Jamaican farm worker killed in Ontario accident
JA farm worker in Canada
A farm truck accident has claimed the life
of a Jamaican tobacco farm worker.
The name of the worker has not been
released, pending
notification of family members.
of a Jamaican tobacco farm worker.
The name of the worker has not been
released, pending
notification of family members.
Six Jamaican migrant workers contracted to
Ontario farms have suffered
fatal accidents in recent times.
The latest death occured earlier last week
near Paris, Ontario farm.The
worker was on a trailer packed with tobacco.
The accident is still under investigation.
"Migrant workers make the sacrifice of leaving home to feed their
families and our families. That sacrifice should not include being the
victim of preventable accidents," Stan Rapier, National Co-ordinator,
Agricultural Workers Alliance
Meanwhile, another worker was injured in the same accident.
This Saturday a bus will be leaving Toronto for St. Catherines, where
the protesters will highlight the Farm Workers' plight.
JA-Canada drug smuggling ring: trial delayed
Ontario farms have suffered
fatal accidents in recent times.
The latest death occured earlier last week
near Paris, Ontario farm.The
worker was on a trailer packed with tobacco.
The accident is still under investigation.
"Migrant workers make the sacrifice of leaving home to feed their
families and our families. That sacrifice should not include being the
victim of preventable accidents," Stan Rapier, National Co-ordinator,
Agricultural Workers Alliance
Meanwhile, another worker was injured in the same accident.
This Saturday a bus will be leaving Toronto for St. Catherines, where
the protesters will highlight the Farm Workers' plight.
JA-Canada drug smuggling ring: trial delayed
By Marcia Scott
MONTEGO BAY: A police sergeant and a civilian said to be co-conspirators in a drug smuggling ring between Canada and Jamaica had their case stalled in the Montego Bay RM Court on August 22.
Fifty-two year-old Detective Sergeant Vincent Saddler who was attached to the Ulster Spring Police Station is charged with conspiracy to export ganja (hashish) to Canada, while his co-accused, 38 year-old Donovan Clarke otherwise called “Charlie”, a former employee of the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay St James, is charged with possession of cocaine, dealing in cocaine and conspiracy to export ganja to Canada.
The men were charged with offences linked to an international narcotic network
The police say the illegal operation involves shipments of narcotics from Jamaica to Canada that were sent via the Sangster International Airport and Toronto’s Lester B Pearson International Airport.
The trial was scheduled to begin on Monday but the prosecution failed to proceed as certain documents needed from Canadian authorities had not yet been received.
Additionally, Attorney-at-Law Ernest Smith, who was representing Saddler, asked Resident Magistrate Vivienne Harris to remove his name from the list as Saddler has relinquished him as legal counsel.
Attorney-at-Law Valrie Neito-Robinson has assumed the responsibilities as the new attorney for the cop, while Attorney-at-Law Dionne Meylor-Reid represents Clarke.
Both men had their respective J$500,000 bails extended until December 16.
Sergeant Saddler and Mr. Clarke along with nine other co-conspirators in Toronto were arrested in December 2010 in a coordinated international operation conducted in Jamaica and Canada after it was revealed that hashish was being smuggled into Canada via the Sangster International Airport.
The operation involved investigators from the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Toronto Airport Drug Enforcement Unit, Peel Regional Police, Toronto Police Service and Canada Border Services Agency.
The operation followed an investigation which began in February, 2010.
The operation followed an investigation which began in February, 2010.
Jamaican 'moron' twins fight Canada deportation
Jamaica Observer
Thursday, July 21, 2011
TWO 19-year-old Jamaican-born but Toronto-raised twins face deportation from Canada after robbing a grocery store of CA$30 and 16 packs of cigarettes, reports the Toronto Star.
Keshawn and Dushane Edwards have been in custody in London, Ontario since August last year for robbing the store in Pond Mills with an unnamed young offender, who has been sentenced. The twins assaulted and also robbed the store manager who described them as "utter morons" and asked that they receive the maximum sentence possible. The prosecution is seeking at least two years.
Meantime, their mother has suffered a heart attack.
They face being immediately deported to Jamaica unless they can raise their immigration bail money in time. They have been granted one final adjournment to August 18.
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'Obscene' Jamaican pimp deported from Canada-convicted of multiple offenses
CANADIAN authorities have deported a Jamaican pimp who was described by a judge there as "obscene, repugnant and humanly degrading", reports the Calgary Herald newspaper.
Andrew Mark Marshall, who is 43 years-old, was sent back to Jamaica this week and cannot return, said Canada Border Services.
The Herald reported that Marshall was convicted of numerous offenses including: assault, aiding and abetting prostitution, living off the avails of prostitution and firearms offenses.
