Lacrosse Player Dies in 'Tragic Accident'

Jamieson Kuhlmann was fatally injured during a field lacrosse game in Newmarket late Monday afternoon. His Toronto Beaches team was playing against Newmarket when the incident happened around 5:30 p.m. It was about five minutes into the first quarter of the game. Kuhlmann, a left-hander, had just passed the ball up field when a Newmarket player hit him. The player's shoulder and head connected with Jamieson's shoulder and head. He never regained consciousness from the moment he left the field. Kuhlmann was transferred to a hospital in Newmarket, then to the Hospital for Sick Children. The decision was made to take him off life support wednesday. "It was a tragic accident." "They want the message to be clear that Jamieson died as the result of an accident. The boy that hit him, it wasn't his fault. They really believe it's an accident and there is nothing else than a tragedy."

In my opinion this is a very sad. I have been playing lacrosse for almost my whole life, and i have never come across an accident like this. This tragedy really hits me. It is always sad when a young man dies, especially while playing the game he loved. In the end it was a freak accident and there is no one that should be put to blame on this.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/05/22/lacrosse-death.html

One year after killing of Jordan Manners, C.W. Jefferys has changed

Students and staff at C.W. Jefferys Collegiate will mark the one year anniversary of the killing of Jordan Manners on Friday. It was on May 23, 2007, that the 15-year-old was shot and killed in a hallway inside the school. 2 teens who were both 17 were charged in the killing. When the young boy died it shocked the city, people wondered about the safety of the schools in toronto.
Many students at the school say that the school has changed dramatically, kids feel alot safer and the environment has in general become alot better. Students say that the new principle and vice principle have made a different, other say the new security cameras have helped because students dont want to do anything bad cause it will be caught on video. Techers feel that there is more control in the school, kids are starting to care a little more when it comes to there school. Also the school atmosphere has changed, there are now leadership programs being made, and then school has made several new changes such as, new computers, new fitness centre, hall monitors and child and youth workers.

This is a wonderful article. It is very sad, that the young man died, but at the same time it made people change. This is a sad story on how the student died because of violence in schools. The school brought in a new principle and installed security camera's. This is key. Schools need to learn from this school, violence in schools in increasing and more and more deaths are happening. I feel that what this school did was a good idea. If this school believes that there new method in the school is working, than hopefully other schools in the Toronto area start to do the same.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/05/23/manners-anniversary.html

Toronto board approves first black-focused grade school

Toronto District School Board trustees have given final approval to Toronto's first Africentric school, but not without another meeting filled with acrimony and charges of racism.
The issue is one of the most controversial ever put to the board. The school will open in September 2009, and will occupy unused space at Sheppard Public School, near Sheppard Avenue and Keele Street. It will serve students from junior kindergarten to Grade 5. Some As many as 40 per cent of black students don't graduate from Toronto high schools. Board chair John Campbell tried to smooth over some of the disagreements that were being brought up about racism and sexism, but finally said "enough is enough." In the end, the decision was approved by a vote of 13-8. The board did not approve a black-focused high school for 2010, but did vote to study the idea.

Wasn't racial segregation deemed illegal in Canada? I can understand that urban schools in downtown Toronto aren't working particularly well, but how can this be the solution? I would propose hiring more teachers in the schools that already do exist, to have a lower student/educator ratio, rather than dividing students based on race. To be honest I do not think that this solution will work. Don't spend money on something that is doomed to fail right from the start. I am all for making sure kids get a descent education, but this concept i dont think is what will resolve the problem.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/05/22/afric-school.html

Cyclist killed after bike hits car door

The death of a Toronto cyclist, who was killed yesterday after his bike hit a car door that was being opened, is the type of tragedy that is becoming all too familiar on the city's streets. Toronto police say that the 57-year-old man was heading east on his bicycle on Eglinton Ave. W. just west of Avenue Rd. yesterday afternoon around 1 p.m. when the driver of a parked Volvo started to get out of his car. The cyclist hit the door and flew off his bike before landing on the roadway, where he was struck a car. The man was taken to hospital where he died of his injuries.
Charges will probably not be laid because this was only an accident.

This is just another accident that could have most likely been prevented if people were paying attention. You have to be aware that there are bikes on the road. You must look before you open your door onto the roadway. Also it is the cyclist responsability to pay attention. Be aware of the road users around you and act accordingly, it alot more diificult to pay attention when you're on a bike.

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/429336

Train torn from tracks by tornado

A large tornado skipped through several northern Colorado towns yesterday, destroying dozens of homes, flipping tractor-trailers and an entire train of freight cars, and killing at least one person. The National Weather Service said the tornado touched down just before noon near Platteville, about 80 kilometres north of Denver. Over the next hour, it moved northward past several towns along a 56-kilometre track toward Wyoming. Nine people were hospitalized with various injuries at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland. A frightened camper who tried to outrun the storm in an RV was killed. Many people have lost everything, there animals, campers and there homes.
"It passed right over us like a big, white monster," said Thomas Coupe, 87.
The tornado overturned 15 railroad cars and destroyed a lumber car on the Great Western Railway of Colorado. In Southern California, area residents flooded TV stations with pictures and video of funnel clouds and at least one tornado on the ground. The storm unleashed mudslides in wildfire-scarred canyons and dusted mountains and even low-lying communities with snow and hail.

