Metro Winnipeg - January 25, 2012

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WINNIPEG
Wednesday, January25, 2012
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News worthsharing.
Man hits roof over demo
Faces charges of assault with a weapon, mischief Victoria-Albert School across the street put in lockdown mode
SEAN LEDWICH/METRO
ELISHA
DACEY Making a stand
@METRONEWS.CA
What prompted the standoff?
A Winnipeg man who took to the
roof of his property after the city Ed Ackerman owns three
moved in to demolish the house properties that were deemed
came down peacefully Tuesday. derelict by the city, including
At about 11 a.m., police were the home on Bannatyne
called to a home on Bannatyne Avenue.
Avenue after reports that a man
had allegedly assaulted a City of Ackerman’s fiancée, Lyndsay
Winnipeg property and planning Ladobruk, said he was working
department representative, said on the properties to “build
Const. Jeff Norman. them (up) and have them
The suspect then headed to the rented” and had already invest-
roof of the home but came back ed $50,000 in a home that was
down after emergency personnel demolished on Gertie Street.
lifted a basket to the top of the
house at about 4 p.m., Norman A second house owned by
said. Ackerman on Frances Street
Police did not release the was demolished on Tuesday
man’s name or details of the morning, prompting him,
reported assault, but Imrie Dem- she said, to flee to the roof
olition co-owner Jordan Imrie A homeowner, identified as Ed Ackerman, talks to emergency personnel to defend his last property.
alleged that the man had thrown before getting into the basket and being lowered from the roof.
six-inch glass blocks, the kind
normally seen around bathtub
surrounds, and one hit him in the Lyndsay Ladobruk, who was crazy, but he is not a violent man for a while, with matters coming all proper procedures before
head. standing nearby, identified the at all,” said Ladobruk. “If he was to a head in December after he giving the demolition order under
“I was wearing my hard hat. I man on the roof as Ed Ackerman, throwing glass blocks, it was done asked the court for an injunction the derelict buildings bylaw.
heard the sound of something hit- and said she was his fiancée. in desperation.” to halt the demolition. The court A demolition crew moved into
ting my hat,” said Imrie, adding “It’s easy to call someone who Ackerman has been fighting refused. the area Tuesday night and the
he was not hurt. is standing on a roof right now with the city over his properties City officials said they followed house was torn down.
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Teen SEAN LEDWICH/FOR METRO
1
arrested
for arson
SVJETLANA MLINAREVIC
[email protected]
A 16-year-old girl has
been arrested and
charged with arson after
a fire was set at 554 Kent
Rd. on Monday.
Winnipeg firefighters
news
were able to extinguish
the blaze at 4:15 p.m. and
estimate damages to be
around $80,000.
No one was hurt in the
blaze but investigators
have charged the teenag-
er for allegedly causing
arson with damage to
property, disregard for
human life, and with ut-
tering threats to cause
death or bodily harm. OW protester Isaac Dyck talks through the window to an employee at Gord
Police could not Mackintosh’s office Tuesday while fellow protester Robert Gaumond looks on.
WTA wants players to do confirm if the duplex was
away with the grunt during being used as a youth
matches.t hScea snt othrye. code for home, but did confirm Occupy still waiting for
the fire started in a
bedroom. They could not
1 Download the free say if the girl lived there.
ScanLife app with
SVJETLANA MLINAREVIC/FOR METRO confiscated belongings
your smartphone
at 2dscan.com
2 Use your
smartphone to
scan 2D barcodes Protesters threaten to occupy MLA Mackintosh’s office Up to 15
in Metro
pallets of belongings still being held in compound, protesters say
3 The codes will
direct your mobile
when they showed up at deliver everything to OW Protester Robert Gau-
browser to
SEAN the newly minted conser- protester Louise May’s mond said the saga has
m.metronews.ca LEDWICH vation and water steward- farm on Monday. been ongoing and the
[email protected]
ship minister’s Main “Suddenly, at the last province is dragging its
On the web at
Occupy Winnipeg mem- Street office at 10:30 a.m. minute before delivery heels.
metronews.ca
bers, upset that the They left shortly after. date, he changes the story. “It’s just such a low pri-
province has still not re- Protester Isaac Dyck Now he says, ‘We want ority to them that it’s got-
turned some of their be- said although the province people to identify stuff ten to the point of
longings since their Dec. has released some OW and make a list of whose negligence, in my opin-
21 eviction from Memorial items, 12 to 15 pallets of stuff is whose,’” Dyck said. ion.”
