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Riza Kasikcioglu ran into a burning highrise on Jasper Avenue on Thursday night to rescue people, including carrying a woman in a wheelchair to safety. He relives events in an interview with Metro. jeremy simes metro

While fire officials provided no new details over the weekend of the upsetting highrise blaze that claimed a person’s life Thursday night, stories of heroism have emerged. Riza Kasikcioglu is one of them. He was back at work Friday after rescuing residents (and inhaling lots of smoke) from a deadly inferno at an Oliver apartment on Jasper Avenue Thursday night. Kasikcioglu, originally from Turkey and owner of Maximo’s Pizza, attributes his training in the Turkish military for his bravery. When residents were fleeing the flames, he ran into them. Metro chatted with the local hero over the phone to better understand why he did what he did. What inspired you to go into the burning building? You know, the most important thing I learned in the Turkish military is saving lives. If somebody is burning, I don’t feel well. So I tried to save people as much as I can. What did you see? I saw people screaming. They didn’t know where to go or what to do. Then I showed them the exits and they just reacted to whatever I said. I said, ‘This is the safest way, just run! Run! Run!’ I started to knock on

Riza Kasikcioglu rescued people from a burning downtown Edmonton apartment building Thursday night. Jeremy Simes/Metro

doors — screaming, yelling and whistling. I was shouting, ‘Fire, fire, fire!’ to everybody. I kicked doors open and saw people coming. I hear you carried a woman in a wheelchair? Yeah, she was pretty heavy. I carried her with the wheelchair on my shoulders all the way from the seventh

floor. When I got her to the ground, I jumped back up to the seventh floor. How are you feeling now? You must have inhaled a lot of smoke. I was almost fainting when I came back down. I went out and the EMS guys gave me treatment. They gave me oxygen. They shaved my

body and put stickers all over my body with cables, and I kind of felt like a robot. I’m like 70 per cent good and 30 per cent bad. I’ll be going to the hospital again because I have three injuries. One is smoke in my lungs and my knee is swollen — I fell three or four times down the stairs.

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A union in Alberta has negotiated domestic violence leave for members who work at a longterm care facility. The United Steelworkers says the agreement means Rivercrest Care Centre workers who are victims of domestic violence can take paid leave for legal, medical and counselling appointments without fear of losing their jobs. Ray White, president of Local 1-207, said the contract language is a first for the union in Alberta and it plans to table similar proposals with other employers. Blair Halliday, chief operating officer of Qualicare Health Services Corp., said he was initially surprised when the union tabled the proposal, but after learning more about domestic violence, the company decided it was the right thing to do for the employees, mainly women. The union hopes that provincial governments will take action to ensure that all people can take time off to get the help they need, he said. The Alberta Federation of Labour’s Siobhan Vipond said it is great that unions are negotiating domestic violence leave for their members, but the government needs to ensure that all workers are protected. Alberta Labour Minister Christina Gray said the government will look at domestic violence leave as part of a review of the province’s labour laws, but she gave no indication when that may be. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Equality means showing up women’s march

Thousands gather for rally that put focus on inclusivity Danielle Paradis

For Metro | Edmonton

The Women’s March in Edmonton saw about 2,000 people turn up with varied reasons for resisting political events in the United States. Danielle Paradis/For Metro

with us,” she said. Organizers said the event was not an anti-Trump rally (a stance I found disingenuous, as the buzz that created the rally came from now-President Trump bragging about grabbing women “by the p--sy”). “I think people are taking a stand for what they believe in and I think that’s great,” said organizer Paula Kirman. Many of the about 2,000 who marched wore pink “pussyhats” as a cheeky reminder of Trump’s comments,

The responses of anger seen from many groups in the wake of a divisive election is a righteous reaction of anger. and there were a few Nasty Women signs in reference to Trump’s famous quip about Hillary Clinton. A few signs

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made mention of Nazis and one sign read “F--k Trump.” It was cold and foggy, and protesters stomped their feet along with the songs of the Raging Grannies, an activist musical group, in order to stay warm. Ward 1’s Coun. Andrew Knack said he appreciated the inclusive position of the rally. “I feel that if we were just coming together for an hour to speak out against Trump, as individuals, that isn’t accomplishing the objective of try-

ing to get us to work towards gender equality,” he said. Knack said equal representation of women and men in elected office and in the city bureaucracy is critical. And he said the plight of indigenous people and their work towards equality is one of the biggest areas that needed attention. While I agree that inclusivity is nice, there needs to be consideration that the responses of anger seen from many groups in the wake of a divisive election is a righteous

reaction of anger — an anger that is useful in making policymakers aware that they are fed up. Nakita Valerios, who recently made international headlines handing out flowers to hijab-wearing women after a man held a noose to women wearing hijabs in the Edmonton LRT system, said the event was a way to talk back to that world view. “We celebrate who we are and we resist with our joy,” she said.

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sports

Homophobia still in hockey locker rooms: Study Kevin Maimann

Metro | Edmonton

The Katz Group purchased the low-rent MacDonald Lofts apartment building in November. Katz Group has stressed there’s no urgency for everyone to vacate the building. metro file

MacDonald Lofts tenants seek homes development

Owner of the property has helped people find housing Jeremy Simes

Metro | Edmonton

outside of hockey, they weren’t the types of people who would do that,” she said. MacDonald said this particular study started with a tip from former Edmonton Oilers enforcer Georges Laraque, who told her he knew gay men in the National Hockey League who had not come out. About 100 players and six coaches filled out MacDonald’s anonymous survey, and she also interviewed 30 players and analyzed the players’ public social

media profiles. None of the players in the study identified as homosexual. Some, she said, were fine with the idea of homosexuality in hockey, while others were “completely opposed to it.” The biggest concern they expressed was sharing a lockerroom shower with a gay teammate. MacDonald said her findings show attitudes in hockey are improving slowly but there is still “a lot of work to be done.”

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Dave Martyshuk has already begun helping interested, low-income MacDonald Lofts residents find other accommodations. And he says the future homes won’t be cheaper. “It’s not going to be as economical as it is now at the Loft. People will be required to pay market rent,” said Martyshuk, who manages the building. “We’ve got some other units if they’re interested, but there isn’t urgency right now.” In November, Ice District (owned by the Katz Group) purchased the MacDonald Lofts — a subsidized apartment building located behind Rogers Place — as part of its development plans for the area. The building also came under scrutiny in August when Alberta Health Services declared six units were not safe for human habitation.

In fact, there are only 80 of the 91 units occupied now, according to Martyshuk. “We’re continuing with the fumigations and repairing windows and stuff like that,“ he said. “But we haven’t completed the full assessment yet.” Glen Scott, senior vicepresident in charge of real estate for the Katz Group, said in November that the 102-year-old building will have to be vacated for repairs and health issues. He couldn’t say what will become of the building after that. “We’re not obviously a social agency and, historically, we haven’t been in the business to provide social housing,” Scott said in November. But as residents begin to look at other, more expensive housing options, the Alberta government will work closely with all parties to prevent disruptions in housing stability for the tenants, according to Ministry of Community and Social Services spokesperson Aaron Manton. “Community and Social Services has provided on-site supports to tenants, and has been in touch with the current and future owners of this property,” Manton said in an email Friday. Ice District didn’t respond to Metro’s emails or calls by press time on Friday.

Homophobia in hockey is slowly fading, but prejudiced lockerroom talk is still prevalent, according to a new study. Cheryl MacDonald, a new post-doctoral researcher at the University of Alberta’s Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services, examined attitudes on homosexuality among Midget

AAA hockey players while working at Concordia University in Montreal. A hockey player herself, she has been studying masculinity in hockey for several years, after noticing her male family members and friends had different experiences within the culture. “I became really interested in what they were going through, especially in terms of hazing and violence and the way that they negotiated participating in those kinds of things — when,

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The province increased traffic fine costs by 25 per cent in 2015, which had added to the police expectation of more revenue in 2016 that did not materialize. Police budgeted for $16,544 in revenue from Traffic Safety Act fines by Nov. 30, 2016, but turned up with $12,610. kevin maimann/metro

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Canada

Kid’s frown amuses Trudeau

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Family clarifies photo reflects son’s squabble with sibling A photo of a boy looking exasperated sitting behind the prime minister has been making the rounds on social media, even giving Justin Trudeau a laugh, but the boy’s family wants to set the record straight about the circumstances. Abdel Kader Al Shaikh was photographed covering his hands over his eyes with his head tilted towards the ceiling as he sat in the front row of Trudeau’s town hall in Fredericton last week. The photo struck a chord with social media users, with some interpreting the boy’s expression as frustration with the prime minister. Trudeau joked that as a former teacher, he’s used to speaking in front of an audience of squirming children. “I haven’t seen faces like these kids’ since I taught math class,” Trudeau wrote in a tweet that generated thousands of likes.

I haven’t seen faces like these kids’ since I taught math class. Justin Trudeau

Abdel Al Shaikh, 10, holds a photo taken of him during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent visit to Fredericton, on Saturday — sadly, while his little brother was bugging him. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Nunavut not prepared for climate change Programs to help people adapt to times cutting hunters off within climate change in a part of Can- sight of their game. Regular trails ada where help may be needed over the sea ice — in use for genthe most are stuck in the ice, a erations — had become unsafe. study has concluded. Despite those stories (and For more than a decade Inuit many more over the following in Nunavut have been saying years) Labbe concluded there is that the old ways for building, still little overall planning for travel and hunting on the land climate change. no longer apply. But most of “Things seem to be happening the recommendations from a in an ad hoc manner,” she said. plethora of plans and task forces Colleen Healey, director of remain just that. Nunavut’s Cli“We haven’t mate Change Secmade as much retariat, has seen progress as Labbe’s survey Adaptation people would and agrees with isn’t a quick have liked or as most of it. is needed,” said and easy thing. “Adaptation Jolene Labbe, the isn’t a quick and Colleen Healey easy thing. AdapMcGill University researcher, who conducted a tation is changing the way survey recently published in people think. That’s a very long NRC Research Press. process.” Labbe’s study, based on pubMore useful tools are starting lic documents and interviews to come, though, she said. with officials, found 700 initiaThe territory is preparing tives to help people adapt to cli- permafrost maps to help people mate change in Nunavut — from putting up homes or other buildcommunity efforts to federally ings to get a precise idea of the funded programs. She concluded likelihood of the ground beneath that less than one-third have ac- their feet melting away. tually resulted in action. Gas stations offer free locator The government of Nunavut beacons for anyone heading out has been hearing about changes on the land. Hunters are being for at least 15 years. Interviews encouraged to carry three days in 2001 told of lakes and rivers of supplies in case of unexpected freezing later and slower, some- bad weather. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Year since the school shooting

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is remembering the anniversary of the deadly La Loche, Sask., school shooting, saying the tiny community has inspired the country. Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the shooting that killed two staff and wounded seven others in the high school. Two teenage brothers were also killed in a nearby home. Trudeau issued a statement Sunday that said the people of La Loche have shown resilience, determination to rebuild and optimism for a better future. Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said in a separate statement that all of Saskatchewan wept with La Loche after the shooting. He said the province has been working with the community to strengthen and gauge the success of mental-health supports, counselling services and programs in La Loche. “We resolve once again as a province to walk with you, to remember the lives that were lost far too soon, and to turn the pain of loss into seeds of hope for the future,” Wall said. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Monday, January 23, 2017

A history of helicopter heat

Ethics

If only Justin Trudeau had bumped into Earl Deveaux at the airport in the Bahamas — he might have been able to save himself a chopper-load of political grief. After all, Deveaux — formerly the island nation’s environment minister — has himself been a passenger on board the Aga Khan’s private helicopter, just like Trudeau, and was made to suffer the consequences. It was September 2010 when someone snapped a photo of Deveaux walking away from the helicopter in question during a stopover on his way to the Aga Khan’s private island. For Deveaux, the political perils were decidedly more glaring. The Aga Khan was seeking permission to dredge offshore from his island, inside an established marine reserve, in order to make room for his massive luxury yacht, among other ves-

Justin Trudeau sparked controversy by boarding the Aga Khan’s helicopter. THE CANADIAN PRESS

sels. Locals feared irrevocable environmental harm. The area, known as the Exumas, had become popular with celebrities and the super-wealthy keen on owning their own island. Owners include actor Johnny Depp, singers Faith Hill and Tim

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ministers bar the use of sponsored travel in private aircraft, allowing it only for exceptional circumstances and only with the commissioner’s prior approval. The act also prohibits a minister or any member of their family from accepting gifts or “advantages” that could reasonably be seen as influencing government decisions. The only exception is if the giver is a friend. The federal ethics commissioner is looking into the holiday and the chopper flight. Trudeau has repeatedly called the Aga Khan a longtime family friend who served as a pallbearer at his father’s funeral. Back in 2010, there were immediate calls for Deveaux’s resignation. Then-prime minister Hubert Ingraham stood by his minister, admitting that he, too, had hopped a ride in the very same helicopter to meet with the Aga Khan and foreign dignitaries. At the time, a frequent political argument — similar to that of Trudeau — was that there was no other means of accessing the 140-hectare Bell Island, which the Aga Khan reportedly purchased in 2009 for $100 million US. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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McGraw and former investment banker Steve Harrington. The Aga Khan — the wealthy philanthropist and hereditary spiritual leader to the world’s approximately 15 million Ismaili Muslims — happens to be a close family friend of Trudeau’s. Trudeau has been facing heat

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World

‘Everything collapsed on us’ Israel delays settlements

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Avalanche survivors tell harrowing stories Some of the lucky ones were sipping hot tea near the fireplace in their mountain resort hotel, waiting for snowplows to arrive so they could finally go home, after a winter holiday made nerve-wracking by a day of ground-shaking earthquakes and heavy snowfall. Suddenly, Vincenzo Forti and girlfriend Giorgia Galassi were knocked violently off a wicker sofa. A few other guests nearby tumbled off their chairs in the elegant yet rustic reception hall. An avalanche of snow — and not a tremendously powerful earthquake as survivors first imagined — had just barrelled down the mountainside Wednesday evening, smashing into the Hotel Rigopiano and trapping more than 30 holiday-makers, including four children, and workers inside. On Sunday evening, rescuers

A rescue team works at the avalanche-hit Hotel Rigopiano. contributed/aFP/Getty Images

spotted a man’s body in the wreckage, raising to six the number of confirmed dead. Twenty-three others remained missing, with hopes dependent on whether anyone might have found survival in some air pocket searchers hadn’t

yet reached. While the nine people who were eventually rescued, including all the children, remained hospitalized Sunday, some details of their harrowing survival accounts began emerging, through family, friends

and rescuers who spoke with them at their bedside or by telephone. Among the details: the seemingly endless isolation, since the snow absorbed any sound from the outside world. “There were four of us, in

front of the fireplace, drinking tea,” Galassi recalled. Suddenly, “everything collapsed on top of us, and I didn’t understand anything anymore,” Galassi, a 22-year-old university student, told Radio Giulianova, a radio station her hometown of the Adriatic coastal town of Giulianova, where Forti, 25, owns a seaside pizzeria. Cut off from the outside world, the couple heard no sound. But “we were convinced that someone would come, because it was impossible they wouldn’t be aware of us,” Galassi said. “We banged until I couldn’t anymore, we yelled.” “It was like we were in a tin can,” she said. There was no food, but there was ice, from the avalanche. “We ate ice, that was our fortune,” Galassi said. Forti’s fishing buddy, Luigi Valiante, added more details, telling reporters after visiting him in a hospital Sunday that the young man “realizes he is a miraculous survivor. Also considering where he was — a square metre (space) in the cold, without lights, with a broken sofa, a girder splitting it up.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

is a consideration for Berson and her family, so is her desire to study elsewhere. “The reason I wanted to go out of the state is just for a new perspective, new experiences, just to learn a little bit more about the world,” she said. Raimondo’s program would cover a two-year education at the Community College of Rhode Island or the final two years of a four-year-degree at the University of Rhode Island.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed a vote Sunday on an explosive proposal to annex one of the West Bank’s largest settlements, apparently to co-ordinate his policy toward the Palestinians with the new administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. The move put on hold legislation that threatens to unleash fresh violence and damage already faded hopes for Palestinian independence. It also may mark Trump’s first foray into Middle East diplomacy. After eight years of frosty relations with President Barack Obama, Netanyahu has welcomed Trump’s election as an opportunity to strengthen ties between two allied nations. With Trump signalling a more tolerant approach toward the much-maligned settlement movement, Israel’s nationalist right now believes it has an ally in the White House, and Israeli hard-line leaders make no secret they will push for aggressive action in the occupied West Bank. Education Minister Naftali Bennett, leader of the prosettlement Jewish Home Party, has been pushing Netanyahu to abandon the internationally backed idea of a Palestinian state and to annex the Maaleh Adumim settlement near Jerusalem. But after convening his Security Cabinet on Sunday, Netanyahu said his Cabinet ministers, including Bennett, had decided “unanimously” to delay action until he goes to Washington to meet with Trump. Netanyahu’s office said the Cabinet would hold further discussions ahead of the meeting, which is expected in early February.

