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B.C. taken to court over wolf cull
SOUTH SELKIRK Two environmental groups have Government initiated the wolf wolves are culled or not,” read of habitat and not predation by In a statement, the ministry
Environmental turned to the courts in an at- cull in an attempt to protect court documents filed by the wolves,” he told Metro. “We’re said it has protected 2.2 million
tempt to stop the British Colum- mountain caribou from possible groups. hopeful, through a judicial re- hectares of mountain caribou
groups dispute bia government’s controversial extinction, but the petitioners Pacific Wild executive direc- view, an injunction can be sought habitat and that the leading
wolf cull. argue the decision is unreason- tor Ian McAllister, an outspoken after to stop the cull.” cause of mortality in the South
it helps caribou
Pacific Wild Alliance and Val- able and that the province has critic of the cull, said killing up A spokesperson for the Min- Selkirk and South Peace regions
halla Wilderness Society filed a not done enough to protect cari- to 500 wolves will not address istry of Forests, Lands and Natural is due to wolves.
Matt petition in B.C. Supreme Court on bou habitat. the endangered caribou’s big- Resource Operations said govern- “The operational plans for
Wednesday seeking an injunction “Without critical habitat pro- gest threat. ment has no further comment wolf removal were peer-reviewed
Kieltyka
against the ongoing cull in the tection, mountain caribou popu- “The wolf cull is unjustified. on Wednesday’s request for ju- by two independent scientists,”
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province’s South Selkirk region. lations will not be saved whether The main issue here is the lack dicial review. the statement reads.

GOSSIP 11
Your essential daily news We’re No. 2, eh! Canada rated second-best country in the world. Canada
Exhibit targets affordable housing
MUSEUM
Multimedia
‘scenarios’
explore visions
of Vancouver
Thandi
Fletcher
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Stepping into the Museum of
Vancouver’s newest exhibition
almost feels like being let in
on an inside joke.
The entrance, made up of in-
fographics, architecture models
and panoramic images of the
downtown Vancouver skyline,
is designed to feel like a pres-
entation centre for a new real-
estate development. The punch
line? Many of the visitors to
this exhibition likely can’t af-
ford to buy a home here.
It’s no secret that Metro Van-
couver has an affordable hous-
ing problem, so when it came
time for curators at the Mu- A model of downtown Vancouver is one of many multimedia displays at the Your Future Home
seum of Vancouver to choose exhibition. Top right: Density in Section proposes enabling communities to evolve by expanding
a theme for their next exhib- diversity of use and form, with opportunities for social interaction. Right: A comparison of the
ition, the answer was obvious, existing skyline and its relationship to population density and rental costs. THANDI FLETCHER/METRO
said Gregory Dreicer, director
of curatorial and engagement. about housing affordability, Another scenario by Carscad-
“As a museum, we’re focus- residential density, ease of EXHIBIT den Stokes McDonald Archi-
ing on contemporary Vancou- transportation and quality of tects suggests changes to the
ver and what people are most public space. Your Future Home is on region’s existing cycling infra-
concerned about,” Dreicer told More than 20 of the city’s display at the Museum of structure to allow people to
Metro during a media tour of leading architects and urban Vancouver from Thursday easily get around in the after- the 1930s, and that the city and get involved in shaping
the exhibition. “Housing af- planners contributed multi- until May 15. math of a massive earthquake has fewer native residents than the city’s future.
fordability is No. 1 on the list.” media scenarios for the exhib- or tsunami. any other in North America. “The city is only as good as
Your Future Home: Creat- ition, offering visions of the mobile system of floating bar- Visitors to the exhibition Andy Yan, data curator for their participation,” he said.
ing the New Vancouver, which future for Vancouver. ges that could contain every- will also learn interesting de- the exhibition and senior “It’s important to understand
opens to the public Thursday, One of the scenarios, de- thing from forests, parks and tails about Vancouver they may urban planner at Bing Thom where we came from and
bills itself as an exploration of veloped by local urban design botanical gardens to swimming not have known before, like Architects, said he hopes the where we are today to have
the future of the city in the and landscape architecture pools, amusement parks and the fact that its vacancy rate exhibition informs and inspires that inform how the city can
face of mounting concerns firm PFS Studio, proposes a concert grounds. has been one per cent since Vancouverites to take action develop and grow.”
