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Tuesday, January 13, 2015 metronews.ca | twitter.com/metrowinnipeg | facebook.com/metrowinnipeg WINNIPEG NEWS WORTH SHARING. Just ride WHEN DID WE GET SO BAD AT WINTER? COLUMNIST COLIN FAST UNCOVERS HOW WINNIPEG AND WINNIPEGGERS CAN RECLAIM THE SNOWY SEASON FOR CYCLISTS PAGE 9 School worker charged over relations with teen Sexual exploitation. erous” times over the span Quoted of the relationship. In each Police say woman gave case, police say the victim “I think this victim student drugs, alcohol was given drugs and alcohol realized that what was beforehand. going on was inappro- The Child Abuse Unit started investigating after SHANE priate ... He’s been pro- an internal investigation by GIBSON vided with drugs and the WSD. [email protected] or alcohol so therefore “I think this victim real- A female educational assist- ized that what was going his decision-making is ant from a high school in on was inappropriate,” the Winnipeg School Div- impaired.” explained Hofley, who ision has been charged after wouldn’t discuss whether Police spokesman Const. Eric Hofley police allege she used drugs the student was ever a will- and alcohol to ply a 17-year- ing participant. “He’s been old male student into a sex- provided with drugs and/or ual relationship. ley. “The allegation is in alcohol so therefore his de- Police said the events al- this situation that that was cision-making is impaired.” legedly took place both dur- not the case.” A WSD spokesperson ing and after school hours Neither police nor the said the accused has been starting in March of last WSD would say what school put on administrative leave year until October when the woman worked at or pending the results of a T-SHIRTS FOR A CAUSE the victim came forward to whether any of the alleged trial. school officials. events happened on school Sheryl Ann Dyck, 42, of “Seventeen years of age property. Winnipeg, is charged with is still within the school Hofley did say the ac- sexual exploitation, admin- system and still expecting cused and the student had istering a substance with RRC student Alexandra Martin shows off one of the T-shirts she’s made up for Winnipeg middle- and that those employed are go- “a close working relation- intent to stupefy a person high-school students. The students are working to help provide sanitary napkins for girls going to ing to be looking after their ship.” to have illicit sexual inter- school in Nairobi, Kenya. See story, page 3. SHANE GIBSON/METRO best interests,” said police Investigators believe sex- course, and supplying li- spokesman Const. Eric Hof- ual contact occurred “num- quor to a minor. Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12pm - 3pm | 5pm - 8pm Wednesday, February 18, 2015 9am - 2pm 2 WINNIPEG metronews.ca Tuesday, January 13, 2015 City budget. Police chief, mayor work together Mayor Brian Bowman and Police Chief Devon Clunis held S a news conference Monday to let reporters know they’re still working together despite a public tussle between the city’s finance chair and a W deputy police chief. At last Thursday’s finance committee meeting, Coun. Marty Morantz (Charleswood- Tuxedo) grilled Deputy Chief Art Stannard over police budgeting, asking if the city has too many officers “hang- E ing around.” The rookie councillor asked Stannard for a report on what the force is doing to find savings, a request Stannard N said he couldn’t see through because the service reports through the police board, not council. The next day Stannard told the police board he found Jordan Lobe of the Little Mountain Park Dog Club answers councillors’ questions during Monday’s protection and community services meeting. BERNICE PONTANILLA/METRO Morantz’s line of questioning Few reasons for park to be “disrespectful.” Bowman confirmed at Monday’s press conference that councillors are expected to direct questions about the Winnipeg Police Service to stay on-leash: Allard through the police board. Neither Bowman nor Clunis would speculate on whether this year’s city budget would include a cut to the police’s compliment. Little Mountain Park. That’s the question coun- Allard said Little Moun- president of the Little Moun- SHANE GIBSON/METRO Councillor, dog club cil should be debating when tain is currently a “de-facto tain Park Dog Club, said his it comes to Little Mountain dog park,” since the city group fully expects that the vice-president believe Park, said Coun. Matt Allard doesn’t have the resources to master plan will recommend after Monday’s protection enforce the on-leash and off- making this specific park off- council should declare and community services leash areas. leash. park a completely committee meeting. “The entire site is being “All we’re saying is, ‘You off -leash area The committee voted in used in that way,” said Al- know what, maybe we can favour of a recommendation lard, who goes there with his get ahead of that and imple- from the city’s administra- dogs. ment this now,’” Lobe told tion to make only about a Allard said he’ll consider media after the meeting. BERNICE quarter of the park — named bringing a motion forward to Both Allard and Lobe PONTANILLA areas A and C, which include make Little Mountain com- argued it would be less ex- [email protected] picnic and open space — off- pletely off-leash, especially pensive for the city to make leash. since $100,000 for a master Little Mountain a designated Should a city-owned park The other three-quarters plan for off-leash dog parks dog park. just northwest of Winnipeg of the park, named Area B, in Winnipeg hasn’t been The report now moves on Winnipeg’s police chief Devon that’s heavily used by dog is “an ecologically significant committed yet, meaning it to executive policy commit- Clunis, right, and mayor Brian owners be made completely area,” according to the city, could be years away. tee and, if approved there, Bowman. SHANE GIBSON/METRO off-leash? and would remain on-leash. Jordan Lobe, vice- would go to council. City backs motion to learn why local 911 calls go to RCMP A city committee has backed going to the RCMP instead Winnipeg are very close,” tion is provided by the RM a motion to make sure pre- of Winnipeg police. said Browaty, adding that it of East St. Paul, so even the cious seconds aren’t lost due Coun. Jeff Browaty, who