Metro Winnipeg - January 29, 2015

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Thursday, January 29, 2015
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Two charged
in road death
Pedestrian killed.
Quoted
One man accused of
“What we have here
manslaughter, another
is a pedestrian just
man accused of drunk
attempting to cross the
driving causing death
street, and then this
tragedy occurs.”
SHANE
Police spokesman Const. Eric Hofley
GIBSON
[email protected]
“This is very unusual,” said
Police say Winnipeg’s first police spokesman Const. Eric
homicide victim of the year Hofley, adding none of the
was beaten in a fit of apparent three men knew each other
road rage, left unconscious on previously. “What we have
a roadway — and then run here is a pedestrian just at-
over by a drunk driver. tempting to cross the street,
The victim has been identi- and then this tragedy occurs.”
fied as Justin Craig McKay, 22, Police in the area saw Mc-
of Winnipeg. Kay get hit and were able to
Police say McKay was cross- stop the vehicle and arrest the
ing Isabel Street near Pacific driver.
Avenue around 11:20 p.m. Fri- Desmond Evan Spicer, 50,
day when a man got out of a faces charges of drunk driv-
passing vehicle and assaulted ing causing death. He is in
BOIL ADVISORY STILL IN EFFECT him. custody.
The man and a female driv- Police said they were able
er then fled the scene, leaving to identify the man who got
McKay unconscious in the into a fight with McKay, and
southbound lanes of Isabel the man was arrested Tuesday.
Franklin Fernando picks up bottled water outside the Portage Avenue Foodfare store Wednesday afternoon. Winnipeg is still under a boil Street, according to police. Billy Joe Couture, 28, faces
water advisory. Story, page 3. SHANE GIBSON/METRO That’s when a man driving manslaughter charges. He is
another vehicle hit McKay. also in custody.
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
ACCESS centre, daycare
to stay closed for months
Infrastructure.
Quoted
S Four burst water
pipes at health centre “Damage to the facility
fl ooded the complex; has primarily aff ected in-
W renovations expected terior walls and fl ooring.”
to cost $5 million Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
ing area, freezing four pipes on
the third floor, causing them to
A Winnipeg health centre and a burst.”
local daycare will be closed for Water ran unabated for sev-
three to five months after water eral hours, flooding the area
E pipes burst inside the facility in and the floors beneath.
early January. “Motion sensors detected
The Winnipeg Regional the water, alerting security,
Health Authority (WRHA) who notified the building
issued a statement Wednesday engineers, who immediately
N saying it could be summertime turned off the water supply.”
before the ACCESS Winnipeg However, the damage was
West centre next to the Grace done. Renovations and repairs
Hospital is ready to reopen. are expected to cost $5 million,
“In the early morning of said the WRHA. No one was in-
Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, four side when the pipes burst.
water pipes froze on the top “Damage to the facility
floor of the three-floor facil- has primarily affected inter-
ity, causing them to burst ior walls and flooring,” said
and flood the floors beneath, the WRHA. “The majority of
including the daycare,” reads furnishings and electronics
the statement. were preserved due to their
“After further investigation, elevation. Restoration work is
it was determined a mainten- underway to drywall, flooring,
ance hatch on the third floor lighting fixtures and ceiling-
became ajar, allowing cold tile replacement throughout Repairs at the ACCESS Winnipeg West health-care centre are underway and are expected to last three to fi ve months.
winter air into the surround- the centre.” METRO COURTESY WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY
City aims to combat racism with new website
Mayor Brian Bowman wants already begun with the most “(Racism) affects all of us as The mayor’s office said the
Winnipeggers to give him influential and positive individ- a community, so what I want is website “calls for citizen input
feedback through a new web- uals and organizations from all I want people to reach out to us on how our city can work col-
site on how to eradicate ig- sectors of the city and who are through the website,” Bowman laboratively as a community
norance and intolerance. leading the nation to make a told CBC, adding that this is a to work towards eradicating
The site, called 1Winnipeg. difference in our community,” “complex and historical issue.” ignorance and intolerance in
ca, is currently under construc- said the mayor’s office. This initiative comes less Winnipeg and lead our nation
The City of Winnipeg is launching tion but will be “dedicated to Bowman announced the than a week after a Maclean’s forward in inclusivity, equality
1Winnipeg.ca to collect ideas on idea-sharing and to furthering creation of the website during cover story named Winnipeg and love for one another.”
how to stop racism. SCREENSHOT the dialogue the mayor has a morning interview with CBC. the most racist city in Canada. BERNICE PONTANILLA/METRO
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Keep on boiling water for now
Tests. Recent results ory. Once we receive that Hospitals saw no sign of
came back clean but indication, we’ll obviously a spike in illness, and sur-
notify Winnipeggers as geries and other services
need to be verified quickly as possible.” went on as usual.
