Pasadena arsonist sentenced to psychiatric unit option
A 1 year old man, Jacob Mandel, received a year in a prison psychiatric unit after pleading no contest to three arson counts and one vandalism count. A judge placed him on five years probation following arrests for fires at hair salons he claimed cut badly.
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Los Angeles
Reuter
Jacob Mandel
California
Mandel
Jobless rate climbs in Canada and Ontario robbery haul grows
Statistics Canada reports November unemployment at 11.8 percent, with 1.645 million out of work and 97,000 re entering the labor force. In Medicine Hat employment fell to 22,700 while the rate declined to 6.2 percent. In Concord Ontario police say robbers hauled about 6.7 million in untraceable cash from National Armored Ltd. depot, later audited to 8.3 million with guards overpowered by masked bandits.
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Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Doug Drew
Medicine Hat
Concord
Ont
Canada
Dan Jordan
York Region
National Armored Ltd
Toronto
Youth helper in Korolak killing sentenced to three years
A 17 year old, who cannot be named, accepted guilty pleas for conspiracy in the Darlene Korolak murder. He received the maximum Young Offenders Act sentence of three years, after aiding discussions and cleaning a bloodied shirt. The case also involved Ronald Shawn Korolak and others, with police and court actions continuing.
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Keri Kent
the News
Darlene Korolak
Dietrich Brand
Korolak
Irvine
Darwin Greaves
Greaves
Rhonda Korolak
Ronald Shawn Korolak
Wernerville
Harry Wahl
Canada to send 900 troops to Somalia aid mission
Canada announced 900 military personnel will join the U S led operation in Somalia to aid food distribution and disarm warlords as part of a U N backed effort. Canadian External Affairs Minister Barbara McDougall said the mission aims to end Somali suffering within a year and authorized force if needed.
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Ottawa
Canada
Barbara McDougall
McDougall
Somalia
Gadishu
UN Security Council
George Bush
Pentagon
U.S
America
Bush
Security Council
CIBC to cut 2 500 jobs in restructuring plan
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce will reduce its workforce by 2 500 positions by next October as part of a restructuring to boost competitiveness. About 2 500 full and part time roles equal 2 5 percent of the bank’s 49 000 staff across head office Toronto regional offices and 1 500 branches. Some small branches will be closed and combined with larger ones.
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Toronto
Imperial Bank of Commerce
Rob McLeod
CIBC
McLeod
Olympia
York Developments Ltd
Canada
Lindros sought on assault charges after bar incident
A warrant was issued for hockey star Eric Lindros on assault charges after a Whitby woman alleged he elbowed her and spat beer in her face at a bar. Police say the matter stemmed from a disputed space on the dance floor.
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Oshawa, Ont
Eric Lindros
Whitby
Toronto
Durham Region
Jim Grimley
Grimley
Flyers
Senators
Ottawa
Lindros
Buffalo Sabres
Carl Lindros
Queen's researchers identify gene linked to lung cancer drug resistance
A Queen's University team led by Susan Cole and Roger Deeley reports in Science a gene that may trigger the cancer cells defense against therapies. The nine member group says the gene may transport drugs away from targets, potentially explaining sustained drug resistance in many patients.
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Kingston, Ont
Queen’s University
Queen’s
Susan Cole
Roger Deeley
Cancer Research Laboratory
Science
Cole
Canada
Deeley
Susan Cols
Kingston
Ont
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