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Wednesday,
January 5, 2011
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News worth
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Dude,
Britain. Assistant
where’s my
streetcar?
There’s apps for that as software developers come
out with TTC information technology One says his
is better than transit commission’s system as it can
track all the city’s notoriously slow streetcars
It’s no secret that the city’s streetcars can “Application developers are
be slow. the best ones to create these
But Toronto’s tech community has been
quick off the mark developing smart- apps, not the TTC, so we’re
phone apps that some people believe are happy whenever anyone
streets ahead of the TTC’s own next-street- does something to enhance
car-arrival tools.
the TTC experience.”
Rocket Radar, launched Dec. 29 by
Adam Schwabe is the latest app for TTC SPOKESMAN BRAD ROSS
iPhones that quickly tells users when the
next few streetcars will arrive at their stop. TTC apps in that it has a very narrow focus
Zoo keeper Angela Ryan makes note of llamas as she conducts “Just by launching the app with a single and purpose, rather than trying to solve
the ZSL London Zoo’s annual stocktake yesterday. tap, Rocket Radar will find where you are, every problem. It’s also the first app that I
and tell you when the next streetcar will know of that uses the city’s open data feed
Llama keeps a close eye on invenOLI tSCAoRFF/GrETTYy IMAGES arrive at the closest stop and even the cor- in a practical application,” said Schwabe,
rect direction,” said Schwabe. 27, who is a regular on the Queen streetcar.
The TTC has launched its own next-car- James Agnew, a software developer who
arrival system that lets riders transmit rides the King car launched his app, Where
their stop number via cellphone and Is My Streetcar, because it was the kind of
Stronger cabinet Duct tape can receive a text message letting them know tool he figured he might use.
when the next cars are due. Launched in October, it has about 1,200
But Schwabe says his app is better followers and is accessible by “more or
voice for 905 do many things
because you don’t need the number posted less” any smart phone or computer. It
at streetcar stops or need to key in any in- maps where the cars are along the route
formation on your location to find out and how long it’s going to take for them to
MPs Fantino, Kent part of Including getting Grade 12 girls when the next cars are coming. arrive at a particular stop.
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Baby abduction
1
accused in court
news CHRIS YOUNG/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Police say casting call for movie
shoot was advertised on Craigslist
A New York woman Batasar said the case is
charged after a baby was still in the preliminary
allegedly kidnapped dur- stages and he is still wait-
ing a fake casting call ap- ing for documents from
peared briefly in a Toronto the prosecution.
court yesterday. Michelle “This matter will be
Marie Gopaul, 24, who is tried in the courts, not in
charged with abduction of the media,” he said.
a person under 14, is to re- He said his client is “do-
News on the move turn to court Jan. 11. ing well” and is being sup-
Police allege a one- ported by her family,
1 Download the free month-old baby girl was despite what he called the
ScanLife abducted last Thursday af- “traumatic circumstances.”
application with ter her parents took her to “The family members
your smartphone a casting call for a movie are obviously very con-
at 2dscan.com shoot. The unharmed baby cerned about her well-be-
was returned to her par- ing and we’re here to do
2 Use the ScanLife ents a few hours later. the best we can here for
application on Outside court, her her.”
your smartphone lawyer Gary Batasar said Gopaul’s visibly upset
to scan 2D Gopaul was not denied bail mother, who had travelled
barcodes in Metro during her court appear- to Toronto from the United
ance Saturday and in fact States to attend court, said
3 The codes will has not yet had a bail hear- she was “very sad” but did-
direct your mobile ing. “She is in jail, she is n’t want to speak with the
browser to obviously upset,” he said media.
relevant of his client. THE CANADIAN PRESS
content at
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Complicated Batasarsaid the fact Go -
On the web at paul is an American citizen
metronews.ca complicates the case in
terms of finding a surety,
who must be Canadian or
have property in Canada.
The baby’s parentsreport-
ed her missing, police say,
after taking her to a cast-
ing call for a movie. They
allege a wo man claiming
to work for the casting
agency said she would
keep an eye on the child.
