Metro Vancouver - January 12, 2015

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50 dive in to
trans-friendly
swim event
Recreation. ‘Everyone proved by the park board in
should feel safe April 2014 to make Vancouver
more inclusive. It is scheduled
and want to use our to run every Sunday until
facilities,’ says park March.
The board updated change-
board commissioner
room signage to say Trans
People Welcome, added stalls
to the universal change room
EMILY and trained staff to ensure
JACKSON a welcoming environment,
[email protected] park board commissioner Mi-
chael Wiebe said.
Changing into a bathing “Everyone should feel safe
suit can be hard enough for and want to use our facilities,”
people who feel they belong Wiebe said. “This is a great
in the men’s or women’s way to get people in our com-
change rooms, let alone for munities to use the pool and
transgender people who can feel comfortable doing it.”
experience discrimination or While the changes may
violence for being different. seem small, it is a big step
In an effort to make sure forward for those who feel un-
everyone feels safe and wel- welcome in a space with only
come in Vancouver recrea- male or female options, said
tion facilities, the city hosted Kai Scott of the city’s trans UNITED WITH FRANCE
its first transgender-friendly and gender-variant inclusion
drop-in swim session at steering committee.
Templeton Pool on Sunday “We’re trying to reverse
afternoon. that messaging and say we
About 50 people attended really want you here, you’re Franck Furlan holds up a “Je Suis Charlie” sign in honour of the victims of last week’s terror attacks in Paris during a solidarity rally in
the event, which was one an important part of the com- downtown Vancouver on Sunday. Story, page 3. MATT KIELTYKA/METRO
of 77 recommendations ap- munity,” Scott said.
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metronews.ca VANCOUVER 3
Monday, January 12, 2015
Commercial Drive
Man charged with
trying to snatch
baby from stroller
Vancouver police say a man
is facing multiple charges
for allegedly trying to take
an infant in a Vancouver
grocery store on Saturday.
Police allege a 61-year- N
old man walked into Don-
ald’s Market on Commer-
cial Drive just before noon
and attempted to forcefully
take the infant from its
stroller. The child’s mother E
was able to free the child
from the man’s grip with
the help of a customer.
Police say the man fled
the store but allegedly ap- W
proached a second infant
in a stroller on Commer-
cial Drive, threatening a
nine-month-old baby before
concerned onlookers on the VA man ona stilts wavnes the Frecnch fl ago during anu anti-terrvor rally aned marchr in dow ntowrn Vanacouver onl Sundlay. MAiTT KIEeLTYKA/METsRO
street intervened.
The man was arrested
and is facing charges of S
attempted kidnapping, as-
sault and uttering threats.
MATT KIELTYKA/METRO in support of France
Wrong number
Dial-a-dope
leads to arrest
of dopey dialler
Je suis Charlie. Crowd from all walks of life, took to back home. sign. “The message is that we
the steps of the Vancouver Art “We are very pleased by the won’t stand for these fanatical
You’ve heard of dial-a-dope of hundreds gathers in Gallery at lunchtime and was support, by these testimonies groups and what they’re trying
operations? A recent arrest solidarity with other buoyed by a sense of defiance coming from all around the to do.”
in North Vancouver might and solidarity unhampered by world,” Mention said while The rally was one of many
rallies across Canada
be called a dope-a-dial disas- the January rain. leading marchers down Geor- happening across Canada and
ter — at least for the caller. and across the world In abundance were plenty gia Street during the rally. around the world on Sunday.
