NEW LIFE SCHOOL COULD BE HOME TO HOUSING COMPLEX {page 2} Head. First Motorists and pedestrians need to be more attentive in poor visibility: Police Monday, December 12, 2011 www.metronews.ca “It does not look like charges will be laid in it.” News worth sharing. 902 482 2000 • 4debtrelief.com The Moose skated away with the 3-2 win, snapping a streak of 15-straight losses against the defending Memorial Cup champs. Story, page 36. JENNIFER TAPLIN TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY INCORPORATED
Monday, December 12, 2011 www.metronews.ca HALIFAX News worth sharing. Drowning in Debt? Reach Out! 902 482 2000 • 4debtrelief.com TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY INCORPORATED It was a dangerous night for peo- ple walking on the streets of HRM on Saturday as three pedestrians were struck, one fatally. The first incident happened at 6:20 p.m. at the corner of Herring Cove and Dentith roads. A 34-year- old man was running across the street and hit the side of a vehicle. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. About an hour later, a 60-year- old man was crossing Pleasant Street near Atlantic Street in Dart- mouth. He was not using a cross- walk and was hit by a southbound vehicle. The pedestrian was taken to the hospital, but was pro- nounced dead when he arrived. And just minutes later, another man was struck by a vehicle while walking in a crosswalk on High- field Park Drive in Dartmouth. He was taken to the hospital with non- life-threatening injuries. Halifax Regional Police Staff Sgt. Lindsay Hernden said rain restrict- ed visibility, but there may have been other reasons for the colli- sions. “I think the weather certainly didn’t help the situation,” he said. “But can you put it all off on the weather? It’s difficult to say.” Inattentive driving, and dis- tractions could also have come into play, he added. “With that being said, (Satur- day) night’s conditions were cer- tainly not ideal for driving. When these accidents occurred it was dark out, and in many cases there were wet roads and light rain.” No charges were laid in the first two incidents; however, the driv- er in the Highfield Park Drive col- lision was charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian in a cross- walk. 3 walkers hit; 1 killed Motorists and pedestrians need to be more attentive in poor visibility: Police RYAN TAPLIN/METRO Mooseheads won’t give Dogs their day The Moose skated away with the 3-2 win, snapping a streak of 15-straight losses against the defending Memorial Cup champs. Story, page 36. Head. First Saint John Sea Dogs goalie Sebastien Auger keeps the puck and Halifax Mooseheads forward Darcy Ashley out of the net during yesterday’s QMJHL game at the Metro Centre. NEW LIFE SCHOOL COULD BE HOME TO HOUSING COMPLEX {page 2} SPORTS HEAVEN BOOK OFFERS GLIMPSE INSIDE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME {page 16} “It does not look like charges will be laid in it.” STAFF SGT. LINDSAY HERNDEN JENNIFER TAPLIN @METRONEWS.CA
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It was a dangerous night for peo-ple walking on the streets of HRMon Saturday as three pedestrianswere struck, one fatally.
The first incident happened at6:20 p.m. at the corner of HerringCove and Dentith roads. A 34-year-old man was running across thestreet and hit the side of a vehicle.He was taken to the hospital withnon-life-threatening injuries.
About an hour later, a 60-year-old man was crossing PleasantStreet near Atlantic Street in Dart-mouth. He was not using a cross-walk and was hit by a southboundvehicle. The pedestrian was takento the hospital, but was pro-nounced dead when he arrived.
And just minutes later, anotherman was struck by a vehicle whilewalking in a crosswalk on High-field Park Drive in Dartmouth. Hewas taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Halifax Regional Police Staff Sgt.
Lindsay Hernden said rain restrict-ed visibility, but there may havebeen other reasons for the colli-sions.
“I think the weather certainlydidn’t help the situation,” he said.“But can you put it all off on theweather? It’s difficult to say.”
Inattentive driving, and dis-tractions could also have come intoplay, he added.
“With that being said, (Satur-day) night’s conditions were cer-tainly not ideal for driving. Whenthese accidents occurred it wasdark out, and in many cases therewere wet roads and light rain.”
No charges were laid in the firsttwo incidents; however, the driv-er in the Highfield Park Drive col-lision was charged with failing toyield to a pedestrian in a cross-walk.
3 walkershit; 1 killed
Motorists and pedestrians need to bemore attentive in poor visibility: Police
RYAN TAPLIN/METRO
Mooseheads won’t give Dogs their dayThe Moose skated away with the 3-2 win, snapping a streak of 15-straight losses against thedefending Memorial Cup champs. Story, page 36.
Head. First
Saint John Sea Dogs goalie Sebastien Auger
keeps the puck and Halifax Mooseheads forward
Darcy Ashley out of the net during yesterday’s
QMJHL game at the Metro Centre.
NEW LIFESCHOOL COULD BEHOME TO HOUSING
COMPLEX {page 2}
SPORTS HEAVENBOOK OFFERS GLIMPSEINSIDE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME {page 16}
“It does not look likecharges will be laid in it.”STAFF SGT. LINDSAY HERNDEN
02 metronews.caMONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011news: halifax
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Halifax regional councilwill consider spendingclose to $700,000 to build aMetroX stop for Timberleaand Hubely.
HRM staff estimate thisnew express service fromSheldrake Lake to ScotiaSquare would cost $684,343and accommodate 71 ridersa day.
Since the ridershipmight not materialize tojustify the cost, and theHRM would be left with theland if the service is pulled,staff came up with five op-tions for council’s consider-ation. The first, and mostexpensive is to build a stan-dard park-and-ride forMetroX, but they could also
build it without a bus loop,build a gravel lot with nobus loop, expand the Tanta-llon MetroX lot by 30spaces, or just encouragecommuters to use Tanta-llon MetroX with no expan-sion.
“I believe Option 1,while it may appear to beexpensive, it is the only
candidate site that wouldwork for that intersection,”said area Coun. Reg Rankin.
There is the capital costof construction, but onceit’s up and running the op-erating costs are not so bad,Rankin said.
“It was promised, and ifyou don’t have alternativesites I don’t think the alter-
native would be very attrac-tive to abandon this promi-nent location.”
HRM is looking to buythe 6.5-acre lot from theCanadian National BaptistConvention for $100,000.
JENNIFER TAPLIN
New MetroX stop considered
What once was a north-end Halifax school couldbecome a mixed-use hous-ing complex.
St. Patrick’s-AlexandraSchool, which fronts onboth Maitland andBrunswick streets, wasclosed down after the lastschool year because of de-clining enrolment.
The Halifax RegionalMunicipality put out a re-quest for proposals in Au-gust and receivedproposals from three for-profit companies lookingfor primarily residential
space, and three non-prof-it groups who wantedsolely community space.
The winner, based on apoint system, was JonoDevelopments Ltd., whichis looking to build resi-dential and affordable-housing units as well ascommunity space on thesite.
According to the staffreport, which is beingpresented to Halifax re-gional council tomorrow,Jono proposed conductingpublic-consultation ses-sions to help shape the fi-nal design. The companyhas committed a mini-mum of five to 10 percent of the project to af-
fordable housing. Thedeal also has a right-of-first-refusal option forcommunity and non-prof-it groups for at least fiveto 10 per cent of the com-mercial space.
The money offered byJono was not released inthe report.
United Gulf Develop-ments proposed a residen-tial/community spaceproject, but Mythos De-velopment’s proposal wasstrictly residential.
The three non-profitgroups — North EndHealth Care, Micmac Na-tive Friendship Centreand the Richard PrestonCentre for Excellence —placed in the bottomthree.
The proposals wereweighed on their under-standing of the intent andobjectives of the land use,qualifications and experi-ence, financial capabilityand the financial offer it-self.
Two yearslater, copsstill searchfor killerHalifax homicide investi-gators are still looking forTimothy John Kelly’smurderer.
Kelly was killed twoyears ago today.
On Dec. 12, 2009,police were called to 7051Abbott Dr. near the Hali-fax Shopping Centre justafter 10 p.m. Kelly, 44,was reportedly found ly-ing on the sidewalk infront of a home, sufferingfrom multiple gunshotwounds. He was taken tohospital, where he waspronounced dead.
Two days later, investi-gators ruled Kelly’s deatha homicide. They had nosuspects and no suspect-ed motives, although theydid confirm Kelly wasknown to police.
Today, police are stillnot in a position to laycharges, according to Hal-ifax Regional Policespokesman Const. BrianPalmeter.
“It’s one of the (cases)where we’ve explored alot of avenues, but at thispoint we haven’t hadenough informationcome forward for anarrest,” Palmeter said yes-terday. “People have thatinformation, and theycan come forward andbring it to us so we canclose the file and bringsome closure to (Kelly’s)family.”
ALEX BOUTILIER
Timothy John Kelly
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St. Patrick’s School, whichwas built in 1908 and tem-porarily houses St. Joseph’sDaycare.
St. Patrick’s ElementarySchool is a three-storeystructure built in 1971.
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03metronews.caMONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011news: halifax
The defense lawyer for aman accused ofmanslaughter in his ba-by’s death accused the in-fant’s mother of shakingtheir daughter and lyingabout what she told po-lice the day the child wasrushed to a Halifax hospi-tal.
In his cross-examina-tion of Jane Gomes on Fri-day, Donald Murray askedwhy she told a police con-stable on July 23, 2009,that seven-week-old Auro-ra Breakthrough had beensick since she was born.
Gomes denied makingthe statement during acar ride to the IWK chil-dren’s hospital.
“I’m going to suggestyou did say that ... be-cause you knew you werethe only one to look afterAurora pretty much forthe first two weeks andfor most of the firstmonth,” Murray said.
Gomes denied Murray’sassertion, saying the con-stable must have been
mistaken.Ashiqur Rahman, 25,
has pleaded not guilty inthe Supreme Court of No-va Scotia to manslaughterand aggravated assault inthe baby’s death.