was Transcona Coun. Russ splitting of services is not al- to wrongly relayed emer- chairs the protection and Wyatt who first raised the ways completely clear.” gency cellphone calls made community services com- concern after his constitu- Browaty said the goal of on the edges of the city. mittee, said the motion ents ran into this problem. the study would be to “mini- On Monday, members originated at the East Kil- “In some instances, 911 mize problems” in case of of the protection and com- donan-Transcona commun- even does go different places emergency because “some- munity services committee ity committee. — if you’re in East St. Paul times seconds are very cost- endorsed a motion for the “The boundaries between and you call 911 inside the ly.” Winnipeg Police Board, dir- populated areas of the bed- Perimeter Highway, ambu- The matter may be re- ecting police to study calls room communities in the lances are provided by the solved with better technol- that are being made within capital region and the way Winnipeg (Fire) Paramedic ogy, Browaty added. Coun. Jeff Browaty the fringes of city limits but they border on the City of Service; however fire protec- BERNICE PONTANILLA/METRO BERNICE PONTANILLA/METRO metronews.ca WINNIPEG 3 Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Roblin Boulevard Two charged in armed robbery WANT TO SEE THE JETS IN ACTION? Two men are facing char- Winnipeg Transit has plenty of great seats for every ges after police quickly Winnipeg Jets home game. Avoid the hassle of driving and nabbed them following an parking downtown. Leave your car at home and take a bus armed robbery in Charles- wood on Sunday night. to the MTS Centre. Visit winnipegtransit.com for routes Two men, one armed and schedule information. with a weapon, made off with an undisclosed GOING TO THE AIRPORT? amount of cash from a store in the 6500 block of Winnipeg Transit provides convenient bus service to and Roblin Boulevard shortly from Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International after 8 p.m. Responding of- Airport. The bus stop is conveniently located on Wellington ficers pulled over a vehicle speeding near Fairmont Avenue at the southwest corner of the airport terminal. For Road and Grant Avenue route and schedule information, visit winnipegtransit.com and noticed two of the or call 311. three occupants matched the suspect descriptions. WINNIPEG TRANSIT OFFERS REQUEST STOP Sean Roy Martin, 22, and James Joseph Mason, Police investigate early morning stabbing SERVICE AFTER 7 P.M. 21, both of Winnipeg, are For your safety and convenience, Winnipeg Transit offers facing multiple charges. A man was rushed to hospital in critical condition after police found him suffering from stab wounds in the 900 METRO block of Mountain Avenue around 7:20 a.m. The victim has since improved to stable condition. Police continue request stop service, which allows riders to get off the to investigate, and no arrests have been made. SHANE GIBSON/METRO bus between regular stops. This service is available from NDP leadership race 7 p.m. until the end of service. Just politely inform your operator at least one stop ahead of the requested stop, Manitobans want Van driver on trial then exit at the front door only. Please keep in mind, the tax hike to go to operator might not be able to accommodate your request infrastructure, due to road safety concerns. says Selinger for killing man, 40 DID YOU LOSE OR FIND SOMETHING ON THE BUS? Premier Greg Selinger is Call 311 or visit Winnipeg Transit’s lost property offi ce at sticking with his commit- Winnipeg Transit’s downtown service centre in Winnipeg ment to the provincial sales tax hike that some Square. believe is the reason he’s Jury trial begins. She has pleaded not guilty ing them to get out and stand fighting to keep his job as to charges including second- on the sidewalk. The woman PARK AND RIDE … AND RELAX Woman — accused of leader of the province’s degree murder and attempted then ran the men down with NDP. running down man, murder. the van as they stood there, Leave your car at a Park & Ride location near you and take Selinger says he has According to Crown pros- Baragar said. a bus to your destination. You will enjoy the convenience son with vehicle — is listened to Manitobans ecutors, Murdock and his The accused then left the and probably save a few bucks in gas while you’re at it. and they’ve told him they facing murder charge son were deliberately struck area with her boyfriend, she Visit winnipegtransit.com for more information about the want that money going to by the accused with a 2006 added. infrastructure. Ford van following an early- Murdock died and his son Park & Ride service. Leadership challenger ADRIANA morning “brawl” between sev- now lives with permanent dis- Theresa Oswald has said MINGO eral people outside a Garfield ability, jurors heard. BE SMART WITH YOUR SMARTPHONE IN she would set up a PST [email protected] Street North home. The Crown and defence PUBLIC PLACES rebate for low-income Prior to being run down, agree the accused was the families, while fellow chal- A woman accused of mur- the victims tried to leave the driver that struck Murdock. Thefts of mobile devices are on the rise in North America, lenger Steve Ashton has dering a man by running him scene in their own vehicle, but The central issue the jury is particularly smartphones and tablets. Remembering to be aware promised a referendum on down with a van in Winnipeg’s the accused blocked the street to decide is one of intent, said the tax. West End began her jury trial with the van, gunned the en- Baragar. of your surroundings while in any public place can signifi cantly The governing NDP Monday. gine and twice rammed them, The trial will feature eight lessen your chances of becoming a victim. For instance, don’t plummeted in opinion The woman cannot be iden- Crown attorney Sue Baragar witnesses, including three walk and text at the same time, you will be less aware of what polls in 2013 after raising tified as she was 17 at the time told jurors in her opening ad- neighbours who called 911 is happening around you. Don’t leave your mobile device the provincial sales tax to of the Aug. 20, 2011 crash that dress. and a child and family servi- eight per cent from seven. claimed the life of Marcel Mur- The