RCMP say a Mountie of “Je suis Charlie” and “Not “That means that we’re not Thousands of people, re-
received a misdialed call Afraid” banners, which have alone, that the world is back- peatedly chanting “Charlie,”
on his cellphone from a become iconic around the ing us. And that’s really a great marched through downtown
MATT
man offering to sell him world since 17 people were relief.” Montreal, while hundreds
KIELTYKA
marijuana. [email protected] killed in attacks on the satir- French citizen Franck Fur- gathered at similar rallies in
The officer arranged ical magazine Charlie Hebdo, lan was also impressed with Toronto, Quebec City and Hali-
to make the purchase at a Vancouver joined in on a day on police officers and on a ko- the show of support. fax, among others.
certain location, and police of international anti-terror ral- sher grocery store in Paris over “It’s like this country (Can- The biggest event was in
later made an undercover lies Sunday as hundreds took three days. ada), it’s beautiful. We have a Paris, where over a million
buy. A 25-year-old man and to the streets to mourn the The sight was a comfort- melting pot of people here and people, including more than
a 23-year-old woman from victims of last week’s attacks ing one to Antoine Mention, it’s so important that we show 40 world leaders, streamed
Coquitlam were arrested. in Paris. the deputy consul of France in our support for each other,” into the heart of the city for a
THE CANADIAN PRESS The crowd, a mix of French Vancouver, whose mind was said Furlan, one of many rally of national unity.
expatriates and supporters still very much on the events carrying a “Je suis Charlie” WITH FILES FROM THE CANADIAN PRESS
4 VANCOUVER metronews.ca
Monday, January 12, 2015
Glass tower proposed between
heritage buildings in Gastown
Development. Proposal The public has until Jan. 22
to write or email the city their
for 26-storey building
comments on the project.
on heritage site could No matter the final design,
the historic area is likely to get
be the first of many
new neighbours.
future office spaces In July, the city approved a
31-storey office building across
the street from the Cadillac
Fairview tower, citing a de-
EMILY mand for office space and the
JACKSON location’s proximity to the Can-
[email protected] ada Line, Expo Lines and the
SeaBus.
A 26-storey glass tower could Development near transit
soon sit between two promin- hubs aligns with the city’s goal
ent Vancouver heritage build- to get people to leave their cars
ings on the edge of Gastown. at home and get to work by bus
Cadillac Fairview is propos- or train. Neither project has
ing to build a tower designed much on-site parking.
by internationally renowned If approved, the Cadillac
architects on the parking lot A rendering of the 26-storey Cadillac Fairview tower proposed for the parking lot between the Waterfront Station and the Landing building. CONTRIBUTED Fairview tower will add to the
between Waterfront Station office-building boom in down-
and The Landing, a century-old proposal won’t have to go The tower is already facing Area Planning Committee. mountains. town Vancouver.
office building that’s said to be through a public hearing, but some scrutiny. The design is The city has been known The committee hopes the At least seven new office
haunted. it must get a nod of approval 13 metres too tall to meet the to be strict with these rules, final design is set further back towers are under construction
The land is already zoned from the development permit city’s view-cone standards, ac- designed to protect the be- from the train station, a top- downtown, including the Telus
for an office building, so the board at a meeting in March. cording to the Gastown Historic loved views of the North Shore rated heritage building. tower and the MNP tower.
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Monday, January 12, 2015
Look ma,
Surrey. Mounties warn of
no pants!
string of muggings by group
Hundreds of Vancouverites
dropped their trousers for the
Police believe the same timidation tactic. annual No Pants SkyTrain ride
group of thieves is behind a Police are warning the on the Canada and Expo lines on
string of robberies in Surrey. public to be “extra vigilant” Sunday. Passengers may have
Since December, Surrey with their personal prop- been surprised when the not-so-
RCMP say there have been erty. shy crowd calmly took off their
more than 20 robberies They also recommend pants at Commercial-Broadway
throughout the city in which people walking late at night Station before proceeding to
lone victims are approached stay in well-lit areas and travel pants-free throughout
by a group of young male keep valuables, including Metro Vancouver — all in the
individuals and robbed of cellphones, out of sight. name of getting some laughs.
their electronic devices, cell- None of the victims have TWITTER: @HECTOR604
phones and cash. been seriously injured.
