Government pushes rapid deportation in seven year refugee case
Ottawa moves to deport Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad after his refugee claim was denied. His appeal rights and court challenges could stretch for years, delaying enforcement of any deportation order. Separately, the hate crimes bill faces amendments to limit protections for pedophilia or bestiality while preserving current offences.
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Ottawa
Canada
Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad
Pam Cullum
Immigration Department
Mohammad
Federal Court of Canada
Barbara Jackman
Toronto
Commons
Justice
Allan Rock
Retired teacher kills wife and daughter then himself in Gatineau
Joseph Jeannot phoned friends to hurry over before he shot his wife Carmie 43 and daughter Josiane 12 as they slept. He then killed himself in the basement, a domestic tragedy echoing a separate Ottawa area case where Robert Kasende faces two counts of first degree murder after shooting two of his children.
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Gatineau
Que
Joseph Jeannot
Ottawa River
Jeannot
Carmie
Josiane
Ottawa
Robert Kasendeis
Few concessions on anti-drug bill
Ottawa Liberal MPs favoring a soft line on marijuana fail to water down the bill. Possession under 30 grams remains a summary offence with criminal record stigma, police powers to tackle fortified drug houses expanded, and passage expected before the House rises.
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Ottawa
Paul Szabo
Commons
United States
Liberal Party
Szabo
Hedy Fry
Diane Marleau
Victims' legal fund started to aid families of slain Ontario girls
Bob Wercholer announced a victims' legal fund in Toronto to help cover the legal costs and lost wages for the parents of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy. The fund supports expenses not covered by existing compensation, amid Paul Bernardo's trial and appeals over videotape evidence.
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Toronto
Ontario
Bob Wercholer
Paul Bernardo
Kristen French
St. Catharines
Leslie Mahaffy
Burlington
Wercholer
Ontario Bridge Joint Manufacturers Association
French
Werhholoz
Doug French
Supreme Court of Canada
Patrick LeSage
Mahaffy
Bernardo
Antiviolence Group
Wercholoz
RCMP Lab Backlog Delays Vancouver Crime Investigations
Vancouver RCMP crime lab backlog of six months slows investigations into serious crimes. Backlog rose after City Hall closed the local lab last year, transferring 400 cases to RCMP. the unit now handles about 4,000 yearly with 60 staff and $6 million annual costs.
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Vancouver
RCMP
Melanie Carpenter
Mindy N
Ward
Rcmp Lab
British Columbia
Inquiry head blasts lack of disclosure
Halifax CP The head of the Westray inquiry criticizes Nova Scotia's Labour Department for withholding documents about the 1992 coal mine explosion. Justice Peter Richard orders steps to identify and obtain missing records as hearings may begin in autumn.
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Halifax
Westray
Nova Scotia
Department of Labor
Peter Richard
Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
Richard
John Merrick
Gerald Phillips
Roger Parry
Labor Department
Stellarton
Robert Anderson
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Skydome
Graham
Victims’ Legal Fund
William E. Ardell
Southam Inc
John G. Craig
Christian M. Paupe
John Craig
Southam
Southex
Christian Paupe
Bell Canada International Inc
Paupe
Transcontinental Group
Richardson Greenshields
Collége Militaire Royal
St Jean
Harvard Business School
The
Fernand Auger
Auger
Mindy Tran
Mindy
Kelowna
Carpenter
Fraser Canyon
Boorbabae
Sprint
Unitel
BeaBaoe
AGT
AGT Limited
Canada Direct
Teleglobe Canada Inc
Beil Canada
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