Would-be kidnapper sentenced to 7 years
By: Mike McIntyre 

Winnipeg Free Press – ONLINE EDITION
2012

It began as a brazen daytime abduction attempt and ended in chaos. Now three would-be kidnappers have been handed lengthy prison sentences.

Biniam Fitur was sentenced today to seven years behind bars, which is the same penalty given to co-accused Pedro Maldonado and one year less than Jeremy Egan. All three men were found guilty of several charges, including attempted kidnapping and assault, for the January 2008 incident.

Five more added to CBSA’s most wanted list
June 4, 2012. 3:31 pm • Section: Crime and Justice
Posted by: Tobi Cohen

OTTAWA — The Canada Border Services Agency has added five new names to its most wanted list and just days ago gave the boot to criminal Damion Rami Butler more than four months after he was apprehended in Toronto.

The latest additions include Ibrahima Isse, 46, of Senegal who is wanted for war crimes and Patrick Octaves de Florimonte, 34, of Guyana, who is considered inadmissible due to a slew of assault, dangerous driving and drug trafficking convictions in Canada.

Also added to the list:

• Kemford Sebastian Durrant, 32, of St. Vincent and the Grenadines who is inadmissible due to convictions for theft, mischief, possession of a narcotic substance, assault with intent to resist arrest, uttering threats and failure to comply with recognizance.

• Otto Horvath Bors, 43, of Hungary who is inadmissible for failing to comply with the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Media reports have indicated he took off from Toronto’s Pearson Airport when he was being deported to face fraud charges in his homeland.

• Homayoon Pooli, 36, of Iran who is considered inadmissible having been convicted of kidnapping, assault with a weapon and uttering threats.

Butler was arrested arrested in January by the RCMP. He’d been convicted of drug trafficking and mischief over $5,000, among other run-ins with the law, and was finally deported last Thursday.

According to the Canada Border Services Agency, Canadians have so far helped locate 25 individuals in Canada, 19 of whom have been removed. Five others were located abroad.

The success of this initiative is a confirmation that Canadians believe in making our communities safer. I commend law enforcement agencies and members of the public who have worked together to identify and locate those who commit crimes and attempt to evade justice,” Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said in a statement.

“Together, these measures are sending a strong message that Canada will not be home to those who come to this country with ill intent.”

Suspect in Eaton Centre shooting identified, teenage victim in coma
Global News : Monday, June 04, 2012 2:44 PM

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TORONTO – The prime suspect in the daytime shooting at the Eaton’s Centre on Saturday, which Global News has identified as Christopher Husbands has been arrested by police. Global News has learned that he has a long criminal record.

Husbands is expected to appear in court on Monday afternoon and will be charged with first-degree murder and six counts of attempted murder.

Husbands was on house arrest at the time of the shooting, and was not supposed to be outside of his house, Toronto Police Detective Sgt. Brian Borg said at a press conference on Monday.

Luka Rocco Magnotta, the suspect in a gruesome murder and the focus of an international manhunt, has been arrested in Germany.

Luka Rocco Magnotta arrested in Berlin, Germany
By Chase Kell | Daily Brew – 2 hours 26 minutes ago

Surveillance image shows who authorities believe is Luka Rocco Magnotta in France. (AP Photo/Interpol)
Luka Rocco Magnotta, the suspect in a gruesome murder and the focus of an international manhunt, has been arrested in Germany.

German police Chief-Supt. Stefan Riedlich told CBC News that authorities apprehended Magnotta in an Internet café around 2 p.m. local time.

“As far as I know he was arrested alone, and there was no struggle,” Riedlich shares.

Mandarin-speaking Zhenyong Li, who came to Canada in 1998, said he finds small talk in English more difficult than his engineering jargon.

Why Chinese immigrants struggle with English fluency
Published On Sun, 03 Jun 2012

Mandarin-speaking Zhenyong Li, who came to Canada in 1998, said he finds small talk in English more difficult than his engineering jargon.
Nicholas Keung
Immigration Reporter

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A new study found the Mandarin-speaking immigrants it tracked had made “no significant progress” in their English accent, fluency and comprehensibility seven years after their arrival here, compared with their Slavic-language (Russian and Ukrainian) speaking counterparts.

The study by the Montreal-based Institute for Research on Public Policy followed 25 immigrants each from Mandarin and Slavic groups, and assessed their listening and speaking skills at years 1, 2 and 7.