Metro Winnipeg - January 4, 2016

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Domestic attack
The Winnipeg Jets’ Mark
Scheifele looks at the
puck deflected by Ducks
goalie John Gibson in
Anaheim on Sunday. ‘extreme’: Police
JAE C. HONG/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ASSAULT CHARGES Michalyshen said the man forced the
Man rams vehicle woman into her car and drove around
with her before smashing it into the
into parked semi semi on the corner of Arlington and
St. Matthews Avenue. He ran away,
in alleged attempt
leaving her injured in the passenger
to harm wife side of the vehicle.
She was rescued by emergency
personnel using the jaws of life and
Elisha taken to hospital, where she is in
Dacey stable condition.
Metro | Winnipeg At about 11:40 p.m., police tracked
down Christopher Rutherford, 31,
Winnipeg police made the rare move and charged him with attempted
Sunday to detail charges in a domes- murder, two counts of assault caus-
tic assault after what they called ‘ex- ing bodily harm and uttering threats,
treme’ circumstances. forcible confinement, kidnapping,
Const. Jason Michalyshen said a overcoming resistance by attempting
man was arrested after he forcibly to choke, suffocate or strangle another
confined his common-law wife, 22, person, dangerous operation of a mo-
in her car, kidnapped her, threatened tor vehicle and five counts of failing
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS to kill her and relatives then delib- to comply with the protection order.
erately drove her car into a parked “In light of the unique and ex-
semi, trapping her inside. treme circumstance the decision
The man was under a protection was made to make this public,” said
order not to have contact with her, Michalyshen. “Domestic-related mat-
Jets activate Mark Scheifele from said Michalyshen. ters we don’t typically make public…
The ordeal began New Year’s Day at but after speaking with investigators
injured reserve, but fall 4-1 to Ducks about 2 a.m. when the couple started and in light of the (attempted mur-
arguing outside of a nightclub in der) charge… we certainly wanted to
the 500 block of Portage Avenue. acknowledge this.”
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GOSSIP 11
Your essential daily news Judge rules Bill Cosby’s wife, Camille, must testify in civil case against him.
Province’s first openly gay HOWARD PAWLEY
Flags
lowered
MLA looks back on career
for former
premier
POLITICS by wide margins in three sub- Howard Pawley is being remem-
Jim Rondeau sequent elections. bered as a small-town lawyer
“In the four elections I ran, who rose to become Manitoba’s
leaving politics two people brought it up in second NDP premier and one of
a negative sense,” he said. “I the central figures behind the
after 16 years
was pleasantly surprised that province’s public auto insurance
it wasn’t an issue.” system.
The early 2000s were not that Rondeau quickly developed Funeral details are pending
long ago, but seem like a differ- a reputation as a hard worker after he died Wednesday at the
ent era to Jim Rondeau. who kept in close touch with age of 81.
Back then, Manitoba’s first his constituents. He was ten- Prime Min-
openly gay legislature member acious when he had a goal in ister Justin
sat on the government’s back- mind and same-sex rights was Trudeau said
bench and watched opposition but one of his aims. Pawley was a
politicians vote against his right Jennifer Howard is a longtime remarkable
to adopt children, enjoy spousal NDP activist who worked in ad- Canadian,
benefits and have other rights visory roles for the government widely re-
equal to heterosexuals. during Rondeau’s first term and spected for his
“Even though the (Progres- would be elected to the legisla- championing
sive) Conservatives said each ture in 2007. She remembers of human
person had their own option to a groundswell of support for rights, social HANDOUT
vote how they wanted — it was same-sex rights from the party’s justice and
a matter of conscience — I was grassroots. There were some economic development.
really upset that not one Tory New Democrats who resisted Flags at the Manitoba legisla-
voted for it,” Rondeau said in an the push, including those who ture and at city hall in Windsor,
interview at his home. thought the party was moving Ont., were lowered to half-mast.
