Metro Toronto - January 25, 2010

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tional Airport yesterday.
Dr. Aslam Daud, chair-
man of the aid group Hu-
manity First, told CP24 TTC grants two-month grace
there was no electricity,
food, water, shower facili- period for unused adult tickets
ties or washrooms in Haiti.
Another member of the
group, Furqan Haider, said A fare hike, a massive sub- ed. Hence the temporary
it was sad to see the situa- way shutdown and the tickets. Since the Jan. 3 in-
tion in Haiti, adding at snoozing ticket collectors crease, riders using the
night there’s no light and scandal: After months of slips of paper have had to
people are sleeping on the awful service, the TTC is make up the 25-cent fare
roads. throwing fed-up riders a difference. After Jan. 31,
Humanity First plans to bone. the tickets
hold a fundraising event People Unused tickets won’t be
for Haiti’s earthquake vic- with unused valid on the
tims Feb. 4 in Toronto. paper tickets (cid:129) From Feb. 1 to March 31, TTC any-
THE CANADIAN PRESS can exchange riders should take their un- more.
or refund used tickets to the south en- Although
them until trance of Bloor-Yonge sta- leftover stu-
News on the M ve the end of tion or to TTC headquarters dent, senior
March. at Davisville station be- and chil-
What’s this The tickets tween 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., dren’s tickets
barcode for? were an where they can be refunded could be re-
Learn how to scan emergency on the spot. turned or ex-
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the top of pg 3 printed late last year after that date, paper adult tick-
a fare hike announcement ets were originally set to
spurred token hoarding become worthless Feb. 1.
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that caught the transit sys- Instead, riders are being
tem off guard. given a two-month grace
Countdown Penny-pinching riders period to get their money
to 2010 have always stocked up on back or exchange the tick-
tokens before a price in- ets for higher-priced to-
Follow Metro as we crease, but since tickets kens.
bring you daily Toronto Raptors Jarrett Jack, right, celebrates with Chris Bosh yesterday after defeating the Los were discontinued in 2008, TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
coverage leading up Angeles Lakers at the Air Canada Centre. Toronto won 106-105. More coverage, page 20 last year’s run on tokens ED DRASS,
to the 2010 Winter left the TTC empty hand- IN TRANSIT, PAGE 15
Olympics in Van-
couver.
• Today — Canada welcomes first group of Haitian orphans
Duncan
clinches
Olympic NEW LIFE Twenty-four Hait- their new parents. volunteers who gently There are 90 children al-
berth, ian orphans left their shat- The first group of Hait- stroked their bellies to ready cleared to come to
Haiti
page 22 tered country yesterday to ian adoptees to arrive in help them sleep on the Canada, and another 90 be-
embark on new lives in Canada were swaddled in Crisis plane, the children were ing fast-tracked through
On the web Canada, stepping off a compassion every step of the recipients of a tremen- the immigration system.
plane into the crisp early the way in their journey. bundles on a bus from the dous outpouring of care — THE CANADIAN PRESS
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for news updates to the warm embraces of carried the little wide-eyed airport, to the Air Canada their anxious parents. PAGES 8, 12
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Provincial police say a man faces a slew of charges after talking on a cell-
phone during a high-speed chase in Toronto. Police allege a white
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metres before the vehicle crashed into a police cruiser. The driver faces
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Golf’s in, shovelling’s out
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Comment Pg 15 time last year, weather ex- where nine holes have been said a manager, but this
Business Pg 18 pert Dave Phillips is calling opened. year it took a month and a
Going Green Pg 19 a spade a spade — and cer- (cid:129) Cyclists: The non-profit half.
Sports Pg 20 tainly not a snow shovel. Bike Pirates shop in west (cid:129) Cozy moose-patterned
Workology Pg 23 “Where is the snow? It’s Toronto is “extraordinarily jackets hang untouched at
Entertainment Pg 27 just not to be found. We’re busy this month” training The Canadian Naturalist gift
Celebrity Buzz Pg 33 really into a snow drought up to 20 cyclists an hour in shop, beside similarly un-
here in Toronto,” said the bike building and repair, wanted hooded sweat-
Tomorrow’s Metro senior climatologist for En- says owner Geoffrey shirts. T-shirts are a hotter
vironment Canada on a Bercarich. item. Reynaldo Estrada says that he has been selling more hot dogs this
Comment weekend where rain falling winter. His stand is located at the corner of Yonge and Dundas.
