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Another tenet of a brighter “getting new kids involved and sociation are providing free future for Canada’s summer Keeping them in the sport.” clinics to introduce new players _ sport in the keystone province “If you go back 12, 13 tolacrosse—they just have to is improving the association's years... we had a real spike, show up with gym clothes, a resources more generally. probably between 1,200 and helmet and gloves the hockey He said it's important es- 1,300 kids playing from five- variety kicking around most _ pecially because the drop in years-old to 16-years-old,” Jolly basements or available cheap Manitoba isn’t as acute in other explained. “Right now we're secondhand will do), provinces, and numbers are just a little over 800.” Dallas Smith, the MLA’s actually improving in Ontario He believes an increase in executive director, said the and British Columbia, 2 6 Whang wna Winnipeg Transit Bus Maintenance Garage Expansion Project Winnipeg Transits fleet has been increasing in size and types of buses over the past decade. The primary vehicle maintenance facility operated by Winnipeg ‘Transit is the vehicle overhaul and repair shop at the Fort Rouge Garage, located at 421 Osborne Street. Approximately 95% of the maintenance activities that support fleet operations are housed at this location. The main facilities at the Fort Rouge Garage are nearly 50 years old and many of the building systems have reached the end of their useful life. To meet current and future demand, Winnipeg Transit is proposing to expand its Fort Rouge Garage bus maintenance facility Please join us to review project information, discuss with project team members and provide your input and feedback. DATE: Thursday, January 19, 2017 TIME: 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. LOCATION: Fort Rouge Leisure Centre 625 Osborne Street FORMAT: Drop-in format Project Contact: Brock Feenstra, MMM Group 204.943.3178 or [email protected] PupLic services Crews have no place to put the white stuff, staff say ‘Stephanie Taylor Metro|Winnipeg Residents unhappy with the qual- ity of sidewalk snow removal this winter can blame a record breaking amount of snow that left crews with fewer places to store the white stuff, according to Winnipeg's streets mainten- ance manager. Jim Berezowsky, and chief administrative officer Doug Mc- Neil, appeared before Tuesday's committee on infrastructure renewal and public works to deliver an update on the recent snow-learing efforts Despite concerns from many residents and councillors alike, Berezowsky maintained that our «ity isa North American leader ‘when it comes to sniow clearing, noting that some cities, such as Edmonton and Calgary, require residents to shovel their own sidewalks. Committee chairman Coun. Marty Morantz said residents are mostly concerned about sidewalk snow removal. 0) el A ‘Snow removal along Brazier street at Ottawa in Winnipeg Tuesday. vie starroKo/ron Mero Coun. Cindy Gilroy, who ap- peared before the committee as e, said there appears ‘a “disconnect” between ets and sidewalks. Berezowsky said crews have encountered problems clearing sidewalks. On top of receiving more than a season's worth of snow ina month, gusting winds left higher windrows, which gave them nowhere to store the snow. That's where the challenge comes for a sidewalk plow, is ‘when it does not have the abil ty to move the snow from the sidewalk onto the available wind- row for storage.” Berezowsky told reporters. “Anytime we get into those NEW APP high wind and snow combina- tions, it's always a challenge for the city: He said that, logistically, a ‘way to improve sidewalk clear ing would be for crews to find alternative places to haul snow. As of Tuesday, Berezowsky said all regional sidewalks along bus routes should be clear, with plans for crews to tackle residential sidewalks this evening. Both he and McNeil also said that sidewalk plows simply move slower than the trucks used on streets. In many cases, crews had to use blowers instead of blades to remove the snow, which slowed the operation even further Berezowsky said resources are nota problem and that the city's fleet of sidewalk plows and use of private contractors is keep- ing up with the city’s growth ven with more kilometres fnew sidewalks thanks to new subdivision developments. ‘The city owns around 33 side- walk snow plows, and is looking at purchasing up to seven more ‘machines that, depending on its attachments, can range in price from 65,000 to $250,000, Coun, Matt Allard said it would be risky for the city to increase its $33mnillion budget for snow Clearing or buy new equipment after one unusual season because next winter there could be far less snow. Regardless of this winter's re cond-breaking snow fall, Coun. 