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A college-for-all idea that sparked Democratic voter enthusiasm during the presidential race could now be tested in the smallest American state. Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo said she is pushing to make Rhode Island the first state to guarantee free access for every student who wants to go to college. The idea of expanding free public education beyond high school catapulted into the national discourse during Vermont Sen. Bernie Sand-

ers’ Democratic presidential campaign, and is now being considered seriously by states including New York. “As a country we have to start asking ourselves, ‘Isn’t it the right thing to do now?”’ Raimondo said in an interview. “What’s the magic of 12th grade? Once upon a time, that’s what you needed to get a job. Those days are long gone and vanishing quicker every day.” At a cost she described as a $30 million “drop in the buck-

et” of Rhode Island’s $9 billion budget, Raimondo’s proposal would give in-state residents two years of free tuition at public colleges. Details were released Thursday when Raimondo submitted her annual spending plan to state lawmakers. It would need approval from the legislature, which has the nation’s second-largest Democratic majority. Republican leaders are calling it another costly entitlement. Democratic House

Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, who has prioritized tax cuts, called it a “laudable goal” but hasn’t endorsed it. He said it will have to be vetted by a finance committee. News of the idea quickly spread among high school students and “people are excited,” said 18-year-old Rachel Berson, a senior at the suburban North Kingstown High School, which sends many graduates to the nearby University of Rhode Island. But while cost

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Exiled Gambian ruler Yahya Jammeh stole millions of dollars in his final weeks in power, plundering the state coffers and shipping out luxury vehicles by cargo plane, a special adviser for the new president said Sunday. Meanwhile, a regional military force rolled in, greeted by cheers, to secure this tiny West African nation so that democratically elected President Adama Barrow could return home. He remained in neighbouring Senegal, where he took the oath of office Thursday because of concerns for his safety. At a press conference in the Senegalese capital, Barrow’s

In exile Gambian ruler Yahya Jammeh, who went into exile under mounting international pressure, is now in Equatorial Guinea, home to Africa’s longestserving ruler and not a party to the International Criminal Court.

special adviser Mai Ahmad Fatty confirmed that Jammeh made off with more than $11.4 million US during a two-week period alone. That is only what

they have discovered so far since Jammeh and his family took an offer of exile after more than 22 years in power and departed late Saturday. “The Gambia is in financial distress. The coffers are virtually empty. That is a state of fact,” Fatty said. “It has been confirmed by technicians in the ministry of finance and the Central Bank of the Gambia.” Fatty also confirmed that a Chadian cargo plane had transported luxury goods out of the country on Jammeh’s behalf in his final hours in power, including an unknown number of vehicles.

Fatty said officials at the Gambia airport have been ordered not to allow any of Jammeh’s belongings to leave. Separately, it appeared that some of his goods remained in Guinea, where Jammeh and his closest allies stopped on their flight into exile. With Jammeh gone, a country that had waited in silence during the crisis sprang back to life. Shops and restaurants opened, music played and people danced in the streets. Some of the 45,000 people who had fled the tiny country during the crisis began to return. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Ready to confront a new reality Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his federal Liberal government will confront the reality of Donald Trump in the White House as his cabinet members begin gathering Sunday in Calgary for a three-day retreat that are to include discussions with an adviser to the new president. Up to now, Trudeau has had a relatively smooth ride guiding Canada’s relations with the U.S., thanks to being so simpatico with Barack Obama — natural allies on climate change, with a close personal relationship that oozed brotherly affection. Now the Liberals are girding for a major reset with Washington, which is expected to be the preoccupying pastime for Liberal ministers during their upcoming meetings. Dominic Barton, the head of the Trudeau government’s influential council of economic advisers, is also set to attend. Earlier this month, he cautioned that Trump’s pledges on trade and taxation must be taken seriously in Canada. The Liberal government hopes to send a message to the Trump administration that Canada and the U.S. have a shared agenda, Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr said Sunday in Calgary. “We will have to see what the administration actually does,” he said. Earlier Sunday in Washington, Trump said he had scheduled meetings with Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and signalled negotiations will have to begin on NAFTA. “I ran a campaign somewhat based on NAFTA,” Trump said. “But we’re going to start renegotiating on NAFTA, on immigration, on security at the border.” The date of the meeting between Trudeau and Trump has yet to be announced.

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International outpouring sends message to Trump

Women’s March

Millions come out to over 600 sister marches worldwide In a global exclamation of defiance and solidarity, millions of people rallied at women’s marches in the nation’s capital and cities around the world Saturday to send President Donald Trump an emphatic message on his first full day in office that they won’t let his agenda go unchallenged.

Trump responded Sunday, undermining the public opposition then defending demonstrators’ rights a short time later. “Watched protests yesterday but was under the impression that we just had an election! Why didn’t these people vote? Celebs hurt cause badly,” tweeted Trump, at 7:51 a.m. Ninetyfive minutes later, he struck a more conciliatory tone. “Peaceful protests are a hallmark of our democracy. Even if I don’t always agree, I recognize the rights of people to express their views,” the president tweeted at 9:26 am. And protesters had done just

that. “Welcome to your first day, we will not go away!” marchers in Washington chanted. Many of the women came wearing pink, pointy-eared “pussyhats” to mock the new president. Plenty of men joined in, too, contributing to surprising numbers everywhere from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles to Mexico City, Paris, Berlin, London, Sydney and even Antarctica. The Washington rally alone attracted over 750,000 people — apparently more than Trump’s inauguration drew on Friday. It was easily one of the biggest

