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~~ CANADA'S rat )2— (os PE ’ VERSION OF BREAKING BAD Except with drug-smuggling Get CheckedManitobaca Mennonites metroLIFE @e@00 Why songbirds hate the suburbs metroSCIENCE Your essential daily news | WEEKEND, JANUARY 6-8, 2017 High -19°C/Low -27°C Stillsocold © @ Credit card +3 = ceasefire { ae period in Montreal Thursday. evan its phaseout of Visa to all of its 400 Walmart, Visa call mark gps band truce in half-year t one point Visa offered in Manitoba a reward battle over fees for buying their groceries somewhere other than Walmart. It launched an Comporate behemoths Walmart Canada advertising campaign in November and Vist have declared truce in their offering Manitoba Visa cardholders a dispute over merchant fees, allowing $10 credit if they spent $50 or more Walmart customers in Manitoba and — at grocery stores. 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Visa previously said it had offered ‘That set off a widely watched battle Walmart one of the lowest rates for within the retail sector that intensified any merchant in the country, and that inyully ofan Var is 16 thet aher merts woul ant Canada falls to the U.S. in a shootout at the world junior championship, metroSPORTS stores in Manitoba, The retail giant had said it was planning to expand nic cy THIS WEEKEND! JANUARY JANUARY news THINGS GOING ON sbi THE CITY THIS WEEKEND JESSICA BOTELHO-URBANSKI/FOR METRO Last chance e for Nonsuch Not ready to let go of the holidays yet? Stop by the Manitoba Museum over the weekend for a trip back to the Christmas era of 17th-century England while exploring the Nonsuch Gallery. Its the last chance this ‘season to sneak a peek at the cargo hold of the massive replica of a ship that sailed the Hudson Bay. Visiting hours are 1 tod p.m. Friday through Sunday, @ Musical dreamteam Million Dollar Quartet spotlights an actual meeting of sic rock royalty one night in 1956 when Sun Records founder Sam Philips brought together Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis for an impromptu riff, The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre musical runs until Jan. 28 at RMTC (174 Market Ave.) © First First Friday of the Year © Snowshoe Saturdays The monthly Exchange District free-for-all is back for 2017, -.and Sundays Gelecrrang crlous Otoolars inede gassta Only in Winnipeg could you find two regular snowshoeing and. stores events to attend. On Saturdays, Fort Whyte Alive hosts 2 until late on guided snowshoe tour from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Admission the frst Friday is free, while snowshoe rentals cost extra. On the first and last night of each Sunday of each month, the Living Prairie Museum will be open month. A few from 10 a.m. to 4 pum. (weather permitting) with snowshoe new art shows rentals on site open Friday, including solo exhibit of drawings and prints by Montreal-based d _ Winnipeg's Contemporary of mediums alongside dance, artist Jeanette Dancers’ newest show is a including original music by Johns — To ig worid premiere froma local Shirley and Will Grieson, live Step is to Rise choreographer. upright bass performed by ~ at Lisa Kehler f Directed by Brent Lott, As Ashley Au, video by jaymze Art + Projects vei Though | Had Wings drew and poetry by Jaik Josephson. (171 MeDermot sunk inspiration from poetry, art, Performances start at 8 Ave.) and an social activism and events p.m. and run Jan. 5 to 8 at exhibit of indigenous beadwork, The Life of Beads, by Maureen surrounding the AIDS the Rachel Browne Theatre Matthews at MAWA (611 Main St). epidemic. 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To even have a hope, the Jets need to get out of survival ‘mode, and simply win more in the second hal. Matching their first-half pace ‘will equal just slim playoff chan. ces at best (0.3 per cent), and another team making a stronger push (such as Vancouver, Dal las or Los Angeles) could send Bi Jor Jones on Jets den ‘Survival.” That's how Winni ppeg Jets head coach Paul Mau- rice summed up the first half of his team’s 2016-17 season, ‘which officially concluded with a 4-1 win in Florida Wednes- day night. The victory followed another in sunny Tampa, and the back- to-back wins have set the Jets" record back to .500 (19-19-3, 41 points) ‘captain Blake Wheeler and the Iisn't great, but the road so boys to the golf course eatly. far hasn't been easy. The Jets In order to defy being de- began the season as one of the = railed that way in the last 41 league's youngest teams. And as games, the Jets need a record the team’s list of injured play < of at least 2615-6, which would ers grew, the Jets became even ss sive them onlya 16:3 per cent younger with consistent call ay ‘chance of making the playofis ‘ups from the Manitoba Moose. Winnipeg Jets centre Mark Scheifele scores against Florida Panthers goalie Roberto Luongo on Wednesday in Sunrise, Fla.The at season's end based