Taxi driver found guilty after crushing cyclist’s leg
CBC News Posted: Jun 7, 2012 10:30 PM ET Last Updated: Jun 7, 2012 10:24 PM ET
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Taxi driver found guilty

A taxi driver has been found guilty of two charges in a 2008 incident that cost a cyclist his leg, Lucy Lopez reports.

Sultan Ahmed was found guilty Thursday of criminal negligence causing bodily harm and dangerous driving causing bodily harm, but was found not guilty of more significant charges against him.

In November 2008, Ahmed reversed his car, pinning a cyclist against a pole. The cyclist had to have his leg amputated as a result.

To see Lopez’s full report, click on the video above.

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Hindu temple faces fine over tsunami donations
CBC News Posted: Jun 5, 2012 2:58 PM ET Last Updated: Jun 5, 2012 4:05 PM ET
The Jeya Durga Hindu Temple says the money was sent to help the victims of the 2004 tsunami. (…)
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A Hindu temple has been fined $301,869 by the Canada Revenue Agency for sending money to “non-qualified donees,” which include a group that Ottawa alleges was part of a support network for the Tamil Tigers.

The Hindu Mission of Mississauga, which is a registered charity, sent money to an overseas charity in the aftermath of the December 2004 tsunami, which devastated part of Sri Lanka.

The temple sent $84,604 to the Tamils Rehabilitation Organization — known as TRO — in Sri Lanka, in the fiscal period that ended in May 2005.

During the same period of time, the organization also sent money to the Sri Lanka-based North and East Community Development Organization, which the CRA believes “was affiliated with, and supported the projects of, the TRO.”

Reem Hameed reads a email from her sister, who is stranded in Damascus, telling her of yet another explosion. Hameed is frustrated by the lack of progress in getting her sister and her family, who have been approved to come to Canada, out Syria. (Maureen Brosnahan/CBC)

Iraqi refugees bound for Canada stuck in Syria
‘They are just waiting for any hope and begging us, don’t leave us alone,’ sponsor says
by Maureen Brosnahan, CBC News Posted: Jun 7, 2012 10:53 PM ET Last Updated: Jun 7, 2012 10:16 PM ET
Reem Hameed reads a email from her sister, who is stranded in Damascus, telling her of yet another explosion. Hameed is frustrated by the lack of progress in getting her sister and her family, who have been approved to come to Canada, out Syria. (Maureen Brosnahan/CBC)

Reem Hameed desperately scours the internet each day for news about her sister and other Iraqi refugees who have been accepted to come to Canada but who are now trapped by the conflict in Syria.

Hameed, who lives in Richmond Hill, Ont., is among hundreds of private sponsors, including church and community groups, who have agreed to support refugees from Iraq.

But hundreds of the refugees, including Hameed’s sister, Lula, and her two sons, are now caught in the growing violence in Syria. Hameed says the danger grows every day. Last month, two large explosions damaged her sister’s home. The explosion also hit a bus that Lula’s son normally takes to school.

Bill Holdom: "In other words, immigrant caregivers are helping to keep our healthcare system afloat."

Immigrants will play a vital role
By Bill Holdom, The Daily News June 8, 2012

Two Nanaimo Daily News themes this past week – the aging of Nanaimo’s population and the need for immigrants – struck me as two sides of the same demographic coin. To put it bluntly, we need young immigrants to care for the elderly.

This point hit home recently when my brothers and I had to decide how our 94-year-old mother should be cared for after a “heart episode” and a stay in hospital. (…)

The man in question was wearing only underwear and was wrapped in a bed sheet when found.

Toronto Police ask for help identifying hospitalized man
Posted By: Newstalk 1010 · 6/7/2012 5:21:00 PM

Do you know this man?

Toronto Police are hoping someone can help them find out the identity of a man who was hospitalized after a “medical incident” around 3:00 am in the Lansdowne Ave. and Dupont St. area.

He is described as black, 50 to 65 years old, 5’10″–5’11″, with a very thin build, black/grey beard, and black/grey receding hair.

The man in question was wearing only underwear and was wrapped in a bed sheet when found.

Officers have taken a photo to be distributed publicly in hopes that someone will be able to identify him.