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Corrections has apologised after allowing paedophile Aaron Laurence, who has changed his name to Aaron Castle, to be paroled to a Wellington house with 62 children nearby.
The Wellington home where a high-risk paedophile was paroled, down the road from schools and a day care, was being proposed as a suitable address more than two and half years before he was placed there, Department of Corrections documents show. The papers, released under the Official Information Act, show the Newtown house was mentioned in at least three more Corrections documents, yet sufficient alarm bells were not raised in time. It was only after Aaron Paul Castle – previously Laurence – was placed down the road from a school that the problems became clear, and he was moved to an industrial area.
A Summer of Protest
Four organizers from the Prairie provinces reflect on the world they’re fighting for.
By Melissa Fundira
Four organizers from the Prairie provinces reflect on the world they’re fighting for.
By Melissa Fundira
The realities of anti-Blackness on the Prairies became hypervisible in the summer of 2020.
Massive protests catalyzed by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis swept across Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta, bringing renewed attention to the many Black and Indigenous victims of police violence in Canada.
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The YYC Justice for All Victims of Police Brutality protest on June 3, 2020, began in Calgary’s Kensington area. The march then moved through downtown toward city hall. (Leah Hennel for CBC News)
WILMINGTON Robert Reid Hooks Sr., 67, passed away Monday, April 19, 2021, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. He was born April 15, 1954, in Asheboro.
Robert was a lifelong U.S. Marine (Oorah!), as well as a nuclear planner. He loved to play pool and listen to classic rock. He was known to put on a vinyl record and pluck away at his guitar. Robert had a dog, Bentley, that he loved, along with several cats. He had a hard exterior, but was soft at heart.
He was preceded in death by both his parents; and sister, Paula Collins.
Robert is survived by his son, Robert Reid Hooks Jr.; and close friends who were like family to him.
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Paula Collins did plenty of celebrating Wednesday as she watched the United States presidential inauguration with a special sense of pride. Raised in .