Gomes, 25, pleadedguilty this year to acharge of failing to pro-vide the necessities of lifeand received a condition-al discharge with sixmonths of probation. Shealso agreed as part of herplea to testify at Rah-man’s trial.
Murray accused Gomesof telling police the childhad been sick because shehad mistreated the baby.
“You shook her to stop
her from crying ... andyou hoped against hopethat nobody would evernotice anything,” he said.
Murray also questionedGomes’s motives foragreeing to testify againsther former partner.
He argued Gomes grewworried about the possi-bility she could face seri-ous charges when she sawa January 2010 medicalexaminer’s report thatsaid the baby died of“non-accidental trauma.”
Gomes disagreed, say-ing she was simply takingher lawyer’s advice to ac-cept the lesser charge offailing to provide the ne-cessities of life.THE CANADIAN PRESS
A fire gutted a century-oldNova Scotia church on Sat-urday, leaving the treasur-er of the Cape Bretonlandmark “in shock.”
“It means everything tome, it means everything. Itwas a terrible loss,” saidJean MacInnis of the Victo-ria Presbyterian Church.
The fire started in theattic of the church, an im-portant centre in the com-munity of Birch Grove,MacInnis said.
Due to poor water pres-sure, firefighters were un-
able to salvage the build-ing but recovered thechurch bell and gold cross,MacInnis said.
The church was built in1912 and was preparingfor its 100th anniversarynext year. MacInnis saidit’s hard to say what the fu-ture holds for the congre-gation.
“I don’t think it willever be rebuilt because ourcongregation is too small.As to what we will do, Ihave no idea because we’restill in the thinkingprocess,” she said Saturdayas she fought back tears.
MacInnis said just lastweek, the church recep-tion room was “decoratedto perfection” and filledwith more than 100 com-munity members celebrat-ing a parishioner’s 90thbirthday. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Parishioners reelingfrom loss of church
Police say the fire at Victoria Presbyterian Church isnot suspicious Church bell and gold cross recovered HRP officer
facingassaultchargesA Halifax Regional Policeofficer has been accused ofassaulting a woman.
Halifax police say theRCMP responded to a calllast Sunday in Enfieldinvolving an off-duty offi-cer and a woman known tohim. As a result of anRCMP investigation, an as-
sault charge was laid. Con-st. Ashley Lewis will appearin provincial court inShubenacadie on Dec. 19.
Halifax police say Lewishas been placed on admin-istrative duties pendingthe outcome of the courtcase. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Cops seeksuspect inbeatingRCMP are probing anapparent assault that left aman in serious but stablecondition. The 32-year-oldShubenacadie man wasfound unconscious andsuffering from headinjuries in a residence inStewiacke. Police are look-ing for a 30-year-old manfrom Indian Brook. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Lawyer accuses motherof shaking infant
Jane Gomes
RYAN TAPLIN/METRO
“It’s just a shockthat no one canfathom.”JEAN MACINNIS
RYAN TAPLIN/METRO
Follow the Lego brick road
Ships. Ahoy!
Owen Grace from the Nova Scotia Lego Users Group works on the Christmas at Sea
display at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic yesterday. The display was part of the
Ships Do Start Here! weekend at the museum.
18The number of monthsthe 28-year-old officerhas been with theforce.
Breakdown
Jane Gomes became emotional and cried dur-ing the cross-examination,and at one point the judgeordered a recess.
metronews.caMONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011
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Finance Minister GrahamSteele has unveiled a $610-million capital budget forthe coming year.
That’s $150 million morethan his department ex-pected to spend when theytabled the 2011-2012 budg-et last spring.
Steele told reporters onFriday the higher-than-anticipated capital spend-ing is meant to address theprovince’s infrastructuredeficit.
“There’s a time that youneed to respond to the in-frastructure deficit whilekeeping an eye on job cre-ation, and this is the yearwhere I think the people ofthe province expect us todo that,” Steele said.
Capital spending peakedin 2009-10, when theprovince spent almost $800million as part of a stimulusplan to address the globaldepression. Spending hasdeclined since then — toover $700 million in 2010-11, and $560 million thisyear.
This year’s budget willslightly increase Nova Sco-tia’s net debt-to-GDP ratio,an important indicator forcapital markets.
The plan includes $281million in highway spend-ing, $158 million on build-ings, and $87 million incapital grants. A further$57.8 million will be spenton information technologyprojects, $13.1 million forvehicles and equipment,and $12.8 million on landpurchases.
The government is refer-ring to the capital plan —the second in theprovince’s history — as a“Jobs and Building” plan.
Province’s spending plan150K higher than expected
Higher-than-anticipated capital budget fuel rumours of early election
All signs are pointing to anend coming soon of thethird session of Nova Sco-tia’s 61st General Assem-bly.
MLAs could be return-ing to their constituenciesas early as the end of theweek, after a six and a halfweek sitting.
The most contentiousitem on the NDP govern-ment’s legislative agenda— Bill 102, which will in-troduce first contract arbi-tration in Nova Scotia —passed on Friday. First con-tract arbitration allows anewly certified union ortheir employer to seek anoutside settlement in theevent of a breakdown innegotiations. The arbitrat-ed contract would onlylast one year.
The bill was widely sup-ported by labour, butpanned by the businesslobby and pilloried by theopposition Liberals andProgressive Conservatives.Premier Darrell Dexterand his NDP governmentused its majority in the
house to pass the bill withonly minor changes.
Another important billstill needs to be wrappedup — legislation thatwould give the QueensMunicipality authority togrant a tax break to the be-leaguered Bowater mill inLiverpool.
The legislation is part ofa $50-million bailout pack-age from the provincialgovernment to keep themill open five more years.
Debate on that bill is ex-pected to wrap up thisweek. ALEX BOUTILIER
Finance Minister Graham Steele in this file photo.
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School’s future may be outlined
A report expected to be re-leased this week couldhelp delineate the foggyfuture of a century-old No-va Scotia fine arts universi-ty.
Now in the hands of theprovincial government,the report will outline theNSCAD University’s viabili-ty and provide recommen-dations that could pave anew path for the school.
NSCAD, facing a $2.4-million deficit and carry-ing $19 million in debt, isone of several Nova Scotiauniversities under exami-nation because of financial
difficulties.The school was one of
six universities deemed“at risk” because of loom-ing financial problems in areport released last year byeconomist Tim O’Neill.
O’Neill identifiedNSCAD as one of four po-tential candidates for amerger with anotherschool.
In September, the gov-ernment appointed for-mer provincial deputyminister Howard Windsorto examine the school’sbooks and write a reporton its future.
At nearly 125 years old,it is the oldest independ-ent school in Canadagranting fine arts degrees,
but proposed changescould see NSCAD pro-grams merged with otherinstitutions.
That has some NSCADfaculty, students and alum-ni fighting to keep theschool fully autonomous.
Nicole Cooper, the stu-dent union’s vice-presi-dent of external affairs,said the school’s criticalapproach to learningwould be lost in a merger.
“The characteristics ofthe university that make itso attractive are the onesthat would be in jeopardyif we were to merge,” saidCooper in a phone inter-view.
“Things like having theadministration make deci-
sions for us ... that have todo with our classes andthe allocation of money isvery important for howthe school functions.”
She also said mergingwould not necessarily re-solve the school’s financialwoes.
Peter Wunsch, presi-dent of the school’s alum-ni association, said hebelieves a merger is possi-ble but maintaining inde-pendence would bepreferable.
“Logistically as well asphilosophically, it’d behard to imagine it con-nected to another schoolin a merger situation.”WITH FILES FROM THE CANADIANPRESS
Nearly 7,900 people have signed online petition asking premier tokeep Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) independent
CRIME
PolicevehiclestruckHalifax Regional Policesay one of its patrol vanswas struck at an intersec-tion in Dartmouth as thevehicle was respondingto a crime in progress inthe area of Mic Mac Mall.
Police say the van hadits sirens on and wastravelling north into the
intersection of WoodlandAvenue from Mic MacBoulevard just after 2p.m. yesterday when itwas hit by a vehicle.
The impact of thecrash then drove the vaninto a second vehiclethat was stopped at theintersection on LancasterDrive.
A man, woman and aone-year-old child fromthe second vehicle weretaken to hospital withminor injuries. No oneelse was injured in thecrash.
METRO
A $150,000 reward is be-ing offered for informa-tion in the murder of adriver for a Halifax-areapizza restaurant last year.
Nova Scotia’s JusticeDepartment has addedthe case of Donald ChadSmith to its Major Un-solved Crimes Program.
Smith was shot at 15Joseph Young St. at about9:30 p.m. on Oct. 23, 2010.
The reward is for any-one who gives informa-tion that leads to the
arrest and conviction ofthe person or people re-sponsible for Smith’smurder.THE CANADIAN PRESS
$150K reward inunsolved murder
Underpassopens to trafficThe Washmill Lake Driveunderpass opened to traf-fic on Friday, providing athird way to-and-fromBayers Lake BusinessPark.
METRO
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Aircraft receiving new wings in upgrade
Plane. Talk
Defence Minister Peter MacKay, right, chats with David Gossen, president of IMP Aerospace, at an event
to mark a milestone in a project to extend the service life of the CP 140 Aurora aircraft at IMP Aerospace
in Enfield on Friday. The aircraft are receiving new wings as part of a mid-life structural upgrade.
Teen chargedin armedrobberyPolice have charged a 17-year-old female in relationto an armed robbery at theUltramar gas station onHerring Cove Road onThursday morning.
METRO
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The Conservatives are final-ly putting the “social” intotheir use of social media.
Treasury Board PresidentTony Clement will host thegovernment’s inauguralTwitter town hall thisThursday, taking questionsfor 90 minutes on the sub-ject of developing an opengovernment strategy forCanada.
While many MPs, as well
as government depart-ments and agencies, use so-cial media tools likeFacebook, Twitter andYouTube, they’ve all facedcriticism for only usingthem as ways to push outinformation rather that in-teract in real-time with citi-zens.