Park, threatened to occu- shrink-wrapped belong- “This is more than 30 In an email, the
py provincial MLA Gord ings are still being held at days after the aggressive province told Metro it is
Mackintosh’s community a provincial compound. removal of our things, and “eager to return items that
There was $80,000 in office on Tuesday. Dyck said Conservation from the very outset they were collected at Memori-
damages to this home Two protesters found a district supervisor Joe Jo- agreed to return to us the al Park” and owners can
on Kent Road. locked door and a lone hannesson called him things that were confiscat- call 945-7273 to claim
employee on his way out Sunday to cancel a plan to ed.” them.
India’s Sikhs City’s first homicide of 2012 the Law Society of Manito-
ba, and if found guilty,
aren’t laughing News in brief faces penalties that range
from a written reprimand
at Jay Leno’s
Winnipeg police con- several people are being an community. to disbarment.
Lawyer accused
Mitt Romney firmed Tuesday the body interviewed and couldn’t Lambros Kyriakakos, Lawyers for residential
of a woman found in an say if suspects have been president of Eritrean of taking money school victims are
joke. Watch at apartment building is the arrested. Community in Winnipeg normally given a 15 per
metronews.ca/ city’s first homicide of He would also not re- Inc., confirmed the RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL cent fee by the federal
2012. veal the nature of the woman had arrived in VICTIMS. A Winnipeg government, on top of the
video. Police said the homi- woman’s injuries, only Canada recently. lawyer is accused of money awarded to the vic-
cide unit is investigating saying she died in hospi- He also said he would taking money improperly tims.
the death of a 34-year-old tal due to severe upper- not give out her name, from 50 abused former Lawyers can seek addi-
Follow us on woman who was found in body trauma. calling that a family deci- students of aboriginal res- tional fees from their
Twitter the Palmer House apart- The woman, whose sion. He did confirm that idential schools. clients, but only with the
@metrowinnipeg ment block on Assini- name is not being re- the woman’s family knew Howard Tennenhouse approval of an
boine Avenue. leased, is being mourned of her death. faces a disciplinary hear- adjudicator.
Const. Jeff Norman said by members of the Eritre- ELISHA DACEY ing next month before THE CANADIAN PRESS
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ELISHA DACEY/METRO
Winnipeg aviation firms
are flying high this year
SVJETLANA MLINAREVIC/FOR METRO
Two aviation companies
will be moving and ex-
panding over the coming
year.
The Western Canadian
Aviation Museum
(WCAM), Winnipeg Air-
ports Authority (WAA) and
Exchange Income Corpo-
ration (EIC) announced
plans on Tuesday to build
a new Calm Air hangar
next to the present loca-
tion of the WCAM off Fer-
ry Road.
“We needed space and
it was important for us to
have the hangar in the Michael Rodyniuk stands next to an image of a
same region as our other Calm Air ATR-42, used for transport to the North.
The latest email scam has hijacked the name of the Royal Bank of Canada workforce,” said Michael
and asks for highly sensitive personal information. Rodyniuk, vice-president
and CEO of aviation at moves closer to the air-
Death by apathy
EIC, which owns Calm Air. port.
There’s something
The 60,000-square-foot EIC also announced it
facility, which will be has signed a 40-year lease A spokesperson for
used for doing heavy with the WAA for the old Heritage Winnipeg said
maintenance on Calm museum site and invested the agency tried to save
phishy going on Air’s fleet of 100 aircraft, $2.5 million toward build- the old airport terminal as
will break ground in May ing the new museum, the last example in Canada
and be fully functional by which will be situated of mid-century modernist
the fall. Meanwhile, the next to the new airport architecture but was
old WCAM building will terminal and is slated to unsuccessful due to lack of
Police warn of email scam in which RBC asks for
be used as possible hangar open in October. public, corporate and
personal information online Don’t fall for it! space after the WCAM SVJETLANA MLINAREVIC government interest.