demonstrations in the city’s history, and as night fell, not a single arrest was reported. The international outpouring served to underscore the degree to which Trump has unsettled people in both hemispheres. Around the world, women brandished signs with slogans such as “Women won’t back down” and “Less fear more love.” They decried Trump’s stand on such issues as abortion, health care, diversity and climate change. And they branded him a sexist, a bully, a bigot and more. All told, more than 600 “sister marches” were planned world-

wide. Crowd estimates from police and organizers around the globe added up to approximately four million. Tens of thousands of protesters squeezed into London’s Trafalgar Square. In Paris, thousands rallied in the Eiffel Tower neighbourhood in a joyful atmosphere, singing and carrying posters reading “We have our eyes on you Mr. Trump” and “With our sisters in Washington.” Hundreds gathered in Prague’s Wenceslas Square in freezing weather, mockingly waving portraits of Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Metro/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

4 million strong: The March heard ‘Round the world Washington — 750,000

London — 100,000

L.A. — 750,000

Berlin — 1,000

NEW YORK — 400,000

Sydney — 3,000

Paris — 10,000

Antarctica — 30

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Canadians to American sisters: You are not alone May Warren

Metro | Toronto After two nights of sleeping upright on buses, an entire day of walking and more than 24 hours without a shower, a few hundred Canadian women finally arrived back in Toronto on Sunday afternoon. They were tired but elated and ready to take their energy forward over the next four years, fresh from the historic

Women’s March on Washington. “I believe it’s just the start,” said Jo-Anne Miller. The fifty-something seasoned activist made the trip alongside her twenty-something friend Jocelyn Murphy. Their generational split — not uncommon among those in the masses — serves as an example of what made the momentum created over the weekend so important. The march was 29-year-old Kat Scott’s first time doing any-

thing in the “political sphere.” She considers herself a feminist, was inspired to action by Gloria Steinem and “at root” just wants to end sexism. “It’s those moments of just reminding myself that I’m not alone,” she said, about the importance of the march. “You can pull on this memory.” The march gave the world a glimpse of the “the power of the people,” especially when it comes to fighting the “intersectionality of oppression” women of colour and indigen-

ous women face in Canada and the U.S., Miller said. Standing out in their red toques amongst the thousands of pink knitted hats that stormed the capitol on Saturday, Canada’s women, and some men, were welcomed loudly. Americans cheered them loudly along the march’s route, yelling “thank you for coming,” and “you go Canada, you go.” The event was organized as a peaceful gathering in support of diversity, equality and inclu-

sion, not as a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump. But, his face and name popped up throughout, on signs where he was depicted as a clown or as a puppet of Vladimir Putin, and in chants. At one point near the National Mall, marchers sang out “we don’t want your tiny hands, anywhere near our underpants.” But, the movement was about much more. Issues spotted on signs ranged from reproductive rights, to climate change and Black Lives Matter.

A group of Canadians joined hundreds of thousands of people taking part in the Women’s March in Washington. May Warren/Metro

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first steps must yield next steps This weekend’s women’s marches were, for many, exhilarating moments of respite after months of anxiety. But, now that the triumphant moment has passed, those who would dedicate themselves to political resistance must prepare for the difficult road ahead. At the inauguration, my chest felt tight. Throughout the day, Trump supporters were exceedingly nice to me. A condescending kindness. I was told “Good for you!” about doing my job. A minute later, they’d be yelling “Lock her up” or “Make America great.” At the women’s march, I exhaled, finally letting go of the breath I’d been holding in since election night. My cousin and aunt, D.C.area residents who put me up for the weekend, have been apoplectic and yet resigned, unable to bear watching anymore election coverage but unable to look away. But at the march, my cousin said, “I don’t know what I expected. It’s just so nice not to feel alone.” My cousin is determined not to let the Trump presidency disrupt her dreams. She’s engaging with it. She has signed up for a newsletter from Shaun King, a reporter and civil rights activist, that alerts her to legislative issues and what she can do about them. All over, Americans are resisting Trump and will continue to resist him. Clearly, this election has been a political awakening for so many. But there’s nothing romantic or glorious about it. The coalition of people who attended this past weekend’s marches face an abyss: denial of climate change, increased restrictions to a woman’s right to choose, an end to religious freedom and social liberty for Muslims, the denial of citizenship for immigrants, an administration that is brazen in its lies. Exhilarating as the march was, the road ahead will be perilous and exhausting. All the progress of the Obama presidency — both

in its racial significance and its actual policy making — is now threatened. But the system that put Trump in office is not in any way new. Much as the emancipation of slaves was

According to DC Metro, the day of the women’s march was the second largest in total ridership, at just over one million. The record for first place is held by the first Obama

day before, but pretty white. Black, latino and indigenous people were there but not with the fullness and volume that they had been eight years ago. The march

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inauguration, in 2009. The march crowd, however, was different from the Obama gathering, which I also attended. This one was pretty white — not as white as Trump’s inauguration the executive vice president, regional sales

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supremacy and dedicated to the exploitation and destruction of black, brown, indigenous and female bodies — bodies that have borne the brunt of the pendulum swings of history. vice president

What will this inauguration mean to us? An era of hate or an era of unity? An era of apathy and detachment or an era of intense activism? My highest hope is that we will stand up for the weak, donate money, meet with people. We’ll make art, organize marches, make noise, defend what’s right! Time will pass. But what will it tell? Only what we choose to do with it.

latino and indigenous activists. The presumption of innocence and the safety that white protesters are afforded by the police was evident at the women’s march. At the same time that non-white activists are advocating for change, white allies can step up to ensure their safety. In an interview with NPR, the New York Times’ Nikole Hannah-Jones said, “It is important to understand that the inequality we see…. is both structural, it is systemic, but it’s also upheld by individual choices.” The threat that the Trump administration represents cannot be brushed aside. White allies must seek to ensure not just their self-interest but the safety of others. By continuing to show up, the privileges of whiteness can be extended to the oppressed. The decision to show up to Washington, D.C., on an overcast day in January is an important choice and a powerful first step. In the days, weeks and months of the next four years, first steps must become next steps.