on the Throw in some bad bounces, Jets won 4. aLawovtz/THe CANADIAN PRESS. sportsclubstats.com simula- bottom-feeding special-teams ons. performances, goal droughts second halfto get back into the _nically within reach of the post- Given the opportunity towin future wins and losses, orhow But 21-146 comes with 41.5 from veterans and statistically mix, but I believe we're close _ season — barely. or lose every remaining game well the team makes that “push per cent odds, and 22-145 earns just:passable goaltending and enough to do that,” Maurice To look at it deeper, handy in myriad combinations, the in the second half” Maurice _ them a whopping 50 per cent there was plenty for the Jets told reporters after Wednes- websites like sportsclub- team isthen givena percentage talked about, chance. to endure day's game. stats.com calculate each team's of simulated seasons in which On Thursday, sportsclubstats. So is there hope? Yes, some. The question now is whether Statistically speaking, coach odds of making the playoffs by it makes or does not make the com calculated the Jets have a But it’s clear that every game the team “survived enough,” could be right. holding the seasontodate win! playoffs 225 per cent chance of mak- and every point for the rest of as Maurice put it, to be inthe Despite being unable to loss history up against count- ‘Those odds and how they _ing the playoffs, or did so in _ the season matters for the Jets playoff race. string together wins, the scrap- less weighted simulations of change moving forward can be 22.5 per cent of the website's if they are to fight their way "We have to puta push inthe py, hitandmiss Jets are tech- the remaining schedule predicted. They adjust based on simulations of the rest of the into the playoff picture | protected ental Vehicle Insurance. 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The red ribbon had another anti-Semitic slur on it and the words “get out of neigh- bourhood Police say they are taking the inci investigating it as a hate crime but a spokesperson was not available to comment further, | metr@NEws | Winnipeg {5 Winter carnival gets second wind FesTivat Le eae See? Group hopes Pm LL at to launch event cs next December ‘Stephanie Taylor Metro|Winnipeg A local design firm hopes to bring the energy of the 1920s back to Winnipeg by resur- recting a winter carnival that ‘once stood outside the Mani- toba Legislature. Jason Syvixay, an HTEC Plan- ning & Design planner and former staffer with the Down- town Winnipeg BIZ, says he's in preliminary talks with dif ferent local groups about how to get more people outside in the winter. One of the ideas that ‘emerged was to bring back a winter carnival — which fes- tured a giant skating rink — on the legislature grounds in the 1920s. Winnipeg Hydro Electric ice arch at Winnipeg Winter Carnival held on grounds of Manitoba legislative building, “We know that Winnipeg thinks there's appetite for a has really received a spotlight modern-day version of the when it comes to winter tour. event, ismand moreand more out of Multiple groups and spon- province visitors are looking to sors would first have to get on Winnipeg for our attractions board with the project, Syvixay in the winter,” Syvixay said on added, saying the hope is to Thursday. launch the carnival next De- “Memorial Park would be cember or January 2018. fantastic for something likea “This is an opportunity winter ice rink” to hear from the public be- Because old. grainy photos cause itis so preliminary,” he of the carnival were recently said. “We'd love to hear from shared on social media, Syvixay people.” siowort ure 50% OFF* msroccmverony . 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"You can piece together a them come up here.” said Mac- Amanda May Lingerie. “She is intense and opinion- ated, for sure,” Birgitta Pavic said from her Toronto home. ‘tissue, her friends and lawyer said, are several recent Fa- ebook posts about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, In one posted on Dec. 28, Heper accused Erdogan of jailing journalists who suggest there is evidence Turkey is supporting Daesh. a series to our country by launching Canada Week, with a peek at five Canadian cities 3.Lonely Planet named Canada the best place to travel in 2017 4. Vogue lusted over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with an intimate fone would want to go there” reallykickass weekend by what Donald, who's thrilled the US. 