Metro Toronto - January 5, 2016

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Sebastian Khan Little roads,
with father
Zamir Khan
and mother
Heather Harder.
big changes
CONTRIBUTED
REVITALIZATION is poised to unveil “master plans”
T.O. alleyways for revitalizing three alleyways
in different corners of Toronto.
getting facelift One of those, Reggae Lane,
received a facelift earlier this
with slew of
year, complete with a mural
projects in 2016 commemorating the neighbour-
hood’s musical history. It’s al-
ready being touted as a blueprint
Luke for revitalizing local laneways,
Simcoe Senayah said.
Metro | Toronto Over at O’Keefe, the BIA, along
with Ryerson, Covenant House
It’s going to be a big year for and KingSett Capital, has already
little streets in Toronto. spruced up the laneway with
A number of local laneway new lights, a paint job and a
projects are set to come to frui- small garden run by culinary
tion in 2016, and even more are students. They’re currently host-
underway, say those involved ing a design competition to plan
in amping up the city’s alleys. the lane’s future development.
“2016 is going to be the year “Do we green it? Do we en-
where the evolution of our lane- close it? Other cities have great
ways lands at the forefront of laneways. Can we maybe borrow
our public realm strategy,” said something from them?” Garner
Downtown Yonge BIA chair Mark said, citing cities like Melbourne,
Garner, who’s heading up the Vancouver and Chicago, which
revitalization of O’Keefe Lane have had success animating their
near Ryerson University. alleyways with green spaces and
Formerly home to rats, rac- commercial activity.
coons, garbage and broken street- Garner was adamant that as
metroNEWS
lights, Toronto’s myriad laneways more condo towers sprout up
Is this 18-month-old
are increasingly being seen as along Yonge Street, the city will
untapped sources of public space. have to incorporate lanes like
“There’s a growing consensus O’Keefe into the public realm
really a security risk? that our laneways are an under- or risk overwhelming the area
used resource and we need to with pedestrian traffic.
be thinking more intelligently “If we can start doing small
about them,” said Michelle Se- things and showing progress,
nayah, an organizer with the it makes it easier for the big-
Meet Sebastian Khan — grassroots Laneway Project. “It’s ger projects down the road,” he
really encouraging.” said. “But we don’t want to wait
one of the children who have been flagged
Senayah and her colleagues five years for the change. Let’s
by Canadian authorities for the no-fly list spent much of 2015 holding lane- do this now.”
way consultations with residents
and stakeholders across the city. For more on Toronto’s
laneways, see page 6
As a result, the Laneway Project
2 Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Toronto
GARDEN DISTRICT
Blaze takes heritage mansion
An unoccupied heritage man- 1865 and altered in 1901 for Dr. over those who didn’t want to
sion in Toronto’s Garden District Charles Sheard, Toronto’s first vaccinate their children against
was destroyed by a three-alarm chief medical officer. Sheard also smallpox.
blaze that broke out at about 5 served as a Conservative Member A rezoning application in 2012
a.m. Monday. of Parliament from 1917 to 1925. called for moving the mansion to
Officials say the fire at 314 Sheard was perhaps best build a condo building. The de-
Jarvis St. began on the second known as being the man who rid velopers modified their proposal
floor and quickly spread to the Toronto of smallpox. He waged to keep it in place. City council
roof of the building, gutting the an aggressive war against the rejected the proposal because
building. disease at the turn of the 20th of the building’s heritage status.
Toronto Fire Capt. Adrian Rat- century. In an interview with Toronto Fire dispatched 20
ushniak said no injuries were the Toronto Daily Star in April trucks and 80 firefighters to con-
reported. 1908, Sheard said if it were up to tain the blaze. The cause of the
According to a city report from him, he’d ban visitors to hospi- fire has not yet been determined.
2012, the residence was built in tals. He also expressed his anger TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Three-alarm fire claims an old mansion at Jarvis and Carlton. STEVE RUSSELL/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
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Pedestrian trian crossings are far apart along
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intersection inconvenient.
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“A lot of our staff make that
risky crossing to get to the bus
stop there,” he said.
