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World pg 6 Celebrity Buzz
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news vows to
amid fight
global divorce
financial crisis VANCOUVER • MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2009 metronews.ca pg 18
Part 2 of inquiry JEFF H VANCOUVER
into YVR Tasering OD 2010 Games
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set to begin today N/M
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BpRaArtI DoWf aO pOuDb Tlihce i nseqcuoinryd into VANCO passes bill for
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the death of a Polish immi- VER
Village bailout
grant Tasered at Vancouver
International Airport
begins this morning. LEGISLATION Vancouver was
Dozens of witnesses, in- granted borrowing authori-
cluding passengers and ty to ensure the completion
the four RCMP officers in- of its Olympic Village at
volved, are expected to re- Southeast False Creek yes-
count the events leading terday morning, following
to Robert Dziekanski’s an exhaustive 20-hour leg-
death during this six-week islative sitting.
part of the Braidwood In- The legislation — which
quiry. amends the city’s charter,
Dzienkanki’s Tasering allowing it to borrow $458
and subsequent death million to finish the
were seen around the athletes’ village develop -
world after a passenger at ment without a city refer-
YVR taped the incident endum — was introduced
and posted it on the Inter- at noon Saturday during an
net. The RCMP said the of- extraordinary sitting of the
ficers involved will not House called specifically to
face charges. pass the bill.
The first part of the Debate raged through
inquiry, which was held the night and Bill 47 passed
last year, examined the unanimously just after 8:30
use of Tasers and their a.m. yesterday.
safety. METRO VANCOUVER A firefighter walks beneath the Pattullo Bridge in Surrey yesterday morning. It could be closed for up to six weeks. New Democrat Leader
Carole James said the gov-
Fire closes Pattullo
ShareYourViews ernment was trying to
avoid public scrutiny and
[email protected] questions by recalling the
legislature on a weekend
(avoiding question period)
Entertainment pg 16
and by ramming the bill
“It was quite fierce,” said ice at 4:30 a.m. and will through in one sitting.
JEFF HODSON Hardie of the fire that Original part add between two and four “I’m proud of the job we
[email protected] started around 3 a.m. yes- additional trains in peak did,” James said.
terday. “There were flames (cid:129) The wood section between periods. More buses will be “We used all the rules pos-
The Pattullo Bridge shooting up from under- the steel bridge and the foot- added along routes servic- sible to keep the legislature
connecting Surrey with neath the bridge on both ing is part of the original ing SkyTrain. going through the night in-
New Westminster could sides of the roadway.” 1937 bridge. It allows engi- In addition to forcing tens to the early hours of the
be closed for as long as six At mid-morning, smoke neers to adjust the bridge as of thousands of cars onto morning.”
weeks, TransLink said after and steam still billowed the riverbank shifts. the Port Mann and Alex James blasted the
Horror more a wooden trestle leading from beneath the bridge as Fraser bridges, the closure government for refusing
onto the aging bridge was a pair of firefighters bat- could impact trauma pa- to “come clean about the
than 3-D gag damaged in a suspicious tled a smouldering section yesterday afternoon to tients on the Surrey side full cost of the Olympics”
fire yesterday. between the wood trestle look at traffic manage- who would normally be tak- and what taxpayers “are
The bridge, which is and the asphalt of King ment and transit options en to Royal Columbian Hos- on the hook for.”
Comment pg 8 used daily by 80,000 mo- George Highway. for commuters. pital in New Westminster. Community Develop -
torists, will remain closed The damaged section will Motorists should expect Kristy Hillen, a spokes- ment Minister Blair
SkyTrain users until the damaged 18-me- be demolished shortly and additional congestion and woman for the B.C. Ambu- Lekstrom, who introduced
tre wood trestle is knocked reconstruction will begin as longer travel times, and lance Service, said addi- the bill, said the legislation
vote with feet down and replaced, said soon as possible, based on commuters crossing the tional ambulances would will “give Vancouver the
TransLink spokesman Ken the completion of a final de- Fraser should expect de- be added to the Surrey tools it needs to negotiate
Hardie. The process is ex- sign and the availability of lays and crowding, Trans - side as the potential im- the best possible deals for
pected to take between a materials, Hardie said. Link said. pact of the bridge closure city taxpayers.”