The advisory was put in Bowman urged residents
place Tuesday after coliform to heed the precautions but
The most recent tests done and E. coli showed up in ex- at the same time remain
on Winnipeg’s water supply tremely low levels in six of calm.
came back clean Wednes- 39 water samples taken dur- Brian Wills said he, his
day, but the city’s 700,000 ing routine testing. wife and four children were
residents remain under a Businesses and residents not too worried. He even
boil-water advisory until were being told that tap used a bit of tap water to
the results are verified. water was safe for bathing brush his teeth — some-
Mayor Brian Bowman and laundry but were ad- thing the city advised
said it could be Thursday vised to boil it for at least against. And he was pleas-
afternoon before yet an- a minute before drinking it. antly surprised to find his
other round of tests is com- Once the advisory is favourite coffee shop was
pleted and people would lifted, the city will turn its still brewing Wednesday
be able to safely drink the attention to figuring out morning.
water without boiling it what happened. “I often buy my coffee
first. Geoff Patton, acting out, so I would hope that
“I’m pleased to advise director of the Water and they’re doing something
that the testing we’ve con- Waste Department, said the with their water to not get
ducted in the last 24 hours same worker took all six (people) sick.”
has come back negative, of the suspect samples but Brent Neill said he drank
which means, according to what went wrong is still a a lot of the water just before
our experts ... (the original mystery. the advisory was issued.
samples) are false posi- Around Winnipeg, most “I was at the YMCA and
tives,” Bowman said at an coffee shops and restau- drinking water from the
update. rants were open, although water fountain ... but I
Under provincial guide- some menu items were not didn’t think too much of it.”
lines, a boil-water advisory available. However, residents did
cannot be lifted until two Schools were also open, stock up on bottled water,
consecutive retests come but some warned students with many grocery stores
back clean. to bring bottled water be- selling out on Wednesday
“The province has the cause the water fountains and water-supply stores
Geoff Patton, acting director of the Water and Waste Department, said the department is investigating how the authority to lift the pre- were closed. It was business flooded with customers.
original tests came back with false positive results. JOHN WOODS/THE CANADIAN PRESS cautionary boil-water advis- as usual at city pools. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Some try to tap water woes for cash
While grocery stores and A case of 35 bottles of However, the most cre- with the safe water.
water-supply outlets scram- water was listed for $50, ative approach might have “Don’t be fooled by imi-
bled to meet customer de- while four-gallon jugs of been an offer for “water- tators! I am the only one
mand for clean water, a few distilled water were even boiling services” at $15 for with certification in Win-
entrepreneurial Winnipeg- pricier at $100 each. five litres: nipeg. You could try it at
gers saw their own oppor- A Starbuck resident ad- “I am trained and certi- home, but why risk it? Let a
tunity to profit from the vertised an “E. coli water- fied specialist in water boil- professional handle it, this
city’s plumbing problems. purification system” for ing. Bring me your water, is your safety we’re talking
Several water-related $120, including free de- and I will use my profession- about!”
ads were posted to Kijiji in livery to Winnipeg, while al grade stock pots to boil it If that pitch wasn’t
the hours after the city an- someone from Beause- and will cool it for you in enough, the poster also
nounced the boil-water ad- jour tried to unload a used my superior backyard cool- promised free Wi-Fi while
visory, some more serious water-treatment system for ing system. Your containers customers waited. As shoppers seeking water found only empty shelves, some people began
than others. $3,250. will be washed and refilled COLIN FAST/FOR METRO selling “water services” on Kijiji. JOHN WOODS/THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
KEN mode frontman says if not for
Nirvana, he’d ‘be a microbiologist’
Music. For upcoming kids if it wasn’t for that g- sounding, but that metallic
-damn record,” he said. edge is kind of absent to a
sixth album, Winnipeg Matthewson might want certain degree, which I feel
noise-rock band brings to hold off on that mortgage. almost makes it more power-
KEN mode’s forthcoming ful. It will be interesting to
aboard legendary
sixth studio album, Success, see if it gets accepted outside
producer Steve Albini was produced by Steve Al- of heavy music.”
bini, the engineer behind In Although KEN mode,
Utero as well as such albums which won a Juno in 2011
as the Pixies’ Surfer Rosa and for its Venerable album, isn’t
BACKSTAGE
PASS the Jesus Lizard’s Goat. the type of band to get star-
“His work has always struck, Jesse admits there
Jared Story
[email protected] been the high-water mark were a few surreal moments
for what I want records to recording with Albini.
sound like, because of bands “You’d hear him speak,
“In Utero, that was the rec- like the Jesus Lizard, Nirvana and part of your brain would
ord that ruined my life.” and Neurosis. And the list twig where it took you back
Nirvana’s 1993 album goes on and on. A large por- to listening to Big Black
was a game changer for KEN tion of my top 10 records of (a punk-rock band Albini
mode frontman Jesse Mat- all time, he did,” Matthew- founded) when you were 14
thewson. If not for In Utero son said. in your parents’ house —
and its raw, abrasive sound, KEN mode, which is com- ‘Man, this is weird,’” he said.
the Winnipeg noise-rock posed of brothers Jesse (gui- Juno Award-winning Winnipeg noise-rock band KEN mode recorded its forthcoming album with Steve Albini, the KEN mode plays the Sher-
musician believes his life tar/vocals) and Shane Mat- producer behind Nirvana’s In Utero. CONTRIBUTED brook Inn on Friday as part
would have turned out dif- thewson (drums) and bassist of the Big Fun Festival. Tick-
ferently. Scott Hamilton, brought the Studios. down sound. into hardcore or metal,” he ets are $12 at Into the Music,
“I would probably have Chicago-based producer to Jesse said Albini enabled “I think where I was com- said. “It’s very much a more Music Trader and online at
a big house. I’d be a micro- Winnipeg in November to the noise-rock band to ing from was a place back indie/noise-rock approach. ticketworkshop.com. Doors
biologist with a wife and two record at Exchange District achieve a very raw, stripped- to my roots, before I got It’s angular. It’s still mean- open at 10 p.m.