Lawrence Martin on earlybird golfers has giv-
gives us his take on en January an identity cri- ers on snowplows and spar- ary thaw starts to stretch to can Republic and Mexico says agent Margaret Mod-
the Canadian po- sis. ing drivers from black ice. two weeks. no matter what January este — there are some clear
litical scene. Blame it on El-Nino, says But it’s also left parkas and While travel agents say skies dish out — “it’s still winners and losers to such
Phillips; that warm weath- shovels to gather dust on they keep booking couples gloomy here compared to topsy-turvy temperatures.
er system is saving taxpay- store shelves, as the Janu- on getaways to the Domini- 20 C and sun in the south,” TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Cabbie to appear before rights tribunal Where the lanes have no names
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Canadians for their support norities and newcomers. plates, and so make no rev- safety,” said Rory Sinclair, Ruth White.
at metronews.ca/canada He takes his case against enue at retirement or former chair of a local resi- Police often can’t locate
Searchfor careers using the city to the Human death. dents’ association that houses on lanes because
Metro’s Workopolis — Rights Tribunal today. In the ’80s, the standard hopes to name 46 neigh- people tend not to post
powered job search “I have made an accusa- plate cost about $70,000. bourhood laneways in Har- house numbers there, she
Playfree online Sudoku tion that there is a racial Asafo Addai Now it can run upwards of bord Village, in the College said. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
discrimination in the city’s $250,000.
licensing policy that is un- many see as “inferior” am- Addai believes that al-
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A man is fighting for his “It would appear that he
life in hospital after he Woman charged was on his cellphone at the
was hit by an eastbound time and that may have
TTC streetcar on Queen (cid:129) An 83-year-old Toronto been a contributing fac-
Street, near Broadview Av- woman has been charged tor,” said Staff Sgt. Steve
enue. after a mother pushing her Reynolds.
The 35-year-old victim is baby in a stroller was struck There is no indication al-
the latest in a string of col- and killed by a driver run- cohol played a role and no
300 000 lisions involving pedestri- ning a red light. Police said charges have been laid at
$ , ans this month — colli- Edith Lucille Jones has been this time, he added.
sions that have resulted in charged with careless driv- TTC representative Mike
12 deaths in the GTA since ing and failing to stop for a Detoma said the collision,
Jan. 12. red light. like all accidents involving
Police say the man was TTC vehicles, will be fol-
hit by the streetcar as he who police say was from lowed up with an investi-
crossed Queen, just east of Woodbridge, remains in gation and safety briefing.
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Hamilton Street, around critical condition. Detoma wouldn’t com-
12:30 a.m. Police believe the victim, ment on whether transit
He was taken to St. whose name is not being drivers were being advised
1100 Michael’s hospital by released at the request of to be more cautious in the
emergency personnel in his family, may have been wake of the recent pedes-
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The RCMP have tracked down a Newfoundland man charged with assault and failure to provide the necessi-
ties of life to a child. Police say 34-year-old Glenn Budgell was arrested in Nova Scotia. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canadian death toll up to 19
Canada
Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon, left, says the Canadian death
toll in earthquake-ravaged Haiti has risen to 19. Cannon says 213 Canadi-
ans remain unaccounted for, 12 days after the magnitude-7.0 quake. He
told an Ottawa news conference yesterday that the focus is now on the
repatriation of the Canadian victims of the quake. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Spotlight on Haiti’s PM
OttawaHaitian orphans arrive
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The disastrous Jan. 12 cipient of Canadian aid spend- once the international Cannon called the talks a
earthquake has also shak- ing, after Afghanistan, with roadmap for Haiti emerges af- “critical step on the road to
en Haiti’s political $555 million earmarked over ter today’s opening round of recovery” that would lead
standing in the world, cat- five years to 2011, and many talks. to a larger donor’s confer-
apulting its prime minister ence in the near future,
to a meeting in Montreal solve to rebuild itself. short media briefing. when actual dollars would
to face an unfamiliar treat- Bellerive received a “Right now, the needs of be pledged.
