(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – Constable Jennifer Jacobson of the Chatham-Kent Police Service recently returned from a vacation to Medellin, Colombia. She travelled there seven years ago, became friends with a family and returned to visit them. She met with police officers from the Colombia National Police Service and networked with members of their mounted unit, known [...]
(LOS ANGELES, CA) – This week, the Simon Wiesenthal Center announced that it had acquired the most significant document in its 34-year history. The document, a 4-page letter signed by Adolf Hitler, dated September 16, 1919, six years before the publication of Mein Kampf describes his hatred of Jews outlining his plans which call for, [...]
(LONDON, ENGLAND) – Two people who attempted to sell an 11-month-old child to an undercover reporter have been jailed for a total of 16 years following the first conviction of its kind under new legislation relating to slavery. The 48-year-old man and 29-year-old woman, both of north east London, were sentenced at Inner London Crown [...]
(TORONTO, ON) - Practicing small acts of kindness will make you a happier person, and the boost in mood stays with you for months, according to research out of York University. More than 700 people took part in a study which charted the effects of being nice to others, in small doses, over the course of a [...]
(THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS) – Ratko Mladic, wanted for the Srebrenica massacre and other war crimes in Bosnia, has been arrested in Serbia after a decade in hiding, and will be extradited to the Hague. Serbian police arrested a man suspected to be the wanted war crimes suspect Ratko Mladić, on the basis of an anonymous tip, [...]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – A special awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 28th, 2011 at the Children’s Safety Village, located in the C.M. Wilson Conservation Area; at 11:30 am. Eight local children are being recognized for their acts of bravery and good citizenship. These are children who assisted their classmates, parents or friends and [...]
By Robert Tuomi (WINDSOR, ON) – Despite what some will say and a Mayor intent on decimating community assets in the west end of the city that don’t need to be there because they cost money that could be used for his legacy projects, there are some interesting and good things in Windsor that will [...]
(WINDSOR, ON) – Establishing bylaws to keep panhandlers out of the downtown core may improve business there but does little to address the root causes of the problem, according to an assistant professor in nursing who specializes in research on the homeless. “We need to have long-term solutions for these people,” said Jamie Crawley. “I [...]
(BUDAPEST, HUNGRY) – Judge Viktor Vadasz of the District Court of Pest this afternoon acquitted the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s chief Nazi-hunter director Dr. Efraim Zuroff of libel charges filed against him by accused Hungarian Nazi war criminal Dr. Sandor Kepiro, whom Zuroff exposed in 2006 and who commenced facing criminal charges in a Budapest court yesterday. In [...]
(MONCTON, NB) – We were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of retired RCMP member Lionel LaFrenière. At 103 years of age, Mr. LaFrenière held the senior-most regimental number (11242) of all living members of the RCMP. He passed away on Friday, April 22 at the Dr-Georges-L.-Dumont Hospital in Moncton. Mr. LaFrenière left his [...]
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