Luke Last year was the deadliest
Simcoe year on Toronto’s roads in more
Metro | Toronto than a decade. Sixty-four people
— including 38 pedestrians —
It only took three days. were killed in traffic-related in-
A 39-year-old pedestrian was cidents.
killed by a car on Kennedy Road, Safety advocates have long
just south of Ellesmere, Sunday been calling for improvements to
night, becoming Toronto’s first Toronto’s roadways, and the city
traffic-related fatality of 2016. has promised to unveil a revised
“It’s a pretty dangerous inter- road safety plan later this year.
section, no question about it,” These are some of the major
said Jeff Ware, manager of near- contributors to traffic-related
by Arrow Furniture. “There’s fatalities experts have identified,
just so much pedestrian traf- along with proposed solutions to
fic and vehicle traffic moving make our streets safer.
through it.” According to reports late Mon-
The man was hit at about 7:20 day, two more pedestrians were
p.m. and pronounced dead at injured in a multi-vehicle colli-
hospital, police said. It’s believed sion near Jameson Avenue and
he was crossing Kennedy mid- Lake Shore Boulevard.
SAFETY IDEAS FOR CHANGE
Problem: Crossings cyclists are not paying
Ontario’s chief coroner has attention as much as they
noted that a third of ped- should,” said Stephen
estrian deaths occurred at Buckley, Toronto’s transporta-
mid-block crossings. It’s not tion manager. It’s a phenom-
illegal to cross mid-block in enon he calls “distracted
Toronto but it’s more danger- everything.”
ous. On many arterial roads, Suggestion: Buckley says
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including Kennedy, signal through education, the city
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Your essential daily news Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Hack the cold, wear a scarf
The Twice Around Ascot
Battle the cold with this scarf knot. You need a
longer scarf for it. In case you don’t have one
Toronto experienced its first deep chill of the season on Monday, but that didn’t stop city folk
that long, just skip steps two and three.
from taking to the streets armed with subzero savvy. Stock up on these cold weather hacks
before the mercury dives downward once again. Metro Explains
B
B
A A
Place the scarf over Go around the back
your shoulders, and of your neck with B
the, B side over the
A side
B
B
Torontonians could be seen bundled up as the city experienced its first bout of cold weather. PHOTOS: LIZ BEDDALL/METRO A A
Once B is over your Pass B under A and
What are your best weapons to combat the wind chill?
shoulder, Place it then over B to
again over A create the knot
B
“I don’t know if you can see our faces, “Thinking of something else is the only “When I was recently in line for a bar,
they’re really oily. Because we bought thing I can do because I’m from Van- I had my outfit on and I threw my
a 100 per cent coconut oil tub and we couver, and I only brought this. sweatpants overtop and checked my
caked our faces with it because it’s — Brandon Cove sweatpants with my jacket.”
A
such a dry cold.” — Hannah D’Souza “My secret is to wear a lot of layers — Rebecca Perkete (far right) AB
“Long johns. Have to, have to, have to. underneath, and to invest in a really “Jackets and alcohol.”
Bring B down over Pull Both A and B
I have them on now.” — Estefan Ellis warm coat. — Elizabeth Tudor — Sabrina Szabo (middle)
A, and match their down to adjust the
Also pictured: Ariel Korstron (left)
ends. knot.
4 Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Toronto
Bag lunch, winter coats: REDEVELOPMENT
Different
look for
New life for newcomers
Union
Toronto’s government manage-
ment committee has approved
SYRIAN REFUGEES a proposal to create a “culinary,
IN CANADA
cultural and retail” experience
A FAMILY’S JOURNEY beneath the Great Hall at Union
Station.
Kids head off
The committee recom-
to school while mends that council authorize
an amendment to a 2009 lease
mother starts agreement between the city and
Osmington, the company that
her ESL classes
manages and leases space in
the historic transportation hub.
“The overall vision is to turn
Gilbert
this into a destination in itself
Ngabo
and make it a great civic space,”
Metro | Toronto
said Osmington’s Brad Keast,
vice-president of development.
It wasn’t your average post- The “vision is consistent with
holiday return to school for the the mixed use and function
Callaway family in Markham. models employed at both Grand
The four Syrian refugee chil- Central (Terminal) in New York
dren now living in their home City, and St. Pancras Station in
set out for their first experi- London,” according to a city
ence at a Canadian school, staff report.
while their mother, Tamador, Union Station has been
was on a new journey of her undergoing a massive revital-
own — her first English-as-a- ization, plagued by delays and
Second-Language class. cost overruns. The original price
“It was a chaotic morning, tag of $640 million has climbed
to say the least,” said Gareth to more than $800 million, and
Callaway, whose family wel- From left: Ethan, Emma, BoDour, Zainab, Mohammed, Ahmad Nour, and Aidan attended school together Monday. CONTRIBUTED the entire project was supposed
comed the Syrians last month. to be completed last year.