victims’ windshield ces worker who witnessed the unattended or in view of anyone in close proximity — it just THE CANADIAN PRESS dock, 40, and seriously injured was smashed and steam event from across the street, takes a second for someone to steal your phone. his son, Craig Hanslip, then 21. poured from the engine, caus- said the Crown. Student helping Kenyan girls stay in class It’s a very real hurdle facing “It’s not something we even 8 through 12 at 15 Winnipeg Giving back time girls and young women going think about here ... but these public and private schools and to school in Kenya that many girls were missing over 20 per groups from each school will people would have trouble talk- cent of their classes because of hold bake sales this Friday to According to Martin, ing about, but not Alexandra menstruation,” explained Mar- raise money for the Wasichana the Wasichana Fund has Martin. tin, a student in creative com- Fund, a non-profit that provides provided 55,000 pads and The 22-year-old Red River munications who designed a pads and pays for health educa- given back 256,000 hours of College student is helping to program that’s getting students tion classes for girls in Nairobi. class time to girls in Nairobi raise money for an internation- in Winnipeg involved as her Martin hopes her project since its founding in 2012. al effort that provides sanitary final course project. “I’m trying both helps girls in Nairobi in napkins to girls in Nairobi, to get people to think of them- the short term and, over the where the cost of pads and a selves as global citizens, espe- long term, inspires another For more information, or to lack of safe and clean facilities cially the high-school girls.” generation to speak up for donate, go to: givegirlsachance. mean many stay home from Martin has held work- those not being heard around squarespace.com classes once a month. shops with students in Grades the world. SHANE GIBSON/METRO 4 CANADA metronews.ca Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Dentistry students head Silicone. Woman pleads guilty to bad injections back to class amid probe A Toronto-area woman who Details injected silicone into the buttocks of nine women — in some cases using syringes at- Marilyn Ely Reid pleaded tached to a caulking gun — has guilty to eight counts of ag- Dalhousie University. and were referred to the uni- pleaded guilty to aggravated gravated assault endanger- Dental clinic also versity’s human rights, equity assault. ing life — one count was reopens after delay and harassment prevention of- Marilyn Ely Reid, 48, was withdrawn — and is due fice. The union says the matter arrested in November 2012 back in court Feb. 27. was dropped when the office after a 28-year-old woman fell said complainants would have ill after receiving alleged Bo- (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:38)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:315)(cid:317)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3) Students headed back to class to provide their names. tox injections. Police said the (cid:17)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:315)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:266)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:575) at Dalhousie University’s dent- The university has launched woman underwent surgery to (cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:575)(cid:628)(cid:627)(cid:575)(cid:317)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:305)(cid:302)(cid:3) istry school Monday, with an independent investigation have the substance removed. (cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:251)(cid:305)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:3) some men ordered to study that will explore the environ- Investigators at the time (cid:296)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:268)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3) elsewhere because of sexually ment, training and policies at alleged Reid advertised but- (cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3) violent comments made on the dentistry school to deter- tock, lip and muscle augmen- (cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:273)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:238)(cid:305)(cid:268)(cid:553) Facebook about their female mine if they contributed to a tations and Botox injections classmates. tolerance for misogyny and on a website called pmmain- Students wearing blue sexist conduct. jection.com. she’d meet these people... at scrubs refused to comment as The Facebook page at the Several other victims came hotel rooms in the GTA and they went into the school for centre of the controversy has forward after her arrest. Toronto and then what she their first classes since the holi- been taken down. But accord- Her lawyer, Calvin Barry, would do is, they’d pay her day break. The resumption of ing to the CBC, members of said Monday several of the thousands of dollars and she’d school was delayed by a week the Class of DDS Gentlemen women have had “serious inject them in the buttocks as the university dealt with the The Dalhousie University dentistry building is seen in Halifax on Monday. page on Facebook voted on health issues” ever since the with a silicone-based ingredi- ongoing controversy. which woman they’d like to ANDREW VAUGHAN/THE CANADIAN PRESS procedure, which his client ent,” Barry said. Dalhousie University have “hate” sex with and joked was not licensed to perform. “It’s a little shady when it’s president Richard Florizone The university also delayed saying the male students about using chloroform on Reid administered the injec- happening in a hotel room and said Friday that 13 male dent- the reopening of a dental clinic should be expelled while women. tions with syringes, Barry said. cash currency is being passed, istry students will have to at- at the school and stripped the others said they should be al- The CBC said in another One of the women — none it’s not like it’s at a plastic sur- tend classes remotely after 13 male students of their clin- lowed to finish their studies. post, a woman is shown in a of whom can be identified due gery … location,” he said, add- they were alleged to have been ical privileges there. The student union has said bikini with a caption that says, to a