Backing a world famous support founder shot at factory
Frank Roberts founder of the Obus Forme back support was gunned down at 7 30 am as he stepped from his Mercedes at the west end factory in Toronto. He died later at Sunnybrook Medical Sciences Centre. Dominique Leval Roberts his third wife was questioned by police as investigators sought witnesses and a motive.
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Toronto
Frank Roberts
Roberts
Sunnybrook Medical Sciences Centre
Mary Lou Frazer
Dominique Leval-Roberts
Drowned boy and diver trapped after dam search in Cambridge
In Cambridge Ontario a 12 year old boy who drowned behind the Parkhill Dam remains missing along with a police diver whose body is stuck in the dam hole. Six hours of attempts were halted due to dangerous currents and high water. Cleanup teams plan to resume efforts as conditions allow.
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Cambridge
Grand River
Parkhill
Mark Gage
Reform MPs face possible expulsion over pension plan
Ottawa reports show Reform MPs warned they could be thrown out for rejoining the parliamentary pension scheme. Opposition House Leader Randy White cautioned in a confidential Aug 6 letter, as environment critic Bill Gilmour announces enrollment for about 18500 annually after eight years in Parliament.
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Ottawa Ren
House
Randy White
Reform
Gilmour
White
Banff
Mounties mourn after three RCMP deaths in quick succession
VSI Medicine Hat staffer recalls dangers of police work as three Canadian officers die within a month. Cpl Graeme Cumming dies in a fiery Highway 3 crash near Coalhurst. a Cambridge Ont. diver drowns during a recovery. Det Bill Hancox was killed on undercover duty in Toronto. Cruickshank calls it a family and notes the shared grief across RCMP and city police.
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Highway 3
Coalhurst
Cambridge
Ont
Toronto
Bill Hancox
Cruickshank
RCMP
Cumming
Medicine Hat
Fort McMurray
Don Kyllo
City Police
the Hat
Trucker faces impaired driving charges after fatal crash
A Grande Prairie trucker, Darren Buckley, 28, appeared in court charged with two counts of impaired driving causing death two counts of criminal negligence causing death and a high blood alcohol charge after a hay truck collision that killed RCMP Cpl. Graeme Cumming and Daniel Entz in Alberta. He remains in custody until a trial date. RCMP and local officials mourn a veteran officer and a civilian victim while counselling is offered to officers and witnesses.
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Lethbridge
British Columbia
Darren Buckley
Buckley
Grande Prairie
Hos
Coalhurst
RCMP
Graeme Cumming
Daniel Entz
Bill Scott
Cumming
Scott
Holocaust assets settlement push for survivors in last days
Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse agreed to a 1.25 billion settlement to compensate Holocaust victims and heirs. The first payments to individuals may take at least six months, as claimants worldwide number about 31,500 with an average survivor age of 81.
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New York
Elan Steinberg
World Jewish Congress
Switzerland
UBS AG
Credit Suisse
Morris Ratner
Europe
Urine Test Conflicts in Ohio Theft Case
Paineville court records reveal John Issa 20 was sentenced to a year in prison after a probation urine test for thefts yielded a positive pregnancy result and a later cocaine positive sample. Prosecutors say the first sample did not belong to him. Issa's wife nearby is pregnant.
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Painesville, Ohio
John Issa
Werner Barthel
Issa
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