The day had to start un- Unionville Public School, The kids are expected to But the proposed $37 million
HELPING MORE
usually early, with prepara- where they’ll first focus on make a fast adjustment to the in construction costs will not be
tion of lunch bags consisting learning English and continue school environment, but ad- borne by the city, though the
of turkey sandwiches, apples with the same curriculum as justing to the weather may A Good Start vows to help $30,000 with the goal committee approved a recom-
and snacks. With Monday com- other students. take a little longer. nine other family members of sponsoring nine other mendation to pay an additional
ing in as the coldest day of Zainab and BoDour are in Gareth recounted a Sunday — The Callaway family, members of Tamador’s $500,000 to lawyers to oversee
winter yet, it was a struggle Grade 7, the same level as the incident when the younger along with five other fam- family who are still in Tur- remaining work at Union. Ac-
bundling up — a difficult task, Callaway children, Ethan and boys went out to do some sled- ilies, is taking care of Tama- key. cording to the proposed terms,
given many coats and gloves Aidan. Mohammed is in Grade ding, and Ahmad Nour put the dor and her children for the — Donations to their cause Osmington will initially fund
were hidden under mountains 6, while his younger brother, wrong coat on. next year as they settle in can be made through the this total cost and amend es-
of donations still scattered Ahmad Nour, is in Grade 3. “He got so cold that he was Canada. website canadahelps.org/ tablished revenue-sharing for-
around the family’s house, “They’ve been looking for- crying,” Gareth said. “It’s the — The group, called A dn/25076. mulas “so there’s zero risk to
Gareth said. ward to going to school since kind of mistake you can make Good Start, is gathering GILBERT NGABO/METRO the city,” Keast said.
The children are attending they arrived,” Gareth said. only once.” TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
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6 Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Toronto
Laneways
Laneway proponents in Toronto say there’s a lot in store for the GTA NEWS
city’s alleyways in 2016. Groups like the Downtown Yonge BIA
Fundraiser launched to
and the Laneway Project are busy cleaning, greening, painting
bring body back to T.O.
worthy and lighting laneways across the city. Here are a few of the
Friends and family of a
projects they’re working on right now. 23-year-old Toronto man
have launched a fundrais-
ing drive as they face the
of love Luke expense of returning his
Simcoe body to Ontario from B.C.
Metro | Toronto The family of Ephraigm
Flores say a five-day search
for the nurse ended on New
Year’s Eve when his body
was found in Richmond.
TORONTO The BC Coroners Service
says divers recovered his
body from a pond in a park.
THE CANADIAN PRESS
RIDE campaign sees
8% jump in arrests
The Toronto Police Service’s
holiday RIDE campaign saw
an eight per cent increase
in arrests for offences tied
to impaired driving.
Between Nov. 19 and Jan.
3, police made 211 arrests
COURTESY KATRINA AFONSO — an average of 4.7 per day.
Reggae Lane METRO
Unveiled in September, this north Raccoon that bit police
Toronto laneway was cleaned up and officer ruled not rabid
turned into a tribute to the neighbour- Toronto public health says
hood’s history with reggae music. a raccoon that bit a city po-
There’s a heritage plaque and a mural lice officer was not rabid.
depicting local reggae luminaries like Police had received a call
Jackie Mittoo and Leroy Sibbles. It’s last Monday from a store
owner over a raccoon “in
already a success story, but lots more
distress and possibly blind.”
is planned for the lane, says Laneway
Raccoon rabies had been
Project organizer Michelle Senayah. eliminated in Ontario for
more than a decade until
CCBG Lane one tested positive in early
Named — at least for now — after a December. THE CANADIAN PRESS
confluence of cross-streets, the Cross
Charges laid over reports
Collahie Beaconsfield Gladstone Lane
of naked man with cleaver
is another laneway tapped for revital-
Police in Brantford say char-
ization in 2016.
ges have been laid after
Willowvale Lane COURTESY STEPHANIE STEREOTIS COURTESY MICHELLE SENAYAH officers responded to a call
about a naked man carrying
Located just north of Christie O’Keefe Lane Farquhars Lane
a butcher knife.