ELISHA tion asking for personal client name, passwords, Traffic on
DACEY information in order to your occupation, date of by 3.6 per cent in the past combined with the ongo-
@METRONEWS.CA “regain” one’s account birth, card-expiry dates, quarter, compared to the ing expansion of the
the rise at
status. account numbers. ... If same period last year, ac- airport campus, is a key
Police are again warning “It’s actually quite in- they want to create a false cording to a release sent enabler of economic devel-
Richardson
Winnipeggers to be care- credible the questions identification and use out by the Winnipeg Air- opment for our region.”
ful with their information that they’re asking that your ID in order to com- port Authority. Revenues were also up,
airport
online. they want people to re- mit offences ... they have “The opening of our notching $20.3 million
“This is a pre-emptive spond to and the informa- everything that is perti- community’s new front compared to $17.8 million
strike,” said Const. Jeff tion that they want to nent to do that.” door has been well during the same time
Norman. collect,” Norman said. Norman said people The new city airport received and we are frame last year. But operat-
He said several mem- The latest scam pre- need to remember that fi- terminal seems to have pleased to see passenger ing costs rose as well to
bers of the Winnipeg Po- tends to be from the Roy- nancial institutions never opened at just the right traffic growth strengthen $11.9 million compared to
lice Service have been the al Bank of Canada and ask for personal informa- time. as the year progressed,” $7.9 million last year.
target of a recent phish- asks for sensitive infor- tion through email, and if Passenger traffic at the said Barry Rempel, presi- Cash flow remains posi-
ing scam in which a mass mation. they are in doubt, they Winnipeg James dent and CEO of the Win- tive at $1 million for the
email is sent out from a “They now have every- should call their bank to Armstrong Richardson In- nipeg Airports Authority. quarter, the WAA said.
major financial institu- thing in regards to your check. ternational Airport is up “The new terminal, ELISHA DACEY
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ADRIAN WYLD/THE CANADIAN PRESS
From left, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo, Prime Minister
Stephen Harper and Gov. Gen. David Johnston stand on stage during the
opening ceremony at the Crown-First Nations Gathering in Ottawa on Tuesday.
PM, chiefs at odds
over Indian Act
Harper has no plans to repeal legislation But
many native leaders see it as an obstacle to change
What was billed as a his- “After 136 years, The Indian Act, first
toric coming together of that tree has deep passed in 1876, gave Ot-
the federal government tawa exclusive jurisdiction
roots. Blowing
and First Nations began over “Indians and Lands
with the two sides polar- up the stump Reserved for Indians.”
ized over the future of the would just leave The legislation, which
Indian Act. a big hole.” was last amended in 2000,
Prime Minister Stephen sets out rules on every-
PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER
Harper sees the legislation thing from how reserves
ON THE INDIAN ACT
as something that can be operate to the effect of
updated to reflect modern blocking the path to col- marriage on status.
practices. laboration. Calling the Indian Act
But Shawn Atleo, na- They laid out their views “an act of neo-colonial-
tional chief of the Assem- in back-to-back speeches ism,” Jody Wilson-Ray-
bly of First Nations, led a Tuesday during a major bould, regional chief of
parade of speakers who meeting of First Nations B.C., said Canada’s natives
described the century-old leaders and government require “core governance
legislation as a boulder ministers and officials. reform.” THE CANADIAN PRESS
Theories not enough: Defence
FRANK GUNN/THE CANADIAN PRESS
There are simply too many lieves the four died.
unknowns to be able to The Crown has suggest-
convict a man of four ed it believes the four were
counts of first-degree mur- dead before the car
der in the deaths of his plunged into the water,
daughters and wife, a jury but in his closing address
in Ontario heard Tuesday in Tuesday Shafia’s lawyer
a case prosecutors allege is told the jury they can’t rely
a so-called honour killing. on theories.
