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We did, because taxing and spending were out of control

Newly-elected Toronto Mayor Rob Ford holds a press conference on December 1, 2010 — his first day in office. Ford promised to end the free-spending ways of the former administration, a message heard loud and clear by the city’s electorate. CRAIG ROBERTSON/TORONTO SUN FILES

With all the revisionist history being written about who was responsible for electing Rob Ford as mayor in 2010, it’s time for some perspective
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Ford was elected mayor of Toronto — piling up an impressive 47% of everyone who voted in a hotly contested mayoral race — because people were rightly concerned about runaway taxing and spending at City Hall.

Because under the previous administration of David Miller, spending was approaching unsustainable levels.
And because public concern about what was happening went undetected by arrogant, spendthrift and out-of-touch city councillors, too busy feathering their own nests to realize Ford had captured the public’s growing anger with City Hall.

After all, to these councillors Ford was a buffoon, a loud-mouth, a lone-wolf, a not very bright, penny-pinching councillor from suburban Etobicoke.

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/29/who-elected-rob-ford

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By Kevin Connor ,Toronto Sun

First posted: Sunday, December 01, 2013 01:09 PM EST | Updated: Sunday, December 01, 2013 01:27 PM EST

Officers held a news conference on Sunday to announce that they have charged a Burlington man with trying to sell classified information to China. (JACK BOLAND, Toronto Sun)

A Burlington man allegedly tried to supply China with classified information related to border security, according to the RCMP.

Officers arrested Qing Quentin Huang, 53, under the Security
Information Act on Friday.

He is charged with two counts of attempting to communicate information the Canadian government is safeguarding to a foreign power.

Huang worked for a company that builds patrol ships, frigates and naval auxiliary vessels for Canada.
“In these types of cases, sharing of information may give a foreign entity
a tactical, military or competitive advantage,” alleged the RCMP’s

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/12/01/man-accused-of-selling-secrets-to-china

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View Photo Gallery — Puerto Rico in crisis: Burdened by high unemployment, a shrinking population and overwhelming debt, the small island is struggling.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Boxes and wooden crates filled with household items bound for the U.S. mainland are stacked high in the Rosa del Monte moving company’s cavernous warehouse, evidence of the historic rush of people abandoning this beautiful island.

The economy here has been in recession for nearly eight years, crimping tax revenue and pushing the jobless rate to nearly 15 percent. Meanwhile, the government is burdened by staggering debt, spawning comparisons to bankrupt Detroit and forcing lawmakers to severely slash pensions, cut government jobs and raise taxes in a furious effort to avert default.

The implications are serious for Americans outside Puerto Rico both because a taxpayer bailout would be expensive and a default would be far more disruptive than Detroit’s record bankruptcy filing in July. Officials in San Juan and Washington are adamant that a federal bailout is not on the table, but the situation is being closely monitored by the White House, which recently named an advisory team to help Puerto Rican officials navigate the crisis.

The island’s problems have ignited an exodus not seen here since the 1950s, when 500,000 people left for jobs on the mainland. Now Puerto Ricans, who are U.S. citizens, are again leaving in droves.

They are choosing the uncertainty of the job market in Orlando or New York City or Philadelphia over what they view as the certainty that their dreams would be crushed by the U.S. territory’s grinding economic problems.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/puerto-rico-with-at-least-70-billion-in-debt-confronts-a-rising-economic-misery/2013/11/30/f40a22c6-5376-11e3-9fe0-fd2ca728e67c_story.html?hpid=z3

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While 76-year-old Yvonne Small walked along a Brooklyn, N.Y. street at 11:35 a.m. in Friday’s bright sunshine, an unknown assailant punched her in the back of the head and knocked her to the ground…and perhaps made her the 10th New York City victim of the infamous “knockout game.”

76 Year Old Woman May Be New York Citys 10th Knockout Game Victim

76 Year Old Woman May Be New York Citys 10th Knockout Game Victim

Surveillance photo may be of alleged attacker of 76-year-old Yvonne Small. (Image source: WPIX-TV)

Small was was treated at a hospital and discharged, and her attacker was being sought by police, according to the New York Daily News.