He was referring to a 2002 bill too quickly and risking a politic- Pawley taught law and political
in the legislature that extended al cost. But Rondeau, along with science at the University of Wind-
equal rights to same-sex couples. Justice Minister Gord Mackin- sor after he left politics.
“It bothered me because ... a tosh, were among the politicians It was while in law school that
number of Tories that I know who saw the effort through. Pawley met and married Adele
personally and get along with Jim Rondeau and his partner, Dennis Tam. THE CANADIAN PRESS “Jim was a huge part of com- Schreyer — the cousin of future
didn’t stand up for the law ... I municating ... and making the Manitoba NDP premier Ed Schrey-
think in spirit they would have. I’ll also have a bit more time to he started. He is used to uphill case why these rights were im- er. It was Schreyer who talked
It’s just politically, they didn’t.” battles. portant,” Howard said. him into running provincially
relax. I like politics and long
Rondeau watched as people The former teacher ran for a “When I look at the Christ- in Selkirk, a riding he held for
at public hearings said same-sex days, but I also like walking my legislature seat in 1999 in what mas calendar I sent out this almost 20 years. Pawley served
couples like him and his part- dog. Jim Rondeau was then a Tory stronghold — a year, there’s a picture of me as public works and urban affairs
ner, Dennis Tam, should not be suburban Winnipeg seat called and my wife and our children minister and as attorney general
given equal rights. Assiniboia. He didn’t make an on there. And I know that with- under Schreyer.
“It was very stressful,” Tam what is right.”’ tion — was legalized. effort to highlight his sexual out the work of people like Jim, His major achievement was
recalled. “I asked Jim, ‘How The bill passed, thanks to Now 56, Rondeau is prepar- orientation, but didn’t hide it and Gord Mackintosh, probably following Saskatchewan’s lead to
do you deal with very difficult the NDP’s majority, and soon ing to leave his 16-year political either. that picture wouldn’t be on that give his province Canada’s second
topics such as this?’ And what afterward same-sex marriage — career behind, knowing things He won the seat in a very Christmas card.” government-run auto insurance
he told me is, ‘You have to do an issue under federal jurisdic- are a lot different than when close race, then was re-elected THE CANADIAN PRESS system. THE CANADIAN PRESS
4 Winnipeg
GET FIT
FOR 2016
Raven ThunderSky called for an inquiry into Zonolite insulation. CONTRIBUTED
Activist dies of cancer
ADVOCACY mined vermiculate and found in an interview Sunday.
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Disease linked to contain naturally occurring Zonolite insulation was used
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to asbestos she ThunderSky was also critic- and on First Nations reserves.
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al when a settlement was of- Mesothelioma is a rare type
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against the American company with exposure to asbestos. The
A Manitoba advocate for people that made Zonolite, saying the World Health Organization
PROGRAM TODAY! Only $6499 who suffered from illnesses amount wouldn’t begin to cov- maintains all types of asbestos
linked to vermiculite insula- er the costs of removing the can cause lung cancer, meso-
tion has died of a cancer closely insulation from homes. thelioma, cancer of the larynx
(reg. $6999) associated with asbestos, her Zonolite was popular in Can- and ovary and asbestosis.
daughter says. ada from the 1950s until the ThunderSky was also active
Raven ThunderSky grew up 1980s, and homeowners were in campaigning for a national
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sulation and lost several family late 1970s until the early 1980s. Gobeil said her mother was
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members to related illnesses. “In the past eight weeks it too ill to fully comprehend
Her daughter, Raven-Domi- kind of got the best of her, and the announcement earlier this
nique Gobeil, says Thunder- in the past two weeks she was month by the federal Liberal
FROM BEGINNER TO MARATHON,
Sky died on Christmas Eve of just bedridden,” Gobeil said of government that an inquiry
FIND A PROGRAM NEAR YOU mesothelioma at the age of 50. her mother’s illness, noting will be held. But she said
In 2008, ThunderSky said she chose to spend her final she was able to understand
she wrote then-prime minister moments at home. when a second-degree murder
Stephen Harper asking for a “Hospitals are where her charge was announced in the
Regent public inquiry into Zonolite, sisters and parents died, and death of 15-year-old Tina Fon-
the insulation that was fre- she decided she didn’t want taine, whose body was found
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Red River in 2014.