Police say most of the Anyone with information
robberies happened be- about the robberies is asked
tween 7 p.m. and 3 a.m. and to contact police.
that the thieves showed vic- The investigation con-
tims a weapon or threatened tinues.
them with violence as an in- MATT KIELTYKA/METRO Uber seeks to have
Quoted
“Due to the similarities in these incidents,
investigators believe a large number may be
committed by the same group of individuals.” lawsuit thrown out
Surrey RCMP spokesman Sgt. Dale Carr in a statement
War-crimes probe.
Vancouver police officer Response. Vancouver The companies’ lawsuit al- B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday. Counter-argument
leged Uber was planning to Uber’s application says the
deployed to Cambodia taxi companies allege launch in violation of local by- lawsuit is speculative, since it
ride-sharing service laws and provincial taxi regu- has not actually launched Uber The taxi companies’ lawsuit
was planning to launch lations, a move they claimed X in Vancouver. The company also argued passengers
would give Uber an unfair com- has not confirmed when, or would be confused into
A Vancouver police officer Tribunal in violation of bylaws, petitive advantage while put- even if, it plans to operate in thinking Uber X cars comply
has been named to a team of provincial regulations ting passengers at risk. the city, though it has been with taxi regulations. Uber,
detectives investigating war In response, Uber filed its actively recruiting drivers and however, suggests its alleged
crimes in Cambodia. The ECCC was established own application this week, ask- office staff. reputation for flouting the
The Vancouver Police De- in 2006 by the Cambodian ing the court to throw out the Unlike Uber’s traditional rules would ensure no one is
partment announced Friday government and the United Uber is asking a British Col- taxi industry’s case. taxi service, which helps users confused.
that veteran detective Ana Nations to bring to trial umbia court to throw out a Uber’s application says taxi hail licensed cabs, Uber X al-
Jean Benefield will travel to senior leaders and others lawsuit filed by four Vancouver- companies have no authority lows anyone with a vehicle to (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:555)(cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:583)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:316)(cid:255)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:289)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:561)(cid:585)(cid:3)
Cambodia in mid-January for responsible for the crimes based taxi companies that are to enforce municipal or provin- apply to become a driver. That (cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:273)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:296)(cid:3)
a one-year deployment to as- committed during the Khmer attempting to block the ride- cial regulations and it dismisses has prompted warnings from (cid:229)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:317)(cid:315)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:3)
sist with investigations into Rouge regime. sharing service from launching the lawsuit as little more than the taxi industry, governments (cid:557)(cid:279)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:268)(cid:317)(cid:561)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:238)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:317)(cid:3)
crimes against humanity, war in the city. an attempt by the taxi industry and regulators that Uber X (cid:315)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:209)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:583)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:251)(cid:305)(cid:268)(cid:209)-
crimes and genocide alleged- The taxi companies applied to protect its monopoly. would endanger passengers by (cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:317)(cid:585)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:550)(cid:559)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:296)(cid:3)
ly committed between 1975 for an injunction in November “For over 50 years, they (the putting them in the hands of (cid:86)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:561)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:289)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:553)(cid:3)
and 1979 during the Khmer organization and will work amid rumours that Uber was taxi companies) have operated unregulated drivers. (cid:555)(cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:274)-
Rouge regime. under the Extraordinary about to launch its controver- as a cartel seeking to stifle any Uber has repeatedly argued (cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:240)(cid:561)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:315)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:251)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)
Benefield and two other Chambers in the Court of sial Uber X service, which al- form of competition or innova- it should not be forced to follow (cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:220)(cid:314)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)
Canadian investigators were Cambodia (ECCC) during lows riders to use a smartphone tion in the commercial trans- taxi regulations because it is a (cid:289)(cid:305)(cid:220)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)
handpicked by the Swiss- their deployment. app to connect with private portation industry,” says Uber’s technology company, not a taxi (cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:240)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:305)(cid:251)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:553)(cid:559)
based Justice Rapid Response MATT KIELTYKA/METRO drivers. application, which was filed in service. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Monday, January 12, 2015
Harper praises our
first prime minister
Kingston, Ont. 200th not exist,” Harper said to ap- Historical account
anniversary of Sir plause.
