Metro Vancouver - January 8, 2010

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TransLink announced. and harm-reduction advo-
The extra fare will also cacy groups plans to distrib-
apply at Sea Island Centre ute a quarter of a million
and Templeton stations — condoms to residents and
all on Sea Island — when visitors during the 2010
transit riders use a Ticket Games.
Vending Machine. SafeGames 2010 plans to
TransLink’s original pro- have more than 200 volun-
posal was for an additional teers — some dressed as
fare of $2.50 for travel to as “superheroes” with names
well as from the airport, like Captain Condom,
but on Thursday the com- Methadone Man and Pink
pany said its commissioner, Storm — handing out kits
Martin Crilly, approved this with condoms and lube as
modified plan. well as hand warmers, glow
Riders using pre-paid sticks and lip balm.
fares, such as DayPasses “A lot of visitors will find
and FareCards, will not themselves in situations
have to pay the extra $5. that they might not
METRO VANCOUVER normally find themselves
in,” said Luciano Colonna, a
News on the M ve spokesman for SafeGames
2010.
What’s this Volunteers will be
barcode for? scattered throughout
Learn how to scan Downtown Vancouver,
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the top of pg 3 Lindsay Alcock, a two-time skeleton Olympian, outside The Bay at East Georgia and Granville streets yesterday. Alcock said she was Whistler during the Games.
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Colonna, who is among the
Sharing gym founders of SafeGames
2002, an organization that
pet peeves Canadian Olympians? handed out 100,000
condoms at the 2002
Olympics in Salt Lake City.
“We’ll have giant
VancouverGames
condoms on stilts. We’ll
have marching bands …
Countdown the only limit is our imagi-
Metro finds hockey players the best-known athletes by far
to 2010 nation.”
The kits will also contain
Follow Metro as we VANCOUVER mation then said they tional pride associated with information cards about
bring you daily STIG NIELSEN couldn’t name a single ath- the Summer Olympics be- the city, transportation,
coverage leading up for Metro Vancouver 2010 Games lete. cause the Summer safe sex, clinics and 12-step
to the 2010 Winter Yupin Yang, an assistant Olympics have a high par- programs. Their website is
Olympics in Vancouver. Only seven of 50 people skeleton in Torino and Sault professor of marketing with ticipation from all the coun- safegames2010.com.
• Today — Scott Russell interviewed by Metro in Lake City. “But it’s a good Simon Fraser University tries in the world,” she said. VANOC and Vancouver
looks at the Vancouver over the last time to get to know the ath- said the seemingly low But Canada’s Winter ath- Coastal Health, which are
pressures fac- two days were able to letes. By this time next knowledge of Canada’s letes can still become not affiliated with this
ing Canadian name five Canadian month they are all going to Olympic representatives is a household names, by win- effort, plan to distribute an
Olympians Winter Olympic athletes. be household names.” consequence of low media ning a medal on home soil additional 100,000
like skater Valid responses included The most-often named exposure. or by participating in com- condoms to Olympic
Scott athletes who have already Winter Olympian was Van- “Most people can name munity events, Yang said. athletes and officials.
Moir, qualified as well as those couver Canucks goalie hockey players because “I think a good story JEFF HODSON/
page 14 contending to make Cana- Roberto Luongo. Pittsburg they are exposed to the about an athlete can help if METRO VANCOUVER
da’s Olympic Team, which Penguins centre Sidney hockey players daily,” Yang the story generates public
will be announced Jan. 29. Crosby and speedskater Je- said. “However, athletes in interest and becomes a top-
On the web The only catch is that re- remy Wotherspoon shared other sports have very little ic of conversation,” she said.
sponders were limited to the runner-up spot with five coverage in our media such WITH FILES FROM
Visit metronews.ca naming only one athlete mentions each. as TV, newspapers and In- KRISTEN THOMPSON
for news updates from the men’s ice hockey Figure skater Patrick ternet.”
team. Chan took bronze with four Yang also suggested that ShareYourViews
“I am surprised,” said people naming him. Thir- Summer Olympic athletes
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The iconic W, left, that graced the Woodward’s department store in
Downtown Vancouver will be erected Friday morning at the new
Woodward’s building. METRO VANCOUVER
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forecast on Thursday. in Vancouver increased
Real-estate prices in Van- 11.8 per cent year-over-year
News in brief couver are expected to in- to an average price of
crease 7.2 per cent in the $452,750.
SLAIN REPORTER A funeral will coming year, according to a Bungalows increased
be held in Vancouver on Mon- Royal LePage market sur- 11.4 per cent to $828,750,
day for Calgary Herald reporter vey and forecast. while two-storey houses in-
Michelle Lang, who was killed Driving the demand are creased 9.6 per cent to
Dec. 30 in Afghanistan. Lang, improved economic condi- $917,500. METRO VANCOUVER
34, was born and raised in Van-
couver and her family still lives
UBC astronomer produces
here.
ARREST Transit police have ar-
images of early galaxy creation
rested a man allegedly seen
wielding a cleaver and steak
knife in an alley near Stadium Charles Gauthier, executive director of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Associa- SPACE An astronomer and ies than ever before and
SkyTrain station. William tion, at a parking lot on Seymour Street Thursday. post-doctorate fellow from with stunning clarity,” said
Genaille, 43, from Vancouver, the University of B.C. has Marsden, who used data
Businesses take aim
has made a court appearance produced unprecedented from the European Space
related to the incident. images of deep space from Agency’s Herschel Space
ROBBERY A 31-year-old North 12 billion years ago that in- Observatory.
Vancouver man was arrested at parking tax hike clude tens of thousands of “They allow us to take a
after a dye pack exploded in newly discovered galaxies. close look at the stars dur-
the cab that was transporting a Gaelen Marsden’s de- ing early and vital stages of
suspected thief after a bank tailed images show the formation, and could
robbery. METRO NEWS SERVICES galaxies at the early stages change the way we study
Group launches campaign to fight 14% increase of formation, only one bil- formation in the future.”
lion years after the Big The images were recent-
Tax, a one-week public edu- The increase is part of Bang, when the universe ly presented at the first In-
JEFF HODSON cation campaign. TransLink’s $130-million was a thriving nursery of ternational Herschel Sci-
WHAT’S ONLINE TODAY [email protected] It includes flyers tucked supplement transportation newly formed stars. ence Meeting in Madrid,
under windshield wipers, plan that was approved in “These images allow us Spain.
Playonline games at Vancouver businesses which feature a phone October by a council of re- to see 10 times more galax- METRO VANCOUVER
metronews.ca/play want TransLink to put the number to connect people gional mayors.
VideoThousands of police brake on its recent tripling to their city’s mayor. It also includes a three-
officers from across Canada of the tax on parking lots The increase doesn’t only cent increase in TransLink’s 2009 B.C. tourism numbers down
and the U.S. gather to remem- in Metro Vancouver. affect businesses, Gauthier regional fuel taxes (to 15
ber a slain Ottawa officer at The increase took effect added, but all off-street paid cents per litre), which also with fewer U.S., overseas visitors
metronews.ca/canada Jan. 1 and raises the tax for parking, including students took effect Jan. 1, and in-
BlogsBackbeat off-street paid parking to 21 at universities and people creases in the price of Fare- TRAVEL B.C. took a big hit on per cent.
checks in with per cent, an increase of 14 visiting family in hospitals. Saver tickets and monthly the tourism front last year. Hotel occupancy fell six
his music pre- per cent. TransLink spokesman passes, which will take ef- Tourism Minister Kevin per cent while traffic to
dictions for the “We’re in an economic Ken Hardie called the criti- fect in April. Krueger says figures to the Vancouver International
next decade recovery here,” said Charles cism unfair. end of October show Airport dropped by just
Gauthier, executive direc- “Where were they a year overnight visits from the over 10 per cent.
tor of the Downtown Van- ago, when we were talking U.S. were down 4.7 per cent. As for the good news,
Follow Metro on couver Business Improve- about this?” he asked. The numbers decreased Krueger says cruise ship ac-
Twitter for news ment Association. “This is “We laid out the options even more for tourists tivity was up nearly 15 per
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On Thursday, a group of and by and large, the (park- from Europe down nine than five per cent in Van-
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To party, add ice
News in brief
NANAIMO RCMP have arrested DEATH The man credited as CRIME Vancouver police are
two brothers, 21 and 24, with Canada’s Paralympics founder, looking for a man who is
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metro metronews.ca Weekend, January 8-10, 2010
6 Gamblers win millions, but claim they’re not so lucky
Quebec’s lottery commission has reached a tentative multimillion-dollar agreement to compensate thousands of addicted gamblers in a class-action settlement that
must still be approved by a judge. But the plaintiffs say the reported $50 million payoff amounts to less than one-tenth what they were hoping for. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Reeves case collapses
Canada
An Ontario judge has dismissed a paternity suit against
actor Keanu Reeves. Karen Sala alleged Reeves was the
father of her four adult children and sought $3 million a
month in support. But Barrie, Ont., Judge Fred Graham
said Sala’s allegations were “so incredible” no reasonable
judge would accept them. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Hush-hush terror trap to spy on millions
Canada is quietly toiling in personal details about “There’s no doubt report. The system takes that are pushing this,” said we going to apply Ameri-
the shadows on a super more than 200 million input from the Canada University of Ottawa pro- can standards? That’s the
system to ferret out airline people annually. that it is the Border Services Agency fessor Mark Salter. bottom-line concern.”
terror threats. And it would demon- Americans that are and CSIS. Roch Tasse of the Ot- Security officials are
The electronic system strate “to the U.S. that Critics argue there tawa-based International scrambling in the after-
pushing this.”
would allow security agen- Canada remains commit- should be public debate Civil Liberties Monitoring math of an apparent at-
cies to analyze the person- ted to the security of North Prof. Mark Salter and scrutiny of the poten- Group wonders whether tempt by a Nigerian man
al information of every America.” tially invasive tool. anyone on a U.S. no-fly list to blow up a Detroit-bound
person who boards a plane “Work has already be- proach to assessing air pas- “I think there’s no doubt would be rejected under jetliner on Christmas Day.
in Canada. It would crunch gun to review Canada’s ap- sengers,” says an official that it is the Americans the Canadian scheme. “Are THE CANADIAN PRESS
Harper Employers
OttawaThousands of officers bid farewell to their hero
PAW hit by costs
has no EL DW of Afghan
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soldiers is imposing a fi-
nancial burden on their
employers that taxpayers
PROROGATION An influen- need to help carry, a new
tial British newsmagazine analysis concludes.
is not amused by Stephen Employers face addition-
Harper’s recent parliamen- al expenses in recruiting
tary tactics. and training temporary re-
The Economist Thursday placements for deployed
published a critical story employees, says the report
about the prime minis- released Thursday by the
ter’s suspension of parlia- C.D. Howe Institute.
ment and a scathing edito- The situation has be-
rial under the headline, come particularly pressing
“Harper goes prorogue.” in light of the Afghanistan
“Never mind what his war.
spin doctors say: Mr. Harp- About 20 per cent of the
er’s move looks like naked Thousands of police officers from across Canada and the United States escort the hearse of Police Const. Ireneusz (Eric) Czapnik troop strength in the war-
self-interest,” says the edi- during his funeral in Ottawa Thursday. Czapnik was stabbed to death. Kevin Gregson, 43, a suspended Mountie, has been charged torn country comes from
torial. in the death and is in custody. Premier Dalton McGuinty said Czapnik was a hero who put his life on the line for the community. reservists.
The Economist, which THE CANADIAN PRESS
has a circulation of about
1.4 million, endorsed Harp- News in brief What are these legal pot operations smoking?
er in the 2006 and 2008
elections, but the bloom CRIME A man who tried to LEGAL POT Medical marijua- Chiefs, says he has seen Fire Chiefs Association of
appears to be off the rose. clear a street with a snowblow- na may be legal, but fire some legal sites with B.C., says four of nine legal
A Facebook site against er ended up with a public chiefs say some grow-ops poor wiring, improperly grow operations firefight-
Harper’s prorogation had intoxication ticket. Police in in Ontario and B.C. are a stored chemicals and ers stumbled upon were
more than 88,000 mem- Barrie, Ont., say he was too in- safety hazard. charred floors from high- shut down because of elec- Thousands of Afghans protest the
bers as of mid-afternoon toxicated to operate the Jim Jessop, of the On- powered lights. trical and fire safety issues. in laa NteAsTt Oca osep eorfa ctiivoinli.a Snc caans uthailst iceosde
Thursday. THE CANADIAN PRESS machine. THE CANADIAN PRESS tario Association of Fire Chief Len Garis, of the THE CANADIAN PRESS for the full story.