Lawyer Gary Batasar said Authorities were about to
What Stephen he expected U.S. consular issue an Amber Alert when
officials to be in touch a member of the public Bridget Gopaul stands outside a Toronto court yesterday after her daughter Michelle
Harper’s cabinet with his client, Michelle brought the child to a po- Marie Gopaul, 24, appeared in court charged with abduction of a person under 14.
shuffle could Marie Gopaul (pictured). lice station.
mean for the
next election.
Capt. Mike Strapko said
Video at 294 drivers charged in
the fire was confine d to
metronews.ca News in brief the basement.
TORSTARNEWS SERVICE
holiday RIDE campaign
Man dies in
Sale nets
basement fire
Torstar $40M
RICK MADONIK/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Follow us on Ontario Provincial Police 605 Another 605 TORONTO. Friends and
Twitter say 294 motorists were drivers were neighbours believe care- STAKE. Torstar said yester-
@metrotoronto charged with impaired issued temporary sus- less smoking was the day it received $40 mill -
driving, having a blood-al- pensions for having a cause of a fire that claim- ion in connec tion with
cohol level over .08 or re- blood-alcohol level in ed the life of a 55-year- the Wood brid ge Compa-
fusing a breath test during the warning range. old man in his Cynthia ny Ltd.’s move to increa -
the recent holiday RIDE Road bungalow, near se its stake in the Globe
campaign. An additional ing the 2010 Festive RIDE Scarlett Road and Eglin- and Mail to 85 per cent.
5,011 charges were laid for campaign demonstrates ton Avenue West. Torstar said the $345-mil-
other offences. how relentless we are in Firefighters found the lion sale of its 20 per cent
Police say they stopped our efforts to keep im- victim’s body in the base- interest in CTVglobeme-
nearly 1.1 million vehicles paired drivers from taking ment, where the home- dia Inc. remains subject
Anti-Christian drumbeat reaches across the province be- innocent lives,” said OPP owner had a bedroom to customary approvals.
fevSecra pni ttchhi sa cftoedre a ftotarc tkhse isnt oErgyy.pt. tween Nov. 26 and Jan. 2. Commissioner Chris Lew is. and office. Toronto fire THE CANADIAN PRESS
“Our high visibility dur- THE CANADIAN PRESS Chris Lewis
news: toronto
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2011
Getting back to
CRIME second-degree murder in
the deaths of his wife Zu
Man gets
Ling He, her 22-year-old
daughter Qian Jenny
22 years Zhao and his four-year- business after fire
old daughter Lisa Mac.
for killing In the weeks leading
up to the murders, Mac’s
his family wife had been talking
about leaving him. He al-
so had been arguing with VINCE TALOTTA/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
A man who fired bullets his stepdaughter, calling Still too dangerous to go on-site
into the heads of his fam- her a prostitute for hav- after Yonge Street blaze, police say
ily and torched their bod- ing a boyfriend.
ies beyond recognition He later said he could-
was sentenced yesterday n’t handle the stress any- Businesses on Yonge Street “They should just
to serve at least 22 years more, and that he killed just north of Dundas be- tear it down. It’s
for what relatives called his four-year-old daugh- gan to reopen yesterday
just an awful mess
the “beast-like” slayings. ter because no one morning as the investiga-
Bao Mac pleaded would be left to raise her. tion into the six-alarm fire at this point. What
guilty to three counts of THE CANADIAN PRESS that destroyed an historic significant
building continued.
building could
Yonge remained closed
$50M payout to vehicles between Dun- there be in that
das and Gerrard streets, space?”
delayed as more but pedestrians were be- ARRON BARBERIAN,
ing allowed into the area BARBERIAN STEAKHOUSE
even as city engineers
claimants emerge checked surrounding
buildings for damage as a “The idea that this
result of the blaze at 335 could be restored is ridicu-
Yonge St. lous,” said Arron Barber-
$23M
A group of Bell Canada em- The Ryerson University also ian, a member of the
ployees who expected to jackpot reopened its doors after family who owns Barber-
be millionaires yesterday for the next Lotto Max cancelling all campus ac- ian Steakhouse, on Elm
can’t start spending that draw this Friday. tivities Monday. Street just west of Yonge.
windfall yet. A statement on the He added that he didn’t
The Ontario Lottery and school’s website said class- feel the building had that
Gaming Corp. said it is de- said a rigorous prize-claim es would be following a much historical worth.
laying the payout of $50 review process needs to be The blaze investigation continues yesterday normal schedule yester- “The Ford Hotel?
million from the Dec. 31 completed before any as firefighters get a bird’s-eye view of the damage day. C’mon. It was a flop-
Lotto Max draw. prize is paid out. at the corner of Yonge and Gould. Businesses were open- house,” he said.