This is just a Natural Accident due to most likely the weather conditions in Colorado. I cant really make an opinion on this, but I want to say whenever there is a tornado make sure you try and hide somewhere low to the ground in a ditch or something. Do not do what the one man did who went to hide in his RV, that was just stupid and now look what happened hes dead. So just make sure you know what to do in these types of situations.

http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/429293

Solar roof planned for Markham Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Canada announced plans this morning to build the country's largest rooftop solar-energy system atop a new Supercentre planned for Markham later this year. Ontario's Ministry of Research and Innovation is contributing a $3-million forgivable loan to support the demonstration system, which will supply emission-free electricity and heat to the Wal-Mart store. Menova has created a "concentrated" solar-energy system that magnifies the sunlight by 1,000 times onto tiny solar cells, resulting in a dramatic reduction in costs and highly efficient electricity production. The heat from this intense focusing of sunlight is also captured, creating another source of emission-free energy that can replace fossil fuels typically used for space and hot-water heating. Menova is also capable of capturing the sunlight in fibre-optic cables and redirecting it inside a building. By bringing outside sunlight indoor, buildings can reduce their reliance during the day on conventional lighting and the electricity it requires.

This is what Canada has to see more of; using solar power to generate elctricity. It really helps out the environment and reduces Green House Gases that are being released into the air. I really think that other major businesses need to take note of this, people always want to live in a healthy and clean environment. This is just the first step to reaching there goal. Solar Heating has already been around, but now that we have Wal Mart who is a very well known coorpiration other people/businesses are going to catch on to this.

http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/428983

Peel officer approached girls

A Peel police officer who drove around asking young girls for directions for "no legitimate purpose" has been found guilty of discreditable conduct under the Police Services Act. Adult male strangers repeatedly driving through residential areas and approaching young females is potentially very serious. Charged more than two years ago, Yeo admitted he talked with "pretty" young girls, but said his actions were harmless. The 38-year-old officer, who has been suspended with pay since the charges were laid, and he said that he never stalked students and never asked them to get into his car. Boychuk found that while Yeo was off duty he watched and followed more than a dozen young girls, many Grade 7 students, between June and October 2005, near recreation centres, schools and shopping malls. He never thought that he was scaring the girls. In the first known incident, Yeo called out to three Grade 7 students from his vehicle in a church parking lot near St. Elizabeth Seaton Public School and asked directions to Erin Mills Town Centre. He asked the girls to "come closer" but they refused. In another incident, he followed a girl walking alone down a dead-end street near Inlake Court. An undercover officer who followed Yeo over a five-month period in 2005 testified that he saw the officer watching several young girls.

This is just creepy, first of all the cop is 38 years old, and he is stalked and watching young girls occasionally when they are at school. Just a little creepy. Secondly the man is a cop and it is his duty is to serve and protect. I don’t think your protecting anyone when your constantly stalked young girls and frequently asking them questions for no particular reason.

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/428497

mother Killed Children, to save them

Justice Michael Brown rules whether or not Elango is criminally responsible for killing her daughters. Four psychiatrists who examined Elango agreed that she does suffer from a mental disorder but could still understand the nature of her acts. "At that time, I was only worried about their future, I didn't even see their present." "I picked up Renu. Got into the tub, too. She started crying. I was so upset with my life, with God, with everything. Told my daughter to go away. Nobody wants you in this world." After she drowned her daughters, Elango climbed into the bathtub with them, where she tried to end her own life by slashing her wrists and throat and drinking paint thinner and toilet bowl cleaner. The judge heard that she begged hospital staff to kill her and then asked nurses for her children's unwashed clothing, so that she could smell them.

I think that this brutal, and that there are certain people in this world who would actually do such a thing. She says that she wanted to save them, but i my position i think that she should have gone to get help. I really do hope that she gets sent away to jail for life. If she was not responsable enough to have the children than give them up for adoption is you cannot handle being a mother.

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/427527

Parents of abandoned baby Angelica Leslie arrested

Toronto police have arrested a 30-year-old couple and charged them with abandoning their baby girl in a freezing parking lot in north Toronto in January. The parents of the little girl who has come to be known as Angelica Leslie — were arrested Wednesday night in Kitchener, west of Toronto. The couple was arrested last night, in Kitchener and 4 charges have been laid down. Police said the couple lived in North York in January at the time the baby was found in a parking garage stairwell when the temperature was –14 C. The couple moved to Kitchener in April. The girl was found face down on freezing concrete. It's believed she was on the ground for about two hours before being discovered by a passerby. Angelica Leslie, who is thought to be about 11 months old, is being cared for by a foster family.He said the couple are known to police, but do not have criminal records. The couple were scheduled to make their first court appearance on Thursday.

