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Helicopter pilot in court over Canadian’s death

April 13, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

A committal hearing has begun in Alice Springs for a helicopter pilot facing charges after a Canadian woman died from burns six years ago in Central Australia.

Edward John Woodhouse Lee is charged with two counts of doing an act causing death while intoxicated.

The prosecution alleges during a party at Kings Creek Station, where Lee was working, he lit a makeshift lantern with aviation gas.

The court heard the fuel ended up on 29-year-old Cynthia Ching, who was on a working holiday at the station.

She died about six weeks later in the Royal Adelaide Hospital from complications related to the burns.

The court also heard Lee’s employers did not think alcohol was a factor.

One of them described it as a freak accident.

The hearing continues.

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Missing sailor found month after Chile quake

April 13, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

A Gold Coast man who was feared lost at sea after the 8.8-magnitude Chile earthquake has been found, 35 days after the quake struck.

The family of Mitchell Westlake feared the 23-year-old former Navy officer had drowned, but this morning he called his grandfather to say he was safe and well.

Ernie Westlake says his grandson was on a training cruise and his boat became becalmed more than 1,000 miles off the coast of Chile, unaware of the quake that battered the country and killed nearly 500 people in February.

“They had no idea there was a tsunami or an earthquake until they hit port yesterday,” he said.

“They only sighted land once and that was about five or six days ago when they sailed past Robinson Crusoe Island.

“He was tired because it was left to Mitchell and the skipper to sail the boat … single-handed.”

Chilean authorities are understood to have launched a search for the 16-metre yacht SS Columbia, the boat on which Mr Westlake and four others were sailing.

Mr Westlake left Salinas, Ecuador, on January 16 on a sailing course.

The yacht was expected to dock at the Chilean city of Coquimbo between February 24 and 27, the day the earthquake struck.

The Montreal Gazette reported a Canadian woman was also on board the vessel.

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Reeves seeks court dismissal of Canadian woman’s claims he’s her children’s father

July 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Jul 8 (ANI): Actor Keanu Reeves is said to have sought a court dismissal of a Canadian woman’s allegations he is the father of her four grown children.

Karen Sala, 46, who is seeking millions in spousal and child support from Reeves, 44, came face to face with the Speed star’s attorney Lorne Wolfson for a brief appearance in a family court in Toronto, Canada on July 6.

Wolfson denied his client had a relationship with the woman, and later told reporters outside the court he is urging authorities to quickly dismiss the case.

“His (Reeves’) position is that he’s not the father of these children, never had a relationship with them, never lived with Ms Sala and that the application has absolutely no merits. It’s totally frivolous,” Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

“This case should be dismissed at the earliest opportunity,” he said.

Meanwhile, Sala has maintained that she is telling the truth, telling journalists the Hollywood actor has been in contact with her over the last three decades.

“He (Reeves) doesn’t stay away, he constantly comes and checks up and everything. It’ll come out. The truth is a strange thing and sometimes no one’s prepared for it… It will come out. You have to have faith,” she stated.

Sala filed suit against Reeves in May this year, seeking a DNA test to prove he fathered her children. (ANI)

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Keanu Reeves slams Canadian woman’s child support lawsuit

May 30, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 30 (ANI): Keanu Reeves has slammed a Canadian woman, who is seeking millions of dollars in a lawsuit filed against the actor.

Karen Sala alleges that she’s childhood friends with the Matrix star, who she claims he is the father of her four kids.

The 46-year-old is insisting upon a DNA test to prove her claim in an attempt to land 3 million dollars a month in spousal support and another 150,000 dollars in child support.

Sala further alleges that she had been “privately” trying to reach a settlement with the Hollywood heartthrob for years.

Reeves, 44, on the other hand, insists he does not even know the woman.

“Karen Sala’s allegations are completely false and absurd. Mr. Reeves has no knowledge of who she is,” Contactmusic quoted his spokesperson as saying.

Putting out a warning for media, the actor’s business manager added: “Before you disparage my client and lend validity to this, there’s clearly something wrong with someone who claims child support after all the kids have grown. I’m just pointing that out.” (ANI)

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Laptop kills Canadian woman

April 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Vancouver, April 17 (IANS) In a freak incident, a young Canadian woman was killed by her laptop during an accident in the Indian-dominated city of Surrey near here, investigation reports said Thursday.

According to police, investigation has established that 25-year-old Heather Storey was killed when she was hit by her laptop while driving to work last month.

The unsecured laptop hit the woman’s head from behind when she had to brake hard to stop her vehicle suddenly.

Police said the impact of sudden braking sent the laptop flying and hit her in the head.

The force of the impact was so severe that it shattered the woman’s head, the laptop screen and bent its frame.

Investigators said the woman would have survived had she secured the laptop and warned people not to leave their belongings unsecured in the back of their vehicles.

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Canadian journalist’s kidnappers set Sunday as final deadline

April 5, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Peshawar, Apr. 4 (ANI): Talibani kidnappers of Canadian journalist Khadija Abdul Qahaar have issued warnings to kill her, if their demands for ransom are not met by Sunday.

“Until now, not a single official of the Pakistan and Canadian governments has approached us. April 5 is the final deadline,” The News quoted North Waziristan based militant organization’s statement, as saying

The unknown organization ‘Gumnam Mujahideen-e-Islam’ has twice extended deadlines while demanding two million dollars ransom.

In a hand-written pamphlet, circulated in parts of North Waziristan by an” the militants alleged the Canadian woman was not a journalist but was sent by the Canadian Government to spy on the Taliban in North Waziristan.

“We once again ask the Pakistan and Canadian governments to accept our demands by April 5, or else we will kill Khadija Abdul Qahaar because she is not a journalist and came to Pakistan on a mission to spy for the Canadian government. Under the Islamic laws, her punishment is death,” the pamphlet read.

The Canadian government has reportedly refused to negotiate with the kidnappers or pay ransom, which is against Canadian Government’s policies.

Canadian government also urged to send its own security personnel to help the Pakistani authorities to recover of the aged woman journalist and her two Pakistani helpers.

Sources said the militants had been frustrated with cold response of the Pakistan and Canadian governments and their reluctance to pay such a huge ransom for her release.

The militants extended their deadline on appeals from local journalists and tribal elders. (ANI)

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