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Ottawa terror ‘All is forgiven’:
MISS KNOPE
suspect’s father Charlie Hebdo
AS PARKS AND RECREATION’S
LAST SEASON BEGINS, METRO speaks out French magazine releases new
LOOKS BACK AT ALL THE
issue with image of the Prophet
THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT ‘My son is a good boy’ says father
Muhammad weeping PAGE 6
PAWNEE PAGE 11 of Suliman Mohamed PAGE 2
36 questions
could land you
your soulmate
Twenty years ago a
psychologist used these
questions in an experiment
that resulted in two
strangers falling in love. But
could it work for anyone?
PAGE 8
Buy a house
with your
phone
TRAGIC FIRE IN BARRHAVEN Scrambling to sign those
papers at the realtor’s office
may soon be a thing of the
past PAGE 7
An Ottawa firefighter scales a ladder at 5 Goodwood Dr. where a morning blaze killed a couple in their 70s. See story page 4. ALEX ROBINSON/METROLAND NEWS SERVICE
Send your
U of O hockey players suing school for $6M
chili into the
stratosphere
Class-action suit. tion lawsuit against the school en in court, the athletes have year, said the allegations cast “a his resume, he said, not some-
and seek a total of $6 million in suffered anxiety, harassment dark shadow” over the team. thing he feels he needs to hide.
Players who were not damages because the university and skipped classes since the Creppin is the named plaintiff Creppin said he was at a hos- Steak makes this recipe out
accused of wrongdoing suspended its men’s hockey allegations from Thunder Bay in the class action. pital in Thunder Bay — waiting of this world PAGE 15
program after two players were surfaced. “It was hard for us to even with a friend who was sick
allege school tarnished
accused of sexual assault. The players are now seeking wear our coats out in public — on the night of the alleged
their reputations Lawyer Lawrence Green- $4 million in general damages without being ridiculed,” the sexual assault in the team’s
spon, who’s representing for- and $2 million in punitive dam- 24-year-old said. He later said hotel. The players had travelled
mer hockey players who were ages. that he worked his whole life to Thunder Bay that February
not accused of wrongdoing, “Sexual assault is a serious to play hockey at such a highly weekend for a game.
LUCY said in a news conference on crime, but since offenders carry competitive level, only for the Two of the hockey players,
SCHOLEY Tuesday that the university un- a huge stigma, it is particularly university to take it away. Guillaume Donovan and David
[email protected] fairly punished his clients and important to make sure that in- Creppin is in his fourth year Foucher, have been charged
tarnished their reputations. nocent people aren’t accused,” of human kinetics at the uni- with sexual assault.
Former players of the Univer- According to the statement said Greenspon. versity and hopes to become a They are the only two team-
sity of Ottawa men’s hockey of claim, which contains allega- Andrew Creppin, who chiropractor. The hockey team mates not represented in the
team are launching a class-ac- tions that have not been prov- played centre for the team last should be a positive addition to class-action suit.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
‘My son is a good boy,’ says
father of third terror suspect
Suliman Mohamed. and Carlos Larmond, aged
24, face similar charges and
Family confused
are alleged co-conspirators
S
and upset by terror to Mohamed.
Carlos was arrested at
charges, lawyer says
Montreal’s Pierre Elliot Tru-
deau airport Friday “as he
W was intending to travel over-
JOE seas for terrorist purposes,”
LOFARO RCMP alleged. Ashton was
[email protected] arrested in Ottawa.
All three men are being
The father of a 21-year-old held in custody in Ottawa
Ottawa man accused of two and are scheduled to return
terrorism-related charges de- to court Feb. 12.
E nied the RCMP’s allegations Mohamed’s lawyer, Doug
and said his son, Suliman Baum, said he will seek to
Mohamed, is a “good boy.” have his client released on
“My son is not involved bail.
in this. But I need to see evi- He described the relation-
N dence,” said the boy’s father, ship between his client and
who identified himself as the Larmond brothers as
Idris. “casual acquaintances.”
The boy’s mother, Iwona A justice of the peace or-
Buziak, declined to speak dered Mohamed not to com-
to reporters, shouting at municate with the Larmond
them to “stop!” as she left brothers while in custody.
the courthouse Tuesday with Mohamed, who has a
Idris and two other young shaved head, remained si-
men. lent in the prisoner’s box. He
The RCMP arrested wore a brown sweater and a
Mohamed Monday on Cecile black T-shirt.
Street in Ottawa, three days The accusations came as
after two other local men a huge surprise to the family
were swept up in an anti-ter- and Mohamed is “confused
rorism investigation by the and upset” about the whole Suliman Mohamed’s father, Idris, leaves the Ottawa courthouse Tuesday after his son, accused of two terrorism-related
Integrated National Security situation, Baum said. charges, made his fi rst court appearance. JOE LOFARO/METRO
Enforcement Team (INSET). “Naturally, they believe
Mohamed was charged with their son hasn’t done any- Baum said his client has the community, his family is
participating in the activity thing untoward and they’re no criminal history and has all here.”
of a terrorist group and con- anxious as well to see the never been in any kind of But Baum said it might be
spiracy to participate in ter- disclosure and understand trouble before. a challenge to get his client
rorist activity. what the nature of the alleg- Since federal prosecu- a fair trial in light of the Oct.
Twin brothers Ashton ations are,” the lawyer said. tor Rod Sonley said he will 22 attack at the National
seek to keep Mohamed in War Memorial and on Parlia-
custody, the onus is on the ment Hill.
Shock
defence to prove to the court “The court of public opin-
that he should be released. ion is always present and so
“Naturally, they believe their son hasn’t done
“Sometimes with elec- is that a concern? Of course
anything untoward and they’re anxious as well to tronic monitoring or very it’s a concern. Especially
see the disclosure and understand what the nature strong sureties, a person with the recent events that
could be released,” said occurred in Ottawa,” said
of the allegations are.” Baum. Baum. “We’ll deal with that A photo of the accused from
Doug Baum, Suliman Mohamed’s lawyer “He has strong support in when it comes.” Facebook. FACEBOOK.COM
Taxi company probing complaint of distracted driving
Ottawa’s biggest taxi com- morrow.” cab to avoid coming in con- driver and the driver’s taxi
pany said it is investigating a Senior management will tact with another car in the number on the Help Save
complaint about a driver talk- meet with the driver and his next lane. Lives — Drive Hands Free Fa-
ing on a cellphone held to his union rep to get his side of the “As soon as he picked up cebook page, created by Rick
ear while driving. The probe story and consider possible the phone I was worried,” said Levesque, an Ottawa man
was launched after a passen- warnings or reprimands, he Culkin. “I feel like it would who is campaigning to change
ger shared pictures of the in- added. have been a lot easier for him legislation to add demerit
cident on Facebook. Passenger Sean Culkin, 19, to do the movement and pre- points to drivers using hand-
Hanif Patni, president of told Metro he used his iPhone dict what was happening and held devices while driving.
Coventry Connections, said to take photos of the chatty have his mind set on the road Patni said such complaints
it is very rare for these kinds driver in a Capital Taxi cab instead of on the conversa- are infrequent and said be-
of complaints to come in and on the afternoon of Jan. 3 in tion.” tween January 2014 and May
this one is being taken ser- Orleans. Culkin said he raised the 2014, there were 18 com-
This image of a cab driver using a iously. He said the driver was dis- issue with the driver, but the plaints. Patni did not have
cellphone while driving was posted “Drivers should not be do- tracted by the phone conver- driver only responded with stats for the rest of the year
to an anti-distracted driving ing that,” said Patni Tuesday. sation and had to make an sarcasm. immediately available.
Facebook page. COURTESY SEAN CULKIN “We are seeing the driver to- “abrupt” movement with his He posted photos of the JOE LOFARO/METRO
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Ottawa planning massive
overhaul of ‘Arts Precinct’
Rideau plan. planters separating it from
vehicles and widening side-
Councillor touts
walks on Rideau Street.
walkability, while “You’ll be able to walk
from Sandy Hill, from the
cycling advocate
campus, from the ByWard
criticizes scheme Market, from the Rideau Cen-
tre, from the LRT station, to
and from Arts Court really
easily,” said Rideau-Vanier
LUCY
Coun. Mathieu Fleury. “You
SCHOLEY
[email protected] won’t feel like it’s the back of
a building. You’ll have clear
With the Rideau Street area areas to walk and it’ll be fun
already under a major over- to hang out and to enjoy be-
haul, the city is now looking cause there’s a lot to be de-
to make the whole surround- sired there.”
ing area more pedestrian- Right now the area is also
friendly with wider side- transport-truck heavy, with
walks, more bike lanes and vehicles travelling through to
trees. access Highway 417.
The Rideau Arts Precinct According to the plan, the
plan, released Tuesday, looks city is looking at alternative
at the area between Rideau routes for those trucks.
Street, Laurier Avenue, Col- Alex deVries, the vice
onel By Drive and Waller president of Citizens for
Street — essentially the area Safe Cycling, called the plan
that encompasses the Rideau “disappointing” for cyclists
Centre, the future Arts Court because it’s more geared for
redevelopment, a leg of the pedestrians and cars.
light rail Confederation Line “You can bike down the
and a section of the Univer- middle of the Mackenzie King
sity of Ottawa campus. bridge, but there’s no real fa-
The plan includes clos- cilities to get from there to
ing Nicholas Street between the Rideau Centre,” he said, ABOVE: A sketch of the area the
Rideau and Besserer to ped- later adding, “It’s very awk- city is looking at revamping in
estrian traffic, adding a bike ward and there’s nothing its Rideau Arts Precinct plan. The
lane down the middle of the about bicycle parking or any- plan aims to make the area more
Mackenzie King Bridge with thing like that in the area.” pedestrian-friendly, including wid-
Anyone can view the plan ening sidewalks, planting trees and
at Ottawa.ca/rideauartsplan closing down a section of Nicholas
Quoted and send feedback to the city Street to foot and bike traffic (as
up until Feb. 10. The plan- seen above in section 2).
“It’s very awkward and ning committee will review RIGHT: Pictured is a design concept
there’s nothing about the plan and send it to City for Waller Street. Ottawa is looking
bicycle parking…” Council. to make Rideau and neighbouring
Fleury said the goal is to streets more pedestrian-friendly
Alex deVries, the vice president of beautify the Rideau Arts Pre- with wider sidewalks and trees.
Citizens for Safe Cycling. cinct by 2017. COURTESY OTTAWA.CA
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
‘Flames were through the roof’ as
Barrhaven fire kills couple in 70s
Deadly fire. Cause Quoted
of inferno still under
“They were really down-
investigation
to-earth people … They
were very friendly. We
used to see them walk-
A couple in their 70s died in
a three-alarm fire that ripped ing every day.”
through their Barrhaven Carlo Vial, who lives nearby, talks about
home Tuesday morning, Ot- the couple killed in the blaze
tawa Fire Services said.
Firefighters responded to to see them walking every
the fire, which quickly en- day.”
gulfed the home at 5 Good- Neighbours said the
wood Dr., around 10:20 a.m. couple did not smoke, but
Fire Services spokes- they did have a wood-burn-
man Marc Messier said the ing fireplace.
couple’s bodies were found Extra crews had to be
separately in the single called in to battle the blaze
family home and the first because of the frigid temper-
was found on the main floor. atures Tuesday afternoon.
“On arrival, crews con- More than 40 firefighters
firmed we had a home that Firefighters work to knock down a fire that ripped through a single family home on Greenwood Drive in Barrhaven Tuesday. ALEX ROBINSON/METROLAND NEWS SERVICE were on scene, working to
was fully involved,” Mess- put out some remaining hot
ier said. “The flames were ed had not yet been deter- Morton, but fire services had lived in the neighbor- “They were really down spots.
through the roof.” mined. could not confirm their iden- hood for decades and were to earth people,” said Carlo The Office of the Fire Mar-
Messier said and the cause Neighbors identified the tity. original owners of their Vial, who lives nearby. “They shal of Ontario is investigat-
of the fire and where it start- couple as Charles and Ada Neighbors said the couple home. were very friendly. We used ing. METROLAND NEWS SERVICE
You Ottawa’s The Acorn
could
WIN
back on SXSW list
an
advance
screening Rolf Klausener promised him-
self he would never return to
pass South By Southwest.
for two When the Ottawa musi-
cian ventured to the famed
to see music festival — also known
as SXSW — with his band,
the Acorn, in 2008, they spent
thousands of dollars in travel
starring
fees and three days rushing
Johnny from venue to venue to play
quick, 25-minute slots.
Depp
They arrived in Austin,
January Texas both excited and green. Ottawa musician Rolf Klausener plays during the launch of the city’s
By the end, both they and #ottmusik project on Thursday at Capital Rehearsal Studios.
22! their pocketbooks were spent LUCY SCHOLEY/METRO
and he says they had little to
Visit show for it. “I’m going down to sort of length album, Glory Hope
clubmetro.com But now Klausener is get my show legs back in gear Mountain.
to enter breaking his promise. With and, ideally, maybe (reunite The Acorn has been on
new band members Adam with) some people from my a touring hiatus since 2011.
Saikaley and Patrick John- touring past,” he said. Klausener has been busy with
son, he’s heading back to the It may come as a surprise other projects like the Arbor-
South by Southwest Music that a festival like SXSW etum Music Festival and Silk-
Conference and Festival that —which draws more than ken Laumann.
runs March 17 to 22. 16,000 people to its music This year, he will know
What’s bringing him back? event alone — would be tough what to expect at SXSW —
He’s armed with two new on a Polaris Music Prize-nom- crowds of people screaming,
records — Vieux Loup is due inated band like the Acorn. a potential spotting of comed-
this spring and Palm D’or The festival did help the ian Louis C.K. eating a hot dog
in the fall — and backed by band land a U.S. agent and a and delicious tacos.
In Theatres January 23
grants. publishing deal, but back in “It’s like Canada Day on
He won’t be losing money 2008, the Acorn was already ‘roids. It’s just so nuts,” said
No purchase necessary Contest entry open 12:01 am January 14, 2015 until 11:59 pm January 19, 2015 to legal residents of Canada (excl. QC) of age of majority in their prov. of residence as of entry.
Prizes avail.: 30 double passes for a screening of “MORTDECAI” awarded in each of Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Halifax. ARV $25/ pass. Odds depend on number of this time, but he won’t be getting attention south of Klausener.
eligible entries rec’d. Internet, email address, math skill-test req’d. Rules and entry: www.clubmetro.com. making any, either. the border with its full- LUCY SCHOLEY/METRO
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Cairo. Baird’s visit may The day
of the flag
decide journalist’s fate
draws near
The fate of imprisoned Egyp- Deportation under way
tian-Canadian journalist With the 50th birthday of
Mohamed Fahmy could be de- Canada’s beloved Maple Leaf
cided on Thursday when For- Mohamed Fahmy’s family flag approaching Feb. 15, some
eign Affairs Minister John Baird said they expect him to be are wondering why there there
arrives in Cairo. deported before a new trial has been so little fanfare from
That’s the day Baird meets takes place. the federal government. The
with Egyptian Foreign Minister party planning appears to pale
Sameh Shoukry after travelling (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:34)(cid:209)(cid:254)(cid:273)(cid:317)(cid:561)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:243)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:231)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:55)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:3) in comparison to a multimillion-
to the tourist city of Luxor on (cid:61)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:268)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:17)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:3) dollar effort to mark Canada’s
Wednesday to meet with young (cid:71)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:3) 150th birthday in 2017, and the
Egyptians to discuss the coun- (cid:17)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:209)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:315)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:266)(cid:3) $5.2 million that was spent to
try’s future. (cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:289)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:3) mark the bicentennial of the
A Foreign Affairs news re- (cid:305)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:314)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:3) War of 1812. The founder of the
lease doesn’t mention Fahmy (cid:220)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:16)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:292)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:268)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:316)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:3) Canada Flag Holiday Campaign
by name, but says Baird will (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:296)(cid:553) wrote to Prime Minister Stephen
raise “important consular Harper this week to express his
issues” with his Egyptian disappointment in the govern-
counterpart in Cairo on Thurs- Canada has been working hard ment’s lack of plans to celebrate
day. behind the scenes to win the the flag, the brainchild of former
Earlier this month, an Egyp- release of the Al-Jazeera jour- Liberal prime minister Lester B.
tian court ordered a retrial nalist, who is now in his 13th Pearson, which was adopted in
for Fahmy and his colleagues, month in captivity. Baird has 1965.
Australian correspondent Peter met twice recently with his
DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Greste and Egyptian producer Egyptian counterpart — most
Baher Mohamed, but a date has recently in Bahrain — to push
not been set. for the release of the 40-year-old Parliament security plan to
Baird has previously said Fahmy. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Iraq mission. CF-18s
consider range of scenarios
increase attacks on ISIL
Canadian fighter jets flying personnel, the fighters are fly-
over Iraq have stepped up the ing from an airbase in Kuwait Safety. Co-chairman of sidering all possibilities,” them get inside the building. Ottawa shooting
pace of their attacks on Islamic on missions over Iraq. White said Tuesday during a So, whatever the plan looks
State of Iraq and the Levant Among their recent bomb- security advisory group lunch-hour panel program on like to make that reality is
(ISIL) extremists, dropping ing runs: says plan may involve Ottawa radio station CFRA. what you have to work to- Following the fatal shooting
bombs for five straight days. (cid:580) Jan. 11 and 12: CF-18s restricting number Michael Zehaf Bibeau’s wards.” of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo at the
Details are sometimes vague strike ISIL fighting positions bloody rampage in Ottawa Improved security at the National War Memorial
about what was hit, but since near Bayji. of entrances and could have been much worse, edge of the property could on Oct. 22, Michael Zehaf
combat operations started in (cid:580) Jan. 10: two CF-18s bomb conducting searches and security planners rec- involve RCMP officers re- Bibeau ran up the eastern
late October, CF-18 fighters ISIL staging and storage facili- ognize the need to protect stricting the number of access driveway of Parliament Hill
have dropped munitions 22 ties south of Haditha. against better-armed, more points to three from five and unchallenged before he
times and eight of those mis- (cid:580)(cid:3)Jan. 9: Two CF-18s sup- co-ordinated attackers, he conducting searches at those hijacked a minister’s waiting
sions have happened since New porting ground operations A co-chairman of the advisory added. entrances, White suggested. car and drove the rest of the
Year’s Day. And in one five-day by Iraqi security forces near group looking at security in White said that ought to in- He said he’s proud of the way to the front doors.