Central Winnipeg groups
to get $148K in funding
A handful of groups offer-
ing social and community
connections in central Win-
nipeg can expand their work
thanks to provincial funding
announced Wednesday.
“We want to make sure
that everyone has a place
where they can feel safe
and comfortable and have
opportunities to grow,” said
Housing and Community
Development Minister Kerri
Irvin-Ross of the $148,000
in funding through the
province’s Neighbourhoods
Alive! program.
“Neighbourhoods Alive!
brings people together; it
celebrates diversity and pro-
vides opportunities for all.”
The funding will see Art-
beat Studio get $35,000 for
neighbourhood art activ- Artbeat Studio volunteer facilitator Katia Kaplun shows participants a painting
ities, the Central Neighbour- at the group’s central studio. Artbeat Studio is among six local groups benefitting
hoods Development Corpor- from provincial funding announced Wednesday. SHANE GIBSON/METRO
ation receive nearly $39,000
for safety-related programs, Learning Centre will also re- enhancing quality of life and
Frame Projects get just over ceive $12,500 for after-school helping build a strong sense
$20,000 and Mosaic New- recreation programming, of community,” said Irvin-
comer Family Resource Net- and the Central Neighbour- Ross in a release. “By work-
work get just over $31,000 hoods Renewal Initiative ing together with commun-
for parenting classes. will get $10,000 for capacity ity partners, we are building,
The University of Win- building. supporting and revitalizing
nipeg’s Wii Chiiwaakanak “These local groups are neighbourhoods.” METRO
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
Golf-course campaign Winter driving
golf-services special operat- 2,000 claims since Novem-
ing agency, especially with ber.
Responsible Drive to road
regards to accounting, as the “Many of these crashes
Winnipeg report stated an improved conditions: Insurer could have been pre-
forecasted income but also vented,” said MaryAnn
continues to whiff
declining rounds. After seeing an uptick in Kempe of MPI in the
Coun. Jeff Browaty (North crash claims caused by not release. “During the winter
The much-maligned Kildonan), who was a mem- driving to road conditions months, when we experi-
Responsible Winnipeg cam- ber of the executive policy this winter, Manitoba ence frigid temperatures,
paign that encouraged the committee when ex-mayor Public Insurance (MPI) is heavy snow, slush and
privatization of the city’s golf Sam Katz and Coun. Russ reminding drivers to slow freezing rain, motorists
courses back in 2013 made Wyatt (Transcona) hatched down during bad weather. need to make adjustments.”
an appearance during Wed- the $70,000 Responsible Win- In a release Wednesday, To help drive home the
nesday’s council meeting. nipeg campaign, said it was a MPI said drivers going too message, the public insurer
Council was debating the “textbook case” of how not to fast for road conditions is bringing back its “Take It
2015 business plan for the do public relations. METRO have brought in nearly Slow” ad campaign. METRO
French first for council
Coun. Brian Mayes makes a statement in French during Wednesday’s
city council meeting as his colleague Coun. Janice Lukes listens to the
translation through an earpiece — a first for council. Both Mayes and
Coun. Matt Allard made use of the new service several times during
the meeting. BERNICE PONTANILLA/METRO
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The much-debated $3.75-mil- still information that he’d like
lion deal that lets a construc- to see.
tion company off the hook He also said city council
from a hotel requirement for was forced to pick the “bad” Only 90 minutes away and daily direct flights from Winnipeg
the Winnipeg Convention option, referring to Conven-
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New terror law concerns privacy watchdog
Cyberbullying. Accused
Canada’s privacy watchdog day, and will be watching the “Travellers crossing the bor- As well, amendments are denies tormenting Todd
is expressing early concerns wording of provisions designed der, ordinary Canadians cross- coming to the Criminal Code
about information-sharing pro- to increase information-sharing ing the border. Will there be to deter the promotion of ter-
visions expected in the Con- among government agencies. greater information sharing rorism and make it easier for The Dutch man accused of
servatives’ new anti-terror laws, “Information sharing re- about them from the border law-enforcement officials to ob- cyberbullying a British Colum-
as Prime Minister Stephen garding whom? Regarding agency to the secret service?” tain peace bonds. It is expected bia teen who died by suicide
Harper meets with Toronto people who are suspected of The measures are expected there will also be changes to has penned an open letter
police chiefs to win support for terrorist activities, or the shar- to improve security agencies’ “enhance” no-fly rules. from jail in the Netherlands,
the new measures. ing of information about other ability to share information The government has ex- proclaiming his innocence and
Daniel Therrien said he’s Canadians who are not suspect- and allow security officials to pressed concern about Can- denying he was “the so-called
been briefed on the govern- ed of anything in order to iden- take “proactive measures” ear- adians travelling abroad to tormentor” of Amanda Todd.
ment’s new anti-terror bill, to tify a national security threat,” lier in a terror investigation if fight alongside extremists. Aydin Coban released the
be tabled in Parliament on Fri- Therrien said. they perceive a threat. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE four-page, handwritten com-
position through his lawyer to
mark one year of his imprison-
ment and to address the “many
blatant lies” he says have Amanda Todd THE CANADIAN PRESS
swirled about his case world-
wide. silently used flashcards to re-
“I’m not the so-called tor- count her disturbing encoun-
mentor of Miss. Amanda Todd ters with an online harasser in
or of anyone else for that mat- a YouTube video.
