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Tourist killed rider
Baheti, who was airlifted to Nelson Hospital after the accident and had surgery to remove glass fragments from an eye, was disqualified from driving for six months. Judge Tony Zohrab also ordered Baheti to pay $7500 in emotional harm payment,
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:04P
Lessons for all from Christchurch probe
Pressing questions need to be answered in the wake of the Pike River Mine disaster, and there will be great expectations of High Court judge Justice Graham Panckhurst and those on his panel. In the circumstances, the one-year timeframe might prove
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:04P
KC boy dies following hit-and-run accident
AP KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A 3-year-old Kansas City boy has died of injuries he suffered after being struck by a hit-and-run driver. Police announced the child's death late Wednesday afternoon, shortly after a 64-year-old man surrendered.
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:04P
Bahrain: People should be brought to justice over protestor killings - new report
Dr Hani Mowafi, a US medical doctor who was part of the Amnesty team, found a pattern of fatal and serious injuries showing that the security forces used live ammunition at close range and apparently targeted protestors' heads, chests and abdomens.
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:04P
Man hit by 2 cars on Seaway Drive dies
(WZZM) - Police on the lakeshore are investigating an early morning crash that killed a pedestrian. It happened at 6:42 am on eastbound Seaway Drive near Green Street in Muskegon Heights. Police say two vehicles hit a 31-year-old Randy Robertson as he
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:03P
Zonta honours four women with achievement awards
They were: Rita Westbrook, the Honourable Justice Paddy A. Hardman, Shirley Fenton, and Elizabeth Witmer. Westbrook, who is retired and lives Cambridge, spent 35 years in policing, coming from Hamilton to the Waterloo Regional Police Service.
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:03P
At the Courthouse: Nick Delich may get new attorneys
Veteran criminal defense attorney Stanton Bloom has asked Judge John Leonardo if he can replace Nick Delich's public defenders. Bloom says in court documents filed Monday that Delich's parents (who are divorced) have raised the funds to hire him and he
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:03P
Drunk motorist wants smoke in ambulance
Three passengers were also injured in the crash, one of whom reportedly refused to get in the ambulance when told that smoking was not permitted on board. Empty beer bottles were discovered in the vehicle. Investigations are continuing.
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:03P
Speed a factor in fatal Ankara crash
Speed is thought to have been a factor in a car crash in Ankara overnight in which one person died and two people were injured. A car missed roadside barriers and somersaulted into a nearby field on ?rfan Ba?tu? Street when the car sped out of control,
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:03P
Tory ministers deny secrecy over crime bill costs
They were stuffed with what Justice Minister Rob Nicholson and Public Safety Minister Vic Toews described as a more detailed version of an earlier response to a motion by Liberal MP Scott Brison (Kings-Hants) to provide the cost of implementing its new
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:03P