– Learn to Run(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:23)(cid:87)(cid:75) – 10 KM(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:23)(cid:87)(cid:75) Even if her activism brought
“Even if her activism
– For Women Only(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:25)(cid:87)(cid:75) – Half Marathon(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:21)(cid:20)(cid:86)(cid:87) closure to one family, that’s one brought closure to one family,
– 5 KM(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:23)(cid:87)(cid:75) – Marathon(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:28)(cid:87)(cid:75) family that can rest easy. that’s one family that can rest
easy and doesn’t have to won-
Kenaston Village Mall Raven-Dominique Gobeil, daughter der forever,” Gobeil said.
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LEN EVANS
– Learn to Run(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:20)(cid:87)(cid:75) – Half Marathon(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:28)(cid:87)(cid:75)
Long-time NDP MLA passes away
– 5 KM(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:20)(cid:87)(cid:75) – Marathon(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:21)(cid:22)(cid:85)(cid:71)
– 10 KM(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:22)(cid:87)(cid:75)
A former economics instructor ceremony that when he first ran of the cars for a better look at
who served in the Manitoba for election in 1969, he wasn’t a pillar.
Pembina Village Shopping Centre
legislature for 30 years has died. expecting to win and informed He said Borowski was con-
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in a news release that Len Evans to his job teaching economics needed and gave Evans a choice
– Learn to Run(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:23)(cid:87)(cid:75) – Half Marathon(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:28)(cid:87)(cid:75) has died. at Brandon University when — a four-lane bridge right away
– 5 KM(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:23)(cid:87)(cid:75) – Marathon(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:28)(cid:87)(cid:75) Evans served as the member the campaign was over. or a two-lane bridge now and
for Brandon East from 1969 Evans also recounted a story another later.
– 10 KM(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:23)(cid:87)(cid:75)
to 1999 and also served as a from his first year as an MLA “Using the old adage that a
cabinet minister in the gov- during the speech, when he bird in the hand is worth two
ernments of former NDP pre- showed then-highways-minister in the bush, I said, ‘Joe, we will
miers Ed Schreyer and Howard Joe Borowski the crumbling take a four-lane bridge right
Pawley. state of the First Street Bridge in now.’ And indeed we did not
(cid:53)(cid:88)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:68)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:69)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:73)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:71)(cid:88)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:82)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:92)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:3)
In 2010, Assiniboine Com- Brandon. At one point, he said have to wait long for construc-
(cid:90)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:54)(cid:87)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:909)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:76)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:87)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:82)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:86)(cid:76)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:73)(cid:85)(cid:82)(cid:80)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:78)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:85)(cid:88)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:3) munity College’s new trades Borowski convinced a railway tion to start,” Evans said.
(cid:87)(cid:68)(cid:78)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:92)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:564)(cid:87)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:91)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:76)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:3)(cid:79)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:82)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:4) and technology campus in Bran- crew to stop shunting boxcars Funeral services for Evans
don was named in his honour. underneath the bridge so he haven’t been confirmed yet.
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6 Monday, January 4, 2016 Winnipeg
POLITICS
NDP loyalty pledge
nixed as ‘unwise’
A mystery in Manitoba politics For instance, no one is say-
has been solved: The NDP cau- ing how many people signed it.
cus loyalty pledge is no more. Altemeyer did not reply to
Two government backbench- a request for comment. Gaud-
ers, Rob Altemeyer and Dave reau said the whole matter is
Gaudreau, came up with the behind him.
pledge last spring after a bit- “The pledge is all in the past.
ter leadership crisis divided We have moved forward as a
the caucus. team,” he wrote in an email.
