Man at centre of La Loche shooting in coroner inquest
Floyd Piche 28 of La Loche testified that during a party dispute he held a knife to a man's throat and was shot by a police officer when he lunged at the officer after fleeing a house party on March 31. Piche was at large from a corrections camp serving a 44 month sentence for DWI.
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Prince Albert, Sask
Floyd Piche
la Loche
Sask
Leslie Bear
Piche
Prince Albert
Parole Denied for Bomber Reyat Over Sikh Provocation Risk
Vancouver convicted bomber In derjit Singh Reyat, 42, had parole refused after a January hearing. He was jailed for constructing a bomb that killed two baggage handlers and helped trigger an Irish bombing that killed 329 others aboard a Japan and Canada flight in 1985. Manitoba to fund Lorenzo’s Oil therapy for ALD under new rule.
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Vancouver
Inderjit Singh Reyat
Parole Board
Reyat
Canadian Pacific
Narita
Japan
Air India
Ireland
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Jim McCrae
Ottawa report flags safety gaps in immigration enforcement
A confidential Consulting and Audit Canada report says immigration enforcement officers face safety risks and lack training and equipment. It notes many officers want batons pepper spray and guns and recommends arming officers and creating a dedicated enforcement branch. Immigration Minister Marchi delays action awaiting two more task force reports after a Toronto police shooting heightened concerns.
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Ottawa
Canada
Toronto
Todd Bayliss
Sergio Marchi
Bayliss
RCMP
Norman Inkster
Red Cross sent untreated blood to Toronto children’s hospital
The inquiry heard the Red Cross dispatched 98 vials of non heat treated blood to the Hospital for Sick Children on June 13 1985 despite 50 000 heat treated vials available. Officials debated ethics as the blood program moved to safer products during a two month transition while thousands of Canadians were later infected with AIDS and hepatitis C from tainted blood.
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Toronto
Red Cross
Blood Agency
Canadian
Hemophilia Society
Dawna King
Roger Perrault
Children's Hospital
Earl Cherniak
Ring
Horace Krever
Perrault
Ken Mews
Native officers seek peaceful end to Douglas Lake blockade
RCMP offered a face saving compromise to the Upper Nicola band to avoid a confrontation over the Douglas Lake road blockade near Merritt British Columbia. Two native RCMP constables met with Chief Scotty Holmes and elders to discuss options that would allow public statements without infringing the court injunction.
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Merritt
B.C
RCMP
Upper Nicola
Here
Douglas Lake
Gaily Gill Ye
Scotty Holmes
Holmes
Len Olfert
Olfert
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Sue Rodriguez
NDP
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