publication ban — is still ing that the victims “kind of part of a Facebook group that Patients going to the clinic it reported complaints of sex- “Bang until stress is relieved or unable to sit down, he said. knew what they were getting contained misogynistic com- Monday had mixed feelings ism in the dentistry program unconscious (girl).” “The way it would work is into.” THE CANADIAN PRESS ments. about the incident, with some to the president last summer THE CANADIAN PRESS Latimer can’t travel abroad: Parole board The lawyer for Robert Latimer Conviction says his client is appealing a parole board decision that prevents him from travelling Robert Latimer was given a life farm near Wilkie, Sask., and freely outside Canada. sentence for the 1993 second- piped exhaust inside. A Federal Court judge degree murder of his 12-year- ruled in September that there old daughter, who had cere- (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:50)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3) was nothing to indicate the bral palsy. He put her in the (cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:225)(cid:561)(cid:296)(cid:3) 60-year-old Saskatchewan cab of his truck on his family’s (cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:553) farmer is a danger and should be prevented from travelling internationally. of reporting to authorities ing what judges have had to The judge ordered the Par- with complete transparency. say about Mr. Latimer and the ole Board of Canada’s appeal Lawyer Jason Gratl said fact that he doesn’t pose a risk division to reconsider the Monday his client is being to society,” Gratl said. case. deprived of reasonable parole In its decision, the board But in November, the conditions. said that although Latimer is a board said it wouldn’t lift the “I’m deeply troubled by the low risk to society, “a level of restriction, ruling Latimer has pattern that’s emerging of the risk continues to be present.” yet to show that he is capable Parole Board of Canada ignor- THE CANADIAN PRESS Frederic Dion It was the thought of his Dion, 37, made the trip to Quebecer returns wife and two young daughters the Antarctic on skis with the back in Quebec. help of wind-sail. to Canada after solo “Kite-skiing for 24 hours He ended his voyage trip to Antarctic in extreme conditions is a at Hercules Inlet on Jan. 3, challenge I love,” he said after completing in 54 days and arriving back in Montreal on six hours the crossing of Frederic Dion’s biggest chal- Monday. Antarctica that he began on lenge on his solo trip to the “Putting up a tent in a Nov. 10 from the Russian Base Antarctic had nothing to do blizzard is something I can do Novolazarevskaya. with the solitude, the bit- and have fun doing. But being All told, he covered 4,382 terly cold temperatures or the far from my children and wife kilometres in 54 days. howling winds. was my biggest difficulty.” THE CANADIAN PRESS metronews.ca CANADA 5 Tuesday, January 13, 2015 International push. Probe missing, murdered native women cases: Rights group An international body has Activists react joined Canadian domestic calls for a national inquiry into missing and murdered Canadian activists who have aboriginal women and girls. been pressing the federal A report from The Inter- government for just such an American Commission on Hu- inquiry welcomed the report. man Rights (IACHR), an arm of the Organization of American States, says an inquiry or na- stand and to acknowledge tional action plan is needed to in relation to the missing get at the root of the problem. and murdered indigenous The report, issued in women,” the report said. “This Washington, followed an in- initiative must be organized in vestigation the commission consultation with indigenous conducted in Canada in 2013. peoples, particularly indigen- The body spoke with govern- ous women, at all stages.” Three climbers found dead in B.C. ment officials, opposition The report said aboriginal politicians and native repre- women in Canada are mur- sentatives in both Ottawa and dered or disappear at a rate A rescue-crew member heads to a helicopter in Pemberton, B.C., north of Whistler, on Monday to search for three missing ice climbers. The climb- British Columbia. four times higher than their ers were eventually found dead in a crevasse about 300 metres below Joffre Peak. Police are not releasing the names of the victims at this time but “The IACHR considers that representation in the popula- described two of them as a man and woman in their mid-30s from the Metro Vancouver area and the third as a woman in her late 20s who was an there is much more to under- tion. THE CANADIAN PRESS international visitor. DAVE STEERS/THE CANADIAN PRESS Mounties arrest a third Taser death. Perjury case against Mounties to proceed man in alleged terror plot An RCMP officer who stunned Robert Dziekanski with a Taser at Vancouver’s airport lost an attempt Monday to dismiss a perjury charge related to his testimony at a public inquiry. Bound for India. with conspiracy to participate court appearance Feb. 12. New laws may be coming Const. Kwesi Millington in a terrorist activity with two Mohamed was scheduled to Suliman Mohamed is was among four officers who other Ottawa men. appear in court Tuesday mor- confronted Dziekanski during facing terrorism-related On Friday, 24-year-old twins ning. But as of Monday, very The government is contem- his fatal encounter with police charges, along with Ashton Carleton Larmond and few details were made public plating new laws in response in October 2007. All four were Carlos Honor Larmond of Ot- about what the three were al- to the October 2014 attacks in later charged with perjury over twin brothers Ashton tawa were charged with various leged to have done. which two soldiers — one at their testimony given at a pub- and Carlos Larmond terrorism-related offences. The Mounties said they the National War Memorial, lic inquiry two years later. RCMP Const. Kwesi Millington The RCMP says Carlos was would not be providing addi- the other in St-Jean-sur-Riche- The Crown, which alleges DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS arrested at Montreal’s Pierre El- tional details, given that the lieu, Que. — were killed. the officers colluded to lie to liott Trudeau Airport as he was matter was now before the investigators and then per- But B.C. Supreme Court The RCMP swooped in on an intending to travel overseas for courts. (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:39)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:296)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:225)(cid:305)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3) jure themselves at the inquiry, Judge William Ehrcke said the alleged terrorist conspiracy terrorist purposes. The Moun- Chief Supt. 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THE CANADIAN PRESS various terrorism-related of- hockey on a men’s team, was to act upon it.” Islamic State of Iraq and the fences. arrested in Ottawa. The RCMP thanked Integrat- Levant’s guerrilla-style battles Too cold for elephants? Lac-Mégantic On Monday, the RCMP Joseph Addelman, a lawyer ed National Security Enforce- could come home with intent charged Suliman Mohamed, for the brothers, said Saturday ment Team partners from the to do harm. The latest arrests 21, with participation in the ac- they planned to vigorously dis- Ottawa Police Service and the have rekindled discussion Edmonton Valley Payout not tivity of a terrorist group. pute the charges. Ontario Provincial Police. about homegrown radicaliza- Zoo under fire enough: Official Mohamed was also charged They are due for a second Canada and other western tion. THE CANADIAN PRESS An international animal- The funds earmarked rights group has named for those affected by the Man convicted of weapons charge claims racial profiling Edmonton Valley Zoo to Lac-Mégantic train disaster a “Hall of Shame” for not represent just a fraction of moving its lone elephant, what’s needed, a town offi- A man convicted of a gun of- Court justice convicted Steele that police pulled the vehicle Crown’s reaction named Lucy, to a warmer cial says. A $200-million US fence takes his case to Ontario’s of concealing a loaded handgun over only because of the driv- climate. In Defense of settlement was announced top court on Tuesday to argue under the front passenger seat er’s race. Animals says the label is re- last week, with more than he was a victim of racial profil- of his mother’s car after being The Crown denies racial He says the officer’s re- served for zoos that refuse half of the money going to ing. pulled over in Hamilton. There profiling had anything to do quest to help the driver find to make changes within a various levels of govern- In a factum filed with the were four black men in the car. with the incident and says the vehicle’s insurance card — reasonable time that would ment. About $50 million court, lawyers for Richard Court documents show his the officer’s behaviour was which led to the discovery of benefit their elephants. is destined for relatives of Steele say his trial judge erred lawyer, Anthony Moustacalis, not unusual or racist. the gun under the seat — was Activists say Edmonton’s the 47 people who died in in finding him guilty by failing says the gun should have been “bizarre” and did not amount winter is too harsh for the the July 2013 disaster, but it to properly consider evidence excluded as evidence because to obtaining informed con- elephant. THE CANADIAN PRESS could rise. THE CANADIAN PRESS of racial profiling. Const. Yvonne Stephens con- the vehicle. sent for the search. In 2010, an Ontario Superior ducted an improper search of Moustacalis also maintains THE CANADIAN PRESS 6 WORLD metronews.ca Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Rumours of death Crashed AirAsia jet U.S. military months. located but had not yet The network funded by surfaced. It could take up Fidel Castro writes Flight data recorder Central Command Venezuela, Cuba and other to two weeks to analyze all letter to Maradona: allied government showed pulled up from sea the data on the so-called sites hacked photos of Maradona with black boxes. Based on past TV network the letter signed by Castro, Investigators trying to fig- crashes, the information Hackers claiming to be 88. Telesur revealed noth- ure out why AirAsia Flight retrieved could be vital. working on behalf of Fidel Castro on Monday ing about the contents of 8501 crashed into the Java The two separate Islamic State militants sent soccer legend Diego the letter, but said it rebut- Sea on Dec. 28 might now devices — actually orange seized control of the Twitter Maradona a letter written ted rumours he had died. have the tools they need to boxes designed to survive and YouTube sites of the to quash rumours of the Telesur is broadcast on provide answers. extreme heat and pressure military’s U.S. Central Com- Cuban leader’s death, state- state television in Cuba, On Monday the flight’s — should provide inves- mand on Monday, but the This screen grab made Monday run television network where Maradona has been data recorder was pulled tigators with a second- Pentagon swiftly suspended shows the front page of the U.S. Telesur reported. It was filming episodes of a tele- up from the bottom of the by-second timeline of the the sites and said no classi- Central Command twitter account the first reported word vision show he hosts. shallow sea. The cockpit plane’s flight. fied material was breached. after it was hacked. from Castro in nearly three THE ASSOCIATED PRESS voice recorder was also THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS France hunts for accomplices to 3 dead extremist attackers Mission to protect Anti-Islam rally Quoted sensitive sites. Country “It’s fair mobilizes 10,000 troops German march to say we attracts 25,000 should have sent As many as six members of a terrorist cell involved in the A weekly anti-Islam rally someone Paris attacks may still be at in the eastern German with a large, including a man who city of Dresden drew higher profile.” was seen driving a car regis- its biggest crowd yet on tered to the widow of one of Monday, after organiz- White House spokesman Josh Earnest, the gunmen, police officials ers declared it a tribute making a rare public admission of error on said Monday. to the victims of the behalf of the Obama administration, on the decision to let the U.S.’s ambassador Two French police officials terror attacks in Paris. to France be the most senior government told The Associated Press that Organizers said 40,000 official to attend Sunday’s anti-terror rally authorities were searching people participated in the in Paris. the Paris area for the Mini march, while Dresden Cooper registered to Hayat police put the figure at “Doesn’t Boumeddiene, the widow of more than 25,000 people the intelli- Amedy Coulibaly. Turkish of- — still more than the ficials say she is now in Syria. 