ter. I’ve been in jail exactly a Her story of sexual exploita-
year now for things I haven’t tion spurred a national conver-
done,” he writes in the letter sation about online bullying
dated Jan. 13. and prompted the Canadian
Todd was a 15-year-old from government to introduce legis-
Port Coquitlam, B.C., whose lation that would criminalize
image went viral after she died the distribution of intimate im-
by suicide in October 2012. ages without the person’s con-
Not long before her death, she sent. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Politics. Feds spend $700K
fighting veterans’ lawsuit
The federal government has office in 2006.
so far spent nearly $700,000 In response to a written
fighting a disgruntled group question posed by the oppos-
of wounded Afghan veterans ition, the Department of Justice
in court — a revelation that on said it spent $694,070 in legal
Wednesday rekindled a polit- fees, while National Defence
ical controversy the Conserva- spent $3,231. Liberal Leader
tives hoped was behind them. Justin Trudeau used the cost to
During question period, demand in the House that the
Prime Minister Stephen Harper lawsuit be dropped.
The Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSE) complex is pictured in Ottawa on October 15, 2013. SEAN KILPATRICK/THE CANADIAN PRESS tried to cast the ongoing court Liberal veterans critic Frank
battle as the legacy of a flawed Valeriote described the govern-
CSE stands by its role in
policy that was foisted on Par- ment’s response as “hypocrisy,”
liament nine years ago by Paul noting that the issue for ex-
Martin’s Liberal government. soldiers is not the system itself,
“The government is de- but the amount of funding
Internet hunt for terrorists fending a decision of the previ- within it.
ous government, supported by “Spending $700,000 a year
all parties in the House of Com- to fight vets in court is not sup-
mons,” Harper said, referring porting our troops,” NDP Leader
to the new veterans charter, Tom Mulcair said during a heat-
Spy agency. Document CBC News says. Metadata pressed alarm at the CBC report. which the Conservatives have ed question period exchange
says CSE analysts can CBC analyzed the docu- “CSE is clearly spying on the championed since coming to with Harper. THE CANADIAN PRESS
ment with U.S. news website private online activities of mil-
access information The Intercept, which obtained lions of innocent people, includ- Attempted rape Robert Pickton
CSE said that the agency is
on 10 to 15 million it from Snowden. It also post- authorized to collect and ana- ing Canadians, despite repeated
ed the presentation online, government assurances to the
downloads from free lyze metadata — data trails Canadian facing Mom says killer
with some of the information contrary,” said OpenMedia.ca
about messages and calls, not
sites each day blacked out. The Ottawa-based the actual content. spokesman David Christopher. charges in U.S. should be charged
CSE employs mathematicians, “Law-abiding Internet users
in daughter’s death
codebreakers, linguists and (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:71)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:314)(cid:209)(cid:221)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:314)(cid:279)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:3) who use popular file-hosting A Canadian man has been
software experts, with the aim (cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:3) services are now finding them- charged with attempted
Canada’s electronic spy agency of both collecting foreign se- (cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:221)(cid:305)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:3) selves under the government’s kidnapping and attempted The mother of a woman
is defending its role in the crets and shielding Canada’s (cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:305)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:220)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3) microscope.” rape after travelling to the whose DNA was found on
search for extremists follow- confidences from prying eyes. (cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:561)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:314)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:553) CSE stood by its meth- U.S. to allegedly pursue a Robert Pickton’s property
ing a report that says it sifts The document says that ods, saying they have helped sexual relationship with an says the serial killer should
through millions of videos under Levitation, CSE analysts (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:17)(cid:78)(cid:25)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:266)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:302)(cid:3) counter terrorism. underage girl. be charged with murder,
and documents downloaded can access information on (cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3) “CSE’s foreign signals intel- Tyler Beavis was ar- arguing human remains
globally every day through file- about 10 to 15 million uploads (cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:314)(cid:209)(cid:221)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:17)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:3) ligence has played a vital role rested last Friday as he returned to her represent
sharing services. and downloads of files from (cid:315)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:221)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:296)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:255)(cid:292)(cid:3) in uncovering foreign-based was on his way to meet new evidence. Michele Pi-
Details of the Communica- free websites each day. (cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:553) extremists’ efforts to attract, a 14-year-old girl in Kent, neault said an official with
tions Security Establishment Extremists generally use free radicalize, and train individuals Wash., located half an the B.C. Coroners Service
project, called Levitation, file-uploading sites to distribute to carry out attacks in Canada hour south of Seattle, said met with her last Septem-
are revealed in a 2012 Power- training materials, while al- 350 “interesting download and abroad,” agency spokes- a spokeswoman with the ber and gave her remains
Point presentation obtained Qaida uses them to spread jihad- events” per month, citing one man Ryan Foreman said in an King County Sheriff’s Of- belonging to her daughter.
