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A special candlelight service was held at the United Church in Cranbrook Sunday evening, Dec. 16, in response to the horrific violence in Newtown, Conn., Friday, where 26 children and teachers were killed when a gunman broke into the school. Those in attendence lit candles to go with those commemorating the victims. The special service was hosted by Frank Lewis, Minister of the United Church in Cranbrook, and Yme Woensdregt of Christ Church Anglican. See related stories on Pages 7 and 12.
A first for Interior Health Kelowna General Hospital performs open heart surgery for first time
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East Kootenay patients will have another option for care after Kelowna General Hospital performed its first ever open heart surgery. The patient, Luke Brockholm of Penticton, is doing well after
the procedure performed by surgeon Dr. Guy Fradet two weeks ago. Brockholm will be just the beginning – the hospital hopes to perform as many as 600 open heart surgeries a year now that the infrastructure is in place.
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“The start of cardiac surgeries is great news for patients such as Luke Brockholm and their families,” said B.C. health minister Margaret MacDiarmid, who traveled to Kelowna last week to celebrate the milestone. “Cardiac patients needing surgery
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School District 5 has released a comprehensive traffic study conducted in the City of Cranbrook to address concerns at each school and is looking for parent feedback. Doug McPhee, director of instruction/ safety, said the school board has been encouraged after trustee Patricia Whalen and Laurie Middle School principal David Standing successfully lobbied the City of Cranbrook to have school zones at the city’s middle schools reduced back to 30 kilometres and hour. The city was supportive, and dropped the limits. Now McPhee said it’s time to look at a number of safety concerns within the district, and he developed the detailed traffic study that is available on the district’s website. “Theses are some of the things I’ve noticed that need to be addressed,” he said. In the 26-page re-
port, McPhee suggests improvements to all schools in Cranbrook in the district that could improve safety and addresses issues that weren’t around when schools were constructed in Cranbrook.
“Unfortunately that’s a disaster waiting to happen. You can see the frustration on motorists.” Doug McPhee, on the intersection at Baker St. and 14th Ave.
One of the most notable issues in the report is at the intersection of Baker Street and 14th Avenue South where hundreds of Mount Baker Secondary School students cross on a daily basis. that intersection can become extremely busy at lunch hour and before and after school.
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The lunch hour crunch begins at the intersection of Baker Street and 14th Avenue,
Traffic patterns need changing in school zones Continued from page 1 “Unfortunately that’s a disaster waiting to happen,” McPhee said. “You can see the frustration on motorists.” For that intersection, McPhee is suggesting a stoplight complete with pedestrian-operated crosswalk; but he also admits that education is needed for the high school students using the crosswalk as well. This issue was brought up by trustee Chris Johns at the Tuesday, Dec. 11, regular board meeting. “Each of the trustees is going to champion that issue in the school community,” McPhee said. The district hopes to encourage Mount Baker students to use public transportation, which is easily accessible downtown. Another concern at Mount Baker is the nearby Green Clinic that shares parking with Mount Baker students and staff. “We have a lot of young drivers in there,
so that’s kind of a difficulty,” McPhee said. “I’m not saying they’re bad drivers, but they may not be as cautious as others.” Over the years the school community has changed, McPhee said. The introduction of French Immersion into Cranbrook has meant that some students no longer attend the school that is physically closest to their homes. “Kids either walked to school, or they took the bus or rode their bikes,” McPhee said. Now, more parents are opting to drop their kids off at school for a number of reasons – including the opportunity to spend more time with their children. “It’s another 10 minutes they get to spend with their kids,” McPhee said. But with the increase in drop-offs, McPhee said it has created a safety concern at elementary schools, as the three modes of transportation — walking,
bus, and drop-off — are all happening in the same area. “In some places, it’s not the safest,” he said. The traffic report was accepted by the school board on December 11 at their regular meeting. McPhee said they are now getting the word out to parents and the community to solicit feedback before the report is implemented. “It’s going to take awhile to germinate,” he said. “You need to have meaningful feedback.” The issue will be brought before the school board again in February and an action plan will be formed from there. The board will meet with the city once they have collected all the public feedback. McPhee said the issues all most be addressed through a partnership. “It’s not as unilateral as saying the city needs to do this,” McPhee said, adding that the report will be a great way to bring the issue to the city.
“Having a cardiac surgery program in Interior Health means improved access to services for diagnosing and treating heart disease,” said Fradet. “It also decreases the burden of travelling great distances, away from family and other supports, to receive care. This will improve the co-ordination of patient- and family-centred care
within the Southern Interior.” For now the surgeries are taking place in two renovated operating rooms with the Interior Heart and Surgical Centre is constructed. It is set to open in mid-2015. In 2009, Kelowna General became the first hospital outside of the Lower Mainland to perform angioplasties and has since performed the procedure 3,000 times.
“We need to do something,” he said. “We welcome the input because by far the best solution is going to come from the engagement of the school population.” The board has already been receiving
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Name of accident victim released Annalee Grant Townsman Staff
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Community Dinner set for Thursday Barry Coulter
If it takes a village to raise a child, as Hillary Clinton once noted, a village can also serve a dinner. The 33rd annual Community Christmas Dinner is taking place this week, Thursday, Dec. 20, at the Eagles Hall in Cranbrook (711 Kootenay St. North). The event is hosted by the Canadian Mental Health Association for the Kootenays and a long list of generous Community Partners.
For the past 32 years more than 400 people have been served a traditional holiday meal with all the trimmings. Teams of volunteers gather from all walks of life to serve and help out. The doors open at 4:30 p.m.,and dinner is served at 5:30 pm. Santa himself arrives at 6:30 p.m. “Santa tells us he can’t wait to attend again this year, and has promised to spread lots of joy and good cheer — especially when he is connecting
with the kids,” the CMHA for the Kootenays said in a press release. The event will include holiday music by the House of Hope choir and Pastor Reg Friesen and his band from Alliance Church. “Volunteer positions are full, but if you are interested in donating cash or gifts, please call Elaina or Laurie H. at 250426-5222,” the CMHA said. Partners include Regional District of East Kootenay;
Falkins Insurance; Fraternal Order of Eagles; Royal Canadian Legion No. 24 and the Legion Ladies Auxiliary; Cranbrook Search & Rescue; Cranbrook Bugle Band; Dairy Queen; Knight & Co; Cranbrook Dodge, McDonald’s and many more. “Year after year volunteers and businesses contribute to make this community event a huge success; without them, this fun gathering would not be possible.”
