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Your essential daily news | MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2016 High 8°C/Low 5°C Cloudy
Golf course
COURTESY SATURNA GREEN SYSTEMS
closes after
50 years
SURREY purposes for “biodiversity con-
Patrons servation, passive recreation
and the viewing of wildlife
‘outraged’ city and scenery.”
But Poirier said his facil-
expropriated
ity already accomplished the
the land latter, with patrons taking in
nature while staying active.
“We’ve literally had over the
Tereza last few months, people com-
Verenca ing in who are crying, cursing,
Metro | Vancouver virtually everybody who’s out-
raged at the misuse of the Ex-
Members of Surrey’s Riverside propriation Act,” said Poirier.
golf course teed off for the last Out of everyone in his
time on Sunday. family, the loss is a huge one
The family-owned business for his father, he added.
shut its doors after the city “He still comes five or six
expropriated the King George times a week because he
Boulevard property last sum- enjoys the interaction with
mer, which has been in the (people),” Poirier said. “It
community for 50 years and would literally be like you’ve
included a driving range, a lived in your house for 50
pro shop and a nine-hole golf years, a planner comes along
course. and says, ‘Well, you don’t real-
“Obviously we’re sad,” said ly fit anymore, so we’re going
general manager Ken Poirier. to take your backyard and
“We might be crying later to- we’re going to pay you so little
night, but right now, we’re you can’t even move into the
SCOOT OVER overwhelmed with the support same neighbourhood.”
and the heartfelt response.” As it stands, Poirier said his
The city expropriated the family has no financial means
16 acres of land for just over of moving the business else-
$3 million. It wants to use where (minus the pro shop,
part of the property to extend which will be re-locating to
Crescent Road, linking King the Vancouver outlet store
New sharing service aims to launch in city George Boulevard to Winter on South West Marine Drive).
Crescent, according to an in- But Poirier isn’t giving up
quiry officer report completed hope. He’s optimistic that per-
metroNEWS last June. The city also wants haps the city will revisit the
to acquire open land for park issue and work something out.

GOSSIP 11
Your essential daily news “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?” World
B. C. trumpets five years
IN BRIEF
B.C. snowmobiler dies in
Torpy range avalanche
of carbon-neutral status RCMP in Prince George
say a group of five
snowmobilers was riding
in the remote Torpy
Mountain range, northeast
of the city, when one of
the riders was swept away
ENVIRONMENT duced greenhouse gas emis- in an avalanche and killed.
Report says sions by 90 per cent after a Mounties learned of the
round of renovations and re- incident shortly before 11
province has pairs. a.m. Saturday.
It was also outfitted with The other snowmobilers
met goals first
the largest solar panel instal- weren’t hurt. Police say the
set in 2008 lation in Western Canada, the group was experienced
report says. and properly equipped.
While the public sector has British Columbia’s
Matt achieved carbon neutrality, the coroners’ service is
Kieltyka province’s overall greenhouse investigating.
Metro | Vancouver gas outlook remains hazy. Avalanche Canada
British Columbia met its in- had issued a special
British Columbia is the only terim 2012 goal of reducing public warning to be
provincial, state or federal gov- emissions by six per cent. extra cautious in the
ernment to achieve five years However, a memo from the backcountry this weekend,
of carbon neutrality in North federal government last year though its advisory didn’t
America, according to its latest had Environment Canada pro- apply to the region where
report. jecting an 11 per cent increase the death occurred.
The province released the in emissions by 2020, contrary THE CANADIAN PRESS
self-congratulatory report, to the province’s previously
titled “Leading By Example,” stated goal of reducing emis- Two people dead in
on Friday, outlining B.C.’s sions by 33 per cent by then. accident at lumber yard
progress since the Liberal The province is currently The New Westminster
government first legislated seeking public consultation Police Department’s Major
aggressive carbon emission on the development of its new Crimes Unit has joined
targets for its public sector Climate Leadership Plan. the investigation after two
in 2008 under former premier The 60-day period for cit- people were found dead
Gordon Campbell. izens, First Nations, local gov- in an apparent industrial
“For the past five years, the ernment and organizations to accident.