Media reports yesterday The review is needed ing their doors just hours Police would not say
said the 19 workers at a “to ensure all lottery play- after a hot spot flared up when the roads would re-
Bell Canada call centre in ers are protected and the in the wreckage of the her- open, only saying it could
OMERS
east-end Toronto held the right prize is paid to the 3,300 employees across itage building early yester- take several days, depend-
winning ticket. right person,” the OLG said Canada that provides re- day morning. ing on the Ontario Fire
acquires
The OLG said it can con- in a release. habilitation services and “We wanted to open Marshal’s investigation in-
firm there is one winning It’s the first time the community health care. yesterday but weren’t al- to the cause of the fire.
health
ticket and it is being $50 million has been won The deal is being done lowed to,” said Elyse Mayo, Capt. Mike Strapko said
claimed by a large group. by a single ticket in On- between CBI Health’s an employee of Watch It, it’s not known how long
group
However, the OLG said tario since Lotto Max owner, Callisto Capital located on Yonge a few the investigation will take.
it’s delaying payment be- launched in 2009. LP, and OMERS Private doors south of the fire. “It’s a slow, meticulous
cause additional claimants The jackpot for the next Equity, which is part of “We probably missed process, where we will be
have come forward and Lotto Max draw this Friday One of Ontario’s largest the fund that provides some business.” picking out pieces of de-
are claiming a portion of will be an estimated $23 pension managers is retirement benefits for Other businesses in the bris to do a forensic exami-
the prize. million. buying the CBI Health Ontario’s municipal em- area echoed Mayo’s com- nation,” Strapko said.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2011
Bus riders furious
produce in the past few
years. It would increase
News in brief inspections at food pro-
cessing facilities and over 14-hour stop
allow mandatory recalls
of tainted products.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Churches take
precautions
Greyhound statement blames ‘unforeseen weather conditions and
TERRORISM. Coptic resulting road closures’ for marathon delay Passengers not buying it
churches in Canada are
on alert as they prepare KARINA HUNTER-/ONTARIONEWSNORTH.COM/THE CANADIAN PRESS
to celebrate the birth of Angry Greyhound passen- “They didn’t offer
Christ this Friday, follow- gers were contemplating us an apology, no
Battle brewing ing a terrorist attack on a legal action against the bus nothing. I’m never
Coptic church in Egypt company yesterday for be-
over $1.4B bill on the weekend that ing left to fend for them- going to use
killed at least 21. selves for some 14 hours in Greyhound again.”
U.S. CONGRESS. In an indi- THE CANADIAN PRESS a small town in northern JASON HOLLINGSWORTH, A
cation of coming Ontario. PASSENGER WHO SAID THE 14-HOUR
tensions with the GOP- Canada’s spy Many of the more than DELAY COST HIM TWO DAYS OF WORK
controlled House, U.S. 100 westbound passengers
President Barack Obama agency blasted who were stuck in White donut shop from about 3
yesterday signed into law in 2010 audit River, Ont., on two buses a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
an overhaul of the said Greyhound added in- They said only one Grey-
nation’s food safety sys- sult to injury by giving Greyhound passengers mull about at a gas station in hound driver provided
tem as Republicans them the runaround when White River, Ont., Monday during a 14-hour ordeal. scraps of information on a
talked of withholding they sought answers. few occasions.