The Crown alleges Mo- Court has heard evi-
hammad Shafia, 58, one of dence it appears the four
his two wives and their son females made no attempt
killed Shafia’s three daugh- Mohammad Shafia to escape the car through
ters and other wife. The an open window, and the
bodies were found June 30, but the Crown did not bodies were found eerily
2009, in a car at the bot- present evidence specifi- suspended inside.
tom of a canal in Kingston, cally detailing how it be- THE CANADIAN PRESS
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‘America is back’
Sex killer’s wife to fight
U.S. President Barack Oba- toward Asia, while claim-
ma says “America is back” ing that old alliances in Eu-
appeal of media ban
as a world power. rope and elsewhere are
The president gave a stronger than ever. Obama
flag-waving defence of also cited the example of
American power and influ- Iran, where with U.S.
ence Monday night as part prompting much of the
Opening divorce proceedings to NATHAN DENETTE/THE CANADIAN PRESS of his State of the Union ad- world is now united in ap-
dress. He said world opin- plying sanctions over Iran’s
the public would cause Russell ions about the U.S. are on disputed nuclear program.
the rise, and he calls Ameri- Obama left out that the
Williams’ wife more harm: Lawyer
ca the “indispensable na- sanctions net has holes, be-
tion” in world affairs. cause some of Iran’s large
Ontario’s top court is He talked about extend- oil-trading partners won’t
granting an appeal of a Fighting the ban ing new ties and influence go along. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
sweeping publication ban
on the divorce of convicted The ban was challenged by
sex killer Russell Williams. a coalition of news agen- plishments were “amaz-
But most of the provi- cies, including the Ottawa ing.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
sions of the ban will re- Citizen, the Ottawa Sun, News in brief
main in effect for 14 days CTV, CBC and Global TV. B.C. commune
so that Williams’ es- Bandit hurt his wants tax break
tranged wife can take steps Richard Dearden, who rep-
to challenge the decision if resents the media, called it own case: Docs
she wishes, according to an “important decision for The leader of a B.C.
the 28-page decision re- freedom of the process.” U.S. federal court docu - polygamous commune
leased Tuesday by the On- “There’s a real public inter- ments say the “Barefoot on trial for suspected tax
tario Court of Appeal. est in knowing how the Bandit” ridiculed police evasion says money
Mary Jane Binks, the Ot- court is going to divide as- and prosecutors in earned by his followers is
tawa lawyer representing sets, like Mr. Williams’ mili- Ontario’s top court is emails he sent from pri - used in the community.
Williams’ wife, said her tary pension, and what’s granting an appeal of a son, undercutting his Winston Blackmore says
client will take the matter going to be left over for Mr. sweeping publication ban claims he’s sorry for his his community deserves
to the country’s highest Williams’ victims to seek to on the divorce of convicted two-year crime spree. He special religious tax sta-
court. THE CANADIAN PRESS enforce any judgments.” sex killer Russell Williams. bragged that his accom- tus. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Woman wakes from coma
CONTRIBUTED
The family of a Calgary Mexico revived his sister, pool of blood early Satur- she recognized her hus-
woman who was severely Sheila Nabb, three days af- day at the Hotel Riu Emer- band, Andrew Nabb, and
beaten in Mexico says she ter she suffered a brutal ald in Mazatlan. was responsive.
emerged from a medically beating at a luxury hotel. Her brother said that Nabb is set to undergo fa-
induced coma Monday and The 37-year-old woman when she awoke Monday, cial reconstructive surgery
recognized her husband at had her cheek and other she wasn’t able to speak be- Wednesday or Thursday
her bedside. facial bones broken in the cause doctors had wired her based on the outcome of CT Sheila Nabb and her husband
Paul Giles said doctors in attack, and was found in a mouth shut. But Giles said scans. THE CANADIAN PRESS Andrew in an undated family photo.