They asked their colleagues The pledge followed an in-
to sign the oath, which re- ternal revolt that saw Selinger
quired them to swear that hang on to his job by a 33-vote
they had not leaked secrets margin at a party convention
to the media, and hung it in last March. Caucus secrets had
the caucus room. been spilling out to reporters
Premier Greg Selinger says for weeks. THE CANADIAN PRESS
the two backbenchers realized
the error of their ways.
“They were overly enthusi-
astic in their pursuit of that The pledge is all Grand Chief Sheila North Wilson said funding is only part of the problem of policing on remote reserves. APTN/HANDOUT
and I think they understood
after that it was unwise,” Sel- in the past. We Bolster band policing,
inger said. have moved
While the fate of the pledge forward as a team.
has been revealed, some ques-
tions remain. Rob Altemeyer
First Nations urge AG
TASK FORCE
Provincial voting
age may be lowered LAW ENFORCEMENT was “horribly perverse.” RCMP,” she suggested.
Critics cite bad “Federal government statis- “They don’t really have a
tics show that northern Mani- lot of authority in detaining
The Manitoba government’s lot of good ideas,” Selinger said. statistics since toba has about five times the Not acceptable. when they need to and arrest-
plan to revamp the electoral Selinger recently announced crime rate as the south and First Nations ing people when they need to
program ended
system could lead to a younger that an all-party task force is to indigenous Manitobans are deserve better. for the safety of the commun-
voting age. examine possible electoral chan- nine times more likely to be ity. They don’t have the juris-
Gord Mackintosh
Premier Greg Selinger says ges, including whether the cur- Manitoba’s attorney general victimized,” Mackintosh said. diction any more...
he is keeping an open mind rent first-past-the-post approach says he will be pushing for Some 31 communities in “Band constables are poten-
and awaiting consultations, but should be replaced. That system more federal money to help Manitoba relied on band con- Grand Chief Sheila North tially violating the Criminal
believes there are upsides to can allow a party to win a ma- bolster front-line First Nations stables before the program end- Wilson, who heads Manitoba Code every time they detain a
letting people under 18 vote. jority of seats with less than 40 policing on remote reserves. ed in 2015. The province has Keewatinowi Okimakanak person. If this was happening
“I think there’s even an argu- per cent of the popular vote. Gord Mackintosh says the stepped in with its own version and represents northern First in urban and other rural com-
ment to look at a lower voting Selinger would not express a previous Conservative govern- of the program, but First Na- Nations, said funding is only munities ... this would not be
age, or participation earlier. A preference for alternatives such ment’s decision to freeze the tions say the new safety officers part of the problem. Band con- acceptable to any municipal-
lot of students I meet — young as proportional representation indigenous policing budget for have fewer powers, don’t have stables have been demoted to ity, so this is not acceptable
people — are very interested in or a preferential ballot. almost a decade before cancel- the same relationship with the “safety officers” who are sim- for our First Nations as well.”
the political process and bring a THE CANADIAN PRESS ling a band constable program RCMP and are poorly funded. ply “the eyes and ears of the THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Winnipeg Monday, January 4, 2016 7
OPPOSITION LEADER
Pallister
pledges
to slash
cabinet
Manitoba Opposition Leader
Brian Pallister is promising to
cut the number of cabinet min-
isters if he becomes premier, but
he’s not saying which portfolios
he would axe.
Pallister has said he would
downsize the 19-member cab-
inet by about one-third, to
streamline administration and
reduce costs.
“There will be some reduc-
tions, of course, as well in senior
staff — deputy ministers and so
on,” Pallister said.
He wouldn’t specify which
cabinet positions could go. He
suggested some ministers could
take on more portfolios or some
departments might be merged.
The NDP government has Const. Jason Michalyshen said a 21-year-old man and 16-year-old girl went on a two-day crime bender starting Dec. 31 and ending Jan. 2. ELISHA DACEY/METRO
created a few new ministerial
posts since taking power in Charges laid in violent spree
1999. Healthy Living was carved
out of the Health Department.
