CPAM 1610 AM in Montreal was torched following calls by the radio hosts for a criminal trial for Jean-Claude Duvalier, who returned last year to the country he terrorized for decades. (PASCAL GIRARD/QMI Agency)

Montreal radio station torched

By Brian Daly ,QMI Agency
First posted: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 04:08 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 06:53 PM EDT
CPAM 1610 AM in Montreal was torched following calls by the radio hosts for a criminal trial for Jean-Claude Duvalier, who returned last year to the country he terrorized for decades. (PASCAL GIRARD/QMI Agency)

MONTREAL — A Haitian radio station here was hit by arsonists on the weekend after hosts criticized the country’s former dictator.

CPAM 1610 AM was torched following calls by the radio hosts for a criminal trial for Jean-Claude Duvalier, who returned last year to the country he terrorized for decades.

CPAM’s north-end administrative offices were partially destroyed on Sunday and the studio suffered water damage, rendering it useless.

Man posing as plumber charged with sexual assault
Published 18 minutes ago 
Katherine Dunn
Staff Reporter

A Toronto man is accused of sexually assaulting a woman after he allegedly posed as a plumber to gain access to her home on Tuesday.

Police said the man told the woman he needed to fix a leak in her apartment in the Don Mills Rd. and Sheppard Ave. E. area.

Rashid Munawar Virk, 28, of Toronto has been charged with sexual assault.

Police believe there may be other victims, and urged them to contact detectives at 33 Division or Crime Stoppers.

They’re also encouraging people to ask for identification and contact company management whenever someone asks to be admitted to their home.

HO/THE CANADIAN PRESS Jun Lin is shown in this undated photo from his personal Facebook page under the name of Patrick Lin.

Police confirm human head found in Montreal park belongs to Jun Lin
Published 1 hours, 11 minutes ago
HO/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Jun Lin is shown in this undated photo from his personal Facebook page under the name of Patrick Lin.

The Canadian Press

MONTREAL—Montreal police have confirmed that a human head found in a park belongs to Jun Lin.

Lin’s torso was found in a suitcase in late May, while other body parts were mailed to offices of political parties and to two schools.

Police said detectives were notified Wednesday that the body part found in on Sunday was Lin’s head.

Police said Lin’s family was informed of the match.

Authorities had previously said the only body part missing from the gruesome dismemberment was the head.

Luka Rocco Magnotta has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death and will appear in court next year.

$200,000 project announced for protection of immigrant women
June 28, 2012

A new project at a Vancouver college, announced Tuesday by Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose, will address the needs of immigrant women and newcomers to Canada and address violence against women on post-secondary campuses.

“Our government is pleased to support this project, which will play a pivotal role in preventing violence against women, particularly culturally motivated violence on college and university campuses in Vancouver,” said Minister Ambrose. “We are pleased to partner with MOSAIC and Langara College to work toward keeping our campuses safe from all forms of violence.”

The national economy of the Philippines is the 45th largest in the world, with an estimated 2011 gross domestic product (nominal) of $216 billion.

More Pinoy immigrants to Canada seen in 2013
Cebu Daily News
9:33 am | Wednesday, July 4th, 2012

IT will be a fruitful year for Filipinos, who want to migrate to Canada, in 2013.

A Cebu-based visa consultancy firm official gave this assessment after the Canadian government decided to add around 100 new categories to the existing 29 categroies of preferred professionals qualified to apply for immigrant visas to Canada.

Nina Mabatid, Pinoy Care Visa Center chief executive officer, said the Canadian government had put on hold the processing of immigrant visa applications until December to update its system for the added categories.

“That addition should allow more opportunities for Filipinos to move to Canada,” said Mabatid.