Pitts, this lane is being greened Thanks to the work of the Downtown Located in St. Lawrence Mar- Police say the man walk-
by the Laneway Project and the Yonge BIA, the northern portion of ket, Farquhars Lane is one of ing down the street Sunday
David Suzuki Foundation. Part of O’Keefe Lane, adjacent to the Ryerson the alleyways identified by the morning was also reported-
its drainage channel will be con- University campus, has been tidied up, Laneway Project for revitaliza- ly yelling into a phone.
verted from concrete to grass. re-painted and re-lit. It’s also home to a tion. A community consultation A 58-year-old has been
Senayah said that if successful, small garden used by culinary students. has already been done, and a charged with possession
of a weapon for dangerous
the city’s transportation services The next phase of the lane’s revitaliza- “master plan” for the lane will
purpose and uttering death
department may export the idea tion will be announced at the end of the be released soon.
threats. THE CANADIAN PRESS
to other lanes across the city. month following a design competition.
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User Fee Town Hall Meeting
Sulemaan Ahmed plays video games with son Adam Syed Ahmed at home in Toronto Monday.
Adam, 6, is on a list that requires an additional security checks. City Hall, Committee Room 2, January 11, 6 p.m.
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Kids on no-fly list Information session on the user fee policy and any proposed
fee increases above inflation. No deputations.
To participate in the 2016 Budget discussion:
AIRPORT SECURITY being cleared. But appealing to Halifax, her youngest child
By accident one’s placement on the list in Mustafa, now 9, was called aside 1. Make a public presentation at one of the Budget
Canada is more complicated by an airline agent, the mother
of name, they after the passage of Bill C-51, added. He was just 11 months Subcommittee meetings on January 12, 13 or 14, 2016.
the Conservatives’ controversial old at the time. Register by email to [email protected] or call 416-392-4666
endure intense
anti-terror legislation. Referring to her nephew Syed
before 12 p.m. on Monday January 11. Indicate your choice of
screenings Adam’s 15-year-old cousin, Adam Ahmed, she said:
Saif-ullah Abdul-Rehman Khan, “How do you explain to a six- location, date and session number. Individuals may make only
is also “deemed high-profile,” his year-old? What do you tell them?
one presentation at any one of the sessions.
Two are toddlers, one is six years mother, Ahmed’s sister Shireen, ‘Oh, I’m sorry you’re Muslim;
old and another is a teenager. said, adding that his DHP status I’m sorry you’re brown’ ?”
City Hall Etobicoke Civic Centre
But these kids have some- was confirmed by a flight at- Public Safety Minister Ralph
thing unusual in common. tendant when Saif-ullah was Goodale has said he would look Committee Room 1 Council Chamber
They’re all on a security list — returning from a family visit into the family’s case.
100 Queen St. West 399 The West Mall
Canada’s Passenger Protect Pro- to Halifax in 2014. Cajee hopes that more iden-
gram — that means they get Six months earlier, he, his tifiers be added to the list so January 12 January 12
unwelcome attention before parents and three siblings were border agents could distinguish
Session 1: 9:30 a.m. Session 1: 3 p.m.
they can board a plane. held at a U.S. border services between the person who’s ac-
When Sulemaan Ahmed saw interrogation room at Pearson tually on the list and a passen- Session 2: 6 p.m. Session 2: 6 p.m.
his young son Adam’s name on Airport for 45 minutes. That’s ger merely unfortunate enough
a “deemed high profile” (DHP) when his difficulties were re- to have a similar name. TORSTAR Scarborough Civic Centre North York Civic Centre
list at Pearson airport last week vealed to Shireen Ahmedt. NEWS SERVICE WITH A FILE FROM THE Council Chamber Council Chamber
he was so frustrated he tweeted Years before, on another trip CANADIAN PRESS
a photo of it. 150 Borough Drive 5100 Yonge Street
The photo appeared to show EXTRA SURVEILLANCE
January 13 January 13
his son’s legal name, Syed Adam
Ahmed, with a DHP label and Session 1: 3 p.m. Session 1: 3 p.m.
instructions on how to pro- Sebastian Khan tation at Air Canada, was
ceed before allowing the boy Sebastian Khan, 18 months, once a flight attendant for Session 2: 6 p.m. Session 2: 6 p.m.
