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FOUR YEARS
Hey, it’s always He’s more than
LATER ...
summer in just a pair of
AS THE SOCHI OLYMPICS
DRAW NEAR, METRO movie land swinging fists
EXAMINES THE LEGACY OF
THE VANCOUVER GAMES The Reel Guys and their top Canucks’ Sestito making
PAGES 12 & 13 warm-weather hits PAGE 16 strides in his game PAGE 27
Flu shot supply dwindling
Health. 1.4 million “There are already stores
that are out,” he said. “We have
doses of vaccine
already increased administra-
purchased by B.C. are tion of flu shots by 70 per cent
over last year, and the season
being snapped up fast
isn’t over yet.”
Tse warns that his chain
could be completely out of
MATT the vaccine within a couple of
KIELTYKA weeks.
[email protected] British Columbia is current-
ly in the middle of a moderate-
Demand for flu shots in the to-severe H1N1 outbreak.
Lower Mainland is at fever “We could expect a couple
pitch. thousand hospitalizations over
Vancouver Coastal Health the influenza period and we
officer Dr. Meena Dawar says could expect about 500 deaths
that the authority’s record or- attributed to influenza,” said
der of H1N1 flu vaccine this Dr. Perry Kendall, B.C.’s provin-
year has already dwindled cial health officer.
down to just 4,000. There have been two con-
“We have distributed firmed H1N1 deaths this flu
400,000 doses, the greatest season, which runs from De-
amount of any season we’ve cember to April, and one sus-
had in at least the last decade, picious but unconfirmed flu
and we’re nearing that end of death.
that supply,” said Dawar. The concern about this
That means people look- season’s H1N1 flu is that it ap-
ing to get a flu vaccination at pears to be striking younger
this point will have to do some and healthier people, Kendall
searching. A London Drugs pharmacist demonstrates how to prepare a dose of the flu vaccine in Vancouver on Wednesday. JENNIFER GAUTHIER/FOR METRO says.
“We’re encouraging people The virus that has claimed
to call ahead because often the the lives of six people in Sas-
first place they call may be out, doses where they’re needed.” population is getting vaccin- already been vaccinated,” said thing for us.” katchewan and 10 people in
but we know there is more out Instead of fearing a poten- ated. Dawar. “So come on out and Just make sure you do it fast, Alberta is also making its pres-
there,” Dawar said. “We keep tial shortage, VCH believes it’s “Most of the high-risk use up every last dose of vac- says John Tse, vice-president of ence felt in southwestern B.C.
moving and redistributing a good thing so much of the people who wanted to be have cine. That would be a good pharmacy at London Drugs. WITH FILES FROM THE CANADIAN PRESS
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metronews.ca NEWS 03
WEEKEND, January 10-12, 2014
Police make two arrests
B.C. museum
thieves steal Bill
Miner’s watch
The Royal British Colum-
bia Museum discovered
there’s no honour among
thieves as a pair of ban-
dits made off with a col-
lection of prized watches, N
including a gold pocket
watch that once belonged
to legendary train-robber
Bill Miner.
Victoria Police said
Thursday they recovered E
the watches, including
Miner’s 1901 model, and
a man and woman face
theft-related charges after
their arrests at an apart- W
ment in Port Alberni, B.C.
Sgt. Colin Brown
called the museum theft
a crime of opportun-
ity by people who were
likely looking to trade
the watches for drugs or
cash and didn’t know or S
appreciate their historical
value. Search-and-rescue volunteers have suggested installing video cameras on North Shore trailheads to help narrow down the location of missing hikers.
Museum chief execu- CJENNIFER GAoUTHIER/METuRO FILE ld cameras help
tive officer Jack Lohman
praised the efforts of the
police, who used finger-
print evidence left on the
glass case that held the
watches and then worked rescuers save lives?
their street contacts to
recover the artifacts.
Lohman said the
watches date back to the
turn of the century and
are extremely valuable
to the museum for their
historical significance, North Shore. The idea idea of cameras at locations “We should look at any
Quoted
especially the timepiece such as Lynn Headwaters and suggestion that reduces risk
of surveillance on the
associated with Miner. Lynn Canyon. of harm to life of outdoor
“We cannot begin to
“I don’t think you trails gained traction The idea gained traction recreation enthusiasts and
can put a value on your during the search for missing emphasize enough the of those who volunteer their
during the search for
own history, can you?” British hiker Tom Billings, 22, extent of the risks that time to assist those in trouble
he said. “Clearly people missing British tourist who disappeared in November in the backcountry.”
come with venturing un-
have an intent of selling after heading alone into the The question is now
these, but actually they’re mountains. The search was equipped into the North whether cameras are feasible
priceless.” EMILY called off earlier this week. Shore backcountry ...” — any surveillance in public
Lohman said the JACKSON North Shore Rescue lead space requires significant dis-
police cracked the case in [email protected] Tim Jones said video evidence Richard Walton, mayor of the District of cussion regarding privacy —
less than a week. could have helped rescuers North Vancouver who would run the program
The theft was reported Local officials are mulling narrow down where to look and how much it would cost,
last Friday, the arrests whether surveillance cameras for Billings. organization, which is run Walton said.
