Metro Toronto - January 22, 2013

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Sway together,
stay together
U.S. President Barack Obama
takes the oath of office for a
second term, asking a divided
America
to come
together
on the
nation’s
cherished
principles
of justice
and
equality
PAGES 8-9
Stroller patrol?
TTC not so sure
TTC board asks transit staff to
look at whether the system
needs guidelines governing
strollers on buses. But chair
Karen Stintz says she didn’t
know there was a problem PAGE 3
LEAFS GO DOWN FIGHTING
Men who
mess around
Filmmaker Marc de Guerre
PAGE 23 shares his theory on the
biology and psychology of
Leafs forward Colton Orr fights with Buffalo Sabres forward John Scott in Toronto on Monday. The Leafs lost 2-1, with Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller stopping 34 shots. NATHAN DENETTE/THE CANADIAN PRESS male cheaters PAGE 20
Dress code: Optional The O word
Even though event T-shirts
said “orgy” on them, organ-
izers said it was used in fun
and wasn’t an accurate term
for the event.
Student sexcapade. pizza and watching porn. sity of Toronto Sexual Educa- Mutual Street, trying to get in. tute for Studies in Education,
Scattered baskets of Inside the Oasis Aqua tion Centre (SEC) to kick off its Owner Jana Matthews said was drawn to the event out (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:95)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:302)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:316)(cid:553) “It’s clear
condoms and lube set Lounge, a downtown club that sexual-awareness week, were Oasis has never had a compar- of curiosity. He showed up at that it’s not an orgy.
bills itself as a water-themed coveted. By 7 p.m. — the hour able showing. Last year’s SEC about 2:30 p.m. There’s very little, if any,
sex-club party apart adult playground, the atmos- when nudity became allowed event drew closer to 80 people, Six hours later, he was still sex going on at the mo-
from those that most phere was close to a house in most of the venue — the but even that turnout prompt- there with a group of peers ment,” said Dylan Tower,
party, with little nudity, at event was at capacity with ed Matthews to offer a weekly from his program, ordering SEC external education
students are used to least early in the evening. 189 people inside, said Dylan student night. pizza and unsure how soon and outreach co-ordinator.
Students, some dressed cas- Tower, the external education “I think it’s a statement he’d leave to finish homework.
ually in hoodies, ordered food, and outreach co-ordinator of the youth are making,” she Some couples made out (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:61)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:553)(cid:3)
played Twister and watched SEC, which is an affiliated levy said. “It’s OK to have sex ... If discreetly in one room. On the “The best way I can put
Hundreds of students lined up adult flicks while lounging on group of the U of T student people weren’t interested, they top floor, a private room was it, it’s a very sex-positive
Monday night for a peek at the couches and beds. union. wouldn’t be here.” locked, and some moaning club night.”
city’s sex club scene, where Spots at the event, which More than an hour later, at Daniel, a 24-year-old stu- could be heard throughout the
their peers were munching on was organized by the Univer- least 100 people lined up down dent at U of T’s Ontario Insti- evening. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
NOT BECAUSE THEY’RE LAZY, NOT BECAUSE THEY ENJOY IT,
BECAUSE THEY NEED HELP. LET’S END THE STIGMA.
ON FEBRUARY 12, LET’S TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Sellers market, again
Safe Haven
Condo market
stars thrill
shows strange
signs of life New Music
Some Toronto realtors studio
are seeing an unexpected
surge in condo buyers audience
scouring the market after
Christmas and the return of
a phenomenon not seen in Good looks were defi nitely not N
months — bidding wars. lacking in the New.Music.Live.
“I was shocked,” says studio at MuchMusic head-
ReMax realtor Peter Krpan quarters on Monday. Hotties
who advised one couple, Josh Duhamel and Julianne
first-time buyers, that the Hough popped by to chat with
softening condo market VJ Lauren Toyota about the E
meant they could take their release of their new movie
time and bid low on almost Safe Haven. The romantic
any downtown unit they thriller about a young woman
wanted. with a mysterious past hits
Instead, the couple theatres on Valentine’s Day. W
found themselves outbid MUCHMUSIC
this month on their first
choice, an 800-square foot
condo listed for $324,000 TTC mulls limits on
on Queens Quay.
Their “backup” — an
older, 660-square-foot condo
on Victoria Street that had S
been on the market for 71
strollers in buses
days — suddenly had three
bidders. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Careless driving
Man acquitted
in fatal crash And baby drives some “Speaking with my bus Charging extra not an option, TTC chair says
caused by cough buggy. TTC will look at olepmersa, tpoarrst, itchuelayr dlyo i hf ayvoeu pgreotb a-
whether policy needed
collection of very large stroll- (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:48)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:320)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:296)(cid:305)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:266)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)
A man whose coughing ers onto the bus — it does (cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:225)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:274)(cid:561)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)
fit led to him hitting and cause quite an obstruction,” (cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:220)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:273)(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:296)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:251)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:316)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)
killing a woman at the side he said, adding that in his (cid:220)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:220)(cid:279)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:575)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:553)
of a road has been acquitted Should there be a limit on hometown of London, Eng-
of careless driving because a the number of baby buggies land, there’s a two-stroller (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:555)(cid:96)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:561)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:279)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:317)(cid:221)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:561)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:3)
judge ruled he didn’t mean allowed to board the bus? limit on buses. (cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:279)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:314)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:266)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:39)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:561)(cid:302)(cid:3)
to close his eyes. The TTC board has asked But even that can be an (cid:229)(cid:316)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:268)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:317)(cid:220)(cid:279)(cid:225)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:314)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:550)(cid:559)(cid:3)
Ottavio Ariganello transit staff to look at wheth- issue if a bus is relatively (cid:296)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:553)
was seized by a violent, er the system needs some empty and the driver has to
choking-like cough as he guidelines governing stroll- tell a third person pushing a (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:315)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:305)(cid:220)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:302)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:305)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)
was driving in a semi-rural ers. stroller they can’t board, said (cid:220)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:268)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:289)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:251)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:317)(cid:3)
area of Halton Hills, on Feb. The request came after Byford. (cid:273)(cid:305)(cid:268)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:575)(cid:220)(cid:279)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:225)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:320)(cid:553)
21, 2008, he testified at his rider Elsa La Rosa told the Most TTC riders Torstar
trial. He said his eyes closed Toronto Transit Commission News Service spoke with
because of the coughing that too many strollers block weren’t sure a stroller limit day afternoon. She also thinks limiting the
and he became dizzy. the aisles and displace other would work. Terry Silva, 49, agreed. number of strollers on tran-
His car veered off the riders on transit. “I don’t think that would “Parents should have the sit at peak times would make
road and hit Carolyn She suggested that only be a good idea to remove option of using the TTC at all sense. “The strollers take up
McTavish, 50, who was on two strollers should be al- strollers during rush hour. times,” he said. so much space,” she said.
the shoulder of Winston lowed to board the bus dur- I had twins. How would you Rosemary Donald, a Earlier this month, a To-
Churchill Blvd., collecting ing rush hours and no more take twins where you need 55-year-old retiree who was ronto woman complained
her mail. She was pro- than three at other times. to go on transit if you don’t waiting for a train at St. that a bus driver made rude
nounced dead at the scene. Bus drivers say they can have a stroller?” Mia Bach George Station, suggested remarks to her after com-
THE CANADIAN PRESS be a problem, said TTC CEO said while waiting for a train parents could try to plan their plaining about her baby
Andy Byford. at Museum Station on Mon- travel around rush hours. stroller. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
TTC under fire for
untendered contract
Let your savings
Gateway newsstands.
The tender trap
TTC defends deal,
have a happy “There are benefits we do receive as a commission
saying switch to
because of the way this deal has been negotiated.
another retailer could
There are certainly other benefits you get if you
have cost millions
(tendered) it, but the financial benefits may or may
new year too. not be there.” TTC chair Karen Stintz
The TTC and chair Karen Stintz
came under attack on Monday
for disregarding TTC staff ad- The Canadian company But Coun. Doug Ford went
vice and approving a $48-mil- agreed to a 67 per cent increase on the attack, saying the sole-
lion, 15-year sole-source con- in rent and a $1.5 million sign- sourcing might be understand-
tract to the company that runs ing bonus. It will also spend $1 able if there was only one
65 Gateway newsstands. million renovating some stores. supplier. “But come on, news-
Tobmar Investments Inter- TTC staff say transitioning stands?” he said.
national, which also has lottery to another retailer could have “In the private sector you’re
booths, bakeries and cafés in cost between $1.5 million and lucky to get a three-year deal.