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4 Thursday, January 21, 2016 Vancouver
Rat casino: A tail of addiction
SCIENCE reduced chances of winning. Researchers made a further
B.C. research At first, researcher Mi- breakthrough when giving
chael Barrus, a PhD candi- rats a drug that blocked the
shows rodents date at the UBC Department action of dopamine D3 re-
of Psychology, said rats would ceptors, linked to drug ad-
gamble in
pick the first option 90 per dictions, in the brain.
certain settings cent of the time. The drug had little effect
“They knew it was the best on the rats that performed
option because it gave them the gambling task without
Matt the most sugar pellets. But added light and sound but
Kieltyka when you go to a casino, reduced the high-risk be-
you’re not making the best haviour of those that were
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economic choices,” Barrus placed in the stimulated en-
said. vironment.
Even rats can’t resist the So when researchers out- Barrus said the findings
thrill of the big win. fitted the test chamber with suggest a closer link to sub-
University of British Col- flashing lights and sounds stance addictions and behav-
umbia researchers studying that escalated in intensity ioural addictions than previ-
gambling addiction have dis- during high-stakes wins, ously known.
covered that using sound and Barrus said approximate- “This receptor might be
light cues, similar to those at ly half of the rats started a good target if we’re going
a flashy casino, entice rats to picking the highest-risk op- to develop drugs to treat
take greater risks. tion. pathological gambling,” he
At UBC’s “rat casino,” “Winning was a more ex- said.
in the university’s Djavad citing experience for them The findings were pub-
Mowafaghian Centre for even though they were get- lished Wednesday in the Jour-
Brain Health, laboratory rats ting less sugar,” he said. nal of Neuroscience.
poke at four buttons that
give them varying odds of They knew it was the best option
winning sugar pellets. because it gave them the most
For example, the first —
and safest — option awards sugar pellets. But when you go to
rats two pellets 80 per cent a casino, you’re not making the
of the time.
best economic choices.
Subsequent options award
more pellets, but at much Researcher Michael Barrus Rats perform a gambling task at the University of British Columbia. SCREENGRAB/UBC
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6 Thursday, January 21, 2016 Vancouver
POLICING
City’s deputy chief moves to
new role as top transit officer
After 35 years with the Van- VPD since 1981 and currently ued friends and colleagues
couver Police Department heads up the investigation behind but is excited about
(VPD), a prominent officer division, but in 2010 he led working with TransLink to
is leaving the force to run a review of the investigation improve the safety of the
another. and eventual capture of serial region’s transit system.
Deputy Chief Doug LePard killer Robert Pickton. Vancouver police Chief
will be in charge of the Metro He is replacing former Adam Palmer says LePard
Vancouver Transit Police, al- Transit Police boss Neil has left an indelible mark
though an exact date for the Dubord, who’s now the Del- and that he’s looking forward
start of his new job has not ta police chief. to working with him in his
Deputy Chief Doug LePard been announced. In a statement, LePard new role.
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MATTHEW HUTCHINSON In an email to Metro, Kate-
Sister receives lynn said the huge outpouring
of support has been “absolutely
more than incredible.”
“He was so well loved, and
$30K to help
the stories and kind words
with memorial mean so much to us,” she said.
“We’ve read every comment,
every name, and I forward every
Thandi kind message to my parents. I
Fletcher love hearing about him, how he
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really does make me speechless.”