CMHA for the Kootenays is a multi-service, charitable, non-profit organization delivering services throughout the Kootenays. “We are successful in the delivery of our many programs and services because of the huge support we get from individuals, businesses, and communities. We want to take this opportunity to say Thank You again to each of our volunteers, supporters, donors, and sponsors.”
Local app contends for Google prize CAROLYN GRANT Daily Bulletin
A Kimberley software developer is in the running for huge international recognition for a new app called Uber Weather. Uber Weather, developed by James Swansburg, was accepted as a contestant in the Google Places API Developer Challenge late last week. The winner of the contest will have an opportunity to demonstrate the application at the Google I/O conference in San Fransisco in 2013, potentially reach-
ing millions of people, Swansburg says. There is a peoples choice award and he encourages everyone to vote: https://developers. google.com/places/challenge/gallery So what is Uber Weather? It’s a weather site with a whole lot of extras. “Weather is the number one Google search,” Swansburg said. “But every site is almost all spam (ads). Uber Weather is 100 per cent content.” It’s all possible because of GIS — Geo-
graphic Information Systems, which integrates hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information. “Uber Weather uses all kinds of GIS. Every ski lift on the planet is there, every Starbucks. It has a ridiculous amount of
data. We hooked into Google Places so almost every business on the planet is already there.” Because Swansburg is a skier, the Uber Weather maps will always indicate ski lifts in red. Every ski lift in the world can be found easily, simply look at that region and the ski lifts will show up. Uber Weather
also offers a hook in to Google Earth, just right click. But you can find anything with it —plan trips, find out where every Tim Hortons on your route is. The possibilities are endless, Swansburg says. Swansburg featured Kimberley and Fernie in his video submission for Google and says the ex-
posure would be terrific for both communities if Uber Weather were to win. “It would be great for a Canadian to win,” he said. For more information on Uber Weather go to landmax .wordpress. com/2012/12/13/gisgoes-mainstream/
Feds stamp out role in medical pot delivery, ignite fuming and praise C a na di a n P r e s s
VANCOUVER — Ottawa’s decision to snuff its role in dispensing medical marijuana has ignited a debate over how the move will impact public health and safety. Groups representing interests from law enforcement to doctors were reacting Sunday after the federal health ministry announced it will stop producing and distributing medical marijuana in favour of opening the market to private companies. The Canadian Medical Association says the government is abdicating its role as regulator, leaving doctors to deal with a substance that has little clinical evidence to back its use. A not-for-profit that supports cannabis dis-
pensaries in communities says it too is reluctant to endorse the change because it means the drug remains unaffordable to those who need it, while another grassroots coalition is seeking support for a legal challenge which aims to label the government’s changes as unconstitutional. Associations representing Canadian fire chiefs and police chiefs, however, lauded the changes as a way to reduce the number of illegal grow-ops and gang exploitation of pot. Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says she believes the changes, set to be fully implemented by March 31, 2014, strike the right balance between pot access for patients and public safety.
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December’s Burn Fund Calendar contest winner is Kelly Thorsteinson. She was presented with a Christmas gift basket donated by Nutters Bulk and Natural Foods. Left to right: Fire Chief Wayne Price, Deputy Chief Dave Lind, Denise Pallesen (Nutters), Kelly Thorsteinson, Scott Driver and Sean Baldwin.
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Decision expected this month in B.C. cross border pollution case Dene Moore Canadian Press
TRAIL, B.C. — On a beach in northeast Washington state near the Canadian border, Patti Bailey grabs a handful of what looks like sand and rolls the dark grains through her hands. It’s slag, the grainy waste from the Teck Resources lead and zinc smelter in Trail, B.C., about 10 kilometres north of the nearby Canadian border. “They’re little time bombs and they’re releasing zinc, copper, arsenic and other metals into the environment,’’ said Bailey, an environmental planner for the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. A Washington state judge has ruled that Teck is liable for the costs of cleaning up contamination in the Columbia River south of the border from decades of dumping slag and effluent from the company’s Trail operations. In a decision announced late last week, Judge Lonny Suko ruled that, “for decades Teck’s leadership knew its slag and effluent flowed from Trail downstream and are now found in Lake Roosevelt, but nonetheless Teck continued discharging wastes into the Columbia River.’’ Suko noted that the company admitted treating the international waterway as a free waste disposal service. Specifically, the judge in Yakima, Wash., found that from 1930 to 1995, Teck intentionally discharged at least 9.97 million tons of slag that included heavy metals such as lead, mercury, zinc and arsenic. The judge also found that Teck knew the hazardous waste disposed of in the Columbia River was likely to cause harm. The decision gives the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the ability to force Teck to pay for the cleanup, and potentially for any ongoing damages and losses that result from
the ongoing contamination. That issue has yet to be determined by the court. Some believe the landmark case could have implications for mining and other industrial interests on both sides of the border. The Canadian government, the province of British Columbia and the U.S. National Mining Association have all intervened in the case to argue that the issue should be resolved bilaterally. As they awaited the judge’s decision, Washington state officials were optimistic. “We’re hopeful after... how many years has it been?’’ joked Kristie Elliott, lawyer for the Washington state Attorney General. “After this much significant litigation we’re now finally to the substance of the case.’’
“Teck is Trail and Trail is Teck. I don’t know what Trail would be like without Teck, because the city and the company are really one and the same.’’ Dieter Bogs Trail Mayor Eight years after the case was launched and on the eve of a trial this fall, Teck admitted to discharging slag and liquid effluent into the river from 1896 to 1995. But it argued the U.S. law that forces companies to clean up contamination sites, known as the Superfund law, was never intended to reach across the international border. But Elliot said complaints about the contamination from the Trail smelter surfaced as early as the 1940s, when farmers from Washington state sued Cominco, Teck’s predecessor, over air pollution from the smelter. That case was eventually resolved in arbitration by the two federal governments, and set a
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Teck admitted last month to dumping millions of tonnes of toxic waste from its smelter in Trail into the Columbia River for more than 100 years. precedent for cross-boundary pollution law. “Still, they continued to discharge, and they knew it was accumulating in Lake Roosevelt and that studies being done by various government agencies were finding mercury contamination down there,’’ Elliott said. The 209-kilometre long lake was created in 1941 after the Grand Coulee Dam was built on the Columbia River. The company took out insurance to cover liability, but didn’t stop discharging effluent for decades, she said. Within the fences of the largest smelting operation in North America, about a billion and a half dollars has been spent modernizing Teck’s Trail Operations over the past 25 years. A new furnace installed in 1996 cut emissions dramatically. Last month, Teck completed a $5.8-million project to reduce the risk of a spill into the river. The company is now installing a $1.2-million automated leak detection system, and a $125-million acid plant that will reduce sulphur dioxide emissions a further 15 to 20 per cent. Recycled lead makes up about 20 per cent of total production and anything that can be used or recycled is,
right down to granules of slag sold for processing into Portland cement. “The employees who work here at Trail Operations live in this local area, and participate and take part in everything it has to offer,’’ said Richard Deane, manager of environment, health and safety at the smelter. “It’s a great area from an outdoor quality of life perspective. Everyone here enjoys the benefits of the river — swimming, kayaking, fishing, all these types of things.’’ The company has also spent tens of millions of dollars on environmental rehabilitation, from digging up contaminated gardens and bringing in replacement soil, to replanting dead trees. Lead emissions have decreased from about 100 tonnes a year in the early 1990s to about half a tonne last year. Teck is now taking aim at “fugitive dust’’ emissions, covering raw materials stored outdoors, and is building an indoor facility for all mixing processes that stir up dust. That has not been the case south of the border, say the Colville tribes. Years of discussions went nowhere, so they petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency in 1999 to assess the river contamination under the U.S. Superfund law. The agency found the river was indeed contaminated, and it found Teck was responsible. That’s when the legal battle began. Frustrated by the lack of action, two band members launched civil action eight years ago. The legal wrangling has gone all the way to that country’s highest court — the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Teck’s appeal. The smoke-billowing smelter on the banks of the Columbia River towers over Trail like a fortified castle of old. The town has literally grown around this industrial giant, which first fired up its stacks in 1896. “Teck is Trail and Trail is Teck,’’ said Mayor Dieter Bogs, a former Teck engineer-turned-politician. “I don’t know what Trail would be like without Teck, because the city and the company are really one and the same.’’ Bogs admitted there are concerns about a recent study that found elevated levels of bowel disease in the Washington state community of Northport, just across the border. In Trail, it was blood lead levels in children that sparked alarm in
the 1970s. That has greatly improved, Bogs said. In children under three, levels are considered safe but remain persistently higher than the community’s health committee would like. The Trail Health and Environment Committee released results last month of the most recent annual testing, which found an average level of 5.4 micrograms of lead per decilitre — higher than last year’s average of 5 micrograms. Eighty-four per
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cent of children tested below 10 micrograms, the level Health Canada considers a concern. The committee is working on a plan to minimize exposure. “If people work with us, as far as I’m concerned this is a very safe place to live,’’ said Bogs, committee chairman. He said the U.S. court case is a concern because anything that affects the company affects the town. The price tag for the cleanup alone in Washington state has been estimated at $1 billion. Va n c ouve r- b a s e d Teck Resources Ltd. ended fiscal 2011 with a $4.4 billion profit. Teck American Inc., the company’s U.S. branch, entered into an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2006 to undertake a remedial investigation and feasibility study of the Upper Columbia. It has spent $55 million so far, and the company says it has found encouraging results in water and fish testing. The Colville tribes disagree. John Sirois, chairman of the Colville Business Council, welcomed the decision.
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The ruthless art of being Letitia “An interesting conversation is one between two people, neither one listening to the other.”
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that you, Letitia?” demanded a hoarse but quivery female voice over my phone, after I’d galloped down the hall and fumbled with the receiver. “No, this is not Letitia,” I snapped, perhaps a little too sharply, but I’d been expecting a call from a friend and had been caught napping on the toilet. “You’ve got the wrong number,” I said, but the caller had hung up. About two days later, I was hauling off wet and muddy boots in the basement when the phone shrilled. Normally, I would have waited and then had a look at the Caller I.D. but I was between phones, having tossed the old one out in disgust. Anyway, I made it at last to the downstairs phone and picked up. “Is that you, Letitia?” The same, sharp female voice. “No, madam,” I replied, “This is definitely not Letitia. You’ve got the wrong number again. What number are you calling?” The woman gave me my number. “You sure about that,” I snapped. The woman muttered and said something like, “You’re mental,” and hung up. I tried to imagine the culprit: grey hair in curlers, half-glasses on the end of a pinched nose, wrinkled fingers probably
poking at an old-fashioned dial phone. A week or so later, the woman phoned again but that time I was lolling about with little to do and so, inspired, when she asked if I happened to be Letitia, I replied, “Yes.” “You got a cold again?” she scolded. “A slight one. Gets to my chest.” “You sound awful,” sympathized the crone. “I just had to know about Joseph and Patricia. What d’you think?” Peter “It’s fantastic.” Warland A slight pause on the other end. Maybe she was turning up the volume on her hearing aid. “You what?” I said I thought it was marvellous. “I’m surprised they didn’t do it before.” “Letitia! You sure you’re all right? You running a temperature or something?” “Right as rain,” I assured the woman “And you honestly think,” demanded my caller, “that it’s marvellous? And Hubert and Florence?” “Best thing that could’ve happened,” I assured her. Another pause. I imagined the woman switching the phone to the other ear, maybe turning the hearing aid even louder; I was having a great time. “But, the children! And what about Henrietta?” “Who cares, as long as they’re happy?” I was really getting into the swing of things. “And what business is it of yours? Or mine?” Long pause at the other end; adjust-
ments to hearing aid, maybe. Then; “You been drinking, Letitia?” “Just the usual.” “I’m coming over. The Reverend Harcourt, you know, the vicar will drive me.” The caller’s voice was sounding panicky. I wondered if the vicar would drive her, and where. Some weeks later, when the lady phoned again, I knew I had her. I’d purchased a new phone with caller I.D. on and thuse found that she was someone called J. Lobrinsky and that her number was there for me to call, which I did soon after. “Hello!” the now familiar creaky voice. “It’s Letitia, dear. I thought you were coming over, with the vicar. I had the gin and tonic water all ready.” “Gin and tonic? Have you gone absolutely mad, Letitia?” I assured the lady that I was almost sane while I wondered if the J was her initial or her husband’s; I tried guessing games while the lady on the far end huffed and puffed then ventured, “You been seeing your doctor, Letitia? You ought to be seeing him. You’re not well.” Then she hung up. But I persisted. I called the name on the I.D. screen. “Yes?” a little nervous, I thought. I played my trump card. “Let’s make it a date, dear,” I suggested. “You bring that dishy vicar and I’ll see if I can get my priest to join the party. We’ll get hammered together. Fun, eh?” The lady said, “I don’t think I know you anymore, Letitia.” then slammed the phone down I wonder why.