B.C. public sector has met this The Chevron Refinery in Burnaby, as it appeared in 2013. B.C.’s public sector has been carbon- participate in the consultation An NWPD spokesman
goal,” wrote Minister of En- neutral since 2010. ERIC DREGER/THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE begins Monday. says officers were called
vironment Mary Polak. “We The finalized plan is ex- to a lumber yard in
have measured our carbon mately $53 million on carbon For the past five years, the B.C. pected this spring, and the New Westminster early
emissions, and through a com- offsets on behalf of the public government claims it will in- Saturday afternoon.
public sector has met this goal.
bination of emission reduc- sector between 2010 and 2014 clude new climate actions to Detectives are working
tions and offsets, have been to reach its goal. Minister of Environment Mary Polak “drive down emissions while with the BC Coroner
the only government at the The report claims that in supporting a growing econ- Service and Worksafe
federal, provincial or state level 2014, B.C.’s 131 public sector Much of the improvement sector’s overall emissions. omy.” BC. Neither the name of
in North American to operate organizations produced 46,000 has been credited to energy The report touts BC Hous- Campbell’s original Climate the lumber yard nor the
with net-zero greenhouse gas fewer tonnes of greenhouse-gas savings from clean technology ing’s Greenbrook public hous- Action Plan in 2008 included names of the deceased
emissions.” emissions compared to 2010, and retrofits at government ing complex in Surrey as a the requirement for the pub- have been released.
According to the report, the equivalent to emissions pro- facilities, which account prime example. lic sector to go carbon-neutral, THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Felix Baumgartner’s space suit and the capsule that carried him near space are on display at Science World. Top right: Col. Joe Kittinger, who served as Baumgartner’s primary point of contact,
rTecounths his owen exp ersiencec settinig thee longnest frece-fall reecord inb 1960. eBottomh right:i Artn Thompdson, tec hsnical udirectopr for thee Stratros misssion,o sits in nthe capisulec. THAND I FjLETCuHER/METmRO p
TECHNOLOGY Now Vancouverites can see I jumped with him,” he told director Art Thompson, who stepping off the capsule, rotat- For Thompson, who said
Equipment the equipment used in the Metro. “If we had taken his heart conceived of the idea in 2005 ing a dizzying 16 times before he overcame seemingly insur-
record-breaking jump, from rate, it would probably be about and wrote an 87-page mission he finally stabilized. His visor mountable hurdles throughout
from Red Bull
Baumgartner’s space suit to the 140. Mine was almost 200 be- proposal to Red Bull. The com- also fogged up shortly before he the process, the true value of
Stratos mission 1,450-kilogram capsule that car- cause I was anticipating what pany agreed to it in 2007 and reached the four-minute mark the jump was priceless.
ried him to the stratosphere. Felix was going through.” by the next year the team had of the free fall. He said he hopes the mis-
on display now The Red Bull Stratos exhibit is The 87-year-old served as started building the capsule and More than eight million sion, and the Science World
on display at Science World now Baumgartner’s mentor dur- training Baumgartner. people worldwide watched the exhibit, serves as an inspiration
until April 26. ing the jump, speaking to him The five-year training pro- jump, which was broadcast live to others.
Thandi On Friday, three of the Red through an earpiece both during gram was necessary to ensure on YouTube. “It was a constant struggle
Fletcher Bull Stratos team members ascent and as he plummeted to Baumgartner’s safety during the But Thompson said he was and battle to get the approv-
Metro | Vancouver spoke at the exhibit’s launch the ground, reaching a super- death-defying jump. confident that Baumgartner als and process and design,” he
about how they were able to sonic speed of 1,357.64 km/h. There were many dangers he could pull it off. said, adding that he ended up
About three years ago, Austrian achieve the historic jump. “None of us caught our breath could have encountered during “He’s an amazing free faller,” having to go to U.S. Congress
daredevil Felix Baumgartner For Col. Joe Kittinger, seeing until he landed on the ground the mission, said Thompson, he said. “I knew that if he fol- to get the Federal Aviation Ad-
ascended to the edge of space, Baumgartner step off the edge safely,” said Kittinger. “That’s from the jet stream shearing lowed through the process that ministration to allow the team
some 39,000 metres above of the capsule transported him when we were all pretty elated off the top of the balloon during we gave him once he stepped to do the jump.