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Facebook, Google WikiLeaks founder takes act
go head-to-head
to TV, promises controversy
The two biggest powers ture in fairness to counter
on the Internet, Google Google’s own attempt two
and Facebook, are in a weeks ago to become 40-year-old Julian Assange to host new talk show that will air in March
high-stakes battle to be more Facebook-like.
your search engine. Google on Jan. 10 re-
And this isn’t just an leased Search Plus, a new You’ve read his leaks. Now KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH/THE ASS OCIA TED PRES S
online fight: The U.S. Fed- search tool on its site. watch his show. Julian Assange pauses as WikiLeaks
eral Trade Commission Search Plus scours the In- Cyber-transparency ac- he makes a statement
and the European Union ternet through Google tivist Julian Assange says to media gathered outside WikiLeaks said the show
are investigating whether and Google Plus. he’s launching a career in the High Court in London. would begin airing in mid-
the Google monopoly un- This means it leaves television, hosting what March.
fairly damages other out the world’s most pop- he’s billing as a new brand Julian Assange is currently
search engines. ular social networking of talk show built around fighting extradition to
Top guns at Facebook sites: Facebook and Twit- the theme of “the world to- Sweden over sex-crimes al-
have created a new book- ter. morrow.” legations, and U.S. officials
marklet and a stern lec- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The show’s guests are weighing WikiLeaks’
haven’t been disclosed, but charges.
Assange has promised to
give viewers more of what In its statement, Wik-
Google
services so that informa- he’s been supplying for iLeaks referred queries
tion gathered in one place years: Controversy. about the series to the hith-
merges
can be used in another. The WikiLeaks secret- erto obscure Quick Roll
For example, if you spilling site said in a state- Productions, whose web-
user data
spent the last hour logged ment released late Monday site carried no indication of
into Google to search the that “iconoclasts, visionar- brighter future.” documents in U.S. history. where the group was based
web for skateboards, the ies and power insiders” The world of television But the statement argued or who was managing it.
Google Inc. is overhauling next time you log into would be brought in so talk shows is a new one for that Assange was uniquely An online records search
the way it treats user data, YouTube, there’s a good that Assange could chal- the 40-year-old Australian, qualified for the role given indicated that Quick Roll’s
linking information across chance you’ll find videos lenge them on their vision whose group has orches- his past as “a pioneer for a site was created
its array of email, video featuring Tony Hawk. of world affairs and “their trated the biggest mass-dis- more just world and a vic- about two weeks ago.
and social networking THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ideas on how to secure a closures of secret tim of political repression.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Do you Paper-clip
Vancouver eatery sells
dentist pleads
ALL
have guilty in court
world’s priciest hotdog
your ducks A former dentist in the
U.S. has pleaded guilty
to fraud for using paper
in a row?
KENDRA KENDRA WONG/FOR METRO IN VANCOUVER clips instead of stainless
When planning WONG Dougie Luv, owner of steel posts in root
@METRONEWS.CA DougieDog Hot Dogs, with canals.
for your retirement have you METRO CANADA IN VANCOUVER the world’s most Michael Clair will be
expensive hot dog in sentenced next Monday
considered making your Vancouver is now home to Vancouver. after pleading guilty last
the most expensive hot- week in a Massachusetts
Cremation and Burial dog in the world. court to a variety of
Eatery DougieDog Hot charges, including
arrangements part of that plan? Dogs introduced a $100 defrauding a
wiener to its menu Tues- government health pro-
(cid:48)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:88)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:54)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:73)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:76)(cid:88)(cid:78)(cid:3)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:82)(cid:89)(cid:76)(cid:71)(cid:72)(cid:3)
day. gram of $130,000,
The Dragon Dog is made assault and battery, ille-
(cid:92)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:76)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:3)(cid:41)(cid:53)(cid:40)(cid:40)(cid:3)
up of a foot-long bratwurst gally prescribing
PLANNING GUIDE(cid:3) infused with 100-year-old prescription drugs, and
Louis XIII cognac — which witness intimidation.