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Guns and culture in America What’s Up? H ere’s an interesting statistic: the second-highest rate of gun ownership in the world is in Yemen, a largely tribal, extremely poor country. The highest is in the United States, where there are almost as many guns as people: around 300 million guns for 311 million people. But here’s another interesting statistic: in the past 25 years, the proportion of Americans who own guns has fallen from about one in three to only one in five. However, the U.S., unlike Yemen, is a rich country, and the average American gun-owner has four or five firearms. Moreover, he or she is utterly determined to keep them no matter what happens. What has just happened in Sandy Hook, Connecticut is the seventh massacre this year in which four or more people were killed by a lone gunman. The fact that this time 20 of the victims were little girls and boys six or seven years old has caused a wave of revulsion in the U.S., but it is not likely to lead to new laws on gun controls. It’s not even clear that new laws would help. Half the firearms in the entire world are in the U.S. The rate of murders by gunfire in the U.S. is almost 20 times higher than the average rate in 22 other populous, high-income countries where the frequency of other crimes is about the same. There is clearly a connection between these two facts, but it is not necessarily simple causeand-effect. Here’s one reason to suspect that it’s not that simple: the American rate for murders
of all kinds — shooting, strangling, stabbing, poisoning, pushing people under buses, etc. — is seven times higher than it is in those other 22 rich countries. It can’t just be guns. Steven Pinker, whose book “The Better Angels of Our Nature” is about the long-term decline in violence of every kind in the Gwynne world, is well aware that murder rates have not fallen Dyer in the U.S. in the past century. (Most people don’t believe that violence is in decline anywhere, let alone almost everywhere. That’s why he wrote the book.) And Pinker suggests an explanation for the American exception. In medieval Europe, where everybody from warlords to peasants was on his own when it came to defending his property, his rights and his “honour”, the murder rates were astronomically high: 110 people per 100,000 in 14th-century Oxford, for example. It was at least as high in colonial New England in the early 17th century. By the mid-20th century, the murder rate in England had fallen more than a hundredfold: in London, it was less than one person per 100,000 per year. In most Western European countries it was about the same. Whereas the U.S. murder rate is still up around seven people per 100,000 per year. Why? Pinker quotes historian Pieter Spierenburg’s provocative suggestion that “democracy came too early” to America. In European countries, the population was gradually disarmed by the centralised state as it put
an end to feudal anarchy. Only much later, after people had already learned to trust the law to defend their property and protect them from violence, did democracy come to these countries. This is also what has happened in most other parts of the world, although in many cases it was the colonial power that disarmed the people and instituted the rule of law. But in the U.S., where the democratic revolution came over two centuries ago, the people took over the state before they had been disarmed — and kept their weapons. They also kept their old attitudes. None of this explains the specific phenomenon of gun massacres by deranged individuals, who are presumably present at the same rate in every country. It’s just that in the U.S., it’s easier for individuals like that to get access to rapid-fire weapons. And, of course, the intense media coverage of every massacre gives many other crazies an incentive to do the same, only more of it. But only one in 300 murders in the U.S. happens in that kind of massacre. Most are simply due to quarrels between individuals, often members of the same family. Private acts of violence to obtain “justice”, with or without guns, are deeply entrenched in American culture, and the murder rate would stay extraordinarily high even if there were no guns. Since there are guns everywhere, of course, the murder rate is even higher. But since the popular attitudes to violence have not changed, that is not going to change either. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist based in London.
Fame, infamy interchangeable terms
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he wisest story I’ve ever read about a mass school shooting is a work of fiction — no accident, I suspect, for it takes distance to see past the horror of such things, not to mention get around the makeshift shrines and the spoken and printed equivalents of the teddy bears which adorn them. As mainstream newsrooms around the world geared up the sombre music and reporters lowered voices in order to interview eight-year-olds, so did cyberspace fill up with omgs, fake sites, expressions of sorrow, rumours and ghastly bleatings. To quote a young man named Ryan Lanza, who may be someone with the bad luck to have the same name as the Ryan Lanza who was first wrongly identified as the latest shooter or who may be the actual brother of gunman Adam Lanza, who complained on Facebook Friday, “So aperently I’m getting spammed bc someone with the same name as me killed some ppl..wtf?” Either way, this is what passes for social commentary in 2012 — illiterate, petulant, self-referential sludge. The novel is called “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” written by Lionel Shriver. It was first published in 2003, four years after Columbine had set the table and laid out the ground rules for all such events thereafter. The story is told through the eyes of Eva, mother of the teenage killer, Kevin Khatchadourian, who after slaying his father and little sister in the backyard of the family home — with the crossbow his willfully blind and adoring father had given him for Christmas — set off for school and the nine he would slaughter
there in the gym. As the son told the mother during one of their jailhouse chats, this shortly after the arrival to the prison of the newest celebrity killer, a teen who had slit the throats of a pair of elderly neighbours who complained his music was too loud, the boy’s only modest claim to fame was that the police had never found the couple’s entrails. “Your friend’s precocious,” Eva said, for here she was trying for impassivity in order to get Kevin to engage. “The missing entrails — didn’t you teach me that to get noticed in this business you have to add a twist?” Perhaps that’s what Adam Lanza was doing at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., simply raising the ante. By assassinating children so young they could have hurt and offended no one, he was guaranteeing himself some place in the growing annals of school shootings, as compared to workplace massacres, which as Eva says are really just School Shooting Grows Up. The book is a series of letters, from Eva to her dead husband, Franklin, most of them written after visiting their son in prison. As the woman who had given birth to a monster, and the only family member he didn’t kill — she was at work — Eva was shunned and loathed by all in their suburb. She absorbed it all, felt she deserved the punishment, savoured it. The letters trace the strange boy who had always pushed her away, who was so distant, had so few interests, so sardonic and sneakily cruel. As the phenomenon of such shootings took hold in the U.S. psyche, the Khatchadourians had talked about it at
home. The dad once asked Kevin, “Do any of the students at your school ever seem unstable? Does anyone ever talk about guns, or play violent games or like violent movies? Do you think something like this could happen at your school? Are there at least counselors there?” “All the kids at my school are unstable, Dad,” the son replied. “They play nothing but violent computer games and watch nothing but violent movies. You only go to a counselor to get out of class, and everything you tell her is a crock. “Anything else?” I was in Littleton, Colo., 13 years ago. What was almost as horrifying as the carnage — 14 students and a teacher dead, the killers having shot themselves — was the theatre that followed. Students were able to grieve only in public, preferably for the cameras; professionals descended in swarms to help the town mourn; people urged each other to hug their children, as though without the reminder, no one would have thought of it. Columbine was prophetic in so many ways, and no one has much deviated from the format since. What Eva, in the novel, railed against — “the pleading refrain of why, why, why” — she answered, as best there ever is an answer, a few pages later. Noting that “Mark David Chapman gets the fan mail that John Lennon can’t,” she says that in a country — I would say world — “that doesn’t discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable. Hence I am no longer amazed by the frequency of public rampages with loaded automatics but by the fact that every ambitious citizen ... is not atop a shopping centre looped with refills of ammunition.”
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Ice struggle in Saskatchewan TRE VOR CR AWLEY Sports Editor
Inconsistency struck again over the weekend, as the Ice earned a win against a top-ranked team, yet fell to two others during their road trip throughout Saskatchewan. Repeating their performance from a week ago, the Ice defeated the
Raiders 5-4 in a shootout in Prince Albert on Friday night, but lost two consecutive games to the Saskatoon Blades and the Swift Current Broncos afterwards. A surge of third-period goals lifted the Blades 5-2 over the Ice, while Adam Lowry posted a hat trick to lead the Broncos to a 4-0 win on
Sunday. Kootenay will complete it’s road trip on Tuesday by facing the Rebels in Red Deer for their last game before the Christmas break. The Ice occupy last place in the Eastern Conference standings, seven points shy of their closest opponents in the Regina Pats.
Yet despite their ranking, they knocked off the Raiders for the second time in a week after mounting a third period comeback to force overtime and a shootout. Levi Cable was the hero for Kootenay, scoring in the sixth round to lift the team to the win, while goaltender Mack-
enzie Skapski stopped all Prince Albert shooters. It was a goalfest in the first period, as Luke Philp and Jaedon Descheneau took an early two-goal lead for the Ice, however, the Raiders responded with three unanswered markers by the end of the period.
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Dynamiters cool Steam, fall to Rockies TRE VOR CR AWLEY Sports Editor
The Kimberley Dynamiters split their weekend action, losing to the Rockies on the road, but recovering for a win at home against the Steam. Columbia Valley rode their only goal in the opening period to shut out the Nitros 1-0 in Invermere on Friday night, but Kimberley answered back with a 5-3 win against Summerland the next evening. Brendan Burge, a sniper who recently made the move from the Fernie Ghostriders to the Rockies, scored the only goal less than three minutes into the game.
Nitro goaltender Matthew Mitchell was busier in net, stopping 36 shots, while Columbia Valley stopper Stewart Pratt turned away all 30 pucks sent his way. Kimberley failed to convert on 10 separate power play opportunities, while the Rockies were denied on all five of their own chances. The Dynamiters reversed their fortunes against the Steam, as five different players each tallied two points to collectively earn the win. The two teams held each other scoreless in the first period, but the following frame featured a flurry of goals.
Tyson Klingspohn lit the goal lamp three minutes into the period, which was followed up by an effort from Jason Richter near the end of the period for a twogoal lead. However, Summerland answered on the man-advantage near the end of the period, when Dylan Burton cut the deficit in half. Not to be outdone,
Sam Nigg responded for Kimberley a minute later to regain the twogoal cushion before the buzzer sounded. Kimberley had a scare in the third period, as the Steam scored two quick goals at the halfway mark of the period from former Nitro Olli Dickson and Derek Grimm to tie up the game on a pair of power plays. But late game heroics put Kimberley back in the lead, as Dallin Wolf broke the tie at 3:45 and Isaac Schacher scored a minute later on the man-advantage to seal up the win. Mitchell manned the crease again for Kim-
berley, stopping 31 shots while the Nitros chased Connor DeMelo from the net after the second period, with Brett Huber stepping in as backup. Collectively, the two made 26 saves. Kimberley struck three times in 10 chances with the man-advantage, while the Steam only capitalized once in the same amount of opportunities. The Golden Rockets have vaulted to the top of the Eddie Mountain Division, surpassing the Nitros and the Fernie Ghostriders. Kimberley sits in third place, a point behind the ‘Riders, and three points outside of first place.
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Junior goalies battle for starting duties Donna Spencer Canadian Press
CALGARY — The battle for jobs on defence and at forward on Canada’s junior hockey team may be over, but the internal goaltending competition is underway. Malcolm Subban of the Belleville Bulls and Jordan Binnington of the Owen Sound Attack will try to prove during Canada’s pre-competition camp in Finland next week that they deserve to be Canada’s starter at the world junior hockey championships in Ufa, Russia. Canadian head coach Steve Spott revealed Saturday that Jake Paterson of the Saginaw Spirit will be his alternate goaltender.