month and six weeks. A meeting was also held SkyTrain will begin serv- was analyzed. JEFF HODSON/METRO VANCOUVER
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B.C. skier wins World Cup medal 3
Canada won its first medal in a World Cup men’s cross-country ski team sprint yesterday. Rossland, B.C., native George Grey and his
teammate Alex Harvey, from Quebec, finished third. The Swedish team captured gold. CBC.CA/BC
City seeks charter changes for Games
Local
Vancouver wants to amend its city charter for the Olympic Games. The proposed
amendments, which come before council tomorrow, include regulating advertising and sig-
nage on streets and in parks, as well as temporary street closures. Other changes involve city
noise control and removing graffiti and illegal signage on private property on short notice.
METRO VANCOUVER
Vancouverites await history MLA to retire after
News in brief
cancer diagnosis
STABBING Vancouver police are
searching for at least one sus- PUCHMAYRChuck
pect in the stabbing of two Puchmayr, NDP MLA for
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firing more than eight rounds the first African-American ER come clear
into the hosts’ home, president of the United in the past
news1130.com reports. No one States. few days
was hurt in the drive-by shoot- It’s a moment Paul Ker- that I must Chuck
ing. METRO NEWS SERVICES ston, a U.S.-born Vancou- dedicate all Puchmayr
verite and member of De- of my ener-
mocrats Abroad Vancouver, gy in the coming weeks
says he’s been waiting for and months to this battle,”
his whole life. Puchmayr said.
WHAT’S ONLINE TODAY “I’m sitting here getting “It has been a
goose bumps,” Kerston said Paul Kerston, a member of Democrats Abroad Vancouver, outside his west-end home yesterday. tremendous honour to
VideoOmar Khadr’s yesterday. serve the people of New
fate up in the air as “In Vancouver, I know a United States Some members cam- Westminster as their MLA,
Gitmo closure looms lot of people are going to be paigned over the phone, Democrats Abroad and as city councillor for
Presidential
atmetronews.ca glued to their sets. Some of while others travelled south nine years prior to that.”
/canada them are just not going to Inauguration of the border to campaign (cid:129) Democrats Abroad is a Carole James, leader of
be at work early.” door-to-door. worldwide organization the B.C. NDP party, said
Lotteries Kerston said it will be a tin Luther King said we Tonight, members of De- sanctioned by the Democrat- Puchmayr has been an “ex-
Friday, Jan. 16 Lotto Super 7:9, 11, 15, 16, 31, “huge” moment for him. would.” mocrats Abroad Vancouver ic Party of the United States. traordinary” representative
39 & 47 Bonus 12 Extra: 6, 22, 33, 96 “I’m old enough to re- Kerston said the inaugu- will be volunteering at First for New West.
Saturday, Jan. 17 Lotto 6/49: 8, 12, 20, 28, 39 & member the assassination ration will also mark the United Church on East Day. “I have no doubt he’ll
47 Bonus 10 BC 49:12, 21, 27, 28, 37 & 43 of Martin Luther King. So culmination of months of Hastings Street as part of A program with speakers face this like he’s faced
Bonus 16 Extra:36, 44, 56, 64 I’ve personally lived what work on the part of Democ- Obama’s call for all Ameri- will start at 7:30 p.m. at the everything else — with
These results are not official. this is a beginning of, over- rats Abroad to see Obama cans to participate in public church, and will include good humour and
coming (exactly what) Mar- elected. on Martin Luther King Jr. Coun. Heather Deal. strength.” METRO VANCOUVER
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Monday, January 19, 2009
4 local Decision on Hollow Tree expected tonight
The fate of Vancouver’s popular Hollow Tree will finally be determined by city council tonight. The Stanley Park Hollow Tree
Conservation Society has been raising funds for two years to save the historic landmark from being axed. METRO VANCOUVER
Weekend sees Yogi moves on to worlds Woman dies in
apartment blaze
2 more deaths NORTH VANCOUVEROne
TfoArR MYeNt rMo VCaEnLcHoEuRvAerN KRISTEN TH wNapooarmrttham nVe ahnnatcs fo idurieve,ed ar icnc oarding
in avalanches OM to RCMP investigators.