Children and Youth Opportun-
ities was created by combining
programs from a number of dif-
ferent existing ministries. CRIMINAL OFFENCES girl after a string of robberies, robbed another cab driver on timization,” said Michalyshen
“No disrespect meant to the Two arrested threats and stabbings starting William Avenue and Isabel Street Sunday. “Thankfully we’re not
people who work in those de- New Year’s Eve and ending Jan. 2. These individuals before calling it a night, said talking about serious injuries,
partments,” Pallister said. “Some after string of Const. Jason Michalyshen said Michalyshen. but there’s no question, between
were active
call those billboard ministries it started on Dec. 31 at about 1:20 On Saturday, police said, the our cab drivers, the damage to
robberies and
— an attempt to create a sense a.m., where a young man and a and certainly pair walked to a convenience property, the owners of those
that the government was ac- stabbings teenager robbed and threatened motivated. store at about 7:30 p.m. on Wil- vehicles being confronted and
tually doing something when to kill a cab driver on William liam Avenue and Isabel Street ultimately a customer at a con-
really they were just creating Avenue and Ellen Street. Const. Jason Michalyshen on and tried to force a female cus- venience store...”
a name on a door.” Elisha The next day, the man robbed the antics of both suspects tomer to buy them something. Kevin Schoffer, 21, has been
Premier Greg Selinger said Dacey and stabbed a cab driver on Elgin When she refused, they left charged with 27 total offences,
any government that tries to Metro | Winnipeg Avenue and Gertie Street, leav- confronted, before moving on the area, but not before police including robbery, assault with
operate with six fewer ministers ing the cabbie with minor upper to numerous parked vehicles on caught up to them near Isabel a weapon and uttering threats.
would have to cut back on its It’s 27 examples of how not to body injuries. Elgin Avenue and Ellen Street. He Street and Bannatyne Avenue a The 16-year-old girl was also
interaction with stakeholders start the New Year. The man then damaged a car then stabbed an area resident, little while later. charged with robbery, assault
and the public. Winnipeg police say they have on Elgin Avene and threatened leaving him with minor injuries. “In a very short period of with a weapon and uttering
THE CANADIAN PRESS arrested a man and a 16-year-old to kill the owner after being Not satisfied, the man then time, (there was) significant vic- threats. Both are in custody.
RENTAL WEBSITES
False Kijiji ad stuns homeowners Feel protected
with Rental
A Winnipeg woman has a who told her to contact Kijiji Although her ordeal appears Vehicle
warning for other homeowners and have the ad removed. to be over, Descartes said she
after she found her house list- The listing turned up on sev- feels violated. Insurance.
ed for rent on the Internet. eral other rental sites, which “This is my home,” she said.
Last week, Jeni Descartes Descartes also contacted. Descartes encourages other
said, her husband asked her Descartes said she keeps homeowners to check Kijiji
why their home was listed wondering what she will do and other rental sites to ensure Renting or borrowing
on Kijiji. if a family of renters turns up their homes are not listed for
a vehicle? Get the
Descartes contacted police, on the doorstep. rent. THE CANADIAN PRESS
best financial
IN BRIEF protection at the
lowest price.
Family jumps to escape fire the ground when EMS ar- peg Thursday afternoon.
A man and a woman had to rived. Correctional Service Can- Ask your Autopac
jump with their baby to es- The woman and baby had ada says Jacques Larente agent about Rental Vehicle
cape a fire in Winnipeg. minor smoke inhalation, and had escaped during an es- Insurance today.
Officials say a man and a the man had a broken leg. corted medical leave from
woman carrying a four- THE CANADIAN PRESS the Stony Mountain Institu-
month-old child jumped tion just before 3 p.m.
from a second-floor down- Briefly escaped prisoner Winnipeg police were
town apartment window on quickly recaptured notified and they arrested
New Year’s Day. A prisoner is back behind bars Larente at about 4:40 p.m.
