Metro Toronto - January 27, 2011

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News worth sharing.
Car vs. bike, now
bike vs. human?
Council aims to crack down on cyclists using city sidewalks Coun. Mike Layton blames it on
vehicles parking in dedicated bicycle lanes Most agree that congested sidewalks endanger pedestrians
Toronto is looking to get tough on cyclists “I would think that pedestrians in terms of hierarchy ble and therefore should trump cyclists,
illegally using sidewalks and endangering have the number 1 priority because they have the said Coun. Denzil Minnan-Wong, chair of
pedestrians. the committee. He said in addition to sup-
Pedestrians, particularly seniors, risk se- least protection. They’re the most unprotected. We porting sidewalk enforcement to protect
rious injury if they’re hit by cyclists and are do have to protect pedestrians.” pedestrians, he also backs separated bike
deserving of protection, members of the lanes to improve safety for cyclists.
public works and infrastructure committee COUN. DENZIL MINNAN-WONG “When a pedestrian and a cyclist hit, it
said yesterday. stands to reason if there was to be a winner
In Toronto, bicycles with a wheel diame- tee is recommending that city council call fear of getting involved in a crash or colli- and loser in that altercation, on the balance
ter of more than 61 centimetres are to be for an enforcement strategy for riding on sion with a motor vehicle,” said cyclist An- of probabilities the pedestrian would be
ridden on the road, but the bylaw is neither sidewalks, as well as illegal vehicle parking thony Humphreys. the loser, and the same could be said when
well publicized and stopping in bike lanes. But pedestri- you’re talking about cyclists and motor ve-
nor enforced. “I think the reason why people cycle on ans are more hicles,” Minnan-Wong added.
The commit- sidewalks is the vulnera- TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
McGuinty on
hot seat again
Premier has to explain power
surplus amid high rates {page 3}
At 36, do I
still count?
John Mazzerolle on leaving the
coveted demographic {page 18}
From Hawaii
to Gotham
Hollywood icon and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre yesterday. Story, page 4.
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Schwarzenegger sticks to motivational script in T.O. Selleck on Magnum P.I. and his
new show Blue Bloods {page 24}

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011
Cancer puzzle piece discovered
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Toronto researchers have low us … to use lower dos- down UROD actions in
discovered a key ingredi- es of these treatments both mice tumours and in Cancer cells Blocking URODor turning
ent in cancer cells that without compromising lines of human cancer it off disrupts the cells’
could produce a natural their (cancer-killing) effica- cells in laboratory settings. The study was released iron equilibrium, upping
chemotherapy to destroy cy,” said Emma Ito, a scien- Ito said she does not yesterday by the journal its concentration within
tumours from within. tist with the Ontario know how much chemo Science Translational the cancer cells. This, in
Targeting the enzyme Cancer Institute at Prin - and radiation doses could Medicine. turn, releases a swarm of
— known as UROD — can cess Margaret Hospital. be brought down in pa- tumour-killing chemicals
generate the same toxic ef- While often effective in tients. “But based on what The enzyme,which — known as free radicals
fects that radiation and killing tumours, radiation we see, a substantial de- researchers discovered — that traditional cancer
cancer drugs create in the and chemotherapies also crease in radiation could was at greatly elevated lev- therapies also produce.
news
cells and allow doctors to attack healthy tissues. be applied,” she said, els in tumour tissues, is Increasing a cancer cell’s
greatly reduce those harm- Using RNA materials to adding the research could normally crucial in the iron levels intensifies the
ful therapies when fight- block working parts of the lead to an oral drug for maintenance of oxygen- effects of the free radicals
ing tumours. enzyme, the researchers cancer patients. carrying iron levels that created by the traditional
“It would ultimately al- have successfully shut TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE sustains all of our cells. therapies.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011
Do-it-yourself aid
CRIME No one was injured in
the robbery in the Ade-
Shots fired laide and Niagara streets
area.
in alleged The shots forced near- worker hits Davos
by Niagara Street Junior
robbery Public School into a
hold-and-secure
situation.
Toronto police say three Police say the officers
people are in custody did not return fire, and
following an alleged gas- two men and one Part citizen-journalist, part citizen-philanthropist and part technology
bar robbery. woman have been
nerd, GTA resident uses video cameras, cellphones and Internet to help poor
Police originally said arrested.
the suspects fired at offi- The hold-and-secure ANDY METTLER/SWISS-IMAGE.CH
cers, but later clarified was later lifted for the Shawn Ahmed is tweeting wealthy philanthropists
and said the shots were school. gleefully about the white Bill and Melinda Gates.