18,000 who came last gence ser- One of the 10,000 armed troops deployed to protect sensitive sites, including Jewish schools, patrols outside a Jewish The French police officials week. vice there School in the Marais district of Paris as children make their way home on Monday. JEFF J. MITCHELL/GETTY IMAGES spoke on condition of ano- follow nymity because they are not authorized to discuss details hoods — in the wake of the died Friday in clashes with with 12 people killed at the day and then killed four those who of the investigation with the attacks that killed 17 people police. satirical newspaper Charlie people at a kosher supermar- have been released?” news media. last week. Brothers Cherif Prime Minister Manuel Hebdo by gunmen the po- ket Friday before all three France deployed 10,000 and Said Kouachi, as well as Valls said the manhunt is lice identified as the Kouachi attackers were slain in two Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on why two of the gunmen in the attacks troops to protect sensitive Coulibaly, their friend who urgent because “the threat brothers. nearly simultaneous clashes in France were not monitored more closely sites — including Jewish claimed ties to Islamic ex- is still present” after the at- Authorities said Coulibaly with security forces around after serving their prison sentences. schools and neighbour- tremists in the Middle East, tacks that began Wednesday killed a policewoman Thurs- Paris. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pakistani school reopens after Taliban massacre Pakistani children returned heaped pressure on author- school. The youngest was shot Ceremony on Monday to the school ities to end the stubborn in- in the head but survived after where Taliban gunmen killed surgency that kills and maims the militants thought he was 150 of their classmates and thousands every year. dead. A ceremony was held at teachers last month, clutching The massacre also horri- “A hollowness in my life is the school to mark its their parents’ hands tightly in fied parents across the na- getting greater. I am missing reopening, and classes a poignant symbol of perse- tion and prompted officials to my wife,” Shah said. He said are to resume on Tuesday. verance despite the horrors implement tighter security at he had wanted to shift his Security was tight, part of a they had endured. schools. children to a different school countrywide effort to boost It was the first time the For Peshawar parents like or city but decided not to be- safety measures at schools school had opened since the Abid Ali Shah, Monday mor- cause they still have to take in the wake of the attack. assault, and security was tight. ning was especially painful exams this spring: “Every- The nation has been reeling as he struggled to get his sons thing is ruined here, every- from the Dec. 16 terrorist at- ready for school, something thing.” to school he did as well. Sitwat Mohammad Baqair, who survived last month’s Taliban attack on a military- tack in Peshawar — one of his wife used to do. She was His older son, Sitwat Ali said both he and his brother run school that killed his mother, flashes a victory sign on his way to the the worst Pakistan has experi- a teacher at the school and Shah, 17, said that when he have trouble sleeping and Army Public School which was targeted by Taliban militants, in Peshawar, enced. The violence carried was killed in the violence. saw his brother break down often wake up, crying for their Pakistan, Monday. MOHAMMAD SAJJAD/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS out by seven Taliban militants Both of his sons attended the in tears as they prepared to go mother. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS metronews.ca WORLD 7 Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Haiti slowly rebuilds Nigeria five years after quake Townspeople exterminated by Boko Haram Survivors of an assault Mixed progress. Some by Islamic militants that Killed Magnitude areas have been ‘built 316K 7.0 killed a large number of civilians in Nigeria have back better,’ but others described days of system- look much the same atic violence in which people were slaughtered The 2010 earthquake killed an estimated A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Port- “like insects.” 316,000 people and displaced 1.5 million au-Prince on Jan. 12, 2010. The accounts were more. It’s been five years since the given by villagers who ground shook violently in Some of the broken fled the carnage around and around Port-au-Prince, ment was obliterated. Deso- white walls of the once-tow- the northeastern town of the overcrowded capital late streets were filled with ering National Cathedral Baga. The killing unfolded of Haiti, raising a cloud of rubble and the piercing still stand. The site has at- over several days after dust over the smashed city sounds of anguish. tracted a few destitute Hai- Boko Haram seized a mil- and outlying towns. Today, some hard-hit tians, still living in tarp itary base there on Jan. 3. The devastating 7.0-mag- sites in Port-au-Prince have shelters. Amnesty International nitude earthquake struck changed dramatically, and A trash-strewn market said there are reports that at 4:53 p.m. on Jan. 12, most lots are cleared of rub- area in downtown Port- the death toll could be 2010, killing some 316,000 ble. The historic Iron Mar- au-Prince still looks ram- as high as 2,000, though people, according to Haiti’s ket in downtown Port-au- shackle five years later, some witnesses cite lower estimates. Prince, levelled by the 2010 though splintered power tolls in the hundreds. Some 1.5 million Hai- quake, has been replaced lines have since been carted In Washington, U.S. tians were left homeless, by a colorful new landmark away. State Department spokes- and the country’s govern- with decorative minarets Some places have seen woman Marie Harf said and a clock tower. more progress than others, Nigeria needed to move Barriers The pancaked National but one thing is clear: Haiti forward with “credible Palace, its collapsed domed still has a long way to go be- and peaceful elections” roof a powerful image of a fore it can say it has finally on Feb. 14, despite the at- Haiti is the poorest country government in ruins, has been “built back better,” tacks, but acknowledged Top: people sell goods outside the ruins of the old Iron Market on Feb. 15, in the Western Hemisphere. since been demolished and the goal repeatedly stated it would be difficult. 