by former U.S. intelligence ist propaganda, the document on how to make a gas bomb. emailed statement Wednesday. fice. THE CANADIAN PRESS THE CANADIAN PRESS
contractor Edward Snowden, says. It notes CSE finds about One privacy advocate ex- THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
Jordan offers prisoner swap
to ISIL in bid to save pilot
Hostages. Extremists prisoner was not freed. Tokyo
threaten to kill both By Wednesday evening,
A mother’s
there was no word on the fate
if would-be hotel
of the hostages and no sign that
pleas
bomber not freed a swap was underway. In a pos-
sible indication of a holdup, Jor-
dan’s foreign minister wrote on
his Twitter account that Jordan In Tokyo, Junko Ishido, the
Jordan offered a precedent-set- had not received evidence the mother of Japanese journal-
ting prisoner swap to the Islam- pilot was alive and healthy. ist Kenji Goto — whom ISIL
ic State of Iraq and the Levant The scope of a possible swap militants are holding and
(ISIL) on Wednesday in a des- and of ISIL’s demands also re- threatened to kill alongside
perate attempt to save a Jordan- mained unclear. Jordanian gov- Jordanian pilot Lt. Mu’ath
ian air-force pilot the militants ernment spokesman Moham- al-Kaseasbeh — appealed
purportedly threatened to kill med al-Momani said Jordan is publicly to Prime Minister
along with a Japanese hostage. ready to trade the prisoner, an Shinzo Abe. “Please save
Meeting ISIL’s demand for Iraqi woman convicted of in- Kenji’s life,” Ishido said,
the release of a would-be ho- volvement in deadly Amman begging Abe to work with
tel bomber linked to al-Qaida hotel bombings in 2005, for the Jordanian government
would run counter to the king- the pilot. Al-Momani made no until the very end to try to
dom’s hard-line approach to mention of Goto, and it was save Goto.
the extremists, but the govern- not clear if the swap proposed
ment faces domestic pressure by Jordan would satisfy the hos-
to bring the pilot home. tage-takers.
Efforts to release the pilot, Any exchange would set a
Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, and precedent for negotiating with
Japanese journalist Kenji Goto ISIL, which in the past has not
gained urgency with the release publicly demanded prisoner
late Tuesday of a purported on- releases. Jordan’s main ally, the
line ultimatum claiming ISIL United States, opposes negotia- A woman watches a TV news program Wednesday in Tokyo reporting on a video posted on YouTube by jihadists on
would kill both hostages within tions with extremists. Tuesday that purports to show a still photo of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto holding what appears to be a photo of
24 hours if the al-Qaida-linked THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Junko Ishido. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jordanian pilot 1st Lt. Mu’ath al-Kaseasbeh. RAAD ADAYLEH/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hezbollah hits Israeli convoy, kills two soldiers
Missiles fired by the Lebanese assaults on Hezbollah pos- calling itself the “righteous land where the borders of Is-
Hezbollah group struck an Is- itions, including at least 50 martyrs of Quneitra,” sug- rael, Lebanon and Syria meet.
raeli military convoy on Wed- artillery shells, according to gesting it was in retaliation The two soldiers were killed
nesday, killing two soldiers in Lebanese officials. for an Israeli airstrike on the in the strike and seven others
an apparent retaliation for a A Spanish peacekeeper Golan Heights on Jan. 18 that were wounded, the military
deadly airstrike attributed to was killed in the border flare- killed six Hezbollah fighters said.
Israel that killed six Hezbol- up in southern Lebanon. and an Iranian general. About an hour after the
lah fighters in Syria earlier In a statement, Hezbollah Ever since, Israel has attack, mortars were fired
this month. said its fighters destroyed a braced for a response to the at several Israeli military lo-
It was the deadliest Hez- number of Israeli vehicles strike, beefing up its air de- cations on Mount Dov and
bollah attack against Israeli that were carrying Israeli fences and increasing sur- Mount Hermon, the Israeli
forces since a 2006 war be- officers and soldiers and veillance along its northern military said. No injuries
tween the two sides. caused casualties among frontier. were reported in that attack.
Israeli Prime Minister Ben- “enemy ranks.” The soldiers’ The Israeli military said The military said it responded
jamin Netanyahu said Israel ranks were not immediately several anti-tank missiles hit with fire toward Lebanese
would respond “forcefully” known. an Israeli military convoy positions and evacuated Is-
Israeli soldiers treat a wounded soldier near the Israel-Lebanon border on to the attack. The military Hezbollah said the attack near Mount Dov and Chebaa raeli visitors from a ski resort
Wednesday. GILI ELIYAHU/JINIPIX/THE CANADIAN PRESS launched aerial and ground was carried out by a group Farms, a disputed tract of in the area. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nigeria Denver 1961 case
villages in Adamawa state struck by the vehicle. The emotional hearing before a
this week, according to resi- shooting occurred amid a packed courtroom.
Islamic extremists Friend disputes Judge tosses the
dent Emmanuel Kwache. national debate about police “We cannot rewrite hist-
attack villages “They slaughtered police account of use of force fuelled by racially convictions of nine ory but we can right history,”
people like rams and they charged episodes in Fergus- Judge Mark Hayes said as he
shooting death civil-rights activists
Islamic extremists are burned down our houses on, Mo., and New York City. made the ruling for the men
rampaging through villages after looting food,” Kwache The passenger, speaking to known as the Friendship 9,
in northeastern Nigeria, said. “There’s no presence A teenage passenger who was The Associated Press on the The convictions of nine black and those in court clapped
killing, burning and looting of troops. Some residents in a car when a 17-year-old condition of anonymity, said South Carolina men who in- and cheered.
with no troops protecting are hiding on top of hills, girl was shot and killed by her friend, Jessica Hernandez, tegrated a whites-only lunch Prosecutor Kevin Brackett
civilians, said fleeing vil- while those that could not Denver police has disputed lost control of the vehicle counter during the height apologized to the men —
lagers on Wednesday. run were abducted, particu- authorities’ account of her because she was unconscious of the American civil-rights eight of whom were in court.
