OVER THE EDGE NEWSPAPER. NOVEMBER 22, 2006 NEWS BRIEFS 3 En Somme news from around the world in an easy-to-use package _ Local According to a new report, Prince George has underestimated. the impact the new port in Prince Rupert will have on the economy. The port, which opens in about a year, will create a massive flow of goods, expanding the northern corri- dor, directly affecting Prince George. Stephen Harper was supposed to be in Prince George on November 14 but a schedule conflict prevented his arrival. He vows to return as soon as soon as it can be arranged. Consetatitie Eiteiartantt minister ‘Rona Ambrose was on the defensive at the UN Climate Conference being held in Kenya all last week, Numerous rep- resentatives of NGOs and other nations panned the Canadian government's en- vironmental policy, particularly its fail- ure to live up to the Kyoto Accord. Can- ada and Australia were jointly awared the “fossil of the day” by the Climate Action Network, and Germanwatch ranked Canada 51 out of 56 countries being assessed for their efforts at com- batting climate change. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has ' > declared that his government is taking a The Air Ambulance service is being enhanced in Prince George. Norther Thunderbird Air will provide a new air- craft for patients, as well a Vancouver- based airplane will be on-call exclusively for the north to fly non-critical patients across the province. A new computer model being de- veloped at UNBC will help, determine the worst sources for air pollution, Peter Jackson, an environmental science pro- fessor, is part, of the team conducting the study. He recently held an air quality seminar in Prince George. National The environment ‘has shot up the list of things Canadians aré concerned about to take the number two spot, right behind health care, according to a new poll. The previous week saw wind warnings being issued throughout British Colum- bia, including Prince George. Citizenship and Immigration Minis- ter Monte Solberg has announced that the government is currently examining the status of dual citizenship laws in Canada. This is response to the fact that tens of millions of dollars were spent helping dual citizens in Lebanon, de- spite the fact many of these people did not pay taxes. Says Solberg “If were in a situation where somebody's absent, isn't paying taxes but is going to be using our social programs down the road, ‘{ think Canadians would, feel that this is unfair.’ For the first time in ten years, a spy has been arrested in Canada. A secur- ity certificate was issued to Canadian Border Service agents in Montreal to arrest a man who is allegedly in Canada under an assumed name. Though details are not known, the man is thought to be from Russia. The Globe and Mail has reported that Canada and the United States have been discussing using naval blockades to counter North Korea's nuclear pro- gram, but Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor has said there have been no formal requests moade. According to a new poll, Bob rae would be the Liberal leader most likely to draw votes from Canadians, even in Ontario. tougher approach with diplomacy than his Liberal predecessors, Harper caused a minor controversey while in Vietnam for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-oper- ation conference, when he declared he would not “sell out” Canadian values such as human rights in order to have good economic relations with China, after allegedly being snubbed for a pri- vate meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao. The meeting was later put back on. About 900,000 Vancouverites con- tinue to boil water as heavy rainfall shows no sign of letting up. Bottled water is reportedly running out, and a fistfight broke out at a Costco as it be- came more scarce. Hockey Night in Canada host Don Cherry visited the House of Commons on November 7, where he was greeted with. cheers- mostly from MPs trying to drown out the booing coming out of some Bloc Quebecois representatives, who feel Cherry is anti-Quebec. A ‘free trade zone’ is being considered by Canada in the Pacific Ocean. The new zone would encompass 20 coun- tries. The talks are being discussed at the Asia-Pacific Economie Co-oper- ation summit. A. worker for a Griffith Laboratories factory in Toronto, a company which creates recipes for fast food companies, has been accused of ‘stealing secret re- cipes and offering them for sale online, The company supposedly has created recipes for KFC and McDonalds, Colin Thatcher, former Saskatchewan cabinet minister, has been granted a hearing that may give him full parole. He murdered his wife in 1983. A study has found that $34-billion has been lost in Ontario due to mental disorders and substance abuses. The ma- jority of that money is said to be drained through loss of productivity. A man from a Saskatchewan First Na- tions reserve has been shot and killed by RCMP during a gunfight on the Nov- ember 13, The RCMP were responding to calls of an armed man through 911. international The US Democrats took control of both Congress and the Senate in the midterm elections, facia it she, fiat time