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Fund First Nations child welfare properly, advocates tell Ottawa

“It’s a wonderful outcome.

We’re so pleased when we have a good result like this with such a happy ending, sometimes it doesn’t go this way. He’s fully healed up,” says SPCA official. » News, 4

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OTTAWA — It will take a lot more than just lip service to put right the years of systemic discrimination and underfunding endured by First Nations children, an emotional group of indigenous advocates said Tuesday as their nine-year battle with Ottawa culminated in a landmark human rights decision.

Money — specifically, at least $200 million more a year in child welfare funding in order to close the fiscal gap — would be a good first start, said Cindy Blackstock, the social worker whose tireless crusade is at the heart of the ruling.

“Why did we have to bring the government of Canada to court to get them to treat First Nations children fairly — little kids?” Blackstock asked during an emotional news conference not far from Parliament Hill.

“Why would it ever be OK to give a child less than other children?”

The long-awaited ruling from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found that children in First Nations communities have long suffered adverse effects as a result of the way federal services are delivered on reserve.

In some cases, government involvement has meant some children have been unfairly denied benefits.

The federal government failed to provide the same level of child welfare services that the

First Nations Child and Family Caring Society Caring Society Executive Director Cindy Blackstock with Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde in Ottawa on Tuesday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

provinces provided off-reserve, the tribunal noted. As a result, countless First Nations children have ended up in foster care, away from their families.

“By analogy, it is like adding support pillars to a house that has a weak foundation in an attempt to straighten and support the house,” the tribunal said.

“At some point, the foundation needs to be fixed or, ultimately, the house will fall down.”

Race and ethnic origin have also been factors, perpetuating the historical disadvantage and trauma suffered by Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples as a result of the residential school system, the tribunal concluded.

Blackstock, the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of

Canada, brought the original 2007 complaint to the tribunal, along with the Assembly of First Nations.

Federal funding for child welfare is between 22 and 38.5 per cent less than what has typically been provided at the provincial level, she added.

The ramifications of Tuesday’s decision were etched on the face of Charlie Angus, the NDP’s indigenous affairs critic and a northern Ontario MP who knows all too well the tragic legacy of underfunded child welfare in aboriginal communities.

“I was in one of my communities just recently and all the teachers kept leaving the classroom because we had a child on a suicide watch and there was no money,” Angus said, fighting back tears.

“They fired the child welfare workers at the height of a suicide epidemic in James Bay — 89 kids, and they fired the child welfare workers to save both the province and the feds money.

That’s what it looks like on the ground.”

The Liberal government’s forthcoming federal budget, expected next month, needs to contain significant, tangible financial commitments in order to address the ongoing crisis flagged in the decision, he added.

The government will review the lengthy decision, but it’s unlikely there will be any cause to seek judicial review of the ruling, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said Tuesday during question period.

Wilson-Raybould and Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett stopped short of providing a dollar figure on how much the government is willing to provide to address the disparity.

“We know we are going to have to significantly increase the dollars that are available for child welfare programs,” Bennett acknowledged.

Wilson-Raybould, a former B.C. regional chief with the Assembly of First Nations, said the tribunal’s decision is “about equity.”

“This is a good day,” she said, citing the now-familiar Liberal commitment to reset the relationship between the federal government and Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples.

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CALGARY — Alberta lost more jobs last year than in any year since 1982, when the province was in the throes of a deep recession, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

The government agency released revised figures showing that Alberta had a net loss of 19,600 jobs in 2015, up from the 14,600 job losses it estimated in early January.

That was much higher than the 17,200 jobs lost in 2009 and the most since 1982, when the province shed 45,000 jobs.

At that time, the province was reeling from a recession and the federally-imposed national

“Alberta is, in effect, ground zero when it comes to absorbing a commodity price shock.”

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energy program, ending the year with an unemployment rate of 10.3 per cent.

The figures put into stark relief the damage falling oil prices have left on the province’s economy, which has seen mass layoffs across the energy sector with an estimated 40,000 jobs lost.

At the beginning of last year, crude prices were near the US$53 mark.

They closed Tuesday at US$31.45 a barrel.

The job loss numbers are also a stark contrast to 2014, when Alberta added 63,700 positions — more than half of all jobs created in Canada that year.

“Alberta is, in effect, ground zero when it comes to absorbing a commodity price shock,” National Bank said in a note to clients last week.

“More than any province, it will take the brunt of the expected drop-off in business investment.”

Last year saw the province’s unemployment rate steadily

climb from 4.8 per cent to seven per cent as the anticipated recovery in oil prices failed to materialize.

But ATB Financial is forecasting that to edge up to 7.2 per cent and the economy to shrink by 0.5 per cent this year.

In a research note published Tuesday, TD Bank said it expects unemployment in the province heading towards 7.5 per cent by mid-year before some of the oil price shock wears off in the second half of the year.

“This will set the stage for a return to modest growth — and a tapering off in the sharp upward trend in jobless rates — in Alberta and Saskatchewan,” the bank said.

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Can a tax increase be useful?

Experts say property taxes should be just one tool in municipal toolbox

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anaimo ranks among the few and the proud, says Canadian Taxpayers Federation B.C. director Jordan

Bateman.

The city’s council has all but approved a zero per cent increase in property taxes this year, making it one of the few cities in Canada that will do so this year.

However, experts in taxation and local government policy say municipalities should have more tools in their taxation and revenue-raising kits beyond Spencer adjusting property Anderson taxes.

Reporting J. Rhys Kesselman is the current Canada Research Chair in public finance and has advocated for progressive, staggered property tax rates at the municipal level as way to address soaring residential property prices in the Lower Mainland.

Under B.C. laws, municipalities have to assign a single property tax rate for each property class — residential, commercial and others — and set the rates based on how much revenue they need to fund projects and services.

Kesselman says freezing property taxes can act as a “straitjacket” on municipalities, since cities and towns have limited other means of raising revenue. For its part, Nanaimo city hall intends to pay for a property tax freeze

Nanaimo residents are unlikely to experience an increase in their property tax rate this year. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

this year and lower rates in future years with substantial spending cuts in the form of a freeze on current fire and police staff levels, as well as eliminating general manager positions at city hall. The budgetary move received praise from a majority on city council, while Coun. Diane Brennan voiced concerns about the budget cuts.

But Kesselman said a broader issue are limitations placed on municipalities to raise revenues through policies like payroll taxes or sales taxes, as some U.S. jurisdictions allow.

He said business properties (which tend to pay proportionately more in property taxes than residential parcels) are often assessed at higher rates because of potential ‘best use’ of the land under the property tax system.

“In the broader sense, to restrict municipalities to property taxes, I don’t know that that’s necessarily a good thing,” Kesselman said.

Benjamin Dachis, a senior policy analyst at Canadian think tank C.D. Howe Institute, said property tax increases

are “probably not a bad thing” if they coincide with increases in services like police.

But he said property tax freezes are just one part of the equation, adding future spending commitments have to be taken into account as well.

Those costs can be passed on through user fees, parking fees or other non-tax costs to ratepayers and can add up, Dachis said.

“Someone always pays,” he said.

Dachis said exploring other sources of revenue, like municipal sales taxes,

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should be carefully considered, adding they can lead to “economic distortions.” For example, a sales tax could lead to consumers leaving a municipality on shopping trips to avoid paying more, he said.

But Dachis said there are other changes worth considering, including allowing municipal governments to provide a lower, single tax rate for all businesses, some of which may be classified as ‘industrial’ or ‘light industrial.’

“These sorts of differences have major economic distortions,” he said.

However, Bateman of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation called Nanaimo’s 2016 tax freeze “a big accomplishment” in and of itself.

“I can tell you, Nanaimo’s the first (city) we’ve heard of freezing taxes this year, and we’ve looked at dozens,” Bateman said, adding the move “sets (the city) apart.”

As for whether or not tax freezes are sustainable, Bateman said: “It depends on an individual community, but let’s push it as far as we can and find out.”

Bateman said an emphasis on lower taxes is not just a pocketbook issue for ratepayers.

“The other thing that it does is it forces municipalities to focus on the services they are required to provide by law,” he said.

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A pit bull cross in Ladysmith has been restored to good health after a choke collar embedded into his neck and caused a gruesome infection.

In February, the BC SPCA were notified of a dog in distress on a Ladysmith-area property, owned by Daniel Elliott. SPCA officers found the tethered pit bull cross suffering from an infected wound caused by the collar.

The dog’s owner turned the animal over to the SPCA and faces charges under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. The dog, later given the name Archer, was taken to Island Veterinary Hospital where the collar was surgically removed.

BC SPCA constable Toni Morrison said the amount of discharge and odour from the infection wound should have been an indication of the dog’s distress.

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“It’s a wonderful outcome. We’re so pleased when we have a good result like this with such a happy ending, sometimes it doesn’t go this way. He’s fully healed up, he has a wonderful life now,” said Tina Heary, senior animal protection officer with BC SPCA. After the dog healed he was adopted to a loving family in the Nanaimo-area.

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“We are grateful for the members of the public that report to us so we can help animals in the community,” Heary said.

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Archer has recovered after a chain became embedded into his neck.

TRANSPORTATION

Bridge to Gabriola too expensive, says study DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

A government feasibility study found it too expensive to build a bridge to Gabriola Island and that comes as no surprise to either bridge supporters or opponents.

The Gabriola Island Fixed Link Feasibility Study, released by government this week, pegs the project’s costs at between $250 million and $520 million, depending where it’s built.

The issue deeply divided the island community, and some people involved chose not to comment on the report.

But a spokesman for the bridge opponents said his group is vindicated by the report.

Organizers of the petition to B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone for the feasibility study say the government intentionally skewed the results to kill an idea that lacked support on the Gulf Island.

“The study was designed to shut it down — you may quote me,” said Michael Zane, speaking on behalf of the Gabriola Bridge Society.

In June 2014, the society presented the Transportation and Infrastructure ministry with more than 600 signatures on a petition from Gabriolans who support a feasibility study.

The petition followed service disruptions from BC Ferries sailings cuts, affecting travel to Nanaimo for school, work and entertainment.

Such support for a bridge was considered a significant shift in attitude,

and Stone then announced the awarding of the $200,000 contract to study the feasibility of a fixed link.

Then opponents got organized, and last April they presented government with their own petition, with more than 2,100 signatures from those who oppose the study, much less a bridge.

Reasons to oppose a bridge range from wording in the Islands Trust Act through fears of increased traffic and impact on Mudge Island.

“We thought it was just not a great thing to do,” said Bridge Free Salish Sea spokesman Steve O’Neill.

“We’re delighted that report said no.

The only slight concern we had, was government said ‘not at this time,’ but there’s been a number of studies done and Gabriola residents have always been opposed to a bridge.”

Zane said he thinks that’s why the report was sent back by government for further review, before its final release, months later than expected.

“Government decided: ‘What’s in it for (us)? Nothing. Ungrateful population — we may have a fight on our hands getting that bridge built.’”

Zane said one of six spans considered in the report, across Northumberland Channel, made no sense, yet tolls weren’t considered.

“Why not include tolls?”

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BUSINESS NOTES News from the Nanaimo and area business community

Shoe-repair store makes move to new location Modern technology Modern technology is offering new ways for at least one Nanaimo real estate agent to present homes to customers.

Derek Gillette, a realtor with Re/Max of Nanaimo, is now using virtual reality to give potential home buyers an undistorted viewing of the listing without actually setting foot on the property. Gillette said in the real-estate industry, the one thing that frustrates sellers is the constant showings, requiring them to get their home “ready” each time.

“For years, I have been using my room-planner software and the buyer can move furniture around to decide how they would want to decorate the home,” Gillete said.

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teve Hansl is spreading his entrepreneurial wings.