YOGA A Victoria yogi con- PSO The building housed
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torted her way to first /M more than 35 tenants —
place at a championship ETRO mostly seniors — and was
leased at the request of his held in North Vancouver VAN nearly destroyed by the
KRISTEN THOMPSON family. yesterday. COU intense heat, flames and
[email protected] “The six other members Ida Ripley and three oth- VER water damage.
of his group located him us- er winners at the sixth an- A 911 call around 10:14
Two snowmobilers who ing beacons, but could not nual Western Canadian p.m. Friday reported the
died in separate avalanch- revive him,” said RCMP Hatha Yoga Championship fire was spreading quick-
es in northern British Const. Craig Douglass. “The at Capilano College are eli- ly.
Columbia have brought group was all equipped gible to compete at the Firefighters continued
the number of people with avalanche gear.” world championships in to battle the blaze until
killed in B.C. slides this The following day, anoth- Los Angeles this February. the following day at the
winter to 15. er snowmobiler, whose Ripley has come out on apartment located on
Twelve of those victims identity hasn’t been re- top for the five years she 1033 St. Georges Ave.
have been snowmobilers. leased, was killed in a slide has been in the competi- Arson investigators are
Police yesterday identi- on Babcock Mountain near tion. working to determine the
fied the man killed in Fri- Tumbler Ridge, southwest “The biggest reason I do cause.
day’s avalanche near Vale- of Dawson Creek. this competition is to TARYN MCELHERAN/
mount, just west of the Al- He had been sledding teach myself that anything FOR METRO VANCOUVER
berta border, as a 33-year- with five other snowmobil- is possible and that ap-
old Edmonton man. ers who were out of the plies to yoga and the rest News in brief
His name has not been re- path of the slide when it hit. of my life,” she said.
Brad Colwell, organizer SENTENCE Jessie Paul
and owner of Bikram’s Yo- Sanghera, who killed a Surrey
News in brief ga Metrotown, was teenager in a hit-and-run, has
pleased with the turnout. been given a conditional sen-
FIRE No one was hurt follow- INJURY A transit police officer “The first year it tence of house arrest and a
ing a fire in Coquitlam early was hospitalized with a head brought out 12 competi- two-year driving ban,
yesterday, news1130.com rep- wound after he fell down an tors and 20 viewers and news1130.com reports. The 31-
orts. A truck parked near a ho - escalator while pursuing a fare obviously this year there year-old Sanghera’s father has
me caught fire, and the blaze evader. The suspect, who had a are over 20 competitors also been charged for allegedly
spread to the house, causing ste ak knife on him and was al- and 300 plus people, so it filing false reports with police
about $50,000 in damages. The legedly resisting arrest, was has definitely expanded,” A competitor holds a pose for the judges at the Western Canadian and ICBC.
cause is under investigation. Tasered. METRO NEWS SERVICES he said. Hatha Yoga Championship at Capilano College yesterday. METRO NEWS SERVICES
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Monday, January 19, 2009
6 Picture drawn by Putin fetches big bucks
A picture sketched by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has fetched 37 million roubles ($1.15 million US) at a charity auction. The
painting of snowfall seen through a window, finished by a professional artist, features a sprawling “Putin” signature. REUTERS
Canada/World
Canadians have mixed Tentative truce called in Gaza
hopes for Obama: Poll
Hamas announced an im- emerging from their places
Most Canadians believe The online survey mediate ceasefire in the Infrastructure damage of hiding and returning to
Barack Obama will showed only 27 per cent of Gaza Strip yesterday and their homes.
improve the image of respondents believe Oba- gave Israel, which had al- (cid:129) According to the Palestin- (cid:129) Western diplomats have Hamas, whose rocket
America around the ma will withdraw all com- ready declared a unilateral ian Statistics Bureau, some said it could cost at least $1.6 fire Israel said triggered its
world, but many doubt he bat troops from Iraq in 16 truce, a week to pull its 4,000 residential buildings billion US to repair the infra- assault, announced its
will be able to keep some months, with 31 per cent troops out of the territory have been reduced to rubble. structure damage in Gaza. ceasefire about 12 hours
of his biggest promises, a believing he will fail and following a three-week after Israel’s own move
new poll has 41 per cent war. 3, a week after an air offen- over the border from Gaza and said its Islamist allies
found. 27The percentage of unsure. There was shooting from sive began. from early on yesterday, all in Gaza would also adhere
A Toronto poll respondents who They were both sides after their sepa- “We don’t want to stay but ending combat after a to it.