(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:73)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:3) has a price tag of $2,000 — Authorities say
Kobe beef seared in olive instead of stainless steel
(cid:92)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:76)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:72)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3) and truffle oil, fresh lob- posts for root canals, he
ster, and picante sauce used sections of paper
(cid:70)(cid:82)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:73)(cid:88)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3) “When people have clips — which can cause
food, you have to be able pain and even infection
(cid:3)(cid:92)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:87)(cid:3)
to taste the different — in an effort to save
(cid:83)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:86)(cid:17)(cid:3) tastes. People have the money.
chance to taste each (indi- “I didn’t want to change However, patrons look- Attorney General
vidual ingredient),” said the concept of a hotdog, ing to take a bite out of the Martha Coakley says pa-
(cid:38)(cid:82)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:38)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:9)(cid:3)(cid:37)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:54)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:89)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:3) Dougie Luv, owner of we wanted to inspire it dog will need to place per clips can sometimes
DougieDog Hot Dogs and a and bring it to the next their order 12 hours in ad- be used temporarily, but
hotdog connoisseur. “All level,” he said. “It’s a hot- vance so the special ingre- the 53-year-old Clair
THOMSON the tastes intertwine with dog that anyone would dients can be prepped. used the paper clips as a
each other.” love.” Luv’s creation was permanent fix. Clair’s
(cid:179)(cid:44)N THE PARK(cid:180) The Dragon Dog may No one has ordered the named the world’s most licence to practise den-
seem extravagant for some pricey wiener yet, but Luv expensive hotdog after tistry was suspended in
(cid:41)(cid:88)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:82)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:9)(cid:3)(cid:38)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3) taste buds, but Luv insists says it will remain a per- beating out the $69 Haute Massachusetts in 2006.
(cid:11)(cid:21)(cid:19)(cid:23)(cid:12)(cid:3)(cid:28)(cid:21)(cid:24)(cid:16)(cid:20)(cid:20)(cid:21)(cid:19)(cid:3) it remains true to the origi- manent feature on the Dog found at Serendipity THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
nal hotdog. menu. restaurant in New York.
business
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Women’s groups condemn tabloids
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dragged down by a cascad- campaigner
ing crisis in Europe and Britain’s inquiry into media the tabloid from printing a Anna Van
weakening conditions ethics shifted its focus away daily photograph of a top- Heeswijk on
elsewhere, the from phone hacking Tues- less woman on page 3. the cover of
International Monetary - 126.46 - 0.16¢ day to look into how “Clearly the effect has the Guardian’s
Fund suggests in its latest (12,395.24) (99.01¢ US) women are portrayed in been to close down free magazine, The
economic outlook. U.K. newspapers. speech in relation to groups Observer.
The Washington-based Women’s-rights cam- and individuals making a
Oil Natural
monitor of global gas paigners told the inquiry critique against these news-
financial affairs said Tues- $2.58 US that newspapers treat papers,” Van Heeswijk said.
day that Canada’s econo- (+ 5.7¢ US) women as sex objects and Marai Larasi of campaign
my will likely now grow mis-report cases of rape and group End Violence Against
by only 1.7 per cent, more Gold domestic violence. Women said newspaper
than half a point below - 19¢US $1,664.50 US Anna Van Heeswijk of stories about attacks on
2011’s 2.3 per cent ($99.09 US) (- $13.80 US) women’s-campaigns group women often focused on
advance. The new forecast Object said that sexualized their actions, implying that
is three notches lower restrained to two per cent. images of topless or skimpi- somehow they had pro-
than the Bank of Canada’s That’sstilltops among ly clad women in British voked their attackers. She
estimate last week — and G7 countries for the two tabloid newspapers damage said newspaper reports
two-tenths of a point low- years combined, but only the way young women about a woman murdered
er than the IMF’s own pre- because the other six think of their appearances by her husband after she
vious call in September. members of the club will and lifestyles. announced a separation on
The IMF doesn’t see the be hit even harder by the She said anyone who social networking site Face-
economy in Canada EU crisis. Germany, Italy complained about the book focused on her ac-
strengthening much in and Spain will record neg- newspapers’ use of these tions and not her husband’s woman by her partner.” cellphone voice mails of
2013. Unlike the central ative growth in 2012 and images in turn was vilified, violence. The media-ethics inquiry celebrities, politicians and
bank, which predicts 2.8 the eurozone will suffer a and pointed to how The “The fact that it became was set up after revelations crime victims. New forms
per cent expansion, it says mild recession, the IMF Sun newspaper called law- known as a Facebook mur- that Rupert Murdoch’s of press regulations are to
Canada’s recovery will be said. THE CANADIAN PRESS maker Clare Short “fat, jeal- der is symbolic,” she said. News of the World newspa- be considered.
ous” when she tried to stop “It was the murder of a real per had illegally listened to THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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JUST SO WE’RE
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CLEAR — and take the quick poll @WellYoure name is for Ron Hainsey?