TheBlaze reported Friday on teens randomly attacking the elderly and has extensively covered the “knockout game” trend.

In a distressing bit of irony, as small was being attacked, a rally against the “knockout game” — in which thugs try to knock a stranger unconscious with a single punch then post video of the attack online — was finishing up in the same neighborhood.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/11/30/guess-what-happens-to-76-year-old-woman-while-rally-to-end-knockout-game-wraps-up-nearby/

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Tyler Johnson, 30, was the victim of the Saturday morning shooting at Caroline and King.

A 30-year-old man is dead after a shooting early Saturday in downtown Hamilton.

Emergency crews were called to the area of King Street West and Caroline Street at 3:15 a.m. for reports of a stabbing.

An altercation had broken out between two groups of men outside Vida La Pita, a takeout restaurant. Things "quickly escalated" police say, and

one man produced a handgun.

Tyler Johnson, 30, was shot.

Yamen Balki was working at Vida La Pita on Saturday morning when the shooting took place. He didn't see anything, but he said some of his employees heard a gun shot.

"They saw a car fly by out of the Tim Horton's parking lot and that was it, it all happened in seconds," Balki said.

http://www.thespec.com/news-story/4248540-no-arrests-after-tyler-johnson-was-shot-and-killed-saturday-morning/

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A 30-year-old man is dead after a shooting early Saturday in downtown Hamilton.

Emergency crews were called to the area of King Street West and Caroline Street at 3:15 for reports of a stabbing.

An altercation had broken out between two groups of men outside Vida La Pita, a takeout restaurant. Things "quickly escalated" police say, and one man produced a handgun.

Tyler Johnson, 30, was shot.

He was rushed to Hamilton General Hospital, but didn't make it. When paramedics arrived on scene, they were given the information that he was stabbed.

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Cathie Coward,The Hamilton Spectator

Hamilton Police have Caroline Street taped off between Main and King Saturday morning for a homicide investigation. Police tape continues up King Street to the Tim Hortons blocking the south side sidewalk to pedestrians as the investigation continues.

Early Saturday, EMS Commander James Summers told media that the victim had been stabbed in the left side of his chest. But a police press release Saturday morning revealed he had in fact been shot.

http://www.thespec.com/news-story/4248540-update-police-probe-shooting-death-of-man-downtown/

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By Eugene Robinson, Published: November 28

Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories, which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naive trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system. Meanwhile, the excluded are still waiting.”

That passage is not from some Occupy Wall Street manifesto. It was written by Pope Francis in a stunning new treatise on the Catholic Church’s role in society — and it is a powerful reminder that, however tiresome the political trench warfare in Washington may be, we have a duty to fight on.

Eugene Robinson

Writes about politics and culture in twice-a-week columns and on the PostPartisan blog.

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Pope Francis: Acts of humility: The new prelate is rewriting the rules in his first year at the Vatican. Here are a few of Francis’s symbolic moves and statements.

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Tom Toles on the economy: A collection of cartoons about the state of the economy.

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The full implementation of Obamacare matters. Raising the minimum wage matters. Reforming a financial system that, as Francis noted, “rules rather than serves” matters. Hearing the anguished voices of those left hopeless by poverty matters; answering their pleas with education, health care and employment matters even more.

Francis, the first Jesuit and first non-European in the modern era to be named pope, clearly intends to make a real difference in the world — too much of a difference, it appears, for some conservatives: Sarah Palin, a born-again Christian who attends a nondenominational church, said recently that Francis’s open-arms attitude on social issues .

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-pope-franciss-pointed-message-on-economic-inequality/2013/11/28/6b9c18a8-57aa-11e3-8304-caf30787c0a9_story.html?hpid=z2

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ByMurray Brewster

DEFENCE MINISTERAdrian Wyld,The Canadian PressDefence Minister Rob Nicholson

OTTAWA Beyond expressions of sympathy, the Harper government and the Canadian Forces appeared at a loss Thursday to explain a number of suicides this week among veterans of the war in Afghanistan.

The latest case, which occurred within the last couple of days, involved a senior non-commissioned officer at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, northwest of Ottawa. Military police are investigating and have not released any details, including the officer's name.