Macdonald’s political ca-
John A. Macdonald’s reer as a Kingston alderman The bicentenary of Macdon-
birthday celebrated began the year the corner- ald’s birth has spurred a fresh
stone of Kingston City Hall round of historical review
was laid, 1843, and after his and research, including some
death the first prime minister unflattering depictions of
Stephen Harper paid tribute of Canada lay in state in the Macdonald’s policies and at-
to the country’s first prime same room where Harper de- titudes toward Canada’s First
minister Sunday, marking livered his remarks. Nations.
the 200th anniversary of the The Royal Canadian Mint
birth of Sir John A. Macdon- showed off the template of (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:38)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:273)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)
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of sheer will.” Sir John A. was unveiled. (cid:628)(cid:635)(cid:635)(cid:627)(cid:296)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:273)(cid:289)(cid:209)(cid:221)(cid:302)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)
“Never forget, there was It was a decidedly non- (cid:315)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:553)
nothing certain or inevitable partisan event — with former
about what Macdonald and Liberal prime minister John (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:38)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)
his fellow fathers of Confed- Turner and Progressive Con- (cid:296)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:279)(cid:268)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:296)(cid:305)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:3)
eration accomplished. It was servative Kim Campbell in (cid:220)(cid:305)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:305)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:55)(cid:209)(cid:221)(cid:225)(cid:279)(cid:274)-
in fact remarkable,” Harper attendance — but Harper’s (cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:225)(cid:561)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:555)(cid:238)(cid:209)(cid:305)(cid:268)(cid:302)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:559)(cid:3)
told a room full of dignitar- comments dovetailed with (cid:578)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:255)(cid:243)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:55)(cid:209)(cid:221)(cid:225)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:225)(cid:561)(cid:296)(cid:3)
ies — including two former his Conservative party elec- (cid:220)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:302)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:268)(cid:553)
prime ministers — under tion message this year that
tight security at the historic Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau
city hall in Kingston, Ont. is unready to govern despite ing the “challenges and op-
“Without Sir John A. Mac- his lineage and high-profile portunities” are even greater
Canadian Transport Minister Lisa Raitt, left, and Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra take part in the unveiling of a stamp donald, Canada as we know name. as Canada approaches its
of Sir John A. Macdonald during a ceremony at Kingston City Hall to mark the bicentennial of the birth of Canada’s it — the best country in “Nation-building is never 150th birthday.
first prime minister. FRED CHARTRAND/THE CANADIAN PRESS the world — simply would complete,” said Harper, not- THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Khaled Al-Qazzaz Space station
300 total. Robbery among
Canadian jailed B.C. students’
privacy breaches last year
in Egypt released science project
heading to ISS
The federal government re- In detail An ailing Canadian resident
ported 300 breaches of Can- imprisoned in Cairo for
adians’ private information in more than a year has been A science project that a
2014, including a dramatic rob- The Caracas robbery was released from custody in an group of B.C. students
bery of a courier truck carrying the second theft of personal Egyptian hospital. dreamed of launching into
passports in Venezuela last Nov- information to be reported Members of Canadian Forces Special Operations JTF2 unit storm a ship A statement released space was finally on its way
ember, Torstar has learned. last November. during Operation Nanook off the shores of Churchill, Man., in August 2012. on Sunday by supporters of to the International Space
A courier truck leaving the ADRIAN WYLD/THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE Khaled Al-Qazzaz says they Station on Saturday.