Katelynn Hutchinson only asked She said the donations will go
for $3,000 to help cover her a long way in helping cover the
brother’s memorial expenses. cost of flights to New York, the
Little did the North Vancouver coroner’s fee and her brother’s
native know that, in less than a celebration of life.
day, the community would re- “Being abroad, all of this really
spond with more than 10 times adds up, and no one ever expects
that amount — and counting. to have to do this so early on in
Her older brother Matthew someone’s life,” she said, add-
Hutchinson, 24, was killed Sun- ing that her family would like
day morning along with 21-year- to give some of the money back
old Kelsey Annese, in Geneseo, to the community in his name,
N.Y., where both were studying possibly to a youth hockey team
at State University of New York. or the fire hall.
Police say a former boyfriend Many of the donations came
of the woman walked into a from those who knew her broth-
home near the university where er through his extracurricular
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8 Vancouver
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Fraudsters called out
IN BRIEF
Three hurt in crash
Mounties are investigating
a three-vehicle crash that
sent one of the cars onto
INSURANCE 7,500 a sidewalk, striking two
ICBC releases pedestrians and slamming
into a restaurant in
its infamous
Richmond on Wednesday.
‘hall of shame’ The crash happened
Number of fraud shortly before 10 a.m.
for last year investigations opened by when a 78-year-old driver’s
ICBC in the calendar year
2015. car veered off the road in
the area of No. 3 Road and
Matt Saba Road.
Kieltyka to jail for 90 days and was The car hit two
given a one-year driving sus- pedestrians before
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Another case involved a Café, according to
The Insurance Corporation of man who had recently in- Richmond RCMP.
British Columbia released its stalled a dashboard camera Two pedestrians, a
2015 “Hall of Shame” on Wed- in his vehicle and claimed 49-year old woman and
nesday, highlighting a few another car veered into his 61-year-old man, were
of the approximately 7,500 lane and sideswiped the car taken to hospital with non-
fraud investigations opened as he was driving. life-threatening injuries.
by ICBC last year. ICBC say the man was eager They were in stable
One of the cases involved a to show investigators the condition. The driver of the
Vancouver Island mom who video from his new camera. car that struck the building
reported her Audi stolen from It did prove that a vehicle was also taken to hospital
her office’s parking lot. veered into his lane and hit and in stable condition.
The car was found aban- his vehicle. All three are residents of
doned later that day after be- But it also showed that the Richmond, police said.
ing crashed into a chain-link man was not actually behind Police said alcohol is not
fence in the Lower Mainland. the wheel, as he had claimed. considered a factor.
Telephone records and BC It turned out the man was Witnesses are asked
Ferry camera footage allowed Not every accident claimant was honest last year, investigations show. GETTY IMAGES in the passenger seat and an to call Richmond RCMP
investigators to determine unlicensed driver was behind at 604-278-1212 or Crime
that the woman’s son had was trying to cover up his in- at the time. statements and fined $2,300 the wheel. Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
actually taken the car and volvement. Both mother and son were and $1,150, respectively. His claim was denied for THANDI FLETCHER/METRO
crashed it and that the mother His licence was suspended convicted of providing false The son was also sentenced providing a false statement.
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CONSERVATION
4,500-hectare ranch protected
A southeastern British Colum- or vacation homes if its sold. hectares of land Canada-wide
bia ranch 11 times the size Neilson says the ranch, since 1962 and about a quarter
of Stanley Park has been pro- which has operated since 1898, of that is found in B.C.
tected from development by is connected to other conserv- “That use, the cattle grazing
its owners. ation and Crown lands and there done in a sustainable
Robin The Nature Conservancy acts as a corridor for animals way, is completely compat-
Call of Canada says Bob and Barb such as grizzly bear, elk and ible with our ecological con-
Shaunessy have registered a the deer. servation goals in protecting
778-929-1607
covenant on their 4,500-hec- The Shaunessys have long- the open spaces so those big
tare ranch located on the west welcomed non-motorized use animals like the grizzly bear
side of Windermere Lake near of their property and are work- and elk and the deer can move
until the end of January
FIRST PAYMENT’S ON ME Invermere, B.C. ing with the regional district through,” says Neilson.