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The six handwritten notes were sent to Cyril Dickman, a former head steward at Buckingham Palace, during the 1980s and 1990s, mag Attacks in Baghdad kill 27 Several attacks in and around Baghdad, including a suicide car bombing in a busy commercial area after nightfall on Thursday, killed at least 27 people in a particularly brutal day in the Iraqi capital The suicide bomber, who targeted shops and food stands near a bus station in the city’s busy Bab al: Muadam area, killed 11, a police officer said. He says the bombing also wounded at least 22 people. Earlier in the day, bombings elsewhere in and around Baghdad killed at least 16 people and wounded dozens, off UNITED sTaTES Hate-crime charges mentally disabled man Four black people were charged with hate crimes Thursday in connection with a video broadcast live on Facebook that showed a mentally disabled white man being beaten and taunted, threatened with a knife and forced to drink from a toilet. The assault went on for hours, until Chicago police found the disoriented victim walking along a street. The suspects can be heard on the video using profanities against white people and Donald Trump. It's also possible that the suspects were trying to extort something from the victim's family, police said. said, led in Chicago attack on ELVIS. PRESLEY MI JOHNNY *CAS » JERRY LEE Here's your motto for 201 courtesy of the columnist Con- nie Schultz: "Your voice matters, but only if you use i” Thus, hundreds of thousands marching in Washing- ton and 47 US. states isa per fect start to the era of Trump. 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VISIT ROYALMTC.CA Your essential daily news [Napa power braine: A study of Chinese seniors found getting an hour of shut-eye in the afternoon could slow down age-related memory loss FINDINGS DECODED by Genna Buck and Andrés Plana F Your week in science ON THE VERGE OF GREAT SCIENCE 2016 was a standout year. Canadian researchers played a weighty role in observing gravitational waves for the first time, NASA's JUNO spacecraft arrived on Jupiter, and the gene-editing technology CRISPR came into its own. 2017 could be even more exciting. Here's what's on the global science agenda. MlpLuro’s PENITENTES Penitentes: spactacular spires of natural ce, stretching fsa asthe eye can soe, ate famously found in the Andes, Now York University researchers say penitentes made of methane and nitrogen are on Pato, too IMSINGLE IN THE SUBURBS Find suburbia depressing? I’sinot ust you. When humans invade their forest homes, certain songbirds — including the Pacific wren and Swainson's thrush — flee the ‘rea, fail to breed bird babies, and even “divorce” from thelr long-term mates, says a 10 year study of the Seattle area TRANS VEPTONIAN OBJECT DEFINITION A trans-Neptunian object is any object in our solar system that orbits beyond hetic Blood transfusions are a miracle of modem medicine, Before the science of blood typing became accurate and reliable in the 20th century, there wasn't much of anything to be done for someone who needed blood. But there's stil a perplexing problem —transfusions require an endless supply of healthy human volunteers willing ‘to-donate. Soon, that could change. In 2077, a British clinica trial is going to transfuse volunteers with ‘~ synthetic blood for the frst time. Because the blood ‘ cells are grown from donated stem cells, it might be more accurately called engineered or lab-grown - blood. 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The coolest part? crazy, tiny subatomic particles of our solar system. 2017 may well be remembered astheyearnelnal med fey rt cone ofthe greatest killers in the same way they get the hhuman history: Plssocium, fest ene: otra griggs but the mosquito-bomne parasite through the bite of an infected that causes malaria, Wee mosquito, The next steps are getting closer than evertoa {teat ton more people and “Malaria vaccine that actually determine how vaccinated ‘works. Andismade ofthe tients fare when exposed to {like photons, the stuff light is ‘made of) can be in more than ‘one state at the same time: (such as up, down, or both). Because of this, quantum. ‘computers have the potential to do super-complex calculations today’s computers can't handle. Untilnow, its been mostly PHILOSOPHERCAT ‘by JasonLogan ito yer 1 Secret, eden ere Seon Serine computers IRL in 2017. Both fe eone a published this week in the ‘Google and Microsoft have quantum projects in the works. 2S = =e En amis “za cy” WEEKEND Your essential dail MOVIES @ MUSIC script algorithms like Script- Richard Book, ScripThreads and Slated, Crouse Successful movie ideas don't ForMetro Canad, come from marketing depa ments or mathematical a alysis, they come from the hearts and minds of interesting storytellers. @ For every Finding Dory, Captain America or Rogue One, which all It's awards season, a heady time when the movie biz pats ifon the back for a job well done. Tuxedoes are rented, Botox injected by the gallon and hundreds of miles of red ‘carpets unfurled as industry insiders honour the best of the best with statues and speeches. But is it really a time for celebration? The movie biz had a record-breaking year, raking in north of $11.4 lion on the backs of, as one indus. earned good try insider said, “a forgetful reviews and fy ting supers audience support, tine ever Png Don. there were