Caracas airport was held at gun- (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:61)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:56)(cid:279)(cid:314)(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:633)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:25)(cid:273)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:317)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:3) remain guarded until he is Four boys from
Arctic. Spooks deployed
point on Nov. 11. Two packages (cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:279)(cid:221)(cid:255)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:21)(cid:229)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:289)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:3) reunited with his family. McGowan Park Elemen-
containing 61 visa-decision let- (cid:17)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:289)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:296)(cid:296)(cid:3) The 35-year-old University tary School in Kamloops
ters, including passports, were (cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:628)(cid:636)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:289)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:305)(cid:274)(cid:225)- against possible spies of Toronto engineering celebrated after the rocket
among the contents stolen. (cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:305)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:56)(cid:229)(cid:315)(cid:3)(cid:38)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:255)- graduate is a former aide to their project was aboard
Citizenship and Immigra- (cid:320)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:251)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:273)(cid:553) ousted president Moham- successfully launched early
tion Canada, the department The Canadian military has been one of the country’s leading ex- med Morsi. He was arrested Saturday.
transferring the passports from (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:5)(cid:221)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:289)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:302)- routinely deploying a counter- perts on intelligence. along with Morsi and eight The students won a
the visa office in Mexico City to (cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:289)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:3) intelligence team to guard A spokesman for the mil- others in July 2013 when the contest last year to have
Caracas, informed the privacy (cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3) against possible spying, terror- itary’s intelligence branch says Egyptian military removed their experiment join 17
commissioner of the breach (cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:628)(cid:629)(cid:631)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:255)- ism and sabotage during its an- the team has been deployed the president from office. other student projects from
on Nov. 26, according to docu- (cid:314)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:305)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:296)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:268)(cid:305)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:550)(cid:3) nual Arctic exercise, according every year since 2008, which Egyptian authorities across North America on a
ments obtained under access- (cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:225)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:289)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:3) to internal documents. is two years after Prime Minis- never charged him nor trip to the space station.
to-information law. (cid:274)(cid:305)(cid:273)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:296)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:229)(cid:296)- In the view of intelligence ter Stephen Harper began at- explained why they ar- But they suffered a ma-
On Wednesday evening, (cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:255)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:553) experts, the move is unusual tending the military exercise rested him. The case has jor blow in October when
the department issued a brief because Operation Nanook is with members of the Parlia- attracted attention from the NASA-contracted rocket
statement to Torstar outlining conducted on Canadian soil mentary Press Gallery in tow. human-rights activists and their project was aboard
details of the incident. the more dramatic incidents in remote locations of the Far The only regular foreign groups such as Amnesty exploded in a spectacular
“(The department) has con- among privacy breaches re- North. Foreign involvement is media presence on those trips International. fireball in eastern Virginia.
tacted affected applicants ... ported to Ottawa’s privacy limited to friendly, close allies. has involved the Chinese, in- An order was given on The rocket launched
(and) for approved applications, watchdog by federal agencies in It is also curious because cluding the country’s official Dec. 29 by the country’s from Cape Canaveral in
affected applicants have been 2014. According to the privacy guarding against such threats news service and — in 2013 attorney general for his Florida at about 1:45 a.m.
or will be issued a replacement commissioner’s office, there at home is usually the purview — a representative of a major release, but it was not clear Saturday and was expected
visa immediately once a new were more than 3,100 privacy of either the Canadian Secur- daily, both of whom are ac- why Al-Qazzaz, a father of to dock at the International
passport is submitted,” read the breaches affecting 725,000 Can- ity Intelligence Service or the credited members of the gal- four, had yet to be freed. Space Station by Monday.
statement. adians between 2002 and 2012. RCMP, said Wesley Wark, a Uni- lery in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS THE CANADIAN PRESS
The robbery was one of TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE versity of Ottawa professor and THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Hundreds of thousands march in Paris on Sunday in a massive show of unity and defiance in the face of terrorist acts that killed 17 people. Officials said it
was the largest demonstration in French history. LAURENT CIPRIANI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Millions attend biggest
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rally in France’s history
‘Our entire country around the French capital
Quoted
that killed 17 people and left
will rise.’ More than
the three gunmen dead.