A Defence Department investigation into two other deaths in Western Canada is underway, a sombre and visibly moved Defence Minister Rob Nicholson told the House of Commons.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with the families, friends and colleagues of these departed individuals, and I wish all those associated with those individuals peace during this difficult time," Nicholson said.

http://www.thespec.com/news-story/4246837-defence-minister-says-three-military-suicides-in-one-week-very-troubling-/

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ByBill Graveland

CRANBROOK, B.C. A convicted child abductor could spend the rest of his life in prison if a British Columbia Supreme Court judge declares him a dangerous offender today.

More than two years after Randall Hopley abducted a three-year-old boy from his home in Sparwood, B.C., Justice Heather Holmes is to deliver her decision on the Crown's application to keep Hopley in prison indefinitely.

Hopley could be declared a long-term offender instead. That would mean a regular sentence combined with a specific period of supervision in the community afterwards of up to 10 years.

HOPLEYThe Canadian PressRandall Hopley is shown in a photo released by Vancouver Police on Friday Sept. 9, 2011.

HOPLEY The Canadian Press Randall Hopley is shown in a photo released by Vancouver Police on Friday Sept. 9, 2011.

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BySusan Clairmont

Inspector David Doel, the high-ranking Hamilton cop who has raked in more than $500,000 while suspended with pay, is expected to announce his retirement today, The Spectator has learned.

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Scott Gardner, The Hamilton Spectator

David Doel

He is 10 months shy of his full pension eligibility date. And almost all of his best five years of service, upon which his pension is calculated, will actually have occurred while he has been suspended with pay.

Doel's announcement should end, once and for all, a four-year milking of the police disciplinary system that has allowed him — with assistance from his lawyer Harry Black — to stall and delay his hearing.

While under suspension he has continued to be paid well over $100,000 each year while continuing to accrue vacation time and sick days and receive pay raises.

http://www.thespec.com/news-story/4239289-clairmont-suspended-cop-doel-expected-to-retire/

(Local news for Hamilton, only they're understand.)

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Put your ignorance aside. The link I will post at the end is worth watching. Am getting sick of hearing outright ignorance, racism, outright lying.

I have listened to both Americans and Canadians lump all black people and niggers into the same pot. Which is completely far from the truth. There is one hell of a difference between the two.

Do I Support niggers? No. But I do support black people? Yes.

How many of you even know the difference? One who thinks outside the box do clearly know the difference. Don't deny it, think about it. Don't play stupid, also think about it. Don't act based on what others tell you, think for yourselves, if you can.

This video you may see as funny, but it is not. It is completely true, it takes another black man to make it clear and undeniable. Some may need to listen more then once, so do so, to understand the truth. Don't run away from it, don't ignore it, learn from it. Open your minds.

For those who have read this, listened to what was said in the video respond "fuck you" I say fuck to hell off, crawl back under your rocks, the likes of those are not needed in this world today. And for those who understand, share to those who do not

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3PJF0YE-x4

Mike, (E)

(And to those who do not like this, I have one thing to say...KISS MY ASS. Oh I am a white man)

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A 12-year-old dolphin named Keo gives birth to a baby girl. Trainers and medical staff at Dolphin Quest, a marine mammal conservation park in Hawaii, remain with the new mom to ensure a successful and healthy birth.

Just something to see, good tune for the video too.......

http://www.wimp.com/dolphinbirth/

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Photographer Benjamin Scot Miller captures the first year of his son's life after he was born 14 weeks premature. From the early days in the NICU to the days after bringing little Ward home, this heartwarming video will leave you in tears.

http://www.wimp.com/celebratinglife/

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Remi is an abandoned pit bull. She cries every day waiting to see if her owner will come back to take her home. Animal rescue organization Hope for Paws goes down to the beach to save her and find her a forever home.

Another worth watching. If only we could show this much care for a human.

http://www.wimp.com/pitbeach/

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Five-year-old Ace Eicher shares her feelings on why she loves her adopted brother with Down syndrome. Even though she doesn't understand everything, she knows enough to impart words of wisdom that will bring tears to your eyes.

Click the link and watch. Something GOOD. will bring a tear to your eyes.

http://www.wimp.com/shareswisdom/

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AR8255-3D (crop) Honor Guard approaches grave site, 25 November 1963

Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas.

By the fall of 1963, President John F. Kennedy and his political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaign. Although he had not formally announced his candidacy, it was clear that President Kennedy was going to run and he seemed confident about his chances for re-election.

At the end of September, the president traveled west, speaking in nine different states in less than a week. The trip was meant to put a spotlight on natural resources and conservation efforts. But JFK also used it to sound out themes—such as education, national security, and world peace—for his run in 1964.

   http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/November-22-1963-Death-of-the-President.aspx

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Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian security officer who has died in a London hospital after apparently being poisoned, was a fierce critic of Russia's government.

Born in the Russian city of Voronezh, Mr Litvinenko first became a security agent in the FSB's predecessor, the Soviet-era KGB, after transferring from the military. He rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel.

He is reported to have fallen out with Russian President Vladimir Putin, then head of the FSB, in the late 1990s, after failing to crack down on corruption within the organisation.

The nature of his job, as a specialist in fighting organised crime, meant he would certainly have made enemies.

Murder investigation

Intelligence analyst Glenmore Trenear Harvey said of his friend: "He headed up one of the internal investigations branches that was looking into the corruption and coercion that was going on within the Russian intelligence service so he made a lot of enemies way back then."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6163502.stm

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The row over whether to hold an inquest or a public inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko rumbles on. But who was he and why did his death become such a cause celebre?

Alexander Litvinenko fell ill after a meeting with former KGB contacts in London in 2006

Before he was poisoned and died in November 2006, few outside Russia had ever heard of Alexander Litvinenko.

A 43-year-old former officer with the Federal Security Service (FSB), Mr Litvinenko had become a useful, if not entirely reliable, source for journalists interested in the machinations of Vladimir Putin's Russia.
But it has since emerged the Russian spy was being paid by both the British secret service MI6 and the Spanish secret service.

He was allegedly investigating Spanish links to the Russian mafia, and had planned to fly to Spain with the main suspect for his murder, Andrei Lugovoi.

Mr Litvinenko's name made its way into infamy after he took tea with Mr Lugovoi and another Russian contact Dmitri Kovtun at a central London hotel on 1 November 2006.

He fell ill soon afterwards and spent the night vomiting.
Three days later he was admitted to Barnet General Hospital in north London, where his condition gradually became a cause for concern.

On 11 November he was interviewed by the BBC Russian Service and said he was in "very bad shape" after a "serious poisoning".

THE LITVINENKO CASE

1 Nov 2006 - Alexander Litvinenko has tea with former agents Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitri Kovtun in London
4 Nov 2006 - After three days of vomiting he is admitted to Barnet General Hospital
17 Nov 2006 - His condition worsens and he is transferred to University College Hospital
23 Nov 2006 - Litvinenko dies
24 Nov 2006 - His death is attributed to polonium-210
30 Nov 2006 - Home Secretary John Reid tells MPs traces of radioactivity had been discovered in 12 locations in London, as well as two British Airways planes.
4 Dec 2006 - Nine British detectives travel to Moscow to conduct inquiries
22 May 2007 - Britain's director of public prosecutions decides Mr Lugovoi should be charged with the murder of Mr Litvinenko
31 May 2007 - Mr Lugovoi denies any involvement in his death but says Mr Litvinenko was a British spy
5 Jul 2007 - Russia officially refuses to extradite Mr Lugovoi, saying its constitution does not allow it
16 Jul 2007 - Britain expels four Russian diplomats, and three days later Moscow retaliates by kicking out four British diplomats
20 Sept 2012 - Pre-inquest review hears that Russia's links to the death will be probed
13 Dec 2012 - Legal review told that Mr Litvinenko was a paid worker for MI6
May-June 2013 - Inquest into Mr Litvinenko's death delayed as coroner decides a public inquiry would be preferable, as it would be able to hear some evidence in secret
July 2013 - Ministers rule out public inquiry

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19647226

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Report now raises possibility that actress who died in 1981 was assaulted before drowning and adds details to night's events

Natalie Wood's death stunned Hollywood and made headlines around the world in 1981. Photograph: AP

Los Angeles county coroners have reignited the mystery over Natalie Wood's death by concluding she may have been assaulted before drowning in the sea in 1981, a death which has haunted Hollywood ever since.

A report released on Monday showed that coroner's officials have raised the possibility of foul play because of previously overlooked bruises found on the actor's wrists and upper body.

The report, released after a "security hold" by sheriff's officials, stopped short of classifying the death as a homicide, saying key pieces of evidence were missing. Instead of accidental drowning Wood's death is now classified as "drowning and other undetermined factors".

A sheriff's spokesman, Steve Whitmore, said the agency has known about the report since last year and that it did not change the status of the investigation, which remained open.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/14/natalie-wood-death-reclassified-coroner

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By Glenn Campbell BBC Inside Out, South East

For 38 years some of Fleet Street's finest have chased the story of missing peer of the realm Lord Lucan.
He vanished on 7 November 1974 when his children's nanny was found dead in Belgravia, London.

And at the centre of the story was a detective from Kent called David "Buster" Gerring.

In charge of the hunt for Lord Lucan, Det Ch Insp Gerring courted journalists and reporters in the knowledge he needed their publicity to help officers track down the missing aristocrat and solve the murder of Sandra Rivett.

Over the years as the trail went colder and colder he stock-piled his personal notes, diaries and case papers in three boxes at his home to Tunbridge Wells.

David "Buster" Gerring courted journalists in a bid to trace Lord Lucan

When Mr Gerring died in 2004, those sealed boxes were passed to his daughter, Davina Chambers, who tucked them away in a corner of her loft at home in Sussex.

They lay there forgotten and gathering dust until September 2012 when a friend's throw away remark that the BBC was investigating the disappearance of Lord Lucan jolted Ms Chambers' memory about her father's documents.

The friend, who saw the items and realised their potential importance, contacted me and suggested that I take a look.

All Ms Chambers said on the phone was that she "may have something that would be helpful" and as I walked up the drive to her home just outside Lewes I did not know what to expect.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20663709

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The notes read: "Struck nose on steering wheel of boat... profuse bleeding

A medical card filled in by a plastic surgeon after Lord Lucan broke his nose in a speedboat accident has sold for £100.

Dr John Watson of Harley Street detailed the aristocrat's injuries and drew a sketch of his nose. It sold at Duke's Auctioneers, in Dorchester.

The 7th Earl of Lucan vanished in 1974 after his children's nanny was killed.

His cousin Victor Bingham said the notes could be valuable for any future investigations into his disappearance.

"If they ever find the body, that would be a very important clue to help identify him," he added.
The note, written in 1963, refers to Lord Lucan by his real name, Richard John Bingham, and his then age of 28.

It reads: "Struck nose on steering wheel of boat... profuse bleeding at time.

Lord Lucan was officially declared dead in 1999

Soaked in blood'

"Now - Laceration floor of nose Rv. Vestibule. Compound dislocated septum with fragment projecting into Rt vestibule.
"Nasal lanes appear intact."

The medical notes sold at the Dorset auctioneers for £100, plus a buyer's premium of 19.5% and VAT.
While it had a guide price of between £100 and £200, spokeswoman Amy Brennan was surprised it did not go for more.

She said: "There's so much interest in all things related to Lord Lucan.
"I thought it was exciting that if his body ever came to light it would be a fantastic way of identifying him if they x-rayed his nose. It could become really, really important.

"The fact that his surgeon kept the notes is also intriguing."

Nanny Sandra Rivett was found dead at the home of Lord Lucan's estranged wife in the Belgravia area of London in 1974.

Lady Lucan was also attacked but managed to escape.

Lord Lucan disappeared and his car was later found abandoned and soaked in blood in Newhaven, East Sussex.
A year later an inquest jury ruled that Lord Lucan killed Ms Rivett, whom many believe he mistook for his wife Veronica.