They were found lying on after a brief escape in Winni- THE CANADIAN PRESS
8 Monday, January 4, 2016 Canada
Concern over vital roads POLITICS
Liberal
MP enters
wellness
INFRASTRUCTURE
First Nations program
There will be
leaders zero in
no road if we
on impact of
don’t have an N e w l y
climate change opportunity elected
Liberal MP
to speak for and former
Wonky weather conditions are ourselves on the broadcast
prompting aboriginal leaders journal-
issue of climate
to raise concerns about the ist Seamus
impact of climate change on change. O’Regan
winter roads, which serve as Isadore Day, the Ontario says he has
lifelines for food, fuel and entered a Seamus O’Regan
regional chief for the
ontohrtehr enrnec ceosmsitmieusn iinti esse.veral Assembly of First Nations wpreoglrlanme stos TPHREES CSA FNILAED IAN
Isadore Day, the Ontario adopt “an
regional chief for the Assem- The Canadian Press. alcohol-free lifestyle.”
bly of First Nations, said the “I think it is very worrying O’Regan, who hosted CTV’s
reliability of the northern win- and I think that as we look Canada AM for nearly a decade,
ter road network is in jeop- not only to Ontario but to announced from his Twitter ac-
ardy in his province. Manitoba, the proposals for count on Sunday that he had
“The winter roads have es- Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day is calling for a proper road network into the north. the eastern road there, it is checked into the program over
sentially become a way of life THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE something that we are looking the holiday break.
for the communities and now at and knowing that we’ve got “I’ve decided after consulta-
they can’t rely on those winter summit in Paris, Day said. First Nations communities, front line and this is where to build the kind of resilient tion with family that I can be
roads,” Day said, noting the He said if people want access said money needs to be in- the action needs to be taking infrastructure that will deal most effective as a Member of
network is used to offset the into the north, the only viable vested in sustainable infra- place now.” with the changing climate.” Parliament by adopting an al-
cost to bring essential goods way now is to have a proper structure. There is “every evidence” The federal Liberal govern- cohol free lifestyle,” O’Regan
to fly-in reserves by air. road network. There has been a long- Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples ment is open to examining the tweeted. He added he will re-
The problem exemplifies NDP indigenous affairs crit- standing push for permanent are indeed on the front lines impacts of the issue to allow turn to his duties as a MP for St.
why there was outcry from ic Charlie Angus, who repre- roads but climate change has of climate change, Indigenous for a long-term strategy to John’s South-Mount Pearl be-
First Nations during the re- sents a northern Ontario rid- made the issue much more Affairs Minister Carolyn Ben- be developed, Bennett added. fore Parliament resumes later
cent COP21 climate change ing that includes a number of pressing, he noted. “This is the nett said in an interview with THE CANADIAN PRESS this month. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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World Monday, January 4, 2016 9
Armed protesters
IEUdROPeE a of no
borders
call out for militias
crumbles
Since it opened in 2000, the Ores-
und bridge between Sweden and OREGON is located. eral government over the use
Denmark has been a towering Standoff is over Bundy and other militia of public lands. Critics of the
symbol of European integra- members came to Burns last push for more local control
local control
tion and hassle-free travel across month, a small town 450 kilo- have said the federal govern-
borders. of public land metres southeast of Portland, ment should administer the
On Monday, new travel restric- Ore. They were upset over the public lands for the widest
tions imposed by Sweden to stem looming prison sentences for possible uses, including en-
a record flow of migrants are The remote high desert of east- local ranchers Dwight and Ste- vironmental and recreation.
transforming the bridge into a ern Oregon became the latest ven Hammond. They went to In an interview posted on
striking example of how national flashpoint for anti-government the wildlife refuge Saturday Facebook, Bundy said he and
boundaries are re-emerging. A sentiment as armed protesters following a rally to support others are occupying a build-
year of clampdowns on migra- occupied a national wildlife the ranchers. ing at the refuge because “the
tion and terrorism has all but refuge to object to a prison Dwight Hammond, 73, and people have been abused long
killed the idea of a borderless sentence for local ranchers for Steven Hammond, 46, said they enough.” He said the group
Europe where you could drive or burning federal land. lit the fires on federal land in planned to stay indefinitely.