More than 40 people larly youths and women.” death, saying officers opened after being shot. movement were tossed out The ninth has died.
have been killed in seven THE ASSOCIATED PRESS fire before one of them was THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday during an THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
8 BUSINESS metronews.ca
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Tim Hortons bound
Internet
Yahoo spins off
by layoff restrictions valuable stake in
China’s Alibaba
Yahoo CEO Marissa May-
Takeover. Industry er is losing a precious
483 William Ave. [phone] security blanket now that
Canada says Burger
she is spinning off the
King has agreed to Internet company’s prized
stake in China’s Alibaba
keep 80 per cent
Group into a new entity
of corporate jobs called SpinCo.
Ownership of 384
million shares of Alibaba
Ottawa has restricted Burger stock, currently worth
King from eliminating more $39 billion US, represent
than 20 per cent of corporate the main reason that
staff at Tim Hortons’ long- Yahoo’s stock has more
Quest Bars! time headquarters or region- than tripled since Mayer
al offices, an Industry Canada became CEO. Investors
We should all know that protein is an important dietary staple. Failure to spokesman confirms. viewed Yahoo as another
meet your daily protein needs can result in protein (muscle) loss, even if The newly merged com- way to own a piece of Ali-
you are physically active. Muscle loss can also occur if you’re trying to lose pany Restaurant Brands Inter- baba. As long as there was
national is required to “main- a link to the e-commerce
weight and do not take on board a suffi cient amount of protein. A recent tain significant employment Tim Hortons franchises employ 96,000 restaurant workers and are barred company, it almost didn’t
study actually showed that individuals needed twice the recommended levels” of non-restaurant em- from reducing staffing levels under an agreement reached with Burger King, matter that Yahoo’s own
daily intake of protein to prevent muscle loss while losing weight/eating a ployees as part of the list of according to Industry Minister James Moore’s press secretary Jake Enwright. digital services have been
caloric defi cit diet. i.e.: 1.6g of protein per kg of body weight a day. commitments the fast-food THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE struggling to generate
behemoth made to get final more revenue.
In addition, protein increases satiety (keeping you fuller for longer)
approval in December from that Tim Hortons franchises, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
and contributes to a healthy immune system – an inadequate amount of the federal government to 4Lay0off fea%rs which employ 96,000 restau-
protein can lead to the depletion of immune cells and the inability of the seal the $12.5-billion deal. rant workers, cannot reduce Market Minute
body to make antibodies. Although it wasn’t an- staffing levels under the
nounced at the time, Indus- agreement with Burger King.
Protein bars can be a convenient and low calorie way of helping one DOLLAR
try Minister James Moore The merger created the
achieve daily protein needs, and a bar can make a super tasty and healthy actually secured a more de- Media speculation has run rampant that world’s third-largest restau- 79.87¢ (-0.75¢)
up to 40 per cent of middle managers
snack for ‘on the go’ or in-between meals. (Of course food always comes finitive commitment that rant company, with 18,000
were swept up in the round of layoffs that
fi rst, so protein bars should be used as a supplement and not as a food Burger King maintain 80 per began Tuesday morning. stores and $23 billion in sales. TSX
replacement.) cent of Tim Hortons’ “entire It was originally pitched by 14,602.88 (-231)
corporate footprint” at both in the round of layoffs that executives as the best way to
Quest Bars are superior to other protein bars in many ways, as they are the Oakville head office and began Tuesday morning, just expand Tim Hortons inter-
low in calories, high in protein, high in fi bre with no added sugar and regional offices across Can- six weeks after the controver- nationally and make the Can- OIL
are extremely low in net carbs. The ingredients list is also relatively short ada, said his press secretary, sial takeover was completed. adian brand truly global. $44.45 US (-$1.78)
Jake Enwright. With an estimated 2,000 When the blockbuster
in comparison to other protein bars. The 60g bars comes in at 170-210
Tim Hortons still refused employees at both head of- deal was announced last Au-
calories and provide 20g of protein. On average, a bar contains 5g of fat Wednesday to publicly di- fice and seven regional of- gust, critics warned that Bur- GOLD
with the nut containing bars containing more e.g. Vanilla Almond Crunch vulge the exact number of fices from British Columbia ger King’s owner 3G Capital, a $1,285.90 US (-$5.80)
has 9g because of the healthy fats in the nuts. The bars contain a low people who were laid off this to Nova Scotia and one in the Brazil-based investment firm,
amount of naturally occurring sugars (between 1g and 4g). week, although media specu- U.S., the restrictions would has a track record of paring
lation has run rampant that translate into a maximum of staff and slashing costs and Natural gas: $2.866 (-11.5¢)
The main ingredient in the bars is whey protein isolate and milk protein up to 40 per cent of middle 200 workers impacted. would do the same in a Tims Dow Jones: 17,191.37 (-195.84)
isolate, both of which are high quality protein sources that can be used to managers were swept up Enwright pointed out takeover. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
increase muscle mass when combined with resistance (weight) training.
They have a low glycemic index and contain calcium, iron, phosphorous
Privacy. Made-in-Canada Employment. Sidewalk
and magnesium.
Quest bars have low net carbohydrates because our bodies don’t take on app makes browsing safer job hunter snags career
board the fi bre content which makes up the majority of total carbohydrate
amount. The fi bre is not digested and used as energy at all; the
A Toronto developer has re- of millions of Internet users. Innovative thinking — and
isomatooligosaccharide is a type of carbohydrate that is almost digestion
leased a new app that keeps TrackerSSL works by tar- the stamina to brave frigid
resistant. your online browsing safe geting data shared by online weather — has finally paid
The bars have a chewy texture, and most important of all, taste AMAZING! from Big Brother. advertising services such as off for Xingyi Yan.