stretch ending Jan. 12, CF-18s Ramadi, west of Baghdad, tar- the wake of the Oct. 22 shoot- clude reinforcing Parliament fact Parliament Hill is so pub-
dropped precision-guided mu- get an ISIL truck carrying an ar- ings says last week’s attack in Hill’s outer perimeter, which licly accessible, but noted (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:5)(cid:238)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:305)(cid:274)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)
nitions against ISIL targets six moured personnel carrier, Later Paris won’t change the plans extends at least the length of there are lots of opportunities (cid:17)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:16)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:221)(cid:266)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:101)(cid:229)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:16)(cid:255)-
times. that day, two fighters strike ISIL for Parliament Hill. a full city block away from to improve security without (cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:305)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:266)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)
The Conservative govern- positions north of Bayji. Conservative Sen. Vern the front doors of the Centre disrupting the public’s access (cid:220)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:48)(cid:229)(cid:314)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:95)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:266)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:17)(cid:279)(cid:273)-
ment dispatched Royal Can- (cid:580)(cid:3)Jan. 8: Two CF-18s sup- White, a former police chief, Block, the iconic building that to the country’s seat of dem- (cid:273)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:575)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:575)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:273)(cid:296)(cid:550)(cid:3)
adian Air Force aircraft to join porting ground operations suc- says the new security plan will includes the Peace Tower. ocracy. (cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:17)(cid:55)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:317)(cid:553)
the multinational bombing cessfully struck an ISIL position consider a range of scenarios “To be blunt, you need to Last November it was an-
campaign in October. Sup- near Haditha. — from a “lone wolf” inci- kill them at the gates, you nounced that the House of
ported by some 600 military TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE dent to a co-ordinated, well- need to kill them on the lawn, Commons and Senate security the unified parliamentary se-
planned assault like the one you need to kill them outside officers would patrol the par- curity team have been trained
Three injured Report on Charlie Hebdo last week. the building,” he said. liamentary precinct under a to carry firearms.
“We are reacting and con- “You can’t afford to let single command. Members of THE CANADIAN PRESS
Pedestrian struck Alberta premier
in Pembroke dies calls recession Government to fund Ukrainian famine awareness
projection flawed
Provincial police say one of
three pedestrians struck on The federal government will in 1932-33 in which millions There are about 1.2 mil-
Sunday night in Pembroke, Alberta’s premier says spend $1.5 million to spon- Quoted starved while resisting Soviet lion Canadians of Ukrainian
Ont., has died of his injuries. he does not agree with a sor a cross-country project to collectivist policies. origin and the Harper gov-
“It is by remembering
Police say two of the Conference Board of Canada raise awareness of the Ukrain- In 2008, the Harper gov- ernment has long courted
pedestrians were treated suggestion that Alberta is ian famine of the 1930s, the tragedies and atroci- ernment officially recognized them — not just with recog-
and released from hospital. likely to face a recession due known as the Holodomor. ties of the past that we the famine as an act of geno- nition of the Holodomor, but
The third was taken to to plunging prices of oil. Jim The money will go to the cide. Immigration Minister also with strong support for
can equip ourselves to
hospital with serious injur- Prentice calls the confer- Canada Ukraine Foundation, Jason Kenney says remem- Ukraine in its confrontation
ies and investigators say he ence board report an outlier which will run the tour. prevent them from hap- brance is important. with Russia.
died on Monday. Martial based on analysis that is The educational program pening again.” “It is by remembering the Legislation passed by the
Laverdure, 38, of Pembroke, not particularly convincing. is expected to start this tragedies and atrocities of the House of Commons in 2008
was charged with one count Prentice says the board’s spring. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney past that we can equip our- designates the fourth Satur-
of dangerous driving. report conflicts with other The government says the selves to prevent them from day in November as Holodo-
THE CANADIAN PRESS projections. THE CANADIAN PRESS project will teach people — dents — about the Holodo- happening again,” Kenney mor Memorial Day.
including thousands of stu- mor, a state-sponsored famine said in a statement. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Muhammad weeps on
Germany.
Leaders
push for
Charlie Hebdo’s cover
tolerance
German political and
religious leaders appealed
for tolerance Tuesday in
Defiant front. Shows days of terror that saw 17 Anti-terrorism the wake of the Paris terror
people killed before the three attacks, a message meant
prophet holding a Islamic extremist attackers PM asks for to counter both religious
sign with words ‘All is were gunned down by security extremists and growing anti-
forces. tougher Islam protests in Germany.
forgiven’ above him
Surviving staff members are Chancellor Angela Merkel
now using the offices of the Lib- measures and President Joachim Gauck
eration newspaper, which has were among those who took
Charlie Hebdo released a new loaned out space. part in the rally organized by
version of its irreverent and The latest cover shows a France’s prime minister de- Muslim groups near Berlin’s
often offensive newspaper weeping Muhammad, holding manded tougher anti-ter- iconic Brandenburg Gate and
Tuesday, defiantly putting a sign reading “I am Charlie” rorism measures Tuesday the French embassy, where
a caricature of the Prophet with the words “All is forgiven” after deadly attacks that wreaths were laid for the
Muhammad on the cover that above him. some call this country’s 17 people killed by Islamic
drew immediate criticism and Zineb El Rhazoui, a journal- Sept. 11 — and that may extremists in Paris last week.
threats of more violence. ist with the weekly, said the already be leading to a A group calling itself
The newspaper also skew- cover meant the journalists are crackdown on liberties Patriotic Europeans against
ered other religions, and ran forgiving the extremists for the in exchange for greater the Islamization of the West,
a double-page spread illustrat- attack. security. or PEGIDA, has been staging
ing Sunday’s march in Paris Renald Luzier, the cartoon- Police told The Associat- anti-Islam protests in the
that drew more than a million ist who drew the cover image ed Press that the weapons eastern city of Dresden for
people to condemn terrorism, under the pen name “Luz” said used came from abroad, the last three months. Its
claiming that the turnout was it represents “just a little guy as authorities in several latest protest Monday drew
larger “than for Mass.” Patrick Pellous, Charlie Hebdo journalist and president of Liberation who’s crying.” countries searched for pos- a record 25,000 supporters,
“For the past week, Char- magazine, holds the new issue of Charlie hebdo at a press conference at the Then he added, unapologet- sible accomplices and the with speakers citing the
lie, an atheist newspaper, has Liberation offices in Paris on Tuesday. AURELIEN MEUNIER/GETTY IMAGES ically: “Yes, it is Muhammad.” sources of financing for Paris attacks as proof of the
achieved more miracles than Speaking at a news confer- last week’s attacks on the danger posed by Islam.
all the saints and prophets we always made.” after the assault by two masked ence in Paris on Tuesday at satirical newspaper Charlie Attempts to stage similar
combined,” it said in the lead Charlie Hebdo planned an gunmen that killed 12 people, which he repeatedly broke Hebdo, a kosher market protests in other German cit-
editorial. “The one we are most unprecedented print run of including much of its editorial down crying, Luzier described and police. A new suspect ies, however, have been met
proud of is that you have in three million copies Wednes- staff and two police officers. weeping after he drew the pic- was identified in Bulgaria. with overwhelming oppos-
your hands the newspaper that day — one week to the day It was the beginning of three ture. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ition. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nigeria’s conflict with Islamic militants grinds on
Nigeria’s president was Charlie,” the expression of He did not release a simi- Baga killings
among leaders who con- solidarity with the targeted larly forceful statement about
demned last week’s attack French weekly — is now cir- Baga. The attack there started
by Islamic extremists on the culating on social media. on Jan. 3 and was another Survivors of the Baga killings
French satirical weekly Char- The global sympathy and bloody marker in a murky, described the horrors they
lie Hebdo, yet his response to the defiant rally in Paris that grinding conflict in which in- witnessed but independent
the slaughter of civilians by drew foreign leaders after the formation is often scarce, the reporting from the scene is
militants in his own country assaults that killed 17 people insurgency is seen by many as virtually impossible for now
has been muted. overshadowed the killing a local problem and violence because the town remains
Some commentators criti- of hundreds and perhaps is routine. under Boko Haram control.
cized President Goodluck as many as 2,000 people in The United Nations, the Accounts of the numbers of
Jonathan’s reticence about Baga, a northeastern town United States and other coun- casualties vary widely. The
the violence in Nigeria’s Baga near Chad. tries have condemned the Nigerian military said 150
town, and the lack of a broad- Jonathan, who has been violence by Islamic extrem- people were confirmed dead,
er international outcry on par touting his domestic record ist group Boko Haram, and but other estimates put the
Children stand near the scene of an explosion in a mobile phone market with the reaction to the at- ahead of a re-election bid international aid groups are toll at several hundred and as
in Potiskum, Nigeria, Monday. Two female suicide bombers targeted the tacks in France. The slogan “I next month, was quick to ex- mobilizing to help survivors. high as 2,000.
busy marketplace on Sunday. ADAMU ADAMU/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS am Baga” — a play on “I am press solidarity with France. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AirAsia crash Will he walk free? The Hague
The cockpit voice before the fourth anniversary where he surrendered on
recorder was freed from of the start of the 2011 anti- Jan. 6, Uganda army spokes-
Divers retrieve 2nd Egypt overturns Ugandan rebel
beneath heavy wreckage at Mubarak uprising, pointed man Lt. Col. Paddy Ankunda
black box, search a depth of about 30 metres, last conviction of to how far Egypt has moved leader to be tried said.
a day after the flight data away from its revolutionary “Finally it has been de-
for fuselage Mubarak
recorder was recovered, fervour to “bring down the Uganda’s military said cided. Domnic (sic) Ongwen
said Tonny Budiono, sea regime.” Tuesday the Lord’s Resistance will be tried at the ICC in the
Divers retrieved the navigation director at the An appeals court on Tuesday Meanwhile, hundreds of Army rebel commander who Hague,” Ankunda tweeted.
crashed AirAsia plane’s Transportation Ministry. overturned the last remaining the young activists and pro- surrendered to American The United Nations, African
second black box from the The device will be flown conviction against Egypt’s de- change leaders from 2011 are troops last week will be Union, Uganda and United
bottom of the Java Sea on to the capital, Jakarta, to posed leader Hosni Mubarak either languishing in prison taken to The Hague for trial. States consulted on the
Tuesday, giving experts be analyzed with the other and ordered his retrial on cor- on charges of breaking a law Dominic Ongwen is decision to try him at the
essential tools to piece black box, a process that ruption charges, opening the against protests or have left now in U.S. custody in Obo, International Criminal Court
together what brought could take up to two weeks. door for his possible release. the country. a town in eastern Central in The Hague, Netherlands.
Flight 8501 down. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The ruling, just days THE ASSOCIATED PRESS African Republic, the country THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
metronews.ca BUSINESS 7
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Deposit on homes
a phone tap away
Real estate purchases. could soon be entering a new 2015 top tech trend
era. Starting in February, Royal
New service called LePage Atlantic will be one of Deloitte picks
ExactDeposit expected several Halifax-area broker-
mobile payment
ages that will allow homebuy-
to be rolled out in the
ers to pay their deposits via
spring, in brokerages mobile devices. More Canadians will
across the country Halifax-based realtor Chris be reaching for their
Ryan co-founded ExactDeposit cellphones to pay for
with his friend Kevin Kline, purchases this year, pre-
who has worked in technol- dicts global professional
The mad scramble involved in ogy and telecommunications services firm Deloitte.
putting down a deposit on a for more than two decades. A report, released
new home can be more than The pair enlisted the help of Tuesday, sees 2015 as a
just a hassle — in some cases computer science PhD candi- “tipping point” for retail-
it can be a deal-breaker. dates at Dalhousie University ers, banks and telecom
In an age where most pur- to develop a secure and mo- companies to adopt the
chases can be paid with a tap bile-friendly website that al- technology, which allows
from a credit card or smart- lows homebuyers to pay their consumers to pay with
phone, the process of paying a deposits — around $5,000 on their smartphones.
deposit to secure a real estate average — using credit cards, Duncan Stewart, a dir-
deal is still tied to old-fash- a smartphone, tablet or com- ector at Deloitte Canada, Alleged Silk Road kingpin on trial in N.Y.C.
ioned paper — bank drafts and puter. Realtors will pay less said there now are more
cheques — and tight delivery than $10 a month for unlimit- phone models with the Supporters of Ross Ulbricht, the alleged creator and operator of the Silk Road underground market, stand in
deadlines. ed usage, while homebuyers technology, called near front of a courthouse in New York City Tuesday on the first day of jury selection for his trial. The San Francisco
But the process that often will be charged 2.9 per cent field communication, and man is charged with running an online black market where drugs were sold as easily as books and electron-
involves homeowners making of their transaction — a price more retail locations that ics. Prosecutors have been allowed to introduce evidence about six alleged murder plots. The government
multiple bank visits, skipping that Kline admits may be too can accept the payments. maintains that Ulbricht attempted to protect his operation by asking others to kill those who posed a threat to
work and racing to the real- steep for some. THE CANADIAN PRESS his business. SPENCER PLATT/GETTY IMAGES
tor’s office before closing time THE CANADIAN PRESS
Market Minute Oil prices fallout
Punctuality. AirTran goes out in style
DOLLAR Suncor Energy project and the White Rose
83.65¢ (+ 0.09¢) cutting 1,000 jobs development off the east AirTran Airways tops all U.S. 28 and has been folded into regional flights for American
coast. But major projects airlines in the latest rankings Southwest Airlines, which Airlines.
Suncor Energy is reducing under construction such as for on-time arrivals, knocking bought AirTran in 2011. The U.S. Department of
TSX its workforce by 1,000 and the Fort Hills mine and the off perennial winner Hawai- AirTran posted a 90.4 per Transportation said Tuesday
14,187.16 (- 77.85) cutting $1 billion from its Hebron field in offshore ian Airlines. cent rating, and Hawaiian that 80.6 per cent of domes-
capital budget in response Newfoundland are moving The bad news for pas- was second at 89.4 per cent. tic flights on the 14 biggest
to falling crude oil prices. ahead as planned. sengers who love punctual- Envoy Air finished last airlines arrived within 14
OIL The Calgary-based On Monday, Canadian ity: You can’t fly on AirTran with an on-time rating of minutes of schedule in Nov-
$45.89 US (- 18¢) oilsands giant says the job Natural Resources Ltd. an- anymore. The low-fare car- 69.3 per cent. Envoy oper- ember.
cuts will mainly affect con- nounced it would slash its rier flew its last flight on Dec. ates many American Eagle THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
tractors, but include some 2015 budget by 28 per cent.
GOLD employee positions. One of its oilsands projects
$1,234.40 US (+ $1.60)
Projects that haven’t yet called Kirby North is being Admission
been given a final go-ahead deferred and drilling activ-
are being deferred, such as ity in Western Canada is is FREE!
Natural gas: $ 2.943 (+14.8¢) expansions to the MacKay going to be slowed substan-
Dow Jones: 17,613.68 (- 27.16)
River steam-driven oilsands tially. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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VOICES
FALL IN LOVE RIGHT NOW
Try a little social experiment. Turn to the person your partner, please share what would be import-
sitting beside you on the train or bus and go ant for him or her to know.
through the 36-point exercise printed below. It
could make you fall in love. 28. Tell your partner what you like about them; be
It apparently worked for Mandy Len Catron, a very honest this time, saying things that you might
University of British Columbia writing teacher, not say to someone you’ve just met.
who fell in love with a man after going through
this very exercise and staring into his eyes for 29. Share with your partner an embarrassing mo-
exactly four minutes. ment in your life.
The experiment was created more than 20
years ago by psychologist Arthur Aron, who says 30. When did you last cry in front of another
he successfully got strangers to fall in love by person? By yourself?
having them ask and answer a series of ques-
tions that gradually become more and more 31. Tell your partner something that you like about
intimate. Len Catron recently wrote about her them already.
experience in the New York Times, detailing
how she and an acquaintance recreated the ex- 32. What, if anything, is too serious to be joked
periment at a bar one night, and two hours later, about?
were in love. Skeptical? Give these a try!
Grab a random stranger and start asking questions: It just might lead to love. ISTOCK 33. If you were to die this evening with no oppor-
1. Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom tunity to communicate with anyone, what would
would you want as a dinner guest? you were raised, what would it be? denly, would you change anything about the way you most regret not having told someone? Why
you are now living? Why? haven’t you told them yet?
2. Would you like to be famous? In what way? 11. Take four minutes and tell your partner your
life story in as much detail as possible. 20. What does friendship mean to you? 34. Your house, containing everything you own,
3. Before making a telephone call, do you ever catches fire. After saving your loved ones and pets,
rehearse what you are going to say? Why? 12. If you could wake up tomorrow having gained 21. What roles do love and affection play in your life? you have time to safely make a final dash to save
any one quality or ability, what would it be? any one item. What would it be? Why?
4. What would constitute a “perfect” day for you? 22. Alternate sharing something you consider a
13. If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about positive characteristic of your partner. Share a total 35. Of all the people in your family, whose death
5. When did you last sing to yourself? To someone yourself, your life, the future or anything else, what of five items. would you find most disturbing? Why?
else? would you want to know?
23. How close and warm is your family? Do you 36. Share a personal problem and ask your partner’s
6. If you were able to live to the age of 90 and re- 14. Is there something that you’ve dreamt of doing feel your childhood was happier than most other advice on how he or she might handle it. Also, ask
tain either the mind or body of a 30-year-old for the for a long time? Why haven’t you done it? people’s? your partner to reflect back to you how you seem to
last 60 years of your life, which would you want? be feeling about the problem you have chosen.