Sad Very sad. Why didn't they give it to CAS and let the poor little thing be adopted, instead of leaving her on the door step. Just wish people would have more thoughts when they have sex it is a big responsibliity and not to be taken lightly. The CAS should have never postponed the adoption hearing. The poor child deserves to be cared for in a loving home. If they actually do find the biological mother, why in the world would they give the baby back to her? She is obviously an unfit mother, and needs psychological help.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/05/22/angelica-leslie.html

Mexican donkey jailed for assault

A donkey is doing time in southern Mexico for assault and battery. Police say the animal was locked up at a local jail that normally holds people for public drunkenness and other disturbances after it bit and kicked two men near a ranch in Chiapas state. Officers say that the donkey will remain in prison until the owner pays the mens medical bills which is estimated at about $420
The victims said the donkey bit Genaro Vazquez, 63, in the chest on Sunday and then kicked 52-year-old Andres Hernandez as he tried to come to the rescue, fracturing his ankle.
Police said it took a half-dozen men to control the enraged donkey.
"All of a sudden, the animal was on top of us like it was rabid," Hernandez said.
Chiapas police have thrown animals in the slammer before, including a bull that devoured corn crops and destroyed two wooden vending stands in March.

This is actually pretty funny, making a donkey serve jail time for bitting and kicked 2 men. I understand making the owner of the donkey pay for medical support, but making a donkey serve jail time is just stupid. What do they think is going to happen? Making a donkey serve jail time isnt going to make him change.
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/427611

1 dead, 3 hurt in Markham crash

A teenage driver was killed and three passengers injured when their minivan smashed into utility poles, streetlights and fences in Markham last night. The Toyota minivan was travelling along 9th Line near Delmark Blvd. just before midnight when the driver apparently lost control. The driver was partially ejected from the vehicle despite wearing a seatbelt, and was pronounced dead at the scene. Two of the passengers were taken to Sunnybrook hospital with life-threatening injuries and are now in stable condition. A fourth occupant was taken to Markham-Stouffville hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. All four teens were about 17 years old. The crash came at the end of a deadly holiday weekend, which had already seen five fatal collisions on the province’s roads as of Sunday. During a weekend safety blitz, police laid 163 street racing charges, including one issued to a Barrie-area teen after a car was seen speeding at 239 km/h in an 80 km/h zone.

This is just another fatality that has taken place over this long weekend. Wether or not there was alcohol involved in the crash, this weekend has seen alot of incidents like this, teens just sometimes get carried away when there friends are in the car, and they begin to speed and not pay attention to the road. I just think that teens and young adults have to be smart when it comes to driving.

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/427610

Abduction, beating followed fender bender

Police are looking for four men and a woman after a man was beaten and abducted after leaving a nightclub at the lakefront on the weekend. A 28-year-old man said he and his friend were leaving the Guvernment nightclub in his friend's car near Richardson St. and Queens Quay E. around 1:30 a.m. Saturday when their car crashed into another vehicle. While it was just a scrape, harsh words between the two drivers eventually escalated into violence. The guy said that another vehicle pulled up and followed the friend's vehicle and cornered them and pulled them out of the vehicle and beat them. The friend managed to run free but the man was thrown into the suspects car and beaten some more. The suspects then drove him to Peel Region where he was eventually dumped at Highway 409 and Atwell Dr. near Pearson International airport, Brown said. The suspects demanded money in exchange for the man's freedom, and they said they were armed with weapons. The man only has a few scratches and bruises. The suspects are all believed to be in their mid to late 20s.

This is just weird, the suspects definetly had a little to much alcohol in there system or they were just stupid. The man probably did not mean to hit the suspects car, there was no need for violence in this case. But at 1:30am after being at a night club, obviously people are drunk or druged out and therefore they pull moves like this that can get them into serious trouble.

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/424406

Lucky Women Survives Fall Onto Subway Track

Randy Isenberg had every reason to believe his wife Theresa was dead. "Most people who get hit by a train lose their legs, definitely most of them lose their lives". Isenberg's wife Theresa Kelly fell onto the subway tracks at Spadina station yesterday close to 1 p.m. She managed to roll off the tracks and into a small alcove under the platform moments before the train pulled in.
In an interview at St. Michael's Hospital yesterday, Isenberg said his wife "remembers rolling to get off the tracks," and then waking up with the train next to her. When Isenberg first saw his wife she was covered in blood, grime from the tracks, her hands, legs and arms were black. Kelly has a serious gash on her head, several broken ribs and a hip injury. The couple has 4 children between the ages of 18-25. Kelly says the she had tripped right before the train was coming and feel onto the tracks.

All i can say is wow, this lucky women is so lucky to be alive, imagine yourself falling onto tracks moments before the train was about to pull in, i would be so shocked i wouldnt even know to react. God was definetly with her during this time, to fall onto subway tracks right before the train comes and to live to tell the story is quite amazing.

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/424389