Conservancy spokeswoman to create a legacy trail that “The biggest value from
Lesley Neilson says the coven- would cross the land and con- it, from sort of the ecology-
DRIVE AWAY TODAY! ant is registered with the land- nect Invermere and Fairmont conservation point of view, is
title office and prevents the hot springs. maintaining that movement
ranch from being subdivided The conservancy has pro- corridor for these wide-ranging
and developed for residential tected more than 1.1-million animals.” THE CANADIAN PRESS

10 Thursday, January 21, 2016 Canada/Business
We’re MONTREAL
Factory
drawing
No. 2!
refugees
SURVEY its expansive wilderness, has When Syrian refugee Garouj
Canada ranked produced a long list of accom- Nazarian is asked how he likes
plished writers and artists and working for his boss, the answer
world’s second- is a high-tech industrial society comes in choppy English — but
with a high standard of living. the sentiment shines through.
best country
Former prime minister Brian “So much good,” he says with
Mulroney will be pleased to see a big smile, offering a thumbs-
The annual schmooze-fest of a nod to the trade agreements up to emphasize his joy.
the rich, powerful, famous and of the ’80s and ’90s that the sur- Nazarian, who’s been in
their courtiers in Davos, Switz- vey said dramatically bolstered Canada for about a year, has
erland, has already produced trade with the United States. been working for six months
splendid news for Canada: we’re “While the service sector at a Montreal plywood factory
No. 2 in a new ranking of the is Canada’s biggest economic owned by Levon Afeyan, who
best countries in the world. driver, the country is a signifi- fled Lebanon’s civil war with
Released at the World Eco- cant exporter of energy, food his parents and two brothers
nomic Forum, the survey rat- and minerals,” it said. “Can- in 1975.
ed 60 countries across 24 cat- ada ranks third in the world Nazarian is one of 12 Syrian
egories. in proven oil reserves and is refugees among 80 employees
Germany was first, Canada the world’s fifth largest oil pro- and Afeyan intends to hire more
second, the United Kingdom ducer.” as Canada opens its borders to
third, the United States fourth Canadian challenges, it said, thousands of people fleeing the
and Sweden fifth. are “the concerns of indigenous Assad regime and the Islamic
The survey was prepared by people” and the perennial mat- State of Iraq and the Levant.
U.S. News and World Report, ter of relations between Quebec Essential to feeling Canadian,
the University of Pennsylvania’s and the rest of the country. Afeyan adds, is to start speak-
Wharton School of business “While constitutional guar- ing English and, particularly in
and global brand consultants antees allow the province wide- SWITZERLAND TRUDEAU ADDRESSES RICH AND POWERFUL Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Quebec, French.
BAV Consulting. ranging cultural and linguis- accompanied by staff members, walks through town as he heads to a bilateral meeting in Starting in March, a teacher
Canada, the survey said, wel- tic autonomy, movements for Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday. Trudeau is attending the World Economic Forum where subsidized by the Quebec gov-
comes immigrants and cele- complete independence come political, business and social leaders gather to discuss world agendas. Trudeau’s keynote ernment will offer French les-
brates diversity, draws some in waves.” address at the World Economic Forum framed Canada as a safe place to invest amid global sons twice a week for free — in-
of its national identity from TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE economic uncertainty. ANDREW VAUGHAN/THE CANADIAN PRESS side his factory. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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is recruiting and helping mil- they valued the freedom and largest arenas and aquatics
lennials scoop up new franchis- flexibility of new ways of work- centre in Saint-Hyacinthe for
es planned for urban locations. ing. Inspired by their peers, a year with natural gas,” Massé
Dhillon represents a pre- including tech entrepreneurs said Wednesday. The material
Project Based Language Training is part of the WelcomeBC umbrella of services, dominant entrepreneurial like (Facebook founder) Mark will come from a local Yoplait
made possible through funding from the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columia trend among Canadian mil- Zuckerberg, many see running Liberté factory and can include
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ployed than have a traditional says the Pursuit of Happiness the yogurt-making process, she
workplace with a boss. study. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE said. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE