‘MAKING A Guess who’s the king of MURDERER’ kindergarten A guide to the most talked about metroNEWS documentary series around metroLIFE Vancouver Your essential daily news | THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016 High 5°C/Low 1°C Sun and cloud EM Resolution ILY JA C K S O N /M fees doubled ETR O HOUSING B.C. Hydro. Disputes between “When everyone is talking about making housing more affordable, this landlords, tenants government is now increasing the costs for landlords and tenants,” Eby said just got costlier Wednesday. “Now a process that was pretty crappy to start with costs twice Emily as much.” Jackson Tenants and landlords use the process Metro | Vancouver to resolve fights over repairs or evictions. Eby worries the higher fees will deter A Vancouver MLA is condemning the tenants from complaining in a market B.C. government’s decision to quietly in which renters are already fearful of hike dispute-resolution fees for land- losing their homes due to extremely lords and tenants as yet another attack low vacancy rates. on housing affordability. No one from the RTB was available for Just before the holidays, the province an interview. In an emailed statement, a doubled dispute-resolution application spokesperson said the fee changes were fees to $100 from $50. That could add introduced after a five per cent increase about $1.1 million to government cof- in dispute-resolution applications and fers annually, as the province received that it’s the first increase since 1998. more than 22,000 such applications in The RTB will use the extra cash to hire STEPPING FORWARD 2014 and 2015, according to the Resi- new arbitrators to reduce wait times dential Tenancy Branch (RTB). for urgent applications, according to NDP Vancouver-Point Grey MLA David the statement. It also plans to develop Eby criticized the Liberal government new technology to resolve disputes Voices added to human-rights complaint over for making the changes without an an- more efficiently. nouncement and called the hike another Fees will continue to be waived for UBC’s handling of sexual misconduct metroNEWS “hidden tax” on top of fee increases for people who qualify as low-income. The B.C. Ferries, Medical Service Plans and changes come into effect Friday. Creativity is subjective. The truth isn’t. Truth in Advertising Matters. GOSSIP 11 Your essential daily news Dolce & Gabbana launches its first line of hijabs and abayas At sea: Artistic odyssey TRAVELLING RESIDENCY roundings for a project after- Photographer wards. Whatever is created is then broadens put on display at Access Gal- lery the following year. his horizons “A conventional residence, aboard ship which normally offers studio space and an apartment to live in, that’s obviously expensive Tereza in Vancouver, so we knew that Verenca wasn’t an option for us,” said Metro | Vancouver curator Kimberly Phillips. “I thought, well what could we Vancouver’s Access Gallery has do that is more innovative, once again made a call for sub- more brave. missions from emerging art- “I’m interested in how art- ists interested in spending 23 ists respond to different types days at sea. of constraints of time and Artist Christopher Boyne took this photo en route to China last year. While the cargo ship was lonesome at times, he was The travelling residency, space. It’s a very quiet space excited to be on board. CONTRIBUTED now in its second year, is a on the ship. You’re completely partnership between the China- detached from your everyday are only 20 people, only half “To go from that to just the vulge too much of his final town gallery and the Burrard life. There’s really no Internet are on call. You really do feel chaos of this enormous, that project, which will be exhib- Arts Foundation. access. You can’t surf the web alone.” It’s a very quiet was totally bizarre. It took me ited at Access Gallery between Lucky grant recipients cross or go on Facebook.” But that feeling of isolation space on the ship. like two days to even be able May 27 and June 16, he did say the Pacific Ocean via cargo Christopher Boyne was one didn’t get the best of Boyne. It to cope and function.” it involves a lot of woodwork- ship in what amounts to just of three artists who made the was liberating, he said. You’re completely After returning to Canada ing and that it’s very “labour over three weeks. They board voyage last year. The Montreal Having never been to China detached from and sifting through his photos, intensive.” in Vancouver and sail all the photographer recalls feeling before, however, resulted in Boyne said he realized some- Phillips anticipates a slew way to Shanghai, China. anxious and nervous prior to complete culture shock. your everyday life. thing. Of the several thousand of applications in the coming The only catch is each artist stepping onto the vessel. “Coming off the ship, where Kimberly Phillips images, most were of the water, weeks, with nearly 900 submis- embarks on the journey solo “We went 19 days without I had just seen the same 20 with maybe five of the crew. sions received last year and (besides the crew, of course). seeing land,” he told Metro. faces over and over again, around these meal times. It’s He also noticed being around only two to three spots to fill. Once aboard, they can use the “It’s strange. You’re on a ship everything was calm and quiet. almost like being in school, like people again was an adjust- Applicants are encouraged time to either build a new body with a bunch of other people. You live a very particular rou- the bell rings and everybody ment. to propose projects relating to of work or observe their sur- The ship is so big. Even if there tine; everything is structured goes to eat lunch. Though Boyne couldn’t di- sea travel and global shipping. lpaivye l naotewSBatot 1oa-kr8r a5t 5ifrn-e3eg.0 1c .