2010. Bottom: the market on Jan. 10, 2015, after being rebuilt by Haiti’s its wreckage cleared from by reconstruction officials. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS biggest employer, Digicel. DARIO LOPEZ-MILLS, DIEU NALIO CHERY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the grounds. 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The Senate’s Bill should pay when the in equipment and hiring to move forward on a bill that 1 now moves back onto the following the oil-price force asks for help in would force President Barack floor for additional debates, collapse, while Eastern Obama to approve the con- which could lead to major investigating cases and Central Canadian troversial Canadian oil infra- amendments. companies said they were structure. But there’s one fly in the planning to invest more, This is the first bill to ad- ointment for pipeline sup- The RCMP and many other particularly in manufac- vance in the newly sworn-in porters: President Obama police forces are refusing turing. 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THE CANADIAN PRESS The fees applied to help in which the judges said com- THE CANADIAN PRESS Meet faculty and students, explore labs and work spaces, and learn more about all that RRC has to offer! Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12pm - 3pm | 5pm - 8pm Wednesday, February 18, 2015 9am - 2pm Reading’s goodness is contagious. Help us spread it Notre Dame Campus | Exchange District Campus | Stevenson Campus around some more at nationalreadingcampaign.ca Strong Supporters of Literacy metronews.ca 9 Tuesday, January 13, 2015 VOICES FOR GRANDMAS & GEARHEADS ALIKE Author says cycling community and cities need to do more to ‘normalize’ the idea of winter cycling, including building separated bike lanes and clearing snow from bike paths YOUR Meanwhile, in Finland ... RIDE Colin Fast “There were families and people of Cycling in the winter can work just as well for all ages out on bikes. But what really grandmas as it does for gearheads; it’s all about opened my eyes was being at the gro- having the right attitude and a little help from cery store and seeing a grandma come the city, according to Tom Babin. Babin is a Calgary journalist, commuter cyc- out with a bag of groceries and pop list and the author of Frostbike: The Joy, Pain it into her basket and ride off into the and Numbness of Winter Cycling, which might snow. You never see that in Canada.” be the world’s first book on the topic. “Staying warm is the easiest part of winter Tom Babin, author of Frostbike: The Joy, Pain and Numbness of cycling,” he said. “But there’s a perception out Winter Cycling there that you have to be a masochist or an extreme athlete to do it, and I think that’s really frightening a lot of people off.” every season. A visit a few years ago to the small Finnish As for what gear cyclists should use, he said city of Oulu in the dead of winter showed him that’s going to vary depending on weather con- that year-round cycling can work for anyone. ditions and commuting routes. However, rid- “There were families and people of all ages ing in the winter doesn’t necessarily require a out on bikes,” he said. “But what really opened custom bike or special clothing. After years of my eyes was being at the grocery store and see- experimenting, he has settled on an old moun- ing a grandma come out with a bag of groceries tain bike he converted into a single speed. As and pop it into her basket and ride off into the for clothing, he typically wears one layer less snow. You never see that in Canada.” than what he’d put on to walk somewhere, and To get there, he said the cycling community often wears his work clothes while riding. and cities need to do more to “normalize” the “As Canadians, we’ve gotten bad at winter idea of winter cycling. This includes building over the years, and we’ve forgotten what it’s more separated bike lanes and clearing snow like to get outside and enjoy it, “ Babin said. “As from bike paths. we start to embrace winter a bit more, it will get A man braves the snowy roads on his bicycle. A Calgary commuter cyclist and author tells Metro’s Colin Fast that the “Cities that have gone down this road have easier. And riding your bike to work makes it a cycling community needs to work closely with cities to get Canadians on their bikes in winter. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE got their winter cyclist numbers up to where lot more fun.” their summer numbers used to be,” he ex- Introducing Your Ride plained. “We have proof that it works in other winter cities, so it can work anywhere.” Colin Fast is a communications specialist and free- He added that Winnipeg’s consistent cold lance journalist in Winnipeg. Out of guilt, he Metro is proud to introduce Your Ride, a week- (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:21)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:317)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:548) can actually be an advantage for maintaining avoided looking directly at his unused bike while ly transit column about how you get around Shoot us an email at winter bike infrastructure compared to cities writing this column. Find him @policyfrog on town — be it by transit, bike, car or foot. [email protected]. that go through several freeze-thaw cycles Twitter. Yes, violence abounds, but peace is on the increase ROBSON Yet, we also live in an era that’s been de- people, then dropped steadily to just 1.44 in the first part of the 21st century, with roughly FLETCHER scribed by Canadian-born Harvard professor 2013 — the lowest rate since 1966. three people killed per million, per year, in [email protected] Steven Pinker as likely the least violent — All of this is continuing a long trend that war. ever. has been observed over centuries by Manuel And it’s