That Clement is hostingthe first live social mediaevent isn’t an accident.
His nickname in govern-ment circles is the “Minis-ter for Twitter.” He has over19,000 followers and hasused social media to makepronouncements of gov-ernment policy as well asto speak directly to Opposi-tion MPs, the media andCanadians, sometimesmuch to the chagrin of theprime minister’s office.THE CANADIAN PRESS
NDP MP riled
While the Opposition
commended the idea ofthe consultations, NDP MPCharlie Angus scoffed atthe idea that it representsa commitment to opengovernment.Angus was particularly
riled that it is Clementheading up the initiative,given the NDP’s assertionthat Clement has misledCanadians on the handlingof funds allocated for theG8/G20 summits.“Because he goes on Twit-
ter and uses words likecrowdsourcing, people aregoing to be fooled,” Angussaid.“Open and accountable
government is knowinghow decisions are made.”
Digital public affairsstrategist Mark Blevis saidTony Clement is taking arisk with holding the for-mal Twitter event.
There will be inevitable
criticism of whichquestions are and aren’tanswered and there’s thepossibility that manywon’t be on topic.
But Blevis cautioned
against undue criticism,noting the governmenthas to be given the chanceto make mistakes in figur-ing out how to use socialmedia. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Social media
RISKY MOVE FOR CLEMENT?
Treasury Board President Tony Clement reads
from an iPad as he responds to a question during
a question period in the House of Commons
on Oct. 27.
SEAN KILPATRICK/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Tories take to TwitterStaffers will respond to questions submitted in English and French
at Treasury Board’s town hall Clement to provide answers
A Canadian woman de-tained by Mexican authori-ties in connection with analleged plot involving ason of former Libyanleader Moammar Gadhafiis devastated by her or-deal, says one of herlawyers.
Paul Copeland hasn’t ac-tually been able to speakwith Cynthia Vanier, buthas been in touch withfamily members and herMexican lawyer, who havehad contact.
“She’s very upset andshe’s actually having somehealth difficulties in thejail,” said Copeland.
Mexican authoritieshave also seized a condonear Puerto Vallarta thatVanier and her husbandowned, something thathas added to her anxiety,said Copeland, a well-known Canadian human-rights lawyer.
Vanier, who runs a busi-ness based in Mount For-est, Ont., that specializes
in mediating disputes, isaccused by Mexican au-thorities of leading a plotto illegally smuggle al-Saa-di Gadhafi into Mexico.
Vanier denies the allega-tion and never had anycontact with Gadhafi,Copeland said.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canadian held inGadhafi plot illin jail: Lawyer
Ottawa toenforcehelmets forkids on ice A new rule will force kidsand novice skaters to strapon helmets before ventur-ing out on the ice atOttawa’s indoor rinks.
Mayor Jim Watson wasexpected to announce thenew policy yesterday.
Currently, only peoplein wheelchairs or strollersare required to wearhelmets.
But a city reportshowed boys between 10and 14 years old accountfor the most skating-relat-ed hospital visits.
Coun. Maria McRae saysthe rule could be amendedat a later date to include abroader age group. THE CANADIAN PRESS
10The new rule takes ef-fect Jan. 1 and appliesto children under 10years old as well asweak or beginnerskaters.
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Santa record-breaking attemptThousands staged a parade in an attempt to break the Guinness World Recordfor most people dressed as Santa Claus.
Portugal. Parade
Performers dressed as Santa Claus participate in the
annual Santa Claus parade, in Porto, Portugal, yesterday.
Accusation
Last week Mexico’s interi-or minister accusedCynthia Vanier of beingthe leader of a plot.Alejandro Poire said the
plan to bring Gadhafi toMexico allegedly involvedVanier, two Mexicans anda Danish suspect, all ofwhom have beendetained.Gadhafi denied last week
he was trying to enterMexico. He fled Libya earli-er this year after the fall ofhis father’s regime andwas given refugee statusin Niger.
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Arab Leagueflays GingrichcommentsA senior Arab League offi-cial yesterday condemned astatement by Republicanpresidential hopeful NewtGingrich claimingPalestinians are an “invent-ed” people, calling it racistand a cheap stunt to get
votes.However Israeli cabinet
minister Uzi Landau saidGingrich was “right.” Heclaimed the Palestinians donot have their ownlanguage or culture, andare instead part of thebroader Arab world.
Gingrich also calledPalestinians “terrorists.”The comments struck atthe heart of Palestinian sen-sitivities. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Boy escapes captors
In this photo taken on Saturday, Kevin Lunsmann, a
kidnapped American, talks to Filipino soldiers in
Zamboanga city, southern Philippines, following his
escape from suspected al-Qaida-linked militants.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A kidnapped Americanteenage boy escaped fromsuspected al-Qaida-linkedmilitants and wanderedwithout shoes for two daysin a southern Philippinejungle before villagersfound him, ending his five-month captivity, officialssaid yesterday.
Kevin Lunsmann, 14,told his four armed captorsthat he would take a bathin a stream and then madea dash for freedom Fridayin Basilan province, policeSenior Supt. Edwin deOcampo said. He followeda river down a mountainuntil villagers found himlate the next day, de Ocam-po said.
Exhausted, hungry andstill stunned, the boy ini-tially fled from the vil-lagers, de Ocampo said.
“He was in fear so there
was a bit of a chase beforethe villagers convincedhim that they werefriends,” de Ocampo toldThe Associated Press. Hesaid the boy was fine, butwas exhausted and hadbruises on his arms andfeet. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Teenager to be reunited withfamily after five-month abduction
GOP PRIMARIES
Romney’streatment of dog goesunpunishedIt’s not come up in anyof the Republican presi-dential debates as hestruggles to keep hiscampaign on course. Heisn’t faced withquestions about the inci-dent on the campaigntrail. Animal-rightsactivists haven’t been
heckling him in Iowa.But it’s a true story
with a Canadian angle:Mitt Romney once madethe 12-hour drive fromBoston to Grand Bend,Ont., with the familydog strapped to the roofof his car.
New York Timescolumnist Gail Collinshas refused to let thelargely forgotten storydie, mentioning the inci-dent as many as twodozen times since Rom-ney entered the Republi-can race for president,both in 2007 and in2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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The boy, his mother and acousin were snatched July12 on an island near Zam-boanga City when theywere vacationing.
The mother was freed twomonths ago.
The cousin escaped fromthe captors last monthwhen Filipino army forcesmanaged to get near anAbu Sayyaf camp.
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Iran will not return a U.S.surveillance drone cap-tured by its armed forces,a senior commander ofthe country’s elite Revolu-tionary Guard said yester-day.
Gen. Hossein Salami,deputy head of the Guard,said in remarks broadcaston state television thatthe violation of Iran’s air-space by the U.S. dronewas a “hostile act” andwarned of a “bigger” re-sponse.
He did not elaborate onwhat Tehran might do.
Iranian televisionbroadcast video Thursdayof Iranian military offi-cials inspecting what itidentified as the RQ-170Sentinel drone.
Iranian state mediahave said the unmannedspy aircraft was detectedover the eastern town ofKashmar, some 225 kilo-metres from the border
with Afghanistan. U.S. officials have ac-
knowledged losing thedrone.
Salami called its cap-ture a victory for Iran anda defeat for the U.S. in acomplicated intelligenceand technological battle.
“Iran is among the fewcountries that possessesthe most modern technol-ogy in the field of pilot-less drones.
“The technology gapbetween Iran and the U.S.is not much,” he said.
Officers in the Guard,Iran’s most powerful mili-tary force, had previouslyclaimed that the coun-try’s armed forcesbrought down the surveil-lance aircraft with anelectronic ambush, caus-ing minimum damage tothe drone.
But Salami refused toprovide more details of
Iran’s claim to have cap-tured the CIA-operatedaircraft.
“A party that wins in anintelligence battle doesn’treveal its methods. Wecan’t elaborate on themethods we employed tointercept, control, discov-er and bring down the pi-lotless plane,” he said.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
This photo released last Thursday by the Iranian
Revolutionary Guards claims to show a U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel
drone, which Tehran says its forces downed last week.
“No one returnsthe symbol ofaggression to theparty that soughtsecret and vitalintelligencerelated to thenational securityof a country.’’ IRAN'S GEN. HOSSEIN SALAMI
U.S. intelligence officials contend the RQ-170 simply malfunctioned
Iran refuses to return droneSEPAHNEWS /THE ASSOCIATED PRESSProtests call for
Saleh’s trialSANAA, YEMEN. Hundredsof thousands of Yemenisare demonstrating to de-mand President Ali Abdul-lah Saleh face trial for hisregime’s deadlycrackdown on months ofprotests.
Yesterday’s rallies tookplace in the capital,Sanaa, and other citiesacross the country.
After months ofpressure, Saleh signed adeal last month to stepdown as president in ex-change for immunityfrom prosecution. Newpresidential elections areset for Feb. 21.
The deal has failed toend the protests, whichbegan last February withcalls for his ouster.
Protesters also rejecteda unity government
formed over the weekendthat includes some minis-ters from Saleh’s adminis-tration.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Iraq, Iran swapsoldiers’ bodiesBAGHDAD, IRAQ. An Iraqi of-ficial says Iraq and Iranhave exchanged the bod-ies of 93 soldiers killedduring their 1980-1988war.
Mahdi al-Tamimi, an of-ficial in Iraq’s HumanRights ministry, says theremains of 90 Iraqis and 3Iranians were returned totheir native countries yes-terday during a ceremony.
Al-Tamimi says theswap near the southernIraqi city of Basra bringsthe number of Iraqi bod-ies received since 1996 to2,319 and Iranians to1,476.