Lord Lucan was officially declared dead by the High Court in 1999.
Since his disappearance at the age of 39, there have been more than 70 reported sightings of him in countries across the world including South Africa, Australia, Ireland and the Netherlands.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-24283114

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2382329/The-mystery-missing-Lord-Lucan-solved-small-screen-TV-drama.html

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Location : Turner Valley, Alberta
(Date of Birth: October 29, 1970)
Details : On June 19, 1991, 20 year old Shawna VANDERBASCH was socializing with three co-workers at a Calgary restaurant. At approximately 9:30 PM, Shawna and two of her girlfriends attended the Tasmanian Ball Room on 12th Avenue and 1st Street, Calgary to view a fashion show held to benefit the Sheriff King Home. Shawna left the fashion show around 1:30 AM on June 20, 1991. She received a drive near her home by an acquaintance. She was dropped off at the corner of Southland Drive and MacLeod Trail at approximately 3:30 AM.

On June 20, 1991, at approximately 8:30 AM, Shawna VANDERBASCH’s naked body was discovered beside a rural road approximately 4.5 kilometers from the Priddis turnoff north of Highway 22X. The location is south west of Calgary within the Turner Valley RCMP Detachment jurisdiction.

Shawna VANDERBASCH resided in the city of Vancouver most of her teen and adult life. She moved to Calgary in March 1991. She worked at that time as a hair dresser for Moda Hair Design
Contact: If you have any information about this case, please contact "K" (AB) Division Major Crimes Calgary at 403-699-2650 or Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477.

Shawna Vanderbasch

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Marie Goudreau
Age: 17
DOB:
COD:
Date last seen: August 2, 1976
Location last seen: Edmonton, AB
Date found: August 2, 1976
Location found: Devon, AB
Considered Trans-Canada Hwy victim

Marie Goudreau - August 2, 1976 - Age - 17- Murdered - Devon

I've read Marie's murder is considered by some to be one of the first of the TransCanada Highway killer's vicitms. I have no other information about her and I hope someone will be able to provide some background on Marie.

« Last Edit: May 05, 2009, 10:19:53 PM by Desespere »

GOUDREAU
Date:31-Jul-2008
Location:

Police knew something was wrong when they found 17 year old Marie Goudreau?s car abandoned on a rural road (RR #244, known in 2008 as Ellerslie Road) on August 2nd 1976. Marie had left a friends house in Edmonton at about 10:30 that night, but she never made it home.

Goudreau was driving a blue, 1972 Plymouth Cricket. Her car was found running with the headlights still on. The driver?s side door was open with the window partly rolled down and her purse containing twenty dollars was left undisturbed on the front seat.

Two days later, Miss Goudreau?s nude body was found in a water filled ditch near Devon (1.7 miles north of Devon). She had been strangled.

In 1976, Marie was working at a coffee shop in Southgate Mall. She always drove the same route home to Beaumont and wasn?t far from home when she went missing. After 32 years, police still need the public to help them piece together what happened that night.

If you know anything about the 32 year old unsolved homicide of Marie Goudreau, please call Crime Stoppers Anonymously at: 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). You can also submit your tip online at www.tipsubmit.com.

Crime Stoppers does not subscribe to call trace, caller ID or tape any calls.
found this info on the EPS police beat.

http://www.unsolvedcanada.ca/index.php?topic=1068.0

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Another missing couple!!

pdated: Fri Jan. 21 2011 11:42:37

ctvedmonton.ca

Edmonton Police are requesting your help in locating a couple who were last seen December 27th by a friend.

Edmonton police are asking for the public's help to locate a couple who have not been seen or heard from since December 27th, 2010.

Police reveal friends and co-workers of the couple became concerned when the couple failed to return to work on January 3rd, 2011.

Friends of 72 year-old Perry Kit Wong and his common-law-wife 71-year old Eloise Fendelet contacted police after they felt they had exhausted all possible avenues.

Police say the couple has been known to travel, but investigators say the couple didn't take any of their vehicles and their has been no bank or credit card activity that could lead to their whereabouts.

"It's quite out of character for this couple to not be in contact," said Const. Sean Jenkinson with the Edmonton Police Service.

Police say the couple is self-employed and have a number of staff members.

The couple were listed as missing by police on January 18th.