Star/Angus believe Obama will more opti- rate announcements, but in Gaza, and we intend to 22-day conflict in which Yet despite the signs of
Reid survey withdraw all combat troops mistic about broadly the ceasefire ap- leave it as soon as possi- more than 1,300 Palestini- the ceasefire gaining mo-
found 79 per from Iraq in 16 months. his promise peared to be gaining ble,” Israeli Prime Minister ans were killed. Ten Israeli mentum, there still re-
cent of Cana- to shut down strength and Israeli troops Ehud Olmert said. soldiers and three civilians mains no formal deal be-
dians believe the U.S. mili- began pulling out of Gaza, Troops and tanks could also died. tween Israel and Hamas.
the next U.S. president will tary prison at Guantanamo which they entered on Jan. be seen streaming back In Gaza, families began REUTERS
succeed in boosting the Bay, with 49 per cent of re-
battered reputation of his spondents believing he’ll
Crisis won’t affect happiness: Expert
country, but fewer think succeed, 14 per cent believ-
he will be able to over- ing he’ll fail and 37 per
come some of the chal- cent not sure.
lenges to get him there. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE STUDY Happiness can sur- 1982. That was a consider-
vive the blows of financial able recession with unem-
crises, says Ruut Veen- ployment in the Nether-
CH hoven who has been study- lands increasing to half a
RIS W ing happiness for more million people.
ATTIE/REU th“aWn 2h5e tyheearr s.t he financial lea“gInu e1s9 8an9,d a I c doiudp rlee soefa crochl-
TERS cmriasdise peohpales ocrni shiso wha tdh ias
less happy, negative ef-
one can only fect on the
tell when happiness
the crisis is of the aver-
over,” said age citizen.
the director There was
of the World hardly any
Database of effect. Peo-
Hap piness, a ple were a
register of little more
scientific re- worried
search on about their
the subjective enjoyment income, but not less con-
Interim Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff speaks during a caucus of life. tent with their lives as a
meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa yesterday. “It’s not very likely, be- whole.
cause the previous eco- “The sale of tranquilizers
Liberals warn Conservatives
nomic crisis didn’t have ef- didn’t rise and doctors
fects on happiness,” the were not confronted with
against tax cuts in budget
professor of sociology at more patients with psycho-
Erasmus University in Rot- somatic complaints.
OTTAWA Arguing that a re- ing can help revive the terdam told Metro. “Apparently, mankind is
cession is not the time to economy. “I’m talking about the strong enough to cope.”
cut income taxes, the fed- The Liberals are opposed crisis between 1980 and METRO WORLD NEWS
eral Liberals yesterday to making tax cuts the cen-
served notice to Prime trepiece of the budget, es-
Obama celebratory, solemn as he nears inauguration
Minister Stephen Harper pecially since Canadians
that he is risking his gov- may not spend the money
ernment if he goes ahead they save through the cuts, WASHINGTON Barack Oba- Lincoln Memorial.
with across-the-board cuts. which would deprive the ma approached his inaugu- United States As Obama prepared to be “I stand here today
Harper, whose Conserva- economy of the sought-af- ration as the 44th U.S. Presidential sworn in tomorrow, he as hopeful as ever.”
tive government will stand ter stimulus. president with a mix of stressed the depth of the
or fall based on what’s in Interim Liberal Leader solemnity and celebration Inauguration challenges that he faces, Barack Obama
the Jan. 27 budget, has said Michael Ignatieff signalled yesterday, laying a wreath including the recession
the economic rescue pack- yesterday the party is pre- at a military grave and elect Joe Biden placed a and the unfinished wars in the task that lies ahead, I
age being prepared for the pared to dump the Conser- then swaying along at a wreath at Arlington Na- Iraq and Afghanistan, but stand here today as hope-
budget must include tax vative minority if the concert featuring Bruce tional Cemetery’s Tomb of said he was optimistic ful as ever that the United
breaks for middle-class budget is inadequate. Springsteen and Beyonce. the Unknowns before brav- about the country’s ability States of America will en-
Canadians, whose spend- TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Walking side by side, ing a cold day to take in a to face them. dure,” he said.
Obama and vice-president- concert on the steps of the “Despite the enormity of REUTERS
Goat accidentally hangs itself at zoo
ALBERTA An exotic goat at est in a series of deaths at News in brief
the Calgary Zoo accidental- the zoo. Last November, an
ly hanged itself after it be- elephant calf died of a SEARCH Arthur Nadel, a Florida people’s money, remained IRAQ A suicide bomber yester- and other politicians met to
came entangled in a rope virus, and in May 2008, 41 investment manager who missing yesterday as the FBI day killed the deputy leader of discuss an upcoming provincial
and fell off a log, CTV re- stingrays died for reasons allegedly disappeared with and the Securities and Ex- Iraq’s second-biggest Sunni election, the party’s leader
ported yesterday. that have yet to be ex- what could be hundreds of mil- change Commission joined in Arab political bloc, the Iraqi said.
The accident was the lat- plained. REUTERS lions of dollars of other the investigation against him. National Dialogue Front, as he REUTERS
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Hine form of ugliness so unbear- Legendary actor W.C. gist. He abandoned this, pos-
Sight
able that we are compelled Fields: “If at first you don’t sibly upon realizing that no
to alter it every six months.” succeed, try, try again. Then one knew what the heck a
I would disagree with this quit. There’s no use being a philogist was.
Anne
entirely if it weren’t for glad- damn fool about it.” He then became a philoso-
Hines iator shoes and the 1980s. Al- Words to live by. Particu- pher somehow thinking this
so, the only way I’m going to larly if you’re a) a person try- would be a more profitable
make it onto anyone’s best- ing to get a date or b) a na- career choice. Some guys
dressed list is if Home Work- tional political party trying can’t win.
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ers Monthly runs a “ratty to get a majority. As a philosopher, Niet-
while back I did a bathrobe issue.” Next, from an anonymous zsche offered such insights
column on “wise Next, historian and Har- source: “No one in all society as, “Existence is an imperfect
things said by vard professor, Laurel is so underrated, tense that never becomes a
people who Thatcher Ulrich, who disregarded present.” To which we can
aren’t me.” said: “Well-behaved and underpaid only respond, “Um … what?”
Given the success women rarely make his- as the plucky He also said, “It is my ambi-
of this piece (some- tory.” humour colum- tion to say in 10 sentences
one mentioned that They do, however, nist.” I just can’t what others say in a whole
they’d read it), I now get invited to dinner imagine who book.” Clearly, this is a man
present: Wise Words, parties and asked to said this. It’s got a who didn’t get the concept of
Installment #2. join book clubs. ring of truth “royalties.”
First up, play- Life’s a trade- though, doesn’t However, I forgive Niet- Worth mentioning
wright and style- off, eh? it? zsche everything for saying,
slave of the Victorian From an Lastly, wise “We should consider every
‘No God’ bus ads
age, Oscar Wilde, who, Old Chi- words from day lost in which we have
on his deathbed in the nese Fredrick Niet- not danced at least once.”
home of a friend, fa- pro- zsche. Nietzs- It doesn’t get any wiser banned in Italian city
mously announced, verb: “It is better che was born in than that.
“Charles, either these to light a single candle Germany in the
curtains go, or I do.” than to curse the darkness.” mid-1800s and Anne Hines is an author and humour writer. Italian atheists have lost a
Wilde also said, Cursing the electric com- undertook a ca- She has written three novels and one bid to run “no God” adver- “It’s strange in a
collection of nonfiction humour.
“Fashion is merely a pany, however, is entirely OK. reer as a philo- tisements on city buses after country where ads
strong opposition from con-
depicting near-naked
servative political parties, a
member of the group said women … (are)
Views
Saturday.
permitted on buses,
The ads reading “The bad
SkyTrain service still considered a winner news is that God doesn’t ex- that we can’t run ads
ist. The good news is that about atheism.”
you don’t need him” were to
Giorgio Villella
In boobirds are quick to trash I was unable to board the have been put on buses in
Transit
this region’s choice of rapid “When it comes to No. 44 bus, which travels the northern city of Genoa, at least one bus driver in
rail. public transport, between UBC and down- home to the Catholic cardi- Genoa said he would refuse
These naysayers argue town Vancouver, because of nal who is head of the Italian to drive a “no God” bus. “It’s
Derek people vote with
that — due to its cost and overcrowding. Bishops Conference. strange in a country where
Moscato form — the region should their feet.” Oddly, a tattered sign The mock-up was ready ads depicting near-naked
forego SkyTrain in the fu- posted at a popular board- and the contract was sent to women wearing skimpy lin-
ture, in favour of less-intru- rush hour, the system is a ing location prods riders to the group for signing, but gerie (are) permitted on buses,
[email protected] sive light rail transit, or winner — whether the crit- consider taking some alter- the publicity agency that we can’t run ads about
even more buses. ics will admit to it or not. native — and yes, slower — changed its mind and said atheism,” Villella said.
Last week, the first of 48 You can bet these carpers (cid:129) (cid:129) (cid:129) routes. the ad could not run because Villella said the group’s
new light metro cars ar- will be at the Vancouver Union leader Jim Houla- I don’t doubt that it violated an ethics in adver- lawyers would likely file an
rived at SkyTrain’s head- Public Library this Wednes- han, who represents bus TransLink means well by tising code, according to appeal to court to overturn
quarters in Burnaby. Sport- day evening for a Langara drivers with Coast Moun- posting such information. Giorgio Villella of The Italian the decision and the group
ing a refreshing blue-and- College-organized public tain Bus Company, has But it’s also an admission Union of Atheists and Ratio- would try to run the ads in
grey design, the SkyTrain debate pitting SkyTrain made noise recently about that there’s a capacity prob- nalist Agnostics. other Italian cities.
vehicles are visually im- bashers against boosters. the jump in TransLink’s an- lem on the route — one it’s “Right-wing politicians Atheists in Barcelona, Lon-
pressive. But here’s why SkyTrain nual operating budget — so far unwilling to address. criticized us ferociously,” Vil- don and Washington have
More importantly, they should be embraced as the from roughly $800 million The same story plays out lella said by telephone from already run “no God” ads on
have increased passenger system of choice for rapid in 2007 to the current $1.3 on other bus routes in the the group’s base, adding that city buses. REUTERS
capacity. So, their addition transit expansion in Metro billion. region.
should be a big plus for Vancouver. He points out — quite In the case of the No. 44,
commuters, who have When it comes to public fairly, in my opinion — im- it’s a shame one of Vancou-
Metro Online Poll Results
made SkyTrain a popular — transport, people vote with provements in transit serv- ver’s most important tran-
and at times strained — their feet. Higher costs ice hardly match the dra- sit routes is also one of its 7%SAID 34%SAID
transit system. notwithstanding, transit matic spike in spending. most woefully under- completely Is the first ministers mostly
But even as Metro Van- users appreciate SkyTrain’s And commuters are still served. genuine meeting in Ottawa a PR
couver’s transit authority speed, durability and sepa- dealing with a region-wide genuine pre-budget
un-shrinkwraps and test- ration from traffic. bus crunch. Derek Moscato is a writer with a focus 24%SAID negotiation or a public 34%SAID
drives the sleek cars, a vo- Judging by the standing- Case in point: For two on urban issues, transportation, mostly relations exercise? completely
cal chorus of SkyTrain room-only crowds during consecutive days last week, architecture and economics. genuine Weigh in on today’s question at metronews.ca PR
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Facts and fiction
Going Green
Get the lowdown on global warming from the
new book Global Warming for Dummies.
Authors Elizabeth May (Green Party leader)
and Zoë Caron explain the ins and outs of glob-
al warming and sort out the facts from the
fiction. METRO NEWS SERVICES
EDITOR: MIKE DEREZYCKY, [email protected]
Surfing linked to warming Obama plan
attainable:
IEA chief
Study finds carbon dioxide is released while viewing websites
ENERGYU.S. president-elect
Barack Obama’s aim to
Don’t tell Al Gore, but “At an individual surfer ing,” Wissner-Gross said re- global emissions. which means the energy greatly increase U.S. alter-
surfing the web may also scale, the impact is not cently. Wissner-Gross says he used per Google search is native energy production
pose an inconvenient that large — about 50 per “But in aggregate, for wasn’t prepared for the minimal.” is ambitious, but
truth when it comes to cent larger than a websites that get a lot of swift reaction that his While Wissner-Gross attainable, the head of the
hastening our human ex- traffic, it can be substan- study generated. said Google was never International Energy
environmental ruin. hal- tial and it can be thou- That included a sharp re- mentioned specifically in Agency (IEA) said.
That’s among the find- sands of pounds of CO2 sponse from his study, As part of his economic
ings of a recent per month.” Google after Search others argue stimulus plan, Obama
study by Harvard Though web surfing is a British the Web gi- wants to double output of
physicist Alex not often thought of as a newspaper (cid:129) Google claimed it would ant’s green alternative energy over
Wissner-Gross on polluting activity, Wiss- cited his take more than 1,000 talk masks the next three years.
the environmental ner-Gross noted that a study’s find- queries on its search engine the fact that “It is very ambitious, but
impact of Internet 2007 study by U.S. firm ings and sin- to equal the greenhouse it remains a he certainly can do that,”
usage — a revela- Gartner Research found gled out the gas emissions generated by key contribu- IEA executive director
tion that has, some- the global IT industry search en- an average car driving one tor to a grow- Nobuo Tanaka told
what ironically, generated about the gine giant as kilometre. ing problem. Reuters. REUTERS
generated signifi- same amount of green- a key offend- Ron Dem-
cant buzz in some house gases as the airline er — namely bo, the CEO
quarters of the web. industry, which is about because it directs individ- of Zerofootprint, a Toronto News in brief
In a yet-to-be pub- two per cent of ual search queries to multi- company that runs carbon
lished study, Wiss- total ple servers simultaneously offset projects, said Inter- POLAR BEARSScientists and
ner-Gross found that in the interest of generat- net users need to realize native people in the Arctic
roughly 20 mil- ing speedier responses. their actions can come want to protect Canada’s po-
ligrams of carbon Google, which with a significant environ- lar bears despite
dioxide are released handles mental cost, and they disagreements over the
into the atmosphere about 200 should think twice before health of the bear population,
for every second that million Inter- entering a “frivolous” Environment Minister Jim
an average website is net search search query or streaming Prentice said. Environmental
viewed. That includes queries every a goofy YouTube video. groups want Canada to
the energy used both day and controls “Here in Toronto, if you increase protection of the
on the surfer’s end, about 65 per cent downloaded 100 mega - bears from climate change
including the electrici- of the U.S. market, bytes of data ... and it’s a and hunting, but many Inuit
ty needed to run individ- said in a blog posting nice hot summer day who depend on the animals
ual computers and the net- that the company has (when power demand is at for income say the bear popu-
works they connect to, and “designed and built the its peak), you’ve just burnt lation is in better shape than
the energy used to create most energy-efficient data a bag of charcoal.” scientists realize.
and host the content itself. centres in the world, TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE REUTERS
Hope, change for climate
Don’t tell Canada’s Envi- United States Ottawa to find religion.
ronment minister about The Obama team in-
Presidential
“hope” and “change,” the cludes the likes of retired
rallying cries of Barack Oba- Inauguration Marine Gen. James Jones,
ma’s election victory. the proposed national secu-
In the coming months, rity adviser, who touts the
Jim Prentice must steer a and the clarity with which primacy of energy security
complex proposal to essen- he has spoken on climate and is well connected in Al-
tially harmonize his gov- change really is a funda- berta’s oilsands. But it ap-
ernment’s much-criticized mental change in terms of pears more weighted with
climate change plan with the situation,” Prentice said appointees like climate
the one proposed by the recently. czar Carol Browner, who
Obama administration. The “I think it’s fair to say dubbed U.S. President
result will be a North Amer- that we are now in a posi- George W. Bush’s team “the
ican market for trading tion where the policy worst environmental ad-
greenhouse gas emissions framework we’re talking ministration ever.”