Hansl has moved his long-standing Nanaimo Instant Shoe Repair store to 1 Irwin St. from the Old City Quarter.

He needed the extra space in his new location because he has also begun a new business, called “Steve the Renaissance Man.” Hansl said that part of the business deals with ornamental iron work, custom-made knives and other related metal work.

“A friend passed away and left me lots of equipment for the new part of my business,” he said.

“I’ve been working and practicing with it at home for the last 10 years, and have gained a lot of expertise at it.”

Into the Spotlight The Spotlight Academy has opened a new location for children’s classes at 15 Lois Lane, next to the China Steps in downtown Nanaimo.

Owner Jacqui Kaese, who began the Spotlight Academy in Nanaimo

Odds and ends Steve Hansl, owner of Nanaimo Instant Shoe Repair and The Renaissance Man, does blacksmithing in his shop Thursday on Irwin Street. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

almost 20 years ago to train actors for television and movies, said she opened the new location so her younger students wouldn’t have to travel far to her studio in Cedar. She said it is also a convenient location for auditions and photo shoots.

“We are sharing space with the Hub City Cinema Society, and that’s a good fit for us,” Kaese said.

TRANSPORTATION

WestJet stops daily service to Edmonton DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

WestJet will stop daily service between Nanaimo and Edmonton March 5. The Calgary-based airline plans to mothball the new service, to meet a slumping oil industry and a reduction in air traffic, especially to the Alberta capital.

The service was launched Dec. 15.

Mike Hooper, Nanaimo Airport CEO, said the airline is “making a strategic move, to move a number of flights east” during the downturn, but the change is not intended to be permanent. The flight was started in part to meet a need for oilpatch workers in northern Alberta, as well as to add another hub for regional, national and international travel.

Hooper couldn’t provide capacity numbers for the new service, or predict when it could be reinstated.

“It’s really going to be based on economic conditions,” Hooper said.

The airport has organized the Show Your Love campaign to ask Westjet to reinstate the service.

“We want to be top in mind for flights back into Alberta, when they make those decisions,” Hooper said.

Hooper said twice-daily service to Calgary is unaffected, and could soon

be expanded. Kamloops-Edmonton flights will end, along with service to Calgary from Terrace and Prince George. Penticton-Calgary Service will be curtailed Feb. 15.

A number of Alberta routes are affected too, as WestJet transfers capacity to eastern Canada.

“We look at our service based on supply and demand,” WestJet vice-president Richard Bartrem said Monday.

“We’re seeing less demand for travel to and from the energy markets and into areas across Canada. We’ve decided that we would move some of that capacity into markets where we’re seeing less of that impact so that we’re actually using the fleet as effectively as possible while minimizing the effect on the guest.”

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New business A new business, called My Favourite Fabric Store, will open Friday at 6 Commercial St. in downtown Nanaimo Owned by Tanya and Bryan Gruszecki, the store will be geared mainly for those into crafts and quilting.

Tanya said she was a stay-at-home mom for many years and grew to enjoy developing her own crafting creations So the couple decided to open their own store.

“We’ll have gift bags prepared for our first 25 customers once we open the doors at 9:30 a.m.,” Tanya Gruszecki said.

• Lawyers Bradley Durvin and Christine Hepting have been added to the team at Cavan Street’s Fabris, McIver, Hornquist & Radcliffe firm.

• Sun Life Financial is moving to a new office in the Nanaimo North Town Centre on Feb. 1 • Judy Mitchell, who ran the Nanaimo office for the Financial Horizons Group, is now the company’s business development manager for Vancouver Island.

• Birrer Sangret Chartered Accountants has opened at 4-100 Wallace St.

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Reported gunshots were just a ‘Redneck Ruckus’ Reports of gunshots in a south Nanaimo neighbourhood turned out to be a powerful brand of fireworks.

Nanaimo RCMP say the man who didn’t expect the response he got when numerous police officers responded to a report of possible shots fired.

Nanaimo RCMP responded to a call from a Haliburton area resident who reported what sounded like rapid gunfire shortly before 1 p.m. Monday Dispatchers double-checked to be sure the sound wasn’t from a vehicle backfiring.

The caller insisted she was certain she’d heard loud shots, and a number of police officers attended.

When officers found the man responsible, he showed them a box of 16 spent Redneck Ruckus fireworks.

No charges were laid.

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Live site screen taken down from city plaza The live site screen and sound system in downtown Nanaimo’s Diana Krall Plaza will be removed and there are no plans for a replacement system, the city says.

The screen and sound system, located on the side of the Port Theatre facing the plaza, has reached the end of their “useful life,” the city said in a news release, citing “increasing maintenance costs and the inability to source parts.”

Removing the equipment will save the city $15,600 a year in operating costs. LED modules from the screen are slated to be removed and sold off second hand, while the city is looking at converting the sound system into a mobile system that can be used for special events in the city.

local communities and the national economy.

The Business Examiner is owned and operated by Mark and Lise MacDonald, and Lise was nominated for the award largely for running the publication for almost a year while Mark was running as the Conservative candidate for Nanaimo-Ladysmith in November’s federal election.

“It’s a pat on our backs for a job well done. But it’s important to say that our success is not based only on one person, but the team that backs us up,” said Lise MacDonald.

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Nanaimo firm a finalist for enterprise award The Nanaimo-based Business Examiner Vancouver Island publication was one of the finalists in the 2016 Family Enterprise of the Year Awards.

Victoria’s Wilson’s Transporation is the big winner of this year’s award, which will be presented at a gala event at the Victoria Golf Club on Feb. 11.

The award is given annually by the CAFE Vancouver Island to recognize, celebrate and promote achievements of Vancouver Island family businesses and their considerable contribution they make to both their

Mural, plaque considered to commemorate school A mural and plaque to commemorate the closed, 100-year-old Harewood Elementary School is being considered.

The Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district is looking at the feasibility and costs of the memorial to the school, the oldest in the district, and is looking for the support of the Harewood Neighbourhood Association and the city’s heritage committee in its efforts. The district is in the process of choosing a contractor to demolish Harewood school, which closed in 2004 as part of the efforts by the school board to deal with declining enrolment.

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EDITORIAL

Conservative Party carping at Liberals rings hollow C onservative bile is bubbling as Parliament resumed this week and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government gets fully up and running. To hear the Tories and their acolytes tell it, the Liberals are fumbling and stumbling on every front, getting nothing right.

Rarely has Canada’s political winepress squeezed out quite so many sour grapes so soon after an election.

Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose — who long ago wrote off Trudeau’s “big, activist government” — now faults it for “blowing” plans to run only modest deficits.

During the campaign the Liberals talked up deficits of $10 billion over the next three years, chiefly to fund much-needed infrastructure, prior

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to balancing the budget. But given the sharp slump in the economy, they now say that number isn’t set in stone and could run higher.

Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel believes the Liberals are “flying by the seat of their pants” in coping with 25,000 Syrian refugees, after having “pulled the number out of thin air.” There “really hasn’t been a plan,” she says.

Trudeau even caught flak from Alberta’s right-wing Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean for telling the movers and shakers at Davos that he’d like Canada to be known for its resourcefulness, not just for its resources. The comments “didn’t make any sense,” Jean said. “This is a gentleman I’ve never taken seriously until he became prime minister.”

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Trudeau’s early days have not been the fiasco the Tories make out.

There’s fresh energy and purpose in Ottawa. For the first time, the cabinet is gender-balanced. Relations with premiers, First Nations and cities are much better. The Liberals are bringing in more tax fairness, and more support for a greener economy.

MPs and scientists are free to speak their minds again. Draconian security laws are being reviewed.

This is not a government flying by the seat of its pants. It’s the leadership Canadians voted for.

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Ship of state now sails with no rudder

I am attaching a photo that was taken of me in the summer of 1945. I was not quite 11 at the time.

During this summer I was fortunate to obtain a relief job delivering approximately 50 papers to homes in the 200-block from Wallace Street to Pine Street. I did not have a bicycle so I walked the route. The papers were rolled up and folded so they could be thrown onto the veranda of the house. In the photo you will see I am rolling a paper. From 1946 to 1948 I delivered the Free Press on a number of different routes in Nanaimo. These were the days when the paper was printed on the press in the back of the building on Church Street. I vividly recall VE and VJ Day as the presses were stopped and reset with new type announcing the end of the war. On these days we did not get our papers off the press until well past 5 p.m., which was about 1 1/2 hours later than normal.

I am disappointed that economics has forced the owners to cease printing the Daily News as I have been a loyal subscriber for many years. I do hope that the Nanaimo News Bulletin will be expanded to provide more local news.

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It’s worth recalling that Stephen Harper chided Trudeau during the campaign for proposing to “run a deficit on purpose,” and stubbornly refused to offer Syrians generous asylum. Now Harper’s party is okay with “a little bit of deficit” but faults Trudeau for not spelling out just how large a deficit he intends to run, and for not resettling refugees faster.

There’s no pleasing some people.

As for promoting Canadian resourcefulness over resources at Davos, that just makes sense. Investors aren’t flocking to the Alberta oilsands when oil is going for $30 a barrel. Better to pitch Canada’s plans to invest in the future and to promote our highly educated, diverse population, advanced infrastructure, health care, social and financial stability.

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Canadians can be expected to take all this grousing with a grain of salt.

What’s being lost in the conservative farrago of carping is that the Liberals are largely on the right track.

Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz effectively handed the government a licence to stimulate the economy with bigger deficits by holding off lowering the bank’s key lending rate this past week, anticipating “fiscal measures” in the upcoming budget.

Bay Street economists, too, are cheering on bigger deficits. Credible analysts believe Ottawa could run a $25-billion deficit without courting ruin. And given the sharp and unexpected hit Canada has taken from low oil and commodity prices, extra stimulus is more than justified.

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emocracy is one of those words easily spoken and casually used, but more difficult to understand and explain.

The ongoing task of clarifying that concept of democracy has belonged to the daily newspaper.

The work of journalists and editors has been to translate democracy from a sometimes vague concept into a reality that we can all understand, act on and use. It is job so important and so challenging that it must be renewed every day.

When I started at the Daily Free Press in 1993, that process was in full swing. We covered areas where your awareness, understanding and input were vital; at city hall, the courts, school board and health to name a few. We scrutinized areas where those in authority would be held to account in the event that authority was abused.

In the last week various columns have been written and comments made, initially following cuts and changes at Postmedia newspapers, about the importance of a free press in upholding democracy.

Marsha Lederman in the Globe and Mail articulated the issue better than I can. Stephanie Coombs, ex of the Times Colonist and let go from the

Edmonton Journal, has made similar insightful comments.

That such thoughts must now be articulated widely and out loud indicates to me a grave situation in the “Fourth Estate” — the press as distinguished from broadcast and now digital media.

Print journalists watch as the last flickering embers of what was a tremendous blaze that warmed an entire civilization begin to go out.

The principle behind the Fourth Estate is that words have meaning and potentially tremendous impact.

Beginning in the late 18th century the first newspapers closed a loophole by which the first two traditional estates, the church and the aristocracy, kept the third estate — you and me — from having our say in the exercise of power.

For the last two centuries daily newspapers (in countries where the right to freedom of speech has existed) questioned, probed and generally acted as a gadfly to “afflict the comforted and comfort the afflicted,” as the reporters’ credo goes. More than any other institution

in Western democracies, newspapers have exposed injustices and been a force for greater equality.

But the work of newspapers was never exclusively to attack those to whom we give authority to make and enforce our laws and collect and administer our taxes.

Some misguided souls believe that the role of the press is to be not a watchdog but an attack dog.

A responsible press also looks for solutions and supports actions that are in the interest of an entire community, actions that are right, moral and good and uphold community standards.

At times we have been our own worst enemy. At one end is the phone hacking scandal in the United Kingdom, at the other are efforts to use newspapers as a means to promote ideology and political bias.

