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A former GTA daycare worker who pleaded guilty to slapping, kneeing and dragging five children has been given no jail time. Magdelene Vasanthkumar, now 52, worked at BrightPath Maple on Maple Avenue — one of two locations owned by BrightPath Early Learning Centre and Child Care in Milton, Ont. Security video from the daycare …
Read More »Mom had no idea Indigenous daughter was in jail until staff told her she was dead, Ontario inquest told
WARNING: This story contains references to suicide. Selina McIntyre only learned daughter Delilah Blair was in a Windsor, Ont., jail when staff called to let her know the 30-year-old Indigenous woman had died, a coroner’s inquest was told Tuesday. A correctional officer found Blair without vital signs in her cell at the South …
Read More »Tyson Billings a.k.a. Freedom George released from jail after guilty plea
Tyson George Billings, a prominent figure in this winter’s Freedom Convoy in Ottawa who is also known as Freedom George, pleaded guilty in court Wednesday to one of several charges against him and has been released from jail. Billings was sentenced to six months of probation and is expected to return to his …
Read More »Tamara Lich to find out Wednesday if she’s returning to jail
After a two-day bail review held this week, Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich will find out Wednesday whether or not she’s heading back to jail. Lich, an organizer of the Ottawa protest that brought the city to a halt for weeks, was seeking an amendment to her bail conditions that would allow her …
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