to check in. has had trouble flying since the company. “He had to go
“Why is our (Canadian-born) he was six through FBI and RCMP, and East York Civic Centre York Civic Centre
six-year-old on DHP no-fly list?” weeks old. all those clearances, which Council Chamber Council Chamber
Ahmed tweeted. “He must clear His place- he passed,” Cajee said. “And
security each time. He is 6.” ment on a here is his son, who can’t 850 Coxwell Ave. 2700 Eglinton Avenue West
Khadija Cajee, his mother, flight-risk even check in online. It’s just January 14 January 14
says the family has faced “con- list was con- silly.”
tinuous delays” during travel firmed, his Session 1: 3 p.m. Session 1: 3 p.m.
since their son’s birth, appar- father Saif-ullah Abdul-Rehman Session 2: 6 p.m. Session 2: 6 p.m.
ently because he shares a name Zamir Khan Khan
with someone on the watch list. says, in an email from West- Saif-ullah Abdul-Rehman 2. Send your written comments to the BudgetCommittee.
Since Ahmed’s tweet last week, Jet’s chief planning officer. Khan, Adam’s cousin, is also
other parents have come for- on a list. “Minors from the Email: [email protected]. Fax: [phone], or Mail: Toronto
ward with similar stories. Naseer Muhammad Ali same City Hall, 100 Queen St. W., 10 West, Toronto, ON M5H 2N2.
For Naseer Muhammad Ali, Naseer Muhammad Ali turns family,”
the security checks began on his 3 on Saturday and already he his Send to - Attention: Budget Committee
first flight, at 10 weeks old, with is accustomed to flying as a mother,
a diaper pat-down at a Jamaican “deemed high risk,” said his Shireen 3. S end a letter or email to your local City Councillor.
airport en route to Toronto. mother, Khudaji Ali. When he Ahmed
Now almost 3, Naseer is still was 10 weeks old, she saw said, For contact information, please call 311, TTY: 416-338-0TTY
“on some sort of list.” border agents in Canada and not- (0889), email [email protected] or visit toronto.ca.
University of Toronto associ- Jamaica appearing to dial a ing the
ate professor Emily Gilbert, who special number when they coincidence — since the Notice: If you write or make a presentation to the Budget Committee,
teaches Canadian Studies and saw the baby’s passport. two boys have different sur-
the City will collect and use your personal information in accordance
specializes in Canada-U.S. bor- names — which she pointed
der relations. noted it may be Syed Adam Ahmed out must mean the watch list with applicable laws. We also videotape meetings and make recordings
difficult to get off Canada’s list. The six-year-old boy’s father, is extensive. “The worst thing publicly available on request. More information about the collection and
In the United States, a pas- Sulemaan Ahmed, who he’s done is get under 90 in use of your personal information is available at:
senger who has a name similar tweeted a photo of his son’s a math exam,” Ahmed joked.
to one on a “no-fly” list can re- name with a “DHP” anno- TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/privacy.htm.
quest a “redress number” after
8 Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Toronto
Dedicated streetcar lane urged
KING STREET Transit
Transit would
apps out
move faster,
councillor says
of whack
Gilbert
Ngabo
TTC riders using their frozen
Metro | Toronto fingers to check vehicle ar-
rival times on their cellphone
If Coun. Joe Mihevc had his way, apps Monday faced some long-
there would be no cars on the er — and shorter — waits than
King Street streetcar tracks. promised.
“You can move a lot more That’s because the TTC’s
people more efficiently and new-year schedule changes
have better control of spa- weren’t uploaded by Califor-
cing when you have a right of nia company NextBus, which
way,” said the Ward 21 coun- supplies data to the city’s open-
cillor. “You’ve basically cre- data site, where it is used by
ated a downtown relief line app-makers to provide vehicle
of its own.” arrival predictions.