$1.4 billion needed to put “It was just a brutal ex- Those who tried to
the new requirements in- perience,” Paul Hitchin in the town of 840 for what seen of our driver,” said reach a company represen-
to place. said yesterday after finally they expected to be a pit Hitchin, who paid $600 for tative by phone from
Congress passed the arriving in Calgary. stop. his round trip, and was en White River were unsuc-
bill at the end of the year “I’ve never seen a com- A driver told them it route from Barrie, Ont. cessful. Others complained
after several serious out- pany do something like was snowing out and to Passengers, including that customer service rep-
breaks of E. coli and sal- A top-secret audit says the that to people and not care “sit tight.” He then small children, at least one resentatives were hanging
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isn’t passing muster.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2011
Alleged assassin
ARKANSAS MYSTERY will ever pinpoint a cause
with certainty.
Scientists So for the small town
speculate on of Beebe, Ark., where
New Year’s revellers caught on camera
birds’ deaths spent the holiday week-
end cleaning up between
4,000 and 5,000 dead red-
Celebratory fireworks winged blackbirds, the
likely sent thousands of mystery of why the birds
discombobulated black- fell out of the sky re- Police say Filipino councilman REYNALDO DAGSA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
birds into such a tizzy mains unsolved.
that they crashed into Some speculated Mon- was shot seconds after photo taken
homes, cars and each day that a bout of bad
Two suspects arrested Monday
other before plummeting weather was to blame.
to their deaths in central Others said one confused
Arkansas, scientists say. bird could have led the Philippine police investi- himself against the vehicle
Still, officials acknowl- group in a fatal plunge. gating the New Year’s Eve and pointing his gun at
edge it’s unlikely they THE ASSOCIATED PRESS shooting death of a local Dagsa. His face is slightly
councilman did not have obscured by the gun.
to look further than the The car was parked
Horse dies Charges last photograph the victim along an alley outside the
took. That photo led to the Dagsas’ house. In another In this handout photo provided by the
in car-buggy in Manitoba arrest of two suspects. corner of the photograph Dagsa family, an alleged assassin aims
collision weapons bust sidTeh e tphiec turceo, utnakcielnm aonu’ts- iass at hme aans spaoslsiicne’ si dleonotkiofiuetd. his gun at Councilman Reynaldo Dagsa
house in metropolitan Police said yesterday Manila the same day, San- the usually noisy New
A horse died and a buggy Two northern Ontario men Manila, clearly shows a that Dagsa died of his tos said. Year’s street revelry that
driver was taken to hospi- have been charged follow- man aiming his gun from wounds by the time he He said the main sus- comes with lots of fire-
tal after a head-on collision ing a weapons bust in Man- behind the victim’s smil- reached a hospital. His pect was a car thief who crackers.
with a car in southwestern itoba last month. ing three-member family, family gave police the pho- was out on bail and likely The family members
Ontario. Robert McGillivray of seconds before he was to, which ran on the sought revenge against said they did not hear a
Provincial police say the Dryden faces dozens of shot. Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Dagsa for ordering his ar- gunshot because the fire-
collision happened Monday charges including possess- The relatives — Council- front page yesterday. rest last year. crackers were exploding
when a car tried to pass a ing a prohibited weapon man Reynaldo Dagsa’s Caloocan city police Dagsa’s wife and daugh- all around them. They only
truck on Airport Road near for the purpose of traffick- wife, daughter and moth- Chief Jude Santos said a ter, speaking to reporters saw Dagsa falling to the
Norwich, Ont. The horse ing. Roger Nordlund, also er-in-law — are seen stand- man identified as the gun- at their home yesterday, ground after he was hit.
was killed by the impact, of Dryden, faces one count ing beside the family’s car, man in the picture was ar- said the victim had asked They said they rushed
while the buggy driver was of possessing a prohibited which has lights on, and rested Monday. His them to wake him up be- him to the hospital but it
taken to a London, Ont., weapon for the purpose of the gunman, wearing a accomplice also was arrest- fore the stroke of mid- was too late.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2011
Girls in sticky
school mess for
supporting team
Windsor Catholic school suspends eight Grade 12
students Duct-taped tops a long-standing tradition
Some Grade 12 students in “I know we were warned but we didn’t
Windsor were suspended want to miss out on anything.
for a day after spelling out Everyone’s always done it. We wanted
support for their hockey
to be a part of it.”
team on tops made of
blue duct tape. SUSPENDED STUDENT, ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
The eight girls from St.
