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Montreal: Three arrested in daylight kidnapping

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Trois hommes arrêtés pour enlèvement et séquestration : le SPVM recherche un quatrième suspect 

Les enquêteurs de la région Ouest du Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) sollicitent l’aide du public afin de localiser le dernier suspect impliqué dans un enlèvement avec séquestration.

Le 29 novembre dernier en fin d’après-midi, la victime marchait sur la rue Sainte-Anne dans le secteur de Pierrefonds. Arrivé à l’angle du boulevard de Pierrefonds, une voiture Honda Civic grise s’est immobilisée à sa hauteur. Les quatre suspects qui y prenaient place lui ont ordonné d’entrer dans le véhicule sous la menace d’une arme à feu. Ils l’ont amenée quelques kilomètres plus loin, sur le chemin de la Rive Boisée. Les suspects l’ont alors frappée au visage avant de le détrousser. Ils l’ont ensuite reconduit à sa résidence en le menaçant pour qu’il garde le silence.

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Regina: Multicultural soccer tournament game ends after Team Sudan attacks referee

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A multicultural soccer tournament held in Regina this week was a perfect example of cultures coming together in a respectful and peaceful way. Except for that huge brawl.

CIR: Perhaps one day, the symbolism of apartheid evident in the standard soccer ball colour scheme will be overcome.

And the referee who got punched in the face.

Regina Police are on the hunt for a 26-year-old man who allegedly knocked a 45-year-old referee unconscious during an indoor soccer match, Wednesday night.

The match was part of the annual World Class Players Cup Tournament, which pits local players of various backgrounds against one another. The focus is on providing competitive soccer and highlighting cultural communities.

The incident happened during a game between Team Poland and Team Sudan, following a brawl that “went beyond the normal scuffles that happen in all levels of competitive sporting events.”

The WCP Cup Organizing Committee broke the series of events down in a blog posted to their website. It said that about 15 minutes after that scuffle, which resulted in four players being ejected, another Team Sudan player committed a “hard tackle” and was thrown out of the game.

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Minister Jason Kenney urges Canadians to recognize the achievements of black Canadians in law enforcement

Jason Kenney: “Black Canadians have made significant contributions to all areas of Canadian life, and this year we are focusing our celebration on the contributions of past black pioneers and present leaders who have done so much to serve and protect our communities.”

Immigration Minister Urges Canadians To Honor Blacks In Law Enforcement
By IBTimes Staff Reporter | February 6, 2013 10:47 PM PST

Observing February as Black History Month, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney Tuesday called upon all Canadians to recognize the achievements of black Canadians in law enforcement.

“Black Canadians have made significant contributions to all areas of Canadian life, and this year we are focusing our celebration on the contributions of past black pioneers and present leaders who have done so much to serve and protect our communities,” Minister Kenney said while speaking at the Canadian War Museum, according to a press release made by the Immigration office.

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Etobicoke: Bridget Takyi stabbed and set ablaze by Emmanuel Owusu-Ansah, father of her two children

Bridget Takyi, a 27-year-old mother of two, was on her way to work when she was stabbed and then set ablaze on an Etobicoke street on Saturday.
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Victoria Ptashnick

Emmanuel Owusu Ansah, 30, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a woman whose body was founding lying on an Etobicoke street on Saturday.

Tue Jan 22 2013 07:29:00
Etobicoke murder victim had been stabbed, set on fire

Bridget Takyi, a 27-year-old mother of two, was on her way to work when she was stabbed and then set ablaze on an Etobicoke street on Saturday.
Toronto Star/HANDOUT

Bridget Takyi was supposed to be planning a trip to Disney World with her two little boys and best high school friend.

Instead, her friend will be helping plan the 27-year-old woman’s funeral.

Takyi’s body was found Saturday on Richgrove Dr., in the Martin Grove Rd. and Eglinton Ave. W. area.

Her identity couldn’t initially be confirmed because she was burned so badly she was “virtually unrecognizable,” police said. She was the city’s third homicide victim of the year.

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Deported from Canada in 2008, Libyan family to return to Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds

Lawyer says decision a ‘measure of justice’ after Benhmuda father tortured in Libya

CBC News Posted: Jan 18, 2013 12:51 PM ET Last Updated: Jan 18, 2013 8:08 PM ET

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A picture of Adam and Omar Benhmuda, from the petition sponsored by their Mississauga, Ont., school friends and neighbours.A picture of Adam and Omar Benhmuda, from the petition sponsored by their Mississauga, Ont., school friends and neighbours. (Benhmuda family)

A Libyan family deported by Canadian immigration officials five years ago is being allowed to return to Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds after a Federal Court judge ordered a review of their case.

After the review, Citizenship and Immigration Canada approved the Benhmuda family’s return to Canada.

Efforts to get the family back to Canada were spearheaded by Ingrid Kerrigan, the younger children’s kindergarten teacher at Springfield Public School in Mississauga, Ont.

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The petition posted on change.org, an online petition platform, garnered 15,674 signatures.

“It wasn’t just the Benhmudas who were asking to come back, it was more than 15,000 people who had read their story and were so moved by it that they took the step of signing the petition,” said Andrew Brouwer, the family’s lawyer.

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Adel Benhmuda, his wife and four sons — two of whom, Adam and Omar, were born in Canada — were deported to Libya in 2008 after their claim for refugee status in Canada was denied.

The Benhmudas had lived in Canada since 2000 and applied for refugee status, saying they were in danger because Adel Benhmuda’s brother was linked to a group opposed to the regime of the late dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

As soon as the family arrived in Libya, Adel Benhmuda was arrested by Libyan police and spent four months in prison, where he was tortured.

After paying a bribe, the family fled to a refugee camp in Malta, where the UN High Commission for Refugees declared the family to be legitimate refugees and asked Canada to take them back.

Aisha Benmatug (Benhmuda) with her sons in front of a container with their possessions at a refugee camp in Malta.Aisha Benmatug (Benhmuda) with her sons in front of a container with their possessions at a refugee camp in Malta.(Benhmuda family)But a visa officer with the Canadian Embassy in Rome rejected that idea, alleging the family had been a welfare drain after arriving in Canada. That was not the case.

In a scathing ruling last October, a federal judge ruled the visa officer was biased and had placed wrong information in their file. She ordered the case to be sent to another visa post.

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She, and other supporters of the Benhmuda family’s plight, will help the family re-integrate back into Canadian culture.

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The family will still need to complete steps, such as new police checks and medical evaluations before they get the final approval to return to Canada.

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Missing people: Montreal police search for Brigitte Ngalu Mbuyi

 

Brigitte Ngalu Mbuyi
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Montreal police search for missing 30-year-old woman
Global News : Thursday, January 17, 2013 4:57 PM
Brigitte Ngalu Mbuyi
Photo Credit: Handout , Montreal police

MONTREAL – Police are searching for missing 30-year-old Brigitte Ngalu Mbuyi, who was last seen in NDG in Montreal on January 13, 2013.

She is 5’4″ with short black hair and was wearing black hooded coat, grey leggings and black boots when she disappeared.

Police belive she could be in the Sherbrooke area.

Those with information are asked to contact Info-Crime at (514) 393-1133.

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