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This issue is going to hit Toronto particularly hard, Uni-versity of Toronto law professor Andrey Macklin, a member of an immigration expert panel, told the community develop-

ment and recreation commit-tee Thursday.

Based on the experience of other guest-worker regimes, there is a significant number of people who end up over-staying.

The challenge is how the city and Greater Toronto are going to serve this vulnerable

population that lives in the shadows, said Macklin.

In light of the rapid chan-ges to Canadian immigration in recent years, the committee had instructed staff to report on their implications to Toronto.

The Immigration and Settle-ment Panel consisting of Macklin, TD Economics econo-

mist Francis Fong, Womens Health in Womens Hands Notisha Massaquoi and Thorn-cliffe Neighbourhood Offices Jehad Aliweiwi was struck to provide expert advice on the issues identified.

In April 2011, the federal government changed the tem-porary-foreign-worker program

by limiting their work permits to a maximum of four years and banning them from re-ap-plying within four years.

While the four-member expert panel had no idea how many of the work permits will expire on April 1, 2015, it could be in the thousands in Toron-to alone. torstar news service

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SNo Casino group looks to be gaining momentum

In one corner is No Casino To-ronto, which has grown from three concerned women to a city-wide, social-media-savvy force.

In the other is Mayor Rob Ford, Ontario Lottery and Gam-ing Corp., international casino giants, several unions and an army of lobbyists.

On Thursday, Canadian property developer Cadillac Fairview joined the push as a full partner in Nevada-based MGM Resorts pitch for an in-

tegrated resort.That bid has focused on Ex-

hibition Place but sources say Cadillac Fairviews vast real-estate holdings open up other GTA possibilities.

No Casino Toronto has spent about $3,200 and is about to cough up a bit more to hand out 1,000 lawn signs.

OLG alone spent $5.75 mil-lion for a weeks-long media blitz touting its provincewide modernization plan and, in

some cases, specific hopes for a Toronto casino.

In the middle are Toronto-nians and their 45 elected of-ficials who, in a council vote expected in April, will decide whether to welcome a casino and, potentially, dictate a site and other conditions to private operators vying for the right to build and operate the GTAs one new facility.

According to a Torstar News Service survey of Toron-

to councillors Wednesday and Thursday, the No campaign, warning of inflated benefits and social and economic ills, is at the moment beating the pro-casino group promising a convention and tourism boost and a revenue jackpot for the city.

Of the 21 Toronto coun-cillors reached, only two Vince Crisanti and Norm Kelly gave an unqualified Yes when asked if they will vote for a downtown casino.

Eleven were a firm No or strongly leaning that way, while eight who were undecid-ed expressed frustration at the lack of a firm figure for the citys take.

Hosting-fee estimates have ranged from $30 million to $168 million, depending on location and size. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Battle for support. Canadian property developer joins powerful pro-casino movement as city council vote on resort looms in April

Crime

Ex-roommate charged in former escorts death

Two years after the murder of 20-year-old Kera Free-land, her body found in a Caledon ditch, a 35-year-old man has been arrested in Calgary and charged in her death.

Freeland, originally from Calgary, had quit working as an escort in Toronto a month before she dis-appeared in January 2011, police have said. Her body was discovered on Heart Lake Road two months later.

Christopher Androna-kos, Freelands former Toronto roommate, was arrested in Calgary on Wednesday afternoon and charged with second-degree murder. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Kensington Market

Shops get clean bill of health after rat infestationsTwo shops in Kensington Market are reopening after Toronto Public Health shut them down for severe rodent infestations.

Wandas Pie in the Sky, a popular bakery on Augusta Avenue, and New Seaway Fish Market were closed earlier this week.

New Seaways owner said the shop is expected to open Friday after it is restocked.

Wandas was given a pass to reopen Thursday afternoon. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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Youth united in song at Black History Month kicko Grades 1 to 7 students from Our Lady of Wisdom Catholic School in Scarborough sing a song called Somlandela on Thursday, as the Toronto Catholic District School Board launched Black History Month at the ROM. GTA schools will take part in a series of events in February to celebrate black pioneers and todays community and artistic leaders. COLIN MCCONNELL/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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NanoLight

Bright idea for former U of T studentsA team of Canadians has produced the NanoLight, which its inventors say is the worlds most energy-efficient light bulb.

U of T grads Gimmy Chu, Christian Yan and Tom Rodinger developed the bulb, which uses only 12 watts of electricity yet gen-erates over 1,600 lumens, or the equivalent output of a 100-watt incandescent bulb.

Two of the partners are in China trying to set up an assembly line. The products are posted on the Kickstart-er website.TORSTAR newS SeRvice

Casting call

Toronto hosting auditions for musical OnceAn open audition in Toron-to on Feb. 16 could lead to Broadway and a role in the Tony Award-winning music-al Once. Auditions will be held at the Randolph Cen-tre for the Performing Arts at 736 Bathurst St., starting at 10 a.m. Those wishing to audition must sign in by 11 a.m. to ensure they get their shot.

The play based on the 2005 film of the same name opened on Broadway last year and won eight Tony Awards, including best musical.TORSTAR newS SeRvice

Sex workout will not burn flab: Study

Sex burns up to 300 calories. Breastfeeding can prevent obesity later in life. And skip-ping breakfast regularly can lead to excessive weight gain.

Those are a few of the obesity-related myths de-

bunked in a study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The researchers are trying to put to rest misleading or flat-out wrong medical in-formation thats often spread by media and can have an im-pact on policy decisions.

Its a call to skepticism, its a call to empiricism, said lead author David Allison, dir-ector of the Nutrition Obesity Research Center at the Uni-versity of Birmingham at Ala-

bama. The authors also dissected

the so-called 3,500 Calorie Rule, which holds that eating an extra 3,500 calories will result in a one-pound weight gain. Thats faulty reasoning, said Arya Sharma, chair in obesity research and man-agement at the University of Alberta. The body, he said, is constantly adapting to caloric changes.

You cant simply add those calories up and as-

sume that its going to be weight gain or weight loss, said Sharma, who was not in-volved in the study.

Allison and his co-authors also take on the presump-tion that eating breakfast can stave off obesity, the sugges-tion being that skipping an early-morning meal spurs overeating later in the day. But that hasnt been proved, Allison said.

And so is the long-held belief that breastfeeding pre-

vents obesity. The paper refer-ences randomized, controlled tests that offer no compel-

ling evidence of an effect of breastfeeding on obesity. TORSTAR newS SeRvice

Myth busting. Widely held beliefs about weight loss turn out to be just that

Benefits overestimated

The study goes after the belief that sex can shed between 100 and 300 calories.

But the authors found the calorie-reducing effects of

lovemaking are equivalent to a walk of about 4 kilo-metres per hour, or a burn of 21 calories. To arrive at those numbers, the auth-ors cited a paper from 1984 that studied only men.

ikea monkey. Owner says she was duped into signing over her pet DarwinYasmin Nakhuda says she was duped into signing ownership of her pet monkey, Darwin, over to animal services after he was captured in an Ikea park-ing lot.

The officer basically tricked me, she said in a sworn affidavit. A judge will rule on Friday whether Darwin should return to Nakhudas care while she awaits a trial date for her lawsuit against Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary for il-legally detaining the monkey.

Though Darwin is an illegal pet in Toronto, animal-service

officers do not have the power to seize permanent custody of the pet.

Her lawyer, Ted Charney, said Thursday that she signed a surrender form under duress after being told she would not get her monkey back. .

But the lawyer for the sanc-tuary, Kevin Toyne, argued that as a real-estate lawyer Nakhuda must understand what the word surrender means.

There was no gun to Ms. Nakhudas head, he said. She didnt have to sign the form, but she did. TORSTAR newS SeRvice

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Some Idle No More organizers want repercussions for Sen. Patrick Brazeau after he made what they say are inappropri-ate comments about Attawapis-kat Chief Theresa Spence at a Conservative fundraising event.

Brazeau referred to Spen-ces so-called hunger strike at a Legion hall in Ottawa and mocked her physical shape.

I was sick two weeks ago, Brazeau said. I had the flu and I lost five pounds. I look at Miss Spence, when she started her hunger strike, and now? A voice then called out, Shes fat-ter, which drew laughter from much of the audience.

Erica Lee, one of the many organizers of the Idle No More movement, said although shes not surprised by the senators remarks, she feels there should be consequences.

It is frustrating, because he

is a First Nations senator, and ... to have him make extremely racist and sexist comments to-wards Theresa Spence ... is very disheartening, said Lee.

She feels Brazeaus position should be reviewed and noted it may be too late for apologies.

Metro tried to reach Brazeau for comment, but phone calls to his constituency office were not returned. With files from torstar NeWs service

Response in the House

Tories dodge controversyThe Conservative govern-ment defended its handling of aboriginal issues Thurs-day and sidestepped the disparaging comments made by two members of Stephen

Harpers caucus.Neither Prime Minister

Harper nor Aboriginal Af-fairs Minister John Duncan took an opportunity to condemn the comments. Instead, they emphasized the governments focus on creating jobs.torstar NeWs service

Sen. Patrick Brazeau accepts a Bad Sport Award at a National Press Gallery Dinner. Fred Chartrand/the Canadian Press File

employed no more?Consequences. Senator faces calls for punishment after mocking Chief Spence

Morgan ModjeskiMetro in Saskatoon

Diane-35

drug under review after French banHealth Canada says it is reviewing all available infor-mation on the drug Diane-35 following Frances decision to ban it following four deaths over the last 25 years.

The four women died of blood clots linked to their use of Diane-35, an acne drug

that is also widely prescribed off-label as a contraceptive.

Available since 1998 in Canada, Diane-35 is approved only for the temporary treatment of severe acne in women who are unrespon-sive to other treatments, Health Canada said Thursday.

Blood clots are a rare but well-known side-effect of birth control pills, said the federal department. the caNadiaN Press

tory mPs. harper rebuffs effort to have abortions investigated as homicidePrime Minister Stephen Harper says while some of his Conserv-ative MPs may not agree, abor-tion is legal in Canada.

Harper made the comments under questioning in the House of Commons over a letter writ-ten by three Tory MPs who want the RCMP to investigate hundreds of abortions as pos-sible homicides.

I think all members of this house, whether they agree with it or not, understand that abor-tion is legal in Canada, and this government ... has made it very clear that the government does not intend to change the law, Harper said Thursday.

The MPs from Saskatch-ewan, Alberta and Ontario made the request on House of Commons letterhead to RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson.

From 2000 to 2009 in Can-ada, there were 491 abortions of 20 weeks gestation and great-er that resulted in live births, reads the letter dated Jan. 23. This means that the aborted child died after it was born.

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The TTC has a proud hist-ory of links with the military. Every year, we participate in Remembrance Day ceremon-ies and we have a number of reservist and former service personnel in our ranks today.

The TTC and its employ-ees, in fact, are actively in-volved in many community activities. In the last 10 years alone, TTC employees have raised more than $12 million for the United Way. As well, many staff give up their time to serve other charities and city institutions in the name

of community spirit. The TTC actively supports

community functions, big and small. February, for example, is Black History Month, where the city recognizes past and present contributions that African-Canadians have made to Torontos rich life. The TTC is a great way to get to many of the events and ex-hibits that celebrate Black History Month, some of which are listed to the right.

So while our core focus re-mains on the day (and night) job of keeping Toronto mov-ing, I would like to see the TTC play an even larger role in supporting the commun-ities, people and events that make this city so special.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTHThe TTC is the better way to travel to events and exhibits scheduled for Black History Month. Explore the contributions to heritage, traditions and culture by Afro-Canadians in the GTA. If travelling on Saturday or Sunday, consider a TTC Day Pass. For just $10.75 per day, a Day Pass provides unlimited one-day travel for a group of up to six people, maximum two adults over 19.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENTS, FEB. 1-7:

FEB. 1: Reggae or Not: The Birth of Dancehall Culture in Jamaica and Toronto. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W. 501 Queen Streetcar.

Monologue Slam competition for children and teens, hosted by Toronto actor Olunike Adeliyi. Queen/Saulter Branch Public Library, 765 Queen St. E. 501 Queen Streetcar.

FEB. 2: Lets play Oware, a traditional African board game.

York Woods Library Theatre, 1785 Finch Ave. W. Finch Station; 36 Finch West bus to west of Sentinel Road.

FEB. 4: Underground to Upper Canada a discussion about the Underground Railroad. Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre, 341 Oakwood Ave. Ossington Station; 161 Rogers Road bus to Oakwood Avenue.

FEB. 5: Black History Month Tuesday Night Movies. Malvern

Branch Public Library, 30 Sewells Rd. Scarborough Centre Station on the SRT; 131 Nugget bus, east of Neilson Road.

EVENTS FEB. 1, 3 & 6: Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre. Subway to Union Station. Expect minor delays due to ongoing construction.

FEB. 2 & 4: Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre. Subway to

Union Station. Expect minor delays due to ongoing construction.

FEB. 2 & 6: Toronto Marlies at Ricoh Coliseum. 511 Bathurst streetcar

to Exhibition Place.

SERVICE CHANGES CONSTRUCTION: 72A Pape buses diverting Church, Wellington, York, King,

Church, and The Esplanade, servicing stops outside King and St Andrew Stations due to work related to the Union Station Second Platform and Concourse Improvements Project.

509 Harbourfront streetcars replaced by buses until spring. Eastbound diverting via Lake Shore Boulevard, westbound via Queens Quay.

RECYCLEPlease keep the TTC litter-free. Recycle your reading materials in any station or platform receptacle.

Dear Andy Byford,Why is the TTC so lax when it comes to educating its

riders on courteous and considerate behaviour?When we have people coming to Toronto from every

corner of the world is it any wonder that riding on the TTC has become a veritable free-for-all? Just this morning I got smacked in the head, again, by a backpack filled with books. Last Tuesday I couldnt get off the train at Wellesley because so many people were hugging the door. These are very common issues that the TTC approach in such a sadly benign manner.

From time to time I use the Mississauga Transit. As you enter a bus there is signage instructing passengers to remove their backpacks, move to the back of the bus and be cognizant of those around them who might need a seat. Educate your riders. Set a standard.

Ive had people sit down next to me and eat perogies, chicken wings, sushi and poutine. I dont experience this in cities like London and Paris where I routinely visit.

Please, educate your riders.Sincerely,Philip Hi Philip, Thank you for your question. We know that etiquette leads to a more pleasant

commute, but thats not the only reason to be polite to your fellow commuter. On a public transit system, etiquette can improve travel times as well.

Blocking doors on TTC vehicles leads to perceived overcrowding and longer dwell times at platforms and stops. Increased dwell time, or the time a train, streetcar or bus has to service a platform or stop, can lead to bunching and a domino effect of delays down the line. At its worst, it prevents customers from even boarding vehicles because there is simply no room to enter.

Backpacks take up space from other, paying customers. Thats why we encourage customers to carry their backpacks in hand when entering a TTC vehicle and to place it on their lap or the floor in front of them when riding. Food is permitted on the TTC; however, in a shared space, it is important to also consider your fellow passengers.

Courtesy reminders are found on all TTC vehicles, Platform Video Screens, and can be heard through recorded announcements played in all TTC stations. We address specific issues such as backpacks, holding doors, and asking customers to help make the TTC the Kinder Way by offering your seat to persons with disabilities, the elderly, expectant mothers or to anyone needing assistance.

Sincerely, TTC

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Speaking into a ventilation pipe, hostage negotiators tried to talk a man into releasing a five-year-old boy and ending a standoff at an underground bunker in rural Alabama that stretched into its third day.

The man identified by mul-tiple neighbours and witnesses as 65-year-old retired truck driver Jimmy Lee Dykes was ac-cused of pulling the boy from a school bus on Tuesday and killing the driver. The man and boy were holed up in a small room on his property that au-thorities compared to tornado shelters common in the area.

James Arrington, police chief of the neighbouring town of Pinckard, said the shelter was about 4 feet underground, with a ventilation pipe that negotiators were speaking through.

There were signs that the standoff could continue for some time: A state legislator said the shelter has electricity, food and TV. The police chief said the captor has been sleep-ing and told negotiators that he has spent long periods in the shelter before.

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Midland City Mayor Vir-gil Skipper said he has been briefed by law enforcement and visited with the boys par-ents. Hes crying for his par-ents, he said.

The normally quiet road was teeming Thursday with more than a dozen police cars and trucks, a fire truck, a heli-copter, media and at least one ambulance near Midland City, population 2,300.the associated press

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The bus driver, Charles Albert Poland Jr., 66, was hailed by locals as a hero who gave his life to protect the 21 students aboard the bus. Authorities say most of the students scrambled to the back of the bus when the gunman board-ed and said he wanted two boys 6 to 8 years old. When the gunman went down the aisle, authorities said, Poland tried to block him.

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Blaer hitch. icelandic teen wins bid to keep inappropriate nameA 15-year-old Icelandic girl has been granted the right to legally use the name given to her by her mother, despite the opposition of authorities and Icelands strict law on names.

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Im very happy, she said after the ruling. Im glad this is over. Now I expect Ill have to get new identity papers. Finally, Ill have the name Blaer in my passport.

Like a handful of other countries, including Germany and Denmark, Iceland has of-ficial rules about what a baby can be named. the associated press

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Avalanche safety has come a long way since the lives of sev-en Calgary students were lost during an ill-fated field trip in British Columbias back-country 10 years ago today.

Fatality rates have stabil-ized in the face of increasing backcountry use, more people are getting properly trained and equipped before heading into the mountains, and pub-lic awareness is on the rise.

Those successes can be dir-ectly attributed to aggressive reform after the 2003 Con-naught Creek avalanche, but the Canadian Avalanche Cen-tre (CAC) is well aware more work could be done.

But that becomes a ques-tion of funding. And its an unanswered question.

It depends a lot on what people want us to do, said Karl Klassen, acting executive director of the CAC.

If people are happy with our services the way they are, I think were in good shape.

The CAC which, among many other tasks, is respon-sible for public avalanche fore-casting and sets the standards for public avalanche-training courses and equipment has a projected budget of $1.8 mil-lion this year.

Its federal funding enters the final year of a three-year cycle in 2014 and then its back to the negotiating table.

Klassen doesnt think securing funding to maintain the CACs status quo will be a problem, but some (both within the CAC and outside) are asking whether that level of service goes far enough.

There have been a num-ber of calls to expand servi-ces, Klassen said.

For example, we dont do forecasts for the north Rockies. Were working on a project to see how we can go about it, but it will take more money.

Klassen sees the centre fo-cusing on three pillars in the

coming years: world-leading public avalanche information and bulletins, outreach and awareness programs and ex-panded youth education.

The third piece of that puzzle is perhaps the most critical going forward but is also underfunded.

Wed love to expand youth education but we just dont have the resources for it, said Klassen. There are many mountain commun-ities, where avalanches are a fact of life, that just dont have much in the way of (ava-lanche) education.

He argues that children from kindergarten to Grade 8 in those communities must be aware of the avalanche problem and be taught skills that will serve them through-out life.

Even urban communities need greater youth education programs.

Tons of people from Cal-gary go to the mountains every weekend, Klassen said. (Education is) one of the cornerstones of what we should be doing, but unless we secure long-term addition-al funding we just cant do it.

Its an important decision that the CAC, and govern-ments, will need to make over the next two years if Canada hopes to stay at the forefront of avalanche safety.

Expanded services dependant on dollars. Education in remote mountain communities a priority for CAC

Support group helps parents grieveNearly 17 years ago, Beth Stew-art got a phone call that no par-ent ever wants to get.

Her son Trevor Petersen, a legend in the world of extreme skiing, was killed at the height of his career in an avalanche in February 1996 in the moun-tains of Chamonix, France.

He was 34 and left behind his partner, Tanya, and his son, Kye, and daughter, Nv.

Petersen, the youngest of three, learned to love the

mountains at an early age from his brothers, Lindsay and Rick. He skied the most treacher-ous mountains in the world and graced the covers of many international magazines.

I felt that my world had fallen in and I was lost after Trevor died, she says. I missed his spirit, his love of life, of the mountains and his family.

Stewart spent two years undergoing therapy to deal with that loss and wondered

Youth education the next step in avalanche safety

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Doing what he loved best

he once said to me, Mom, if i should ever die doing this, know that i was exactly where i wanted to be, doing exactly what i wanted. But we all miss him.Beth Stewart, founder of Parents of lost Skiers Society, remembering her son Trevor Petersen

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To watch a video interview with the avalanche survivor group, visit metronews.ca/survivorgroup.

The role of instructors like Brent Hillier, pictured here at Seymour Provincial Park in B.C. on Jan. 20, is becoming crucial as the Canadian Avalanche Centre advocates more youth avalanche-education programs. JENNIFER GAUTHIER/METRO IN VANcOUVER

Ongoing process

Parks Canada strives to stay ahead of curveParks Canada is always working to be at the fore-front of avalanche safety.

Mountain-risk special-ist Grant Statham says fine-tuning and tailoring of public alerts, bulletins and information is an ongoing process.

I would say what you see in the public domain today were a year or two ahead of that, said Statham. At least, I hope so. Were always looking at how to better communicate with people. We want them to be better educated, thats the most important thing.Metro

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$1.8MThe projected budget this year for the canadian Avalanche centre

The death of Trevor Petersen, pictured, led his mother, Beth Stewart, to help form the support group Parents of Lost Skiers. ScREENGRAb

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what she could do to help others.