Joseph’s Catholic High sions if they wore the warned but we didn’t want
School spelled out “Go duct tape tops with the to miss out on anything.
Lasers” at the annual letters. Everyone’s always done it.
game between their The Windsor-Essex We wanted to be a part of
school and F.J. Brennan Catholic District School it,” the student said.
High School for the Fa- Board is backing the sus- “We thought we met
ther Zakoor Cup. pensions, saying that in the school dress code. We
The game was Dec. 17, the past some students dis- did what we wanted to
the last day of school be- playing the letters have do, but followed the rules
fore the holiday break, so not dressed appropriately. that apply to any dress-
the suspensions were One of the suspended down day.”
served yesterday. students said the girls The student said the
While it has been a promised not to show any girls could be barred from
long-standing tradition, skin, but the school board their prom because of
the girls were warned rejected their proposal. their actions.
they would face suspen- “I know we were THE CANADIAN PRESS
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U.S. navy fires
aircraft carrier
commander
Many sailors aboard USS Enterprise at the time have
defended Capt. Owen Honors on Facebook postings
U.S. NAVY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The U.S. navy brusquely signed to administrative du-
fired the captain of the USS ties ashore.
Enterprise yesterday, more “After personally review-
than three years after he ing the videos created while
made lewd videos to boost serving as executive officer,
morale for his crew, timing I have lost confidence in
that put the military under Capt. Honors’ ability to lead
pressure to explain why it effectively,” said Adm. John
acted only after the videos Harvey, head of U.S. Fleet
became public. Forces Command. Harvey
Senior military officials Capt. Owen Honors declined to answer ques-
said they were trying to de- tions from reporters.
termine who among Navy whether Capt. Owen Hon- The Pentagon said the
leaders knew about the ors was reprimanded at the disciplinary system isn’t
videos when they were time. foolproof but generally
shown repeatedly in 2006 Just two days after the works.
and 2007 to thousands of videos were shown repeat- “There are always going
crew members aboard the edly on television, the navy to be people do things they
nuclear-powered aircraft called a news conference shouldn’t,” said Marine
carrier. yesterday in Virginia to an- Corps Col. Dave Lapan, a
An investigation by U.S. nounce that Honors was Pentagon spokesman.
Fleet Forces Command also stepping down as ship com- “They will be held account-
is seeking to determine mander and being reas- able.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Flooded Australian
city braces for more
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Swollen rivers and flooding have
killed 10 people in Queensland
state since late November: Police
Research Volunteers Needed Fanlodo drso tahda tl ihnakvse tcou ta ani r,A ruasil- swpeaewkn oedf hbeya vmy orraein thacarno sas
tralian coastal city are now Queensland state is making
threatening its sewage its way along the Fitzroy
plant, and waters were still River toward the ocean —
Healthy male research volunteers, on no expected to rise another and Rockhampton lies in
medication, needed for a research study at the few feet before peaking to- the way. As waters drain,
day. the city of 75,000 people
Toronto General Hospital. Aged 18-60 years.
Residents of Rockhamp- was expected to see flood
ton made their way in boats levels rise another half-me-
• Three screening visits through waters that tre by today.
• Two overnight visits approximately 34 hours each, reached waist-high in some The river has already
2-4 weeks apart areas yesterday but were burst its banks, inundating
warned not to wade into houses and businesses in In this photo provided by the Rockhampton regional
• Intravenous line for blood sampling them since snakes and croc- waters ranging from a few council, water inundates the suburb of Depot Hill at
• Insertion of a thin, flexible feeding tube through odiles could be lurking. centimetres to waist-deep. Rockhampton, Australia, yesterday.
the nose to the stomach A huge inland sea THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Man cleared by DNA declared innocent
• You will be financially compensated $600.00 for
your time
If interested please contact the study A Texas man had his convic- more time than any other
coordinator at 416-340-4800 ext. 8886. “It’s a joy to be free again.” tion overturned yesterday inmate exonerated by DNA
CORNELIUS DUPREE JR. for a rape and robbery after evidence in his state.
serving 30 years in prison, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS