Father: ‘It’S Hell’ – One Year After Hanmer Tragedy

Let’s all go to pot
ONCE a jolly baggie man camped for a bigger bong, under the shade of a coolabah tree. Smoking weed is as Australian as the annual Bong Bong Picnic Race Club Race Meeting in Bowral, so it is disconcerting to observe that mere possession of marijuana is still a criminal offence in most states.

Read more on The Age

With Darisabel in mind, community looks to fight child abuse
A group that included nearly 250 local police, medical personnel, lawmakers and advocates met Thursday to gather input on combating child abuse in York County.

Read more on York Daily Record

Father: ‘It’s hell’ – One year after Hanmer tragedy
Last Father’s Day weekend, 16-year-old Steven Philippe was full of life and feeling great about the future, as he helped his dad move a shed in their Hanmer yard. “He said to me: ‘Dad, it’s going to be my best summer,’ ” father Daniel Philippe remembered. He told his father he wouldn’t play […]

Read more on The Sudbury Star