More than 1 millionpeople from both sideswere killed or went miss-ing during the eight-yearwar. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Russian President DmitryMedvedev announced onhis Facebook page yester-day that he has ordered aprobe into the allegationsof electoral fraud duringthe country’s Dec. 4 parlia-mentary vote.
Many Facebook usersasked Medvedev whetherhe really disagrees withthe protest’s main slogan,“We’re for fair elections.”Some wrote thatMedvedev’s message madethem even more deter-mined to take part in thenext planned rally againstelectoral fraud — on Dec.24.
Tens of thousands ofRussians rallied in Moscowand other cities on Satur-day in the largest anti-gov-ernment protest in the
nation’s post-Soviet histo-ry to protest alleged fraudin the parliamentary elec-tion and to demand the de-parture of Prime MinisterVladimir Putin.
Medvedev yesterdaybroke two days of silenceby posting a comment onhis Facebook page.
“I disagree with the slo-
gans as well as with thespeeches that were madeat the rallies,” he said, butadded that he gave instruc-tion for a check of the re-ports of fraud. He did notmention who would carryout the probe.
Neither Medvedev norPutin made any public ap-pearances over the week-end.
Unlike Putin, the tech-savvy Medvedev, Russia’spresident since 2008, hasenjoyed some supportamong an educated urbanelite. But an announce-ment in September that hewill step aside to let hismentor Putin run for athird term as president hasangered many Medvedevsupporters. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Medvedev promiseselection-fraud probe
Russian president makes announcement on FacebookTens of thousands turn out for protests on Saturday
2,200Medvedev’s post gen-erated over 2,200mostly angrycomments within anhour. “Shame!” and“We don’t believeyou!” were the mostcommon.
Russian nationalists shout while holding old Russian imperial flags
during their rally yesterday in St. Petersburg. Russian nationalists
are demanding a bigger say for ethnic Russians in the country’s politics.
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11metronews.caMONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011news
Kent eyesnew climatedeal by 2015
Mixed reactions to Durban accord
Canada’s environmentminister has praised theagreement on climatetalks reached in SouthAfrica yesterday, and saidhe was cautiously opti-mistic a new treaty can beconcluded by 2015.
“The Durban Platformis a fair and balancedframework for responsibleand effective action,” PeterKent said.
Earlier in the day, the
194-party conference inDurban agreed to start ne-gotiations on a new accordthat would ensure thatcountries will be legallybound to carry out anypledges they make.
It would take effect by2020 at the latest.
“Although these negoti-ations will be difficult, weare cautiously optimisticthat we will reach a newagreement by 2015,” Kentsaid. He also reiterated hisopposition to the 1997 Ky-oto Protocol.THE CANADIAN PRESS
“We want to avoid another Kyoto-likepact at all costs.”MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT PETER KENT
Peter Kent
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NYPD looks intoFacebookflap The New York City PoliceDepartment is investigat-ing whether police officersmade offensive commentson a Facebook page devot-ed to the annual West Indi-an Day parade in Brooklyn.
The Facebook grouppurported to be created bypolice officers was entitledNo More West Indian DayDetail and was rife withnasty, often racist com-ments about the paradethat has been marred byviolence, including thisyear when two people
were fatally shot.Internal affairs detec-
tives are interviewing offi-cers under oath, andgetting subpoenas for com-puter records. Departmen-tal charges could bebrought.
But the posts, howeverembarrassing or outra-geous, also raise a FirstAmendment free-speechissue about whether offi-cers should guard their on-line comments.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
20Department offi-cials said this
week that at least 20offensive commentsmade on the pagemay have come frompolice officers.
In this Sept. 26, 2010 photo,
police stand along the route of
the West Indian-American Day
Parade as participants make
their way through the
Brooklyn borough of New York.
TINA FINEBERG/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE
N.L. man dead after beingrun over by parade float A joyous day in easternNewfoundland was marredby tragedy when a man waskilled after being run overby a Christmas parade float,RCMP said yesterday.
Sgt. Wayne Newell saidthe incident happened afterthe parade had wrapped upin Carbonear. He said the41-year-old victim washeaded home, riding on aflatbed trailer that served asthe float.
Newell said the truckthat was towing the trailermade a turn, causing theman — who had been sit-
ting on a rail — to fall fromthe float.
“He fell on the inside ofthe turn and actually wentunder the wheels to thebest of our knowledge,”Newell said in an interview.
“(He) suffered a very trag-ic death as he was draggedunderneath the wheels ofthe transport trailer.”
Newell said the man wasdragged a “considerable dis-tance” and died from his in-juries at the scene. Hisname was not immediatelyreleased. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Canada’s special forces areturning to the private sec-tor for help in early warn-ing of possible terrorthreats coming from thesea.
The ultra-secret organi-zation is tapping into anexisting fisheries-surveil-lance contract with Provin-cial Airlines Ltd., asubsidiary of ProvincialAerospace Ltd. of St. John’sto monitor the movementsof vessels of interest offthe country’s coastline.
A briefing note, pre-pared for the former com-mander of the elite forces,says there are lots of gov-ernment aircraft, includ-ing military and RCMP
helicopters for land-basedemergencies, but “optionsare significantly reducedwhen it comes to maritimethreats. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Last battle of Red River Rebellion to take placeMore than 140 years afterthe guns were put away,the last battle in the rebel-lion that brought Manitobainto Confederation is aboutto be fought.
Lawyers are to argue infront of the Supreme Courttomorrow that the federalgovernment never lived upto the 1870 deal thatsettled the Red River Rebel-lion, fought by Metis strug-gling to hold on to theirland in the face of growingwhite settlement.
“It’s important for us toget right with our history,’’said Tom Berger, thelegendary aboriginal-rightslawyer who will representthe Manitoba Metis Federa-tion. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Private sectorto help keepeye on seas
Special forces want help in earlywarning of possible terror threats
Paille to leadBloc Quebecois MONTREAL Former MPand provincial cabinetminister Daniel Paille isthe new leader of theBloc Quebecois.
Paille, who lost hisseat in the last election,beat out current MPsMaria Mourani and Jean-Francois Fortin.
Paille faces the daunt-ing job of trying to bringback the party that wasall but decimated in a dis-astrous showing in lastMay’s election.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Wanted U.S.man arrested MONTREAL. Montreal po-lice arrested a 51-year-oldAmerican man yesterdaywho the FBI calls armedand dangerous.
James Whittlesey waswanted in connectionwith a series of crimes,including robbing a bankin Virginia last Octoberand shooting at policewho responded to therobbery. No officers were
injured in the incident.Whittlesey was also
sought in connectionwith four armedrobberies inPennsylvania andDelaware.
He was arrested on adowntown Montrealstreet corner early yester-day morning.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Earthquakerocks MexicoMEXICO CITY. Amagnitude-6.5earthquake struck inMexico’s westernGuerrero state, shakingbuildings and causingpanic in the nation’s cap-ital and the Pacific resortof Acapulco. Officials saidat least three peopledied, but there were noreports of widespreaddamage.
The U.S. GeologicalService initially estimat-ed the quake atmagnitude at 6.8, butdowngraded it to 6.7 andthen 6.5. A quake of thatmagnitude is capable ofcausing severe damage.
Mexico’s Interior De-partment said the quakewas felt in parts of ninestates.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
News in brief
Project Neptune
The special forces have al-
so embarked on a more so-
phisticated, little-known
$4.5-million program
known as Project Neptune.
The plan is to take commer-cially available technologyand, with the help defenceresearchers, roll it into oneeasy-to-use package for thespecial forces.
The federal governmenthas agreed to a demandfrom Attawapiskat for 22modular homes to bringsome relief to the isolatednative community that hasbecome a symbol of thebrutal plight facing manyof Canada’s first peoples.
Aboriginal Affairs Minis-ter John Duncan yesterdaysaid that Ottawa has pur-chased an additional sevenhomes on top of the 15previously announced,bringing the cost of thepre-fabricated structuresto $1.8 million
He added that ChiefTheresa Spence alsoagreed to renovations tothe community’s healingcentre to temporarilyhouse vulnerable residentsuntil the homes arrive.
An official with the min-ister’s office said theyhoped winter roads wouldquickly freeze so that theshipment of the pre-assem-bled homes can start some-time in January.
In a statement releasedyesterday morning, Dun-can said wood stoves, com-posting toilets, plastic
sheeting and other sup-plies were flown into theisolated Northern Ontariocommunity Saturday.
“Our government isworking to ensure the peo-ple of Attawapiskat haveaccess to safe and warmshelter for the comingmonths,” he said.
Spence could not bereached for comment, butNDP critic Charlie Angus,whose riding includes thenative community on thecoast of James Bay, said thecritical issue is who willwind up footing the bill.
“If the government iscovering the cost, then thecommunity can start deal-ing with the other massiveinfrastructure problems,but if the community endsup paying for it throughthe third-party manager,then they will not be anyfurther ahead,” he said.
Angus said he is hope-ful that government’smost recent concessioncan be the beginning ofbringing relief to the im-poverished community ofabout 1,800.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ottawa to send 22homes to Attawapiskat
A resident walks down the long hallway of a dorm-style
trailer offering temporary shelter to those without homes
in Attawapiskat, Ont., on Nov. 29.
ADRIAN WYLD/THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Marking amilitary victory
The day that will be celebrated on Dec. 16 marks the birth ofBangladesh. Victory Day is a national holiday in Bangladesh tocommemorate the surrender of Pakistani forces to allied Indianand Bangladeshi forces in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.In India, the day is primarily of military significance.
India. CelebrationAn Indian army soldier jumps over 20 of his team
members as he performs during celebrations ahead
of Victory Day in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta)
yesterday.
“We have toremember ourhistory and wehave to rememberthat the Metisdidn’t go away.They’re still here.”TOM BERGER,ABORIGINAL-RIGHTS LAWYER
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Canadian oil giant SuncorEnergy Inc. says it ispulling out of Syria in or-der to comply with new in-ternational sanctionsaimed at further isolatingthe regime of PresidentBashar al-Assad.