Wrong: So its Seems that might send
Who do you think will win the Super the Winnipeg hockey’s players for a loop
Blue Bombers #jets #awfulnicknames
Bowl?
THEY’RE CATS vs Houston Oilers in the @SiloamMission:“Volun-
Super Bowl right? teers don’t necessarily
56% @kattiestbullet:Not sure have the time, they just
when the law was passed have the heart.” -
in Winnipeg to NOT use Unknown. Thank you
JUST NEW ENGLAND
OK, class, today’s question: PATRIOTS turning signals anymore. #Winnipeg & #Manitoba
How did we get from see- #takes1second #winnipeg- for your _’s.
SAYIN’ ...
ing-eye dogs to emotional- problems @TheAdnostic: The weath-
support animals? @wilalambre:I think I er in Winnipeg isn’t horri-
PAUL SULLIVAN Air Canada is trying to fig- 44% need to buy “Clue” and ble. I may venture outside
METRO ure out how to “Scotland Yard” in the near of the hotel to try a well re-
accommodate people who future, and have folks over viewed Chinese restaurant
NEW YORK
insist on taking their cats on the plane GIANTS a night to re-familiarize tonight.
and at the same time protect people myself with the games. @gabesquared:west end
who are allergic to cats. @stmac77: I wonder what is the universal studios of
They forgot to ask me, but the answer Winnipeg Jets players nick- winnipeg. #actionpacked
is obvious. Tell people to leave Kitty at
home.
I have nothing against cats, but refer- JOHN BROWN
ring to them as “emotional-support animals” and Daily Zoom
thereby elevating them to the status of seeing-eye dogs
is a stretch and a clear sign that the entitlement socie-
ty needs to cough up a hairball and get real. IIttssyy--bbiittssyy
I realize I’m treading on wafer-thin ice, but if you
want an emotional-support animal, get a golden
retriever. They love everybody, almost as much as they
love food, and are happy ssppiiddeerrss —— hhaarrdd
to see you, especially if
“And shame on you come with food.
Air Canada for Cats, on the other hand,
knuckling under. barely notice other species aatt wwoorrkk
that aren’t dinner. They
I like peanuts,
may crawl into your lap
but the airline and go to sleep, but only
had no difficulty because it’s a warm place
to go to sleep. They don’t
depriving me of
discriminate, as anyone
the tasty legume who has ever awakened to
in order to find a cat sleeping on their
face can tell you.
protect other
But even if Kitty loves
passengers from you, why return the
anaphylactic favour by stuffing Kitty in
shock. As if?” a tiny box and making her
fly economy?
(Just to make it clear,
I’m an equal-opportunity
curmudgeon: The same goes for shih tzus and the like.
Leave your adorable mutt at home in the care of a
competent kennel.)
What’s really annoying is this tendency to escalate
beyond all reason. It’s one thing to feel the urge to
ttaok dee Kcliattrye tKoi tvtiys iatn A “uenmt oBtoisosnya iln-s uHpapliofratx a, nqiumitael ,a”nother Spider-silk V&A IMAGES “We wanted to How 80 people
raising her companionship to the level of ersatz cape on display make something collected silk
human right. Right.
(in which) you’d
And shame on Air Canada for knuckling under. I
like peanuts, but the airline had no difficulty LONDON. This may not fit feel cocooned like PROCESS. To create the tex-
depriving me of the tasty legume in order to protect arachnophobes! a spider web. ... tiles, spiders are collected
other passengers from anaphylactic shock. As if? A golden cape created There is a strange each morning and harnes-
Air Canada needs to know I’m addicted to peanuts. from silk spun by more sed in “silking” devices.
dichotomy
Once I get started, I can’t stop. Without peanuts, I’ll than a million spiders goes Trained handlers take
never make it to Halifax. Those little cracker thingies on display at London’s Vic- between the out the silk from 24
don’t fill the bill; I require emotional-support nuts. toria and Albert Museum. repulsive and spiders at a time.