15. What is the greatest accomplishment of your 24. How do you feel about your relationship with
7. Do you have a secret hunch about how you will life? your mother? ***Don’t forget to stare at each other for four
die? minutes after***
16. What do you value most in a friendship? 25. Make three true “we” statements each. For
8. Name three things you and your partner appear instance, “We are both in this room feeling ...” Et voilà! You should be deciding on the names
to have in common. 17. What is your most treasured memory? of your children right about now. METRO
26. Complete this sentence: “I wish I had someone
9. For what in your life do you feel most grateful? 18. What is your most terrible memory? with whom I could share ...”
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Let us know at [email protected]
10. If you could change anything about the way 19. If you knew that in one year you would die sud- 27. If you were going to become a close friend with
I broke my back sledding a decade ago, and I’m still suffering
DYLAN lost gloves, helmets, etc. Years later and after When I arrived at the hospital, they tied me and more feeling in my legs. About 40 per cent
REARDON the fact, I like to refer to the scene as a tobog- down to a table for two weeks, before placing total loss right now. The reason for this is because
[email protected] gan graveyard. My brother went down the hill me in a body cast for six months. I had suffered over-compensation has led to increased degener-
first on a large plastic disk. The snow was com- a burst-compression fracture of my L1 vertebra. ation of my spine directly above where I broke
I’ve watched the debate about whether cities pact, presumably from thrill seekers leading up While in hospital, I was told that toboggan- my back.
should ban tobogganing with some interest. Sled- to that day, and because the weather was quite ing accidents are incredibly common, and one of Like every sport or activity, tobogganing car-
ding can be dangerous, and I think municipalities warm, the snow had melted and re-frozen a few the reasons for this is that the human derriere ries risks and dangers. My accident was a freak
should have some control over where it happens. times. As a result, he went like a bat out of hell as isn’t built to absorb the extreme forces that come accident. I could have broken my neck on the
I should know. I broke my back a decade ago I watched anxiously. from tobogganing. Unlike, say, the knees when boards playing hockey. I could have been hit in
while sledding at Confederation Park in Calgary, It was my turn. I didn’t even have a chance to you’re skiing. the head with a golf ball while on the back nine.
and my life has been altered by that event. put my legs back onto the toboggan before I was Since the accident I’ve suffered from chronic I do not agree with an outright ban, and lim-
On Boxing Day of 2003, my brother and I de- completely out of control. My journey down the pain and an inability to sit down or sleep for any iting times and conditions seems like ridiculous
cided to go sledding. I hadn’t been tobogganing hill seemed like minutes, and the whole time I length of time. I can walk, but in a very limited government overreach. However, designating
in a decade and the weather was fantastic: Sunny, was using my legs as breaks to try and slow my sense: typically no more than a few hundred safe places to toboggan seems like a prudent
blue skies, mild temperature — there may have speed. And then, BAM! It was a feeling I have metres before back pain gets too intense. When course of action. There are inherent risks in any
been Chinook that day. trouble describing. A feeling I cannot forget. this happens, my legs also become weak. activity, but we can try to minimize those risks.
Upon arriving at the hill, there were ominous My entire body felt like it was broken in half. The medications to deal with this are brutal,
signs that amused me at the time: a broken GT All I felt was pain. It was fierce and relentless, in that they make me incredibly tired and zom- Dylan Reardon is a Calgary-based student and writer.
Snow Racer ski, pieces of shattered crazy carpets, and I’ve never felt anything like it since. bie-like. Since the break I’ve been losing more He runs the satirical news website Urban Anomie.
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metronews.ca GOSSIP 9
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Gossip Yeah, it’s true. Katy Perry’s
NED EHRBAR back with John Mayer and
her friends are alarmed
METRO’S TAKE ON
THE WORLD OF
So those rumours about Katy
CELEBRITIES Perry and John Mayer being
back together? They’ve got
legs. In fact: “Katy and John
are back together,” a source
tells Radar Online. And the
reunion flies in the face of her S
pals’ stern disapproval.
“Although her friends have
warned her to be careful, she is
already ignoring all of the red
flags,” the source explains. “She C
is not listening to anyone and is
going into this full force.”
Oh no! Not full force! There
aren’t any more intense forces
than that! Katy Perry GETTY IMAGES E
Will & Grace reunion yet
another of life’s mysteries N
This kind of feels like nostal- Messing’s beleaguered,
gia ransom. Say you really, poorly reviewed new series
really want to see a reunion as a “roguish, arrogant-as-
between Will & Grace stars can-be heart surgeon” and E
Debra Messing and Eric former fiancé of Messing’s
Leonardo DiCaprio GETTY IMAGES McCormack. Sounds great, title character. Oh, and he’s
right? But are you so eager a murder suspect. Having
for it that you’ll sit through tried to watch a few epi-
Leo and RiRi play
an episode of Mysteries of sodes of Mysteries of Laura,
Laura to see it? That’s the I’m wondering if maybe we
gamble NBC is reportedly should just go ahead and
the fl irting game making, as the network has continue living in a world
revealed that McCormack without a Will & Grace
will be guest-starring on reunion.
Leonardo DiCaprio and ing incredibly flirty, going
Rihanna
Rihanna were spotted so far as locking lips at the
GETTY IMAGES living it up together at a soiree.
recent Playboy Mansion But another? “No one
party, which admittedly was making out. They are
sounds like a game of just friends. That’s it,” the
Hollywood gossip Mad- second source tells E! News.
libs. But when it comes “There was a big group
to how intimate they dancing. Tom Hardy, Naomi
were getting, we’re left Campbell and a bunch of
with a different game other people. Everyone
all together: duelling was having a good time
anonymous sources. together. Maybe a little bit
One such source of friendly flirting, but no
claims that DiCaprio scandal here.”
and Rihanna were be- Oh, you’re no fun. Will & Grace CONTRIBUTED
Well, that’s creepy! Jen on Billy Bob’s to-do list And baby makes twee...