“The current situationin Syria is very concerning,and our thoughts are withthe Syrian people as wehope for a return to peaceas soon as possible,” Sun-cor CEO Rick George saidin a statement.
Pressure has been
mounting on Suncor topull out of the countrysince the sanctions took ef-fect earlier this month.
The Calgary-based com-pany had previously said itwould continue its opera-tions in Syria despite earli-er international sanctionstargeting the country’s oiland gas exports, saying thenatural gas it producedjointly with the state-owned General PetroleumCorp., was for domesticconsumption only.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Suncor pullsout of Syria
Canadian oil giant complyingwith new international sanctions
A pedestrian is reflected in a Suncor Energy sign in Calgary.
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Snapping, sharingfor top prize
The Metro Global Photo Challenge is over The general public and our local judges have chosen the top Canadian finalists, who will now go on to compete against other international entries for a chance to
win the global grand prize — a trip to any city where Metro is published
Sharp Mind by AdhiKusumawardana
What was your inspiration?I was inspired by a good friendwho is a successful photogra-pher and also an art director.He is a smart, talented and wit-ty artist — his ideas arebrilliant — but, as a person,very humble and down-to-earth.
What were you trying to saywith your picture?I was trying to show how suc-cess and prosperity will cometo people who are sharp, virtu-ous and bold.
What do you hope people takeaway from your picture? I hope that people enjoy the
image as much as I enjoyedtaking it.
Froggy Froggy by Laura Makaltses
What was your inspiration?I caught this photograph whenI was hiking with my friend.We were walking by a pondwhen we heard the sound ofthe frogs croaking. The soundwas so tranquil. I wanted tosee where it was coming from.My friend and I found the frogand I took this shot. I was trulyinspired by the sounds of na-ture.
What were you trying to saywith your picture?I am capturing the personalityof the frog and itsenvironment.
What do you hope people take
away from your picture?I hope people will understandthe beauty of frogs and all ani-mals. Many species all over theworld become endangeredevery day. I hope that. afterseeing my photograph, peoplewill realize that we need tohelp keep our world’s biodiver-sity alive.
Ghost House by Mauricio Correa
What was your inspiration?This is an old andabandoned house nearQuebec’s Lac-Mégantic.This decaying housestands alone in the middleof a verdant landscape.
What were you trying to saywith this picture?I meant to capture the co-exis-tence of decay and fertility. Innature, there is a cycle frombirth to death. Here the land-scape represents the eternal,the house, all that is transient.This old house epitomizesemptiness, solitude, decay. It isa ghostly testimony of better
times, something that criesout for care and attention. Thegreen landscape and the treein full foliage symbolize thehope of life everlasting.
What do you hope people takeaway from your picture?Nothing lasts like an image oftransient nature frozen in timeby the photographer’s lens.There’s still time to rebuild thisplanet.
What was your inspiration?A friend came up with the ideaof taking a picture of himwearing his old jacket. Weasked ourselves: How can abusinessman be out ofcontext? In a shower, ofcourse!
What were you trying to saywith your picture?It's a funny way to describe aguy’s normal morning in 2011.Everything is so fast andmechanical.
What do you hope people takeaway from your picture?Whatever you do, there areonly 24 hours in a day.
Silhouette Heart by Emma Haidar
What was your inspiration?Taken on my birthday, my in-spiration was to get a uniquephoto that shows love andthe waterfront — two beauti-ful things in one, captured ar-tistically.
What were you trying to saywith your picture?A silhouette is a perfect way
to express some-thing latently. Thecontrast makesthe messagestronger, in myopinion, and itshowcases myhusband and me,tells our love sto-ry.
What do you hope peopletake away from your picture?“I hope they appreciate the
artistic elements, and are in-spired to take photos that telltheir story without being theonly subject of the image.
Best Friend Four LeafHunters by Sarah Forbes
What was your inspiration?I was inspired by the relation-ship that my daughter and petwere developing.
What were you trying to saywith your picture?I was trying to capture the un-spoken understandingbetween my daughter and pet.This photo captures the earlystages of their relationship andthe joy they both shared beingoutdoors.
What do you hope people willtake away from your picture?I am hoping people see the in-nocence of a young child andthe love and protection our petbrings to our family.
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Christmas Spirit at Niagara Falls by Ling-fai Leung
What was your inspiration?Photography is an amazingform of art to let people visu-alize the internal feeling of asubject from its surroundings.There is beauty around all ofus. One needs to be able to vi-sualize this and record it tophotos.
What were you trying to saywith your picture?I am always drawn to NiagaraFall’s Evening Illumination,when different colours of lightshine on the falls. This picture
was taken at thebalcony ofFallsview CasinoDec. 18, 2008. Itwas a quietevening, snowcould still beseen on thestreets androoftop andsmoke comingfrom thechimney stack ofthe highrise building. I usedslowest exposure to capturethe water movement. Itshowed a very warm, romanticfeeling of Christmas spirit.
What do you hope people
take away from your picture?I hope from this picture wecan sense the peace and har-mony of Christmas and feelhow lucky we are to share thisfeeling with friends and fami-ly.
Splash by Laura Makaltses
What was your inspiration?It was the very last day of sum-mer. The sun was setting andmy friends and I were still en-joying our last moments by thelake. I wanted to capture themoment.
2. What were you trying to saywith your picture?Summer doesn’t last foreverand we have to live every mo-ment ... to its full potential.
What do you hope people takeaway from your picture?“I hope ... people will remem-ber some of their own holidayand summer moments. I wantmy photo to bring a smile totheir faces.”
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@BSommerhalder: What aglorious sunny morning in#Halifax. Good day to headto the #Hydrostone andfinish (!!!) gift shopping.
@plhollingsworth: OK thisis more like it: chilly butsunny - a perfectDecember day. And thequagmire that is my yardhas frosted over. #halifax
@evilpez4: In a long lineup at Mic Mac Mall. Can’thear Xmas music over allthe gripes. They should re-name this place Whiners.#Halifax #Dartmouth
@faitherinhicks: Went tothe Halifax Shopping Cen-tre yesterday & Santa hadHipster Elves. Young elfdudes w/ mustaches & sus-penders. Super cute!
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MACINTOSHCASE NEEDSINQUIRY
I hope Nova Scotia’s prosecu-tion service will findcompelling legal grounds toappeal last week’s Nova Sco-tia Court of Appeal decisionoverturning Ernest FenwickMacIntosh’s conviction for
sexually abusing children. The accusations are too serious and the
legal issues too important not to appeal.But whatever the outcome of the legal
process — and, indeed, without waitingfor its results — Ottawa needs to launch apublic inquiry into what went so horribly
wrong in this case, to make sure it doesn’t happen again.The allegations against MacIntosh date back to Port
Hawkesbury in the 1970s, but the complainants — someas young as 10 at the time of the incidents —understandably didn’t come forward until the mid-
1990s.The RCMP formally
began investigating in Janu-ary 1995, five months afterMacIntosh left Nova Scotiafor a job in India. It’s notclear whether his departurewas related to those accusa-tions, then bubbling in thecommunity.
In December 1995, theRCMP filed the first chargesagainst MacIntosh.
Even though they knewhe was in India, it took theMounties a year and a halfto alert Canada Customs towatch for him, andPassport Canada anotheryear to notify MacIntosh itintended to revoke his pass-port, which would havemade it difficult for him towork and live in India.
But a federal court judge“temporarily” overturnedPassport Canada’s decision,in part because no one but
MacIntosh presented evidence at his hearing. Where wasthe RCMP? And why didn’t Ottawa follow up on whatwas supposed to be a temporary order?
In April 1998, Nova Scotia’s director of Public Prosecu-tions asked Ottawa to ask India to send MacIntosh backto Canada for trial.
At that point, the case disappeared into yet anotherdiplomatic and bureaucratic black hole. It took Ottawamore than five years to prepare its extradition requestand another three to deliver the request the 11,000 kilo-metres from Ottawa to New Delhi. Why?
While all of this was not going on, there are reportsMacIntosh got his passport renewed three times andtravelled on at least two occasions between India andMontreal.
An inquiry? Absolutely. Regardless of what happenswith the court case, there are larger questions we needanswers to, before it happens again.
more than fiveyears to prepareits extraditionrequest and
another three todeliver therequest the
11,000kilometres fromOttawa to NewDelhi. Why?”
The moon, where shall I leave it?
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Crane ‘carries’moon in illusionSWITZERLAND. They’re goodat banking, making cuckooclocks and chocolates, andit looks like the Swiss arealso handy at getting ahook onto the moon. Intruth, this is just an opticalillusion, an amazing exam-ple of forced-perspectivephotography. Bruno Gerbertook this shot from hisfriend’s roof terrace inBern. METRO WORLD NEWS
“I waited sevenminutes for themoon to rise andget ‘hooked’ ontothe crane.”BRUNO GERBER, AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER
‘Keep eyes open’for visual gagEXPERT TIPS. The 37-year-old corporate lawyer fromnear Zurich offers adviceon a mind-boggling image:“Keep your eyes open,think ahead (e.g., wherethe moon or sun will go,how a shadow moves) anddon’t sit idle. But I’m not afan of overly set up, sillyillusion shots withpeople.” METRO WORLD NEWS
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Hockey heavenNever made it out to the Hockey Hall of Fame?
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Fuhr-ious: Grant Fuhr wore this late model form-fit-ting mask while playing with the Edmonton Oliersin the early 1980’s before switching to a modernmask and cage setup.
The Golden Goal: Sidney Crosby ofCole Harbour, N.S., scored 7:40 intoovertime of the men’s gold-medal fi-nal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympicswith this puck. Canada defeated theU.S. 3-2, claiming Olympic gold forthe second time since 2002. Thegame was the most-viewed hockeygame in history, and Crosby’s markergave Team Canada the most goldmedals by any nation in one WinterOlympic Games.