not just state conflicts, although Last week, the world was shocked by the “Today, we are probably living in the most Eisner, a comparative criminologist at the those have historically claimed the most lives, brutal attack on the Charlie Hebdo news- peaceful time in our species’ existence,” Pink- University of Cambridge. by a large margin. As Pinker observed: “Since paper headquarters in Paris. er said, citing a plethora of historical and re- “Serious interpersonal violence decreased the end of the Cold War there have been fewer Within the past few months there’s been cent data, during a speech at the TED confer- remarkably in Europe between the mid-16th civil wars, fewer genocides — indeed a 90 per the deadly shooting on Parliament Hill, the ence in Monterey, Calif., in March 2007. and the early 20th centuries,” he wrote in a cent reduction since post-World-War-II highs.” massacre at a school in Pakistan, a passenger By the end of that year, New York City — major study on the topic. None of this is to minimize the suffering plane shot out of the sky over Ukraine. once known for its sky-high crime rates — Eisner focused largely on homicides and that so many people continue to experience Last decade brought us the Sept. 11 attacks, had seen its fewest homicides since the NYPD crime — but, when it comes to large-scale vio- today. Civil war rages on in Syria. Boko Haram the Iraq war, and the genocide in Darfur. started keeping detailed records in 1963. lence, the world also has become increasingly continues to slaughter and inflict unimagin- All of this violence, all of this savagery, all Since then, the low-murder mark has been peaceful. able horror on the people of Nigeria. Terrorists in real-time. broken four more times, in 2009, 2012, 2013 The number of people killed in armed con- continue their attempts to intimidate free so- We live in an era in which the worst of hu- and 2014. flicts has plummeted in the past half-century, cieties. Murderers continue to kill men, manity is live-streamed, live-tweeted, or live- Last year saw just 332 homicides in the according to the Vancouver-based Human Se- women and children. broadcast (now in high definition!) for im- United States’ largest city, down from its stag- curity Report Project, which measured “state- The world, in many ways, is still a terrible mediate consumption and maximum emo- gering peak of 2,245 murders in 1990. The based battle deaths” per million humans. place. tional impact. The inundation of gruesome country, as a whole, has seen its murder rate In 1950, the rate stood at 236. By 1971, it But it’s getting better. imagery, understandably, can make it seem cut in half in the last quarter-century. was 101. During the 1990s, it had dropped to like the world is a frightening and increasing- Canada has followed a similar trend. Our about 15. Robson Fletcher is a senior reporter for Metro ly violent place. murder rate peaked in 1975 at 3.03 per 100,000 But the most peaceful decade, by far, was Calgary. 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Turns out the air condi- tioning at the Beverly Hilton E just wasn’t on Sunday night. Couple that with the rain that plagued Los Angeles all weekend and you’ve got one humid ballroom, illustrated N by glistening presenters, multiple men — like Benedict Cumberbatch and Matthew McConaughey — Benedict Cumberbatch ditching their jackets, and actresses furtively fanning out at his table, prompting themselves. a visit from paramedics dur- E One attendee even passed ing the show. Fun times. Is Beyoncé’s bump a baby C or just a saucy daughter? It seems Beyoncé can’t even sand sculpture form. S enjoy a simple afternoon of Beyoncé posted an being buried in sand by Blue Instagram pic of herself Harry Styles ALL PHOTOS GETTY IMAGES UNLESS NOTED Ivy without everyone jump- under the sand, and set off a ing to the conclusion that firestorm of speculation. Harry is dating in style but she’s expecting again. Maybe this really is her But that’s probably way of announcing the because her three-year-old news? Or maybe Blue Ivy is wants to keep it secret daughter decided to give her just being extra-critical at a a rather noticeable bump in surprisingly young age. One Direction’s most likely Weekly, adding that the pair solo artist, Harry Styles, has are “spending lots of time earned himself another celeb- together” lately. rity merit badge — this time But another source insists for Victoria’s Secret model- we shouldn’t read too much dating. Nice work, Style! into their quality time. The floppy-haired “Harry is having a good crooner has reportedly time being a young rock star,” been getting quite cosy the second source says. with Nadine Leopold as of “You will know he has a late. girlfriend when he steps out “Harry has been get- on the red carpet with one. ting more serious with “Until then, he’s having Nadine,” a source tells Us fun and enjoying life.” Beyonce INSTAGRAM I guess that’s us told. Still, Nadine Leopold congratulations? Chris Brown jokes, panics as shots fi red at his show Rowling twists tweet right back at Rupert If social media is good for any- A recent Chris Brown show Vine of the moment thing, it offers a fantastic platform in San Diego ended in of panic on his for witty comebacks. chaos after gunfire rang official ac- J.K. Rowling used it for just such out at a Fiesta nightclub count. My, a purpose after Rupert Murdoch while the embattled singer how quickly riled folks with his Charlie Hedbo- was on stage, according to his smile related tweet insisting all Muslims TMZ. fades. need to be held accountable for Video from the gig the actions of the men behind last shows Brown noticing a week’s attack in Paris. scuffle and making light of Instead of just shouting back, it before shots were fired Rowling turned his own twisted and his security sprang logic against him, posting, “I was into action. born Christian. If that makes Police sources say five Rupert Murdoch my responsibility, people were wounded in I’ll auto-excommunicate.” the incident, although no And folks in the Twitter-verse suspects have been named. seemed to agree with her, as her Brown, no stranger tweet quickly earned more than to gunfire at his events, Chris 20,000 favourites, compared to didn’t seem that weirded Brown J.K. Rowling Murdoch’s 3,000. out by it. He even shared a