“(The terrorists) want to divide us. We must do
three million unite, Their arms linked, more
than 40 world leaders led the the opposite: we must stand up and we must stay
march across France
sombre procession — Israeli united.”
in solidarity against Prime Minister Benjamin France Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius 1
terrorism Netanyahu and Palestinian Israel
President Mahmoud Abbas; the victims of the deadly at- the exact number of demon-
Ukrainian President Petro tacks on satirical newspaper strators, but more than three A woman at a rally in Tel Aviv holds a pencil and
Poroshenko and Russian For- Charlie Hebdo, a kosher million are projected to have her mobile phone showing the four victims killed in Fri-
Masses of people joined with eign Minister Sergey Lavrov supermarket and police of- marched across France. day’s attack on the kosher supermarket in Paris.
world leaders to fill Paris — setting aside their differ- ficers — violence that tore “The terrorists want two ODED BALILTY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
streets Sunday in a rally for ences for a demonstration deep into the nation’s sense things: they want to scare us 2
unity that officials said was French President François of well-being some compared and they want to divide us,” Argentina
the largest demonstration Hollande said turned the to 9/11 in the U.S. French Foreign Minister Lau-
in French history. Hundreds city into “the capital of the “Our entire country will rent Fabius said. A woman holds a sign that says “I am Charlie” in
of thousands more marched world.” rise up toward something “We must do the oppos- Spanish, outside France’s embassy in Buenos Aires.
in cities around the country People streamed through better,” Hollande said. ite: we must stand up and we RODRIGO ABD/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
and the world to repudi- the streets behind them The French Interior Min- must stay united.” 3
ate a three-day terror spree and across France to mourn istry said it’s hard to calculate THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Belgium
Video of Paris gunman emerges online A building outfitted in solidarity with the French
people, with people holding banners on a main boulevard
in Brussels. FRANCOIS WALSCHAERTS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Two days after his death, a Said and Cherif Kouachi, the gating the conditions under committed to carrying out West Bank
video emerged Sunday of one “brothers from our team,” which the video was posted. an attack, he was less of a
of the Paris gunmen pledging who carried out the massacre The brothers killed 12 strict ideologue or well-honed A Palestinian woman holds a sign that says “I am
allegiance to the Islamic State at the satirical newspaper people at the Charlie Hebdo fighter than the Kouachis — Charlie” in Arabic during a rally in Ramallah.
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday. offices but were killed two and could have found inspira- MAJDI MOHAMMED/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
while his two fellow militants “We did things a bit days later by police, who min- tion from either al-Qaida or 5
have claimed to be from al- together and a bit apart, so utes later killed Coulibaly, ISIL. England
Qaida — a fierce rival. that it’d have more impact,” who had taken hostages in a All three men were French.
In video verified by the he said in fluent French. kosher market. Later in the video, Coulibaly The facade of the National Gallery is lit in the
SITE Intelligence Group, Am- The video appeared Sun- French police and judicial called on others to carry out colours of the French flag in Trafalgar Square in London.
edy Coulibaly said he had day on militant websites. officials said they believed new attacks. TIM IRELAND/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
worked in co-ordination with Police said they were investi- that while Coulibaly was THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Mozambique. Tainted beer kills 56 mourners
Contaminated traditional Pombe beer tending a funeral in the region have the necessary resources
beer has killed 56 people in on Saturday, Albertini said. to deal with the disaster.
Mozambique, health author- Pombe, a traditional Blood and traditional beer Mourners who drank the
ities in the southern African Mozambican beer, is made samples were being sent to beer in the morning reported
country said on Sunday. from millet or corn flour. the capital Maputo to be test- no illness, while those who
An additional 49 people Authorities believe that the ed, said provincial health dir- drank the beer in the after-
were admitted to hospitals drink was poisoned with ector Carle Mosse. noon, fell ill, authorities said.
in the Chitima and Songo crocodile bile during the “We don’t have the cap- They believe the beer must
districts in the northeastern course of the funeral. acity to test the samples,” she have been poisoned while
Tete province, and 146 more told Radio Mozambique. funeral-goers were at the cem-
people have reported to hos- Mosse told Radio Mozam- etery.