credits, giving companies about as Canadians and the Watch for the Harper
the incentive to cut their policy framework the new government’s conversion
carbon footprint. president has spoken about to global warming ortho-
To do that, Prentice will are very consistent.” doxy that includes more
have to change consider- Prentice believes Oba- stringent goals for cutting
ably the Tories’ environ- ma’s America has come emissions, scrapping “in-
ment blueprint and hope around to the Tory way of tensity targets” — a meas-
the hoopla over Washing- thinking on climate ure that allows overall
ton’s re-engagement in the change. emissions to rise — long be-
global warming fight will But faced with a new U.S. fore the 2020 date it had
bring the Conservatives the administration that is planned, and signing on
breathing room they have stacked with climate with some of the widely ac-
been denied for the last change fundamentalists — cepted standards that have
three years. people on a first-name basis left Canada isolated inter-
“The election of Mr. Oba- with former vice-president nationally.
ma and the determination Al Gore — it will be up to TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
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Denmark yesterday unveiled a $17.79 billion US bank aid package, offering to inject public credit into
banks to jump-start their corporate and private lending to stimulate a slumping economy. REUTERS
Gas agreement on table
Business
Russia and Ukraine aim to sign a deal today to restart gas
flows to Europe through Ukraine after agreeing on a price
for 2009 supplies. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
said Ukraine will receive a 20 per cent discount from the
price European customers pay, on condition Kiev froze 2009
tariffs for gas transit at last year’s levels. REUTERS
EDITOR: FERMIN DESOUZA, [email protected]
Obama’s job plan Tough love for banks,
Taiwan
Economic stimulus
breaks cycle: Aide
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terday he does not see the U.S. President-elect Barack package as a throwback to H
U.S. rate of unemployment Obama will push bankers “Let’s remember what they call traditional
topping 10 per cent. to resume lending to busi- why we’re in the Democratic borrow and
The incoming director nesses and consumers to spend policies.
mess we’re in.”
of the National Economic help put the ailing econo- Axelrod rejected com-
Council predicted job loss- my back on track, his top David Axelrod on the plaints from the top House
es, but was confident Oba- aides said yesterday. Bush administration Republican, John Boehner
ma’s eco nomic plan would “I think he is going to of Ohio, that Obama had
“contain what would oth- have a strong message for failed to consult adequate-
erwise be just a vicious cy- the bankers,” said David the money doesn’t go to ly with Republicans and
cle, people spend less, Axelrod, a top Obama ad- excessive CEO pay and div- would not be able to gener-
therefore they earn less.” viser. “We want to see idends when it should be ate enough jobs through
REUTERS credit flowing again. We going to lending,” he said. the proposed plan.
don’t want them to sit on Congress last week re- “Let’s remember why
any money that they get leased the second $350 bil- we’re in the mess we’re
In brief from taxpayers.” lion US slice of the Trou- in,” Axelrod said in a cri-
Axelrod said it was clear bled Asset Relief Program. tique of the Bush adminis-
ECONOMY Britain will suffer that a $700 billion US res- Obama has put forward tration. “Part of it is that
the biggest annual economic cue fund approved by Con- an $825 billion US stimu- when the Clinton adminis-
contraction this year since the gress in October “has to be lus package that is de- tration left office, we were
end of the Second World War. administered in a much signed to create more than running record surpluses,
Ernst & Young ITEM Club pre- different way” than it was 3.5 million jobs in the next and the policies that were People shop along a street market in Taipei on Saturday. The
dicted a 2.7 per cent fall in under outgoing President few years. put in place doubled our Taiwanese government distributed consumer vouchers worth
gross domestic product. George Bush. Republicans have criti- debt in a matter of a few $132 US to each citizen in a bid to stimulate domestic
REUTERS “We have to make sure cized aspects of Obama’s years.” REUTERS consumption and invigorate the country’s economy.
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