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Montreal teen’s drowning death linked to high-sugar, alcoholic drinks: coroner - Global News

The document attributes her death to drowning and possible hypothermia. There were no signs of trauma.READ MORE: Body of missing 14-year-old Laval teen foundIn the official report, released Wednesday, findings show that Gervais went to a depanneur with friends on their lunch hour; she bought a soup and a can of FCKD UP, an alcoholic drink.“She drank the majority of its contents, sharing it with her friends,” said coroner Martin Larocque.WATCH BELOW: Quebec to ban high sugar, alcohol drinks Story continues below A few moments later, she went back to the depanneur to buy another two cans.READ MORE: Funeral for Athena Gervais in St-Felicien“She, again, drank the majority of what was in the can, sharing it with her friends,” the report says.As they started walking back to the high school, Gervais drank some of a third can of the sugary, alcoholic drink before entering the school.“She then exited the school alone. This was the last time she was seen alive,” the report said.Her body was found March 1, 2018, in a stream behind Poly-Jeunesse High School in Laval, a few days after her death.READ MORE: Quebec beverage maker Geloso Group announces en...
https://globalnews.ca/news/5101882/laval-teen-drowning-death-high-sugar-alcoholic-drinks-coroner/

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

According to Mills, Davey attended weekly round-table lunches at the Rideau Club, and at last week's, for example, was active and up-to-date discussing the SNC-Lavalin file.Davey was born in 1928 in Chatham, Ont. His career might have taken a completely different arc had his poor vision not kept him from attending Royal Roads Military College in B.C. 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 le...
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/clark-davey-1928-2019-the-true-journalist-of-journalists

Hundreds of Hells Angels expected for murdered biker’s Woodbridge funeral as police search for suspect with lengthy record - Toronto Star

Montreal island.Vilme was sentenced to 21 months in jail for drug trafficking in June 2011 and eight months for conspiracy and extortion in February 2014.He also has an outstanding assault charge in Laval.A third suspect Brandon Reyes, 24, of Montreal, was charged on Wednesday night with accessory after the fact.Peel Regional Police had earlier identified him as Jonathan Martinez-Reyes, 26, before issuing a clarification Friday afternoon. Deabaitua-Schulde was a member of the Niagara Region charter of the Hells Angels. One of his fellow Niagara Region members has been seen in Montreal several times recently, according to a Quebec source.Peel police recovered a burned blue Honda Civic at the corner of Rymal Road and Tomken Road shortly after the murder on Monday.Peter Edwards is a Toronto-based reporter primarily covering crime. Reach him by email at pedwards@thestar.caTOP STORIES, DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX.div class="banner-inner-content_...
https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2019/03/15/suspect-wanted-in-shooting-death-of-hells-angel-has-lengthy-criminal-history.html

CLEO GRIFFIN JACKSON - Sumter Item

HORATIO - Cleo Griffin Jackson, age 99, widow of Julian Laval Jackson Sr., died on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, in Marietta, Georgia. Born in the Bethel community of Sumter County, she was a daughter of James N. and Clemmie Ingram Griffin. She was a member of McLeod's Chapel Methodist Church in Rembert. Mrs. Jackson is survived by her daughter, Kathryn J. Somers of Marietta; grandsons, Julian Laval Jackson III of Florida, Eric W. Somers (Ann Margaret) of Woodstock, Georgia, and Shawn Somers (Regina) of Villa Rica, Georgia; seven great-grandchildren, J.J and Charles Jackson, Foster and Jackson Somers and Connor (Ashley), Corey and Kayla Somers of Georgia; and one great-great-grandson, Brendan Somers. She is also survived by one brother, Bernard Griffin (Shirley) of the Bethel community; a number of nieces and nephews; and one former granddaughter-in-law, Stacey Jackson of Georgia. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Jackson was preceded in death by her son, Julian Laval Jackson Jr.; a daughter-in-law, Helen Jackson Mood (Jimmy); two sisters, Mary L...
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Body found in Mexico probably that of Christine St-Onge, SQ says - Montreal Gazette