were made Wednesday at popular North Shore trail- “I’m not saying it would 100 per cent by volunteers, Metro Vancouver is “al-
and the watches were heads could help rescuers save have changed things for sur- Mayor Richard Walton said in ways willing to come to the
recovered in Victoria. the lives of missing hikers. vivability, but it would give us an email. table” to discuss public safety
The collection is slated Staff from the District just the way he went,” Jones “We cannot begin to em- measures with North Shore
to become part of a Gold of North Vancouver parks told Metro on Sunday. phasize enough the extent Rescue, regional parks direc-
Rush exhibit the museum department will meet next The District of North Van- of the risks that come with tion Mitch Sokalski said.
is planning for next year. week with Metro Vancou- couver will “seriously con- venturing unequipped into The rescue squad has
THE CANADIAN PRESS ver, North Shore Rescue and sider” any idea that could the North Shore backcountry helped build safety strategies
other parties to discuss the help efficiency for the rescue unprepared,” Walton said. in the past, he said.
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04 NEWS metronews.ca
WEEKEND, January 10-12, 2014
Old legal rules keep Hollywood
Theatre from a future in fitness
Cinephiles rejoice. Save to both sides that the current
proposal cannot proceed,”
the Hollywood Theatre
Meggs said.
Coalition working with The city discovered the
restrictions during a 75-day
owner to find new idea
pause on development issued
in November. While the grace
period ends later this month,
EMILY the city cannot and will not
JACKSON issue any development or
[email protected] demolition permits for the
site, Meggs said.
The proposal to turn the The Save the Hollywood
Hollywood Theatre into a Theatre Coalition is work-
fitness centre has met its de- ing with the owner to find
mise. alternative solutions for the
Old legal restrictions make building, which most recent-
it “impossible” for owner Bon- ly operated as a Pentecostal
nis Properties to transform Church that lent its space for
Kitsilano’s 78-year-old single- community events.
screen theatre into a two-stor- While the coalition has yet
ey fitness centre, Coun. Geoff to land on a viable business
Meggs said Thursday. plan for the site, it is working
“The city has carefully re- with other arts-and-culture or-
viewed the history of this site ganizations and the owner to
and the current application find a community use for the
with the owner, and it is clear space, Meggs said. No one will be pumping iron or doing yoga in Kitsilano’s Hollywood Theatre for the foreseeable future. JENNIFER GAUTHIER/METRO FILE
Brent Butt-s into movie scene with new tour
The Canadian comedy scene is “The idea of revisiting Clue, a dark thriller-comedy Synopsis
hard to imagine without Brent it one more time is appeal- that will hit theatres March 7.
Butt. ing to me,” said Butt. “A lot In the time leading up to
The Vancouver-based mind of people say, ‘Do more epi- the big premiere, Butt will go The upcoming movie No
behind the sitcom Corner Gas sodes.’ I would never do more on an extended cross-country Clue revolves around an
has a lot on his plate: he’s a episodes. I personally think it comedy tour: Almost a Movie unwitting hero, Butt, strug-
stand-up comedian, writer, ac- would be disrespectful to the Star. His Vancouver perform- gling to guide a beautiful,
tor and producer. series to rehash it.... But things ance will be held Feb. 6 at the mysterious woman through
He can now add “almost have to line up, (like) people’s Vogue Theatre. a complicated web of cor-
a movie star” to his list as he schedules. It’s certainly a pos- “I’ll always do stand-up. ruption and murder before
tours for an upcoming movie. sibility.” That’s the one thing I can she realizes the truth —
Not to pump his tires, but His second show, Hiccups, never walk away from,” said he’s not actually a private
Corner Gas was broadcast in ran for two seasons. Now Butt Butt. “I was actually one of detective.
26 countries and even earned is focused on his transition the first live performers at the
a nomination for an Inter- into film and going on tour. Vogue when it stopped being a (cid:580)(cid:3) It also stars Amy Smart
national Emmy Award. He recently finished writ- movie theatre … so I’ll always (Just Friends) and David
Butt still plays with the pos- ing and starring in his first have a soft spot.” Koechner (Anchorman).
Brent Butt starts his Almost a Movie Star tour at the end of the month. CONTRIBUTED sibility of a Corner Gas movie. full-length feature movie, No SINDHU DHARMARAJAH/FOR METRO
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06 NEWS metronews.ca
WEEKEND, January 10-12, 2014
Simon Fraser plans to open observatory
SFU. $4.4M project $4.4-million observatory on at SFU. space for hands-on science
its campus by August with a It will house a 0.7-metre- workshops for up to 70 chil-
aims to benefit kids
telescope capable of tracking diameter reflector inside a dren.
and undergrads distant galaxies billions of six-metre-diameter dome. Vancouver already has
years old. The telescope will also observatories at the H.R.