ground, in a capsule attached to back to 1960 when he made the because we had accomplished ascent to spinning out of control off, that he would be successful.” “I hope that kids can under-
a helium balloon, and jumped, same jump, setting the record the task that we set out to do.” during the free fall. The total cost of the mission? stand that they just have to be
free-falling toward Earth at for longest free-fall time of 4:36. The jump marked the end of In fact, Baumgartner start- Red Bull says it spent about persistent and they can accom-
supersonic speeds. “When I watched him jump, a seven-year road for technical ed spinning immediately after $27 million. plish whatever they want.”
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6 Monday, January 25, 2016 Canada
HISTORY
A century since women’s suffrage
It was the kind of savvy pol- 1916. That triggered a wave of didn’t exist, of course, but in
itical strategy that politicians changes — first in Western Can- 1914 the women created major
and lobbyists attempt to craft ada and finally at the federal buzz with a provocative play at
today: Stitch together a coali- level in 1919. Indigenous people, the Walker Theatre in Winnipeg.
tion of supporters from diverse it should be noted, did not get Their mock Parliament parodied
communities, secure financial the vote federally until 1960. the intransigence of Manitoba
backers, mount a successful ad Members of the Political Premier Rodmond Roblin, and
campaign, and earn some posi- Equality League helped recruit imagined a parallel world where
tive media coverage. and rally those disparate voices women were in power.
A group of women in Mani- with speeches, meetings and Roblin’s government fell the
toba used it to win the right to articles in the papers. They had Fiona Bak views documents following year amid scandal,
vote a century ago. paid organizers, and launched related to the passing of and the new Liberal govern- Adam Woods CONTRIBUTED Marie Janvier CONTRIBUTED
The province was the first a major publicity blitz at the a 1916 amendment to the ment finally extended the vote
place in Canada to bring in Winnipeg Stampede in 1913. Manitoba Elections Act. to women in 1916.
women’s suffrage, on Jan. 28, Social media and viral videos JOHN WOODS/THE CANADIAN PRESS THE CANADIAN PRESS
Right now, a little
gets you a lot.
Dayne Fontaine CONTRIBUTED Drayden Fontaine CONTRIBUTED
Leaders know
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over 50 countries
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said what happened in this find hope for its young people
tiny community gives the at a service that he estimated
country an “opportunity to 250 attended at the Church
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a nation. We feel sadness and period in the La Loche Com-
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SASKATCHEWAN
Premier seeks aid from U.S.
four people were killed at
Saskatchewan Premier the school and in a nearby
Brad Wall says his province home in La Loche.
is in touch with officials in He noted that, “quite tra-
the United States for help gically, the United States has
rebuilding after a school more experience.” Wall said
shooting. he has asked his deputy min-
Wall said the U.S. ambas- ister to “canvass that option
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World Monday, January 25, 2016 7
Blizzard breaks
snowfall records
UNITED STATES the coast gradually re- urday, however, was
Single-day stored normal service. 107 the city’s record for a
The air travel pic- single day. At Wash-
highs set across ture remained com- ington’s National
plicated after 7,000 Zoo, 56.9 centimetres
east coast amid
weekend flights were The heaviest fell, beating the 53.3
hurricane winds cancelled: United Air- reported centimetres that fell
lines said limited ser- snowfall was 107 on Jan. 28, 1922.
