A judge has found that the trial of former aides to then Premier McGuinty must proceed to a conclusion despite a request from the defense for the matter to be dismissed immediately. Judge Timothy Lipson said that some evidence exists that might lead to the conviction of David Livingston and his deputy Laura Miller in connection with the wiping of computer hard drives in 2011. The Crown contends this was done to hide evidence related to the cancellation of two gas plants notoriously done hours before the general election that year. “At this stage, it is not the court’s function to weigh the evidence, nor to test its quality or reliability,” Lipson said. “I am not entitled to make findings of fact, nor to engage in an assessment of the evidence with a view to determining the guilt or innocence of the defendants.”
POPPY DOUGHNUT FUSS AT TIMS
Canadian Press reports that a Tim Hortons employee in Calgary took it on himself to create a “Poppy Doughnut” which has now, because of social media super sensitivities, got him in hot water. The head of the Calgary Poppy Fund says the poppy is a registered trademark and a symbol that many hold sacred. He says he would have preferred that the business reached out to his group ahead of Remembrance Day about partnering to raise funds for veterans.
SMOKER DIES AS CIGARETTE DETONATES BREATHING EQUIPMENT
A smoker has died in Oshawa when his lighted cigarette detonated his oxygen tank and breathing apparatus as he sat in his home Thursday morning. The improbable compulsion to smoke in his apparent condition with the odds-on chances of an explosion sooner or later make the mind swim. Durham Regional Police spokesperson Dave Selby says emergency crews were called to a home on Park Road South in Oshawa at 9:20 a.m. for a report of an explosion. An investigation revealed that a man breathing with the help of an oxygen tank and mask was also smoking.