Ideologues on both the right and left have been guilty of this abuse.

Using newsgathering as a pretext to peddle ideology of one sort or the other has done more to bring the press into disrepute than any phone hacking scandal could.

Journalists can never be objective — that’s just not possible — but they are called on to be fair, accurate and balanced.

And I have faith that my remaining scribe colleagues — “ink-stained wretches of the Fourth Estate” is intended as a compliment — will continue to adhere to the truth that “if it’s not fair, accurate and balanced, then it’s not a news story.”

But upholding those principles also requires resources, and with advertisers now reaching more eyes on social media at no cost, and readers getting news for free on the Internet, the cash is no longer there.

Profit and quality journalism must go hand in hand.

The ship of state now sails on with a broken rudder and the helmsman over the side.

“O nimium coelo et pelago confise sereno, nudus in ignota, Palinure, jacebis arena.”

— Virgil » Paul Walton is the night editor at the ‘Daily News.’ He can be reached at paul.walton@nanaimodailynews.com

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B.C. mines minister clarifies comments about Trudeau Bill Bennett says he did not intend to be disrespectful about PM’s Davos speech GEORDON OMAND THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s mines minister is clarifying his position on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s remarks about Canada’s natural-resource economy.

Bill Bennett said the meaning behind a comment he made Tuesday was not that Trudeau might come to regret remarks he made in a speech overseas, but that the media may have misquoted the prime minister.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trudeau said his predecessor wanted Canada to be known for its resources, but he wants it known for its resourcefulness.

Canada amounts to not just the resources under Canadians’ feet but rather what lies between their ears, the prime minister said in his keynote address.

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Bennett originally told reporters that Trudeau may regret the statement after being asked about the quotes at a mineral-exploration conference in Vancouver.

“I’ve been quoted many, many times in my 15-year career and regretted some of the things that I’ve

said, and just the context that I said them in, so perhaps there’s some element of that here.”

Bennett said Canada’s resource sector is one of the most technologically advanced in the world and that its workers are well trained and well educated.

He acknowledged the flagging state of the natural-resources economy but insisted the world still needs Canada’s resources and that global commodity prices will eventually rebound.

But Bennett clarified his comments later Tuesday in a phone interview.

“It was in no way a disrespectful comment about the new prime minister,” he said.

“I’m actually proud of the fact that the guy is over there representing Canada, and doing a pretty damn good job.”

Bennett was at the conference to help unveil the first phase of results coming out of a $2.4-million project from Geoscience B.C. The organization is using airborne magnetic surveying technology to map mineral exploration data within a 6,700-square-kilometre expanse in west-central British Columbia.

It’s the first such survey conducted for many areas in that region of the province since the 1960s.

“Finding mineral deposits is a metaphorical hunt for a needle in a haystack. With vast tracks of under-explored terrain, knowing where to start is a major challenge.

There are endless haystacks,” said Bruce Madu, Geoscience B.C.’s vice-president for minerals and mining.

The region mapped is between the Smithers, Terrace and Kitimat.

Pot-related place names pop up for B.C. mountains Google users interested in local topography might be surprised to find pot-related place names for our mountains listed by the popular search engine’s mapping software, including Weed Peak, Grow Op Peak, Cannabis Peak and Hydroponic Peak.

“A local photographer used #explorekootenaylake on an image they shared on Instagram,” Nelsonite Britz Robins told the Star. “It was a lovely picture, but I wasn’t quite sure if it was in our region, so I searched for the name of the lake.”

She struggled to find the particular lake using Google Earth, zooming in around the Riondel area to see what she could find.

“I started zooming in on some of the smaller lakes to see if any names would pop up. They didn’t. But I stumbled upon those names instead!”

Robins, who works for both Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism and Shambhala Music Festival, took a screenshot of her find and shared it on social media, earning over 800 likes and 69 shares.

“You can’t see them from Google’s default view. I think the only ones that show up at first glance are Loki and another one. But when you zoom in, the pot mountains show up.”

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Syrian refugees happy to be staying in Canada KEVIN DIAKIW SURREY NORTH DELTA LEADER

Freshly here from the chaos and bloodshed they left behind in Syria, a dozen refugees gathered in a North Surrey hotel this week to describe their experience in Canada.

They were at a press gathering as local grocer Fruiticana donated bags of groceries to the families.

Fruiticana founder Tony Singh committed to provide enough groceries to feed 500 families for seven to nine days.

Ola Katabi has been here just two weeks,and says she loves Canada.

“It’s natural,” the 15-year-old said as she beamed. “It’s beautiful.”

It’s a far cry from where she just left.

“In Syria, it’s difficult,” Katabi said.

It’s an understatement coming from a girl fleeing a country gripped in a complex civil war, where millions of innocent people are bombed indiscriminately.

The world, including Canada, has snapped to attention since atrocities have come to light. As part of a federal Liberal campaign promise in last fall’s election, 25,000 refugees are heading to Canada in the coming months.

Many have already arrived and more are to come, with hundreds expected to settle in Surrey.

Scores of them are being housed temporarily at the Sandman Hotel in Guildford, one of the region’s spots for interim housing. One of the biggest

barriers, they say, is becoming familiar with the new language.

Katpahi Abdelrazqe spoke through an interpreter and said language is definitely the biggest hurdle he faces.

“So far, I can’t pinpoint any (significant) challenges,” he said. “Language is definitely the biggest.”

His six children, aged two to 12, are content and are looking forward to getting back to school, Abdelrazqe said.

“God willing, they are very happy to be going to school this year and continuing their education.”

The growing refugee contingent was the subject of a public forum in Surrey earlier this week.

On Wednesday night, about 350 people packed Fleetwood Park Secondary School to discuss how they could help refugees heading to the city.

Surrey Coun. Judy Villeneuve said she was delightfully surprised by the large turnout at the event, which was hosted in part by the city.

In addition to the city, officials with the province, immigration workers and police were also on hand to field questions.

Villeneuve, a long-time social advocate in Surrey, is pleased with how the refugee settlement is unfolding.

The City of Surrey has been swamped with calls from people looking for ways to help.

The forum was intended to provide clarity on what could be done.

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Prosecution of Toronto cop reveals frontline challenge As use of force by officers is questioned, some say mental health services are needed COLIN PERKEL THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — A guilty finding against a Toronto police officer who gunned down a knife-wielding teen on an empty streetcar suggests the public has become more sensitive toward how police deal with those in crisis, some experts said Tuesday.

At the same time, they said, the prosecution of Const. James Forcillo has highlighted the need to address systemic issues around police training and the funding of mental health services.

“The public no longer has an appetite for police simply saying, ‘This is use of force’,” said Frances Jewell, executive director with the Mental Health Rights Coalition in Hamilton.

“The conversation has started but there’s a disconnect between what police are saying has changed and what has changed.”

In what has been described as a “compromise” verdict, a jury acquitted Forcillo on Monday of second-degree murder for shooting Sammy Yatim, 18, but found him guilty of attempted murder for continuing to fire after the dying teen had fallen to the floor.

Forcillo’s union warned the verdict would put officers at further risk by causing them to hesitate before responding to dangerous situations.

On the other hand, the lawyer for Yatim’s family suggested too many officers have been literally getting away with murder by claiming self-defence.

Dorothy Cotton, a forensic psychologist in Kingston, Ont., said the verdict is a sign attitudes toward the mentally ill — and police accountability — have shifted.

“The significance of this whole trial is really in the fact that there was a trial and he was found guilty of anything at all,” said Cotton, who has

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worked with the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and the Mental Health Commission of Canada.

“In contrast to attitudes we had in the past toward people who appear to be crazy or out of their minds, society as a whole is saying that this is not the norm and we can’t tolerate this any more.”

Statistics Canada data show about one million interactions between police and people in some kind of mental health crisis each year. The vast majority end without serious incident. For others, however, the result is what advocates consider an unnecessary fatality as well as trauma for both the families and officers involved.

Advocates have long called for better police training for dealing with people in crisis.

They insist officers should do everything possible to defuse a volatile situation before resorting to Tasers or firearms.

For their part, police insist they are doing what they can to help. In B.C., new and seasoned officers are required to undergo training on dealing with the mentally ill. Other services say their training does emphasize de-escalation techniques.

Jewell, however, was skeptical, noting Forcillo barked orders and shot Yatim dead less than one minute after arriving on scene.

“Where on earth did they get the message that was a de-escalation technique?” she said. “I must say I’m jaded in that we hear that the changes will happen and yet they don’t.”

Still, training and accountability issues aside, mental health advocates

say the Yatim killing — and others like it — demonstrate a crying need for more funding of supports for the mentally ill to avert potentially deadly confrontations with officers in the first place.

All too often, they note, people finding themselves on the wrong end of an officer’s gun had tried unsuccessfully to find help for their worsening mental health.

A few years ago, for example, Richard Kachkar went on a rampage with a stolen snowplow, prompting Toronto police Sgt. Ryan Russell to open fire in an effort to stop him.

In that tragic case, Russell was run down and killed.

Kachkar, who for weeks had sparked concerns about his deteriorating behaviour, was found not criminally responsible.

Federal agency slow to ban pesticides: Report OTTAWA — The federal Pest Management Regulatory Agency is taking years to remove confirmed pesticide risks from the marketplace while failing to evaluate many other products, according to a new audit.

The latest annual report from the environment commissioner’s office, tabled Tuesday in Parliament, also found that conditionally registered pesticides, fungicides and herbicides

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which have not been fully vetted have in some cases been in use for more than a decade.

The Liberal government moved last week to stop the practice of conditionally registering the products, effective this June, but commissioner Julie Gelfand’s report indicates problems in the system run much deeper.

“We’ve recommended to the agency that once they’ve decided that a pesticide has unacceptable risks for

all uses, that it should remove them from the market as soon as possible,” the commissioner told a news conference.

“And that if they can’t remove it right away, they should give more information to the public.”

Gelfand’s audit found the pest agency took an average of five years, and up to 11 years, to get dangerous pesticides off store shelves — and that the stalling mechanisms are built right into the law.

The act governing pesticides allows the minister to keep a harmful product in circulation if it’s deemed there are no readily available alternative products. It also allows manufacturers to sell their existing stock of pesticides that are found to be harmful before the product is de-registered.

“If Canadians feel there should be a change, that’s up to Parliament to make that change in the law,” said Gelfand.

OTTAWA — The Liberals are poised to abandon the Conservative hardline approach to contract talks with public labour unions, a move that could cost the federal balance sheet nearly $1 billion this fiscal year.

The Liberal government has confirmed it will repeal Tory legislation that allows Ottawa to impose changes to short-term disability and sick leave in the public service.

The Treasury Board recently signalled to federal unions that it would make withdrawing a provision in Bill C-59 “one of its first orders of business.”

The action is expected to have fiscal consequences.

The Conservatives booked $900 million in savings to the government’s bottom line in last year’s budget, even though negotiations were still ongoing with the unions.

The Harper government’s accounting decision helped its election-year budget forecast a $2.4-billion surplus, including the contingency reserve.

By booking that figure, it means the 2015-16 balance sheet could be another $900 million deeper in the red.

Since coming to power, the Liberals updated the 2015-16 budget projection in November to a $3-billion shortfall.

Internally, however, the government is aware that more could be shaved from the public books because of the accounting around the short-term disability and sick leave regime.

“If the (short-term disability plan) is not implemented this fiscal year, then the $900 million in savings in 2015-16 will need to be unwound,” said briefing material on “urgent issues” provided to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shortly after he took office.

The briefing said the matter could require action or a decision within 50 days of the October election.

Regardless of the outcome of contract talks, the government won’t ever see the $900 million in estimated savings realized in actual dollar terms, said Debi Daviau, president of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada.

That’s because the value is a booked liability, she said.

“They can remove the liability from their books, but the Canadian public needs to understand it’s a liability that would have sat there to foreverness without ever actually having to be paid out,” Daviau said.

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Pope calls on Iran’s president to fight spread of global terror FRANCES D’EMILIO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Men load suitcases on the top of a car after travellers arrived at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana on Tuesday. [AP PHOTO]

U.S. embargo on Cuba loosened up MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HAVANA — The Obama administration is loosening the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba with a new round of regulations allowing American companies to sell to Cuba on credit and export a potentially wide range of products to the Cuban government for the first time, officials said Tuesday.

The changes are President Barack Obama’s third attempt to spur U.S.Cuba commerce despite an embargo that still prohibits most forms of trade with the island.

U.S. travel to Cuba has exploded since Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro declared detente in 2014.

But U.S. hopes of building wider trade between American businesses and Cuba’s private sector have been largely frustrated by Congressional reluctance to end the embargo itself and by the island’s labyrinthine restrictions on imports, exports and private business.

Obama says he hopes to visit Cuba before he leaves office but a trip would depend on the progress being made in relations between the two countries.

Tuesday’s move appears designed to jumpstart commerce between the two countries and remove some of Cuba’s biggest excuses for not opening its economy to trade with the U.S. “Just as the United States is doing its part to remove impediments that have been holding Cubans back, we urge the Cuban government to make it easier for its citizens to start businesses, engage in trade, and access information online,” National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said.

Among a host of other measures, the new regulations allow U.S. firms to offer Cuban buyers credit on sales of non-agricultural goods, addressing a longstanding Cuban complaint about a ban on credit.

The vast majority of Obama’s new regulations have been aimed at spurring U.S. trade with Cuban entrepreneurs instead of with the state-run firms that

dominate the economy. The Cuban government says that U.S. focus on private business is partly responsible for the island not opening its economy in response to the U.S. loosening of the embargo.

The U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday that it would now allow U.S. exports to Cuban government agencies in cases where it believed the Cuban people stood to benefit. It cited agriculture, historic preservation, education, food processing and public health and infrastructure as government-controlled sectors that it would not allow to receive goods from the U.S. on a case-by-case basis, potentially opening up a huge new field of commerce between U.S. business and the Cuban government.

“You would expect that this would open up a lot of areas where there should be enhanced trade,” said James Williams, head of the anti-embargo U.S. group Engage Cuba.

He said that while Obama’s initial exceptions to the embargo were criticized for not reflecting a deep understanding of Cuba, the new regulations were much more attuned to the peculiarities of Cuba’s state-controlled economy.

Cuban officials issued no immediate comment on the changes and state media made only brief mention of them in the first hours after the U.S. announcement. Anti-Castro figures in the U.S. have long argued against Obama’s opening with Cuba, saying it empowers the state rather than the Cuban people and Tuesday’s announcement gave them ammunition.

The new changes make the tourism ban even harder to enforce by expanding the number of credible reasons that an American could be in Cuba. The new measures also contain a number of technical changes designed to allow regularly scheduled flights between the U.S. and Cuba, a potentially massive change agreed upon by the two countries late last year.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis held talks with Iran’s president at the Vatican Tuesday, calling on Tehran to play a key role in stopping the spread of terrorism as Iran tries to improve its image in the global arena following an agreement on its nuclear program.

The pontiff warmly clasped the hand of President Hassan Rouhani in the first official call paid on a pontiff by an Iranian president since 1999. They held 40 minutes of private talks before Rouhani met with other top Vatican officials.

The talks “delved into the conclusion and application of the nuclear accord, and the important role that Iran is called upon to play, together with other countries of the region, was highlighted,” the Holy See said.

It added that that role should “foster adequate political solutions to the issues plaguing the Middle East, fighting the spread of terrorism and arms trafficking.”

The “cordial” talks also stressed common spiritual values, the statement said.

Usually it’s the pope who asks his audience to pray for him. This time, after the two men spoke with the help of Italian and Farsi language translators, it was the guest who asked the pope for prayers. “I ask you to pray for me,” Rouhani said.

The Vatican meeting was a key part of the Iranian effort to take a more prominent place on the world stage after the nuclear deal with Western powers.

Iran, which agreed to limit its nuclear activities in exchange for an end to economic sanctions, is eager to carve out a bigger role in mediating Middle East conflicts. Francis’ papacy has emphasized mediation and conflict-resolution, including his role in helping Cuba and the United States to normalize their relations.

Rouhani heads to France Wednesday on his four-day European trip seeking to boost Iran’s image abroad as well as to rehabilitate economic ties with a continent that had been a big trade partner before the sanctions.

Francis gave Rouhani a medal depicting St. Martin giving his cloak to a poor man in the cold, describing the saint’s act as “a sign of unsolicited brotherhood.”

Rouhani brought a gift of a hand-made rug that he said was made in the Iranian holy city of Qom. Before going to the Vatican, Rouhani told a forum of business leaders in Rome that “Iran is the safest and most stable country of the entire region.”

Italy also sees Iran as a potential peacemaker in Syria’s civil war, as the Italian government fears the warfare will further destabilize Libya — just across the

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“Italy has always backed the role of Iran as a regional player in resolving tensions in the area, starting with the Syrian crisis,” Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said after meeting his Iranian counterpart, according to his office.

Rouhani has described the political talks leading to the nuclear deal as a potential blueprint for pursuing peace in the Middle East.

His European trip was originally planned for November but postponed because of the attacks in Paris.

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Military feeling the pain of reservist shortage MURRAY BREWSTER THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — The bottom appears to have fallen out of the country’s military reserves.

The latest government figures, contained in federal departmental performance reports for the last budget year, show a shortfall of 5,293 parttime soldiers, sailors and aircrew.

The numbers also show the military’s medical branch has 367 unfilled positions — both uniformed and civilian. The department noted there’s a national shortage of healthcare professionals and military system is backstopped by its contract with the private company Calian.

National Defence says 35 of these vacancies are in the mental-health section, which was the subject of an

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intense recruiting campaign following a string of suicides by combat veterans in late 2013 and early 2014.

Gary Walbourne, the military ombudsman, sounded exasperated upon hearing the figures, saying his

office repeatedly pushed the previous Conservative government on the issue of health care for both full-time and part-time members.

“This comes down to desire. If you have the desire to fix the problem, you’ll fix it,” Walbourne said in an interview.

“We don’t need any more studies or any more reports. Enough is enough.

It comes to a leadership issue and someone has to decide that this is going to get fixed.”

The country’s top military commander, Gen. Jonathan Vance, has made caring for the troops one of his signature efforts.

The records did note that military health-care system easily met its performance targets for wait times and treatment.

Defence officials blame the diminished reservist ranks — 21,707, all told — on a higher-than-expected departure rate and challenges in meeting recruiting quotas.

Retired colonel John Selkirk of the group Reserves 2000, which lobbies on behalf of part-time soldiers, says the problem has been building for years and reflects a slashing of the training budget by the Conservatives, a change in how reservist trades are selected and a dysfunctional recruiting system that leans towards signing up full-time members.

Many reservists are young people who use their service as part-time income for school and the absence of large summer training exercises has meant they’ve had to go elsewhere to find work, he said.

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UN chief calls on Israel to freeze building West Bank settlements Jewish state’s UN envoy does not address issue; shows ‘terror dolls’ used to teach hate CARA ANNA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Progress toward peace between Israel and the Palestinians requires that Israel freeze its settlement-building in the West Bank, the UN secretary-general said Tuesday, calling the settlement activities “an affront to the Palestinian people and to the international community.”

Addressing the UN Security Council’s periodic Middle East debate, Ban Ki-moon also urged both sides to act now “to prevent the two-state solution from slipping away forever.”

He condemned rocket fire from militant groups in Gaza into Israel but focused his strongest comments on Israel’s settlement-building.

“As oppressed peoples have demonstrated throughout the ages, it is human nature to react to occupation,” the UN chief said.

Israel captured the West Bank from Jordan in the 1967 war. Palestinians demand the territory as part of their future state. Last week, Israel approved the expropriation of some 150 hectares of land in another part of the territory.

Most of the international community views Israeli settlements in the territory as illegal or illegitimate.

Dozens of people on both sides have died in four months of violence, which Israel blames on Palestinian incitement. Palestinians say the attacks stem from frustration at nearly five decades of Israeli military rule.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Ban’s comments “give a tail wind to terrorism,” and he said the UN “long ago lost its neutrality and its moral strength.”

Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour later told reporters that all

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Interim assisted dying guidelines for Ont. MDs Ontario doctors will be permitted to provide assistance in dying to eligible patients within Canada who qualify for publicly funded health care as the federal government works to legislate doctor-assisted suicide.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario on Monday approved its interim guidelines for doctors who are approached by patients seeking help in dying before doctor-assisted suicide becomes legal nationwide on June 6.

The guidelines were amended following 30 days of consultations with doctors and Ontario residents.

An earlier draft limited physicians to providing the service only to Ontario residents.

Other changes include a clarification that conscientious objectors do not have to assess whether a patient is eligible for doctor-assisted death before referring them to another physician.

◆ MONTREAL

CN Rail expects further workforce reductions Canadian National Railway says it could shed more employees in 2016 if freight volumes fall again this year as expected.

The country’s largest railway saw its workforce decrease by nine per cent or 2,300 last year, with about 1,150 employees laid off at year’s end.

CN Rail, with about 25,000 employees, said its natural attrition rate of close to eight per cent annually gives it flexibility to hire or not depending on market conditions.

Unlike CP Rail, which last week estimated its workforce would be down close to 1,000 this year, CN Rail didn’t put a number on the potential job cuts.

CN Rail expects volume will be soft again in the beginning of 2016 before stabilizing later in the year.

◆ HALIFAX

Woman wins $50K over firearms defamation

Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon on Tuesday displays what he called ‘terror dolls’ that he says are being used to teach hatred among Palestinian children. [AP PHOTO]

15 council members acknowledged that Israel’s settlement building is “the main obstacle to any meaningful political process,” and he said the Palestinians are meeting with all council members to assess their readiness to act this year.

French Ambassador Francois Delattre said the international community should create a “specific and credible political horizon” for a solution to the tensions in the region.

Chinese Ambassador Liu Jieyi said Israel should take the lead in calming tensions, and he said the Security Council “should seriously consider

the question of providing international protection to the Palestinian people.”

He gave no details, but Mansour said new council member Egypt would take the lead in exploring that issue.

Israel’s UN ambassador, Danny Danon, did not address settlement-building.

He instead showed reporters what he called “terror dolls” that he said are used to teach hatred to Palestinian children.

The comments by Ban and others came after Netanyahu this week said

his government is committed to West Bank settlements. Ban said he was “deeply troubled” by new reports that Israel’s government has approved plans for more than 150 new homes in settlements in the West Bank.

U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power told the council that the United States “strongly opposes settlement activity” but added that “settlement activity can never in itself be an excuse for violence.”

Israel says the fate of the settlements should be resolved in peace talks, along with other core issues like security and borders.

A woman who was wrongly implicated in possible criminal activity by a provincial employee after she applied for a firearms licence has been awarded more than $50,000 in damages by a Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge.

Court documents show that when Laura Doucette applied for the licence as part of a policing and corrections course, provincial firearms investigator David Grimes looked at her application in 2012 and became suspicious.

During his investigation, he approached some of Doucette’s instructors and warned them she may have been involved in an armed robbery when she was working at a Tim Hortons in 2009.

Judge Denise Boudreau, in a ruling released Monday, said Grimes — a former police officer — didn’t say where he got the information and did not bother to check if it was true.

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Postmedia CEO says hunt on for new revenue streams at papers Chain faces debt obligations that are due in next few years at astronomical amounts DAVID FRIEND THE CANADIAN PRESS

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aul Godfrey doesn’t need to be prompted to talk about the troubled state of Canada’s media industry in the midst of a steady stream of bleak news — the Postmedia CEO raises the topic himself.

Just a few minutes after stepping into his office at the company’s headquarters in downtown Toronto, Godfrey is already expounding on how he sees an industry in strife.

“There’s no doubt the business models for newspapers, magazines and conventional television are all being disrupted,” said the 77-yearold executive, stating what’s become painfully obvious for Canadian news outlets.

Godfrey points to technology giants like Google and Facebook as behemoth competitors who are luring away longtime advertisers by selling audience reach and metrics that traditional media companies simply cannot offer.

Canada’s media industry is indeed facing widespread turmoil — hundreds of pink slips have been handed out already this year, and two daily newspapers are closing down permanently — but Postmedia is sitting with its own unique time bomb of financial constraints.

The country’s largest newspaper chain, owner of the National Post and city dailies like the Ottawa Citizen and Vancouver Sun, is operating under debt obligations that come due over the next few years at astronomical amounts.

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his year, Postmedia owes $25.9 million of long-term debt, and that figure jumps to a stunning $302.7-million in 2017, according to its annual report filed last November.

If Postmedia is unable to repay those debts, or find a solution to refinance what it owes, the company is almost certain to wind up in bankruptcy.

Godfrey stops short of trying predict Postmedia’s future, saying that any suggestion its days are numbered is “a guess.” But he clearly identifies where the potential pitfalls lie.

“We have bills to pay called mortgages — first-lien and second-lien notes,” he said.

“When you own a house with two mortgages, you’re still bringing in income every week, but if your revenue starts to fall and you can’t pay off your mortgages, what are you going to do? You’re going to keep cutting your costs or someone takes your home away from you.”

Godfrey said one of the biggest challenges in repaying those debts.

“What’s really hurtful to us (is the) second-lien notes are all in U.S. funds,” he said. “With the Canadian dollar falling the way it’s falling, that’s almost like a noose around your neck.”

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Argentina government fights plague of locusts Argentina’s agricultural inspection agency said Thursday that it is keeping up efforts to control a locust infestation threatening crops in at least three states.

The agency said in a statement it has controlled 31 new outbreaks of the insect in the states of Catamarca, Santiago del Estero and Cordoba.

The plague today affects some 700,000 hectares, said the Rural Confederations of Argentina in an emailed statement. It is the worst infestation since 1954, said Juan Pablo Karnatz, president of a farmers’ association in Santiago del Estero.

Time is of the essence, the farmers say. If the fumigators don’t find the young insects before they mature in 10 days, they will form swarms of locusts in search of food. The other challenge is discovering unsighted pockets of locusts.

◆ PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI

Cruise line restarts Haiti port calls after protest

Postmedia President and CEO Paul Godfrey in his Toronto office on Monday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Others share those concerns, including Moody’s Investors Service, which last week further downgraded its ratings on the company over its refinancing prospects.

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ome analysts find it surprising Postmedia’s newspapers have survived this long after sitting in limbo during the Canwest bankruptcy proceedings before they were bought in 2010 by an investment group backed

by New York hedge fund Golden Tree Asset Management for $1.1 billion.

The acquisition was contested by some, including Unifor, formerly the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, which urged the federal government to reconsider the consolidation of so many newspapers, especially under a U.S. participant.

Golden Tree has remained a sticking point for media critics, with some suggesting the firm is sapping Postmedia business — particularly its valuable real estate assets — for as much as it can get.

Godfrey disputes those assertions.

“Golden Tree is an equity player, not a debt player,” he said.

“If it wasn’t for Golden Tree Asset Management, this chain may not be in existence today because there were no Canadians who stepped up to buy (the papers) . . . . People should be happy that at least somebody (bought the newspapers) and kept a lot of people employed.”

In early 2010, the Toronto Star’s parent company bid for Canwest’s newspaper and digital business in partnership with Fairfax Financial Holdings. Sources familiar with the proceedings say executives halted those negotiations after the price tag became too high. Eventually the papers were bought for $1.1 billion and formed into Postmedia.

Over the coming months, Godfrey

will reshape Postmedia even further in preparation for lender negotiations he hopes will lead to refinancing the first-lien notes by August 2017.

The latest round of cuts are “paramount,” he said, to making Postmedia’s business model attractive for investors who hold the keys to financial relief.

The company recently announced it was merging newsrooms and cutting about 90 jobs as part of a large-scale effort to save $80 million by the middle of next year. The newsroom cuts only get the company “part way” to the goal, Godfrey said.

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eyond its journalists, he said executives are considering many avenues of change. Those include whether money can be saved in how the newspapers are laid out each night, whether printing the paper half an hour earlier would be cheaper and if there’s a way to have fewer delivery people on the street.

“We’re going to do our very best adjusting the cost base so that people who are potential investors in the debt see we are doing everything we can to be able to repay the debt,” he said.

“Is it a pleasant thing to do?

Obviously it’s the most painful thing to do, to disrupt your own company.

You know you’re hurting certain people’s lives.”

At the same time, executives are on the hunt to create new revenue streams.

One of them took shape on Monday when Postmedia announced a threeyear partnership with Mogo Finance Technology Inc. that will see it pocket a portion of revenues generated by the short-term loan provider.

Godfrey said the Mogo agreement is a snapshot of what’s to come.

“This one area seemed to be a nat-

ural,” he said. “We have two or three others we are working on.”

Postmedia has also abandoned ventures it found didn’t deliver results — including an evening tablet edition once trumpeted as a major area of growth for the company. Godfrey said Postmedia bailed on the tablet experiment when it was clear it wasn’t going to deliver a profit.

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e suggested the Toronto Star — which has invested millions of dollars on its Star Touch tablet platform — reconsider its devotion to the tablet as well.

“They’re way off base and they spent a fortune,” he said, pointing to mobile phones as the smartest bet for media companies.

“Our philosophy here is fail fast. I don’t think they recognize that. You tried it, everybody’s got to experiment, but they keep spending and spending like crazy on it.”

Godfrey is confident owners of the Star will eventually reach the same conclusion: a tablet-specific business model isn’t profitable.

“They’re going to realize it sooner or later,” he said.

Torstar has said the Star Touch has been downloaded more than 100,000 times, though it also laid off 10 members of the tablet team earlier this month.

Some media critics have called on the federal government to step in and give the country’s newspapers financial assistance that could get them through the next few years.

Godfrey said he’s not interested in asking for the government’s help at this point.

“As far as I’m concerned I’m running a business right now,” he said.

“The preferential route is to explore all options we can do by ourselves first. I haven’t even thought about that.”

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. on Tuesday re-established port calls to its fenced-in site and beach attraction in northern Haiti after suspending visits just over a week ago.

The Miami-based company suspended cruise ship stops to the Labadee port on Jan. 19 when one of its ships encountered people staging a protest in small boats.

There were conflicting reports about the reasons for the recent protest in the bay. Cruise ship passengers don’t leave the fenced-in area, long a source of frustration to area residents.

Spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez says the company has been in close communication with Haitian officials and is now “comfortable that there will not be any significant impact” on passengers.

◆ ATHENS

Protests escalate against Greek pension reform Greece’s prime minister defended his unpopular pension reform plans Tuesday, pledging to avoid new cuts, as protests against the creditor-demanded measures escalated.

Alexis Tsipras told a special parliamentary session that the financially struggling country’s pension system faces collapse unless swift corrective action is taken.

He insisted that the reforms will see no new reductions in core pensions — which have been repeatedly slashed since the start of Greece’s financial crisis.

The pension overhaul has been demanded by Greece’s bailout creditors, whose rescue loans have kept the country afloat since mid-2010.

The proposed changes will lead to large increases in social security contributions, mostly affecting self-employed professionals and farmers, who say that they will end up paying more than three quarters of their income to pension funds and tax authorities.

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Canucks’ goalie Ryan Miller is showered with ice shavings as he makes a save against the Nashville Predators during the second period in Vancouver on Tuesday.

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Neal scores winner late to lift Preds over Canucks Sutter scored for Vancouver, who played their last game before the all-star break JASON KELLER THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — James Neal scored late in the third period to give the Nashville Predators a 2-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.

Craig Smith also found the back of the net for Nashville (23-18-8), which played its third game of a four-game Western road swing. The trip has included 4-1 wins in both Winnipeg and Edmonton and will finish Wednesday in Calgary. Predators goalie Pekka Rinne stopped 28 shots.

Brandon Sutter scored for the Canucks (20-19-11), who played their last game before the all-star break. Vancouver just returned from a 10-day, six-game road trip that resulted in a 3-2-1 record.

Ryan Miller made 17 saves in his first home start since Dec. 9 for Vancouver.

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The Preds broke through with 4:44 left in the game on a bad Canucks line change. Neal took a pass from defenceman Barrett Jackman and fired the puck from the faceoff dot, beating Miller glove side for the go-ahead goal.

Vancouver had a power-play chance to end the game, but couldn’t force overtime.

Nashville jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead less than two minutes in when Mike Fisher set up Smith, who lifted the puck over Miller’s shoulder after easily getting around Canucks defenceman Ben Hutton.

Sutter, thrust into the centre position on the top line due to Henrik Sedin’s injury, found immediate chemistry with Daniel Sedin. Sutter took a beautiful return pass from Sedin and one-timed it passed Rinne to tie the game at 11:39. It was Sutter’s first game since sustaining a sports hernia on Nov. 10.

Sutter had a glorious chance on a breakaway minutes later, but missed the open net with Rinne out of position.

The Predators shot sparingly in

the first and second. Even with two power plays, including a tripping call on Matt Bartkowski midway in the second, Nashville had only 11 shots going into the third compared to Vancouver’s 24.

However, Rinne was tested more often, especially during a Canucks power play with five minutes left in the second when he made saves on Sedin and Sven Baertschi to keep the score deadlocked.

Nashville came out with increased intensity in the third and began firing more shots at Miller, including a dangerous-looking Miikka Salomaki attempt from in the slot.

Notes: Vancouver forward Brandon Prust was a healthy scratch for a third straight game. . . . Henrik Sedin missed his fourth straight game with a upper-body injury.

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is debuting a new website and apps — for ice hockey.

Under a deal reached last summer, baseball’s digital business has taken over streaming and app development for the National Hockey League.

On Monday, the NHL will start offering a cheaper subscription package, NHL Premium, with six-minute recaps and live video for the final five minutes of most games, plus any overtime and shootouts. Premium will cost $3 a month, compared with $25 for full games.

In both cases, hometown games will typically be unavailable to preserve television rights.

The NHL is also boosting video quality to 60 frames per second, double the standard 30 frames, though you’ll need a streaming TV device, a game console, an iPad or one of the larger, Plus models of the iPhone. Officials say that 60 frames will be ideal for fast-moving action such as hockey, as it will make puck movement look smoother. Bob Bowman, baseball’s president of business and media, says he plans to bring that to baseball, too.

Among other features: — Beyond choosing a team or two as favourites, you’ll be able to “follow” rival teams. Those teams will show up higher on league scoreboards, but you won’t clutter the screen with as much news about those teams as you would for favourites.

— Composite views will mix the main action with alternative angles, such as cameras looking straight down on each goalie. Gone will be the ability to choose alternative angles individually, as video didn’t always sync correctly.

Officials are hoping to address that by offering the composite view with pre-selected angles as a single stream.

Although baseball is now running hockey’s digital services, you won’t get the type of real-time tracking available for baseball. For instance, one graphical feature for baseball shows where and how fast each pitch lands. There’s nothing comparable yet with hockey.

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the league has been exploring various puck- and player-tracking technologies, but hockey is harder to track “than baseball or football because it’s non-stop action and an incredible speed, particularly with the puck.”

Under the partnership, MLB Advanced Media bought streaming rights for out-of-market games from the NHL. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.

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Ducks forward Horcoff suspended 20 games THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Anaheim Ducks forward Shawn Horcoff was suspended for 20 games Tuesday for violating the terms of the NHL’s performance-enhancing substances program.

The 37-year-old Horcoff acknowledged his mistake in a statement issued by the NHL Players’ Association. He claimed he tried an

unspecified treatment to speed up his recovery from an injury last fall.

“Although I was unaware that this treatment was not permitted under NHL rules, that is no excuse whatsoever,” Horcoff said. “I should have done my research, and I should have checked with the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program’s doctors. I accept full responsibility for my actions, and I am sorry.”

Horcoff is the third player to be suspended under the program approved by the league and union in the most recent collective bargaining agreement. Zenon Konopka of the Buffalo Sabres and Carter Ashton of the Toronto Maple Leafs were suspended in 2014.

Horcoff will lose $357,526.88 of his $1.75 million salary during his suspension. The veteran forward is in his first season with the Ducks after

13 years in Edmonton and two more with Dallas.

Horcoff has six goals and four assists this season while playing in 45 of the Ducks’ 46 games, providing solid veteran depth.

Ducks general manager Bob Murray signed Horcoff to a one-year deal in the off-season during a shakeup of his roster. Anaheim finished one game short of the Stanley Cup Final last season, losing Game 7 of the

Western Conference finals at home to eventual champion Chicago.

“The Anaheim Ducks organization fully supports the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program,” Murray said in a statement. “We will also continue to support Shawn as a player and person throughout this process.”

The Ducks were in Boston on Tuesday for their final game before the All-Star break.

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Clippers star Griffin breaks hand in altercation with staff member

Win streak for Raptors now stands at nine

Team says ‘conduct has no place in our organization’; forward out up to six weeks THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

INDIANAPOLIS — Blake Griffin fractured a bone in his right hand while throwing a punch in an altercation with a member of the Los Angeles Clippers’ staff on the road and will be out at least a month.

The team said Griffin underwent a procedure on his hand Tuesday after being sent back to Los Angeles from the Clippers’ five-game road trip.

They are in Indianapolis to play the Pacers on Tuesday night.

In a joint statement, Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and coach Doc Rivers, who is also president of basketball operations, said Griffin threw the punch last Saturday in Toronto.

They said Griffin has a spiral fracture of the fourth metacarpal in his hand.

“This conduct has no place in our organization and this incident does not represent who we are as a team,” the statement said. “We are conducting a full investigation with assistance from the NBA. At the conclusion of the investigation, appropriate action will be taken.”

Rivers is expected to discuss the incident before Tuesday night’s game.

Griffin had X-rays on Monday that revealed the injury. His recovery time is expected to be four-to-six

Los Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffin will miss four to six weeks of the NBA season after breaking his hand in an altercation with a team staff member. [AP PHOTO]

weeks, meaning he will miss the All-Star game on Feb. 14 in Toronto, where he could have been picked as a reserve.

The altercation occurred just as Griffin was nearing a return from another injury. He has been out since

Dec. 26 with a partially torn left quadriceps tendon.

Last fall, Griffin was involved in an altercation at a Las Vegas nightclub.

A man accused the All-Star forward of taking his cellphone and grabbing him after the man photographed

Clippers players inside the club. The misdemeanour battery case later was dropped after prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence.

The Clippers are 11-3 in Griffin’s absence and in second place with a 28-16 record in the Pacific Division.

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Review coming for sport’s anti-corruption group THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Responding to reports that possible evidence of match fixing was not properly investigated, tennis’ governing bodies are setting up an independent review of the sport’s anti-corruption group, a person familiar with the plans tells The Associated Press.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the review of the Tennis Integrity Unit had not yet been announced.

The official word is supposed to come at a news conference on the grounds of the Australian Open on Wednesday. ATP Executive Chairman and President Chris Kermode, International Tennis Federation President

David Haggerty and Wimbledon Chairman Philip Brook are scheduled to attend.

Those three are members of the Tennis Integrity Board, with Brook as chairman, which is a rotating position.

The review will be run out of London, according to the person familiar with the plans.

As the year’s first Grand Slam tournament began last week in Australia, the BBC and BuzzFeed News published reports saying tennis authorities failed to thoroughly pursue evidence of match fixing involving more than a dozen players who have ranked in the top 50 over the past decade.

No players were named.

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TORONTO — It’s nine and counting for the Toronto Raptors.

All-star starter Kyle Lowry poured in 29 points as the Raptors matched their franchise-best nine-game winning streak, beating the Washington Wizards 106-89 on Tuesday.

DeMar DeRozan added 17 points for the Raptors (30-15), who swept their four-game series with Washington. Terrence Ross added 15 points, while Jonas Valanciunas had 13 points and a game-high 12 rebounds, and Cory Joseph chipped in with 10 points.

The Raptors tied the franchise-high nine consecutive games they set March 22 to April 9, 2002. They were ousted in the first round of the playoffs that season by Detroit.

Lowry shot an efficient 8-for-14, and added four rebounds and four assists, but there were some tense moments late in the fourth quarter when the two-time all-star made a beeline for the locker-room with what looked to be a left hand injury.

The team said post-game that Lowry had a sprain in his left wrist and X-rays were negative.

John Wall scored 18 points to top the Wizards (20-23), who were missing Bradley Beal. Beal has a broken nose and concussion after being hit in the face by Boston’s Marcus Smart a night earlier.

The Raptors were swept by the Wizards in the first round of last season’s playoffs, and are keen to show they’re a more solid team this season.

Playing Game 5 of a seven-game homestand, the Raptors took a 77-70 advantage into the fourth quarter.

Then they put the Wizards away for good.

When DeRozan drove to the basket, and drew a foul, on a floating jumper with 4:40 to play, his three-point play put the Raptors up 95-78, in front of a capacity crowd that included six-time Olympian Clara Hughes and retired Canadian NBA veteran Rick Fox. Valanciunas cut to the hoop for a basket that put Toronto up by 14 points early in the second, but the Wizards cut the Raptors’ lead to 53-50 at the halftime break.

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U.S. Olympic athletes sent a letter to leaders of the International Olympic Committee and World Anti-Doping Agency this week, urging them to expand the investigation into Russian doping to sports beyond track and field.

The letter came in response to the two-part report detailing doping inside Russia’s track team, the sport’s international governing body (IAAF) and allegations the government participated in the fraud.

The letter, sent Monday to IOC President Thomas Bach and WADA President Craig Reedie and obtained by The Associated Press, said that while other sports federations might do their own inquiries, WADA and the IOC should take the lead to make sure all Russian sports are investigated. “With evidence of state-supported doping across the whole of sport in Russia, with a corrupt and ineffective ... testing system, and with athletes and insiders coming forward at great personal risk, now is exactly the time to investigate thoroughly,� the letter said. “The clean sport movement is at a crossroads. The athletes of the world are watching and waiting.�

The letter was signed by Sarah Konrad, an Olympic biathlete and cross-country skier who is chair of the U.S. Olympic Committee athletes’ advisory council. The council, which represents 47 Olympic and 10 Paralympic sports, ratified the letter last weekend. “I think it’s pretty clear from the independent commission report that the corruption was countrywide,� and it didn’t just involve one sport, Konrad said.

The IOC did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

A WADA spokesman referred to Reedie’s response letter to Konrad, also obtained by AP. In the letter, Reedie spelled out the actions WADA took in the aftermath of the report, including declaring both Russia’s track team and its anti-doping agency out of compliance. The track team is in a race to regain

MELBOURNE, Australia — Angelique Kerber and Johanna Konta advanced to the Australian Open semifinals Wednesday on another day when the integrity of tennis was part of the tournament conversation.

The first Grand Slam of the season has been overshadowed from the start by media reports alleging that tennis authorities had failed to thoroughly investigate evidence of match-fixing.

On Wednesday, just as Kerber began her 6-3, 7-5 win over two-time champion Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals, the governing bodies of tennis announced they will commission an independent review of their anti-corruption unit to restore “public confidence in our sport.�

It will be Konta’s first semifinal at a Grand Slam, and it ended a seven-match winning streak, including three in qualifying, by Zhang. The 27-year-old Zhang entered the Australian Open with an 0-14 record in Grand Slam matches.

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In this June 29, 2012 photo Russia’s Irina Maracheva, right, competes beside her teammate Yelena Arzhakova, second right, who was disqualified later from the gold-medal position for doping in the women’s 800m final at the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

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compliance before this year’s Olympics.

Reedie wrote that the suspension of the anti-doping agency has sparked reforms within the agency and given WADA a chance to examine the anti-doping corruption beyond track and field. “Any evidence implicating other sports brought forward to me as a result of the meetings that WADA experts are holding with Russian representatives will allow me to make a considered decision on whether or not to initiate further investigations,� Reedie wrote.

In his reports, Dick Pound, who led the WADA independent commission into the Russian doping, made mention of violations that could spread into sports outside track.

But he made no recommendations on those

because he was tasked to specifically look at athletics.

When first pressed to expand the probe, Reedie said it was something the agency needed to consider, but also had to find ways to pay for. WADA operates on an annual budget of about $26 million, half of which is provided by the IOC. Konrad said it’s important for athletes outside the United States to also press WADA for an expansion of the inquiry beyond track.

She also said she’s well aware Russia isn’t the only country with drug cheats. “This is an opportunity to come down harder on this issue,� Konrad said. “Sometimes, it feels like we’re bashing our heads against a brick wall. But sometimes, if you bash long enough, a brick will fall out.�

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Nunavut earns its first-ever win at juniors STRATFORD, Ont. — Nunavut finally has a win at the Canadian junior women’s curling championship.

Skip Sadie Pinksen snapped a provincial 32-game losing streak with a 7-3 win over Zoey Walsh of the Northwest Territories on Tuesday night. It’s the first victory for Nunavut since joining the national junior championship four years ago. “It was definitely a long journey to this point, but we stayed really strong and we’ve taken a lot from every game we played up until now, and that definitely was a factor in the way we played today,� said Pinksen, who’ll be the alternate for the Nunavut women’s team at next month’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Nunavut finished the preliminary round with a 1-5 record in Pool A, and will play in the seeding pool to determine the final rankings for next year’s Canadian juniors in Victoria.

The top four teams in each pool advanced to the championship round for a further four-game partial round robin from Wednes-

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Meanwhile, the six teams of each gender that didn’t qualify for the championship round meet in the seeding round.

New Brunswick’s Justine Comeau (5-1) clinched first in Pool A earlier Tuesday with a win over Manitoba’s Abby Ackland. Ackland (5-1) came back in the evening draw to nail down second place with a 9-6 win over Alberta’s Selena Sturmay (4-2), who will also go to the championship round.

Quebec’s Laurie St-Georges (4-2) grabbed the fourth championship berth with an 11-5 victory over Northern Ontario’s Megan Smith (2-4).

In Pool B, B.C.’s Sarah Daniels finished the preliminary round unbeaten with an 8-4 win over Ontario’s Courtney Auld (3-3). Ontario finished fourth to move into the championship round.

Nova Scotia’s Mary Fay (5-1) finished second, while Saskatchewan’s Kourtney Fesser (4-2) was third. Both Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan had byes on Tuesday night.

In the other Pool B game, Prince Edward Island’s Katie Fullerton (2-4) downed

Yukon’s Alyssa Meger 11-5. Both teams will be joined by Newfoundland and Labrador’s Brooke Godsland in the seeding round.

In men’s play, Manitoba’s Matt Dunstone finished a perfect preliminary round in Pool A with a 9-3 win over Quebec’s Felix Asselin (4-2), who finished second in the pool.

Ontario’s Doug Kee (4-2) secured third in the pool with a 7-4 victory over Nova Scotia’s Matthew Manuel, while Alberta’s Karsten Sturmay (3-3) was fourth.

Nova Scotia will be joined by Newfoundland and Labrador’s Greg Smith and Nunavut’s Arthur Siksik in the seeding round.

B.C.’s Tyler Tardi finished on top of Pool B at 6-0, while Northern Ontario’s Tanner Horgan (5-1) was second.

New Brunswick’s Alex Robichaud (4-2) clinched third after topping Saskatchewan’s Jake Hersikorn 10-6. Saskatchewan earned the last championship round berth.

Prince Edward Island’s Matt MacLean (2-4) knocked off the Yukon’s Brayden Klassen (0-6) 10-4 in the other Pool B game. Those two teams, along with Matt Miller of the Northwest Territories, will play in the seeding round.

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Sinclair one of veterans set to play in qualifier THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; While not dismissing the first three teams Canada will face at next monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Olympic Qualifying Championship in Texas, coach John Herdman acknowledges it all boils down to Game 4.

A win in the semifinal and Canada is headed to Rio, looking to add to the bronze it won in heroic fashion four

years ago in London.

Herdman has retooled his squad for the Olympic qualifier, shedding 10 members of his 23-woman World Cup roster last summer for a trimmeddown 20-player roster.

Captain Christine Sinclair and six other veterans of 2012 Olympic team remain for the Feb. 10-21 qualifier. But Herdman has infused youth into the squad with seven players 20 years old

and under.

Players range in age from 16-year-old midfielder Deanne Rose to 34-year-old forward Melissa Tancredi.

Playing in Group B, 11th-ranked Canada opens against No. 89 Guyana on Feb. 11 before facing No. 48 Trinidad and Tobago on Feb. 14 and No. 76 Guatemala on Feb. 16.

Group A play, featuring the topranked Americans, No. 26 Mexico, No.

34 Costa Rica, and No. 108 Puerto Rico, takes place in Frisco outside Dallas.

The top two teams in each group play in the crossover semifinals Feb. 19 with the winners booking their ticket to Rio de Janeiro as representatives of North and Central America and the Caribbean. The championship game goes Feb. 21. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The game we have to be freshest

for is Game 4,â&#x20AC;? Herdman told a media conference call Tuesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whether thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the U.S., Costa Rica or Mexico.

We have to get through the other games and put ourselves in a good position to be at our best for that fourth game.â&#x20AC;?

Herdman has divided his team into three groups: the veterans, inbetweeners and new faces. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll dig into each talent pool for the opening games.

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by Jacqueline Bigar ARIES (March 21-April 19) You’ll slow down by choice. A demanding boss might put the kibosh on a heartfelt project. Once you cool off some, you will put greater effort into a different, more meaningful venture. You refuse to let anyone push you in a certain direction.

Tonight: Get some exercise.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Someone enjoys tossing you his or her problems, because he or she believes you have the creativity to sleuth right through them. Your ability to get past present thinking and break away from patterns allows you to see situations in a very different light. Tonight: Out on the town.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You are likely to express a clarity that is unique to you. You’ll recognize where you have created a problem for yourself in a domestic situation.

The question remains: How do you fix this issue? A discussion with a partner will be the first step.

Tonight: A cozy night at home.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Don’t do nothing. If someone is disagreeable, make a point of initiating a talk with him or her. You are big on having conversations to clear up problems, but not everyone is responsive to this. Know that you might get nowhere with this person. Tonight: Out on the town.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) After a risk has backfired, you might choose to lie low for a while. Good idea! You might believe that an overly confident associate is probably wrong.

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How you convey this information to this person will make all the difference in its reception. Tonight: Count your change.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) The Force is with you! You might experience a momentary backfire, but you’ll manage to turn it around into a success story. Use your intuitive and creative senses, and you will come up with a very successful idea, project and/or interaction.

Tonight: Be more spontaneous.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) The smart move is to acknowledge that you don’t feel up to snuff. Playing it low-key works. You have a lot to do involving a family member and a surprise, which you won’t want to disclose as of yet. No one will know unless you reveal it to them.

Tonight: Be secretive.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You tend to express yourself in a fiery way. As a result, you could cause yourself a problem; people are not used to this type of behavior and self-expression from you. Once you get past a hurdle and focus on the bottom line, you will be a sure winner. Tonight: As you like it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You might feel encumbered by a professional situation. Tap into your imaginative streak. Your resourcefulness is one of your assets, but you often don’t count it as one.

You know how to successfully turn around a difficult situation. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You’ll ask yourself why you are holding back in a dynamic situation. You can transform others’ perceptions, yet you might refuse to. What do

you gain by not helping others see the big picture? Open doors -- not only for you, but also for those around you. Tonight: Watch a movie.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) To your credit, you are discovering how easily you can relate on a oneon-one level. In fact, a discussion about how you view certain situations, specifically with a key person, is likely to open doors you didn’t even realize existed. Tonight: Celebrate this particular relationship.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You might feel bombarded by several associates or loved ones. The cost of popularity is high! Be willing to respond as much as you can, yet still honor your priorities. How you say “no” or “I can’t” will be instrumental in your interactions. Tonight: Get on the phone and return calls.

YOUR BIRTHDAY (Jan. 27) This year you might decide that being totally independent isn’t as important as being in a valid relationship.

You derive more pleasure from relating to others than you have in a long time. If you are single, many potential suitors land on your doorstep. Pick and choose with care. If you are attached, you might create considerable tension between you because of a need for greater closeness. Avoid throwing off the equilibrium of your bond.

Hopefully your significant other also will discover the positives of such closeness. VIRGO can be very difficult despite all your efforts.

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Prison escapes rock California community Hundreds of officers focus on neighbourhoods where the trio charged with violent crimes could be hiding The sheriff’s department has been slow to add more rooftop security cameras at the jail despite a grand jury’s recommendations for eight years straight, according to a report Monday in the Orange County Register.

The department has said since 2008 that budget constraints prevented upgrades to the camera systems at the five county jails.

The escape was eerily similar to one last year in New York, where two inmates cut through a portion of a wall hidden under a bunk bed and used piping and tunnels inside the facility to get out. But the search for the pair focused on nearby woods instead of a dense urban population.

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nlike similar escapes where dangerous inmates fled into rural areas, the three men who broke out of a Southern California lockup escaped into densely populated suburban communities where they have close ties.

Hundreds of officers are focusing on neighbourhoods where the trio charged with violent crimes could be hiding among friends, family or fellow gang members, particularly among Orange County’s huge Vietnamese population, authorities said Tuesday, the fourth day of the manhunt.

It is just a few kilometres from the jail where the trio broke out Friday, and two of the inmates, Jonathan Tieu, 20, Bac Duong, 43, have deep ties to the community, which is among the largest in the U.S. Sheriff’s officials put out a call in both English and Vietnamese on Monday for help in finding them. The two “may be embedded” there, said sheriff’s Lt. Dave Sawyer, who is leading the investigation.

“We sincerely need input from the community to help us,” Sawyer said.

Tieu, Duong and Hossein Nayeri, 37, are considered dangerous and all were awaiting trial for separate violent felonies, authorities said. They have now each been charged with the escape.

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ieu had been held since 2013, accused of murder and attempted murder. Duong faced attempted murder and assault charges in the shooting of a man on his front porch.

Nayeri was arrested in 2014 on charges including kidnapping and torture. Authorities said he abducted a marijuana dealer, burned him with a blow torch and cut off his penis because Nayeri thought the man had buried money in the desert.

Duong was ordered deported to Vietnam in 1998 but remained in the country and racked up a lengthy criminal record, immigration officials said Tuesday.

Duong came to the United States legally in 1991 but was ordered removed seven years later, Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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Orange County sheriff’s deputies investigate early Saturday morning after three jail inmates charged with violent crimes escaped from Central Men’s Jail in Santa Ana, Calif. [AP PHOTO]

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said in a statement. The order came shortly after he served time in state prison on a 1997 burglary conviction, state records show.

The case is one of thousands involving immigrants convicted of crimes who federal authorities want to deport but haven’t been able to because their native countries wouldn’t take them back.

Immigration officials said they took Duong into custody in 2003 and released him the following year. He continued to check in with authorities as required until 2014, the statement said.

During that time, he also faced a series of charges involving burglary

and drug possession and did stints in state prison. Last year, he was charged with attempted murder and assault in the shooting of a man outside a home in Santa Ana.

who entered the U.S. since July 1995.

Duong and the two other inmates were gone for as long as 16 hours before officials noticed they were missing from the common dorm they share with more than 60 other inmates at Orange County Central Jail. An attack on a guard delayed a Friday night head count further.

The trio sawed through a quarterinch-thick grill on a dormitory wall, got into plumbing tunnels and then sawed through half-inch-thick steel bars as they made their way behind walls to an unguarded area of a roof atop a five-story building. There, they moved aside razor wire and rappelled to the ground using a bed linen.

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ederal officials can’t keep immigrants locked up indefinitely while they await deportation. Most must be released after six months, except those accused of posing a terrorist threat or deemed especially dangerous.

For many years, Vietnam did not honour U.S. government requests to repatriate deportees. In 2008, Vietnam agreed to provide travel documents for deportees but only those

major question for California investigators will be how the men could plan and execute their escape with such precision, said Kevin Tamez, a managing partner for MPM Group, a Philadelphia-based firm that consults on prison security, management and infrastructure.

There is no evidence so far that the trio had help from the inside, but authorities know it’s a possibility, Orange County sheriff’s Lt. Jeff Hallock said.

Authorities have detected some problems with how inmates were counted at the jail, Hallock told reporters Tuesday. Twice a day, in the morning and evening, jail personnel match photos to each inmate. At three other times, they check that the number of inmates matches jail records, he said.

“The sheriff is extremely troubled by the length of time it took to determine the three inmates housed in a maximum-security jail were unaccounted for,” he said.

It was the first escape in nearly three decades from the California facility built in 1968. It holds 900 men and is in Santa Ana, about 48 kilometres southeast of Los Angeles.

Hallock said the jail’s general policy is to do walk-throughs every hour to check on inmates. More thorough searches are done randomly, he said, declining to give more details.

Federal and county authorities are offering a combined $200,000 for information leading to their capture.

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Outpouring of support for baby needing kidney transplant ALISON AULD THE CANADIAN PRESS

HALIFAX — A New Brunswick woman who was told she can’t donate her kidney to her ailing baby boy says she has been touched by an outpouring of support and offers of help from around the world, even as she presses health officials to reverse a “frustrating” decision on her suitability to be a donor.

Ashley Barnaby said Tuesday that she has received overtures from

people as far away as Columbia who say they are willing to donate a kidney to help her son, 18-monthold Zaccari Buell, who suffers from congenital nephrotic syndrome — a kidney condition — and heart issues.

“It’s unbelievable to know that someone is willing to go through all of that workup and surgery and the risks that come with surgery for someone they don’t even know and have just been following on Facebook,” she said about the social

media site called Little warrior Zaccari.

“It’s a blessing. You can’t describe how nice it feels to know that someone else wants to help you and save your son.”

The young mother said people from the U.S., Canada and her community, Moncton, offered to begin the screening process to determine whether they could be donors in October after the little boy was cleared of a life-threatening infection and could

be added to the transplant list.

She said others reached out recently after she revealed that staff at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Halifax rejected her application to be her son’s donor because of her history of high blood pressure and gestational diabetes during pregnancy.

The 28-year-old, who also has a seven-year-old son, said she was told she runs the risk of developing diabetes in the future if she gives her organ to her little boy.

Barnaby said she disclosed her previous health issues and First Nations ethnicity in a questionnaire at the beginning of the process, but was told months later that those traits made her ineligible.

“I feel like we wasted three months of precious time,” she said.

“If I was told back in October that there was going to be too many red flags to move forward, then I could have looked at all those other people who want to start. It’s frustrating.”

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The only real challenge at Parksville Untapped on Feb. 18, at the Beach Club Resort, will be to save some room for the off-Island beers and the cider for dessert.

It’s a true Northwest style IPA, but is now more balanced, with a creamy malty background. Bold aromas of piney hops are accented with orange peel, grapefruit and freshly baked bread, leading to a smooth, mouthfeel experience.

A lasting dry, bitter finish on the Tranquility IPA makes this brew an excellent food pairing choice, cleansing the palate of flavour-numbing fats so the next bite can be fully savoured. This IPA is your foody friend.

Try it out with a big beef steak, a rich stew or a bacon cheeseburger for the perfect pairing.

My choice for a desert beer would be the Moon’s Creepy Uncle Dunkel, a traditional dark German lager with added wheat designed to impart just a hint of vanilla.

A Dunkel delivers a load of malty goodness in a beer that’s not heavy.

This lager is loaded with flavours and aromas of raisin pie, caramel, chocolate, nuts and cereal without being overly sweet.

It works as a liquid dessert unto itself or an accompaniment to your favourite chocolate dessert.

Lucky’s carries all the Moon Under Water ales and we consider ourselves artisan beer specialists, selling craft beers from Nanaimo to California and even from New Hampshire. But our main focus and most of our shelf space is allotted to Vancouver Island quaffables.

In order that local craft beer enthusiasts can enjoy both the Lucky’s Four Winds Beer Club and Parksville Untapped, the Four Winds

Beer Club is will take place on Feb. 11.

Although this is our last column, we’d like to firstly thank all of our readers for following us over the years and invite you to sign up for our newsletter at www.luckysliquor. ca to keep abreast of current trends in the amazing world of food and beverages and all of the great events we host here at Lucky’s.

Until our paths cross again, we want to wish you all continued good health and happiness. From all of us at Lucky’s Liquor Store at Country Club Centre in Nanaimo, cheers and salut! » Lynette Burns is the managing leader for Lucky’s Liquor store in Nanaimo.

She can be reached at 250-585-2275.

FAST FOOD

McDonald’s bumps up sales with breakfast CANDICE CHOI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — McDonald’s says offering breakfast around the clock helped jolt its sales.

Sales at the world’s biggest hamburger chain rose 5.7 per cent in the U.S. for the final three months of 2015, boosted by unseasonably warm weather and the launch of an all-day breakfast menu in October.

That marked the second straight quarter of domestic growth as McDonald’s fights to win back customers, and the best showing since early 2012. Globally, sales rose 5 per cent at established locations.

Eileen Bennewith Nutrition Notes

Obesity fear an issue itself

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The Lucky Gourmet eer enthusiasts have a treat in store for them at this year’s Parksville Untapped event.

The list of vendors in Parksville’s Beach Club Resort on Feb. 18 includes all the local favourites as well as more obscure craft breweries from around B.C. The Vancouver Island brews being sampled will come from Hoyne Brewing, Lighthouse Brewing, Driftwood Brewery, Moon Under Water, Phillips, and good ol’ Vancouver Island Brewing. Local suds will be on offer from Nanaimo’s Longwood and Wolf Brewery.

The only real challenge will be to save some room for the off-Island beers and the cider for dessert.

Moon Under Water Brewery in Victoria is only one of the local favourites at Lucky’s. Here are some of the great suds they will be sampling at Untapped.

At the top of my list is the Hip As Funk Farmhouse IPA. Pale yellow with a rich foamy head, this IPA wafts plenty of dry floral notes from the use of strong citrus-like tropical hops. Unique white wine aromas and funky earthy smells come from two special yeasts that Moon Under Water uses to ferment this not-too-bitter IPA. Tropical hops, the dual yeasts and pilsner malts earn this inspired brew the title of “hybrid”, a compliment to the forward thinking style of brewmaster Clay Potter.

The Moon’s Tranquility IPA has recently been tweaked. If you found this beer one-dimensional in the past, give it another go.

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McDonald’s, which has more than 36,000 locations around the world, is working to turnaround its business under CEO Steve Easterbrook, who will mark one year on the job in March. The Oak Brook, Illinois, company has conceded that it failed to keep up with changing tastes, and that order speed and accuracy suffered as its menu grew more expansive.

Despite the encouraging finish to the year, McDonald’s has a long way to go. For all of 2015, U.S. customer visits fell 3 per cent at established McDonald’s locations. That followed a 4.1 per cent drop the previous year.

Guest counts declined globally as well during the period.

In a call with analysts, Easterbrook cautioned that the company wanted to see another quarter or two of positive results before shifting gears from turnaround mode to a focus on growth.

The launch of all-day breakfast has been one of the company’s most high-profile manoeuvres under Easterbrook.

The decision to make select items like the Egg McMuffin available around the clock generated a surge of national media coverage. Fans of McDonald’s breakfast had long com-

plained of being unable satisfy their cravings later in the day.

As the initial fanfare settles down, Easterbrook said McDonald’s would keep momentum going by focusing on areas like improving order accuracy and a recently launched mobile app. In early January, McDonald’s also introduced a “McPick 2 for $2” menu intended to draw bargain hunters.

The quarterly performance may also have gotten a boost from a culling of underperforming stores.

McDonald’s finished the year with 14,259 stores in the U.S., a decline of 91 stores from the previous year.

t no other time in history has the importance of being thin been promoted more. Everywhere we turn there is media coverage of the obesity epidemic. Parents fear that their children will gain weight and they will be seen as bad parents. Children in turn are taught to be afraid to eat because gaining weight may lead to obesity. In our ardent zeal to solve the obesity problem, we may be swinging the pendulum too far creating a whole new epidemic of eating disorders.

Increasing social pressure on youth to be thin has been associated with disordered eating behaviours. Studies show that an estimated 15 to 30 per cent of youth engage in disordered eating behaviours. Many of these youth are within a healthy weight range. With parents being concerned about obesity, the pressure to be thin is no longer just peer and media driven, but increasingly it comes from within the home.

Some experts are concerned that insensitive approaches to obesity prevention may escalate rates of disordered eating in children and adolescents. It is important for health care providers to be careful how they discuss an infant or child’s growth with the parent or caregiver.

Even when a child is not overweight, if parents perceive that there might be cause for concern, they tend to make changes in the care of that child which will set the child up for a lifetime of weight issues.

Because of several decades of dieting misinformation, most people believe that if overweight is the problem; restricting food must be the solution. Repeated studies have shown that food restriction causes weight gain, not weight loss. Children that do not get enough to eat at dependable times become preoccupied with food. Food deprived children will sneak food, hoard food and overeat whenever an opportunity arises. As they become more independent, they will make up for the deprivation by eating high calorie foods whenever they can. This disordered eating behaviour leads to weight gain, which in turn leads to dieting and further disordered eating behaviour. It becomes a vicious cycle.

If children are allowed to serve themselves from a variety of foods with no pressure or comments and they are encouraged to play outside daily, they will probably grow to their genetic potential.

Teach children to love their bodies and to love themselves so they can have the resiliency, self-esteem and healthy body image to live well. » Eileen Bennewith is a registered dietitian in the public health program for Island Health. She can be reached at eileen.bennewith@viha.ca.

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Dear Annie: Several years ago, I had a much talked about affair with an older married man at my office. It lasted for several years. I was single at the time, and I met him at a very low period in my life. He told me I was smart, pretty and fun to be with. He showered me with flowers and gifts. He led me to believe his marriage was loveless and his only happiness was seeing me at work and talking to me on the phone. We did everything leading up to sex, but never actually completed intercourse due to religious reasons.

After a few years, I met the man I am now married to. The older man became very angry and began harassing me, emotionally and verbally. I reported him to my supervisors several times, but it only made matters worse. He has finally retired, but I still feel him watching me. I can’t prove anything, and I can’t tell my husband because he has no idea how involved we were. Aside from warning other women to beware of married men bearing love and gifts, what can I do?

— Learned My Lesson Dear Learned: If your affair did not include intercourse and it happened before you met your husband, he may be more understanding than you think.

Everyone makes mistakes. Also, if the people in your office are aware of the relationship, your husband may find out about it anyway. A loving spouse can be a tremendous source of support, and your husband may be perfectly willing to forgive this lapse in judgment.

Nonetheless, it will help you to talk to someone, and if your husband is not the right person, please consider discussing your fears with a counsellor or clergyperson. The more serious problem is the possibility that the ex is stalking you. If you ever catch him watching your home, car or office, or following you anywhere, please notify the police immediately and, if necessary, get a restraining order.

Dear Annie: I have read many letters in your column from mothers-in-law who don’t understand why they have a strained relationship with their daughters-in-law. May I add a perspective from the other side? We lived a couple of miles from my in-laws. We had a good relationship until our children were born.

Then my MIL dropped in unannounced at least once a day. She refused to call in advance, despite numerous requests to do so. Her attitude was overbearing and critical. She had nothing positive to say, and criticized our house, child rearing and financial decisions. She loudly and repeatedly accused me of putting my kids in front of the TV all day, which was blatantly untrue.

A new job across the country helped separate me from her venom.

Her terrible behaviour and her efforts to hang on to her son cost her a decent relationship with my husband and any connection to her grandchildren. Perhaps the letter writers need to honestly examine their own behaviour to determine the cause of their family strife. It isn’t always the daughter-in-law.

—Been There, Survived Dear Been: How sad for everyone. We hope all estranged family members will make a genuine effort to consider whether their own actions need adjusting before placing the blame on the other person.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column.

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‘Barney Miller’ character actor Vigoda dies at 94 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Character actor Abe Vigoda, whose leathery, sad-eyed face made him ideal for playing the over-the-hill detective Phil Fish in the 1970s TV series Barney Miller and the doomed Mafia soldier in The Godfather, died Tuesday at age 94.

Vigoda’s daughter, Carol Vigoda Fuchs, told The Associated Press that Vigoda died Tuesday morning in his sleep at Fuchs’ home in Woodland Park, New Jersey. The cause of death was old age. “This man was never sick,” Fuchs said.

His death brought to an end years of questions on whether he was still alive — sparked by a false report of his death more than three decades ago.

Vigoda worked in relative obscurity as a supporting actor in the New York theatre and VIGODA in television until Francis Ford Coppola cast him in the 1972 Oscar-winning The Godfather.

Vigoda played Sal Tessio, an old friend of Vito Corleone’s (Marlon Brando) who hopes to take over the family after Vito’s death by killing his son Michael Corleone (Al Pacino).

But Michael anticipates that Sal’s suggestion for a “peace summit” among crime families is a setup and the escorts Sal thought were taking him to the meeting turn out to be his executioners.

“Tell Mike it was only business,” Sal mutters to consigliere Tom Hagen, played by Robert Duvall, as he’s led away. In a statement, Duvall said Tuesday it was “great working

with Abe in The Godfather and wonderful to have him among us. We had some great memories together and he will really be missed.”

The great success of the film and The Godfather Part II made Vigoda’s face and voice, if not his name, recognizable to the general public and led to numerous roles, often as hoodlums.

But it was his comic turn in Barney Miller that brought Vigoda’s greatest recognition.

Vigoda remained a regular on Barney Miller until 1977 when he took the character to his own series, Fish.

He remained a popular character actor in films, including Cannonball Run II, Look Who’s Talking, Joe Versus the Volcano and North.

His resemblance to Boris Karloff led to his casting in the 1986 New York revival of Arsenic and Old Lace, playing the role Karloff originated on the stage in the 1940s.

For 30 years, he worked in the theatre, acting in dozens of plays in such diverse characters as John of Gaunt in Shakeseare’s Richard II (his favourite role) and Abraham Lincoln in a short-lived Broadway comedy Tough to Get Help.

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