centimetres in
vice might begin later The storm dropped
Glengary, West
Millions of Americans began dig- Sunday in New York Virginia. snow from the Gulf
ging out Sunday from a mam- City, but airports in Coast to the north-
moth blizzard that set a new the Washington D.C. eastern New England
single-day snowfall record in area were likely to remain closed states, with areas of Washington
Washington and New York City. Sunday, and other airlines began surpassing 75 centimetres. The
The hurricane-force winds and cutting Monday service. heaviest official report was 107
whiteout conditions gave way to The massive snowstorm centimetres, in Glengary, W. Va.
blinding sunshine and temper- brought both Washington, Travel conditions were
atures slightly above freezing, D.C., and New York to a stop, improving from the danger-
promising a gentle thawing-out. dumping as much as 90 centi- ously snowy, icy roads that led
The timing could not have metres of snow and stranding to crashes that killed several
been better for East Coast states: tens of thousands of travellers. people Friday and Saturday.
The heaviest snow began falling At least 18 deaths were blamed An Ohio teenager sledding
Friday evening, and tapered off on the weather, resulting from behind an all-terrain vehicle was
just before midnight Saturday. car crashes, shovelling snow and hit by a truck and killed, and
People dig out their cars in Alexandria, Va., on Sunday. Millions of Millions heeded calls to stay hypothermia. two people died of hypother-
Americans were preparing to dig themselves out Sunday after a mammoth home, enabling road crews to In New York, the storm mia in southwest Virginia. In
blizzard with hurricane-force winds and record-setting snowfall brought much clear snow and ice. dropped 68.1 centimetres in North Carolina, a man whose
of the East Coast to an icy standstill. CLIFF OWEN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New York and Baltimore Central Park, the second-most car had veered off an icy-covered
Children slide in the snow in Central Park on Sunday in began lifting travel restrictions recorded since 1869 and just road was arrested on charges of
New York. FRANCOIS XAVIER MARIT/AFP/GETTY IMAGES and hearty souls ventured out on short of the record 68.3 centi- killing one of three men who
Charlie Katshir, 15, sleds in Siebert Park in Camp Hill, Pa., on snow-choked streets, while mass metres set in February 2006. The stopped to help.
Saturday. MARK PYNES/PENNLIVE.COM/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS transit systems up and down 67.6 centimetres that fell on Sat- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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POLITICS
Trump welcomes senator, bashes Beck’s support of Cruz
Eight face hearing after
botched repair on Tut mask
Donald Trump is so confident voters, OK?” Trump told an en- behind Cruz. Beck praised the entirely focused on the billionaire King Tut has been dead
about the loyalty of his support- thusiastic audience at a Christian Texas senator’s commitment in his Ankeny event, as he pro- for thousands of years, but
ers that he predicted Saturday school, Dordt College. “It’s like to principles of the right and fessed core conservative values his power remains. After a
they would stick with him even incredible.” repeatedly jabbed Trump from and drew a sharp contrast with botched repair of his burial
if he shot someone. Beck campaigned for Ted afar. The same headliners were Trump on issue after issue, with- mask, prosecutors ordered
The Republican presidential Cruz and held little back in go- to appear at an evening rally in out using his name. eight workers to court for
front-runner bashed conserva- ing after Trump. “The time for eastern Iowa. But Cruz shrugged off Trump’s “gross negligence.”
tive commentator Glenn Beck’s silliness and reality show tactics At his Sioux Center event, shooting comment when asked. The 3,300-year old
support of rival Ted Cruz and has passed,” Beck charged at a Trump called Beck a “loser” “I will let Donald speak for him- mask, whose beard was
welcomed a figure from the GOP Cruz rally. and “sad sack.” Beck was one self. I can say I have no intention accidentally knocked
establishment, Sen. Chuck Grass- Days after Trump was en- of nearly two dozen conservative of shooting anybody in this cam- off and hastily glued on
ley of Iowa, in rallies nine days dorsed by tea-party favourite thinkers who penned anti-Trump paign,” he told reporters, adding with epoxy in 2014, was
before the Iowa caucuses open Sarah Palin, Cruz flashed his Donald Trump GETTY IMAGES essays for National Review maga- that he would keep his criticism scratched and damaged
voting in the 2016 campaign. own conservative muscle dur- zine — a hit Trump referred to focused on issues. during the repair work,
“I could stand in the middle ing a rally in Ankeny, Iowa. Rep. Iowa social conservative lead- repeatedly at the rally. “I don’t intend to go into the prosecutors said Sunday.