Mihevc is one of many tran- The 504 King streetcar is the busiest of the TTC fleet, moving about 60,000 riders daily. LIZ BEDDALL/METRO “Even our own boards in
sit advocates calling for the city subway stations will be wrong,”
to create a dedicated right of Having a dedicated lane on King It’s not a very efficient use of would be affected. said TTC spokesman Brad Ross.
way for the 504 King. The busi- would move transit along with the road.” The move could force more “It doesn’t mean all routes
est of the TTC streetcar fleet, traffic even faster, Mihevc said. Streetcars have right of way people to consider using public You’ve basically are way out of whack … but
the line moves about 60,000 “One of the biggest problems on several streets, including transit as opposed to driving, some will be more reliable than
created a
riders daily — and is known is with single passenger motor- St. Clair, Spadina and Queen’s Mihevc said. others,” he said, stressing that
for overcrowding and delays. ists making left turns,” he said. Quay. The city’s planning de- “If you’re stuck in your car downtown relief transit officials were trying to
The transit commission “So here you have a streetcar partment and the TTC are and see the streetcar go by, line of its own. sort out the issue. The transit
recently introduced all-door with 100 people on it, and have working on a feasibility report you’re probably going to say, agency pays NextBus about
boarding for streetcar lines, in to wait for five or 10 minutes for King. The report will help ‘Hey, I want to go use that Coun. Joe Mihevc $600,000 a year, he said.
part, to help speed up service. for two or three cars to turn. determine what section of King streetcar next time,’” he said. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
CONTROVERSIAL BUILDING
Brampton sticks to its corner
The City of Brampton says it has
no plans to modify the corner
of its new $205 million city hall
building, despite an overhang
that’s been hit by vehicles at
least twice, and mounting con-
cerns among councillors about
public safety.
“I was in the building the first
time it was hit; a truck came
around the corner while we were
on a break from a workshop
around late spring, early sum-
mer. We heard the bang and
a loud screeching noise,” said
Coun. John Sprovieri, who has
criticized the project, an exten- Councillors who complained Brampton’s city hall building at
sion of the old city hall building, Queen and George streets was built too close to the road say it
for being too expensive and for now has been hit three times by trucks. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
not complying with the city’s
bylaws for setback requirements, for cars turning. I know that it
resulting in a building that is too was struck recently. It is cause
close to the street. There are no plans for concern. My question is, is
“I called staff about a month it a matter of time before some-
currently in place
ago after it was hit again. Alum- one makes a tight turn and it’s a
inum siding was hanging from to modify that pedestrian standing there? The
the corner, flapping in the wind,” corner. public’s safety is our biggest con-
Sprovieri said. cern.”
City spokesperson Mariann Mariann Gordon George Startup, a Brampton
Gordon confirmed that the new resident and city hall watchdog,
building has been struck twice, ous times. Pat Fortini and Elaine says he warned staff that the
that the city knows of. She said Moore said it has been hit three building design put it too close
it’s possible that other collisions times and both witnessed it be- to the street.
were not reported. “There are ing struck on one of those occa- Sprovieri said the collisions
no plans currently in place to sions. On Monday, the overhang came as no surprise. “Everyone
modify that corner,” she stated remained visibly damaged, with knew this was going to happen.
in an email Monday. a vertical crack along the edge, It was pointed out years ago that
Three other councillors said metallic siding partly split and the plans did not conform to the
the protruding northeast corner, damage to the bottom surface. setback rules in place when the
at Queen and George streets, has “The corner’s pretty tight,” building was approved.”
been hit by turning trucks at vari- Coun. Jeff Bowman said, “even TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Canada Tuesday, January 5, 2016 9
New superbug gene MILITARY
When pot is a lifeline
It took six deaths on Easter Sun- That regimen continued for
detected in Ontario day in 2007 for Noah Starr’s life years. Starr said that the heavy
to unravel. doses of sleeping pills he was pre-
It would take five years, thou- scribed caused him to be chron-
sands of pills, lost relationships ically late for work. In December
and the discovery of medical 2012, Starr was released from the
marijuana before he won back military, judged “unsuitable for
HEALTH How bacteria some semblance of control. further service.”