The Last Goal He Ever Scored:Toronto’s Bill Barilko used thispuck to score an overtimeStanley Cup winner againstGerry McNeil and the Mon-treal Canadiens on April 21,1951. The goal was Barilko’slast, as he and Dr. Henry Hud-son, a friend, died tragicallyin a plane crash on their wayto a fishing trip four monthsafter the goal. The bodies ofBarilko and Hudson werefound 11 years later, in 1962,the same year the Leafswould next win the Cup.
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Gordie the Great: GordieHowe wore this jerseytoward the end of his careerwith the Detroit Red Wings,where he played from 1946-47 to 1970-71. Over thattime in Detroit Howeamassed 786 goals and1,023 assists for aremarkable 1,809 points.
Lord Stanley’s Cup: The origi-nal Stanley Cup bowl, profes-sionally engraved with thenames of championshipteams and amateurishlyscrawled with the scratchingsof championship-team mem-bers, including Fred W. Taylor
(also known as “Cyclone”)whose name can be seenscratched on the Cup underthe “Ottawa 1904” entry. Tay-lor won the Cup with Ottawain 1909 and with Vancouverin 1915.
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Canada’s First Gold: Win-nipeg Falcons Team Cana-da sweater worn byKonrad Johannesson at the1920 Summer Olympics inAntwerp, Belgium, whichwas the first Olympics tofeature hockey. Canadawon gold.
From Russia With Love:
Calgary Flames jerseyworn by Sergei Priakin,the first Soviet to begiven permission toplay in the NHL, duringthe 1988-89 season.
The holiday spirit iseluding Hollywood.Overall domesticrevenues are expect-ed to come in belowthe dismal $81 mil-lion haul a weekago, which had beenthe low weekend sofar this year. Thislooks likeHollywood’s worsttotal in more thanthree years, goingback to the weekendafter Labour Day in2008, when overallgrosses finished be-low $70 million.The star-filledromance New Year’sEve led this weekendwith a weak $13.7million debut. JonahHill’s comedy TheSitter opened at No.2 with just $10 mil-lion.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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really old-fashioned recordbecause it was sort of openabout being ambitious andabout being thematic.They weren’t too cool totry. They were trying to
make a big record andthey succeeded.”
Greenblatt recalled at-tending the band’s partyafter the Grammy was an-nounced.
“They were pretty ec-static,” she said. “I thinkthey were all in shock,honestly. They looked a lit-tle stunned but they werethrilled.”
Arcade Fire declined re-quests to discuss their bigyear. Their publicist saidthey were taking a breakafter a gruelling tour.THE CANADIAN PRESS
It was a year in which Ar-cade Fire burned brightly.
The coveted GrammyAward for Album of theYear, honouring their lat-est release The Suburbs,kicked off a slew of hon-ours won by the Montreal-based indie band in 2011.
By the end of the year,they had also swept thesame categories at theJuno, Polaris and Britawards, and taken homeanglophone album of theyear from Quebec’sL’Autre Gala de L’ADISQ.
After giving an interna-tional shout-out to theirMontreal hometown atthe Grammys, they alsofound time to say thanksto their local fans in Sep-tember with a free out-door show downtown,which packed in around100,000 people.
And that gratitude isabout to continue into thenew year as the band saysit’s going to invest in help-ing young artists while al-so working on their nextundisclosed recordingproject.
“Their success has gonebeyond anyone’s wildestdreams — even them, I be-lieve,” says Dan Seligman,the creative director andco-founder of the PopMontreal indie music festi-val, which hosted the out-door concert.
Seligman, who hasbooked the band oftenduring the 10 years of hisfestival and in other gigs,says any attention ArcadeFire gets benefits the localmusic scene.
“The hope is that it’llcontinue to help otherbands get attention andbecome successful, tour-ing musicians and have ca-reers.”
The award haul sparkeda brief amplification of thebuzz around the band,which first attracted theindie scene’s spotlight toMontreal around 2004-2005 with the release oftheir first album, Funeral.
The New York Timesprofiled them whileRolling Stone even dubbedMontreal “the new Seat-tle” at the time.
Leah Greenblatt, a sen-ior editor at New York-based EntertainmentWeekly magazine, saidthat even though they hadbeen around for a while,Arcade Fire’s Grammy wincaused jaws to drop. Eventhe band looked stunnedas TV cameras caughttheir reaction.
“I was shocked,” Green-blatt said, explaining thatas a longtime writer onthe indie music scene shehad often seen herfavourite artists ghet-toized into indie or alter-native music categories.
“I just assumed that Ar-cade would get the alter-native album of the year,”she said, speculating thatbesides the quality of thealbum, the Grammys weretrying to appeal to ayounger audience thisyear.
“In some sense it was a
“It sort of forced alot of people to situp and listen andmaybe payattention a littlemore to what washappening in thesmaller circles ofmusic.”MUSIC CRITIC STEVE GUIMOND ONARCADE FIRE’S 2011 AWARD HAUL
Arcade Fire pose with their trophies at the 2011 Juno
Awards earlier this year.
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“SkyBlu hurt his back,”Foo told Metro before theconcert started.
“He has some herniateddiscs. He’s been performingfor a while injured, becausehe’s a true champ, but thedoctor said [he’s] gotta takea break. That shuffle movewe do, when he does it, I al-ways tell him you gottabend [at the knee]. Andthen with the wiggle, youcan’t wiggle too hard, evenif there’s sexy ladies in theaudience screaming at you— you gotta keep it con-fined. So we don’t know ex-actly what has happened,but we think it’s combined[with] the shuffle, the wig-gle and the ladies.”
But SkyBlu’s injury isn’tholding the group back. Ontheir to-do list for 2012?“Films,” Foo says. “Takingthe whole LMFAO partyrock lifestyle and putting iton the big screen.”
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SkyBlu of LMFAO takes some time off to deal with herniated discsRedFoo says injury caused by ‘the shuffle, the wiggle and the ladies’
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Men’s Health hasdubbed JenniferAniston theSexiest Womanof All Time, butwhile she’sflattered bytheir decision,Aniston insiststhe titlewould’ve gone tosomeone else ifshe had any sayin it.
“It’s a tie be-tween BrigitteBardot and Glo-ria Steinem,”
she tells the maga-zine. “But if I had tochoose one, I’d sayGloria because,well, she’s the fullpackage. That’ssexy.”
Raquel Welch,Marilyn Monroe,Britney Spearsand Madonnaround out thetop five on themagazine’s list,while AngelinaJolie comes inat No. 10.
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In the wake of his beingkicked off a plane for notturning off his iPhone, AlecBaldwin took to the Huffin-gton Post to simultaneous-ly apologize and defendhimself.
“I would like to apolo-gize to the other passen-gers onboard the AmericanAirlines flight that I wasthrown off of yesterday. Itwas never my intention toinconvenience anyone withmy ‘issue’ with a certainflight attendant,” he writes,though he insists part ofthe blame should go to thechanges in airline serviceover the last 10 years.
“September 11 was ahorrific day in the airlineindustry, yet in the wake of
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Do saccharine nursery rhymes make you cringe?This inspired series of CDs transforms yourfavourite tunes into soothing lullabies, withtinkling covers of classic tracks by bands includingAC/DC, Led Zeppelin, U2, Madonna, Van Halen andBob Marley. What could more amusing than a xylo-phone version of Beastie Boys’ No Sleep Til Brook-lyn or Metallica’s Enter Sandman. Or more ironicthan an anxious new parent hearing ThePolice’s Every Breath You Take?
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Illuminating in moreways than one, thiswall light replicatesthe phases of themoon on an authen-tic moonscape (veryeducational), as wellas serving as areassuring nightlight.Using a remotecontrol it can also beused as a light. Itcomes with an educa-tional booklet aboutthe moon’s cycles.
Sticker-mad kids will lovecreating their owngreetings cards with thesepacks. These ingenious kitsinclude blank cards andsets of stickers so your kidcan create his or her ownscenes including SantaClaus, snowmen, reindeerand cute kids throwingsnowballs.
Researchers who inves-tigated a 2009 U.S. out-break of foodborneillness are proving thatraw cookie doughcould make you sick.
Concerns about rawdough have centred onraw eggs possibly con-taining bacteria such assalmonella. Here, inves-tigators looked intoShiga toxin-producingEscherichia coli (STEC).
The outbreak saw 35people admitted tohospital. It was shownthat 33 of the 35 ateraw cookie dough.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Holiday hazards revealedProtect your kids against these eight potential dangers that are common during this festive time of the year
It may be a time of joy, butmany familiar and promi-nent holiday staples couldpose potential risks to thesafety of children.
BC Children’s Hospitaland BC Ambulance Serviceare teaming up in their ef-forts to encourage parentsand caregivers alike to helpensure the festive season isa safe one.
Between Dec. 23, 2010,and Jan. 5, 2011, BC Ambu-lance Service responded to194 calls across theprovince involving patientsages 10 and under.
“With all the excitementof the holidays, some poten-tial safety hazards can causeserious injury,” said Dr. She-lina Babul, associate direc-tor and sports injuryspecialist at the BC Injuryand Research PreventionUnit at BC Children’s Hospi-tal. THE CANADIAN PRESS
3Candles
Even school-age kids aredrawn to flames, so keeplighted candles well outof reach. Don’t put light-ed candles on atablecloth or anywhereelse that a child couldpull down or knock over.Place menorahs on a highsurface and not too closeto the edge of a table.
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5Visiting family and
friendsThe homes you visit maynot be child-proofed.Each year, curioustoddlers choke or get poi-soned by exploring andgetting their hands onitems not meant for chil-dren such as pills,vitamins, cosmetics andcleaning products.