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egy at SoulCycle, says its full-time instructors (five are expected at the incoming Toronto location) go through a 10-week training regimen and the team has a physical therapist on staff to ensure the workouts do no harm. Going boutique is a reflection of the public exposure fitness centres were getting from the

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It’s been three years since her first ride, but Casey Graham still remembers the dark candlelit room, the ardent leader at the front, and the thumping beats. For the 24-year-old, that first SoulCycle spin class in New York City was a celestial thing. “It was life-changing,” says Graham, who works in marketing. She’d never done a spin class before, but heard the boutique indoor-cycling brand dubbed a “party on a bike,” was different from the other fluorescent-lit offerings available. “It doesn’t feel like a workout class,” she says, but more like an upscale bar in “gym form.” After her ride, Graham felt she’d been welcomed into a “very exclusive” club. She purchased the branded attire and began imploring the company over social media to come to Toronto. SoulCycle arrives March 2. Its first Canadian location is in Toronto, with another slated for Vancouver by the end of the year. Spin classes are $28 a pop. Its arrival is the latest and buzziest of high-end fitness brands that offer far more than a good sweat. These are clubs with personal trainers and stationary bikes as well as apparel shops, vast Instagram followings and celebrity endorsements. They are not just selling fitness, they are selling a lifestyle. There’s Equinox, with its fullservice spa, chilled eucalyptus towels and $176 monthly mem-

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Saddle up for some $28 spin classes. Boutique gyms, offering an exclusive sense of tribalism, are booming berships; the $280-a-month CrossFit YKV; the “Pilates on crack” machines of Studio Lagree ($32 a class) and the “Pilates-meets-ballet” of Pure Barre ($199 a month). Pricey fitness boutiques have been around for years, but the levels of specialization and use of the phrase “boutique fitness”

is relatively new, says Margaret MacNeill, University of Toronto associate professor of Kinesiology and Physical Education. SoulCycle fan Graham says it’s worth the price of admission for the “overall vibe” — the pristine white lobby, the atmospheric lighting of the studio and its

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workout a “failing grade” in 2011 for bad “exercise physiology and biomechanics.” Others contest the club’s seeming employment of people without fitness backgrounds who have more experience as entertainers. Gabby Cohen, senior vicepresident of PR and brand strat-

gym-mirror selfie crowd. At some of these clubs, members exit through gift shops where everything from candles and cashmere gloves to baby onesies embossed with club lingo are sold. MacNeill sees this rise of public displays of fitness as a kind of New-Age “conspicuous consumption.” Indeed, there are a lot of people who are not in those gyms which require deeper pockets than the monthly membership fees of $10 to $20 a month (Hone Fitness, Planet Fitness, Fit4Less, World Gym) to $35 to $65 a month (Snap Fitness, GoodLife, LA Fitness, YMCA). T Rod Macdonald, vice-president of canfitpro has worked in both the commercial and non-profit fitness worlds. He found a kind of “tribalism” or desire for a sense of belonging is seen in all areas, no matter the membership fee.

14 Monday, January 23, 2017 johanna schneller what i’m watching

Greatest show (of strength) on Earth THE SHOW: The Women’s March on Washington THE MOMENT: The Mall

I thought the show was going to be the rally. On a stage somewhere near Independence Ave. and Third Street in Washington DC, doz ens of speakers would address a crowd (they expected 250,000). I thought I’d be listening to Gloria Steinem, Michael Moore, America Ferrera. Janelle Monae talked to the Mothers of the Movement, who’d lost children to police violence. But my group of seven, who’d flown down from To ronto, couldn’t get near it. We came close: We talked our way behind a barricade, which hap pened to be the spot where celebs were hustled after they spoke. Here came Cher, shaking hands with the crowd. Ali cia Keys and Jake Gyllenhaal (sporting a bushy beard) stuck to their security men. But we gave up on trying to see the

stage. There were simply too many people. So we headed for the Mall, DC’s front lawn. We stepped out of the tree line, and my knees buckled. A solid wash of humanity, hundreds of thou sands, mostly female, stretched as far as one could see, sporting pink pussy hats and carrying witty signs (my favorite: Putin wearing an American “I Voted” sticker). We knew it felt big, but we had no idea it was this big. This was the show. No matter how crowded it became — and where barri cades made bottlenecks, it was dangerously crowded — people stayed calm. They smiled, they made room, they chatted. A million souls, myriad inten tions, but one mood. The big gest political protest in U.S. history. The greatest show (of strength) on Earth. Johanna Schneller is a media connoisseur who zeroes in on pop-culture moments. She appears Monday through Thursday.

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Women in animation lead the revolt The California Institute of the Arts was created partly by Walt Disney’s desire to bring more top-flight animators into the profession. And it has during its 47 years, though for a long time almost all were men. Now, nearly three-quarters of CalArts’ more than 250 ani mation students are women, and there’s a new goal: ensure that when they land jobs, they get to draw female characters reflective of the real world and not just the nerds, sex bombs, tomboys or ugly villains who proliferate now. “Male villains, for example, can be any shape or size. But female villains are usually in their menopausal or postmeno pausal phases. They’re older, they’re single, they’re angry,” said Erica Larsen-Dockray, who teaches a class on The Animat ed Woman for CalArts.

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“Then you have the inno cent princess, whose waist is so small that if she was ac tually alive, she wouldn’t be able to walk.” To call attention to that, Cal Arts has played host the past two years to The Animated Woman Symposium on Gender Bias. This year it focused on the roles of Sidekicks, Nerd Girls, Tomboys and More. During a recent raucous two-hour symposium, nearly a dozen student researchers who spent months watching cartoons and reading comic books questioned why almost all female sidekicks look like nerds. Also why female heroes like Kim Possible are over-thetop beautiful. And why there are so few gay, lesbian and transgender characters. “What are nerd-girl stereo types? They have glasses, they’re shy, they’re awkward, they have some freckles going on,” said film-video student and artist Madison Stubbs as she flashed drawings of several, in cluding two of the most popu lar: Velma from Scooby-Doo and Meg Griffin of Family Guy. “And we have Tootie from Fairly OddParents,” Stubbs said

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What are nerdgirl stereotypes? They have glasses, they’re shy, they’re awkward. Madison Stubbs, researcher

campus for events like port folio days and maintains a close relationship with groups like Dean’s, which is pushing the studios to have a creative work force of half women and half men by 2025. CalArts alumni have directed nine of the 15 Oscar-winning animated feature films since that category was created in 2002. Only two of those 15 films had female directors. Both of them, Brenda Chapman and Jen nifer Lee, are CalArts graduates. Dean believes the landscape will change as the popularity of animation continues to grow. Three of last year’s top 10 box office films were animated — Finding Dory, Zootopia and The Secret Life of Pets. None were directed by women. To make real change, stu dents entering the animated world must demand it, said Stacey Simmons of the produc tion company Stoopid Buddy Stoodios. “The only way you’re going to change it is to keep doing it,” she said. “The industry it self has changed a lot, but it has not changed at the same rate the country has.” the associated press

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Daniel Horton, 40, audio engineer at the Eggplant Collective, Toronto. At first, I wanted to be a musician or work in the field of recording music. In 2001, I went to Toronto’s Harris Institute, which specializes in music and arts (diplomas). I quickly learned music was only one component — there’s lots of opportunities in commercial and long-form work for audio engineers. So while my initial path was music, I’ve branched out into doing commercial work. I spend a lot of time doing sound effects or sound design, fixing music supplied by a composer, mixing tracks, recording voices or voiceovers and putting all the pieces together for our clients. I like my job because I get to experience different challenges every day. Something is always new, and I’m not bogged down working on the same project for months on end.

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$48,948 Median annual salary for an audio engineer. Those with advanced training and experience can expect to earn upwards of $75,000 per year.

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HOW TO START There is no set standard to breaking into audio or sound engineering. Many jobs will require some form of post-secondary school, such as a trade program or college diploma, where you study the different technologies involved in sound recording and editing, as well as theory of audio production. There are a few specialized colleges, such as the Harris Institute or the Recording Arts Canada, which offer diplomas and certificates specifically in audio-related fields. With the ever-changing nature of digital and audio equipment, on-the-job training is common.

WHERE YOU CAN GO Audio and sound engineers can expect to find positions in most major metropolitan areas where there is a commercial, film or music industry. Toronto and Vancouver, with their heavy concentration of advertising agencies and film productions, are hotbeds for the practice.

NEXT CAREER STEP There are a number of different career paths for audio engineers, including live concerts, voiceover work, sound effect creation, pure sound editing (for films, TV shows and commercials) and, of course, music production.

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that really set the tone. Jones was right in the middle of things, too. After barely practising during the week because of a lingering toe injury, he finished off the Packers with a 73yard catch-and-run on Atlanta’s second snap of the second half, pushing the lead to 31-0 and esMatt Ryan tumbled into the end sentially turning the rest of the zone, slammed the ball to the Georgia Dome finale into one turf with a thunderous spike, and long celebration. let out a scream that showed just “He’s a beast,” Ryan said. “I’ve how much he wanted this game. been lucky to play with him as He wants the next one even long as I have. He was impressive more. today. I know he wasn’t feeling With another MVP-worthy his best, but he’s a warrior.” performance and plenty of Jones finished with nine catchhelp from Julio es for 180 yards Jones, Matty Ice NFC championship and two scores, guided the Atwhich included lanta Falcons to a toe-dragging a 44-21 rout of catch for a fivethe Green Bay yard touch down with Packers for the three seconds NFC championship Sunday, a left in the first showing that half, sending erased any the Falcons to doubts about the locker-room whether Ryan up 24-0. can win the big After the break: the play that showed games. In his ninth season, he’s finally every one of Jones’ remarkable headed to his first Super Bowl skills. He blazed down the middle Call him Super Matty. of the field, shook off LaDarius “We’ll enjoy it because it’s Gunter’s attempt to grab him hard to get to this point. I know on a cut toward the sideline, that from experience,” Ryan said. hauled in the pass from Ryan, “But our ultimate goal is still in broke Gunter’s diving attempt front of us.” at tackle, and defiantly knocked The Falcons (13-5) will face away Damarious Randall’s with New England on Feb. 5 in Hous- a brutal stiff-arm. ton, just the second Super Bowl Atlanta’s defence, an afterappearance in Atlanta’s 51-year thought compared to the other history. Eighteen years ago, they side of the line, kept the Packlost to Denver in John Elway’s ers out of the end zone until the final game. game was essentially locked up. Ryan threw for 392 yards and Packers QB Aaron Rodgers finfour touchdowns, but it was his ished 27 of 45 for 287 yards and 14-yard scoring run — his first three TDs, but he also threw an TD on the ground since 2012 — interception. The Associated Press

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Canadian bobsledders place sixth in 4-man race Chris Spring bounced back after a difficult two-man race to finish in sixth place in the World Cup four-man competition on Sunday in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The 32-year-old Calgarian teamed up with Tim Randall, Josh Kirkpatrick, and Neville Wright (Edmonton) to post a time of two minutes 9.05 seconds on the 1,700-metre track. The Associated Press