Scientists “People call marijuana a gate- Preparing for life as a civilian,
fight back way drug and it absolutely is he began looking for a new treat-
sound alarm — it’s been the gateway to my ment. He examined psychedelic
Antibiotics such as colistin are
recovery,” said the former Can- drugs like LSD and ecstasy, which
on antibiotic some of the most powerful
adian Armed Forces combat en- have been
weapons available to fight dan-
resistance gineer from Fredericton, N.B. shown to have
gerous bacterial infections. Here
Starr, now 31, can trace his some benefit
are some ways bacteria like E.
troubles to a road about 75 kilo- in PTSD ther-
coli are evolving to defeat them:
An alarming new superbug gene metres west of Kandahar City, apies.
that makes bacteria resistant to Overuse Afghanistan. It was there on He finally
a last-resort antibiotic has been In China, livestock are given April 8, 2007, that an improvised settled on ma-
detected in Canada, Torstar News colistin in their feed; the anti- explosive device exploded as a Noah Starr rijuana, which
Service has learned. A worker at a poultry farm in Hefei, in eastern China’s Anhui biotic wards off infections and light armoured vehicle carrying TORSTAR NEWS he at first had
The gene, called MCR-1, pro- province, on Nov. 20, 2015. AFP/GETTY IMAGES promotes animal growth. six Canadian soldiers drove past. SERVICE FILE to purchase il-
duces an enzyme that makes Evolution Starr was nearby and among the legally off the
bacteria invincible to colistin, a ports of deaths caused by MCR-1 tigation was triggered in Decem- When exposed to high amounts first to respond. street — a transaction that only
highly toxic antibiotic used only and some people could be har- ber by the Public Health Agency of colistin, the evolutionary pro- Afterward, Starr was acutely heightened his anxiety. “Even
when all other drugs have failed. bouring the superbug asymp- of Canada. A case report has been cess of natural selection kicks aware he was suffering psycho- that stuff did have a wonderful
MCR-1 was first reported tomatically. But the nightmare submitted to the Lancet, accord- in. Weaker strains are killed logical problems and he told his effect on me,” he said. The mari-
in November by scientists in scenario is that MCR-1 will spread ing to Dr. Michael Mulvey, chief off while bugs that can over- superiors he needed help. juana was also a brake for Starr’s
China, who published a paper in to more virulent bacterial strains of antimicrobial resistance with power colistin survive. A doctor started him on a pro- uncontrollable anger.
The Lancet. Analyzing bacterial that also carry other resistance the PHAC’s lab in Winnipeg. Survival gram built upon a cocktail of Since early 2013, he has not
samples in southeastern China, genes — thus creating a “pan- The superbug gene was found Among the surviving bacteria prescribed drugs to help him touched any pharmaceutical
researchers found 260 samples resistant” superbug capable of in three different samples of E. are superbugs with the MCR-1 sleep, to deal with depression drugs. Starr now runs a prop-
of E. coli with the MCR-1 gene defeating every antibiotic in the coli, all previously collected for gene. The gene is located on a and to tamp down his anxiety. erty management company and
on meat, hospital patients and medicine cabinet. special research projects: one plasmid, a free-floating circle Starr said if he ever forgot works as a marijuana mentor for
farm animals — the likely source Since the Lancet paper, at least from a 62-year-old patient in of DNA, and codes for an en- these drugs, “I would get a wick- CannaConnect, a company that
of this new superbug, the paper a dozen other countries have also Ottawa and two from ground zyme that makes it effectively ed withdrawal reminder and helps veterans obtain prescrip-
suggests. found the MCR-1 gene. Among beef sold in Ontario. invincible to colistin. my quality of life was almost tions and benefits for medical
So far, there have been no re- them is Canada, where an inves- TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE non-existent.” marijuana. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
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10 Tuesday, January 5, 2016 World
Ranchers report to jail as
protesters stay on land
Charlie Hebdo marks the an- OREGON gon wildlife preserve. of winter, the standoff is causing sons of rancher Cliven Bundy, and protect their property from
niversary of attacks. TWITTER Occupation Federal authorities made no few if any disruptions. who was involved in a 2014 wildfires.
immediate attempt to retake Meanwhile, the armed group Nevada standoff with the gov- The men served their original
MEDIA continues the Malheur National Wildlife said it wants an inquiry into ernment over grazing rights sentences — three months for
Hebdo’s Refuge in eastern Oregon, which whether the government is for- — told reporters that Dwight Dwight and one year for Steven.
against U.S.
about two dozen activists seized cing ranchers off their land after Hammond and his son, Steven But an appeals court judge ruled
special government over the weekend as part of a the father and son were ordered Hammond, were treated un- the terms fell short of minimum
decades-long fight over public back to prison for arson on fed- fairly. sentences that require them to
lands in the West. eral grazing lands. The Hammonds were con- serve about four more years.
