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What we know about Canadian victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash - CTV News

Ethiopians Airlines plane crashed Sunday include a mother and daughter from Edmonton, a beloved professor at Carleton University in Ottawa and six family members from Brampton, Ont. Here's what we know about them: Six members of the Dixit-Vaidya family Kosha Vaidya, 37, and her husband Prerit Dixit, 45 were taking their 14-year-old daughter Ashka and 13-year-old daughter Anushka, to Nairobi, along with their parents, Pannagesh Vaidya, 73, and Hansini Vaidya, 67. Manant Vaidya said that his sister Kosha was born in Kenya and she wanted to show her daughters where she had come from. The family also planned to go on safari, he said. "They wanted to go and enjoy the animals and so forth, so with the March break this was a perfect opportunity to show them," he told CTV Toronto. Vaidya said that his sister had worked in human resources for the Canadian Hearing Society and his brother-in-law was working for LifeLabs and the Ontario government. Ashka and Anushka were both students in the Peel District School Board. Manant said the girls were "brilliant in academics." He said that Ashka was a talented singer while Anushka excelled at traditional Indian dance and computers. He said that his parents were very healthy and always "taking care of me and the kids." Special education teacher Dawn Tanner Dawn Tanner was the head of the special education department at Hagersville Secondary School in Hagersville, Ont., according to a statement from the Grand Erie District School Board. The school board says Tanner joined the scho...
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/what-we-know-about-canadian-victims-of-the-ethiopian-airlines-plane-crash-1.4330404

Car crash victim, 19, remembered as a family man - The Beacon Herald

Taylor said.The speed of the vehicle is not yet known as the investigation continues. It was the only vehicle involved in the incident, police said.Millar, who was born and raised in Brampton and moved to Stratford with his family around 2008, went to Stratford Northwestern and was working in construction, Lundrigan said. But he prioritized family above all else."He was very loving and he always wanted to help everyone out. He had the biggest soul, kindest soul, he was just a wonderful person, if you needed anything he was there to give it," Lundrigan said.He also loved the family's Italian heritage."He always wanted to learn how to make sauce and he wanted to go to Italy and… wanting to save money to go to Italy and wanted to have a baby there so the baby could be pure Italian," she said.Lundrigan never travelled to Italy with her son."But I'm planning on trying to get there to spread some of his ashes for him," she said.A visitation will be held Thursday at W.G. Young Funeral Home from 6-9 p.m. followed by a funeral service Friday at 11 a.m.tbridge@postmedia.com Let's block ads! (Why?)...
https://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/news/local-news/car-crash-victim-19-remembered-as-a-family-man

Funeral held in Etobicoke for 11-year-old Riya Rajkumar - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

Riya Rajkumar said goodbye to the young girl, whose life was tragically cut short on her 11th birthday last week. Riya, who police allege was abducted and murdered by her father in Brampton on Feb. 14, was remembered by her aunts as a happy child who loved to dance and eat chocolate chip pancakes. In a eulogy delivered during the Hindu service, which was held at the Lotus Funeral and Cremation Centre on Wednesday morning, Riya was described as a "positive child" who loved life and "saw the good in every situation." "Riya was a dreamer who wanted to become a doctor, drive a Lamborghini, and one day own a mansion. She was a little princess who loved dressing up," Riya's cousin said while delivering the eulogy, which was written by the little girl's mother, Priya Ramdin. Ramdin described her daughter as her "best friend." She said Riya was a "dreamer" who wanted to become a doctor one day. She was a fan of Drake and "could beat anyone at a card game of speed," her mother said. "She touched a lot of lives with her laughter and contagious big smile. It breaks my heart to know that I will no longer be seeing that smile," Ramdin wrote. "She was so excited for her birthday, looking forward to having dinner later that evening. Never did I think that my daughter would not return back to me." Speaking to CP24 outside the funeral home on Wednesday morning, Naz Fazal, a distant relative of Riya, described the little girl as "an amazing child" who was "full of energy" and "full of laughter." "Words cannot describe what they (Riya's famil...
https://www.cp24.com/news/funeral-held-in-etobicoke-for-11-year-old-riya-rajkumar-1.4304467

Police arrest two men, searching for third in daylight killing of Hells Angels biker at Mississauga plaza - Toronto Star

Peter Edwards is a Toronto-based reporter primarily covering crime. Reach him by email at pedwards@thestar.caLouie Rosella is a reporter with The Mississauga News and Brampton Guardian.Let's block ads! (Why?)...
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/03/14/hells-angels-member-killed-in-mississauga-was-a-member-of-the-niagara-region-charter.html

11-year-old Riya Rajkumar remembered as a dreamer - CTV News Windsor

AM EST Last Updated Wednesday, February 20, 2019 7:05PM EST BRAMPTON, Ont. -- An 11-year-old girl allegedly killed by her father in southern Ontario was a dreamer, a dancer and a singer who "always saw the good in every situation." It was standing room only at an Etobicoke funeral home as friends and family of Rajkumar gathered on Wednesday. In a eulogy delivered during the Hindu service, which was held at the Lotus Funeral and Cremation Centre on Wednesday morning, Riya was described as a "positive child" who loved life and "saw the good in every situation." On Tuesday night, about 100 mourners gathered to listen to speeches, poems and songs as the community remembered Riya Rajkumar in Brampton, Ont. "My daughter Riya was taken from me too early," Priya Ramdin, who did not attend the vigil, said in a statement read by Peel police Deputy Chief Chris McCord. "She never liked to be negative and always saw the good in every situation. If I'm ever upset, she would say 'Mama, don't be sad, look at the positives."' The day Riya died -- Valentine's Day -- was also her and her mother's birthdays. "Early that day, we went to do our nails and her choice of ...
https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/11-year-old-riya-rajkumar-remembered-as-a-dreamer-1.4304744