fired into the ground. THE CANADIAN PRESS all-access badge he’s been It’s a bit of a coup for a
handed at the World Eco- guy from Richmond Hill
nomic Forum annual meet- who ditched a graduate
Metrolinx OK’s
ing in Davos, Switzerland, program at Indiana’s Notre
where politicians and CEOs Dame University about
are meeting this week to four years ago, then
electrified rail try to solve some of the grabbed his meagre sav-
world’s biggest problems. ings, a laptop and a cam-
The 29-year-old Canadi- corder and flew to
TONY BOCK/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE an landed a coveted seat Bangladesh to help the
GTA travellers could be rid- representing the YouTube poor. Along the way, he
The Uncultured Project founder Shawn Ahmed, winner
ing electric GO trains to the community after winning launched The Uncultured
of the 2011 Davos Debates contest, is seen at the World
airport by 2018 — if the an international online Project, using YouTube and
Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday.
province hops aboard. competition called the Twitter to connect web-
The agency behind the Davos Debates. His trip is savvy friends and donors
plan to electrify two rail paid for by the World Eco- with people in need.
corridors and a dedicated nomic Forum. Ahmed’s parents were ging in the streets and
Case study
air-rail link says trips would corridors,” McCuaig said. Ahmed will be part of born and raised in vowed to help them one
be faster and trains would The improvements could the young, socially con- Bangladesh and survived day.
pull into stations five min- lure two million com- scious web’s eyes and ears the liberation war that That day didn’t come un- You need only watch one
utes apart in peak periods. muters to GO Transit’s cur- on the ground at Davos, turned East Pakistan into til an inspirational meeting of Ahmed’s YouTube
The Metrolinx board of rent daily 200,000 daily where he will mingle with Bangladesh before immi- about four years ago with videos to understand his
directors yesterday ap- ridership, he estimated. people like Randi Zucker- grating to Canada. As a the economist Jeffrey unique take on modern
proved the $1.6- to $1.8-bil- But hundreds of trains berg, Facebook founder child, Ahmed visited his Sachs, who made Ahmed philanthropy.
lion plan to switch from rumbling through neigh- Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, grandfather in Bangladesh, realize it was his genera-
diesel trains to electric on bourhoods won’t please res- and, if he’s lucky, the where he saw children beg- tion’s responsibility to end In a 2007 videoa boy in
the Lakeshore and George- idents, said New Democrat world poverty. rural Bangladesh gave
town corridors over the Cheri DiNovo. Since then, he has been Ahmed a tour of his
City to
next 20 years. Phase 1 — a $457-million is holding three free vac- working independently but school, which was left
Metrolinx president link between Toronto’s cination clinics for any- alongside established or- roofless after the devas-
hold Hep A
Bruce McCuaig said electric Union Station and Pearson one who ate at the ganizations such as Save tating Cyclone Sidr.
trains would save $18 mil- International Airport — Bayview Village restau- the Children USA. Ahmed Ahmed posted the video
clinics
lion in annual operating will be complete in seven to rant on that day. isn’t a registered charity; on YouTube, where it was
costs. They would move nine years, said McCuaig. The clinics will be he’s just a guy with some viewed 150,000 times by
faster and offer more fre- Transportation Minister Customers who ate at hosted in North York video equipment, an Inter- people wanting to help.
quent service, he said. Kathleen Wynne signalled Sierra Grill on Jan. 23 Memorial Hall, at 5110 net connection and a lot of Those people donated
“Electrification is the the province is rolling for- are being advised to get Yonge St., today and to- fans, who lives in his par- money to Ahmed’s PayPal
start of getting the vision of ward, but only with the en- vaccinated after an em- morrow from 4 p.m. to 8 ents’ Richmond Hill home account; Ahmed
having service as frequent vironmental assessment on ployee tested positive p.m., and on Saturday when he isn’t sleeping in transferred the money to
as every five minutes in the the air-rail link for now. for Hepatitis A. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. spare rooms in Bangladesh. Save the Children.
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Bloc posts $5-billion
from serious to good.
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News in brief
Britain alters
30 evacuated anti-terrorism price tag on budget
after train measures
derails
LONDON. Britain yesterday
overturned some of its
BUCKSKIN, ONT.About 30 most unpopular anti-ter-
Bloc Québécois says it will support the budget — at a
residents evacuated from rorism measures
Community chest
the area around a train imposed after the Sept. cost Tory cabinet minister calls the party ‘hypocrites’
derailment site about 150 11 attacks, but stopped
kilometres north of short of ending the con- SEAN KILPATRICK/THE CANADIAN PRESS The federal government’s
Toronto will likely be tentious practice of The Bloc Québécois said Quebec lieutenant, Natu-
spending the night away ordering suspects not yesterday Quebec has re- ral Resources Minister
from home. charged with any crime ceived a raw deal com- Christian Paradis, twice
Randy Marsh of CP to live under partial pared to other provinces in referred to the
Rail said all of the agen- house arrest. a multitude of areas, from opposition party as hyp-
cies who were working to THE ASSOCIATED PRESS regional development and ocrites during a scrum
clean up the wreck near tax harmonization to with reporters.