She got together with five other moms who had lost sons and daughters on the moun-tains and formed a group called Parents of Lost Skiers (POLS) in 1998.

My intention was to carry on his method, his way and his love of others by helping them as they go on through life, Stewart says.

Since then, Stewart has got-ten thousands of phone calls and emails from parents all over the world eager to ask questions on how she survived and dealt with her grief.

A couple from Texas visited Stewart more than a year ago at her home in West Vancouver. Their son died on Mount Sey-mour in B.C. a few years ago.

We had lunch and talked. We parted, and the husband came running to me and told me what POLS meant to them, Stewart says. He told me his wife two weeks ago had everything ready to com-mit suicide. She didnt want to

live if she couldnt be with her son.

Stewart had sent an email to the woman earlier, encour-aging her to go day-by-day.

She confessed to her hus-band that shes thrown all the stuff away and decided not to go through with it, she says. She decided if one person can do it, then maybe she can do it.

Stewart says everything she does is a tribute to her son, who died doing what he loved best.

He once said to me, Mom, if I should ever die doing this, know that I was exactly where I wanted to be, doing exactly what I wanted, she says. But we all miss him.PhYlicia torrevillaS/Metro in vancouver

Support group helps parents grieve

Beth Stewart, one of the founders of Parents of Lost Skiers, lost her son Trevor Petersen in an avalanche in Chamonix,France, in 1996. JENNIFER GAUTHIER/METRO IN VANcOUVER

The role of instructors like Brent Hillier, pictured here at Seymour Provincial Park in B.C. on Jan. 20, is becoming crucial as the Canadian Avalanche Centre advocates more youth avalanche-education programs. JENNIFER GAUTHIER/METRO IN VANcOUVER

Justin Trudeau knows too well that an avalanche doesnt pause to ask a persons last name when it barrels down a mountain.

The Liberal leadership con-tender lost his youngest broth-er, Michel, when an avalanche swept him into B.C.s Kokanee Lake while he was backcountry skiing in 1998. He was 23.

In the wake of the tragedy, Trudeau and his family became a force in raising awareness and funds for Canadas ava-lanche-safety organizations.

We said, Please dont send flowers, send a donation to and then we tried to figure out what the Canadian avalanche community was, Trudeau said in a phone interview from Prince George. They needed support, and I got involved.

Trudeau worked with the Canadian Avalanche Associa-tion to secure stable funding from the B.C., Alberta and fed-eral governments and to build the Canadian Avalanche Cen-tre until he entered politics in 2006.

For me it was an opportun-ity to get to know this amazing sport and to get to know this world so well that my brother loved so much. It got me closer to him and his memory, he said. Theres just an amazing group of people committed to our extraordinary wilderness and playing safe within it.

It took the Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School accident, where seven children on an outdoor-education trip died in a slide near B.C.s Rogers Pass, he said, to change public percep-tion toward avalanche aware-ness. He credits ski patrols, scientists and the backcountry community for putting Canada at the forefront of avalanche

safety in the decade since. Now, he says, its important

to turn toward structured ava-lanche education.

We have a generation of people who are out there who are all about getting more ex-treme, getting more active, getting involved, he said, add-ing that better equipment has

made the backcountry more accessible. They need to be a little bit more aware so they

can take smart risks. No stranger to the back-

country himself he lived and

taught snowboarding in Whist-ler in 1997 Trudeau under-stands the draw and the pure feeling of earning your turns.

Its not about preventing people from going out there; its about giving them the tools and the knowledge to make sure theyre doing it safely. eMilY JackSon/Metro in vancouver

Justin trudeau champions backcountry safety after loss

Justin Trudeau, pictured in Fernie, B.C., on Jan. 9, 2004, and his family have taken a leadership role in avalanche awareness since his younger brother, Michel,inset, died in a B.C. avalanche accident in 1998. TORSTAR NEwS SERVIcE FIlE; INSET: THE cANAdIAN PRESS FIlE

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An employee apparently fired from music retailer HMV in the U.K. let loose on the com-panys Twitter feed Thursday, comparing the latest round of layoffs to a mass execution.

The rogue messages which immediately attracted media attention started with a missive saying were tweeting live from HR where were all being fired! Exciting!!

There are over 60 of us be-ing fired at once! Mass execu-tion, of loyal employees who love the brand, another mes-sage said.

The persons identity wasnt clear but the Twitter messages came from the companys veri-fied account, suggesting an employee was responsible.

In a statement, Deloitte, HMVs administrator, said that there had been 190 layoffs, most of them at the companys head office.

Although such decisions are always difficult, it is a ne-cessary step in restructuring

the business to enhance the prospects of securing its future as a going concern, Deloittes Nick Edwards said in a state-ment.

Deloitte didnt immedi-ately return a message seek-ing comment about the online outbursts, although it appears

that someone eventually took control of the account. The offending Twitter messages including one which said what have we to lose? Its been a pleasure folks! were deleted about an hour after they were first sent out. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Twitter outburst. Verified account commandeered during layoff by music retailer

HMV tweets its match over mass firings

HMVs official Twitter feed. The tweets were later deleted. SCREEN GRAB

Retail pain. Sears lays off 700, Best Buy closes storesSears Canada announced Thursday it is laying off 700 workers across the country as part of a move to right-size the company and focus on re-structuring its business.

The national retailer says 360 people are being laid off from its department stores and about 300 from its distri-bution centres. The remain-ing workers are being let go from head office and other support areas.

The job cuts will be across Canada.

Sears Canada has been revamping operations to en-courage more customers to return to its stores after years of declining sales, and also to prepare for the entry of num-erous U.S. retailers, including discount chain Target.

Earlier this month, Sears had announced it was team-ing up with the Aldo Group to design and manufacture foot-wear lines for their Nevada, Attitude and Jessica brands.

The company has 195 cor-porate stores, 269 hometown dealer stores, eight home ser-

vices showrooms and more than 1,500 merchandise pick-up locations.

Meanwhile, Best Buy Can-ada has closed eight Future Shop and seven Best Buy big-box stores across the country.

The company says as part of its transformational plan it will open Future Shop small-concept web stores and Best Buy Mobile locations across Canada in the next year and a half.

This move will enable the company to better serve its customers in both more lo-cations and smaller markets across the country, the com-pany said in a release.

It adds the closures are part of its efforts to reduce unnecessary costs, elimin-ate redundant operating sys-tems and to optimize its real-estate strategy to reflect ... a changing retail landscape.

Some 900 employees will be laid off because of the clos-ures, representing less than five per cent of Best Buy Can-adas workforce, a spokes-woman said. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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BB shares keep sliding after debutShares in BlackBerry are down again, one day after the smartphone pioneer debuted new product offer-ings to generally positive reviews. While the stock finished down seven per cent to $12.92, it had been down 12 per cent earlier in the day. The decline was put down to profit-taking THE CANADIAN PRESS

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1 Game of Thrones. When Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced she would abdicate her throne in favour of her son, some expected Queen Elizabeth

to do the same, but Lizzie aint budging. Prince Charles is 64 and has been in line for the throne since he was three, the longest wait in British history. Instead, poor Charles is relegated to the mundane tasks of travelling the world, eat-ing at ridiculously over-priced restaurants, and watching the ballet.

2 Beam me up. Russian astronauts aboard the Inter-national Space Station succeeded in transferring 400 megabytes of data to their ground station via laser communication channel for thefirst time in inter-national practice. The breakthrough brings them one step closer to their eventual goal of downloading porn in space.

3 ... and speaking of porn. Adult-film star Ron Jer-emy was left in critical condition this week follow-ing the discovery of a heart aneurysm that required surgery. I wish him the best and a speedy recovery,but Im guessing the situation may have been brought on by repeated shifts in the flow of blood. Just sayin.

4 Bowl busters. Super Bowl Sunday is looming and there has been more talk of Beyonc lip-syncing than football. My position on this is best illustrated in the words of Steve Martin, whoco-starred with the singer in the film The Pink Panther, when he says, Stop badgering her. Cant you see shes sexy!?

5 Why-arton? Groundhog Day is upon us once again. Obviously there is no better scientific system of cli-mate prognostication than for a subterranean-dwell-ing rodent to tell us how many weeks are left of winter, but we wacky, unconventional types like to wing it with a crazy little instrument known to our ancestors as a CALENDAR.

6 Superstition. This week in 1986, Diana Ross mar-ried Norwegian shipping magnate Arne Nss Jr. in Geneva. Stevie Wonder performed at the reception. The couple divorced in 2000, provingonce again that Stevies just bad luck.