“We will start with the two 19-yearolds, Malcom and Jordan, and we’ll see how that plays out.” Steve Spott This year’s team has taken the unusual step of bringing a third goaltender for insurance against injury and because of the travel distance to south-central Russia. “Jake’s going to be a big part of this program again next year and for years to come,’’ Spott said. “We will start with the two 19-year-olds, Malcolm and Jordan and we’ll see how that plays out.’’ The 23 players had their first practice as a team Saturday and the only one in Canada before heading to the airport later in the afternoon. Canada will play exhibition games against the host Finns
on Dec. 20 and Sweden on Dec. 22 before heading to Ufa on Dec. 23. Spott set a hard pace in practice that went over an hour. “I don’t think they expected a practice like that, I can tell you that,’’ he said. “We wanted to push them here today so they can sleep on the plane. It’s going to be a long day of travel and a long night so we wanted to make sure we pushed them hard today.’’ Centre Phillip Danault didn’t practice Saturday because he’d had a tooth pulled. Spott says because the team was flying that day, it was better for him to ride the bike. Canada opens the world junior tournament Dec. 26 against Germany. Countries submit their tournament rosters the day before, but the addition of a goaltender after that is allowed if one of the two are injured. Adding a defenceman or forward after the tournament starts isn’t allowed under International Ice Hockey Federation rules. Spott says the starter’s job is an open competition. Subban is the younger brother of Montreal Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban. Malcolm is accustomed to the wider ice Canada will play on in Ufa because Belleville’s Yardman Arena is the same size. The six-foot-two, 201-pound Toronto native played for Canada in a four-game summer series against the Russians. Two games were played in Yaroslavl, Russia, and the other two in Halifax. Subban went 2-0 with a win in each country. He was in net
for the pivotal final game, which Canada won 4-2 to take the series. He has a 15-7-3 record, a 2.17 goalsagainst average and .932 save percentage with Belleville this season. He’s athletic and quick. The goaltender’s demeanour influences the confidence of his teammates in front of him. Subban’s action on his glove saves announces “I’ve got this.’’ The Boston Bruins prospect was believed to have the inside track on the starter’s job, but allowing three goals on seven shots in one exhibition game versus university players during selection camp didn’t inspire confidence. “Like I said from the
start of camp, I was coming here trying to earn my spot and that’s what I’m still trying to do,’’ Subban said Saturday. Binnington, from Richmond Hill, Ont., didn’t play against the Russians in the summer, but came into selection camp playing the best of the four invited with a 17-6-1-2 record, 2.07 goalsagainst average and .930 save percentage. “I’ve been feeling good,’’ Binnington said earlier this week. “Hopefully I won’t skip a stride here and just keep doing what I’m doing and things go well.’’ The six-foot-two, 169-pound St. Louis Blues prospect is tech-
nically sound and covers angles well. Binnington has moxie too. When he was left off Canada’s summer roster, goaltending coach Ron Tugnutt says Binnington told him flatout “you’re making a mistake.’’ Subban and Binnington will be competing hard in the exhibition games for the distinction of No. 1, but Spott wasn’t ruling out giving Paterson ice time in those games. “We might do a split. We’ve thought about that,’’ Spott said. “It’s important both Jordan and Malcolm feel they’re ready to go as well. We can’t lose sight of those two guys because they’re going to be dressing.’’
Nugent-Hopkins to captain Team Canada at WJC Donna Spencer Canadian Press
CALGARY — Canada’s premiere player at the world junior hockey championship will also be its captain. Edmonton Oilers centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was given the nod Friday by head coach Steve Spott. Nugent-Hopkins, or “RNH’’ as he’s been dubbed, wore the “C’’ at the Canadian team’s official photo in Calgary. Nugent-Hopkins made an immediate impact in the NHL as an 18-year-old rookie, with 18 goals and 34 assists in 62 games. The Burnaby, B.C., native was a finalist for the Calder Trophy, but Gabriel Landeskog of Colorado Avalanche took the award that goes to the league’s top rookie. Nugent-Hopkins
wants to follow the example of Oilers captain Shawn Horcoff, who helped him adapt to the NHL. “People see what you do and they want to try to be like that,’’ he said. “The more respect you have, the better the leader you’re going to be.’’ Nugent-Hopkins has been playing for the AHL’s Oklahoma City Barons during the NHL lockout, scoring eight goals and adding 12 assists in 19 games. He was cut from Canada’s junior team as a 17-year-old in 2011 and wasn’t made available by the Oilers for the 2012 team. So he’ll play in his first world junior hockey championship after already participating in a men’s world championship. Nugent-Hopkins had four goals and two as-
sists in eight games in Canada’s fifth-place result at this year’s men’s world championship. “I’ve got a couple of chances now to play international and every time I feel like it makes me a little bit of a better player because it is so different,’’ he said. Canada opens the 2013 tournament Dec. 26 against Germany in Ufa, Russia. Scott Harrington of the OHL’s London Knights and Jonathan Huberdeau of the QMJHL’s Saint John Sea Dogs were named alternate captains. “Those players have played in Memorial Cups and obviously in a world junior championship already,’’ Spott said. “All three of those guys are not only well-respected, but they’re well liked by their teammates.’’
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TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have a trade in place to acquire reigning National League Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey from the New York Mets, according to a report from FOXSports.com. Citing major league sources, the website reported Sunday that the deal is contingent on the Blue Jays and the knuckleballer coming to an
agreement on a contract extension. The two sides reportedly have a 72hour negotiation window that expires at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday. A spokesperson for the Blue Jays declined to comment on the report. Dickey, a 38-year-old right-hander, is signed for US$5 million next season but is seeking an extension thought to be worth $25 million over two years.
The New York Post reports that the Mets would also send catcher Josh Thole and a non-elite prospect to the Jays in exchange for catchers Travis D’Arnaud and John Buck, right-hander Noah Syndergaard and another non-elite prospect. The 23-year-old D’Arnaud is viewed as the Jays’ No. 1 prospect, while the 20-year-old Syndergaard is ranked
No. 3. Dickey, who went 20-6 with a 2.73 earnedrun average for the Mets in 2012, is coming off a season in which he led the NL in strikeouts (230), ERA, innings (233 2-3), complete games (five) and shutouts (three). Despite battling an abdominal injury, Dickey became the Mets’ first 20-game winner since Frank Viola in 1990 and
the first major leaguer in 24 years to throw consecutive one-hitters. He was cut by the Mets in spring training in 2011 but worked his way to New York and earned a spot in the rotation by the end of the season. Dickey languished in the minors for 14 years, bouncing from one team to another before finally perfecting the perplexing knuckleball that’s made him a star.
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Ice freeze out Raiders, beaten by Blades and Broncos Continued from page 8 The Raiders added to the lead in the second period, but Philp responded for Kootenay to keep it a one-goal game. Reinhart found the equalizer in the final frame to tie up the game and send it into an extra frame. Skapski made 35 saves, including six in the shootout, while his opponent, Luke Siemens, stopped 27 shots. Kootenay followed up the win with a 5-2 loss in Saskatoon the following night, as the Blades broke the game open with three third-period goals to clinch the victory. The two teams traded goals in the first period; Darren Dietz opened it up for Saskatoon, while Philp responded for the Ice. However, the Blades ended the period with the lead when Matej Stransky scored a minute after Philp drew things even. After a scoreless second period, Stransky scored again in the third period, but Zach McPhee kept the Ice within a goal. However, a pair of power play goals from Matthew Pufahl and Nathan Burns was enough to put the Blades ahead for the win. Skapski was busy in net with 36 saves, while Alex Moodie, who is looking after things while starter Andrey
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The two teams held each other scoreless in the opening period, but Graham Black put Swift Current on the board a minute into the middle frame, jamming away at a puck in Skapski’s pads till it went in. Lowry added to the lead 10 minutes later, and notched a pair of goals in the third period to complete his hat trick. The Rebels will be another tough test, as the club has climbed up to fourth place and has gone on a tear since general manager Brent Sutter fired his head coach and took over the bench. The Ice will return from the Christmas break on Dec. 28 to face the Spokane Chiefs at Western Financial Place.
