Gordon Paul
TorontoStar
Kitchener, ON, Canada
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OPP roundup: Toddler found walking alone on county road at 1 a.m.
Plus: Driver strikes out at baseball tournament RIDE check; wrong-way driver runs into cruiser → Read More
Kitchener crossbow killer, 36, dies in prison
Eric Amaral murdered a stranger out for a walk near Breithaupt Park → Read More
Kitchener man charged with driving while impaired by gasoline fumes
Gas from a container had spilled all over the interior of the car → Read More
Update: Kitchener man declared not criminally responsible for killing wife, blowing up house
KITCHENER — A judge has declared Udo Haan not criminally responsible for killing his wife, Edra Haan. Superior Court Justice Paul Sweeny made the ruling on Thursday after hearing testimony from forensic psychiatrists. The judge said Haan, now 62, was suffering from a mental disorder when he fatally strangled his wife, 58, with a rope and then triggered an explosion in their house. “I am… → Read More
Kitchener man who strangled, raped woman walking home at night declared a dangerous offender
Brian De La Cruz sentenced to 15 years in prison, minus time served, followed by a 10-year supervision order → Read More
Don’t forget about the victim, Kitchener mom tells parole board
‘I don’t care if he has behaved himself while incarcerated,’ victim’s mother says of man convicted of impaired driving causing death → Read More
Kitchener ‘monster’ denied parole
Former Scout leader pleaded guilty in 2001 to sex charges involving 20 boys, one girl → Read More
The ups and downs of running a Kitchener ski hill
Warm temperatures delayed the opening of Chicopee this season → Read More
Case of Grand Valley correctional officer charged with sexual assault returns to court in April
Cambridge man remains on administrative leave from women’s prison in Kitchener → Read More
Kitchener man called police to report a drunk driver — his dad
He had more than twice the legal amount of alcohol in his blood, but pleaded guilty to careless driving, not impaired driving → Read More
Drunk driver who rolled ATV in New Hamburg gets house arrest
Neither the driver nor his young stepson was seriously injured → Read More
OPP roundup: Drunk driver was five times over the limit
An occasional roundup of unusual events reported by the Ontario Provincial Police: A woman who crashed her car in Gravenhurst was driving with a near-fatal amount of alcohol in her blood. OPP responded to a single-vehicle crash on Dec. 21 at 8:30 p.m. Breath tests revealed the driver had about 400 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, five times the legal limit of 80 mg. A… → Read More
Impaired driver who crashed stolen SUV in Cambridge likely faces deportation
He came to Canada from India for a better life but got hooked on heroin and ‘things slid downhill from there’ → Read More
Waterloo man swung hatchet, threatened to kill roommate ‘if you don’t return to your country’
He was ordered to take counselling on ‘equity and diversity issues’ and alcohol abuse → Read More
Uptown Waterloo nightclub will be nothing like Streetlights ‘disaster,’ owner says
Club granted liquor licence, despite objections from some nearby residents who called previous club ‘a nightmare’ → Read More
Drunk driver caught in Kitchener, four times over limit, says he doesn’t have drinking problem
‘Sir, whether you’re acknowledging it or not, there’s an alcohol problem here,’ judge tells him → Read More
Child protection agency worker used system ‘as a weapon’ against Kitchener woman
Suspecting her husband was having an affair with the woman, she made false allegations to Family & Children’s Services of Waterloo Region → Read More
Caught with a pound of cocaine, Waterloo restaurant manager sent to prison
She will have a job waiting for her when she gets out, lawyer says → Read More
House arrest for Kitchener man who threatened to hang Prime Minister Trudeau
Crown proposal for a fine and probation ‘too lenient,’ judge says → Read More
Wilmot man charged with killing his grandmother, Viola Erb, appears in court by video from jail
Erb helped start Erb Transport with her husband in 1959 → Read More