If you have any information that can assist investigators you are asked to call police at (780) 423-4567 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

http://www.unsolvedcanada.ca/index.php?topic=4574.0

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Melissa Jane Letain
Age: 24
COD: Strangled
DOB:
Date last seen: February 13, 1987
Location last seen: Edmonton, AB
Date found: February 14, 1987
Location found: Genesee, AB

Melissa Jane Letain - February 13, 1987 - Age 24 - Murdered - Edmonton - Melissa was last seen leaving work at a popular West Edmonton Mall hair salon where she worked as a hair stylist. She was carrying Valentine's gifts for her boyfriend. It is believed someone abducted her from the walkway leading to her apartment which was right across the street from WEM.

Her body was found the next day 75km SW of Edmonton under the Genesse Bridge on the ice of the North Saskatchewan River. She was spotted by a 14 year-old boy and his friends. An autopsy revealed she died of asphyxiation, ligature strangulation. The killer used a hangman's noose made of 7 coils which is a deviation from the standard 13 coils. He used what looks like standard 1/4" yellow nylon rope.

Items of Melissa's never recovered was a CN Trucking key chain (those clear rectangular acrylic keychains) with a single key, a woman's gold tone watch with a rectangular face, a blue leather or leather looking woman's wallet and a green clutch purse with a gold clasp.

The video showed a flash of a witness description issued of Melissa's killer. The description said: White male, 6' tall, slim to medium build, dark hair swept back at the sides, dark pants and what appears to be a black and grey jacket, bottom half black (or dark) and the top half grey (or light).

Melissa was recovered from the middle of the ice under the Genesee Bridge. The killer abducted her and threw her body off the bridge onto the ice below. The Genesse Bridge is on Highway 770 which leads to the Genesee power generating station. Back in the day, I heard, Genesee used to provide rental housing for their employees. I don't remember what year they stopped doing that, but I think in 1987 it was the case.

Wabamum Lake is the big lake one can see Genesee borders. This lake is often not frozen in parts because the water spoils from the plant is heated when it's dumped into the lake. Ducks stay in that part all year. I wonder if the killer thought the ice would be thin enough, due to heating, and Melissa would go through.

Melissa's friend said in the video he thinks it's someone known to Melissa. He is not a suspect. There is DNA profile retrieved in about 1997 and it's being put or has been put into the database. I really have no clue how this database works.

This is all the information I could get from the video. There is more information about Melissa and the people who knew her and found her at this link provided in another thread:

http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20081022/edm_unsolvedmurders_feature_081022/20081022/?hub=EdmontonHome#TopVideoAn

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By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 17:24 GMT, 4 April 2012 | UPDATED: 20:23 GMT, 5 April 2012

The secret service agent employed to protect Jackie Kennedy has recounted the terror following the president's assassination in 1963, and how he wrapped John F. Kennedy's shot head in his jacket.
Speaking on the Today show, Clint Hill, now 80, recounted his determination to throw himself between the Kennedys and the bullets as parts of the president's brain and skull splattered over his shirt.
When a third bullet hit the president's head and the motorcade sped to hospital, Hill said the First Lady refused to leave the car, fearful that onlookers would see her husband's horrific injuries.

On the lookout: Hill, dressed in black and sunglasses, can be seen standing on a vehicle's running board as President Kennedy drives through the streets of Dallas, Texas before the shooting

Horrifying moment: A different angle shows Hill climbing towards Mrs Kennedy, who is leaning over her husband slumped in the back of the car. Hill says she was reaching for part of his skull

Horrifying: Hill climbs towards Mrs Kennedy, who he says was reaching for part of her husband's skull

Hill is the figure in the famous Zapruder film of the shooting which shows him climbing onto the back of the president's limousine as it continues to move.

As he moved towards Mrs Kennedy, he watched her reaction: 'Her eyes were filled with terror,' he wrote. 'She was reaching for something. She was reaching for a piece of the President's head.'
Before he could reach them, two more bullets were shot - the final one hitting the president in the head, just above his right ear.
'The impact was like the sound of a melon shattering onto cement,' he remembered, adding that the President's blood and parts of his skull splattered over his clothes, face and hair.
Pulling Mrs Kennedy, as he always called her, into her seat, the president's body fell into her arms with his eyes open. 'Jack, Jack, what have they done to you?' she wailed.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2125086/Clint-Hill-memoir-Jackie-Kennedys-secret-service-agent-recounts-day-JFK-assassinated.html

Unknown · Friday, November 22, 2013 09:14 AM MST

First posted: Friday, November 22, 2013 09:14 AM MST | Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013 01:51 PM MST

Paul Ruzycki, 48, of Port Colborne, Ont, walks out of jail on bail in St. Petersburg on November 22. REUTERS/Vladimir Baryshev

WELLAND, Ont. — Two Canadians are out of Russian prisons, but it's not clear if they are able to leave the country.