pitals to be examined for the Mozambique. bique on Sunday that she ex- The woman who brewed
poisoning, district health of- Those who drank the pected the situation to worsen the beer is also among the
ficial Alex Albertini told Radio contaminated brew were at- because the region did not dead. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Parts of AirAsia Flight 8501 lie on the deck of the rescue ship Crest Onyx at
Kumai port in Indonesia on Sunday. ACHMAD IBRAHIM/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Divers recover
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He earlier said the black
box was lodged in debris at a
Divers retrieved one of the depth of about 30 metres.
black boxes Monday from the Searchers will continue
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the surface early in the mor- city of Jakarta for analysis. It
ning, said Henry Bambang could take up to two weeks to
Soelistyo, head of the national download its recorded data,
search-and-rescue agency. said Nurcahyo Utomo, an
Divers began zeroing in investigator at the National
on the site a day earlier after Committee for Safety Trans-
three Indonesian ships picked portation.
up intense pings from the area THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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10 BUSINESS metronews.ca
Monday, January 12, 2015
Digital media. Fresh
voices shake up news
A slightly fuzzy, zoomed-in ment Hill. Vice, The Tyee,
screen grab from question the Vancouver Observer,
period took a brewing con- and rabble.ca now have cor-
troversy for Environment respondents in Ottawa. The
Minister Leona Aglukkaq, digital outlets iPolitics and
and crystallized it into a tale Huffington Post were the
of callous indifference. first of the new wave.
“Leona Aglukkaq reads The new Canadian play-
newspaper, ignores ques- ers with different funding
tions about people looking models are filling in some
for food in dump,” read the of the empty chairs in the
headline last month by Press press gallery left by shrink-
Progress, a social-media fo- ing traditional media out-
cused news organization lets. And they’re challenging
funded by the Broadbent In- some of the notions about
stitute. what political reporting
From there the story was looks like.
touched on by mainstream The new outlets aren’t
news organizations, who ap- just altering the media land-
peared to miss the fleeting scape on Parliament Hill, but
visual during the House of ultimately also the larger
Commons broadcast. political communications
Press Progress is snarky, context. If the current price at the pumps holds until the spring, the Canadian Automobile Association expects an increase in the number of people travelling by car
easy-to-read, unabashedly Parties are already grap- this year, raising hopes within Canada’s tourism industry that 2015 will be a banner year. MICHELLE SIU/THE CANADIAN PRESS
left-wing and opinionated, pling with how to reach
Cheap gas good for
and part of a new group of audiences, which are more
digital media organizations fragmented and less loyal.
covering politics on Parlia- THE CANADIAN PRESS
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(cid:1)(cid:1) to drive in the winter and Management in Calgary.
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(for new clients,any body area) months. out how much pain tum- $48.36 US on Friday, less
Falling gas prices and a “If we continue to see low bling crude prices are going than half of where it was
weakening loonie are raising prices into the spring and to inflict on the oilpatch, just six months ago.
hopes within Canada’s tour- summer we do expect a sig- one investment strategist The price weakness has
ism industry that 2015 will nificant uptick in car vaca- says it’s not so much a already caused widespread
be a banner year. tions in Canada,” he said. question of how low oil will cuts in the oilpatch, with
Ian Jack, a spokesman for Statia Elliot, director of go, but of how low for how drilling budgets being
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the Canadian Automobile the school of hospitality, long. sliced. The spectre of job
Association, says if the price food and tourism manage- “You don’t really know losses looms.
at the pumps holds until ment at the University of at this point how it’s going THE CANADIAN PRESS
the spring, he expects an Guelph, agrees.
increase in the number of “I think with the way the
people travelling by car this dollar is and the way gas “Three-quarters of what Elliot said that, while
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gas hit a high of $1.39 a litre summer vacations,” she said, and with low gas prices, that tourism operators will use
last June. On Friday, that adding that cost is one of the will encourage more people their marketing savvy to en-
average was 92 cents a litre. top factors people consider to get in the car and travel courage Americans to come
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