Holly's Fight for Justice

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99287922012-01-27T21:38:18.916-07:00Holly's Fight for JusticePersonal experience with Canada's Justice System, reforms, includes resources for crime victims in Canada, United States also Internationally. This blog provides information for crime victims/survivors.Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.comBlogger37141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-1115778995833465762012-12-31T12:59:00.000-07:002012-01-04T16:36:16.742-07:00Holly's Fight for Justice...

COPYRIGHT OWNED, EMAIL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE THE MATERIAL! Holly's Fight for Justice: This is part of my personally journey. It was featured in Reader's Digest written by Rick Mofina. My life changed the day I was violated/raped. If I had not taken the steps to speak out SERIAL RAPIST ALI RASAI would still be at large today! I did speak out! This violent crime changed my life!

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com69tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-14427014583468565742012-12-31T00:59:00.000-07:002012-01-04T16:36:38.900-07:00Speaking Out about Sexual Violence,Video done by Quantumshift.tv

Watch more videos like this at www.quantumshift.tv Holly's fight for Justice A tragedy can turn out to be to our greatest good, if it is approached and dealt with in a way that we can learn and grow. The story of Holly Desimone illustrates just that as she reclaims her spirit and life as a survivor of sexual violence. This personal message from Holly Desimone, Holly's Fight to Stop

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-33594488475875685102012-01-04T16:11:00.000-07:002012-01-04T16:38:17.449-07:00Abused Mother Seeks Redress After Government Breaches Her Altered Identity by Will Braun

"Jane Doe" thought she could breathe easy, having finally escaped the fear that came from years of domestic abuse. She had severed all ties to her past and secured new identities for her and her daughter through a secretive federal program that had given them a chance to start a new life. To her horror, however, the Alberta government inadvertently published her and her daughter's old and new

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-79454338784319164332010-10-04T16:46:00.002-06:002010-10-04T16:46:53.203-06:00"Leave Them Laughing: A Musical Comedy About Dying,"

Dear Calgary (and area) friends and contacts, Academy Award-winning filmmaker John Zaritsky along with a group of people are helping to bring John's new film, "Leave Them Laughing: A Musical Comedy About Dying," to Calgary for a special fundraiser screening. "Leave Them Laughing" is a documentary film about Canadian singer, actor, comedian, and mother Carla Zilbersmith who, at the age of

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-35186518522806362722010-09-28T11:54:00.000-06:002010-09-28T11:54:47.626-06:00Number of crime victims unchanged since 2004, despite government alarms

OTTAWA - The federal government has made crime-fighting a top priority, but new statistics appear to support critics' claims that general lawlessness has declined or remained the same, not increased. About 7.4 million Canadians — just over a quarter of the population aged 15 and up — said they were victims of a criminal incident last year. Statistics Canada reports that proportion has not

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-39458764703109117482010-09-18T19:04:00.002-06:002010-09-18T19:04:42.253-06:00Schools, police hold school assemblies in wake of rape of girl at party in B.C.

September 17, 2010, By James Keller, The Canadian Press PITT MEADOWS, B.C. - Photos of a teenaged girl being repeatedly raped at a party may float around the Internet indefinitely, the RCMP acknowledged Friday as the force announced the first arrest related to the assault itself. But as police renewed their plea for anyone in possession of the photos to destroy them and come forward, local

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-61758278015247507292010-09-12T14:38:00.000-06:002010-09-12T13:03:17.392-06:00On The Farm, Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver’s Missing Women Review done by Lee Lakeman

Review done by Lee Lakeman In On The Farm, Robert Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver’s Missing and Murdered Women,Stevie Cameron relays many details of the conviction of Robert Pickton for murdering and butchering six women and the likelihood that he killed fifty: poor, mostly prostituted, women, one third of whom were Aboriginal. She catalogues a decade of data into one readable

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-9348831252380697022010-09-12T12:42:00.000-06:002010-09-12T12:42:21.862-06:00Human trafficking: It’s happening here

Re: More Migrant Ships Could Be Coming: Toews, Sept. 8. Congratulations to the Harper government for its new education campaign regarding human trafficking. This is an insidious crime that Canadians need to be more aware of. While it’s a positive step forward, it is, as Canada’s leading expert Ben Perrin said, a small step. He rightly pointed out that we really need is a national strategy. I

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-1166059950910511432010-09-10T13:05:00.000-06:002010-04-09T14:06:44.873-06:00Respectful Relationship

ONLY YOU CAN DECIDE WHAT IS A Respectful Relationship? Some things to think about as you negotiate having a relationship is HOW do you want to be treated Physically, Emotionally and Sexually in your dating relationships? What are your bottom-lines or your non-negotiables, meaning what are ways that you should not be treated and ways you should not treat others? Below are some things youth

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-80501641422420715242010-09-07T19:17:00.000-06:002010-09-07T19:17:06.786-06:00RCMP wants Craigslist to stop erotic ads after U.S. adult services shut down

September 07, 2010, By The Canadian Press The RCMP says it's working with Craigslist to try to stop erotic ads that many fear are a cover for prostitution from being posted on the company's website in Canada. Craigslist shut down its adult services section in the United States on Saturday and replaced it with a black bar that simply says "censored." The move came after a group of state

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-46688192534193529102010-09-07T19:12:00.002-06:002010-09-07T19:12:59.486-06:00Feds, Mounties launch PR campaign against human trafficking

September 07, 2010, By The Canadian Press OTTAWA - The federal government is teaming up with the Mounties and Crime Stoppers to raise awareness about human trafficking. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews says Crime Stoppers will join his department and the RCMP to tell people about human trafficking and how to report suspicious activity. Toews, speaking at a news conference in Winnipeg, said the

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-38734108525183074912010-09-07T19:10:00.002-06:002010-09-07T19:10:58.268-06:00Child abuse unit investigates possible sex assault in Calgary school field

September 07, 2010, By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press CALGARY - Calgary police say alcohol was a factor in a first date between a 12-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy who met on a social networking site and then followed up Monday with a sexual encounter witnessed by their friends. "This was not a mob attack on a child walking through the park," said Staff Sgt. Leah Barber from the

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-83551161303551103112010-08-30T12:27:00.001-06:002010-08-30T12:27:59.894-06:00Mayor promises truth will be uncovered about reports of sex in RCMP cell

August 30, 2010, By The Canadian Press KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A report that two female prisoners had sex in an RCMP cell while jail staff watched via a video camera has people talking in this Interior B.C. city, including the mayor, who says the public will eventually be told what really happened. Mayor Peter Milobar is asking people to be patient and not pass judgment on those involved until all the

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-31430269485059026092010-08-30T12:19:00.002-06:002010-08-30T12:19:58.609-06:00Iran state media call French first lady 'prostitute' for supporting woman who faced stoning

August 30, 2010, By Ali Akbar Dareini, The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian state media called France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, a "prostitute" on Monday in an unusual attack on the wife of a world leader that shows deep anger over her support for an Iranian woman who faced death by stoning on an adultery conviction. The wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has condemned the

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-45010955988467831402010-08-25T00:29:00.002-06:002010-08-25T00:29:49.984-06:00Polygamous way of life harmful, former Bountiful, B.C., residents allege

August 24, 2010, By Sunny Dhillon, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER - Lorna Blackmore was 18 when she was forced to marry a man more than twice her age, despite the fact he already had a wife. Truman Oler was just a boy when he was taught that girls were like "poison snakes," unfit to play with or even talk to. Both Blackmore and Oler grew up in the polygamous southeastern British Columbia

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-68421228869653912042010-08-25T00:26:00.000-06:002010-08-25T00:26:32.955-06:00U.S. top court asked to review case of Canadian on death row

August 24, 2010, By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press The only Canadian on death row in the U.S. may be getting some moral support from the Harper government if the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to a review of the case of Ronald Smith. The Canadian Press/Bill Graveland. CALGARY - The only Canadian on death row in the U.S. may be getting more than moral support from the Harper government if the U.S

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-89050362354235650282010-08-25T00:24:00.000-06:002010-08-25T00:24:15.447-06:00Pressure for Pickton inquiry grows, but what questions would it need to answer?

August 24, 2010, By James Keller and Terri Theodore, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER - Demands for a public inquiry into how serial killer Robert Pickton got away with his carnage for so long have been increasing in volume as revelations that police mishandled the investigation have been made public. But whether a public inquiry is the right way to get a closer look at the case and, if it is, how

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-10052206675544092602010-08-20T17:47:00.002-06:002010-08-20T17:47:17.475-06:00Women sex offenders often go unrecognized and unreported, new book says

August 20, 2010, By Nelson Wyatt, The Canadian Press MONTREAL - Women sex offenders often go unrecognized and unreported, although society is starting to pay closer attention to them, says a university criminologist. "What we've estimated is that females constitute approximately four to five per cent of all sex offenders," says Franca Cortoni, whose new book pulls together the latest research

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-7707710857776061042010-08-19T13:13:00.000-06:002010-08-19T13:13:12.390-06:00Working for Victims: Canada's New Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime, Sue O'Sullivan, Begins Term

Aug 16, 2010 OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 16, 2010) - Sue O'Sullivan today began her appointed term as Canada's new Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime. The Office, established in 2007, helps victims of crime and their families. "I am both humbled and honoured to have been chosen to lead an office with the important responsibility of giving victims a voice," explained O'Sullivan. "

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-9855961650357143772010-08-08T14:14:00.001-06:002010-08-08T14:14:24.882-06:00Justice minister downplays Criminal Code change to include 'honour crimes'

August 08, 2010, By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press MONTREAL - Canada's justice minister has moved to quash weeks of confusion by playing down the idea that Ottawa might amend the Criminal Code to include so-called "honour killings." Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says Ottawa is making honour crimes a priority but there isn't any real need to change the Criminal Code to achieve such an

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-29608502635053834072010-08-08T14:02:00.002-06:002010-08-08T14:02:12.857-06:0050-per-cent spike in older inmates carries cost implications for prison policy

August 08, 2010, By Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press MONTREAL - The number of federal inmates older than 50 surged by almost half in less than a decade as prisons undergo a demographic trend with wide-ranging implications for Canada's correctional system. Figures provided by Correctional Service Canada peg their number at 2,379 of the 13,286 total inmates in 2009 — a 45-per-cent hike from

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-18500340182527779652010-08-03T17:59:00.000-06:002010-08-03T17:59:15.049-06:00Stockwell Day gets tough on imaginary crime, ie. unicorn poaching

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-27019343987907568202010-08-03T17:45:00.000-06:002010-08-03T17:45:25.655-06:00Stockwell Day confounds critics, says new prisons needed for unreported crimes

August 03, 2010, By Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - Opposition critics are scratching their heads over Stockwell Day's claim that Canada needs more prisons in part because many crimes go unreported. Day, president of the Treasury Board, was asked Tuesday why the Conservative government intends to spend billions of dollars on expanding prisons at a time of falling crime. "People

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-78299484408909322952010-08-03T17:43:00.000-06:002010-08-03T17:43:11.271-06:00Feds tell immigration officers to treat U.S. deserters as criminals

August 03, 2010, By Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - The Conservative government has given immigration officers tough new marching orders for dealing with military deserters seeking refuge in Canada, painting them as criminals who may be inadmissible. The Immigration Department is leaning on officers to give a more critical assessment in new cases and telling them to report more

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-73843427092329388142010-08-01T11:43:00.001-06:002010-08-01T11:43:43.031-06:00Proposal to put 'rape' back into Criminal Code dies a quick death

August 01, 2010, By Dean Beeby, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - A senior cabinet minister's suggestion to restore 'rape' as a distinct and separate crime in Canada's Criminal Code appears to have been abandoned. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said earlier this year that the 1983 replacement of 'rape' in the code with the broader term 'sexual assault' created a "general basket description that

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-48063069874647697482010-07-30T12:07:00.000-06:002010-07-30T12:07:04.049-06:00Calgary psychiatrist now faces 21 sex assault charges involving patients

July 30, 2010, By The Canadian Press CALGARY - A Calgary psychiatrist who has frequently testified in court for the Crown now faces 21 sexual assault charges involving patients, some allegedly during court-ordered visits. Dr. Aubrey Levin, 71, was first arrested and charged March 23 after allegations that a 36-year-old patient was repeatedly sexually assaulted. Calgary Police said that

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-32606451014912280332010-07-30T09:02:00.002-06:002010-07-30T09:02:05.902-06:00Immigration judge who wanted sex to help refugee claimant gets 18 months

July 29, 2010, By The Canadian Press TORONTO - A former immigration judge who asked for sex to approve an application from a Korean refugee claimant was handed an 18-month sentence Thursday. Steve Ellis, 50, was found guilty of breach of trust and bribery in April. A 2006 meeting was recorded by the woman, Ji Hye Kim, who took the matter to police. Outside court Thursday, Kim expressed relief

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-88251149693103970852010-07-30T08:49:00.000-06:002010-07-30T08:49:29.003-06:00Supreme Court rejects new trial for serial killer Pickton

July 30, 2010, By Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected serial killer Robert Pickton's bid for a new trial. The top court was unanimous in ruling that Pickton's right to a fair trial was not affected by the trial judge's final instructions to the jury, although they split 6-3 on the reasons. Pickton was found guilty of six counts of

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-81256418543092428932010-07-28T14:08:00.003-06:002010-07-28T14:08:46.822-06:00Kenneth Klassen has been sentenced! 11 years in prison on 14 counts of sexual interference and one count of importing child pornography.

Cdn sex tourist gets 11 years for sex with young girls in Columbia, Cambodia at 14:01 on July 28, 2010, EDT. By The Canadian Press VANCOUVER - A Canadian man who admitted to having sex with young girls in Columbia and Cambodia has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. A B.C. Supreme Court judge said Kenneth Klassen committed "serious" and "opportunistic" offences in delivering his sentence on

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-24937290286324597742010-07-27T18:27:00.000-06:002010-07-27T18:27:47.656-06:00Government steps in to quell RCMP infighting amid accusations of bullying

July 27, 2010, By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - The country's top bureaucrat has ordered a "workplace assessment" of the RCMP to help massage internal conflict amid concerns Mountie Commissioner William Elliott is rubbing senior staff the wrong way. Privy Council Clerk Wayne Wouters will appoint an independent adviser to look into the turmoil after senior members of the force

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-86932523667576258192010-07-27T18:23:00.000-06:002010-07-27T18:23:33.152-06:00Supreme Court to rule Friday on whether serial killer Pickton gets new trial

July 27, 2010, By Terri Theodore, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER - Serial killer Robert Pickton will find out Friday whether the country's highest court will grant him a new trial. But no matter what the high court decides, a man whose sister's DNA was recovered from Pickton's farm said the families of his victims, proven and alleged, will still be devastated. Ernie Crey said Tuesday he doesn't

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-87811050533490107252010-07-23T17:27:00.001-06:002010-07-23T17:27:18.148-06:00Shooting the messenger

This article from Macleans.ca..SHOOTING THE MESSENGER! It's courtesy of recently appointed Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, who by all accounts is a fine and upstanding fellow. ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/23/shooting-the-messenger

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-87398847098548938772010-07-23T17:20:00.002-06:002010-07-23T17:20:59.643-06:00Cdn sex tourist engaged in 'commercial transaction' with abused girls: lawyer

July 23, 2010, By The Canadian Press VANCOUVER - A Canadian man who admitted having sex with young girls in Colombia and Cambodia was a "customer" of willing participants and not an abuser, says his defence lawyer. Kenneth Klassen pleaded guilty earlier this year to 14 counts of having sex with underage girls and one count of importing child pornography. At his sentencing hearing Friday, the

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-58077689885105766182010-07-22T10:46:00.003-06:002010-07-22T10:46:43.945-06:00Part of exhibit featuring mash-up of guns and violence victims removed

July 21, 2010, By Mary Jo Laforest, The Canadian Press EDMONTON - The creators of a world-renowned art installation that features a five-tonne cube of small firearms, ammunition and landmines say they are "gobsmacked" that part of their exhibit has been removed because of one complaint from China. "The Art of Peacemaking: The Gun Sculpture" is on exhibit at the United Nations Vienna

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-49283044687122217772010-07-20T21:20:00.001-06:002010-07-20T21:20:04.147-06:00N.S. man guilty of 1970s sex crimes against boys in case that took 15 years

July 20, 2010, By Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - A former Nova Scotia businessman was convicted Tuesday of molesting two boys in the 1970s in a case that took more than 15 years to come to trial. Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh, 67, was found guilty on 13 charges of indecent assault and gross indecency. Justice Simon MacDonald of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court rejected

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-14342420222568702192010-07-19T11:00:00.000-06:002010-07-19T11:00:18.298-06:00Police arrest 'person of interest' in missing Alberta couple's case

July 19, 2010, By The Canadian Press NITON JUNCTION, Alta. - Police have arrested a violent fugitive they have been looking for as a "person of interest" in the case of an Alberta couple last seen more than two weeks ago. RCMP say Travis Edward Vader, 38, was taken into custody at a rural home near Niton Junction between Edmonton and Edson, Alta., early Monday morning. Lyle and Marie McCann,

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-20300633050837427672010-07-19T10:56:00.001-06:002010-07-19T10:56:14.608-06:00Military police records expose domestic violence, counsellors cite Afghanistan

July 18, 2010, By Sue Bailey and Alison Auld, The Canadian Press Military police records describe spousal sexual assault, hitting, shoving and screaming matches on or near Canadian Forces bases — family violence that counsellors link to repeated tours in Afghanistan. The case summaries offer a rare view of tensions and conflict that regularly erupt in military homes across the country. They

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-49161834681537424782010-07-15T19:11:00.002-06:002010-07-15T19:11:38.551-06:00Botched investigation? Mounties face questions over handling of missing couple

July 15, 2010, By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press EDMONTON - Canada's national police force has so far botched its investigation of what happened to a missing Alberta couple, a law-enforcement expert and former Mountie charged Thursday as authorities in northern B.C. joined the search for Lyle and Marie McCann. "It has been a banquet of mistakes, of laziness, of unprofessional conduct — and

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-39599317473813262382010-07-15T13:46:00.000-06:002010-07-15T13:46:03.195-06:00Top court is unanimous in upholding Internet luring conviction

July 15, 2010, By The Canadian Press OTTAWA - The country's top court has upheld the conviction of an Edmonton man charged with luring a 13-year-old boy on the Internet. In a unanimous 9-0 ruling released Thursday, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Michell Rayal Levigne's appeal. Writing for the court, Justice Morris J. Fish said that under the law Levigne is presumed to have believed that

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-90816094586837036932010-07-15T13:41:00.000-06:002010-07-15T13:41:21.991-06:00Suspect in Toronto cemetery sex attack appears in court with scratches on face

July 15, 2010, By The Canadian Press TORONTO - Toronto police said the man charged with attempted murder in the sexual attack of a woman in a cemetery this week is "known to police" but disclosed no further details. Russell Benjamin Kirkpatrick appeared in court Thursday with a slew of cuts and scratches over his head and face, and blood on his prison jumpsuit. He was remanded in custody for

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-52700942601503545662010-07-15T13:39:00.003-06:002010-07-15T13:39:22.236-06:00A trauma made worse from The Ottawa Citizen on July 13, 2010

In failing to provide proper care to at least two sexual assault victims, The Ottawa Hospital has let down not just the victims themselves but the entire community, whose safety depends on the hospital's ability to help police catch and convict sex offenders. One of the cases involved a 21-year-old woman who was assaulted May 23. She ended up at the hospital's Civic campus, but no one trained in

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-53256748276899252572010-07-12T20:51:00.002-06:002010-07-12T20:51:55.599-06:00Alberta Mountie charged in wife's slaying makes first court appearance

EDMONTON - A speedy court appearance and a clerical error over a murder charge marked an Alberta Mountie's entrance into the legal system after being charged in his wife's slaying. Const. Tirth Sehmbi, 36, was led into court Monday dressed in the blue coveralls issued to all prisoners who are in custody. He's charged with second-degree murder after his wife's body was discovered in a southeast

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-8028320665934342902010-07-12T20:44:00.003-06:002010-07-12T20:45:30.924-06:00Help for the victims of crime -- and the offenders

Restorative justice eases victims' post-traumatic stress and reduces re-offending. Yet it remains on the fringes of the system, By Peter McKnight, Vancouver Sun July 12, 2010 Suman and Manjit Virk's daughter Reena was murdered in 1997. Through restorative justice, the couple was able to tell one of their daughter's killers what he had done to them, to hear his remorse and to forgive him. In

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-70376124997758602262010-07-12T20:36:00.002-06:002010-07-12T20:36:47.385-06:00Former commander and female subordinate charged in Afghanistan sex case

July 12, 2010, By Stephen Thorne, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - The chief of the defence staff is battling immorality in the ranks as the former commander of Canada's troops in Afghanistan and a female subordinate face charges from their sexual liaison. The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service launched an investigation shortly after Master-Cpl. Bianka Langlois acknowledged she had an

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Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-87915280845820794952010-07-12T20:28:00.002-06:002010-07-12T20:28:40.867-06:00Rona Ambrose speaks out of turn at event condemning so-called honour killings

July 12, 2010, By Dominique Jarry-Shore, The Canadian Press MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - The Conservative government dispatched one of its ministers Monday to the city where a 16-year-old girl was killed by her father and brother to condemn so-called honour killings, but it appears Rona Ambrose may have spoken out of turn. The event was a statement from the minister for status of women, containing no

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By DEAN PRITCHARD, QMI Agency WINNIPEG - A former Beausejour doctor has been stripped of his licence to practice medicine after he admitted having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a mentally ill patient. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba found Dr. David Corder guilty of exploiting the patient -- identified in College documents as Ms. X -- for his own advantage,

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Report says state parole agents spoke with California kidnapped woman but didn't follow up, July 07, 2010, By Don Thompson, The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A report prepared by the state attorney general's office says California parole agents spoke to the woman who was held captive by a paroled rapist for 18 years and fathered his two children, but never bothered to follow up. The

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-78551732971256921482010-07-06T16:05:00.001-06:002010-07-06T16:05:46.533-06:00Prostitution-related charges laid against man police say acted as online pimp

July 06, 2010, By The Canadian Press VANCOUVER - Prostitution charges have been laid against a 31-year-old Vancouver man who police call an online pimp. Police say Mark Carlisle Humphrey used Craigslist to recruit women as escorts and exotic dancers. They say once a woman was hired, she was pressured to have paid sex with men, but Humphrey would pocket the money. After being alerted to the

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VICTIMS' rights advocate Michael O'Connell will petition Facebook to remove the profile of a convicted Adelaide paedophile who is using the site to communicate with young people. Craig Ratcliff was convicted in 1991 of seven counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old boy. In 2008, he was given a suspended sentence for telling "scandalous lies" about a serving MP, claiming in a

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-84406964674779548292010-07-02T14:29:00.001-06:002010-07-02T14:29:44.983-06:00'Forgotten' kids forced into prostitution: Report

Countless “forgotten” children are being trafficked within and across provincial borders and Canada has no clear plan to help them, says a new RCMP report obtained by the Toronto Sun. The perception of choice — that a child can choose to enter the sex trade and then choose to leave — is clouding Canadian minds from seeing that young people are part of a booming flesh trade within Canadian

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By TRAN VAN MINH (AP) HANOI, Vietnam — An acupuncturist who claims she can detect a man's virginity based on a small dot on the ear has become a minor celebrity in Vietnam, where she is credited with helping to free three convicted rapists from prison. Traditional medicine practitioner Pham Thi Hong started lobbying for the men's release, pleading their case all the way to the president,

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-91269164578330241412010-06-29T19:01:00.002-06:002010-06-29T19:01:52.637-06:00Child-case team could roll in 201... Regional unit to probe abuse

Lindsay Kines with Times Colonist, Saturday, June 26, 2010 A crack team of investigators targeting severe child-abuse cases in Greater Victoria could be up and running by next year, organizers say. Modelled after child advocacy centres in the United States and Edmonton, the Organized Response to Child Abuse Centre would be staffed by specially trained police detectives, social workers and

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-1831025353374986862010-06-29T18:57:00.002-06:002010-06-29T18:57:46.287-06:00New evidence enough to reopen Dziekanski death investigation: prosecutor

June 29, 2010, By James Keller, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER - A public inquiry into Robert Dziekanski's death revealed new evidence and the investigation into the actions of the four RCMP officers involved should be reopened, says a special prosecutor appointed following a damning report from the inquiry. The province named Richard Peck as special prosecutor after the report released earlier

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MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- 06/28/10 -- The Honourable Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, Senator, today called on his opposition colleagues in the Senate to cooperate and urgently pass legislation that would prevent the current practice of granting pardons to serious criminals. "The pardons approval rate suggests that the National Parole Board interprets the Criminal Records Act as requiring it to grant a pardon

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-19363201360019515522010-06-22T20:56:00.002-06:002010-06-22T20:56:14.988-06:00Acquit B.C. man wrongfully convicted of rapes 27 years ago: lawyer

June 22, 2010, By Terri Theodore, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER - Both Crown and defence lawyers agree there is little chance a man who spent most of the last 27 years behind bars for a series of violent sexual assaults in Vancouver would ever be convicted today. Ivan Henry has proclaimed his innocence since his 1983 conviction for rape and indecent assault involving eight women. The B.C. Court

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June 22, 2010, By Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - The Conservative government's tough-on-crime agenda is also tough on taxpayers, with the cost of running prisons potentially set to more than double, says Parliament's spending watchdog. Parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page says the Truth in Sentencing Act could raise total prison costs to $9.5 billion a year in 2015-2016 from

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OTTAWA - Federal political parties have joined forces to ensure notorious sex killer Karla Homolka won't be pardoned for her gruesome crimes. The four parties struck an 11th-hour deal late Wednesday to hive off measures in a pardon-reform bill that would effectively ban Homolka from receiving a pardon. The measures are to be passed at all stages by the end of the day Thursday, when the House of

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-67209237114718039152010-06-15T20:58:00.000-06:002010-06-15T20:58:19.017-06:00Honour killing: Dad, brother plead guilty to murder of Ontario girl

June 15, 2010, By Allison Jones, The Canadian Press BRAMPTON, Ont. - After 16-year-old Aqsa Parvez was murdered by her brother and father in a so-called honour killing, her mother blamed the slain girl for not obeying her family's strict rules. Alone in a police interview room after her son choked Aqsa to death in December 2007 and her husband took the fall for it, Anwar Jan was caught on a

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-41848833735907550502010-06-15T20:52:00.001-06:002010-06-15T20:52:33.446-06:00Report gives reasons for backing walks for man who beheaded Greyhound seatmate

Report gives reasons for backing walks for man who beheaded Greyhound seatmate June 15, 2010, By The Canadian Press WINNIPEG - In the interests of assessing whether a man who beheaded a stranger and ate pieces of his flesh could ever be reintegrated into society, he should be allowed to take short, supervised walks around the grounds of the Selkirk Mental Health Centre. That was part of a

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-36914566206041555242010-06-15T20:49:00.000-06:002010-06-15T20:49:12.113-06:00Government Takes Action to End Early Release of Criminals and Increase Offender Accountability

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 15, 2010) - Today, the Honourable Vic Toews, Canada's Minister of Public Safety, and Senator Claude Carignan, announced legislation to end the early release of criminals and increase offender accountability, while strengthening the rights of victims. "Our Government agrees with Canadians – the corrections and conditional release system should put public safety

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-14485285199454442042010-06-14T12:00:00.001-06:002010-06-14T12:00:56.033-06:00Gays targeted in most violent incidents as hate crimes jump by a third in 2008

June 14, 2010, By The Canadian Press OTTAWA - Police services are reporting a big jump in hate crimes, and they say gay men are being targeted more often and in the most violent incidents. Statistics Canada says police logged 1,036 hate crimes in 2008, up 35 per cent from 2007. Just over half (55 per cent) were motivated by race or ethnicity, 26 per cent by religion and 16 per cent by sexual

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-66283462168357276892010-06-10T13:22:00.000-06:002010-06-10T13:22:40.780-06:00Supreme Court upholds right to publication bans on evidence at bail hearings

June 10, 2010, By Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a defendant's right to an automatic publication ban on evidence at their bail hearing. The high court dismissed appeals Thursday brought by several news organizations that argued judges should have the final say on pretrial publication bans. The 8-1 ruling upholds a Criminal Code provision

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Holly's Fight for Justice, Personally, I have know Steve Sullivan early on in my journey for justice! He attended parole hearings, we did radio shows and newspaper interviews for years to raise awareness for crime victims! Steve started a blog to share his personal experiences, knowledge and opinions about the realities of crime victims in Canada. He also has never been a crime victim! The

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Crime Stoppers will now accept tips by text. Officials hope by adding another technology to their anonymous information system they will generate more tips. "I would anticipate that we will get real time crime information as they're happening," says Insp. David Kotowski from the Calgary Police Service. The Crime Stoppers phone number is 1-800-222-8477; tips can also be emailed to

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-15613522932661754402010-06-06T16:43:00.000-06:002010-06-06T16:43:05.268-06:00Kristen Stewart Apologizes: Sexual Assault Comment Was ‘An Enormous Mistake’

LOS ANGELES, Calif. “Twilight Saga” star Kristen Stewart is apologizing for comments she made in Britain’s ELLE magazine which have left some people outraged. “I really made an enormous mistake – clearly and obviously,” Kristen told People. “And I’m really sorry about my choice of words.” The actress previously compared her life in the Hollywood spotlight and the constant hounding by the

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Coroner's Report on domestic violence cases released - News1130

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-13426381476360361172010-06-01T18:51:00.002-06:002010-06-01T18:51:46.766-06:00KENNETH KLASSEN PLEADED GUILTY.. SEX WITH UNDERAGE GIRLS!

Residents irate sex-tourism operator building home on Mayne Island, By John Bermingham and Keith Fraser, The Province, June 1, 2010 Mayne Island mom Christie Meers was recently shocked to learn that a serial sex tourist is building a home on the Gulf island. Kenneth Klassen pleaded guilty May 21 in B.C. Supreme Court to 14 counts of sex with underage girls in Cambodia and Colombia, and one

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-18979410161347620722010-06-01T15:12:00.001-06:002010-06-01T15:13:40.730-06:00Old Age Security Act and terminate payment of Old Age Security (OAS) benefits to convicted criminals.

BACKGROUNDER OLD AGE SECURITY The Old Age Security (OAS) program is the cornerstone of Canada's retirement income system. In order to be eligible to receive OAS benefits, applicants must meet specific residence requirements. To receive OAS benefits, an individual must have resided in Canada for a minimum of 10 years, after age 18. A person applying for OAS benefits who has fewer than 10 years'

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-18226245632952064542010-06-01T15:10:00.002-06:002010-06-01T15:10:07.201-06:00Raymond Lahey denies former Mount Cashel resident's sexual abuse claims

June 01, 2010, By The Canadian Press ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A Catholic bishop facing child pornography charges says he never sexually abused a boy who lived at Mount Cashel orphanage in St. John's, N.L. Raymond Lahey denies all claims of sexual assault made in a civil lawsuit filed in April by Todd Boland. The former Mount Cashel resident has accused Lahey in court documents of simulated anal

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-86120236742311093152010-05-31T16:12:00.000-06:002010-05-31T16:12:45.329-06:00Juries need to be trusted to know right from wrong

By Ian Mulgrew, Vancouver Sun, May 31, 2010 Juries don't get enough respect. Too many lawyers choose them over a judge alone when they want to confuse matters or when they're hoping their client can win some sympathy from a peer that a professional jurist would withhold. Similarly, too many judges treat them as borderline morons -- lecturing them at the end of trial about what they have heard

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May 31, 2010, By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press MONTREAL - A man by the name of Donald Fiedler lived a quiet life in a Montreal suburb, complete with a cosy home, a live-in partner and a steady job. The catch: the real Donald Fiedler lived about 3,600 kilometres away, in British Columbia, blissfully unaware for years while his identity was being stolen. The charade was only exposed

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-13043704797307185662010-05-28T12:43:00.001-06:002010-05-28T12:43:09.038-06:00Thomas Svekla jailed indefinitely as dangerous offender

May 28, 2010, By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press EDMONTON - For 30 years, since junior high school, Thomas Svekla sexually abused, tormented and terrorized women on a violent path that finally ended in murder. He'd punch them, choke them, sit astride them — knees on their arms — and rain down blows or pin them against walls and try to rip off their pants. He choked one with an umbrella. He

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-44793421467858868222010-05-27T13:18:00.000-06:002010-05-27T13:18:25.430-06:00Child predators descend on quake-stricken Haiti seeking sex slaves

May 27, 2010, By The Canadian Press OTTAWA - A Mountie just back from Haiti says smugglers have been spiriting quake orphans out of the country to become sex slaves in the neighbouring Dominican Republic. Sgt. Lana Prosper says authorities have found houses where sex predators hide children before whisking them over the border. Investigators suspect that some of those preying on desperate

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-71381840000236233612010-05-26T13:33:00.001-06:002010-05-26T13:33:00.647-06:00Border guard used private info to woo women on Facebook

By Chad Skelton, Vancouver Sun, May 26, 2010 A Vancouver Sun investigation found that a B.C. border guard was using the private information of attractive women to try to woo them online. VANCOUVER — A B.C. border guard e-mailed himself the passport details of attractive women who came through his inspection line so he could hit on them later on Facebook, according to an internal government

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May 26, 2010, By The Canadian Press OTTAWA - Canada's Amber Alert system is going wireless in an effort to reach millions of cellphone users. The country's cellphone industry is getting together with the RCMP and other police forces to offer free Amber Alerts to most wireless phone users. The alerts — which are issued to the public after a reported child abduction — will be sent as text

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71 men launch lawsuit over sex abuse at Saskatchewan Boys' School, By HEATHER POLISCHUK, Leader-Post, May 26, 2010 REGINA — The provincial government and a former youth facility employee are being sued by 71 men who claim they were abused as boys. A statement of claim was issued at Regina Court of Queen's Bench on Tuesday, alleging Ronald Anthony Sawa and others sexually, physically,

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-62131787595808399272010-05-25T11:21:00.000-06:002010-05-25T11:21:20.065-06:00Rape accused to be given anonymity

Men accused of rape are to be granted the same anonymity rights as their alleged victims under a major change in the law. By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor 21 May 2010 The coalition Government yesterday pledged to extend the current ban on identifying victims in rape cases to defendants as well. It would mean only those convicted of rape would ever be named but the controversial move last

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-24723292923634309992010-05-22T11:38:00.001-06:002010-05-22T11:38:30.929-06:00Minister Vic Toews to mark International Missing Children's Day

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 21, 2010) The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, along with the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Senator Pierre-Hughes Boisvenu will speak. A brief media availability will follow. Date Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Time 12:00 pm EDT

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-46681632939492209322010-05-22T11:30:00.001-06:002010-05-22T11:30:24.479-06:00James Joseph Martin, ordered to undergo a dangerous-offender assessment.

Crown might seek dangerous offender status for attacker, By STEVE BRUCE Court Reporter A man who made a name for himself in the New Brunswick court system is about to get a lot of attention in Nova Scotia. James Joseph Martin, who was declared a long-term offender by a Moncton judge in 2000, pleaded guilty Friday in Dartmouth provincial court to five charges stemming from a violent attack on a

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-29180667707817525852010-05-17T13:38:00.001-06:002010-05-17T13:45:21.321-06:00Harper Government introduces legislation to eliminate pardons for serious crimes

Voice of Toronto Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Public Safety Minster Vic Toews, and the Honourable Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, Senator, today announced legislation to eliminate pardons for serious crimes! http://voiceoftoronto.com/wp/2010/05/harper-government-introduces-legislation-to-eliminate-pardons-for-serious-crimes/ Under the current system “pardons” are granted almost automatically. The

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-66669052363915784952010-05-17T13:35:00.000-06:002010-05-17T13:35:10.947-06:00Marc Ouellet — a Catholic cardinal once touted as a possible candidate for the papacy — as "unacceptable."

Statement from Catholic cardinal about abortion and rape causes uproar on May 17, 2010, By The Canadian Press MONTREAL - The Harper government distanced itself Monday from anti-abortion remarks by one of Canada's most prominent religious leaders that have caused an uproar. Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Josee Verner described the comments by Marc Ouellet — a Catholic cardinal once touted as

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-14600150112039473562010-05-15T19:14:00.000-06:002010-05-15T19:14:11.885-06:00Alberta woman held hostage in Somalia starts scholarship fund for women there

CALGARY - An Alberta woman who was held hostage for more than 15 months in Somalia has started a foundation to send women in the war-torn country to university. Amanda Lindhout hopes the charitable foundation will be able send 10 women to school next year and 100 women over the next four years in the country where only four per cent of women pursue higher education. "The scholarship program is

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-55371689214073956182010-05-13T00:16:00.002-06:002010-05-13T00:16:40.215-06:00Ombudsman questions value of Tory crime-fighting agenda versus its huge cost

May 12, 2010, By Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - Canada's prison ombudsman says MPs need to ask harder questions about whether the country will get its money's worth from hugely expensive changes to the criminal justice system. Federal politicians are agreeing to major changes that will cost billions of dollars on prisons over the next few years, says Howard Sapers, the

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-32905541407439610622010-05-13T00:11:00.000-06:002010-05-13T00:11:43.897-06:00CBC, Globe find pardoned sex predator Graham James living in Guadalajara, Mexico

May 13, 2010, By James McCarten, The Canadian Press TORONTO - Pardoned sex predator Graham James has been tracked down in Mexico — a return to the public eye that has one of his alleged victims once again anxiously pacing the floor. Images of the disgraced junior hockey coach, slimmer than in past years, in the teeming Mexican city of Guadalajara are already weighing heavily on the man whose

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-18899643943829913792010-05-09T18:13:00.000-06:002010-05-09T18:13:31.157-06:00Canadian Forces member charged in sexual assaults at CFB Petawawa

May 09, 2010, By The Canadian Press PETAWAWA, Ont. - A member of the Canadian Forces has been charged with four counts of sexual assault in connection with attacks on women at CFB Petawawa in eastern Ontario. Canadian Forces officials say the charges stem from two incidents in the CFB Petawawa area in the fall of 2009, and two recent attacks this past week. Authorities say on May 6, an unknown

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-62782169626984201992010-05-09T18:09:00.000-06:002010-05-09T18:09:08.291-06:00Feds set to deny pardons for 'serious crimes' after Graham James controversy

May 09, 2010, By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - The federal government will introduce legislation Tuesday aimed at preventing someone like convicted sex predator Graham James from ever again receiving a pardon. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews plans to table a bill that would overhaul the system, making it much tougher, if not impossible, for repeat violent offenders to obtain a

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-29783874635591414392010-05-05T20:12:00.000-06:002010-05-05T20:12:12.309-06:00Girls blackmailed into making porn...Ryan McCann plead guilty to 26 charges!