Severn Falls met yester- Corporate 1990s disaster relief. It
day to come up with a wants some of that ad- “The Bloc is always oppos-
plan. tax cuts fuel dressed in the budget. ing for the sake of oppos-
THE CANADIAN PRESS jobs debate The events helped con- ing ... Now they’ve drawn
firm the prevailing wis- a line in the sand to find a
Politician in dom in Ottawa that, if an pretext to trigger an elec-
rehabilitation imminent election is to be “If the Harper government refuses to do justice to tion ... It’s like they’re
avoided, it will depend on Quebecers, the Bloc will vote against this budget. If this playing with Monopoly
the NDP supporting the To- causes a federal election, we’re ready for it,” Bloc Leader money and taking people
HOUSTON. Police stood ries’ budget. Gilles Duceppe said in a statement. for fools,” Paradis said.
guard as an ambulance That’s because the Lib-
took Rep. Gabrielle erals have already dis- of areas where other in 1997, but none for Que- He said the Bloc has a
Giffords from intensive missed major elements of provinces have received bec’s ice storm a year later; track record of opposing
care to a rehabilitation the government’s long- breaks not offered to Que- huge tax breaks for Alber- federal budgets, and then
hospital in Houston, an term spending and fiscal bec: A multibillion-dollar ta’s oil sector and billions criss-crossing Quebec to
encouraging step that platforms — and the odds sales tax harmonization for Ontario’s struggling au- take credit for any spend-
came after doctors Scan code for story of the Bloc’s demands be- deal with Ontario and B.C.; to industry, but little for ing measures they might
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mental health is
on everyone’s lips.
One in five Canadians suffers from mental illness, impacting countless lives and taking a heavy
toll on the nation’s economy. But mental illness carries a stigma, and many who suffer won’t
get the help they need because they’re too afraid to talk about it.
That’s why I’m proud to support Bell Let’s Talk Day on February 9th. For every text
message sent and every long distance call made by Bell customers that day,*
Bell will donate 5¢ to mental health programs.
Join me in the national conversation. Together, we can change attitudes and
make a real difference. To learn more, please visit bell.ca/letstalk.
*Regular long distance and text message charges apply.
Clara Hughes
Olympic champion
10 news metronews.ca
THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011
Oh, no … right-winger
MATERNAL HEALTH billion-dollar United
Nations program had
PM sees issues with corruption.
“Nobody wants to
a ‘wave blow it,” Harper said in is looking a little left
Geneva yesterday.
of hope’ Later, Harper arrived
in the Moroccan capital
of Rabat, which has been THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A $40-billion initiative hit by simmering popu- Tea party politician was speaking
on maternal and child lar protest.
health will create a Four people have set to the wrong camera in TV fiasco
“wave of hope” across themselves alight in
the developing world, Morocco. The United States was still “She’s ‘clearly not
Prime Minister Stephen Popular unrest has laughing at tea party dar- in touch with the
Harper is predicting. already unseated an au- ling Michele Bachmann mother ship.’”
But he’s also warning tocratic Tunisian govern- yesterday.
it’s vital to get the proj- ment, and protests are Her six minutes in the DEMOCRAT ANTHONY WEINER
ect right, as evidence widespread in Egypt. national spotlight rebut-
emerges that a previous THE CANADIAN PRESS ting U.S. President Barack ence on the Internet. But
Obama’s state of the union with her gaze fixed to the
address was greeted by left, she set the Twitter-
Billionaire N.W.T. feels
mockery and ridicule. world on fire.
Bachmann seemingly “Michele — we’re over
on the run? the power
stared into the wrong cam- here,” tweeted John Hodg-
era during her CNN seg- man of The Daily Show.
ment. Seth Meyers, head
Tunisia’s government has The Northwest Territories She also mispro- writer of Saturday Night
issued international arrest has moved a step closer to nounced the famous Battle Live — where the rebuttal
warrants against ex-presi- assuming the powers of a of Iwo Jima. seems destined to provide
dent Zine El Abidine Ben province. And she repeated a fodder this weekend —
Ali, his family — and his Premier Floyd Roland widely debunked myth weighed in: “I hope who-
brother-in-law, billionaire and federal Indian Affairs about thousands of IRS ever is standing over my
Belhassen Trabelsi, who is Minister John Duncan agents policing Obama’s left shoulder is enjoying
believed to be hiding out signed a deal intended to health-care overhaul. Bachmann’s speech.”
in Montreal. eventually give the territo- Bachmann, a Minnesota Added another wag:
Trabelsi is accused of ry control over its land legislator, was apparently “Moving to the upper-left
stealing government and resources. The deal is Michele Bachmann defended her TV appearance, looking into a different side of my couch so
assets before the president backed by two major abo- saying, “The tea party is a dynamic force for good camera than CNN’s — one Michele Bachmann can see
was ousted this month. riginal groups. in our national conversation.” that fed directly to the me.”
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