Andrew Hilts is the man Google and Facebook. “By The University of Toronto
The bars when warmed in the microwave for 10-15 seconds taste like
behind TrackerSSL, a plugin compiling a list of what you’re grad took to city streets a few
dessert and can also be made into some delicious recipes.
for the Chrome web browser browsing online, ad compan- months ago with a sandwich-
Muscles by Meyers carries Strawberry Cheesecake, Vanilla Almond that lets users know if web- ies can infer what your inter- board sign advertising that
Crunch, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, White Chocolate Raspberry, sites are transmitting their ests are or what political views she was available for hire.
personal information with- you have,” Hilts said. Now, she’s a search analyst at
Coconut Cashew, Double Chocolate Chunk, Peanut Butter Supreme,
out encrypting it first. The problem is that many advertising company Reprise
Chocolate Brownie, Peanut Butter & Jelly, Cinnamon Roll, Chocolate “The goal is to encourage websites send information Media. Xingyi Yan at her desk at Reprise
Peanut Butter, Cookies & Cream and S’mores! websites to adopt encrypted to advertising sites in a way The unconventional job- Media where she landed a job after
data transmission,” he said. that’s easy for spy agencies, hunting strategy drew plenty taking to the streets for weeks with
MMMuuussscccllleeesss MMMeeeyyyeeerrrsss “By encrypting information, including CSEC and the NSA, of criticism. One person, Yan a placard, handing out resumés.
BBYY
it makes it much more dif- to get their hands on. said, told her she was “hu- CARLOS OSORIO/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
5
$ off * $25 ficult for mass surveillance “On most websites, your miliating” herself by begging
systems to vacuum up.” data isn’t secured at all,” said for a job. Regardless, she has fessionals and she spotted the

The app was launched Hilts. “It’s the equivalent of no regrets. “It got me a job in opening at Reprise Media.
Wednesday, which was both sending a sensitive piece of my dream career,” Yan said. A week later, she had a
ANY international Data Privacy mail without an envelope. Her new job ties in with job interview. Overall, Yan
(cid:4) OR MORE Day and the day news broke Anyone along the chain could her effort. Someone who said, she landed more than
PURCHASE that Canada’s national spy easily look at your letter and passed Yan on the street took a dozen job-interview oppor-
*Expires February 4, 2015. Not to be combined with any other offer. agency, CSEC, was monitor- read everything.” her resumé, referred her to a tunities out of the campaign.
ing the downloading habits LUKE SIMCOE/METRO IN TORONTO network for marketing pro- GILBERT NGABO/METRO IN TORONTO
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
VOICES
CRIMINALIZING DISSENT
Terrorism “endorsement” law a half-baked idea that would make free thought illegal
OMAR was the crux of his campaign-tinged spective glorification law for Can- els and breaks apart. Prepare to read many “endorse-
MOUALLEM speech at an Ottawa secondary ada and concluded: “The chill effect An endorsement, we can as- ments” of terrorism as Israel pre-
[email protected] school. But we’ll see tomorrow, as he on speech would be potentially sume, is a public or private approval pares to retaliate against Lebanon
is poised to unveil the proposed enormous.... The measures may also of terrorism — systematic violence for the killing of two IDF soldiers by
Last Sunday, Prime Minister Ste- legislation Friday. The Liberals are be counterproductive, diminishing to coerce a government or commun- Hezbollah missiles.
phen Harper, standing before a hu- backing it. the very speech that may contain ity (I’m just deferring to the Oxford Are they, and anyone who re-
mongous Canadian flag, promised a “Glorification of terrorism” laws strategic and tactical intelligence dictionary now, since I can’t rely on tweets an ISIL beheading video or
new anti-terror bill that would “help have been on Harper’s radar for a for counter-terrorism investiga- the Criminal Code for a definition likes M’bala’s comments, guilty by
authorities stop planned attacks, get while and they’ve intensified after tors.” yet). A Canadian might endorse or association?
threats off our streets and” — insert incidents in October that claimed To be clear, our Charter of Rights glorify terrorism because he or she And what else are we willing to
record scratch — “criminalize the the lives of two Canadian soldiers — and Freedoms already prohibits ex- is trying to test the waters with their criminalize in the name of small se-
promotion of terrorism.” one in Quebec and another in Ot- pressions of violence, threats of vio- audience and organize an attack, curity?
Such a law is intended to prevent tawa on Parliament Hill. French au- lence and general hate propaganda. sure, but a Canadian might also do Regardless of how shocking and,
another Parliament shooting, but thorities recently used a glorifica- With sweeping powers such as pre- so for more complex reasons that we yes, potentially dangerous these
without a Criminal Code definition tion law to arrest comedian ventative detention already in its won’t begin to understand if we pre- “endorsements” may be, they have
of “terrorism” (just a robust defin- Dieudonné M’bala M’bala, who post- possession, it’s difficult to under- emptively shush them. the right to be expressed — then
ition of “terrorist activity”), does it ed “I feel like Charlie Coulibaly” stand why law enforcement needs Some Canadians’ families are criticized, debated or mocked.
also leave us vulnerable to an attack (Coulibaly being the last name of anything more. from countries where their elected Apparently, though, this isn’t
on free expression? one of the Paris gunmen) on Face- Criminalizing “endorsements of governments are also threats to na- enough for the Harper government.