GIC
the TTC system, made an un- $2 million “due to downtime.” To get a 10-year sole-source
solicited proposal last year to Stintz said the unsolicited deal and add another five years,
renew its leases, which come proposal will probably mean against staff’s recommenda-
due between May 2014 and more money for the transit tions, against two members (of
1-YEAR May 2022. Under the contract, system. In the past, when the the commission’s recommen-
Tobmar would continue to run city has discarded unsolicited dations), I want to know what’s
1.6 %* the concessions in the TTC for proposals in favour of tendered going on. Why’s she pushing
10 years, with an option to ex- awards, “the financials usually for this deal?” Ford said.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Anti-strike law repealed
Bill 115. But school are still in place, and the condi- Liberals Monday afternoon said review the decision urging
tions and costs school boards that by “moving to repeal the its members not to run after-
boards say it will still say the legislation imposes on act, the government is promo- school sports and clubs before
cost them millions in them remain. ting goodwill and stability in March 1.
“It’s not going to change Ontario schools by addressing The Peel District School
cutbacks and changes
anything — it still doesn’t re- a key concern” of both the ele- Board estimates it faces $7
to sick day policies solve any fundamental issues mentary and secondary teacher million in cutbacks to teacher
or concerns that both school unions. professional development and
boards and certain bargaining The unions have said they secondary teachers. Chair Janet
units would have,” said Michael will wait to see how the new McDougald said the board is
The Ontario government will Barrett, president of the On- Liberal leader will respond to also anticipating additional
repeal its controversial Bill 115 tario Public School Boards’ As- the ongoing tensions before costs now that the government
on Wednesday — a move that sociation and a trustee with the deciding their next steps. The no longer allows teachers to
is largely symbolic given the Durham District School Board. Elementary Teachers’ Federa- bank sick days.
contracts it forced on teachers A statement released by the tion of Ontario has said it will TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Bonus points for creativity?
Toronto Maple Leafs fans Ryan Nesbitt and Tiffany Kayar look at the
T-shirt that Ryan made to sway ticket reps from the Maple Leafs at a
When you’ve giveaway event at Nathan Phillips Square on Monday.
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bingo operators turn around support. We don’t need any
$264,146* their declining business by let- funding from you … we just
in 25 years ting them introduce electronic need your approval.”
bingo in a bid to lure more and Revenues rose in centres
2038
younger players, a city council that participated in an OLG-
committee says. backed pilot project in Barrie,
Since 1997, the number Sudbury, Kingston, Peterbor-
of bingo halls in Toronto has ough and Windsor, councillors
dropped to six from 27, and were told.
$169,764* some of the six aren’t doing The committee backed the
2033 in 20 years that well, council’s government idea of allowing bingo to be
management committee was played on electronic devices.
told Monday. Coun. Paul Ainslie said
Toronto charities supported he hoped the strategy would
by bingo have seen their an- improve bingo revenues, but
nual take drop to $7.9 million doubts it will. He said he hasn’t
2028 $103,273* from $24 million in 2012, said been to a bingo hall in 20 years
Cam Johnstone, president of and being able to play bingo
in 15 years
Delta Bingo, with two halls in on an electronic device isn’t
Toronto. enough to lure him back.
“There is a solution to this “I’m very skeptical,” he said.
problem and that solution is “We’ll see what happens.”
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in 10 years
Bidding process Shot, wounded by officers
City of Toronto to try Police: Canadian
car-share for staff man kills two in
Philippine court
Regularly investing $75 a week Following the lead of other
city governments, Toronto
opens up extraordinary possibilities. is considering trying a car- Police say a Canadian man
share service to see if it’s opened fire in a Philippine
cheaper than using city cars courtroom, killing two
to ferry staff around. people and wounding a
City council’s gov- prosecutor before he was
ernment management shot and wounded by of-
committee Monday gave its ficers.
blessing to seek bids from Police said the suspect
three car-share companies appeared in a Cebu court
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Obama takes oath
Second term. U.S. “Our journey is not com-
plete until our wives, our
president’s inauguration
mothers, and daughters can
speech sets out bold earn a living equal to their ef-
agenda for next 4 years forts,” he said. “Our journey
YOU ARE INVITED TO A FREE: is not complete until our gay
brothers and sisters are treated
IMMIGRATION CONSULTANT OPEN HOUSE like anyone else under the law
A solemn President Barack — for if we are truly created
WHERE? Obama took the oath of office equal, then surely the love we
for the second time in as many commit to one another must
HERZING COLLEGE EATON CENTRE CAMPUS
days on Monday, this time be equal as well.”
before an estimated 800,000 Even as inauguration festiv-
WHEN?
jubilant citizens who cheered ities played out across the U.S.