train-hop from Spain to Norway Ammon Bundy — the son 2001 and 2006 to reduce the Dwight Hammond has said
without showing your passport. of Nevada rancher Cliven growth of invasive plants and he and his son plan to report
“We’re turning back the Bundy, who was involved in protect their property from to prison Monday as ordered.
clock,” said Andreas Onnerfors, a 2014 standoff with the gov- wildfires. The two were con- Harney County Sheriff Dave
an associate professor in intel- ernment over grazing rights — victed of the arsons three years Ward said the armed protest-
lectual history. “We’re going was among the people at the ago and served time — the ers came under false pretenses.
back to a time when the bridge headquarters of the Malheur father three months, the son “These men came to Harney
didn’t exist,” he said, referring National Wildlife Refuge. It was one year. But a federal judge County claiming to be part
to new ID checkpoints. unclear how many people were ruled in October that their of militia groups supporting
The move is meant to stop taking part in the protests. terms were too short under local ranchers, when in real-
undocumented migrants from Ammon Bundy posted a U.S. minimum-sentencing law ity these men had alternative
reaching Sweden, which re- video on his Facebook page and ordered them back to pris- motives to attempt to over-
versed its open-door policy after asking for militia members to on for about four years each. throw the county and federal
receiving more than 160,000 come help him. He said “this is The decision generated government in hopes to spark Protesters march in support of an Oregon ranching family fa-
asylum-seekers last year, mainly not a time to stand down. It’s a controversy and is part of a a movement across the United cing jail for arson. Family members have served time but a judge
from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. time to stand up and come to decades-long dispute between States,” he said in a statement. ruled the terms were too short and ordered them back to prison
It follows the reintroduction Harney County,” where Burns some Westerners and the fed- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS for about four years each. LES ZAITZ/THE OREGONIAN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
of border checks in Germany,
Austria, France, Belgium and
other countries in what’s sup-
posed to be a passport-free travel
zone spanning 26 nations.
The moves are supposedly
temporary, but are likely to be
extended if Europe’s migrant
crisis continues in 2016.
“It’s basically every coun-
try for itself now,” said Mark
Rhinard, an expert on the Euro-
pean Union.
It’s a significant development
that strikes at the heart of the EU
Join Our
project — the free movement of Iranians protest against the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr,
goods and people across borders. a Shiite cleric in Saudi Arabia. VAHID SALEMI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Greece’s coast guard says 217 Community of Care
migrants have been rescued by SDIPLaOMAuCY di Arabia cuts
authorities since the start of 2016 and become
in four separate incidents. The
first casualty of the year, a boy, its ties with Iran a Kinship or
died on Saturday when an inflat-
able dinghy carrying 40 people Foster Family.
was thrown into rocks off the
Greek island of Agathonisi. The Saudi Arabia announced Sun- gest in three and a half dec-
others were rescued, including day it was severing diplomatic ades — laid bare the sectarian
Call
a woman who had been thrown relations with Shiite power- divisions gripping the region
at sea during the crash. house Iran amid escalating as demonstrators took to the
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS tensions over the Sunni king- streets from Bahrain to Pak-
dom’s execution of a promin- istan in protest.
for more
ent Shiite cleric. It also illustrated the king-
The move came hours after dom’s new aggressiveness
information or visit
protesters stormed and set fire under King Salman. During
to the Saudi Embassy in Teh- his reign, Saudi Arabia has
ran and followed harsh criti- led a coalition fighting Shiite
cism by Iran’s top leader of the rebels in Yemen and staunchly
Saudis’ execution of Sheikh opposed regional Shiite power
Nimr al-Nimr. Iran, even as Tehran struck a
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel nuclear deal with world pow-
al-Jubeir said Iranian diplo- ers.
matic personnel had 48 hours Al-Nimr was a central fig-
to leave his country and Saudi ure in Arab Spring-inspired
diplomatic staff in Iran were protests by Saudi Arabia’s Shi-
Clampdowns on migration, called home. ite minority until his arrest
terrorism have set back the The mass execution of al- in 2012.