FLICKR: HARVEYBEN
7Food
Children may be eatingunfamiliar foods for thefirst time this holiday season. It’s common tosee more injuries in theemergency room as a result of children gettinglarge pieces of nuts, car-rots or apples stuck intheir airways. Cut foodsinto small pieces and encourage children to sitquietly while eating, andto chew slowly. Childrenare less likely to choke if they chew foodthoroughly before swal-lowing.
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4Christmas tree
locationPlace your Christmas treea good distance from anyheat sources such as fire-places, radiators orportable heaters. Cut afew centimetres off thetrunk to expose freshwood. This allows for bet-ter water absorption andwill help keep your treefrom becoming a hazard.
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6Fireplaces
A child’s skin is four timesthinner than an adult’sand can burn four timesfaster. The glass of a gasfireplace heats up to 200C (400 F) in just six min-utes and takes 45minutes to cool down.The pilot light of a gasfireplace may also heatthe glass enough tocause a burn. Stay closeto your child when in aroom with a fireplacethat is on or has recentlybeen turned off. Blockthe fireplace with ahearth gate or screenthat bolts into or aroundyour fireplace, or put asafety gate in thedoorway to the roomwith a fireplace.
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8Tinsel, ornaments and
gift wrapWhile tinsel can make atree sparkle, it’s also achoking hazard for youngchildren. Hang strandshigh and out of yourchild’s reach. Also, placeornaments higher up onthe tree as they can breakeasily and cause cuts orharm if swallowed. Becareful of holiday gift-wrapping like bags,paper, ribbons and bows.These items can strangle,suffocate or choke smallchildren.
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1Toys
Choose items that matchyour child’s age, skillsand interest level. Smallpieces – that can easilycome off – and small bat-teries and magnets cancause choking and/or in-ternal chemical burns.Toys with strings longerthan 30 cm could stranglebabies and toddlers.
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2Strings of electric
lights Strings of electric lightsare hazardous as they areattractive to young chil-dren. They run the risk ofbeing strangled, burnedor electrocuted if theyget wrapped up in thewires or put lights intheir mouths.
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Johnny Favourite and his Troubadours have a unique
distillation of music from all over the spectrum. This is a great
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Two shows:
presents:
Vegetarian cubes of yumPotato and red pepper are combined in this dish that works well as a
tasty appetizer or a meatless meal Offer it at your next holiday party
into greased 2.5 L (9-inch) square bakingdish. Bake in 180 C (350F) oven for 25 minutesor until set. Let cool. Cutinto cubes. THE CANADIANPRESS/ FOODLAND ONTARIO/ADAPTED BY EMILY RICHARDS,A PROFESSIONAL HOME ECON-OMIST, COOKBOOK AUTHORAND A TV CELEBRITY CHEF. (EMILYRICHARDSCOOKS.CA)
Ingredients:• 250 ml (1 cup) each dicedpeeled Yukon Gold potatoand sweet potato• 25 ml (2 tbsp) olive oil • 125 ml (1/2 cup) dicedsweet red pepper• 175 ml (3/4 cup) dicedonion• salt and pepper• 4 eggs• 50 ml (1/4 cup) 18 per centcream
Preparation:
1 On greased bakingsheet, toss Yukon Goldand sweet potato with10 ml (2 tsp) of oil. Bake in 180 C (350 F) oven 15mins or until tender. Letcool.
2 In skillet, heat 10 ml (2tsp) of oil over highheat; sauté red pepper 4mins. Remove from pan.In same skillet, heat 10ml (2 tsp) of remainingoil over medium-highheat; cook onion untiltender and golden, 2
mins. Let cool. Combineall cooked vegetables;season with salt andpepper to taste.
3 In bowl with electricmixer, beat eggs withcream. Add cooked veg-etables and mix. Pour
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Cut cubes into bite-sized pieces or larger ones, depending on how you’re serving them.
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With the festive season in fullswing, visiting family and friendsfor dinner parties is common, asare hor d’oeuvres. But these treatscould be full of fat or calories.
QUICHE, WHETHER MINI OR NOT, IS MADE OFEGGS, CREAM, CHEESE ANDA CRUST OF BUTTER OR SHORTENING. THAT SPELLSCALORIES AND FAT. FOURPIECES OF A MINI QUICHEARE EQUAL TO FOUR SUNNYSIDE EGGS WITH THREESTRIPS OF BACON IN FAT.
Preparation:
1 Slice baguette on diago-nal into ½ inch (1 cm)thick slices to get 12slices; set aside.
2 In shallow dish, whiskeggs, cream, chives, salt,pepper and curry powder.Dip each slice into eggmix, turning to coat.
3 Melt butter in non-stickskillet over medium-highheat and panfry baguetteslices 4 mins. turningonce or until golden. Re-
Ingredients:• Half baguette• 3 eggs• 3 tbsp (45 mL) 5% lightcream• 2 tbsp (30 mL) choppedfresh chives• ¼ tsp (1 mL) each salt and pepper• Pinch curry powder• 2 tsp (10 mL) butter• 1 ripe but firm, Bartlettpear, cored and sliced • 100 g double cream Brie• Fresh chives
See french toast in new lightThis appetizer combines tasty french toast, brie cheese and pears
peat with all slices.
4 Place baguette slices on-to foil lined baking sheet
and top with pear slicesand Brie. Place pan about6 inches (15 cm) underthe broiler until cheese is
melted. Garnish withchives to serve. ONTARIOEGG FARMERS/ ADAPTED BY EMILY RICHARDS
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Sir Richard Branson has amessage: we can save ourEarth from nuclear Am-ageddon and environmen-tal meltdown alike.
With Cutnukes.org,Branson pushes for feweratomic bombs. His airlinersuse waste as fuel, and hehas created a sanctuary forMalagasy lemurs displacedby deforestation. Now heplans to monitor global de-forestation with satellites,he tells Metro.
You’re about to open areserve for ringtailed lemursthat have been displaced bydeforestation in Madagascar.Are you planning to help oth-er species that have been dis-placed by deforestation?
The lemur is such abeautiful species. We sim-ply have to save the lemurs,and I’m trying to help otherspecies as well.
For the past severalmonths I’ve travelledaround the world to savesharks, and soon I’ll be trav-elling to India to try to savethe blue tiger.
When it comes to defor-estation, of course humanswho have been displaced
are very im portant, but ani-mal species are equally im-portant. More important,actually.
Deforestation is often causedby local subsistence farmers.What’s the solution?
One thing we can do
about illegal logging is dis-cover it before it’s too late.That’s why I’ve justlaunched a new initiativebased at my spaceport.We’ll run have satellitesthat will monitor forests tosee where forests are beingcut down.
You’re in favour of eliminat-ing nuclear weapons. Whyshould good countries get ridof their nuclear weaponswhen bad countries still havethem?
They shouldn’t com-pletely eliminate them.What we’re suggesting isthat nuclear weapons statesget rid of their nuclearweapons in steps. From adeterrent point of view, acountry only needs 300 nu-clear weapons. Getting ridof nuclear weapons wouldsave a lot of money andwould solve many of theworld’s current deficit prob-lems.
In other words, is the globalrecession a good thing for nu-clear disarmament?
Definitely. For example,one of the easiest thingsPresident Obama could doto solve the U.S. budget cri-sis is getting rid of 1,000 nu-clear warheads.
Is your interest in nuclearweapons an extension of your
green involvement?Yes. I’ve been visited Hi-
roshima and Nagasaki tosee the effects of nuclearweapons.
And it’s an extension ofmy interest in solving glob-al conflicts.
That’s why I fund TheElders, an organizationfounded by Nelson Mandelathat works to solve globalconflicts.
The world has been talkingabout environmentalproblems for so long. Do yousee any reasons for optimism?
Absolutely. We have todeal with environmentalproblems in an entrepre-neurial spirit.
For example, Virgin’snew aviation fuel useswaste from steel mills. Mil-lions of jobs could be creat-ed worldwide by greeningour cities.
The environment wouldbenefit, the cities wouldbenefit, regular peoplewould benefit, and it wouldstop money pouring out to
Monitoring future deforestationRichard Branson promises to use his satellites to keep an eye on forests Speaks to Metro about nuclear war
From couch to class actSusan Sly, an entrepreneur, author, professional speaker, trainer and athlete, carries a message of motivation
Susan Sly is a‘Have it AllWoman’ andshe’s evenwritten abest-sellingbook aboutthe subject.
No one would guess that11 years ago her life com-pletely collapsed whenshe was diagnosed withMultiple Sclerosis.
She lost everything;her health, marriage andbusiness. She was$100,000 in debt with athree-year-old child andsleeping on a family
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Susan began to healher body and got intomulti-level marketing. To-day, the mother of fourchildren is a millionaire,has written five books, is
married to her highschool sweetheart and isstill competing intriathlons and marathons.
“I was supposed to bein a wheelchair but I’mstill running. I get veryemotional because I’mjust so grateful and appre-ciative.”
Susan’s next goal is toempower one million
women around the world.“I know what it’s like tolive in desperation andnot know what tomor-row’s going to bring. I re-ally believe that we cantranscend anything ifwe’re open. I really do.”
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dishes, and other
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atmosphere.
COMPILE THE PERFECTSOUNDTRACKConsider the musical tastes of
your guests, throw in some old
favourites, and mix it up a
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Frk’s scoring touch returns
Martin Frk says he neverimagined it would take himuntil Dec. 11 to score hisfirst goal of the QMJHL sea-son.
But in just his thirdgame back after beingshelved for almost fourmonths with a concussion,the 18-year-old right-winger made his first goalcount by netting the win-ner in the Halifax Moose-heads’ 3-2 win over theQMJHL-leading Saint JohnSea Dogs yesterday at theMetro Centre.
Frk, the team’s top re-turning scorer, ripped onehome on a power-play re-bound with 4:24 to go toput the Mooseheads up 3-1.
“For me, it’s a big goalbecause it’s the winninggoal,” said Frk, who had nopoints, three shots and aminus-3 in his first twogames back.
“I was so happy for thatgoal, and we beat SaintJohn, a great team.”
