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by a_Not Applicable
December 9 — 15, 2004 |
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YOU’RE GOING TO PUT THAT WHERE?
A Cambridge woman who had a colonoscopy last November is
suing Cambridge Memorial Hospital for performing the procedure
using equipment that was not sterilized. The lawsuit alleges that
Dr. Stephen Chan and attendees failed to notice blood and fecal
matter from a previous colonoscopy on the scope before using it
on patient Katherine Watson. Watson is seeking $2.5 million in
damages citing “severe mental suffering and pain.”
HEY MA! WHAT’S
COOKING?
A Kitchener mother and son are facing drug charges after their
illegal marijuana oil lab exploded in their kitchen and set the
stove on fire. Mother and son, who had been cooking up a pot of
weed oil, were not only charged with production, but also
possession of a controlled substance after police found 20
pounds of marijuana on the premises.
TRI–CITieS’ DUMBEST CRIMINALS CASE FILE #32
47 year old Van Pham of Markham testified in a Guelph court,
December 4th, that he didn’t know what was in the garbage bags
he was carrying around last August when police arrested him. The
contents turned out to be a sack full of marijuana plants. Pham
argued that the residents of the townhouse that he was visiting
simply asked him to take out their garbage. When police raided
the house it turned out to be a dismantled marijuana grow–op
containing pots, fertilizer, fans, lights and timers.
WINTER KILLS
The heavy snow and icy conditions that hit Waterloo and
Wellington Regions on December 6th has contributed to a record
number of road accidents. Whereas on an average day in such
conditions emergency services respond to about 40 accidents,
Monday saw 67 accidents occur between 7am and 7pm. The
weather is not totally to blame, however, as drivers fail to adjust
their driving to winter conditions.
A GANGsTER’S
FAVOURITE GET-A-WAY
A new book about notorious gangster Rocco Perri, dubbed
“Canada’s Al Capone,” reveals that the mobster had a soft spot
for Guelph. The book, Rocco Perri: The Story of Canada’s Most
Notorious Bootlegger, reveals how the city was key during his rise
to fame and fortune in the bootlegging, drug trafficking and
gambling industries. He was even granted a request to serve
prison time in Guelph for a four month perjury sentence in 1928.
According to author Antonio Nicaso, Guelph was one of the most
important places in the history of Perri.
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