Cecile J. Briggs - WatertownDailyTimes.com

Phillips Memorial Home in Massena. There will be no funeral services and burial will be at a later date in Calvary Cemetery, Massena.Cecile was born on November 14, 1933 in Cornwall, Ontario, the daughter of Claude and Bertha (Belanger) Villeneuve. She married Joseph Maugeri Jr. on February 21, 1958. He predeceased her on April 19, 1972. She later married Ivan Briggs on June 20, 1975. He predeceased her in June 2001.She enjoyed playing bingo, traveling and spending time on social media.She is survived by her son Joseph Maugeri III and his wife Becky of Clayville, NY; three grandchildren, Joseph, Benjamin and Matthew Maugeri; a brother, Cyril and wife Sylvia Villeneuve and two sisters, Claudette Lefebvre and Bernadette Good as well as several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by two sisters Bernice Sequin and Marie Claire Payette.Arrangements are under the direction of Phillips Memorial Home in Massena. Memories and online condolences may be share with the family at www.PhillipsMemorial.com. Let's block ads! (Why?)...
https://www.watertowndailytimes.com/obit/cecile-j-briggs-20190316

BRIAN DAVID MUEHLMAN - Burlington County Times

Brian enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was an avid whitetail deer hunter, traveling throughout United States and Canada hunting with his grandson, Kurt. Brian was a USCG Charter Captain on Lake Ontario for 15 years. His most cherished time was spent with his grandchildren. Survivors include his wife, Gail Krauss Muehlman; his mother and step father, Margaret (Rex) Smith of Wexford; daughter, Candi (Joe) Landles of Evans City; step daughter, Becky Flagler of Pittsburgh; siblings, Connie Federbusch, Laurie (Ron) Mahen, and Mark (Pam) Muehlman, all of Mercer; nine grandchildren, Kurt, Mariah, Rayna, Seth, Brandon, Riley, Connor, Liam, and Nico; and several nieces and nephews. Brian was preceded in death by his father, Paul Muehlman and his brother in law, Oscar Federbusch. Visiting hours will be held on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, from 2 to 8 p.m. at the MARSHALL FUNERAL HOME, 200 Fountain Ave., Ellwood City. Friends will also be received at the funeral home on Thursday from 10:30 a.m. until the time of the blessing service at 11:30 a.m. Rev. Father Mark Thomas will officiate. Interment will follow in Holy Redeemer Cemetery. Memorial contributions in Brian's memory may be made to the Steven King Foundation, 621 Street, Jetmore, KS 67854 or Victory Junction, 4500 Adams Way, Randalman, NC 27317. Online condolences may be sent to marshallsfh. com. Let's block ads! (Why?)...
https://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/obituaries/20190319/brian-david-muehlman

Clark Davey, 1928-2019: 'The true journalist of journalists' - Ottawa Citizen

He was heartbroken after failing his medical, but an English teacher told him that people would pay him to write. So he enrolled in the first journalism degree course taught at University of Western Ontario, graduating in 1948 and joining the newsroom of the Chatham Daily News.There, he worked under Richard "Dic" Doyle, but moved to Kirkland Lake when the Thomson newspaper chain made him editor-in-chief of the Northern Daily News. His time there was brief, however, as his girlfriend, Joyce Gordon, issued him an ultimatum: Northern Ontario or me. He chose her: they married in September 1952.In the meantime, he joined the newsroom of the Globe and Mail, where his mentor Doyle had been working for a year.As a reporter with the Globe, Davey covered national and international affairs, including the Suez Canal crisis, the St. Lawrence Seaway project and the cancellation of the Avro Arrow program. During the 1957 federal election campaign, he recognized that Tory leader John Diefenbaker was gaining momentum and might actually win, and convinced his editors to allow him to stay with the Chief's campaign for 40 days. Clark Davey, former publisher of the Montreal Gazette, displaying a mock-up of the paper's new Sunday edition in 1988. Bill Grimshaw / The Canadian Press When Doyle became editor of the Globe in 1963, he chose Davey as his managing editor, and, according to Mills, the two raised the broadsheet's reputation from that of a local paper to a national one. Davey was managing editor for 15 years before joining the Vancouver Sun in 1978. He was publisher there until 1983, when he took over at the Gazette. He was publisher of the Citizen from 1989 to 1993. He was also president and chair of The Canadian Press, and co-founder and president of the Michener Awards Foundation that oversees the country's most prestigious journalism prize."He was the true journalist of journalists," says Kim Kierans, journalism professor at University of King's College in Halifax and Michener Foundation board member. "He told me when I last saw him in November, ‘If we're not providing the encouragement for journalism organizations and journalists within them to do the journalism that matters, then we're in trouble as a democracy.'"He was also a lovely man, smart and sparkling … with incredible enthusiasm for the business and its future."According to Mills, Davey, who in 2002 led a protest on the steps of the Ottawa Citizen after Mills was fired for running an editorial critical of then-prime minister Jean Chrétien, was known as tough and gruff, "but deep down he was a really kind and thoughtful person, and a very good friend who was always fair to people. But if you didn't know him, he could be intimidating."And although he called the shots on the job, it was Joyce who ruled the home roost. According to son Ric, his father only stopped the presses twice - once while at the Globe, when Joyce called him to report that she and Ric thought they had just seen a UFO."That was the kind of pull she had over him," says Ric.Clark Davey is survived by his wife, Joyce; brother Kenneth George; children Ric (Rita Celli), Kevin (Margaret) and Clark Jr. (...
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