The win saved theMooseheads from their firstthree-game losing streak ofthe season after falling 7-3to the Sea Dogs on Saturdayin Saint John and 6-1 to theP.E.I. Rocket on Friday inCharlottetown. It also end-ed the Sea Dogs’ 15-gamewinning streak against theMooseheads dating back toDecember 2009.
With leading scorer
Nathan MacKinnon side-lined for the secondstraight game because of ashoulder injury, 18-year-oldforward Matthew Boudreaustepped up with two goalsand one assist and wasnamed the game’s first star.
“They’ve had our num-ber a lot,” said Boudreau.“We had to respond todayto have a better weekend,and grab two points out ofthem and maybe catch upto them a bit. It’s a hugewin and everyone is really
proud.”Frk, who has not yet de-
cided whether he’s in good
enough shape to attend theCzech Republic’s world jun-ior camp starting Dec. 17 inLethbridge, Alta., said thegoal lifted a weight fromhis shoulders.
“I thought I’d score inP.E.I., and in P.E.I., no score,then in Saint John, noscore, and here, I scored infront of all the fans,” Frksaid. “I’m very happy. I feelbetter when I score goals soI hope I score a couple ofmore before Christmas.”
Mooseheads forward Andrew Ryan takes a shot on Sea Dogs goalie Sebastien Auger
during the second period at the Metro Centre yesterday.
RYAN TAPLIN/METRO
Mooseheads avoid three-game losing streak, improve to 20-9-3 Trail QMJHL and division-leading Sea Dogs by 10 points Sit sixth in overall league standings
The Halifax Rainmen areon a three-game winningstreak and working theirway up the National Bas-ketball League of Canadastandings.
The Rainmen turned intheir best defensive effortof the season on Saturdaynight at the Metro Centrewith a 97-83 win over thesecond-place Quebec Kebs.
The Rainmen have notonly won three straight,
they’ve won six of eightand their 6-4 record leavesthem tied for third over-all, 2 1⁄2 behind the first-
place London Lightning(10-3).
Fifth-year Rainmen for-ward Eric Crookshank hada team-high 17 points onSaturday, while JustinJohnson and Joey Hay-wood had 15 apiece.
The Rainmen visit theSummerside Storm onThursday and return toHalifax next Sunday tohost the Oshawa Power.
MATTHEW WUEST
High-octane Rainmenclimbing NBL ranks Local Leblanc
InternationalBowl boundFOOTBALL. Halifax’s JacobLeblanc has been namedto the International Feder-ation of Football’s worldteam for USA Football’sInternational Bowl thatwill take place Feb. 1 inAustin, Tex. The six-foot-two defensive linemanwas Atlantic UniversitySport rookie of the yearwith the Mount Allison
Mounties this past season,recording 30 tackles andfive sacks in eight games.
METRO
Moose givenGerman ‘C’HOCKEY. HalifaxMooseheads defencemanKonrad Abeltshauser hasbeen named captain ofTeam Germany at theIIHF’s Pool B world juniorchampionship.Abeltshauser was held offthe score-sheet in hostGermany’s 2-1tournament-opening winover Belarus yesterday.
“When Nate’s not there I have to step upa bit and today I think I did what I couldto help the team.”MOOSEHEADS FORWARD MATTHEW BOUDREAU ON SCORING TWO GOALS ANDONE ASSIST IN A FIRST-STAR PERFORMANCE IN THE ABSENCE OF LEADINGSCORER NATHAN MACKINNON
116The Rainmen’saverage points pergame so far thisseason, tops in theNBL Canada.
Quoted
“Thatwas
probablyone of
my most memorablegames as a
Rocket. To getsix against my
childhood team,and one of the
top teams in theleague, it’s
definitely prettyspecial.’’
LOWER SACKVILLE’S BENDUFFY, AFTER SCORING FOURGOALS AND TWO ASSISTS ONFRIDAY TO LEAD THE LAST-
PLACE P.E.I. ROCKET TO A 6-1WIN OVER THE HALIFAXMOOSEHEADS IN QMJHL
PLAY.
20Number of wins theMooseheads havethrough 32 games thisseason. That matchestheir season-long 68-game total from lastseason.
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‘If you believe then unbelievable things can sometimes be possible’
Tebow leads Denver to OT win over Chicago Victory is his seventh in eight starts
Wild wins are becomingroutine for Tim Tebow andthe Denver Broncos, whoflail away through most offour quarters before com-ing through in the clutch.
Matt Prater’s 51-yardfield goal 61⁄2 minutes intoovertime gave the Broncosa 13-10 victory over thestunned Chicago Bears onSunday. Prater’s 59-yarderwith three seconds left inregulation tied the score af-ter Tebow led another rally.
“If you believe,” Tebowsaid, “then unbelievablethings can sometimes bepossible.”
It was Denver’s sixthstraight win and seventh ineight games since Tebow,dubbed the “Mile HighMessiah,” was promoted tostarter. The Broncos havetrailed in the second half insix of those victories.
This latest comebackput Denver in sole posses-sion of first place in theAFC West after Oakland’s46-16 drubbing at GreenBay.
“Never say never,” widereceiver Eric Decker said.“That’s a great characteris-tic of this team. ... Again itwasn’t pretty. But again inthe fourth quarter, we
found a way to make someplays. Matt Prater, man, thekid can boom it.”
After failing to score ontheir first dozen posses-sions, the Broncos (8-5)erased a 10-0 deficit in the
final 2:08 of regulation.“I think we’re rewriting
the book on ‘keep fight-ing,”‘ coach John Fox said.“Our guys never blink.They remain positive. Asbad as it looked today —
we didn’t play well; we hadsome drops. But the guywho dropped a couple ofpasses caught the ... touch-down. That’s kind of theM.O. on this bunch.”
Tebow hit Demaryius
Thomas with a 10-yard TDpass, then got the ball backwith 53 seconds left afterMarion Barber saved theBroncos precious time bygoing out of bounds whenthe Bears were trying torun out the clock.
Denver was out of time-outs after Thomas’ touch-down and had to try anonside kick, which theBroncos couldn’t recover.But on second down afterthe two-minute warning,Barber cut outside and waspushed out, stopping theclock.
The Bears would have topunt, and Tebow got theball back at his 20 andwent to work, not needingto go far with Prater’sstrong leg in the thin air.
He drove the Broncos 39yards for Prater’s kick,which he rocketed throughthe uprights.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tim Tebow is tackled after getting a first down.
DOUG PENSINGER/GETTY IMAGES Rookie T.J. Yates led thebiggest drive in HoustonTexans history, throwing a6-yard touchdown passwith 2 seconds left for a 20-19 victory that brought thefirst playoff berth in fran-chise history.
With their seventhstraight win, the Texans(10-3) moved to the thresh-old of their first playoffberth. They clinched theAFC South title a few min-utes later when Tennesseelost to New Orleans.
CHARGERS 37, BILLS 10
Philip Rivers threw threetouchdown passes, two toAntonio Gates, and the SanDiego Chargers beat theBuffalo Bills 37-10 Sundayto keep their playoff hopesalive.
Buffalo (5-8) lost its sixthstraight game and waseliminated from playoffcontention for the 12thstraight year. The Chargers(6-7) have won two straightfollowing their six-gamelosing streak.
Rivers was 24 of 33 for240 yards. Ryan Mathewsgained 114 yards on 20 car-ries, the first time he’s hadthree straight 100-yardgames. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
5Tebow was intercept-ed once, fumbled theball away on anotherplay and was sackedfive times.
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‘Highly unusual circumstances’Spokesman says Braun will be able to prove his innocence after testing positive for banned substance
National League MVP RyanBraun has tested positivefor a banned substance andis appealing to avoid a 50-game suspension, accord-ing to people familiar withthe case.
ESPN cited two sourcesSaturday in first reportingthe result, saying the Mil-
waukee Brewers sluggertested positive for elevatedlevels of testosterone,adding that a later test bythe World Anti-DopingAgency lab in Montreal de-termined the testosteronewas synthetic.
A spokesman for Braunsaid in a statement issued
to ESPN and The Associat-ed Press that “there arehighly unusual circum-stances surrounding thiscase which will supportRyan’s complete inno-cence.”
“There was absolutelyno intentional violation ofthe program,” Matthew
Hiltzik said in a statementsent by the four-time all-star left-fielder’s represen-tatives.
“While Ryan has impec-cable character and no pre-vious history,unfortunately, because ofthe process we have tomaintain confidentiality
and are not able to discussit any further, but we areconfident that he will ulti-mately be exonerated,” hesaid.
Major League Baseballdoes not announce positivetests and penalties in drugcases involving initial posi-tives until all arbitration is
concluded.The case is still being ap-
pealed to an arbitrator un-der MLB’s drug program,people familiar with thesituation told the AP. Thepeople spoke on conditionof anonymity because theappeal is still ongoing.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Aries March 21-April 20 Youwill do the opposite of what every-one thinks you will do, not becauseyou have to but because you like tobe unpredictable.
Taurus April 21-May 21 Thebest things in life are free.
Gemini May 22-June 21There seems to be some tension inyour dealings with other people.
Cancer June 22-July 22 Some-thing unexpected will knock youback a bit today and it will take youa while to find your stride again.
Leo July 23-Aug.23 There isnothing you cannot handle. There
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Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 23 You willhave to take sides in a dispute ofsome kind today.
Scorpio Oct. 24-Nov. 22 Putyour own needs first today anddon’t worry that some people maythink you are being selfish.
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Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 20Go out of your way to help some-one in need.
Aquarius Jan. 21-Feb. 18Stop dreaming about what youwould like to do and actually startdoing it.
Pisces Feb. 19-March 20. Doother people’s achievements in-spire you or make you envious? Ifit’s the latter you need to realizethat envy can motivate you asmuch as more positive emotions.Envy is only a bad thing if you donothing with it. SALLY BROMPTON
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