since 2001 that George W..Bush has not had a Republican majority to work with. Gunmen in Iraq abducted an estimat- ed 150 people from a Baghdad research institute on November 14. Many educa- tors have been killed in Iraq during the recent conflicts and have forced many to seek employment elsewhere. A second kidnapping took place on November 19 when gunmen kidnapped Deputy Health Minister Ammar al-Saf- far from his home in Baghdad. - South African parliament has legal- ized gay marriages. The wording of the bill does not specify whether people in- marriage need to be a man and woman. Matriage officers may refuse a ceremony if they wish. The Dutch cabinet is floating the idea of banning the use of burquas and veils in public places, sparking protests from the country's Muslim population. A Civil Rights group in Germany have petitioned for former-US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to be in- vestigated for war crimes in connection with the Abu Ghraib prison and Guan- tanamo Bay. Thousands of protesters turned up in the streets of Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, in ad- vance of a visit by US President George _ W. Bush. Dhiren Barot, an al-Qaeda member who was involved in plots to attack areas of Britain and the United States, has been given a life sentence by a British: court, at least forty years of which must be served in prison. Deep-fried flags on display in an art museum in Clarksville, Tennesee, have been removed due to protests from the community surrounding it, Campaign group Humans Right Watch has said that the trial for Sadaam _ Hussein was flawed and its verdict (death by hanging) should not stand. The government of Chad has request- ed that the UN station troops along its border with Darfur, saying the ethnic violence is spilling over into its own groups. A US soldier has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty for conspiring to rape and murder a 14- year-old Iraqi girl and her family. British PM Tony Blair is touring the Middle East, having visited Pakistan and Afghanistan. Nicaraguan . President Enrique Bolanos has passed an abortion ban, even for women whose lives are in dan- get. Entertainment Talk about a bad week: after his debut album was universally panned by critics, Kevin Federline. found out that his wife Britney Spears was filing for divorce. On the plus side, he was offered $100 million to sell an alleged sex tape of the couple on their honeymoon. After tying the knot a week earlier, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes had a public ceremony last weekend in a castle in Italy. About 150 people attended the Church of Scientology ceremony, in- cluding Will Smith, Jennifer Lopez, and John Travolta. ‘Borat,’ may be a hit at the box office, but not all its stars are laughing, A num- ber of lawsuits have been filed against the movie and its star, Sacha Baron Cohen, including two frat boys who appear in the film and Glod, the Romanian village used to portray Borat's hometown. However, a leading paper in Kazakh- stan (the country Borat is supposedly from) has dubbed the movie “film of the year. Angelina Jolie caused a commotion on a Mumbai, India train while film- ing a scene for an upcoming movie. She boarded the train for a scene, and passengers quickly recognized her and began to eagerly try to get autographs. Ms, Dynamite, a British Rap star, is recovering in hospital after a car crash. She was filming for her reality TV show, “The Race’. “Happy Feet,” an animated film about dancing penguins was a surprise hit at the box office, grossing $42.3 million and beating out other contenders “Borat” and “Casino Royale,’ OJ Simpson is once again at the centre of controversey, due the impend- ing release of a book called “If I Did It.” Simpson has reportedly been paid $3.5 million for the book and a two- part interview on Fox that purportedly details how. he would have killed his ex-wife, if he were the one responsible, Various people have been condemning the book and the interview, including lo- cal Fox affiliates and Bill O’Reilley and Geraldo Rivera. Rapper the Game was arrested Nov- ember 16 after allegedly pretending to be an undercover cop and ordering a taxi driver to run red lights because he was in a hurry. Universal Music has sued MySpace, saying that the site encourages illegal file-sharing of videos and music. Zinedine Zidane, perhaps best known to North Americans as the French soc- cer star who ended his career by head- butting an Italian player in the final game of the 2006 World Cup, was in Bangladesh for a two-day visit in the first week of November. Fans of the former Juventus and Real Madrid star showered him with flowers and turned up in droves to watch him take part in an exhibition soccer match. He was a guest of Muhammad Yunus, the man who won a Nobel peace prizé for his ‘practice of giving small microloans to the poor through the Grammen Bank. B.C. LEGISLATIVE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 2008 The BCLIP is an educational six-month opportunity for Canadion university graduates to work in B.C.’s parliamentary system. 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