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Canada says Thailand deporting legit refugees canada 7
Canada is accusing the Thai government of flouting international law by
sending UN-designated refugees back to their home country of Laos. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Gym-goers speak up
about poor etiquette
Exercising is great, but respect others
KRISTEN THOMPSON Tweets from across Canada
Metro Vancouver
VANCOUVER (cid:129) @RK818Ppl talking on the
Sticking to that hard-to- (cid:129) @mstangergym etiquette: phone and those
keep New Year’s resolu- sitting on equipment and talk- who dont
tion to exercise would be ing on a cell phone. Wasting wipe down their
easier if other gym-goers the equipment and boring me machine after-
were a little more with your inane chatter wards = selfishness.
thoughtful, according to (cid:129) @gayvancouverOur biggest Youre not the only ones!
readers. gym pet peeves (besides the CALGARY
Metro asked Canadians January crowds) are the loud (cid:129) @almoonirGym pet peeve:
to share their gym pet grunter and the heavy footed people hogging equipment! If
peeves, and it seems many treadmill runner. you like it so much, buy your
of us come close to throw- HALIFAX own.
ing a fit while trying to (cid:129) @mickeymaclean my (cid:129) @that_angela Extending
keep fit because of those biggest gym pet peeve is peo- time on equipment because
smelly, weight-banging ple talking on cellphones youre too busy chatting/tex-
machine hogs that plague while working out its sooo an- ting on your cellphone. ... Not
gyms from coast-to-coast. noying !!! racking your plates. Not every-
Topping the list as the (cid:129) @musicsunshine Definitely one can bench two plates, K?
most irksome gym no-no staying on the machine when And same goes for dumbbells.
are people who leave its passed your time. Worst Rack em. This isnt your bed-
sweat on equipment. A ever! ... people who love being room.
close second are social but- naked in the changing rooms EDMONTON
terflies who monopolize — bending over, taking their (cid:129) @rainyfool3-way tie of drop-
equipment. time. AHH change already! Im ping weights loudly, grunting,
“I hate feeling like (I’m) not even a prude! and not wiping down equip-
intruding on a pri- TORONTO ment.
vate gym,” said (cid:129) @alexis_levenson change (cid:129) @AlexandraLPopeBad gym
Mike Thompson, a room etiquette pet peeve — etiquette ‹ when some dude
student in Ot- ppl who stand too close to you brings his own boom box and
tawa. when changing, even though drowns out everyones mp3
the rest of the room is empty. players with Nickelback.
in the way.” make yourself familiar
“Work- Randall Smith, manager with the rules at your
at Westside Gym in Van- gym,” he said.
ing out couver, said gyms are ex- “Putting equipment away
with bud- tra busy right now be- is a big rule. Don’t sit on
dies and cause of New Year’s reso- your machine between
making lutions, and newcomers your sets. Grunting and
friends is should learn the ropes to noises, especially with guys,
cool, but … I avoid breaking gym eti- doesn’t impress anyone.”
pay to work quette. Lastly, he said, consider
out in “The best thing to do is your personal hygiene.
peace, not Wear deodorant and keep
feel awk- Richard Simmons likes perfume and cologne to a
ward or sweating it up at the gym. minimum.
Pair of cities ban Virgin Mobile ads with kissing couple
MARKETING Two Canadian plaints in both cities. But Virgin Mobile
cities have banned a pair of Officials in both Calgary spokesman Nathan Rosen-
billboard ads for Virgin Mo- and Mississauga say the berg says the company
bile that show a man kiss- ads were simply not suited doesn’t see what all the fuss
ing a woman and touching for bus shelters where is about because people em-
her buttocks with the cap- families and children bracing each other should
tion “Hook Up Fearlessly.” would see them. be seen as a good thing.
The ads were pulled re- Calgary Transit Rosenberg says the com-
cently in Mississauga, Ont., spokesman Ron Collins says pany has no plans to
and are now being removed they wanted to avoid any- change its campaign, which
by the Calgary Transit Au- thing that might be seen as is running across Canada.
thority after public com- sexual exploitation. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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8 Naked jogger remanded for mental evaluation
Authorities say a man who took off his clothes and went jogging in near-freezing temperatures near the
White House Wednesday has been hospitalized for psychiatric evaluation. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Failed challenge exposes divisions
World
A failed challenge to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Labour party leader-
ship has exposed divisions in his government and pessimism among allies over
his re-election prospects, pollsters and analysts said. The Cabinet Wednesday put
down a rebellion by two former ministers who sought a secret ballot on whether
Brown should remain in charge of the party. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The buck stops here
IndiaDalai Lama lectures
Report on plane incident released, Obama takes responsibility RAJESH KUM
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Day attempt to blow a De- to zero in on the “known pants. The device was ignit-
troit-bound jetliner out of terrorist” before he board- ed, but failed to detonate.
the sky. ed the Northwest flight in Passengers and crew sub-
“When the system fails, Amsterdam. dued Abdulmutallab, an ap-
it’s my responsibility,” Oba- parent al-Qaida operative.
ma said — an indication telligence is better shared Abdulmutallab, who was
that no high-level firings of and that no-fly lists are uti- indicted on Wednesday on
intelligence officials would lized properly. attempted murder, has re-
result from the near-miss “We can’t sit on informa- portedly told investigators
incident. The president said tion that can protect the he was trained by al-Qaida
he’s ordered steps be taken American people.” operatives in Yemen. His fa-
to ensure all leads on poten- As the president spoke at ther also warned that his A young Indian Buddhist monk listens to the Dalai Lama’s lecture at Mahabodhi temple in Bodh
tial terrorist plots are thor- the White House, his ad- son was an extremist. Gaya, India, Thursday. Bodh Gaya is the town where Prince Siddhartha Gautama attained enlight-
oughly investigated, that in- ministration released a de- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS enment after intense meditation and became the Buddha. The lectures will continue until Sunday.
Earth-like planets could be
Expert calls for News in brief
Sri Lankan probe
found soon: Astronomers BRITAIN A 14-year-old math On Wednesday, the Japanese
SRI LANKAA UN human prodigy has been offered a whaling ship Shonan Maru
rights investigator said place at prestigious Cambridge plowed into the Ady Gil, knock-
Thursday that a videotape University — if he can pass just ing the bow off the boat that
of an apparent execution one more exam. Arran Fernan- was one of the society’s trio of
of blindfolded and naked SPACE Excited astronomers scope and a wealth of new dez, who was home-schooled vessels trying to harass the
Tamils by Sri Lankan sol- say they could find Earth- research from the suddenly in southern England’s Surrey hunters out of business. A Sea
diers probably is authen- like planets in just a few hot and competitive exo- county, was offered an under- Shepherd volunteer suffered
tic and called for a war years. Astronomers say they planet field generated no- graduate place at Cambridge’s two cracked ribs from the
crimes investigation. are on the verge of finding ticeable buzz at the conven- Fitzwilliam College after pass- crash.
Philip Alston did not planets like Earth orbiting tion. ing the university’s entrance UTAH The U.S. Bureau of Land
specify who should other stars, a key step in de- Scientists are talking exam. He now needs only to Management has postponed
undertake his termining if we are alone in oScuotbttriesha ko offfi caianltsh hraaxv eto li cnoknetda am dineaatdeldy about being at “an incredi- pass his physics A-level exam plans to round up about 185
recommended investiga- the universe. heroin. Scan this code for the full story. ble special place in history” — a standardized test for wild horses from a western
tion into war crimes and A top NASA official and and closer to answering a British students — to enrol. Utah herd. The agency had
other grave violations of other leading scientists say conference this week, each question that has dogged AUSTRALIA Conservationists planned the roundup for Jan.
human rights allegedly that within four or five discovery involving so- humanity since the begin- monitoring Japanese whalers 15, but it’s been rescheduled
committed in Sri Lanka. years they should discover called “exoplanets” — those ning of civilization. in the Antarctic said Friday that for July so the BLM can conduct
The central government’s the first Earth-like planet outside our solar system — “The fundamental ques- they remained committed to an environmental analysis be-
25-year war against Tamil where life could develop, or pointed to the same conclu- tion is: Are we alone? For protecting whales despite a fore proceeding. Officials also
Tiger rebels ended in may have already. sion: Quiet planets like the first time, there’s an op- dangerous clash this week that said snowy conditions would
May, with UN reports say- A planet close to the size Earth where life could de- timism that sometime in resulted in one of their boats have made the roundup more
ing that more than 7,000 of Earth could even be velop probably are plenti- our lifetimes we’re going to sinking. Paul Watson, founder difficult. The herd roams the
civilians were killed in found sometime this year if ful, despite a violent uni- get to the bottom of that,” of the Sea Shepherd Conserva- remote Confusion Mountain
the final spasm of preliminary hints from a verse of exploding stars, said Simon “Pete” Worden, tion Society, said the Ady Gil range. The agency had said the
fighting as government new space telescope pan crushing black holes and an astronomer who heads sank overnight while it was be- roundup was needed to reduce
forces closed in. out. At the annual Ameri- colliding galaxies. NASA’s Ames Research ing towed to a French base in the herd to its target size.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS can Astronomical Society NASA’s new Kepler tele- Center. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Antarctica for possible repairs. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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