KITCHENER A former advisor on the SARS Commission says they recommended the Ontario government set up a NIOSH equivalent in Canada more than a decade ago. Millions of PPE products are still sitting in a Cambridge facility as the company waits for certification from an American regulatory body. There have been delays with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) certifying international products. It s just astounding that Canada is in this terrible position, said Mario Possamai, a former senior advisor on the commission. Eclipse Innovations started making respirators during the pandemic, but it s still waiting for certification. It s producing nearly 200,000 products a day.
Dominion Rd murder: Rikki-Lee Simeon guilty of murdering her partner Brendon Hamilton
24 Feb, 2021 03:28 AM
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A young mother has been found guilty of murdering her 21-year-old partner Brendon Hamilton.
Almost two years after Hamilton died in his Dominion Rd flat and more than two weeks after Rikki-Lee Simeon pleaded not guilty to murder, jurors reached a verdict at 3.40pm on Wednesday.
Hamilton, 21, was stabbed in the neck in the Mt Eden apartment and died the same day his and Simeon s daughter Shyanne turned 1 year old.
Brendon Izaac Lee Hamilton was 21. Photo / Supplied
The unanimous guilty verdict at Auckland High Court brought some tears of relief to Hamilton s family, who d waited for justice since May 18, 2019.
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Justice Neil Campbell at the High Court in Auckland. Justice Neil Campbell said both children abused by Downing have been impacted by the offending. They have told the court that they have issues with trusting men. One has also self-harmed. Justice Campbell said Downing s offending showed a degree of planning and there was a significant age gap between Downing and the children. The judge noted Downing continued to deny the offending and had no insight into the damage he had done. Justice Campbell took time off Downing s sentence for his previously clean criminal record. The Queen v Edwin Downing At trial, Downing said the sex never happened and the children had misled him about their ages.