7 Sexy brekkie. Lets face it, Canadians love cereal. And sex. Not necessarily at the same time (and probably not in that order). Well, now Peter Ehrlich, a former columnist and radio host, has burst onto the break-fast market with Sexcereal. The tasty health food is sweeping the nation with gender-specific nutrients that also promote sexual health, but beware not to mix up the bags. I missed a half day of work because I couldnt decide which shoes to wear. Watch Dragons Den on Feb. 10 to find out more.

8 Cant buy me love. What would Valentines Day be if you couldnt buy yourself a date? Shannon Hunt-ers third annual Love A Heart bachelor/bachelor-ette auction will once again raise money for The Heart and Stroke Foundation.The event takes place at The Hideout in Toronto on Feb. 14, but guests from all over Canada are expected. Bachelors include Toronto Raptors host Kat Stefankiewicz, CBCs George Stroumboulopoulos, and some fine-looking unknowns.Come by and shop, or just to pimp a friend.

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Full-circle phenomenon

The lower the sun, the higher the bowIts very rare to see a full-circle rainbow as the bottom is usually blocked by ones horizon.

The suns height deter-mines how much of an arc you see; the lower the sun, the higher the top of the rainbow. Some rainbows continue even below the horizon. Mountain climb-ers see more of a full-circle, while pilots have reported seeing genuine full-circle rainbows. MeTro

Rainbow by moonlight

Dont need sun to make a rainbowVictoria Falls is also famous for its moon-bows, or lunar rainbows.

Moonlight shines on the water, and while it is hard for the human eye to detect it, the bows col-ours will appear in long-exposure photographs.

The moonbows are rare because a number of conditions are required: the moon must be less than 42 degrees high in a very dark sky. MeTro

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Waterfall makes circular rainbowThis stunning image shows an almost full-circle rainbow at Victoria Falls. The amazing picture was taken by amateur photographer Nicole Cam-br on the Zambian side of this impressive natural spectacle.

Cambr, a 42-year-old lawyer from Brussels, captured the shot from Livingstone Island, which is on the edge of the falls. MeTro

Photographers viewpoint

capturing the rainbow over the falls was more challenging than i thought, especially with the spray. on livingstone island on top of the falls i finally managed to capture this full rainbow.Nicole cambr, amateur photographer

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Richard: Mark, Buddy Holly was arguably the biggest star of the three musicians, so its no surprise that he pops up in the most movies. Gary Busey is the most famous of the Holly impersonators, having been nominated for an Oscar for The Buddy Holly Story, but others have also donned the black rims to good effect. An un-known actor named Guy Kent raved on in a surreal retelling of Buddys life called The Day the Music Died. Less successful was Frankie Muniz who should have been (Peggy) sued for his performance in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.

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think The Buddy Holly Story did him justice. It was Gary Buseys last significant lead, and I think its ironic that the madman actor played one of the few levelheaded stars of rock n roll. La Bamba is a step down in rock bio-pics. Valens only had a nine-month career, and you can feel the story padding in the film. But worst of all was the sentimental ending with his brother blubbering on about the loss. Again, it was Lou Diamond Phillips last signifi-cant lead before he became the straight-to-video champ.

RC: He may not be the biggest box office draw, but anyone who watched Celebrity Cook Off knows hes a helluva chef. I regard his homemade Wild Turkey Bourbon Barbecue Sauce as highly as his work in Young Guns or Stand and De-liver. But back to the movies. I liked La Bamba more than you, even though Phillips was way too old to play the 18-year-old singer. Most of it is Hollywood hokum, but the

music by Los Lobos is good! Maybe youd enjoy Lives and Deaths of the Poets more. Its a collection of short skits about famous writers and musicians, including Valens.

MB: Youll notice no one is rushing to make The Big Bop-per biopic. But heres a guy who would have been a foot-note in rock history except that he got on that ill-fated plane, forever linking him in our minds with the great Buddy Holly. Bad life choice for the Bopper, but ultimately a good career move.

RC: I think his life would make a good movie. He was a colourful character a singer, a flamboyant DJ who wrote some big hits for other people. If they can make a film about payola king Alan Freed they could certainly find enough material for a Big Bopper biopic.

MB: I suspect the Freed movie, American Hot Wax, was as much about the art-

ists that revolved around him as Freed himself. Not a half-bad movie either.

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For music fans of a certain age, Feb. 3 is a day to ob-serve a moment of silence. Known as the day the music died, its the day, in 1959, when a small plane crashed outside Clear Lake, Iowa, killing rock n rollers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP The Big Bopper Richardson.

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