ment — the international warm welcome yesterday Haiti are enormous,” Bel- Bellerive will help lead
spotlight. afternoon from Prime Min- lerive uttered in French. Montreal talks, where for-
Prime Minister Jean-Max ister Stephen Harper on He was largely ignored and eign ministers from more
Bellerive will represent Parliament Hill. A similar Cannon was peppered than a dozen countries, no-
Haiti’s bloodied but un- greeting from Gov. Gen. with questions on Afghan- tably U.S. Secretary of State
bowed government at the Michaëlle Jean awaited istan. Hillary Clinton and French
Canada-hosted talks. him at Rideau Hall later in Yesterday, Cannon shift- Foreign Minister Bernard
Politicians and analysts the day. ed the focus to Bellerive: Kouchner, eight interna-
say he must emerge from Six weeks ago, Bellerive “Obviously the govern- tional bodies, including
today’s six-hour meeting as was virtually unnoticed in ment of Haiti will have a banks, and six major non-
a strong figure, nothing Ottawa as he accompanied very large say in this ... I governmental organiza-
short of a symbol of his Foreign Affairs Minister think it’s going to be ex- tions will convene.
devastated country’s re- Lawrence Cannon to a tremely important to get THE CANADIAN PRESS
Accident strands Canadian soldiers
News in brief
APOLOGY The man injured af-
ter plainclothes Vancouver offi- Haiti plies through the devastat- efforts from Jacmel, the One of 24 orphaned Haitian children from earthquake-stricken
cers knocked on the wrong ed country. newly established transport Haiti arrives at the Ottawa airport yesterday. The children,
door did not resist arrest as po- Crisis A Canadian Forces con- hub on the south coast. weary from their long journey, arrived in Canada early yester-
lice first claimed, Chief Jim Chu voy with the army’s only Several members of the day into the open arms of their new adoptive parents.
said. “I want to make it perfect- CONVOYA group of Canadi- bulldozer in the Jacmel re- army’s Disaster Assistance
ly clear … that we do not stand an soldiers found them- gion spent part of the day Response Team were stuck
by that statement,” he said. selves temporarily stranded stuck on a treacherous, on the treacherous road as
Overcoming pain
The chief apologized in person in the mountains of south- winding mountain pass by a soldiers tried to repair the
to Yao Wei Wu at his home on ern Haiti with their convoy cliff. damaged vehicles. Among
the weekend. Wu, who doesn’t held up by a traffic accident It was unclear what the four vehicles in the
speak English, suffered cuts yesterday. caused the accident, but it stranded convoy was the to help others
and a swollen eye during the The incident offered a represented a temporary bulldozer the DART has
arrest. vivid illustration of the chal- setback for efforts to push been using to clear rubble.
METRO CANADA lenge in distributing sup- ahead with Canadian relief THE CANADIAN PRESS
three weeks.
Canadians donate Haiti Leblanc has always want-
Do You Suffer From Type II Diabetes? $9.4M for Haiti Crisis ed to put her nursing skills
to use in a disaster zone, but
FUNDRAISERCanadians re- MEDICINE As a nurse of Hait- she wishes she could have
sponded to a star-studded ian descent, Marie Leblanc’s used them to help her baby
appeal to help the victims volunteer stint in Haiti will cousin, who was buried un-
Cetero Research is seeking people with Type II Diabetes of Haiti’s devastating be bittersweet as she knows derneath the rubble of his
to participate in clinical research studies testing an earthquake by donating she will be able to help home.
investigational Type II Diabetes medication. more than $9.4 million Fri- many people desperately in “I can’t help him, but you
day night, officials said in need, but her help will have have to deal with the reality
You may qualify to participate if you: the hours that followed a come too late for her 18- of it,” she said. “It hap-
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(with proof documents) Officials said matching boy was one this a nightmare? Is what can we
Qualifying participants will be compensated for their federal funds elevated Fri- of an estimat- this a dream? Am I do? I have to
day night’s tally to $18.8 ed 200,000 stay strong for
participation upon completion of studies. Compensation going to wake up?’”
million.Go to people killed the other ones
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weekend to Port-au-Prince speechless,” Leblanc said. “I
with a group of nurses from say to myself, ‘Is this a
“Today’s Research for Tomorrow’s Healthcare” the Jewish General Hospital nightmare? Is this a dream?