May 5, 2010 By MEGAN GILLIS, QMI Agency Ryan McCann plead guilty to 26 charges of child pornography, invitation to sexual touching and making death threats. OTTAWA - Kanata teen Ryan McCann first hooked girls as young as 14 with promises of thousands of dollars to perform via web cam. Then he tricked, threatened and blackmailed them into performing more degrading "shows" for clients of his

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-4642106572092465302010-05-05T20:03:00.000-06:002010-05-05T20:03:00.661-06:00No link between gun registry creation and Ecole Polytechnique massacre: Tory MP

May 5, 2010, By THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - The survivors of the Ecole Polytechnique massacre head to Ottawa on Thursday in hopes of saving the long-gun registry and to make sure they haven't been forgotten. Their visit comes after Conservative MP Bernard Genereux insisted the gun registry has nothing to do with the December 1989 shooting rampage. The Quebec Tory says the registry was instead

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-19994120737866981112010-04-26T16:32:00.000-06:002010-04-26T16:32:52.803-06:00Restorative justice helps address the suffering and loss that victims feel

A justice system that focuses on the victim, as well as the offender, By Harvey Voogd, Freelance April 23, 2010 When a crime occurs, it does not affect just one person, but also impacts their family members and the entire community. This was personally made clear to my family in the fall of 2008 when our pickup was stolen in the middle of the night. Though it was parked in front of our home in

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-53844650975663092232010-04-26T16:13:00.000-06:002010-04-26T16:13:11.086-06:00Ronald Sawa was handed the sentence Monday after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting

Former Regina youth worker sent to prison for sexually assaulting children April 26, 2010, By Jennifer Graham, THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA - A former Regina youth worker has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for what a judge called the "deplorable" act of sexually assaulting young boys. Ronald Sawa was handed the sentence Monday after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting nine boys between

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-34947396991964427972010-04-21T18:37:00.002-06:002010-04-21T18:37:42.627-06:00Mother of B.C. man shot by RCMP drops lawsuit, says much has changed

April 21, 2010, By Tamsyn Burgmann, THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER, B.C. - A few years ago, still mourning the death of her son at the hands of an RCMP officer, Linda Bush vowed to expose the failures of the national police force. On Wednesday, she sat side-by-side with Mounties and announced that much has changed since her son was shot in the back of the head at the Houston, B.C., RCMP

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-74540676719108267672010-04-18T12:15:00.002-06:002010-04-18T12:15:55.911-06:00Archbishop of Toronto calls sex-abuse scandals in church 'exceptions'

April 18, 2010, By Colin Perkel, THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Sexual-abuse scandals rocking the Roman Catholic church are "dramatic exceptions" to the good work done by most priests, the archbishop of Canada's largest archdiocese said Sunday. In a pastoral message delivered to churchgoers across the archdiocese, Thomas Collins said the clergy and lay people should not be discouraged by the

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-57389360828961201622010-04-17T23:05:00.000-06:002010-04-17T23:05:04.230-06:00Survivors mark National Victims of Crime Awareness Week

Media contact: Sherry Edmunds-Flett, Executive Director L.I.N.C. (Long-term Inmates Now in the Community) Phone: 604-820-1015 (office), 604-852-5514 (cell) Email: seflett@telus.net Survivors mark National Victims of Crime Awareness Week April 23 at UFV For the last 13 years, Misty Cockerill has been a victims’ rights advocate. It all started at the criminal trial of the man who not only

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-21414790973206118052010-04-14T14:17:00.001-06:002010-04-14T14:17:09.882-06:00Toronto Const. Michael Sweet

Family of slain cop demand end to 'torture' of privacy and parole laws April 14, 2010, By Colin Perkel, THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - The family of a police officer, who bled to death 30 years ago while his killer taunted police, pleaded Wednesday for changes to privacy laws that hide information on which the murderer made a partially successful bid for parole. Backed by police groups across the

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-82770447634594554962010-04-11T17:54:00.000-06:002010-04-11T17:54:50.202-06:00Sex Offenders and Pardons

Screening guide oversight underscores confusion over pardoned sex offenders April 11, 2010, By Bruce Cheadle And Jim Bronskill, THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - The government's own "best practice" guide for screening volunteers makes no mention of a critical step to identify pardoned sex offenders such as Graham James. The oversight highlights the current confusion in the system for doing criminal

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-39414058695509998612010-04-08T10:45:00.000-06:002010-04-08T10:45:25.936-06:00Why not just revoke James' pardon? By PAUL RUTHERFORD, Winnipeg Sun

Convicted pedophile Graham James is eligible for a pardon? Pardon? You can’t be serious. That was my first reaction. Put me down as one of the legions of Canadians who thinks the paltry three-and-half-year holiday James had in Club Fed, which ended in 2000, is a travesty in itself. Now this? James did get a pardon alright and predictably Canadians are outraged. With news Wednesday that at

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-82638470615150475632010-04-08T10:43:00.001-06:002010-04-08T10:43:47.091-06:00Prosecutors must testify at Frank Paul's Public Inquiry

Prosecutors must testify at freezing death inquiry, says Supreme Court April 8, 2010, By THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Crown lawyers will have to testify at a public inquiry into the freezing death of a Vancouver man. The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear their appeal of an order requiring them to explain why they decided repeatedly not to charge police in the death of Frank Paul. As

Holly/Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928792.post-48705507304789977862010-04-05T21:25:00.000-06:002010-04-05T21:25:30.757-06:00Prisons must work to prevent suicides: expert

By LAURA PAYTON, Parliamentary Bureau OTTAWA — Prison officials should work hard to prevent inmates from trying to kill themselves, a clinical psychologist said Monday in the wake of a suicide attempt by the former commander of CFB Trenton. Ronald Holden, a professor at Queen’s University whose research includes prison suicides, spoke to QMI Agency in the wake of reports that Col. Russell

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Here is a timeline of the important dates in the career of Graham James: Born: Feb. 7, 1952 in P.E.I. 1970: Quits hockey as a player due to bouts of asthma. Mid-1970s — Graduates from university; works as substitute teacher; begins coaching career. 1979-83: Coaches junior A hockey, winning the Manitoba provincial title with the Fort Garry Blues. 1983-84: Named head scout of the WHL’s Winnipeg

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