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Democrats call for ban on assault weapons, want commission to examine gun laws, mental health Anne Flaherty Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers said Sunday that military-style assault weapons should be banned and that a national commission should be established to examine mass shootings in the United States. The proposals were among the first to come from Congress in the wake of Friday’s massacre at a school in Newtown, Connecticut. Gun rights activists remained largely quiet on the issue, all but one declining to appear on the Sunday talk shows. Meanwhile, Democrats vowed action and said it was time to hear from voters — not gun lobbyists — on how to prevent the next shooting. The time for “saying that we can’t talk about the policy implications of tragedies like this is over,’’ said Rep. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, who won a Senate seat in the November elections. President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats haven’t pushed for new gun control measures since taking power in the 2008 elections. Outspoken advocates for stricter laws, including Sen. Dianne Feinstein, say that’s because of the powerful sway of the National Rifle Association, the gun owners’ lobbying group. But advocates also say the latest shooting is a tipping point that could change the dynamic of the debate dramatically. Feinstein said she will propose legislation next year that would ban big ammo clips, drums and strips
Sunday political talk shows. In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,’’ Gohmert defended the sale of assault weapons and said that the principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School, who authorities say died trying to overtake the shooter, should herself have been armed. “I wish to God she had had an M-4 in her office, locked up so when she heard gunfire, she pulls it out and she didn’t have to lunge heroically with nothing in her hands. But she takes him (the shooter) out, takes his head off before he can kill those precious kids,’’ Gohmert said. Gohmert also argued that violence is lower in cities with lax gun laws, and higher in cities with stricter laws. “The facts are that every time guns have been allowed — conceal-carry (gun laws) AP Photo/Charles Krupa have been allowed — the A man clutches two sobbing women at the site of a makeshift memorial for school shooting victims at the village of crime rate has gone down,’’ Sandy Hook in Newtown, Conn., Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. A gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the Gohmert said. town, killing 26 people, including 20 children before killing himself on Friday. Gun control advocates say dependent former Democrat have an agenda’’ Durbin said. peared reluctant to make that isn’t true. A study by the of more than 10 bullets. “It can be done,’’ she said from Connecticut who is re- “We need people, just ordi- their case against tougher California-based Law Center Sunday of reviving a 10-year tiring, supports such a ban on nary Americans, to come to- gun laws while Connecticut to Prevent Gun Violence deban on assault weapons that assault weapons but said gether, and speak out, and to families and the nation were termined that seven of the 10 there should also be a nation- sit down and calmly reflect on still in the earliest stages of states with the strongest gun expired in 2004. grieving. David Gregory, the laws — including ConnectiNew York Mayor Michael al commission to scrutinize how far we go.’’ Congress has frequently host of “Meet the Press,’’ said cut, Massachusetts and CaliBloomberg said Obama gun laws and loopholes, as could use executive powers well as the U.S. mental health turned to independent bipar- NBC invited all 31 “pro-gun’’ fornia — are also among the to enforce existing gun laws, system and the role that vio- tisan commissions to try to senators to appear on Sun- 10 states with the lowest gun as well as throw his weight lent video games and movies solve America’s worst prob- day’s show, and all 31 de- death rates. behind legislation like Fein- might play in shootings. lems, including the Sept. 11, clined. All eight Republicans “If you look at the states Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin 2001, terrorist attacks, the on the Senate Judiciary Com- with the strongest gun laws in stein’s. “It’s time for the president, said he would support such a Iraq war and the failing econ- mittee were unavailable or the country, they have some I think, to stand up and lead panel, adding that it was time omy. But ultimately, lawmak- unwilling to appear on CBS’ of the lowest gun death rates, and tell this country what we for a “national discussion’’ ers are often reluctant to act “Face the Nation,’’ host Bob and some of the states with on the recommendations of Schieffer said. should do — not go to Con- that included school safety. the weakest gun laws have Rep. Louie Gohmert, a some of the highest gun death “This conversation has outsiders, especially if they gress and say, ‘What do you guys want to do?’’’ Bloomberg been dominated in Washing- think it will cost them support Texas Republican, was the rates,’’ said Brian Malte of the sole representative of gun Brady Campaign to Prevent ton by — you know and I in their home states. said. Gun rights advocates ap- rights’ activists on the various Gun Violence. Sen. Joe Lieberman, an in- know — gun lobbies that
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NEWTOWN, Conn. _ He spoke for a nation in sorrow, but the slaughter of all those little boys and girls left President Barack Obama, like so many others, reaching for words. Alone on a spare stage after the worst single day of his presidency, the commander in chief was a parent in grief. “I am very mindful that mere words cannot match the depth of your sorrow, nor can they heal your wounded hearts,’’ Obama said at an evening vigil in the grieving community of Newtown, Conn. “I can only hope that it helps for you to know that you are not alone in your grief.’’ The massacre of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary on Friday elicited horror around the world, soul-searching in the United States, fresh political debate about
gun control and questions about the incomprehensible _ what drove the suspect to act. It also left a newly re-elected president openly grappling for bigger answers. Obama said that in the coming weeks, he would use “whatever power this office holds’’ to engage with law enforcement, mental health professionals, parents and educators in an effort to prevent more tragedies like Newtown. “Can say that we’re truly doing enough to give all the children of this country the chance they deserve to live out their lives in happiness and with purpose? I’ve been reflecting on this the last few days,’’ Obama said, sombre and steady as some in the audience wept. “If we’re honest without ourselves, the answer is no. And we will have to change.’’ He promised to lead a national effort, but left unclear was what it
would be, and how much it would address the explosive issue of gun control. “What choice do we have?’’ Obama said. “Are we really prepared to say that we’re powerless in the face of such carnage, that the politics are too hard?’’ As Obama read some of the names of victims early in his remarks, several people broke down, their sobs heard throughout the hall. He closed his remarks by slowly reading the first names of each of the 26 victims. For Obama, ending his fourth year in office, it was another sorrowful visit to another community in disbelief. It is the job of the president to be there, to listen and console, to offer help even when the only thing within his grasp is a hug. All the victims were killed up close by multiple rifle shots. The toll: six adults. Twenty boys
and girls, all of whom were just 6 or 7 years old. The president first met privately with families of the victims and with the emergency personnel who responded to the shootings. That meeting happened at Newtown High School, the site of Sunday night’s interfaith vigil, about a mile and a half from where the shootings took place. Police say the gunman, Adam Lanza, was carrying an arsenal of ammunition big enough to kill just about every student in the school if given enough time. He shot himself in the head just as he heard police drawing near, authorities said. A Connecticut official said the gunman’s mother was found dead in her pyjamas in bed, shot four times in the head with a.22-calibre rifle. The killer then went to the school with guns he took from his mother and began blasting his way through
the building. A White House official said Obama mainly wrote the speech himself. He worked with presidential speechwriter Cody Keenan, who helped Obama write his speech last year after shootings in Tucson, Ariz., left six dead and 13 wounded, including Rep. Gabby Giffords. Just this past summer, Obama went to Aurora, Colo., to visit victims and families after a shooting spree at a movie theatre in the Denver suburb left 12 dead. In November 2009, Obama travelled to Fort Hood, Texas, to speak at the memorial service for 13 service members who were killed on the post by another soldier. After the Colorado shooting in July, the White House made clear that Obama would not propose new gun restrictions in an election year and said he favoured better enforcement of existing laws.