Canadians enjoying January’s mild in Montreal, many of them Am I going to wake up?’ But
spell might want to thank our friend
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So, I picked up the phone. Murder trial begins
for Canadian soldier
I was so tired of trying and failing,
Sara Rue
of giving up and gaining all the
weight back. I wanted to lose 30 Capt. Robert Semrau charged in Taliban fighter’s death
pounds and realized that I
A Canadian soldier will manders two months later.
couldn’t do it on my own.* face a court martial today, Michel Drapeau, a re- Shadow of Somalia
accused of the 2008 tired colonel and lawyer,
So I called Jenny Craig. I had
murder of a wounded, un- said he has- (cid:129) Two Canadian soldiers
no idea just how much help armed Taliban fighter in n’t been were charged with second-
southern Afghanistan — a able to find degree murder in the 1993
they would give me! case a military expert says a case of death of Somali teenager
is almost certainly the first this kind in Shidane Arone, who was
of its kind. Canadian not a prisoner taken in com-
What I love about Jenny Craig Capt. Robert Semrau has military le- bat. The inquiry was later
been charged with second gal history, aborted.
is the one-on-one attention
degree murder in the bat- where a sol-
and the fact that everything tlefield killing of an insur- Capt. Robert dier was
gent fighter following a Semrau tried for the case.”
is tailored to helping me prolonged clash in Lashkar battlefield Semrau was released
overcome my individual Gah, the capital of Hel- murder of a prisoner. from detention last Janu-
mand province. “It’s unprecedented in ary and has remained with
issues. My personal The series of running many, many respects,” said his regiment at Canadian
firefights took place as Drapeau. Forces Base Petawawa,
consultant understands my
British and Afghan forces “I can’t remember any Ont., under a series of
challenges and supports me along with their Canadian such incidents in the past court-imposed conditions,
mentors helped defend the 50 years and in the Second including that he not pos-
every step of the way. Between city in October 2008. World War, I don’t believe sess any firearms or explo-
help from my consultant and But Semrau wasn’t there was such a court sives in the course of his
charged until the alleged martial. From my own duties. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Jenny’s delicious cuisine, I know killing came to the atten- memory and recollection, MORE COVERAGE ON
I can do this! tion of Canadian com- there hasn’t been such a AFGHANISTAN, PAGE 14
*Clients Afghan-Canadian doc helms Kabul clinic
Join me on following our
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search Centre is a tiny but
important step forward for
health care in a country
where the vast majority of
1-866-656-0972 the population either can-
not afford treatment or
have to pay dearly to travel
abroad to get it.
Dr. Asmat Naebkhil, 48,
graduated from the Uni-
versity of Kabul medical
DIFFERENCE school in the 1970s, but
THE JENNY CRAIG has spent most of the past
two decades working in
hospitals across Canada,
Jenny Craig is a comprehensive program that incorporates the most recently at Windsor
Regional Hospital in Wind-
three elements critical to weight loss success. sor, Ont. Dr. Asmat Naebkhil, third from left, stands outside his cardiac re-
For several years, with search clinic in Kabul. Much the clinic’s equipment comes from
FOOD BODY MIND the help of his local Rotary Windsor, where Naebkhil worked at Windsor Regional Hospital.
Club, he scrounged used
diagnostic machines, stor- school’s chancellor last stay just a month. That
ing them in a warehouse year persuaded him to was in June.
for shipment to come set up the facility in Today, the clinic sees up
Afghanistan. a disused dormitory. to 15 patients a day.
A call from the medical Naebkhil intended to THE CANADIAN PRESS
Immigration delays plague Afghan interpreters
OTTAWA Canadian soldiers
Lose 20 lbs for $20† might be long gone from “If this does not work, this will be the
Afghanistan before worst memory of our life.”
Afghans who risked their
lives in support of the mis- Lal (Jamal) Mohammad, interpreter supervisor
†Plus the cost of food sion are ever allowed into
Canada. barely sputtered into exis- hammad, who oversees 76
10-week limit. At participating centres. Cannot be combined with any other offer or Nine months after Ot- tence. interpreters in Kandahar.
discount. No cash value. Restrictions apply. tawa promised to expedite “That was a kind of hope “If this does not work,
immigration applications for the Afghan people who this will be the worst
from those Afghans, the work for the Canadian memory of our life. They
Helping Canadians lose weight for over 18 years!
new bureaucratic maze guys or Canadian troops will break our hearts.”
they have to navigate has here,” said Lal (Jamal) Mo- THE CANADIAN PRESS