Early Friday, Greenpeace said all those charged with hooliganism for taking part in a protest on an oil platform in the Arctic could leave Russia.

"Upon posting of the bond, the vessel and all persons are allowed to leave the territory of Russia," Greenpeace tweeted Friday.

But a family member says that's not the case.

Paul Ruzycki, 48, of Port Colborne, Ont., and Alexandre Paul, 36, of Montreal walked out of detention centres Friday after being granted bail earlier this week.

http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/11/22/greenpeace-activists-can-leave-russia-organization-says

Unknown · Friday, November 22, 2013 03:00 PM MST

By Daniel Proussalidis ,Parliamentary Bureau

First posted: Friday, November 22, 2013 03:00 PM MST | Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013 05:21 PM MST

Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks at Fort Garry Fire Trucks after formally opening CentrePort Canada Way in Winnipeg, November 22, 2013. REUTERS/Trevor Hagan

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave a blunt denial when asked Friday whether he or his office approved having Sen. Irving Gerstein call a friend at Deloitte to check into an audit of Sen. Mike Duffy’s expense claims.

“No,” Harper said Friday, before turning the focus back to Duffy and the prime minister’s former chief of staff, Nigel Wright, and the deal that saw Wright give Duffy the money to repay $90,000 in improper expense claims plus interest.

“There are two individuals who are under investigation for an improper payment that was not disclosed — Mr. Duffy and Mr. Wright, and that’s how it should be,” Harper said.

A PMO spokesman later tried to correct Harper’s denial, saying he was “only answering for himself” and not his office.

http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/11/22/harper-denies-approving-call-to-deloitte-about-duffy

Unknown · Friday, November 22, 2013 06:47 PM MST

By Katie Schneider ,Calgary Sun

First posted: Friday, November 22, 2013 06:47 PM MST | Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013 07:03 PM MST

Jim Prentice at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce in Calgary, AB on Friday, Nov. 22, 2013. Katie Schneider/Calgary Sun/QMI Agency

Canada and the U.S.’s relationship has changed from partners to competitors when it comes to energy production, said former Canadian government minister Jim Prentice.

But during a discussion with former U.S. secretary of energy Dr. Steven Chu about North America’s energy future at a Calgary Chamber of Commerce luncheon Friday, he said he hopes the two nations can work together past the Keystone XL Pipeline issue.

“I hope at the end of the day President Obama sees it as a U.S. national interest,” Prentice said of the pipeline.

http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/11/22/former-canadian-and-us-government-officials-talk-keystone-xl-and-energy-at-calgary-chamber-of-commerce

Unknown · Saturday, November 23, 2013 02:54 PM MST

By Jessica Hume ,Parliamentary Bureau

First posted: Saturday, November 23, 2013 02:54 PM MST | Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013 03:02 PM MST

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is disturbed by the sexual harassment allegations against Sen. Colin Kenny and says Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau needs to give a better explanation of why his party waited so long to take action against the senator.

"These are very troubling and serious allegations," Mulcair told QMI Agency. "Justin Trudeau, as leader of the Liberal party, needs to explain why it took so long to do anything about Colin Kenny, a member of his own caucus."

A former Kenny staffer sent two letters of complaint about his personal conduct. She alleged he made sexual comments, touched her waist during conversations in his office and asked her to drink at his house.

http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/11/23/trudeau-needs-to-explain-why-harassment-allegations-werent-dealt-with-mulcair

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The US and South Korea warned North Korea of "further consequences" if it carried out a third nuclear test, as South Korea's outgoing leader suggested more than one test could be planned.

Lee Myung-bak, who leaves office later this month, told the Choson Ilbo that Pyongyang could be planning "multiple nuclear tests at two places or more".
North Korea said in January it was planning a "high-level nuclear test".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21332624

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