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Freeland is a cabinet superstar, credited with navigating through the Canada-European Union free-trade agreement = potentially valuable experience for dealing with the incoming Trump administration, Labour PATTY HAIDU, who shone as status of ‘women minister, is taking over the labour portfolio from MARYANN MIHYCHUK, who is being dumped from cabinet altogether. —__ a AHMED HUSSEN, 3 ‘Somali-born rookie MP in ‘Toronto, is taking over the immigration portfolio from MCCALLUM, who is leaving politics to become ambassador to China, Democratic Reform International Trad KARINA GOULD of Burlington, Ont, ie takes Democratic Institutions from FRANCOIS-PHILIPPE MARYAM MONSEF. Veanwhile, CHAMPAGNE, a Quebec Monsef — widely criticized for her MP, takes on the trade portfolio following Chrystia Freeland's promotion. handling of Trudeau's promise to reform Canada’s voting system — is moving to replace Hajdu at Status of Women, FORT LAUDERDALE 10-year-old gets her bear back Yards from where workers fin- ished the cleanup from the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting, a tight. ‘Courtney was with her par- ents and siblings and about to ‘girl was reunited Tuesday with boarda plane home when offi- the teddy bear she left behind — cials say Esteban Santiago fatally while fleeing. shot five people one floor below Courtney Gelinas, 10, smiled as Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport spokes- man Greg Meyer opened the trunk of his SUV to reveal Rufus, the teddy bear the Windsor, Ont, fifth grader had received from her dying grandfather a decade ago. When Meyer hand- ed her Rufus, she held the bear them Friday. Rufus, a brown bear dressed in a red devil cos- tume, was left behind as the family led onto the tarmac with hundreds of others. Her mother, Kim Lariviere, said Courtney has not slept well since. “Itisexciting, and lam happy to have him Courtney said, tHe assocuaTeo basse Courtney Gelinas holds tight ‘to her stuffed bear Rufus. ar | metre NEWS | World Emotional goodbye Roof gets the death penalty Obama gives tearful farewell address as era 12 death Tuesday for fatally of Trump looms shooting nine black church members during a Bible study session in Charleston, S.C., be coming the first person ordered executed for a federal hate A jury de liberated for about three hours before returning with the dec Dylann Roof Conceding disappointments during his presidency yet of fering vigorous encourage ‘ment for the nation's future, US. President Barack Obama issued an emotional defence Tuesday night of his vision to Americans facing a moment of. anxiety and a dramatic change in leadership. ‘Obama's valedictory speech in his hometown of Chicago was a public meditation on Barack Obamaat McCormick Place in Chicago on Tuesday forhis | trial in which the trials and triumphs, prom- presidential farewell address, nasty wssTMeAssocaren ress the 22-yearold avowed white {ses kept and promises broken supremacist did not fight for that made up his eight years recent political campaign, he his life or show any remorse. inthe White Howse: Arguing saidr“fhat potential wil be (@g)CLAIMS DENIED) | ie ced a his own attorney his faith in America had been realized only if our democ during sentencing and never confirmed, Obama said he ends racy works. Only if our pol-_{ Soeial media litup Tuesday | | asked for forgiveness or mercy his tenure inspired by Amer- tics reflects the decency of | withunverified allegations | or explained the massacre. ica's “boundless capacity” for our people. Only if all of us, | of sexual nature about Hours earlier, Roof threw away reinvention, and he declared: regardless of our party affiia- | Donald Trump, including _| one last chance to plead for his The future should be ours." tion or particular interest, help | aolaimthe Russians hada | life, telling jurors: “Istil feel like His delivery was forceful restore the sense of common | recording. 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Toronto's Hugh's Room became the latest to join the death-watch list when its owner Richard Carson abruptly closed the venue last week to weigh his options. The restau- rant and music venue opened in 2001 as a stage for both local and international performers. Other similar money-losing music hubs have seen their hopes dashed in recent years. While it's impossible io pin: point a single reason for why Canada’s smaller concert stage are under so much pressure, there are a few recurting chal Ienges. For one, audience h ts have significantly changed, Campbell suggests. few years ago it would've been common to hit up a pub for drinks before heading to a nightclub, he says, but now many people favour pre-drink gatherings at home. Or, in the social media age, they may not meet in person at all TO ENTER: Receive a ballot for every $10 spent at participating cityplace retailers, restaurants and food court vendors. Enter your completed ballot in the ballot box located at the Donald Street entrance No purchase necessary. Business | metreNEWS | = The Carleton Music Bar and Music clubs losing fight to stay open ilLin Halifax joins a growing list of Canadian musical haunts forced to close, re caNADIAN PRESS INFRASTRUCTURE Promised spending slow, watchdog says e Trudeau government may fall short of spending all the money it planned to devote to infrastructure in the first yeai of its mandate, says a new an- alysis released Tuesday by the federal budget watchdog, ‘The parliamentary budget office found that some of Ot tawa's planned infrastructur investme: failed to ma- terialize in the first half tuy's slow-growth economy. In last year's budget, t government projected infra- structure spending to boost eal gross domestic product — a measure of economic growth — by 0.2 per cent this year and 0.4 per cent in 2017-1 It's unclear whether a spend. ing delay would have an impact on growth in 2016-17. Frechette's report said Ot- oFaoterzand | Wampefproeetsthas {Son Da it warned a| postedonthe and fall eco- chonkof ene | Bachan Smile ae chunk of the es ote: Premier to be spent in the future. “There is a that money the government originally expected to be spent in 2016-17 will be deferred to subsequent years.” said the re- port by parliamentary budget officer Jean-Denis Frechette. A delay in government spending could affect the tim- ing ofthe investments’ primary objective: to help lift the coun- 6 inerier Pace of housing starts picks up, says regulator Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in December came in at 207041 units, up from 187,273 in November Regionally, the annual pace of urban starts in December increased in ‘Ontario, Quebec and the Prairies, but decreased in British Columbia and in Atlantic Canada. Bank of Montreal senior economist. Robert Kavcic said home construction remained, very stable nationally in 2016, with some clear hot and cold spots below the surface. total did not reflect how ‘much had been spent. out plans to transfer $3.5 billion in new federal infra- structure money this year to other levels of government. But it added that federal transfers made by the Trans- port and Infrastructure de- partments over the first ha of 2016-17 dropped by $100 million compared with the year before. Big banks expect Trump. boost for U.S. operations The CEOs of some of Canada’s biggest banks say they're expecting to see their U.S, businesses get a boost from stronger economic growth south of the border as the ew Donald Trump administration takes over. “The talk is that there's going to be corporate tax reform, there's going to be more infrastructure spending, there's going to be less regulatory burden for industry in general, not just for banks,” 1D Bank CEO Bharat Masrani said Tuesday at a conference in Toronto. Almost everyone was fair game for Iwitter-bore Snark during the Golden Globes on ‘Sunday: Al Roker, who called Jessica Biel “Jessica Alba"; Jenna Bush, who mashed together the Hidden Figures and Fences to create “Hidden Fences"; and Tom Hiddleston, ‘whose aut-oftouch acceptance speech felt longer than his re lationship with Taylor Swit. But Meryl Streep. who de livered a rousing six-minute ‘oration while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award, was off limits — save, ofcourse, for the nameless object of her vitsiol Even now, to criticize ‘Streep would be to commit media hars-kiri, So here goes. It wasn't her message, ‘that those in power ought toreffain from bullying. It ‘wasn't her call to support the press It wasn't even when She referred to the room as representing the “most vilified segments in American society right now” although that was abitrich Iwas that Streep made a principled stand at an event ‘whose sponsoring organiza- tion —a group of 90 shadowy, ostensibly foreign reporters ‘who are required to have permanent residences in Southern California — is not ‘exactly a paragon of principle T'm talking about the Holly- ‘wood Foreign Press. Like near- Iy every person who's ever ac- cepted a Golden Globe, Streep thanked the association, which according to a 2010 piece by the Toronto Star's Studio publicists extend to HFPA members unfettered access to A-listers whil other c1 sand journalists are shut out. JESSICA ALLEN ON THE HISTORY OF THE GOLDEN GLOBES Streep may have undermined herself by making her principled stand at an event whose sponsoring organization is not exactly a paragon of principle. Peter Howell, was created in 1943 “by eight foreign journal. ists living in Hollywood, who were frustrated by their lack of access to top stars. “They reasoned,” Howell wrote, “that creating their Roeper reported in his 2005, book, Schlock Value: Holly ‘wood at Its Worst. More recently, in December, the Hollywood Reporter noted that HEPA asked members — there are four Canadians on own awards might turn things the list, whose ylines {didn't around, and that thinking recognize and I struggled to paid off” find any meaningfl and re- ‘cent work of theirs online — to return expensive bottles of ‘Tom Fore-branded perfumes they were sent promoting the So well, in fact, that today studio publicists extend to HFPA members unfettered access to Misters, usually in Meryl Streep speaks while accepting the Cecil 8. DeMille Award at the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif, on Sunday. exotic locations, over dinner and drinks, while other critics ‘and journalists are shut out. Every year, the media writes Scathingly of the asso- Gation. Twenty-one years ago, the Washington Post reported that most members weren't fulltime journalists but rather “parttime freelancers for smnall publications in places like Lithuania and Bangla- desh, and include a college professor, a retired engineer, a ‘man who runs an ‘auto refer- ral service,’ and another who until recently sold appliances in Burbank” Even bold-faced industry names speak out. “In 1993, director Rob Reiner com- plained to the New York ‘Times about HFPA ‘press con- ferences’ that were nothing more than glorified photo- ‘ops for its members,” Richard designertumeddirector’s flm Nocturmal Animals. One HFPA member refused a miniature ‘wedding cake crowned with an interracial couple that Focus sent him to promote the film Loving. "Tcan't come hhome fiom a long day at the Four Seasons (attending press Junkets and screenings} to find decaying food on my doorstep.” he told THR. “1 ‘can’t even tell you how many bottles of cheap wine Ive gotten this year The alcohol tends to come fiom the for- «ign films, which send stuff from their country.” So why, asked Roeper, are the Golden Globes "taken so seriously when the voting is ‘done by approximately ninety cliguish, junketeering enter- tainment reporters who have to produce only a handful ‘of aticles per year in order to remain in good standing. with the HEPA?” Because as the entertainment press con- stantly tells us that the Globes “are like the primaries to the Oscars’ general election, the Globes’ stock just keeps on. rising” ‘To be clear, it’s not that the HEPA always gets it wrong. A few times over the last dec- ade, they've awarded films with more staying power than the Academy did — think ‘The Social Network vs. King’s Speech, for example, or The Descendants vs. The Artist. But they're not even a particu- larly good indicator of what the Academy will choose. The Producers Guild Awards and the Critics Choice Awards are much better predictors, both having chosen the same best- picture winner as the Acad- emy eight times over the last 10 years. So why doesn’t the Aca¢- lemy, some 6,000 members strong, take the bull by the hors? Last year, Oscar voting ‘wrapped up two days before the Golden Globe winners ‘were announced. This year they were extended until January 13 — five days after the Globes. ! don’t know. And don’t know why I care. No one else really does. ‘The only one who hinted at the hypocrisy on Sunday night was Viola Davis. When. she accepted her award for best supporting actress in Fences, she dutifully thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press. ‘And then she gave a hint at how the sausages are made: “This is my fifth nomination,” Davis said. “I took all the pic: tures, went to the luncheon. She had to pause because the room erupted in knowing. nods and chuckles. “Been there, done that,” they seemed to say. Jessica Allenis the digital Correspondent on CTV's The Social MOCHAMA) Salute to the outgoing Obamas — the world is finally yours I'm so excited to see the Obamas out of office. It'll be so gratifying to see them free. ‘They haven't exactly an- nounced their next steps, but if you look closely the hints are there. Barack re- cently published his 13th paper in an academic jour- nal. (Which “peers” exist to peer-review a study by the president of the United States?) If academia doesn't work for him, he also re- cently served as a grooms- man in the wedding of a White House staffer. im- agine being able to hire Barack Obama to be your ‘groomsman, The Secret Ser- vice knows how to throw stag parties. Michelle, too, could go in ‘completely different direc- tion. She can rock couture like a fashion model and can out-dance the best video vixen, However, she seems genuinely to believe in serv- ing the public. In her last. public speech, she promised ‘young people that she'd be there for them for the rest of her life. Some people want Michelle to enter into pol itics slash lead the Rebel AI- liance against Darth Donald. ‘That won't happen for two reasons, First, she doesn’t want to, Second, America doesn't deserve her! My god, the names that she’s been called over the last eight years — it's a miracle she hasn't given up her citizen- ship for a Kenyan one just to troll Fox News. ‘When Michelle first said, “1 wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves,” knew she was a better person than I because I would have burned it down the day after Inauguration day, Michelle and Barack woke up every day and man- aged not to cuss out Amer ica, Just for good manners and restraint alone, they were the best First Family in living memory. (Recall, for example, that the Clinton’s pets were in a constant feud?) After eight years living within the bubble of the White House, it will be great to see Barack and Michelle let loose a little. Mind you, it will be only by a smidge: they are still Ivy League- educated lawyers who just wrapped up two terms play- ing nice with Republicans. It could be (almost) any- thing and I would be happy for them. Michelle could take up a corporate gig for the oil industry and Id root for her. Barack could decide, as all the greats unfortunate- ly do, to record a rap album ‘and I would give it a four- star review on iTunes. Personally, I want them to have a reality TV show. Obamas! Unleashed! It'll be like Keeping up the Kar- dashians but with guest ap- pearances from Kofi Annan and the Pope. ‘The only joy to their fare ‘wells is knowing that soon ‘we'll be saying hello to the real Obamas. Seas by JasonLogan Tie, i, a ecow, “EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, 05 age Va ees cro omer € Titayeenteoracs LIFE 0% Forty per cent of Canadian women aged 35 t0.45 have sex atleast once a week; 33 per cent getit onless than oncea ‘month, according toa Chatelaine survey. Your essential daily news cutrune Pairing weed and yoga may seem like a trend, but it has ancient roots Mila Petkovic ForMetro Yoga teacher Joey Lundgren, 35, smiles warmly at students, People chat casually before class with their neigh- ours, as they take turns breathing from the vaporizer. The atmosphere here is warm, open and connected. With his lon-like mane and fully embodied voice, Lundgren leads the class through a series of breathing When I started this practice, (it) was a very helpful effect for me be- cause my body was kinda very stuck and not very strong or capable, and this has been true for many of our students too. For this reason it's some- times called ‘Ganja Yoga, the gateway drug to fitness,” said Lundgreen, The drug helps people relax and ‘open up, says studio owner Lucelene Pancini, 43, who also teaches at the studio, The dynamic blond woman — a former Brazilian champion of judo and jiu jitsu — opened Ganja Yoga on Bloor Street West in Toronto in 2011, and has seen the number of students ‘grow steadily over the years ‘Students at Ganja Yoga studio in Toronto smoke froma vaporizer before “It's beautiful to work with ganja class begins. courtesy anokew WiulANson but I tell people you have to be re- B JOHANNA SCHNELLER WHAT I'M WATCHING Moms baring all and bringing the truth ‘THE SHOW: Workin’ Moms, Sea- sont, Episode ‘THE MOMENT: Baringit First we see them from their (naked) shoulders up: three ‘women sitting cross-legged in a Mommy-and Me class circle, looking down at their own breasts and each other's. feel like a proud show dog. that didn't understand her days were numbered,” says Fran- kie (Juno Rinaldi) areal estate agent. “Look at these things. It's like chicken skin.” Anne (Dani Kind). a psychiatrist, replies, “What are you talking about? Yours are OK” Kate (Catherine Reit- man), a PR rep, says about hers, “They're not winning any blue ribbons. But they stuck in there. They might be a lit te deflated, but they're not throwing in the towel. | like them.” “I'm with you,” Anne says. “I breastfed my first for five months. This is where they landed.” The camera pulls back. The three women are the only bare. Reitman and Co. know there's ‘chested ones in the group. They no such thing, Here we are in regard each other. “It could be 2017 andstil, very little in our ‘worse, right?” Anne asks. "No, society nurtures working moms it could be better. {working humans). Mom-on This is what we callan auspi- mom judgment still rankles. ious —and audacious—begin- This show exposes its charac ning. This is the series’ opening ters’ humanity and fights back scene and this is the message with funny. that Reitman (yes, daughter Workin’ Moms airs Tuesdays of Ivan), who also created and on CBC. ‘writes the show, is sending: We are going to bare all and we're Johanna Schneller is a media going to tell the truth. Connoisseur who zeroes in on The Mommy-and-Me leader pop-culture moments. She ap- calls the circle asafe space, but _ pears Monday through Thursday. Wednesday, January 11, 2017 sponsible too. A lot of people come here who have never smoked, or done yoga before. Anxiety or paranoia can come, so | provide a safe space, so people can look and say ‘Lu is here for me,” said Pancini The studio uses an energizing strain of cannabis called Sativa at the begin- ning of the class and the more relax: ing, meditative Indica before going into the final resting state, Savass- nna, For legal reasons, the studio asks participants to contribute their own cannabis for the practice but shares the vaporizer. ‘Breathing becomes slower and deeper and muscles let go, so for sure you can go much further into the poses,” said Pancini, who has been teaching yoga for 12 years. “In the @ I know a lot of people really like the smo! aspect. I feel like offering it helps to set the mood and harness an environment that's perhaps less pretentious than other studios can be. It’s a mixed crowd but there's areal sense of community atmosphere here. Yoga student Ket, 31 Ganja: A gateway drug to fitness? mind, it’s the same thing. Because you're in the present moment you stop to care what the person is doing beside you.” Ganja yoga studios have existed for some years now in major centres like Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. With the impending legalization of ‘weed, and more and more dispens- aries popping up, perhaps we will see fan increase in such studios, ‘One of the things we're doing is taking the stigma out of it a bit, and formally bringing it into practice of yoga. It makes for a beautiful, very friendly community environment ‘compared to the often beautiful but somewhat sterile usual yoga studios,” said Lundgreen, Although the idea of pairing weed and yoga may seem cutting edge or la mode, the practice goes back centuries. Hindu deity Lord Shiva is said to have introduced cannabis to the people as a medicinal and spiritual aid, and the Vedas (sacred Hindu texts dat- ing from 1200 BCE) record Indian holy men pairing yoga with cannabis preparations to connect to the divine. Although the use of the plant did not become stigmatized in India until the 1960s when the govern- ment clamped down on it after an international conference, the use of hang (a milkshake-ike drink made with ground cannabis} is permitted in India during celebrations, “I see it as a beautiful sacrament that can take you to another level — spiritually, physically — at least a litte bit faster,” said Pancini. ‘The message Catherine Reitman, left, (who also created and writes the show) is sendingis: Weare going to bare all and ‘we're going totell the truth. conrawureo