of Fifth Avenue and shoot some- Steve King, an Iowa Republican er Bob Vander Plaats encour- Cruz, running close with gutter,” Cruz said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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8 Monday, January 25, 2016 Business
Impact of the low loonie
ENERGY
Oil, pump
prices gap
growing
Tourism and PRICE OF FOOD JOBS
production Canadians are already feeling the In certain areas, the low dollar helps Prices at the gas pump fell
effects of the faltering loonie at the employment. Cities with strong film four per cent in December, but
benefit while grocery store. According to researchers and television industries, such as crude prices fell by more than
at the University of Guelph, the sudden Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, three times that amount dur-
jobs and food currency drop in 2015 led to fruits, are disproportionately benefitting ing that time. Gasoline prices
vegetables and nuts increasing in compared to cities such as Winnipeg in Canada averaged $1.02 per
are hit hard
price by up to 10 per cent. This year, and Edmonton where that sector litre last month, when crude
that could increase by another 4.5 per is less prominent. Provinces with a averaged $37 US a barrel. But
cent. For example, cauliflower prices strong agriculture sector, such as in February 2009, when oil
Michael have tripled, with a head now selling Manitoba, and B.C., are doing well. sold for $39, the average price
Woods for about $8 in some Toronto stores. That’s due to more exports south for gas was about 15 per cent
Metro | Ottawa That means the average household will of the border and low commodity cheaper at 85 cents a litre.
spend $345 more this year than last prices. But other sectors, such as The companies who refine
year for the same food, researchers say. manufacturing, are slower to react. crude into gasoline are taking
The Canadian dollar is hov- a bigger piece of the pie, said
ering around 70 cents against Robyn Allan, an independent
the U.S. dollar after reaching economist in Vancouver.
TOURISM
a 13-year low last week. Between 2000 and 2014, re-
MANUFACTURERS
Such a low loonie has The low dollar may have some Canadian families fining and marketing margins
economists sounding the AND EXPORTERS reconsidering that trip to Florida they were hoping to take averaged 17.7 cents a litre. But
alarm about declining busi- this winter. But it’s good news for popular Canadian tourism in 2015, the average margins
ness and consumer confi- Conventional wisdom is that a lower destinations. American tourists enticed at the possibility of grew to 28.9 cents per litre, she
dence. Canadian dollar is better for companies a cheap vacation have more reason to travel north of the found. That average refinery
While the effects of the low that export a lot of their products to the border. Whistler, B.C. had its busiest November margin grew to 32.3 cents per
dollar are complex and affect- U.S. In Ontario, where manufacturing ever in terms of nights booked, up 10 per litre this year, she noted.
ing many different parts of the was particularly hard-hit during the cent from a year ago, said Tourism Whistler Oil companies are keeping
Canadian economy, different recession, manufacturing sales are spokeswoman Patricia Westerholm. The more profits to refine the oil
regions of the country will be up by 21 per cent over that period, pace of booking heading into the holiday into gasoline in order to offset
impacted differently. excluding petroleum refining. In Nova period outperformed the last two years. what they are losing in produc-
Here, we take a look at the Scotia, lobster exports — worth $385 Anecdotally, businesses are seeing an tion profit, said Roger McK-
effects of the low loonie on million annually — will also see a boost. increase in the number night, chief petroleum analyst
cities from coast-to coast in The lower dollar can also make Canada of American visitors to for En-Pro International.
different economic sectors. more attractive for foreign investment. the resort, she said. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
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