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BEIRUT — Syria’s longtime vice-president said Sunday that his regime and the rebels are both going down a losing path after 21 months of civil war, a rare admission by a top government official that President Bashar Assad’s victory is unlikely. The comments by Farouk al-Sharaa came as an Islamist faction of Syrian rebels captured an infantry base in the northern city of Aleppo, and Syrian warplanes blasted a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, killing eight people and wounding dozens, activists said. Al-Sharaa told the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar that neither the rebels nor the Assad regime can “decide the battle militarily.’’ It appeared to be an attempt to show that the rebels are not the solution to the Syria conflict, and their victory might bring chaos to the country. Balancing that, he said the Assad regime “cannot achieve change.’’ The solution to the conflict must come from within Syria, al-Sharaa said, adding that any political settlement “must include stopping all types of violence, and the creation of a national unity government with wide powers.’’ The Assad regime has long rejected Western involvement in the civil war and has called for talks with the opposition. Most rebel groups refuse to meet with Assad, demanding his removal from power before laying down their arms. Excerpts of the interview were posted on Al-Akhbar’s English-language website late Sunday. The full interview will be published on Monday, the newspaper said. Last week more than 100 nations, including the U.S., recognized the new Syrian opposition council as the legitimate representative of the country, a boost for the opposition forces that have been bombing regime targets in and around Damascus, once an impregnable stronghold of the Assad regime. In the latest blow to Assad, rebels overran a military base in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city,
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In this Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army fighters aim their weapons as they chant religious slogans during heavy clashes with government forces at a military academy besieged by the rebels north of Aleppo, Syria. Free Syrian Army fighters took control over the military academy after battling government forces for several hours. the second military installation to fall there in a week. A statement by the al-Tawheed Brigade said the rebels “fully liberated’’ the military facility in Aleppo on Saturday. It was posted on al-Tawheed’s official website on Sunday and said the Islamist rebel brigade’s commander was killed in the battle. The complex, known as Hanano Barracks, includes an army base, a recruiting centre and a military school. The Al-Tawheed Brigade is one of the largest rebel groups operating in Aleppo, which has been a major front in the civil war since July. One of the videos posted on the group’s website shows the body of a man the narrator says is “the hero and martyr who was killed on the day of liberating the infantry school,’’ apparently the Al-Tawheed commander, Col.
Youssef al-Jader. A boy said to be the commander’s son is seen crying as he leans over the dead man. In a related development, Egypt said Sunday that it has evacuated more than 4,000 of its nationals from Syria over the past few months. The Cairo Foreign Ministry statement did not give further details. Egypt’s national airline halted flights to and from Syria last month because of the deteriorating security situation. Also Sunday, Iran put forward a six-point plan to end the Syria civil war, including negotiations, presidential elections and a halt to arms shipments. This came during a two-day meeting of 200 representatives of Syrian communities, but no prominent rebels. The rebels are unlikely to relate to the plan, as they refuse to talk to Assad and
consider Iran unqualified to mediate because of its support of the regime. The uprising started in March 2011 as peaceful protests but quickly turned into a civil war after the government’s brutal crackdown on dissent. Activists say more than 40,000 people have been killed. On Sunday, fighter jets screamed over Damascus to bomb two areas in the southern part of the capital. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighter jets carried out six airstrikes the Hajar Aswad area and the neighbouring Yarmouk Palestinian camp, where the rebels have been advancing. Eight people were killed in the airstrike on Yarmouk, the Observatory said, and dozens were wounded. At least three people were killed in the
clashes between rebels and gunmen loyal to Assad that followed the air strike, said Rami Abdul-Rahman, the Observatory’s president. The Observatory relies on reports from activists on the ground. The Palestinians are divided over the crisis in Syria. When the unrest began in March 2011, the half-millionstrong community tried to stay on the sidelines. A few groups with longstanding ties to the regime are fighting on the government side, including the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command. An activist video posted online after the attack on Yarmouk shows scattered glass, debris and twisted metal on a narrow street. Gravely injured people are seen lying on the street in pools of blood.
The videos appear consistent with AP’s reporting from the area. In Ramallah, Palestinian officials blasted the Syrian government for the attack. “We condemn in the strongest terms the crime of Assad’s regime in Yarmouk refugee camp, and call on all international parties, including the states that still back this regime, to act immediately and stop these massacres against Syrians and Palestinians in Syria,’’ PLO official Yasser Abed Rabbo told the AP. Anwar Rajja, a Damascus-based spokesman for the PFLP-GC told the AP that his group is fighting “terrorists,’’ who have come to the camp from the front lines in the suburbs of Damascus. The Syrian regime and state media refer to the rebels as terrorists.
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