Top court to review extradition case of Czech refugee who alleges police torture
By Natalie Stechyson, Postmedia News June 28, 2012

OTTAWA — Bretislav Zajicek has lived in Canada for 15 years, building a life for himself as a father, husband, and manual labourer. But ghosts from his past could see him sent back to the Czech Republic to face allegations of crimes he says he was forced to confess to when he was 19 years old.

The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday that it would review a lower court’s decision to give Zajicek a new extradition hearing. Originally, Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson opted to surrender Zajicek to the Czech Republic to stand trial on allegations of robbery and property damage.

Sikh refugee sentenced to five years for raping teen 20 years ago
9:23 am, July 1st, 2012

SAM PASSANO| QMI AGENCY

TORONTO – An unsuccessful Sikh refugee who raped a teen 20 years ago and ruined his life was sentenced Friday to five years imprisonment.

“You chose to satisfy your sexual needs at the expense of the victim’s youth,” Justice Barbara Conway said as she passed sentence on Navjeevan Singh Rai, whose victim tried to attack him in court and threatened to kill him and his lawyer Dan Brodsky.

“These actions will not be tolerated in this community,” Conway said. She cut 29 months off the sentence for time already served. “You preyed upon a young boy and lured him to your apartment under false pretences.”

The judge convicted the 49-year-old father of one of sexual assault for sodomizing a 14-year-old boy in February 1992 and then failing to appear in court.

Harvey is described as a black male, 5’11” tall, 160 lbs with black cornrows, a moustache and a goatee. He also wears glasses.

Police issue stabbing warrant
By ALEX WEBER, The London Free Press 
Last Updated: June 30, 2012 7:55pm

London police have issued an arrest warrant in connection to a Richmond Street stabbing that sent a 26-year-old man to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Police are looking for 32-year-old Michael Anthony Harvey, charged with aggravated assault, after a 26-year-old man was stabbed near Richmond Street and Carling Street about 3:25 a.m. on Saturday June 23.

The third stabbing in under a week and the fifth in under a month, the assault prompted London police chief Brad Duncan to issue a warning.

Canada's Immigration Minister Jason Kenney arrives at a news conference in Ottawa June 29, 2012. REUTERS/Chris Wattie

Kenney rejects refugee health care concerns from provinces, doctors
By Kristy Kirkup, Parliamentary Bureau
Last Updated: June 29, 2012 6:00pm

Canada’s Immigration Minister Jason Kenney arrives at a news conference in Ottawa June 29, 2012. REUTERS/Chris Wattie

OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Jason Kenney defended refugee health care reform Friday following a chorus of criticism from provincial counterparts and doctors.

Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews wrote a letter to the feds on Thursday urging the government to reconsider changes, fearing downloaded costs and a “class system” for health care, but Kenney sent a sharp message back at an Ottawa press conference.

Immigration officer admits scam
By Sam Pazzano ,Toronto Sun 
First posted: Saturday, June 30, 2012 06:12 PM EDT | Updated: Saturday, June 30, 2012 09:30 PM EDT

TORONTO – A senior immigration officer admitted he accepted bribes from newcomers in exchange for status in Canada.

George Gonsalves Barriero, 55, collected $6,000 from two victims before he asked a third victim for $1,500. Instead of paying up, the third victim reported him to the police in 2010, said Crown attorney Ken Lockhart.

Barriero pleaded guilty to three counts of breach of trust of public office and three counts of defrauding the government of Canada this week. He has been suspended from his Citizen and Immigration Canada job at the Dundas St. W. office since being charged in December 2010.