EU project. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Nimr and 46 others — the lar- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
10 Monday, January 4, 2016 Business
Making it on social media ENERGY
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$20,000. Rob Fishman, who late foreign languages online
co-founded digital-advertising wants to make it easier to
When online personality Es- group Niche, says the top cre- weigh the costs and benefits
sena O’Neill “quit” social ators can receive $50,000 for of installing solar panels on
media, she gained a wave of one six-second clip. household rooftops.
media coverage. The 19-year- Google is rolling out a new
old Australian said she earned INSTAGRAM: Users can make online service that quickly tal-
close to $2,000 per post on her money from gaining followings lies up considerations of going
social-media channels without and offering that audience to solar and whether homeowners
being a conventional celebrity. advertisers. Typically, creators should consider buying or leas-
South Korean singer Psy make money on the platform ing photovoltaic panels costing
earned $5.9 million for his through product placement or thousands of dollars. Google’s
viral hit, Gangnam Style. The being hired to garner publicity Project Sunroof combines the
number of YouTube channels by posting event photos. eye-in-the-sky images behind
earning six figures is up 50 per How much can you make? Google Earth with calculations
cent from 2014, according to Canadian style, fashion and on how much shade trees cast
a company spokesman. travel blogger Ania Boniecka, over a rooftop, data on local
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making a living online. How followers, said a single photo pricing and available subsidies
much are they banking — and could net her $500. Anthony to arrive at its bottom line.
how are they cashing in? Essena O’Neill said she earned close to $2,000 per social-media post before she “quit” the Danielle, co-founder of the Mo- Interested potential custom-
platforms. ESSENA O’NEILL/INSTAGRAM bile Media Lab agency, has said ers are referred to solar-panel
YOUTUBE: If you create your more than 100,000 followers installers for further follow-up,
own content, you can become edy group TrueNuff.tv said he scraping by” and the money stopped creators from earning can net $700 to $900. More cutting their marketing costs,
a YouTube partner and receive received about $1.57 per 1,000 was “unpredictable” and “not six-figure salaries. Mainstream than 500,000 followers could said Carl Elkin, the senior soft-
a small percentage of ad rev- views. But not all are so suc- enough to live.” brands are increasingly turn- be worth $2,000 to $3,000, and ware engineer behind the ser-
enue from clips before your cessful. Gaby Dunn of com- ing to Vine stars for content $4,000 is the most Instagram- vice. “We at Google believe in
video or on in-video banners. edy channel Just Between Us, VINE: The short-form video creation to engage with users mers have been paid, says a solar energy. The solar industry
How much can you make? which has 500,000 subscribers, platform doesn’t run ads as naturally as possible. Yahoo article. needs our help,” he said.
James Dodds III of sketch com- recently wrote they are “barely like Youtube, but that hasn’t How much can you make? TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Food co-operatives becoming a rarity
Food co-operative programs twined with the do-it-yourself co-ops in an age when even with little capital.
that allow members to scoop idealism that launched a wave strip-mall supermarkets sell The larger issue weighing
rice, sort organic vegetables of co-ops in the ’70s. But they locally grown produce. on the board at Honest Weight
and ring up sales in return for have become rare. Working member programs and other co-ops is the fear that
grocery discounts are fading At Honest Weight Food were a basic feature of co-ops, labour officials could classify
fast amid a changing market- Co-Op in Albany, N.Y., an ef- launched decades ago during their working members as em-
place and fears of violating fort to drop its volunteer pro- a flush of interest in natural ployees rather than volunteers,
labour laws. gram has riled members. Sup- living and alternatives to big leaving them open to charges
The “member labour” or porters say the involvement of capitalism. The programs of- they are violating minimum- Shoppers fill containers in the bulk department at Honest
volunteer programs are inter- member-owners differentiates fered cheap labour for stores wage rules. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weight Food Co-Op in Albany, N.Y. MIKE GROLL/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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