Zooey expecting fi rst child
Everyone has goals, dreams, challenged him to a game of many times does it take you
items on their bucket list, Would You Rather, pitting to get this through your
things they really want to celebrities against each head?” The nice thing about all
do. For a newly other to vie for the Fargo The creepiness of his these celebrities having
minted Golden star’s amorous attention. fixation aside, he at lifestyle websites is that they
Globe winner, Asked to choose between least gets high com- can handle all their big life
that includes Jen- Reese Witherspoon edy marks for his announcements themselves.
nifer Aniston. and Aniston, Thornton response to the op- Much like Blake Lively
Billy Bob quickly replied, “Jennifer tions of Bill Mur- did last October on Pre-
Thornton Aniston, lifelong goal. ray and Chris- serve, New Girl star Zooey
did a bit That’s all I’m saying.” A toph Waltz: Deschanel has used Hello
of an simple yes or no would “I don’t even Giggles to reveal that she
overshare have sufficed. know what the is pregnant. Deschanel and
backstage He even doubled second one is, boyfriend Jacob Pechenik
at the down when presented so Bill Murray.” are expecting their first
Globes with a choice between The second one, child together this summer. Zooey Deschanel GETTY IMAGES
when Aniston and Keira Mr. Thornton, is “Jacob and I are over the
Access Knightley, saying, someone who has moon. We are so excited As of press time, there
Hollywood “Jennifer Aniston. How more Oscars than to meet our little one,” was no word on how
you. Just so you Deschanel says in a state- chunky the baby’s bangs
Billy Bob Thornton, Jennifer Aniston GETTY IMAGES know. ment. would eventually be.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Scott Foley knows just
how to dispose of a body
Q&A. Don’t worry, We knew going into this that of like what he likes, too!” Or ing new skill sets while
Scandal actor says it there were going to be a lot else you stop making films. researching this script.
of people who don’t feel that I probably spent about two
was only for research
way with this. It’s interesting that you can days on the Internet going
for his new movie, find so much sympathy for a to these deep, dark websites
How do you prepare character that up and decides that maybe me and one other
Let’s Kill Ward’s Wife
yourself for those kinds of to kill his best friend’s wife. weird guy had ever gone to
reactions? That was a challenge, es- and learning all the ways to
I’m sort of used to it at this pecially now with the NFL dismember a body, to decom-
NED point. I knew going into this and all this talk of domestic pose a body, to get rid of a
EHRBAR that you can please all of the violence, it’s just the wrong body — how to do it so the
Metro in Hollywood people some of the time and time. But the great thing is dogs don’t smell the scent.
some of the people all the we sort of reversed the roles. One of the things that I found
Scott Foley knows you’re not time, right? But you can’t The domestic abuse is being that I didn’t use in the film is
the biggest fan of his charac- please all of the people all the perpetrated on the gentle- that if you put a body in a bag
ter on Scandal, so he wasn’t time. There’s something lib- man this time instead of the with kitty litter, it’ll turn into
all that concerned with turn- erating about that. You like woman in the relationship, jelly in a month. So f---ed up,
ing viewers off by playing the it? You don’t? OK. I’m happy and how his friends decide but true. I’m surprised no one
character who does the deed with the film that I made, and to take things into their own knocked on my door going,
in Let’s Kill Ward’s Wife, a if you get it, I think you’re hands — whether it be acci- “Hey, what are you doing, Mr.
dark comedy he also wrote going to enjoy it. And if you dental or on purpose — is a Foley?”
and directed. Just be careful don’t, it’s not for you. different story. But it was a
how much you criticize him, hard balance between the It does still seem like an
since he’s exceptionally well- I’ve heard the secret is to gruesome and the heavy stuff odd thing to become an
versed in how to dispose of just figure out what you and trying to find moments expert in.
human bodies now. want to see and make that. of levity. Yeah, but you’ve got to spe-
Mmmhmm, yeah. And you cialize. You’ve got to focus.
I’m always a fan of darker hope at some point, someone And I’m assuming you And if that’s your thing,
Scott Foley CONTRIBUTED humour, but it can be risky. out there is like, “Hey, I kind picked up some interest- that’s your thing.
Cult TV. Twin Peaks Netflix
You
WcouIldN revival includes return House of Cards
is back Feb. 27
of Kyle MacLachlan
Netflix has released the
trailer for the political
an drama’s coming season.
The American actor will re- Between the harrow-
advance prise his role as Agent Dale ing soundtrack, rapid
screening Cooper in new episodes of succession of images and
Twin Peaks, the cult detec- serious expressions on
pass tive series presented by the characters’ faces, the
for two David Lynch and Mark Frost trailer suggests the next
in 1990. Showtime will air season of House of Cards
to see this new season in 2016, 25 will be more intense and
years after the last episode chaotic than ever.
CAKE aired on ABC. “You wanna know
Confirmed by Lynch him- what takes real courage?
self last October, the Twin Holding it all together
on Peaks revival will be a mini- when the stakes are this
series with nine episodes, high,” insists President
January all written by the filmmaker Frank Underwood (Kevin
in collaboration with Frost, Spacey) in a strict, per-
21st! who co-developed the ori- haps even threatening
ginal series. tone.
Visit A quarter century after First Lady Claire Under-
the high school student wood (Robin Wright)
clubmetro.com Laura Palmer was found dead concludes the trailer with
to enter by a lake in Twin Peaks, FBI the line “We’re murder-
agent Dale Cooper will re- ers, Francis.” One wonders
turn to the strange town for whether she is reminding
a new investigation set in the Kyle MacLachlan GETTY IMAGES her husband of events in
present day. Kyle MacLachlan the past or referring to
will return to this role, which Twin Peaks regularly makes incidents to come in this
helped to launch his career its way into TV critics’ lists of new season.
at the time. Since then, the the most influential shows of The third season of
actor has confirmed his tal- all time. House of Cards received
ent in several series, includ- Like many of Lynch’s a welcome boost Sunday,
ing Sex and the City, Desper- films, the cult series com- when Kevin Spacey won
ate Housewives, How I Met bines suspense with humour the Golden Globe for best
Your Mother, The Good Wife and reality with fantasy, actor in a drama for his
in theatres and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. often through the juxtapos- performance in the previ-
January 23rd First broadcast by ABC ition of dreamlike elements ous season. AFP
from April to June in 1990, with everyday settings. AFP