-oa2†nt0s 2u$0lt 4oart9 iloa0ns/i kemyde.c*om $0Down Pa$0yments 0Interest% #lasiklife †Subject to credit approval. To be eligible, patients must complete the Custom LASIK/Custom All Laser procedures (including Laser PresbyVision) for both eyes. Cannot be combined with any other offer or discount. *Prices are subject to change without prior notice and vary based on prescription strength. Applicable on a procedure for both eyes only. Standard LASIK starting at $490 per eye and Custom LASIK at $990/eye. Other conditions may apply. Vancouver Thursday, January 7, 2016 3 Cancer agency burgled twice CRIME a charity. It’s quite a personal af- Thieves steal front and we’re all a little taken back by it,” he said, adding no $10,000 worth donor information or donations were stolen. of goods from “We make sure that all of our charity office donor information is stored on our network drives and as far as donations, we don’t keep any- Tereza thing on site, they’re all secured.” Verenca Del Gobbo noted the mood Metro | Vancouver around the office was very sombre. Around $10,000 worth of goods “It’s the start of a fresh new were stolen in a pair of break-ins year, everybody’s ready to go, and at the B.C. Cancer Foundation’s you come in and see your offices West Broadway office over the ransacked, so it had an immediate holidays. impact. We have Lou Del Gobbo, a very strong pas- the organization’s sionate team and interim president It’s quite a shock everybody ral- and CEO, said the to everybody that lied around and thieves ransacked we had the place the joint not once, people would pretty much but twice — some-stoop to this level.cleaned up after time in the early a couple of days.” hours of the New Lou Del Gobbo The stolen bike Year and then belonged to Erik again a couple days later on Sun- Dierks, the B.C. Cancer Founda- Thieves stole from the B.C. Cancer Foundation twice over the holidays. CONTRIBUTED day. Items taken include comput- tion’s vice president of develop- ers, monitors, a TV and a bike. ment, who used the two wheels we’ve raised over $70 million. To had done hundreds, if not thou- so passionately about — raising again, Del Gobbo said the founda- “It’s quite a shock to everybody to ride in every Ride to Conquer see my partner in that endeav- sands of kilometres in training money to support cancer research tion will undergo a full review and that people would stoop to this Cancer event since 2013. our gone, it was disappointing,” and riding. To see something that — stung.” is in talks with the landlord about level and to actually steal from “Over the past seven years, he told Metro. “That bike and I was used for something I feel To ensure it doesn’t happen how to better secure the area. COMMUNITY Woman looks to community for stem-cell match A North Shore woman who has “It was a complete shock. We is being kept in remission more so than her own.” given years of her life to her were just devastated when we through chemotherapy. She He added he’d like to see a community is hopeful someone heard,” she said of the news. takes around 20 pills a day, lot of first responders in that will return the favour. “We just all broke down and chemo treatment through her lineup on Thursday. Nancy Taylor, a city of North cried.” spine and brain on Wednes- “It’s literally a 20 minute Vancouver employee and a As a way of helping one of days and chemotherapy intra- coffee break, to come down long-time volunteer with the their own, North Vancouver venously three days after that. and get swabbed and you’re North Vancouver RCMP, was Mounties have teamed up with Cpl. Richard De Jong has out of there, so it doesn’t take diagnosed with acute lymph- the Canadian Blood Services worked with Taylor over the much to potentially save some- oblastic leukemia last Nov- to help find a stem-cell match years and describes her as “very one’s life.” ember. (because Taylor is of Indones- caring.” The clinic, which will also Up until that point, the ian and Dutch descent, this “I’ve got a terrible cold and beef up the stem cell bank, mother-of-two lived an active has been difficult). when I was talking to her runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. lifestyle, hitting the gym and A public clinic for potential on the phone the other day, inside the briefing room at riding her motorcycle. donors to have a quick cheek she said, ‘How are you? I 147 East 14th St. She recalls feeling ill about swab is being held at the de- hope you feel better.’ She’s Anyone aged 17 to 35 is en- Nancy Taylor was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia a month before the diagnosis, tachment on Thursday. just really concerned for every- couraged to attend. in November. CONTRIBUTED like she had to faint. 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Pair was found legitimate but emphasized that “Really?” Jette asked. “Do Nuttall was always informed you have any information guilty of plot the contents of the packages that would lead you to believe were legal. that Mr. Nuttall was aware of to blow up the Another scenario involved underground Indian banking B.C. legislature officers engaging Nuttall in a systems?” “loyalty talk” before showing “It’s possible,” Kalkat replied. him $20,000 in cash being ex- “Mr. Nuttall has extensive, in my An undercover terrorism sting changed between undercover of- opinion, knowledge of some of involved thousands of dollars ficers and talk of a commission. the Middle Eastern practices.” changing hands and officers “I’m going to “You really claiming access to guns and suggest to you that thought that explosives, but the lead officer you designed it Nuttall would insisted repeatedly in court on that way because We didn’t put all those Wednesday that the operation you wanted Nut- persuade them or pieces togeth- was in no way meant to appear tall to believe er?” Jette said. dissuade them one criminal. that (the primary “John Nuttall? RCMP Sgt. Bill Kalkat told undercover offi- way or another. Really?” B.C. Supreme Court that officers cer) was engaged “Yes, I did.” Sgt. Bill Kalkat never explicitly told John Nuttall in nefarious, prob- said Kalkat. he was consorting with a jihad- ably illegal activ- Earlier in ist terrorism group or any other ities,” said Jette. the day, Kalkat said he “absolute- criminal organization. “No, not that he’s engaged ly” urged his officers to consider Nuttall and his wife Amanda in nefarious activities, but that the fact that Nuttall appeared Korody were found guilty last John Nuttall and Amanda Korody are shown in a still image taken from RCMP undercover he does have contacts and that developmentally delayed, telling June of plotting to blow up the video. COURTESY RCMP/THE CANADIAN PRESS he’s engaged in business and the court that police scenarios B.C. legislature on Canada Day that he has a source of income,” were designed to take Nuttall’s 2013. No conviction will be en- another,” Kalkat told the court. Early in the undercover oper- and leaving the package in the Kalkat replied. mental capacity into account. tered until a judge decides if “Nuttall might infer that it’s ation, Nuttall was paid $200 to trunk of an unlocked rental car. Kalkat explained that Nuttall Kalkat also said he was aware police entrapped the pair. a criminal organization. I don’t take an unmarked package to a “Would any of that behav- could have interpreted the ex- as early as March that the Can- “Mr. Nuttall and Ms. Korody know what he’s thinking.” transit-station locker in down- iour be consistent with the no- change as hawala, an informal adian Security Intelligence Ser- were free to come to whatever Nuttall and Korody’s lawyers town Vancouver. tion that the package is legitim- system of transferring large vice, Canada’s spy agency, had inference or decision they want- are arguing police manipulated He was later directed to trans- ate and legal?” Korody’s lawyer sums of money for a commis- been conducting its own surveil- ed. We didn’t persuade them the pair into carrying out the port another parcel, this time Mark Jette asked. sion, which the officer said was lance of Nuttall. or dissuade them one way or terrorist act. taking a circuitous transit route Kalkat admitted it’s possible common practice in India and THE CANADIAN PRESS UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA RETIREMENT Drought harder on farms in CLOSEOUT developed countries: Study SALE New research suggests farms The researchers found that crop. in developed countries may be droughts produced the greatest Western farmers may need more vulnerable to longer, deep- impact on yields. But in what to start thinking differently as er droughts predicted to occur Ramankutty called “a big sur- climate becomes less and less as a result of climate change. prise,” droughts hit farms in predictable, Ramankutty said. Manuel Fernandes “(Those farms) are really good North America, Europe and “That model works really well in terms of producing high Australia much harder than when the climate is stable, but is RETIRING ALL INVENTORY yields in stable climates, but they hit farms in less-developed it may not work so well when maybe they’re more vulnerable countries. there is an extreme weather and this will to weather shocks,” said Navin In the developed countries, event.” % Ramankutty of the University of droughts cut yields by an aver- In other countries, fields tend 70 British Columbia, co-author of age of nearly 20 per cent. The to be smaller and crops more be your FINAL a paper published Wednesday drop was just over 12 per cent diverse. That may give farms in the journal Nature. in Asia and slightly more than more resilience, Ramankutty OPPORTUNITY Ramankutty and his col- nine per cent in Africa. In Latin suggested. “Maybe their yields OFF leagues examined United Na- America, droughts had no sig- are lower but they’re not as to purchase top tions crop data from 177 coun- nificant impact. susceptible to weather shocks.” tries between the years 1964 Ramankutty suggests the Scientists have long warned quality brand name and 2007. Yields were correl- differences may be due to the that more frequent and increas- THE ORIGINAL ated with about 2,800 extreme type of agriculture commonly ingly severe droughts are likely men’s clothing weather events over that time, practised in developed nations to be among the consequences PRICES including heat waves, droughts, — large, intensively cultivated of climate change. and accessories cold snaps and floods. fields sown exclusively to one THE CANADIAN PRESS well below cost. Tailoring not included. 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RCMP Traffic Services. Emily Based on eyewitness re- ports, police said the woman Jackson walked directly into the path Metro | Vancouver of a 2004 Mazda 3 with an driver described as unsuspect- The University of British Col- ing. She was then struck by umbia graduate student plan- “several” vehicles in the east- ning to file a human rights bound lane. complaint against the uni- The Mazda’s driver, a versity for how it deals with 28-year-old Abbotsford man, sexual assault complaints is remained on the scene and is busy building her case against co-operating with investiga- the school after more than a tors. Mounties say he tried to dozen people reached out to save the woman. tell their own stories of ha- “We understand the driver rassment. then put his own safety at Glynnis Kirchmeier, one risk, trying unsuccessfully to of three students who lam- stop other oncoming vehicles basted UBC in November for from hitting the woman,” taking a year and a half to RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. expel a student after at least Ronda McEwen said in a state- six women accused him of ment. “He was understand- sexual harassment or assault, ably distraught about this originally planned to file the tragic event.” complaint with the B.C. Hu- Police have yet to identify man Rights Tribunal by the the other vehicles involved end of 2015. Former UBC students Glynnis Kirchmeier, foreground, and Caitlin Cunningham participate in a news conference on Nov. 22, in the fatality, as they did But Kirchmeier said Wed- 2015 regarding the university’s response to alleged sexual assaults by a former student. DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS not stay at the scene. nesday it’s taking longer than The highway was closed in expected after approximately is that UBC’s process causes by the tribunal, Kirchmeier is a new policy… the way it’s en- both directions for five hours 15 other survivors reached harm to students who report researching best policy practi- acted is more important,” she while investigators pieced out to share their experiences sexual harassment or assault ces for sexual misconduct re- said, adding she has spoken together the collision. B.C. dating back to the 1990s of by prioritizing the rights of I’m doing this porting. Speed, transparency, with faculty members who are Coroners Service also assisted reporting sexual or personal the accused and continuously to improve the accountability and centraliza- interested in positive reform. with the investigation. harassment to UBC and the re-victimizing survivors who tion, among other things, are “I’m doing this to improve Mounties are asking the university, not to university’s alleged subse- speak out. After the students key areas where she is look- the university, not to tear it other drivers, witnesses and quent lack of action. Not all drew attention to the prob- tear it down. ing for change. down.” anyone with information want to participate in the lem, UBC issued an apology Glynnis Kirchmeier Ultimately, it’s not about Anyone who has reported about what led to the inci- complaint, but it has taken and promised an independent the policy but how those who sexual misconduct to UBC of- dent to come forward and time for the lawyer to include investigation into the situa- report incidents are treated, ficials over the past 20 years assist with the investigation. the stories of those who do, tion. But the women involved complaint, which must be she said. who wants to join the human Anyone with information is she said. said it was too late. filed by March in order to “We’re not going to hang rights complaint can email asked to call 604-702-4039. 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The courts the perceived implications for had that power until Sept. 1, control of their data” infringed when the new rules kicked in on judicial independence. Newly released documents show and made them a “mandatory “They must maintain control the country’s highest court is client” of Shared Services Can- of their data, not only because of ready to launch a legal battle ada, which oversees purchases concerns about confidentiality, with the federal government and digital services for 43 of the but also because an independent over new IT rules which the heaviest IT users in the federal judiciary cannot tolerate having Supreme Court of Canada fears government. its sensitive information con- would threaten its independ- An independent judiciary cannot ence. The Supreme Court is not tolerate having its sensitive alone in these concerns: the information controlled by a Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal, Court Martial Appeal separate branch of government. Court and Tax Court are all pre- Excerpt from a briefing statement for the PM pared to launch a constitutional challenge against having the gov- ernment’s super-IT department The move approved by the trolled by a separate branch of involved in their digital affairs. Conservative cabinet in May 2015 government,” reads part of Tru- The federal Liberals are now was supposed to save money, deau’s briefing on urgent issues left to decide how to handle an since Shared Services Canada facing the new government. issue created by a decision of buys in bulk for the federal gov- If the government doesn’t WILDLIFE Newly named male polar bear cubs York and Eli, shown at Winnipeg’s Assiniboine the previous Conservative gov- ernment, and improve digital backtrack, judges “are prepared Park Zoo, are named for York Factory First Nation, which has traditional lands that include ernment that came into effect security, because Shared Services to take legal action,” Trudeau important polar bear denning habitats. Eli is named for a York Factory elder. HANDOUT/ASSINIBOINE during the federal election. Canada buys from safe suppliers. was warned. THE CANADIAN PRESS ZOO/THE CANADIAN PRESS INDIGENOUS ISSUES Realize your Families meet to talk about coming inquiry potential. The families of missing and change the present process,” murdered indigenous women said Achneepineskum, who Evan Xie CONTRIBUTED and girls have been gathering was at the pre-inquiry con- for years — to share their stor- sultation meeting Wednesday COMPETITION ies, support each other and call afternoon. Young man for action — but this time was So were Indigenous Affairs different. Minister Carolyn Bennett and a Master of Now that the federal gov- Status of Women Minister Pa- ernment has committed to tricia Hajdu, who along with Memory holding a national inquiry into Justice Minister Jody Wilson- the more than 1,200 First Na- Raybould are hearing from tions, Métis and Inuit women families, national aboriginal and girls who organizations, A Nova Scotia student has have been mur- frontline ser- made history as Canada’s first dered or gone vice providers International Master of Mem- Chris Barrett missing in Can- They will leave and other stake- ory during the 24th annual ada, families holders as part of World Memory Championship Part-time Computing student this meeting and came together their pre-inquiry a few weeks ago in December. in Thunder Bay go home with the consultation pro- “It’s a phenomenal accomplish- Wednesday to memories of their cess. ment,” said Chris Strickey, dir- share their hopes The ministers ector of admissions at King’s- Advance your career. and fears of what loved ones. are scheduled Edgehill School in Windsor it should set out Chief Connie Gray MacKay to hold simi- where Grade 10 student Evan to achieve. lar meetings Xie attends. Working professionals, like Chris, study part time at BCIT in the evening “A lot of in Yellowknife, Strickey said Xie has become people were feeling that they Whitehorse, Vancouver, Prince one of only 160 people in the to advance their careers. With over 1,000 part-time courses available were finally going to have an George, B.C., Halifax, Quebec world to receive the distinc- this term, you’ll fi nd a fl exible, convenient option to help keep your career opportunity to have some clos- City and Montreal before the tion. To receive the award, a moving forward. ure,” said deputy grand chief end of the month. person must complete three Anna Betty Achneepineskum of There is also an online feats at the competition: mem- Learn more. Nishnawbe Aski Nation, which survey and discussion guide orize a minimum of 1,000 represents 49 First Nations in seeking input from anyone digits in random sequence in northern Ontario. else who wants to contribute, one hour, memorize a min- “Maybe the justice may not which Bennett said families can imum of 12 decks of randomly bcit.ca/pts take place, but I think even be- also use if they are unable to shuffled cards in one hour, and ing provided an opportunity attend the meetings or prefer memorize one card deck in less to be heard on their concerns to share their ideas in that way. than two minutes. and having an opportunity to TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE HALEY RYAN/METRO World Thursday, January 7, 2016 7 H-bomb threat provokes world INTERNATIONAL SECURITY small enough to place on a North Korea missile that can reach the U.S. mainland. But South Korea’s condemned spy agency thought the esti- We absolutely mated explosive yield from the cannot allow this. globally for blast was much smaller than Japanese Prime Minister its actions what even a failed hydrogen Shinzo Abe bomb detonation would pro- duce, and the White House Soon after the ground shook said its early analysis of under- test would be an “unaccept- around its nuclear testing facil- ground activity “is not consist- able and irresponsible provo- ity, North Korea trumpeted its ent” with the North’s claim of cation,” according to Carter’s first hydrogen bomb test — a a successful H-bomb test. spokesman, Peter Cook. self-proclaimed “H-bomb of jus- There was high-level concern North Korea goes to great tice” that would mark a major in Seoul and elsewhere. South lengths to conceal its tests by and unanticipated advance for Korean President Park Geun- conducting them underground its still-limited nuclear arsenal. hye ordered her military to and tightly sealing off tunnels Prince William and wife Kate released this image of son George on his first day at school. The announcement Wednes- bolster its combined defence or other vents through which CONTRIBUTED/AFP/GETTY IMAGES day by the defiant, impover- posture with U.S. forces. She radioactive residue could es- ished country was met with called the test a “grave provoca- cape. Prince George has class widespread skepticism, as well tion” and “an act that threatens A successful H-bomb test as a strong condemnation by our lives and future.” Japanese would be a big advance in the UN Security Council, which Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, North Korea’s nuclear weapons said it would begin work on a “We absolutely cannot allow program. The heir to the heir to the of two-and-a-half-year-old sori School in Norfolk, 180 resolution for new internation- this.” Fusion is the main principle heir to the British throne has George outside the school kilometres north of London. al sanctions. U.S. Defence Secretary Ash behind the hydrogen bomb, started nursery school. building. The school has said he will North Korea’s fourth nuclear Carter spoke by phone with which can be hundreds of Prince William and his wife The royal couple had ear- receive the same treatment test likely pushed its scientists his South Korean counterpart times more powerful than Kate marked the occasion by lier announced he would be as other pupils. and engineers closer to their Han Min-Koo, and they agreed atomic bombs that use fission.. releasing two photographs attending Westacre Montes- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS goal of building a warhead that a North Korean nuclear THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Creativity is subjective. The truth isn’t. Truth in Advertising Matters. 8 Thursday, January 7, 2016 Business market minute STREAMING VIDEO Netflix in 130 more countries DOLLAR 71.02¢ (–0.46¢) Netflix has already crossed off everyone off guard because China, the world’s most popu- the biggest item on its New Netflix had previously set a lous country. Entering China Year’s list of resolutions. The goal of being available in most may be a formidable challenge TSX Internet video service debuted of the world by the end of this requiring potentially prickly 12,726.80 (–193.34) in 130 countries Wednesday in year. It looked like the Los Ga- negotiations with a govern- a surprise move likely to reel tos, California, company had ment that blocks its citizenry OIL in millions of new subscribers. plenty of work ahead it be- from seeing material it consid- $33.97 US (–$2.00) CEO Reed Hastings revealed cause it ended December in ers objectionable or incendiary. GOLD the scope of Netflix’s expan- 60 countries. 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WIND, WIND MOBILE and TRUE MOBILE FREEDOM are trademarks of Wind Telecomunicazioni S.p.A and are used under licence in Canada by WIND Mobile Corp. © 2015 WIND Mobile examining ways to give people THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Your essential daily news Thursday, January 7, 2016 the big question R OSEMARY WESTWOOD Will Obama’s tears metroview Charlie Hebdo is endear Americans just not interesting enough to offend me to gun control? Despite being Catholic, I’m not he loves when atheists laugh offended by the French satir- at religions for stories like the ical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s Garden of Eden, because “No new cover depicting God as a one believes that.” Those stor- Kalashnikov-wielding terrorist. ies are metaphors, he says, in- I suppose I could be — the tended to describe a God who Well, he’s unlikely to sway the NRA, but as far as emotional impact goes, breaking down Vatican newspaper is — but is otherwise indescribable. on live TV isn’t a bad strategy for the president. Scientists have many theories about why that would mean taking the Charlie Hebdo’s atheism is editorial position of the notori- as simplistic as laughing at a adults cry, given that, unlike children, they can use words to express what’s wrong. Some ously inflammatory publica- virgin birth. The magazine is speculate that crying evolved as an “attachment behaviour”: It’s a way to ask others for tion seriously. And I don’t. practically fundamental in its help when words fail us. And in fact, some studies suggest that photos of teary faces and To be clear: The attack anti-religious stance. Mean- one year ago today at Charlie while, globally, eight in 10 sad stories with characters who cry both cause research participants to feel sympathetic Hebdo’s Paris offices was people identify with a religion. sadness and a desire to support and comfort the crying person. If Barack Obama — who unconscionable, as was the The magazine doesn’t even choked up Tuesday while enumerating the seemingly endless mass shootings that have subsequent attack on a Jewish speak to the more secular rocked the U.S. during his presidency — elicited such empathy in his audience, logically supermarket in the city, which western experience of faith. In together killed 17 people. Canada, for example, fully 73 they’d want to support his plan to ensure more gun dealers are licensed and conduct back- But demeaning faith in the per cent of people believe in ground checks. That’s guaranteed to make the gun nuts want to weep. most violent pen strokes is God, though only 30 per cent the magazine’s raison d’être, subscribe to a religion. and so I’m not surprised or Not only does a cover like Politician + alcoholism offended by Charlie Hebdo yesterday’s not surprise me, marking the anniversary with then, it doesn’t even stimulate everything it’s got. me intellectually. The maga- According to the Associ- zine can heap scorn better ated Press, the magazine than most, but it has a juvenile does not equal Rob Ford features editorials attacking understanding of that which “university students who it hates, and constructs no wear veils or openly pray in reasonable alternative. classrooms, hospital patients The magazine makes the who refuse medical treatment mistake of thinking insulting from someone of the opposite people is, de facto, a worthy I have often been im- part is over: the admission no police investigation and sex and France’s intelligence goal. And in its commitment Michael pressed at how what is that there is a problem. It’s he doesn’t associate with community. Mixed in were to offend and anger strangers, Coren genuinely important on an humbling, frightening and, shady characters. There blasphemous caricatures it has something in common For Metro individual but not political of course, opens one up to are no manic, racist rants targeting a range of beliefs, with terrorist propaganda level has remained confi- attack. As it most certainly and no embarrassing those obscene sketches” and videos (on a far lesser scale). dential. did in this case. people he represents. colourful profanity. On the other hand, the To state the bitterly self- But there are times, of Within hours of the Ford used prohibited One editor wrote the magazine does support the evident, politics is a dirty course, when the private O’Regan’s statement, vari- drugs and repeatedly lied magazine is commemorating free movement of ideas by ex- business. But there is also and the public mingle to ous conservative activists about it. O’Regan drank too colleagues who died “for dar- ploring the outermost reaches a cloak of decorum that such an extent that we and even columnists and much of what is sold on ing to laugh at religion.” of free speech. sometimes covers the body have a right to know. Newly broadcasters were on the every major street in Can- Richard Rohr, a prominent I’ll give it that, and then get politic, with journalists minted Liberal MP and for- offensive, claiming that the ada and told us so. His hus- U.S. Catholic priest, has said on with my faith. respecting the personal mer broadcaster Seamus man was “a drunk” and dig- band tweeted how proud struggles and private pain O’Regan obviously believed ging up criticisms he had he was of his decision; Rob PHILOSOPHER CAT of many of those who gov- this when he recently an- made of former Toronto Ford is on film offering his by Jason Logan ern us. nounced that he is seeking mayor Rob Ford. There’s no wife to another man for sex. help in a treatment centre difference between the two, What is remarkable is not Your essential daily news to “live an alcohol-free life.” they argued, but because how similar, but how dif- There are times In other words, he struggles one is a Liberal and close to ferent are these two cases. STAJRo MhEnD ICA rGuROicUkPs PhRaESnIDkE NT when the private with alcohol, and as he be- Justin Trudeau he’s getting As for those who attacked a VICE PRESIDE NT & EDITOR gins his new work as a rep- an easy ride. man at his most vulnerable, Cathrin Bradbury and the public resentative of the people, The juxtaposition is fatu- shame on you. VICE PRESIDENT & GROUP PUBLISHER mingle to such realizes that now is the ous, offensive and down- METRSOt eWvEeST SERhNr oCuANtADA time to change. right cruel. I know O’Regan Michael Coren is a writer, an extent that we I have good friends who a little and have always broadcaster and author of MANAGIJNeGff E DHIToOdR sVoANnCOUVER have a right to have acted similarly. The found him to be a gentle- the forthcoming Epiphany: A know. treatment can be relative- man, but the greater point Christian’s Change of Heart adinfovaAnDVcEoRuTIvSeERr@ INmQUeIRtrIEoSnews.ca ly brief, but it’s thorough is that unlike Rob Ford, & Mind over Same-Sex Mar- General phone 604-602-1002 and tough and the struggle he was completely honest riage. Find him on Twitter never ends. Yet the hardest about his problem, there is @michaelcoren. FREE TO SHARE Pwhwilwos.mopyhmeert croats tnoorwe. acta Your essential daily news HBO will pull the plug on its hit comedy Girls after the show’s sixth season next year On the topic of Navel Gazing INTERVIEW WHO IS BLACK? Michael Ian Michael Ian Black swears Black shows a that he has “no interest” in vulnerable side celebrity culture. “I hate it,” he said, “maybe because in new book I’m not enough of a celeb- rity to get the perks.” Let’s take him at his With a pair of deeply honest word. But here’s memoirs, comedian Mi- how you might chael Ian Black has now otherwise allowed a public transi- know the sly tion from irony-shield- comedian: ed comic prankster to real, fully dimensional Wet Hot person. American And all that pesky hu- Summer manity has led to some Black stars in the uncomfortable moments. best known sequence “Because I have the gift of of this recently Netflix- being unapproachable and kind revived cult favourite: a of a dick, people rarely share surprisingly tender love with me, but I have noticed that scene with Bradley Coop- people who have read the book er. In his new book, feel like they know me (and) my Black reveals that they marriage, and that’s a strange both wore tube socks be- thing to encounter,” he said re- Michael Ian Black’s latest book finds him observing his mother’s struggle with cancer and investigating the physical cause Black was so cently. “It’s especially weird for insecurities that have plagued him since childhood. MIKE POINT/WIRE IMAGE self-conscious about his my wife when people meet her feet. and they’re like: ‘Oh yes, I know with cancer while curiously in- oir and his last, You’re Not Do- very hard thing for her to live Martha didn’t want to read it. all about you.’ That doesn’t go vestigating the physical insecur- ing it Right — which the author with and for those of us who How about your kids? Jim Gaff igan over well.” ities that have plagued him as says was too personal even for love her to live with. But her Oh God, no, not at all. They Show The furiously prolific Black long as he can remember. his wife, who has chosen not attitude about it has always don’t care about anything. Black plays — who is simultaneously Somehow, a book about a to read his latest book — Black been remarkable. It’s inspir- Daniel, starring in several shows family member’s grave diagno- has revealed depths that even ing. Even (teenage son) Elijah? the me- including Another Per- sis is unfathomably funny. close friends didn’t know he had. He’s expressed no interest in ticulous- iod and The Jim Gaffigan For this he credits his mother, The one place he doesn’t have How did she react to your it and I have no interest in ly put- Show, hosting the popular whom he interviewed extensive- to worry about those revelations book? sharing it with him. I assume together podcast How to Be Amaz- ly and “got to know a lot better.” reverberating, however, is Holly- She loved it. There was no there will come a point in his antag- ing and compulsively nur- For instance, Black’s mom fol- wood. “People in show business pushback about anything, life — probably after I suffer onist to turing a massive Twitter fol- lowed one of her many major don’t read,” he said. “There’s which makes me think she a heart attack in the next six the show’s lowing — has returned to the surgeries — which included the little to no danger of them hav- didn’t read it. But she said she months — where he will have everyman titular realm of autobiography with removal of her belly button — by ing read my book.” did, so that’s good enough for some curiosity about his his- star. The pair have a gift the newly released Navel Gaz- taking a marker and scrawling me. That means I can publish tory and my life. Now he has for repartee on Twitter, ing. The book finds the Wet Hot florid thank-yous to hospital staff How is your mother doing? it. two books he can read for that too. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE American Summer star observ- across her stomach. Terribly. Her illnesses are non- information. ing his mother’s stoic struggle Between this intimate mem- stop and unabating. That’s a You mentioned your wife TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE NEW BOOK Author credits volatile childhood for her sense of humour Sue over something like that?” explained bullet lodged in his character stemmed from a ing, her mother was a “pretty Carter asks Livingston. head after taking veterinary priest friend of Livingston’s severe” addict, and young For Metro Canada In her new novel, The drugs. (Ben’s narrative origin- in rehab for alcohol — al- Livingston spent much of her Crooked Heart of Mystery ated with a Florida news story ways found protection in the childhood in and out of fos- (Random House Canada), the about a young man who shot church, and despite his vio- ter homes. Billie Livingston has long been Vancouver author attempts himself during a bad mush- lations, remains planted in “There was a lot of dark haunted by a family story to answer this question by room trip, believing he was some kind of personal faith. stuff in my family,” she says. that happened before she was drawing on real-life stories. still asleep.) While The Crooked Heart “There was always some born. Her father — a con art- Following the death of her Completing the triangle of Mystery could have been mayhem going on. That’s how ist whom she fictionalized son, grief-stricken Maggie be- of grief is Maggie’s brother mired in bleak hopelessness, we dealt with the darkest per- in her 2012 novel One Good comes a domestic helper for Francis, a priest whose ap- Livingston has a light touch, iods, which was to say some- Hustle — and his first wife a woman who worships at petites for sex and alcohol an ability to find moments thing completely outrageous, lost their two-year-old son a church that encourages land him a DUI and the star of humour even in the trio’s because how else are you go- after the toddler accident- after-death visits from loved role in the viral video, “Drunk heartbreaking situation. It’s ing to survive?” ally fell out a second-story ones. Meanwhile, Maggie’s Priest Propositions Cops.” Bul- a gift she credits to her own window. “The shame and fear estranged husband, Ben, lies lied horrifically as a child for volatile upbringing. Sue Carter is the editor at and grief. How do you ever get in a hospital bed with an un- being gay, Francis — whose Beyond her father’s grift- Quill & Quire magazine.