The Sûreté du Québec has launched an international investigation to locate Laval resident Christine St-Onge, 41, who went missing in Mexico on Dec. 5, 2018. The body of a woman believed to be that of a Quebecer missing in Mexico for more than a week was found near a hotel in Los Cabos, provincial police said on Thursday.Laval's Christine St-Onge, 41, had been missing since Dec. 4.Sgt. Claude Denis, a spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec, said although an autopsy was already performed in Mexico, a second autopsy will have to be done when the body returns to Quebec to determine the cause of death and to formally identify the body.Denis said investigators had already informed St-Onge's family of the discovery.Denis said the investigation is complicated because SQ investigators are far from where the body was found. An RCMP liaison officer is now on site, which will make it easier to communicate with local authorities, he said. The RCMP will have to positively identify the body and then arrange for it to be repatriated.BCS Noticias, a Mexican news website, quoted local ...
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/body-found-in-mexico-likely-that-of-christine-st-onge-surete-du-quebec-says

Dozens of bikers attend funeral for Hells Angels member gunned down in Peel - Yahoo News Canada

Saturday afternoon for the funeral of a Hells Angels motorcycle gang member shot to death in Mississauga earlier this month.Motorcycle club members from across Ontario and as far away as Quebec and British Columbia attended a service for Michael Deabaitua-Schulde at the Vescio Funeral Home in Woodbridge.Deabaitua-Schulde, 32, was described by police as a "well-entrenched" member of the notorious motorcycle gang's Niagara chapter. He was gunned down in the parking lot of HUF Boxing Gym on March 11, in what investigators called a targeted hit.Police have arrested four men from Montreal in connection with the daylight slaying.View photosPaul Smith/CBCMoreMany Hells Angels, along with members of allied outlaw motorcycle clubs - commonly called "support clubs" - were seen milling about outside the funeral home before the service began. There was also a heavy police presence, with officers from the OPP and York keeping a close eye on those in attendance.Funerals for club members often offer police a rare opportunity to keep tabs on the who's who of the biker underworld.The Hells Angels have hundreds of members in Canada. The gang first moved into Ontario in 2000, after they emerged victorious ...
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/dozens-bikers-attend-funeral-hells-213937721.html

James Shea remembered as 'fervent advocate' for education, language rights - Montreal Gazette

A fervent advocate for Quebec's English-speaking community and an impassioned proponent of bilingualism.' James Shea James Shea of Aylmer, an educator and minority language rights advocate, died on Saturday. He was 76.Chairman of the Western Quebec School Board and retired superintendent of the Ottawa Catholic School Board, Shea was also the former president of the Quebec Communities Group Network (QCGN) and immediate past president of the Regional Association of West Quebecers. In a communiqué issued Monday, current QCGN president Geoffrey Chambers described Shea as "a fervent advocate for Quebec's English-speaking community and an impassioned proponent of bilingualism," adding he was "serving at the helm when QCGN successfully advocated for increased support from the federal government's Official Languages strategy as well as recognition from the provincial government that f...
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/james-shea-remembered-as-fervent-advocate-for-education-language-rights

Hundreds of Hells Angels expected for murdered biker’s Woodbridge funeral as police search for suspect with lengthy record - Toronto Star

Star.Hells Angels' biker Michael (Diaz) Deabaitua-Schulde, 32, who was gunned down in Mississauga on Monday. (GoFundMe)A Quebec man with Hells Angels ties is already in custody on first-degree murder charges and police have issued a Canada-wide first-degree murder warrant for another Montreal man who has a history of weapons possession, fraud and possession of false documents, and is awaiting trial for allegedly intimidating someone connected to the court system.The funeral of Deabaitua-Schulde, a father of two, is set for Saturday, March 23 at the Vescio Funeral Home in Woodbridge, according to the funeral home’s website. A GoFundMe page has also been set up in Deabaitua-Schulde’s name.“God called Michael on Monday March 11, 2019, at the age of 32,” his online obituary begins. “He will be forever missed by his loving spouse, Ashley and his children … He will be held dear in the hearts of his family, relatives, and many friends.”Article Continued BelowAs his funeral is being planned, police continue to hunt for Montreal fugitive Joseph Pallotta, 38.Deabaitua-Schulde was shot dead shortly before noon on Monday outside a gym in Mississauga at 700 Dundas St. E., near Cawthra Road.Peel Regional Police chief Chris McCord said that Deabaitua-Schulde was the victim of a targeted attack.Pallotta is considered armed and dangerous.Peel Regional Police announced...
https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2019/03/15/suspect-wanted-in-shooting-death-of-hells-angel-has-lengthy-criminal-history.html