The Trottier Observatory, provide a digital feed and MacMillan Space Centre and
KATE made possible by the Trottier be remotely accessible and UBC, but this will
WEBB Foundation, will be used to deployed by schools and be the first in Bur-
[email protected] educate and engage youth in community groups across naby.
science, and to compliment Canada.
Simon Fraser University has the introduction of under- A new studio space next Follow Kate Webb on
unveiled plans to build a graduate astronomy courses door is already providing Twitter @MetroK8 Burnaby is set this year to get its first observatory. COURTESY SFU
E-textiles. Wearable
a MorniNg reCeipt gadgets get jolt of cash
For aN It’s research that gives new Nanofibres
meaning to the term power
suit: Clothing that charges
cellphones or monitors the Servati said creating cloth-
AfterNoon Treat wearer’s heart rate or blood ing that can generate solar
pressure. energy involves integrating
The development of so- thin films of electronics into
called e-textiles is among materials called nanofibres
10 research projects at the to absorb sunlight. He and
University of British Colum- his team are also figuring
$2 untiL jaN 19 NNEEWW bia that have received $8.5 out how the fabric can store
million in funding from the the energy, perhaps by
2Pm to closinG CCaarraammeell Flan Natural Sciences and Engin- incorporating a battery.
eering Research Council of
LLaattttee
Canada, announced Thursday
by Greg Rickford, the federal be a high demand and he be-
minister of state for science lieves smart clothing could be
and technology. hitting the stores within five
Electrical and computer to 10 years.
engineering associate pro- “You have a solar panel
fessor Peyman Servati, who that you only put on your
is leading the research, said roof, right? But you can eas-
wearable electronics such ily integrate (the technology)
as Google Glass are becom- into fabric ... and wear it, and
ing increasingly popular as charge your phone or warm
people become more reliant things,” he said.
on “smart” gadgets. “If you integrate it to form
Fabrics that can generate a tent in a remote area, you
clean energy are still in the can make electricity using
early stages of development. sunlight.”
But Servati expects there will THE CANADIAN PRESS
Highway 1 Langley
Charge laid after Two-vehicle
crash shuts highway collision leaves
one dead
Highway 1 was shut down
for more than 10 hours
after two semi-trailers col- Police are investigating
lided Wednesday night. a collision that left one
“Fortunately neither man dead in Langley on
driver was injured in this Thursday.
collision,” said Cpl. Robert Witnesses said a
McDonald in a media motorcycle was speed-
release. ing down 232 Street and
Police arrived at the failed to halt at a stop sign
scene, two kilometres west before crashing into a
of Hope, around 9 p.m. An pickup at 72 Avenue, said
investigation revealed that RCMP Cpl. Holly Marks in
the driver of a semi-trailer a media release.
loaded with wine lost The two occupants of
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08 NEWS metronews.ca
WEEKEND, January 10-12, 2014
Experts say
Wright could
be let off hook
Senate scandal. ment of Canada Act. Sec. 16
But so far, the Mounties do
RCMP’s focus on
not appear to be considering it.
criminal charges could Documents filed in court The act specifies that no
show the RCMP is intent on senator shall receive “any
help PM’s former chief proving Wright, along with compensation” for services
of staff avoid legal Sen. Mike Duffy, is guilty of rendered in relation to any
consequences bribery, fraud and breach of bill, contract, controversy,
trust, as spelled out in the accusation or other matter
before the Senate, House or
Criminal Code. Wright person-
any committee.
ally gave Duffy $90,000 so that
Nigel Wright could avoid facing the senator could pay back dis-
legal consequences for his cen- puted living expense claims.
tral role in the Senate expense For Rob Walsh, former law provisions cited thus far by the
scandal if the RCMP remains clerk for the House of Com- RCMP. Indeed, he doubts crim-
focused strictly on possible mons, the Wright-Duffy trans- inal charges could be made to
criminal offences, parliament- action appears on its face to be stick in the Wright-Duffy deal. N.J. governor apologizes for staff’s ‘stupidity’
ary law experts say. a clear violation of Sec. 16 of the “The evidentiary burden I
They believe the surest Parliament of Canada Act. think is less (under the act) and, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, second left, arrives at Fort Lee, N.J., where he travelled to apologize in person to
route for prosecutors against Walsh said he believes it to that extent, it ought to be an Mayor Mark Sokolich. Moving quickly to contain a widening political scandal, Christie fired one of his top aides
Prime Minister Stephen Harp- would be easier to secure a easier task to prosecute,” Walsh Thursday and apologized repeatedly for the “abject stupidity” of his staff, insisting he had no idea anyone around
er’s former chief of staff is an conviction under the act than said in an interview. him had engineered traffic jams to get even with a Democratic mayor. RICHARD DREW/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
obscure section of the Parlia- under any of the Criminal Code THE CANADIAN PRESS