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to come together and fight for activists held a Gun Apprecia-
■Tour the Campus cherished U.S. principles of jus- tion Day as a form of protest
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to revered civil rights leader ministration wants a sweeping
Martin Luther King Jr. bill that would include a path
He then delivered a spirited, toward citizenship for millions
substantive 19-minute address of illegal immigrants already
that touched on his admin- living stateside. Obama will
istration’s priorities. Obama also face continuing pressure
didn’t shy away from some of to bring the country’s $16 tril-
the most hot-button debates lion US national debt to heel.
currently raging in the United There will also be a decision in
States, including immigration the weeks to come on the fate
reform, gun control, climate of TransCanada’s Keystone XL
change and same-sex mar- pipeline. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama dance during the Commander-In-Chief
riage. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Center during the 57th presidential inauguration Monday. EVAN VUCCI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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metronews.ca NEWS 09
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
... again
Capt. Wales. Prince Harry
returns from deployment
as pilot in Afghanistan
The first lady
The U.K. Ministry of Defence re-
What to
vealed Monday that 28-year-old
Prince Harry, a.k.a. Capt. Wales,
wear ... what
is returning from a 20-week
to wear... deployment in Afghanistan,
where he served as an Apache
helicopter pilot with the Army
Air Corps.
The first lady Michelle In interviews conducted in
Obama headed out to Afghanistan, the third in line
Monday’s inaugural to the British throne described
festivities sporting a navy- feeling boredom, frustration
silk, checkered-patterned and satisfaction during a tour Holland Bloorview presents
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Ottawa remains skeptical
about ‘Canadian’ militants
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Feds want to verify Abdelmalek Sellal did not say
Monday whether the Can-
passports found on site
adians were among the 29 mil-
itants killed by Algerian forces
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that stormed the site or the
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formation, Ottawa is assuming Hostages who had escaped
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hind Algeria’s claim that Can- the militants speaking English
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adians are among the al-Qaida- with a North American accent.
linked militants who attacked a Other unconfirmed reports
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remote desert energy plant. said one of the Canadians was
Senior federal sources say co-ordinating the attack.
the government is frustrated by According to former senior
a lack of information. agents at CSIS, Canada’s spy
And they are unhappy that agency, it is plausible that there
Algeria’s prime minister went might be a Canadian connec-
on television Monday and an- tion to the Algerian debacle.
nounced that two Canadian “The North African file has
nationals were among the band always been very important
DENTAL IMPLANT of Islamist militants who took ... because we have a French
hundreds hostage. community in Quebec, where
“The concern is we want to they can establish themselves,”
PATIENTS SOUGHT see the documentation,” said Michel Juneau-Katsuya said.
one government official who CSIS has had the Algerian
was not authorized to speak community in Montreal under
and requested anonymity. surveillance for decades now,
University of Toronto Clinical Facility, Algerian firemen carry a coffin on Monday containing the body of a person “As far as we know, it’s a he said, citing a series of high-
killed during the attack in Ain Amenas. ANIS BELGHOUL/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS fake passport.” profile cases. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Continuing Education Program is seeking
Oncoming storm
Inert bomb forgotten on
patients requiring replacement of one or
Canada’s warming
two lost teeth only with “dental implants”
plane after dog training trend a bad omen
in an ongoing investigation on patient Environment Canada says
warming trends across
satisfaction and improvement of quality of the country will mean
Documents reveal an inert ex- RCMP and the B.C. transit po- more severe blasts of rain,
Where’s the bomb?
life study. Very reasonable fees. plosive device was forgotten lice outlining what was done wind, snow and heat.
aboard an Air Canada Boeing to find the object. Bob Robichaud, a
767 at Vancouver’s airport The information reveals warning-preparedness
Non-smokers only. After a thorough investiga-
during a dog-training exercise that the item was part of an meteorologist, says 2012
tion, police say they believe
by B.C.’s transit police. explosive training kit and was the 16th year in a row
cleaning staff at Vancou-
The device was missing couldn’t have exploded with- that saw higher-than-nor-
ver’s airport disposed of
Contact: for two days before the dog the explosive and it went out the help of a blasting cap, mal temperatures across
handler noticed, and by the through a Metro Vancouver which wasn’t attached. Canada.
time Air Canada security was garbage incinerator. The missing training de- He says the East Coast
416.979.4756 advised of the loss, the plane vice was placed on the plane should expect heavier and
was on the ground in Toronto. along with several others dur- more frequent storms.
Most of the documents, Taxpayers Federation, contain ing the training exercise in THE CANADIAN PRESS
obtained by the Canadian a series of memos between January 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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