dozens ‘Captain America or Rogue that acted as One, which all earned geod public repellent. reviews and audience support, there were dozens of others that acted as public repellent, driving viewers away in droves. Those unsuccessful movies are dark clouds hang. ing heavy over the Hollywood landscape. Metro has some thoughts on how to clear the skies and ensure smooth sail- ing until Hollywood runs out of awards to hand out. Let's spend more time watching imaginative new worlds and ideas brought to life on the screen. Give me We need more films that pass both the Bechdel Test (does the movie feature a scene where two women dis- cuss something other than a man?) as well as the DuVernay ‘Test (do the African American, and other minority charac- ters have fully realized lives or are they just scenery in white stories?) If the answer is yes to either of these questions, you'll have more films that better reflect the world Hollywood is facing many questions about its future direction. Metro thinks greater influence and impact from the likes of left toright, Ava DuVernay, Kristen Stewart and Guillermo Del Toro would go along way to helping. cerry imsces/Tue associaren PRESS LE more movies from Guillermo we live in. Del Toro, Edgar Wright and defying leap from a Young thinking has done more col-_ film, Collateral Beauty. ful, interesting jokes please. Finally, it's time for Holly- Andrea Arnold, filmmakers Adult idol to indie star has lateral damage to his once More convulsive belly ‘That means fewer films that wood to be truly egalitarian who constantly reinvent our been inspiring to watch. She towering career than his last laughs triggered by thought- mistake politically incorrect Weneed to see an end to white relationship with story and digs deeper and deeper with “did he really just say that?” actors cast in non-white roles. cinema, every role, distancing herself jokes for actual humour. It's not kneeerk political cor- Although I'm looking for- from the teeny-bopper image Can we have more reliance _rectness— it's justice for years ward to John Wick 2 and Skull that defined the early part on the human touch on screen; of whitewashing in Hollywood. Island, let's cut back on the re of her career. 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Various duction in Nova Scotia this reports suggest some members past fall. ‘were smuggling cocaine and Key to the project was find- marijuana into Canada allthe ing the right actor to play way from Mexico by hiding Noah Funk, the God-fearing drugs in hollowed-out car bat- head of the Mennonite com- teries and wheels of cheese. munity. Series writer and creator “Walter White's journey Michael Amo (The Listener) _ was all about a good man be- optioned one such magazine coming bad,” says Amo. “Our article nearly a decade ago _ story is about a very good man but had a hard time selling becoming bad in deed, but al- Funk finds two unlikely al- lies in trying to bring Voss to justice: a former high school tormentor-turned misfit cop (played by Irish-born Canadian actor AJ. Buckley) and Amer- ican drug enforcement agency officer Phoebe O'Reilly (Oscar nominee Rosie Perez). “He's a degenerate, but he's honest about it.” says Buckley of his character. The Pure cast had one big Pure, which premieres Monday on CBC-TV, isbased on actual accounts of Mennonitesacting challenge that had nothing ‘as drug mules. conreisuren with character development, networks on a Christian sect ways remaining good in heart however: making scenes shot version of Breaking Bad. and being tormented by all _ glasses, a straw hat and sus- he must betray fellow Men- _“He's trying to be true to__in farm fields in Dartmouth ‘couldn't get any traction these transgressions.” penders, Robbins looks the _nonite in order to rid his com- his God and his family.” says in November look like rural on it,” says Amo, whose Rus- Amo found his straight ar part. On the day of a press munity of drug traffickers. Robbins. “He thinks he can Mexico. sian-immigrant grandparents row leader in Ryan Robbins, visit to a hillside location, ‘The plan backfires when do all this and get back to _ “Especially when we're try- were Mennonites. “I found a native of Victoria, B.C. with director Ken Girotti— who drug kingpin Eli Voss (Peter the way things were before. ing to hide the fact we can there was a lot of resistance credits on everything from helms all six episodes — has _Outerbridge) threatens Funk’s He very quickly finds himself see our breath,” says Robbins, to the notion that this was Arrow to “Continuum and Funk take his frustrations out family if he doesn't look the in (trouble).” “and the crew’s all bundled up even real.” Battlestar Galactica. Clean- on a cellphone. other way on the smuggling Encouraged by Girotti, like Kenny from South Park." Well-publicized busts in- shaven and sporting nerdy Funk's un-Godly dilemma: operation. 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