And if I don’t get them, I’ll complain to my friendly The hand-woven Unlike mulberry silk
‘poetic’ in spiders.”
neighbourhood human-rights commission, which nev- garment took more than from silkworms, in which
er met a complaint it didn’t like. four years to make from SIMON PEERS, the pupa is killed in its co-
Then, I’m going into hiding. the silk of 1.2-million fema- TEXTILE EXPERT AND CO-CREATOR c o o n , t h e spiders are retur-
le golden orb spiders, nati- Makers say spider silk is ned to the wild at the end
Read more of Paul Sullivan’s columns at metronews.ca/justsaying ve to Madagascar. MWN lighter than normal silk. of the day. MWN
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How movies teach us
about life’s Grey areas
Looking to survive a plane crash in the Andes? Or
how to live as a shipwrecked loner on a tropical island?
Just press ‘play’ and sit down with a bowl of popcorn
CONTRIBUTED
He winks,
she winks back
A scene from The Grey, which opens Friday. The film’s plot revolves around an oil drilling team
that struggles to survive in the wild after a plane crash.
IN FOCUS Uruguay’s rugby team “From this
whose plane crashed in weekend’s The
the middle of the Andes Grey, a man versus
RICHARD CROUSE mountains, I learned that
nature tale starring
[email protected] cannibalism is a good way
to stave off hunger pangs. Liam Neeson, I
This Christ- A similar lesson was learned that empty
Introducing Speedfl irt, a fl irty mas I got a taught in the Robert Red-
airplane booze
book titled ford film Jeremiah John-
new app for meeting singles in The Worst- son, based on a real-life bottles can be
Case Scenario trapper named John John- broken, wedged
Survival ston, nicknamed “Liver between your
your city looking for love or Handbook. Eater Johnston” for his
Contained within were habit for cutting out and fingers and
friendship. tidbits of information on eating the livers of men he repurposed as
how to survive shark at- killed. Wolverine-style
tack, a volcano eruption, From the true-to-life
knuckles of death.”
even what do when the pi- mountain climbing
lot passes out leaving you movies 127 Hours and
to land the plane. Touching the Void, I shoer mountain top think
Create a profi le, browse profi les
It’s an interesting read, learned perseverance. back to the Lance Henrik-
but I am a visual person In the former a man is sen movie Survival Quest;
and fi nd your match! and have learned much wedged literally between a not only does it teach
more about survival from rock and a hard place. To viewers to forage for food
watching movies than get free he cuts off his own and raft raging waters, but
from the pages of this arm with a pocketknife. also how to dig an ice cave
book. Now that’s stick-to-itive- to survive the bitter cold.
Download and install the free app for your
From this weekend’s ness! In case of a zombie at-
mobile device - available on the App Store or The Grey, a man versus na- The latter sees a man tack the classic George A.
ture tale starring Liam with a severely broken leg Romero movies teach us
also available in Android Market. Neeson, I learned that crawling his way out of a all we need to know. Re-
empty airplane booze bot- deep crevice to safety. member the rhyme:
tles can be broken, From Cast Away, Tom “Shoot the living dead in
wedged between your fin- Hanks’s stranded-on-a- the head.”
gers and repurposed as desert-isle movie, I learned Should you find your-
Wolverine-style knuckles how to build a raft from a self in mortal combat with
of death. portable toilet, and how, a monster, another tip
Hopefully I’ll never in lieu of friends, a soccer learned from dozens of
have to use that trick, but ball with a bloody hand- other horror films sug-
it is just one of many les- print can be man’s best gests that once you’ve
sons learned at the friend. slain the creature, don’t
movies. Should you find your- double check to make sure
Alive, the story of self stranded on a snow- its really dead.