We can assume Harper was refer- book. terror” could target speech with on- tional security or belong to a mar- Is it enough for you?
ring to jihadi terrorism — not en- Two researchers, from the uni- ly vague intent. ginalized ethnic group that, over-
vironmental terrorism or white su- versities of British Columbia and And the law doesn’t like vague- seas, is protected by a certified ter- Omar Mouallem is an Edmonton-
premacist terrorism — since that Waterloo, recently assessed a pro- ness. It recoils at vagueness. It shriv- rorist organization. based writer and editor of The Yards.
No good deed goes unpunished by law enforcement
KRISTEN Correction
THOMPSON
[email protected]
In a column published on the
I’m your average Canadian: polite, Voices page on Jan. 28, Metro
apologetic and law-abiding. I like incorrectly identified a woman
that rules are in place to maintain or- killed in Winnipeg. Her name
der and fairness. is Tina Fontaine. Metro regrets
But there’s something wrong with the error.
a legal system that punishes Good
Samaritans — and by extension the
people they are trying to help. flight, a fellow passenger with
Take the recent story of a Calgary splints on her arms asked me to lift
woman who was fined $250 for giv- her carry-on into the overhead stor-
ing her transit pass to a man who was age. A flight attendant put a quick
down on his luck. The woman, who stop to this, informing us that no one
had two passes, says she was trying to except the passenger was permitted
be generous by gifting her pass to to lift luggage on the plane. Neither
someone in need. A transit officer of us was fined, obviously, but it was
fined them both. another case of hard-and-fast rule-
“It’s not about the money or the following that seemed ridiculous
fine but about the way David was given the situation.
treated,” the woman told Metro in a We, the rule followers and rule
recent interview. “Calgary is suppos- enforcers, need to ask ourselves two
ed to be a place where we look out for questions: first, who are these laws
each other.” protecting? Anyone? No one? And
She’s right. Rules, 99 per cent of Sgt. Al Lerner speaks with Arnold Abbott, a 90-year-old chef, as he warns him that he will be cited for feeding the homeless in violation of a who are these laws hurting? The
the time, should be enforced. But if city law in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. in November. JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES FILE needy? The giving?
we can’t make exceptions for those Rules are there to protect us, to
cases when mistakes are made or A Toronto restaurant that caters Then there are the municipalities, ate outdoors. In that city, a 90-year- make the world better and safer. But
when a broken rule helps give some- to disabled diners is facing tens of at least 30 in the U.S., that are crack- old man — who along with two min- zero-tolerance policies are missing
one a boost, then we’ve become au- thousands of dollars in fines from ing down on food-distribution pro- isters has been feeding the homeless the point, and when our laws hurt
tomatons with no capacity for discre- the city because a newly built ramp grams for the homeless. In a shocking in public for 23 years now — faces jail rather then help, they are not really
tion and compassion. violates a bylaw by several centi- example of NIMBYism, Fort Lauder- time and a fine for the crime of hand- doing their job.
The enforcement of draconian metres. Rules are rules, says the city, dale, Fla., “feeding sites” must now be ing out food to the hungry.
rules — simply because they are and the expensive ramp must be dis- more than 500 feet away from resi- I’ve run into similar situations on Follow Kristen Thompson on Twitter
rules — happens a lot. mantled. dential properties and must not oper- a much smaller scale. On a recent @KristenThom
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Gossip
NED EHRBAR
METRO’S
TAKE ON THE
WORLD OF
CELEBRITIES
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Lindsay Lohan
More legal woes
N for Lindsay Lohan
Did Lindsay Lohan forget was assigned for her 2012
some of her court-mandat- reckless driving case. Santa
ed obligations when she Monica Chief Deputy City
E
packed up and moved to Attorney Terry White says he
London last year? That’s doubts Lohan completed 80
what prosecutors worry, hours of community service
and they may be looking in nine days as documenta-
C to lock her up if she can’t tion presented by Lohan’s at-
prove she’s completed the torney on Wednesday claims.
240 hours of court-mandat- WITH FILES FROM THE ASSOCIATED
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Grammy nominee Sam
Gabrielle Union makes Smith reveals his desires
to be a pop star — but not,
you know, be a pop star.
If that makes any sense.
us all feel really old
“I don’t want to lose my
mind or my humour. I
want to be a pop star, but
I also don’t want to be a
Being Mary Jane star Gabri- talking about what she as when she filmed it. Why pop star,” he says. “I will
elle Union takes issue with an actress and celebrity has would anyone be talking never act like some of the
some of the tactics of those to offer, and not what her about rebooting it? current pop stars have
reporting on Hollywood. uterus has to offer, because Anyway, hypothetically acted toward me. We can
“The fact that I can do a that’s just weird. speaking, here’s what she be friends, you know?
press junket for a movie But she has some other thinks: For her role? Keke We can. It’s not a com-
and people ask what’s things to talk about, too, Palmer, with Dakota Fan- petition. There’s space
happening in my uterus like how she would cast a ning taking over the Kirs- for all of us.” Frustrat-
says a lot,” she tells Yahoo reboot of Bring It On. ten Dunst role and Selena ingly, he does not name
Style. Wait, hold on, that Gomez stepping into Eliza names, but who wants
“They want 110 per cent movie is 15 years old, and Dushku’s “bad-girl role.” to make guesses as to
of what you have to offer.” Union still looks pretty Way to make us all feel old, which divas he’s talking
I sincerely hope she’s much the same as she did Gabrielle. about? Sam Smith