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Tiffany Gillespie (in black shirt) watches as her newly adopted daughter Edan (in pink) greets her new sisters Cristiana (in purple) and Aliya (in white) at Pearson airport Wednesday. Tiffany was returning with Edan after adopting her from an orphanage in Ethiopia.

A long journey from Ethiopia, a storybook ending at Pearson
Published on Wednesday December 19, 2012

CARLOS OSORIO/TORONTO STAR
Tiffany Gillespie (in black shirt) watches as her newly adopted daughter Edan (in pink) greets her new sisters Cristiana (in purple) and Aliya (in white) at Pearson airport Wednesday. Tiffany was returning with Edan after adopting her from an orphanage in Ethiopia.
Paul Hunter
Feature Writer

www.thestar.com

The text to her partner came from the immigration line on the other side of sliding glass doors at Pearson airport’s Terminal 1.

“You’d better have Kleenex for me.”

Tiffany Gillespie was puddling up again. Inching closer and closer to one last border officer, the tears were flowing more frequently now. Soon, the 5-year-old at her side, the one with the trusting eyes, gap-toothed smile and colourful beads braided so perfectly into her hair, would officially be a landed immigrant.

We are more than the colour of our skin

Posted November 5th, 2012 by Spencer Fernando
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ra·cial·ize

verb (used with object), ra·cial·ized, ra·cial·iz·ing.

1: To impose a racial interpretation on; place in a racial context.
2: To perceive, view, or experience in a racial context.
3: To categorize or differentiate on the basis of race.

The late Harry Doyle and his widow Jane Doyle, who is one of four people charged in his death. (Facebook)

Philippines police charge widow in N.B. man’s death
Jane Doyle accused of killing husband Harry for money
CBC News Posted: Sep 5, 2012 1:39 PM AT Last Updated: Sep 5, 2012 9:07 PM AT
The late Harry Doyle and his widow Jane Doyle, who is one of four people charged in his death.

Police in the Philippines have charged the widow of a Fredericton businessman in connection to his slaying last month, and allege the motive was money.

Jane Doyle is one of four people charged with murder in the killing of Harry Doyle, who was shot five times in Surigao City on Aug. 12.

Three men have also been charged, including one who was reportedly Harry Doyle’s driver and bodyguard and lived at Jane’s Lodge, a resort owned by the couple in the Philippines.

Tanya St-Arnauld is in a coma in hospital, with acid burns to her face, arms and upper body. (Facebook)

Quebec woman burned and in coma after acid attack
Woman’s boyfriend charged with aggravated assault
CBC News Posted: Aug 28, 2012 9:30 PM ET Last Updated: Aug 29, 2012 12:10 AM ET
Tanya St-Arnauld is in a coma in hospital, with acid burns to her face, arms and upper body. (Facebook) Facebook

A woman from Longueuil, Que., is in a coma, with serious burns to her upper body, after she was attacked with acid Sunday.

Police say the man arrested in the attack is her boyfriend, who is to appear in court for a bail hearing on Friday.

Nikolas Stefanatos, 27, of Brossard, Que., was charged with aggravated assault. In his first court appearance Monday, his bail hearing was held over.

Details continue to emerge on Toronto body parts victim Guang Hua Liu’s life and business
By Yahoo! Canada News | Daily Brew – 5 hours ago

Peel Police have identified Guang Hua Liu as the victim in the Toronto-area body parts investigation.
Guang Hua Liu, identified by Peel Regional Police as the victim in a Toronto-area body parts investigation was a holistic practitioner who became the owner of a spa this past May, according to the Globe and Mail.

Ms. Liu lived in a Scarborough townhouse near Huntingwood Drive and Kennedy Road, walking distance from where her calves, arm and thigh were found.

She lived with her adult son, while her two younger children lived with their father. Reports suggest that Ms. Liu was planning on shutting down her business and moving back to China with her estranged husband. Acquaintances have told reporters she had a Caucasian boyfriend in Toronto named Ken. Neighbours had noticed little business going on at her store and some had complained to the city thinking it may have been a front for illegal activities. Licensing and zoning inspectors had visited the business and found no violations. When they spoke with Liu, she said the business was for sale.

Ahmad Nehme appeared in Quebec Court Friday afternoon to face charges of first degree murder. Police handout

Lasalle man accused of killing his wife faces first-degree murder charges
James Mennie, The Gazette : Friday, July 06, 2012 5:44 PM
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MONTREAL – A 48-year-old man arrested after a woman was discovered stabbed to death Thursday in what police describe as a domestic dispute will return to court July 16 to face a charge of first-degree murder.

Ahmad Nehme appeared in Quebec Court Friday afternoon in a white t-shirt, sweatpants, slippers and handcuffs as the charge was read into the record.

Looking dazed and disoriented after being arrested at his LaSalle home where the body of Catherine De Boucherville, the mother of two teenaged children, was discovered, Nehme spoke only to tell Judge Gilles Cadieux he had chosen lawyer Franco Schiro to represent him.

A man described by Schiro as a family member attended the proceeding, and when the accused was asked to confirm his choice of counsel, caught Nehme’s attention, pointed to Schiro and said: “Frank.”

He later refused to speak to journalists.