- of civil-rights leader Martin Lu- On Monday, he will repeat Walters, 83, fell Saturday ing everyone what to do,” perhaps as deeply as at any ment that presidents officially ther King Jr.’s birthday. the oath and give his inaugural night on a step at the resi- which is “a very positive time since the U.S. Civil War take office on Jan. 20. Because Obama made no special re- speech on the steps of the U.S. dence of Britain’s ambassa- sign.” 150 years ago. that date fell on a Sunday this marks at Sunday’s ceremony, Capitol before hundreds of dor to the United States, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Obama was sworn in by year, the traditional ceremon- surrounded by portraits of for- thousands of people. Supreme Court Chief Justice ies surrounding the start of a mer White House residents. He THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Nothing stays hidden forever TONIGHT 9 ALL-NEW at following Mr. D at 8 cbc.ca/murdochmysteries @CBCMurdoch 08 NEWS metronews.ca Monday, January 21, 2013 Mexico Restrictions Cynthia Vanier, who’s Canadian accused Requests for Royal been sitting in a Mexico of smuggling prison for more than a year, Prerogative of is currently waiting to make Gadhafi awaits fate her closing statement before Mercy on the rise a judge, who will then decide The family of a Canadian whether to send the case New restrictions on the woman accused of trying to to trial or drop the charges granting of criminal record smuggle Al-Saadi Gadhafi, against her. suspensions, or pardons, the son of late Libyan dictator Vanier was arrested in are causing more former Moammar Gadhafi, into Mex- Mexico in November 2011 convicts to seek clemency ico says her case is approach- and charged in February. under the rarely used Royal ing a crucial turning point. THE CANADIAN PRESS Prerogative of Mercy, ac- cording to the Parole Board of Canada. In fact, the federal agency has posted an “Im- portant Notice” on its web- site to discourage clemency applications, which it notes are “only granted in excep- tional circumstances.” There are currently 79 active clemency applica- Leadership candidates Justin Trudeau, left, Martin Cauchon, Karen McCrimmon, Joyce Murray, Martha Hall Findlay, tions in the pipeline, ac- LGeorge Taikach, Dbeborah Coeyne, Davird Bertscahi and Malrc Garnseau. PHY LICIAk TORREVILLAS/eMETRO ep cording to a spokeswoman. THE CANADIAN PRESS debate civil (cid:38)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:29)(cid:3)(cid:42)(cid:88)(cid:76)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:82)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:53)(cid:68)(cid:75)(cid:88)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:11)(cid:43)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:84)(cid:88)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:41)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:76)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:12)(cid:3) Federal race. 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Bertschi jokingly took Gar- YOU NEED LIFE INSURANCE Murray, the only West neau to task for touting his Culturally sacred Coast candidate, was the sole time in space, noting he had COMPARE AND SAVE EMILY contender to support running his “feet firmly planted on B.C. woman JACKSON either a Liberal or a NDP can- the ground” regarding the COVERAGE RATES (MALE(cid:0)(cid:115)(cid:0)FEMALE) [email protected] didate in ridings where they environment. 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Mike hole in the Dnipro River, as Del Grande stepped down from others wait for their turn, his post as budget chief. He quit as part of the celebration of suddenly, prompting a messy round of finger pointing and the Epiphany in the town blame. of Vyshgorod outside the Even worse, his resignation came only a day after the budget capital Kiev, Ukraine, on chief had to sit in council chamber and watch as Mayor Rob Saturday. Ford — his boss — voted to blow up the budget Del Grande had Orthodox believers spent thousands of hours pulling together over the last year. celebrate the holiday of the Ford surprised everyone when he supported a wildcard motion Epiphany on Jan. 19, and by Coun. Giorgio Mammoliti to freeze property taxes for 2013, traditionally bathe in holes based on an assumption that the city could replace that lost cut through thick ice on revenue with a floating casino. rivers and ponds to cleanse Thankfully, in his bid to themselves with water Indebted support Mammoliti’s casino deemed holy for the day. Del Grande was probably boat, the mayor lost. The next THE ASSOCIATED PRESS day, he lost his budget chief, the best budget chief too. Orthodox Christians the Ford administration Del Grande deserved better. I say that even though I could have asked for. There’s method disagreed with virtually every- thing he did as budget chief. behind madness Del Grande approached the job with a set of priorities that didn’t really gel with the reality of the city’s fiscal situation. He The traditions also con- appeared to want to be the guy to save Toronto from an eco- tinued at Moscow’s Red nomic apocalypse, but instead he inherited a huge surplus, very Square, at Tyarlevo village manageable debt levels and a top-flight credit rating. just outside St. Petersburg But that didn’t stop him from moving forward, proselytizing and in Minsk, Belarus. for a budgetary doomsday that showed no sign of ever showing The religious holiday up. Epiphany is celebrated by Sure, he reduced city hall’s reliance on prior-year surplus Orthodox Christians accord- money to balance the budget, but it’s hard to call that progress ing to the Julian calendar when it was achieved through budgeting that didn’t really on Jan. 19. consider service levels or Toronto’s growth. It doesn’t make Epiphany Day cele- much sense to cheer on fiscal sustainability when, at the same brates the baptism of Jesus, time, infrastructure crumbles, the TTC is still at crush load for which took place in the much of the day and the affordable housing waiting list lurches River Jordan, and is held toward 200,000 people. in Russia, which uses the But that’s just me. Others, I know, feel differently. Julian calendar. Orthodox And that’s kind of the point. If you step away from policy Christians in Lebanon, and ideology, Del Grande was probably the best budget chief Egypt and Syria follow the the Ford administration could have asked for. Unlike some same tradition based on the politicians, he took the job incredibly seriously, approaching it Julian calendar. Churches with an unshakeable determination. that follow the Gregorian He was also loyal, sometimes to a fault. Translating the calendar celebrate the feast vague and often contradictory ideas coming out of Ford’s on Jan. 6. 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