Raptors drop third straight in loss to Suns Eric Bledsoe poured in 40 points and Devin Booker added 20 more as the Phoenix Suns beat Toronto 115-103 on Sunday to hand the Raptors their first threegame losing skid in over a year. Toronto led by eight points in the fourth quarter but the Suns used a 20-7 run to take control of the game. The Canadian Press

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The Tom Brady redemption tour is headed to the Super Bowl. After beginning the 2016 season suspended for four games for his role in the “Deflategate” scandal, the New England quarterback relentlessly carried the Patriots to an unprecedented ninth appearance in the title game, and his seventh. Brady threw for a franchise playoff-best 384 yards and three touchdowns in a 36-17 rout of the helpless

Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday in New England’s seventh consecutive AFC championship game. The Patriots are early threepoint favourites over Atlanta in two weeks in Houston, seeking their fifth NFL title with Brady at quarterback and Bill Belichick as coach. Chris Hogan was Brady’s main weapon. The receiver caught nine balls for 180 yards and two scores. The Associated Press

Hull’s Mason ‘stable’ after fracturing skull vs. Chelsea Hull midfielder Ryan Mason underwent surgery after fracturing his skull during a clash of heads during a Premier League match at Chelsea on Sunday. Mason “is in a stable condition and is expected to remain in hospital for the next few days,” Hull said in a statement after its 2-0 loss to the Premier League leaders. The Associated Press Penguins coast to fourth straight win Conor Sheary scored two goals, Sidney Crosby added his league-leading 28th and the Pittsburgh Penguins won their fourth straight game, 5-1 over the Boston Bruins on Sunday. The Associated press

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Ventura latest player to die in road accident in Dominican Yordano Ventura quit school as a teenager so he could begin working a construction job to help his family make ends meet, labouring day after day in the hot sun of the Dominican Republic. It was a chance tryout with the Kansas City Royals that changed the trajectory of his life. Yordano wowed scouts with an electrifying fastball, the best they had seen in years, and a confident demeanour that bordered on brash and arrogant. And both of those traits served him well as he rocketed to the majors, helped the Royals win a World Series in 2015, and

became one of the most popular players in Kansas City. Ve n t u r a , whose nickname “Ace” fit so perfect- Yordano ly, died Sunday Ventura in a car crash Getty Images on a stretch of highway near the town of San Adrian in his native Dominican Republic. He was 25. “Our team and our organization is hurting deeply,” Royals general manager Dayton Moore said. “It’s certainly something that puts everything into strong perspective, and challenges us all to never grow tired or weary or cease to do what is right, and loving others. Nobody is guaranteed tomorrow. “We loved Yordano,” Moore said. “We loved his heart, we loved who he was as a teammate, a friend. He was some-

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body that challenged us all and made us better and I’m going to miss him.” Highway patrol spokesman Jacobo Mateo said Ventura died on a stretch of highway northwest of Santo Domingo, the nation’s capital. Mateo did not say whether Ventura was driving. He’s the second star pitcher to die in past four months. Marlins ace Jose Fernandez was 24 when he was killed along with two other men in a boat accident near Miami Beach in September. Also Sunday, former major league infielder Andy Marte died in a separate car accident in the Dominican Republic. The Associated Press

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Hudson Swafford won the fittingly named CareerBuilder Challenge on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, following three straight birdies with a closing par for a one-stroke victory over Canada’s Adam Hadwin. Swafford shot a 5-under 67 on the Stadium Course at PGA West to finish the pro-am event at 20-under 268. The 29-year-old former Georgia player earned $1,044,000 and his first spot in the Masters. “They don’t give them away out here. It’s not easy,” Swafford said. “I’ve been close. I’ve been in the heat lately. Just keep putting myself in position, and this just feels unbelievable.” Hadwin, of Abbotsford, B.C., came back with a 70 after his third-round 59 to finish second. “I can’t help but be slightly disappointed,” Hadwin said. “I really wanted to come out here

and kind of prove that yesterday was just kind of a continuation of some good play and kind of get it done today, but I got beat. I felt like I did all the right things. Just a couple shots here and there and who knows what could have happened. But an incredible week, my best finish ever.” Brian Harman and Bud Cauley each shot 69 to tie for third at 18 under. Swafford tied Cauley for the lead with a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-4 15th, then pulled away on the 16th and 17th - a day after he dropped three strokes on the holes. “Stepped up there and hit some really good shots on those two holes, knowing what happened yesterday,” Swafford said. “I was just really confident on those two holes today. I knew the bad stuff on those holes were gone. I had already seen it, it had

already happened, and just visualizing really good shots.” On the par-5 16th, he hit a 4-iron 230 yards to 12 feet — staying out of the 18-foot deep bunker that he hit into Saturday en route to a double bogey — and two-putted to take the outright lead. “Just trying to maybe chase it up on the front edge, and it was probably my best swing of the day,” Swafford said. “It was just right out of the middle, flew on the green. I thought it was actually even going to get closer than it did. But after what happened yesterday, I was really satisfied with that.” Swafford found the fairway on the par-4 18th with water along the left side, then avoided the water again with an approach to the right side of the green. He lagged his 20-footer to 2 inches for the victory. The Associated Press

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Cancer June 22 - July 23 In conversation with partners and close friends today, you will be caught up with idealistic values. You will want what’s best for the other person. Leo July 24 - Aug. 23 Co-workers might ask for your advice or want to share a hardluck story with you. This is because people sense that you are sympathetic today. Virgo Aug. 24 - Sept. 23 Because your imagination is heightened today, you will enjoy the creative efforts of others. You also will be creative in your own approach to something today.

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