copy out Father-and-son ranchers con- There appeared to be no ur- The group calling itself Cit- victed of arson three years ago Their sentences have been a
victed of setting fire to federal gent reason for federal officials izens for Constitutional Free- for fires on federal land in 2001 rallying cry for the group, whose
grazing land reported to pris- to move in. No one has been dom demanded a government and 2006, one of which was set mostly male members said they
on Monday as the armed anti- hurt. No one is being held hos- response within five days re- to cover up deer poaching, ac- want federal lands turned over
In a special edition laced with government activists who have tage. And because the refuge is a lated to the ranchers’ extended cording to prosecutors. They to local authorities so people can
blasphemy, obscenity and pro- taken up their cause maintained bleak and forbidding stretch of sentences. said they lit the fires to reduce use them free of U.S. oversight.
fanity, Charlie Hebdo’s surviv- the occupation of a remote Ore- wilderness, and it’s the middle Ammon Bundy — one of the the growth of invasive plants THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ing artists and writers declared
that the satirical newspaper is
alive, but “the murderer is still EUROPE DENMARK AND
at large.” SWEDEN DEAL BLOW TO
The copy marking the anni- BORDER-FREE ZONE
versary of the Jan. 7 attack on Danish police officers patrol
the paper’s staff accuses Islamic the border crossing Padborg
fundamentalists, organized reli- near Flensburg, Germany,
gion, an irresolute government Monday. Germany says
and intelligence failures for the Europe’s system of passport-
2015 violence in France by ex- free travel across borders
tremists that started with that is in danger following the
day. Seventeen people died at decision by Denmark to step
Charlie Hebdo and at a kosher up controls on its southern
supermarket two days later. frontier. Denmark and Sweden
Charlie Hebdo’s special edi- tightened border checks
tion, with a front-page carica- Monday to stem the flow of
ture of a bloody God wielding migrants coming in from
an assault rifle, darkly predicts Germany, dealing fresh blows
that more violence is to come. to the vision of a Europe
Laurent Sourisseau, or “Riss,” without national boundaries.
drew the cover and wrote an As of midnight Sunday,
editorial describing the hor- Sweden demanded that
ror he survived. He insisted passengers travelling by
the newspaper would remain train from Denmark show ID,
alive because “never have we something that hasn’t been
wanted so much to break the required since the 1950s.
faces of those who dreamed of ERNST VAN NORDE/POLFOTO VIA THE
our deaths.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS
DIPLOMACY IN BRIEF
Saudi Arabia allies
Lion-hunting raffle nixed
cut ties with Iran A safari company has can-
celled a controversial raffle
that offered hunters the
chance to kill a lion at a con-
Allies of Saudi Arabia followed King Salman and his son, Dep- servation area in Zimbabwe.
the kingdom’s lead Monday uty Crown Prince Mohammed Martin Nel Safaris had been
and scaled back diplomatic ties bin Salman, have adopted in selling 100 tickets at $1,500
to Iran after the ransacking of confronting Iran, a longtime each. “The whole idea of it
Saudi diplomatic missions in regional rival. was to actually raise money
the Islamic Republic, violence “What we have seen during for conservation,” said Nel.
sparked by the Saudi execu- the last 24 hours is unpreced-
TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
tion of prominent Shiite cleric ented... It shows you Saudi Ara-
Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. bia has had enough of Iran U.K. dismisses ISIL video
Sudan and the tiny island and wants to send a message,” British Prime Minister David
kingdom of Bahrain said they said Abdulkhaleq Abdullah, a Cameron on Monday dis-
would sever ties with Iran, political science professor at missed a video in which
as Saudi Arabia did late Sun- Emirates University. “This is five purported spies are
day. Within hours, the United the Saudis saying: ‘There is no shot dead by masked ISIL
Arab Emirates announced it limit to how far we will go.’” extremists as propaganda
would downgrade ties to Teh- The standoff began Saturday, from a group that is losing
ran to the level of the charge when Saudi Arabia executed al- control of territory. “It’s des-
d’affaires, while other nations Nimr and 46 others convicted perate stuff from an organ-
issued statements criticizing of terror charges. ization that really does do
Iran. Al-Nimr was a central figure the most utterly despicable
The concerted campaign by in the Arab Spring-inspired pro- and ghastly acts,” he said.
Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia high- tests by Saudi Arabia’s Shiite
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
lights the aggressive stance minority. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS