TIM WHARNSBY
Globe and Mail Update
December 8, 2008 at 1:08 PM EST
TORONTO — Jaime Sifers, the young defenceman who will make his NHL debut for the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight, has been in a reflective mood over the past 24 hours.
Being on the verge of realizing a life-long dream, the University of Vermont product has been on the phone or exchanging texts with friends, family members, former teammates and coaches, almost retracing the skating strides he has made on his journey from Stratford, Conn. to pro hockey's brightest lights.
“I've been spending a lot of time talking with a lot of people,” said Sifers, whose Leafs play the New York Islanders at Air Canada Centre. “I've been flooded with phone calls and I've spent a lot of time on the phone with friends and coaches and a whole lot of family just soaking in the moment.”
One e-mail that particularly struck a chord with Sifers was a message from his long-time agent Justin Duberman.
“He must have written it at three in the morning,” the 25-year-old defenceman said. “I've known Justin for 10 years now. We have a strong relationship with each other and I trust him with my life.
“The message was that no matter what happens to not forget about how hard I have worked to achieve this goal. It was such a far-fetched dream a long time ago and look what has happened now.”
Leafs coach Ron Wilson said that Sifers received the nod because of his strong play with the Toronto Marlies of the AHL and also because the Leafs feared losing veteran minor-leaguer Staffan Kronwall on recallable waivers.
Sifers has been reminded by his new teammates to keep his game simple, something that Wilson doesn't believe will be a problem because “Jaime doesn't play a complicated game.”
The Leafs hope to shake off a three-game losing streak against a team that has its own struggles. The Islanders arrive in town having dropped four of their past five games. They sit in 13th spot in the NHL's Eastern Conference, two points behind the Leafs.
Both the Islanders and Leafs.
Toronto will be without rookie defenceman Luke Schenn (leg) and forward Niklas Hagman (concussion). Jeremy Williams has been summoned from the Marlies to replace Hagman, who is expected to miss only one after he was knocked woozy in the Leafs 2-1 loss to the Washington Capitals last Saturday.
Summary:
Jaime Sifers plays for the Toronto Marley (farm team) and has been asked to play for the Toronto Maple leafs (NHL). This Jaime's life long dream. His teamates told him to play it simple, and not to get to complicated. He has been asked to play because of one of the good veteran players might be leaving the team. He hopes to end a three game lossing streak.
Questions
1. Will he stay on the team if the veteran does not leave?
2. Will he help the Leafs end there three game lossing streak?
3. Do you think Jaime will be the next superstar?
Relation to First Nation.
This is related to the First Nation people, beccause they were the ones who invented hockey.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
The Rocky Current Events by Brandon
With the National Lacrosse League season fast approaching, the Toronto Rock is not lacking in confidence.
The Rock won five championships in seven years from 1999-2005, but has struggled since, coming off the two worst seasons in franchise history.
At 7-9, the team missed the playoffs for the first time in 2008 and that spurred an eventful off-season that saw a roster overhaul and the retirement of Jim Veltman, the club's captain since its 1998 inception as the Ontario Raiders. Veltman has moved to the bench as an assistant to head coach Glenn Clark, while veteran Chris Driscoll takes over as captain.
The Rock appears capable of making a big move in the standings this season with the quality additions of Luke Wiles, Stephen Hoar, Jason Crosbie and former 44-goal scorer Craig Conn, and the return of veteran goaltender Bob Watson, the NLL goalie of the year in 2008. The team also will get a full season out of Lewis Ratcliff, who scored 13 goals and 28 points in just five games last year.
So confident is Rock president Brad Watters that the team will be "a force in the East," that he has made some season ticket holders an intriguing offer: Buy season tickets in the blue section and if the club misses the playoffs, the team will pay for the same seats in 2010.
"We've rebuilt and we're now ready to go," Watters said at practice in Scarborough yesterday. "A lot of fans have come to me saying: 'You're not as good as you used to be.' Now we are."
Clark, a member of all the Rock's championship teams, agrees.
"We were up for so long ... that's sports," he said. "You get to the top of the mountain, you stay there for a bit, and at some point you have to climb back up and we think we've done that."
Director of lacrosse operations Mike Kloepfer said the Rock desperately needed to improve its offence and he believes it has done so.
In Ratcliff and Conn, the team possesses two of only a handful of players in the league that have scored in the mid-40's in the past. Wiles and Crosbie also are capable offensively and Hoar is a transition threat and an elite face-off man who will get the Rock the ball more often.
"We've brought in character guys," Kloepfer said. "We've just gotten better everywhere, and hopefully, that will help fill the void left by Jim."
For his part, Veltman is enjoying his new role and doesn't appear to be in any rush to make a comeback.
"I don't miss training camp," he said with a laugh.
Assistant captain Blaine Manning said he will be one of many players attempting to fill the void left by Veltman.
"It's tough to replace Jimmy," he said. "The East is always very tough, but with the guys we've added, I don't see why we can't compete for a championship this year."
The season begins Jan. 3 against the New York Titans.
Summary: I think that Toronto Rock has had 5 good seasns and deserved all of them. Toronto is a great team and will still be one.
Questions:
1.Who is your favourite player on Toronto Rock?
2.Do you think that Toronto Rock deserved to wwin each of their seasons?
3.Do you want to play for the Toronto Rock?
The Rock won five championships in seven years from 1999-2005, but has struggled since, coming off the two worst seasons in franchise history.
At 7-9, the team missed the playoffs for the first time in 2008 and that spurred an eventful off-season that saw a roster overhaul and the retirement of Jim Veltman, the club's captain since its 1998 inception as the Ontario Raiders. Veltman has moved to the bench as an assistant to head coach Glenn Clark, while veteran Chris Driscoll takes over as captain.
The Rock appears capable of making a big move in the standings this season with the quality additions of Luke Wiles, Stephen Hoar, Jason Crosbie and former 44-goal scorer Craig Conn, and the return of veteran goaltender Bob Watson, the NLL goalie of the year in 2008. The team also will get a full season out of Lewis Ratcliff, who scored 13 goals and 28 points in just five games last year.
So confident is Rock president Brad Watters that the team will be "a force in the East," that he has made some season ticket holders an intriguing offer: Buy season tickets in the blue section and if the club misses the playoffs, the team will pay for the same seats in 2010.
"We've rebuilt and we're now ready to go," Watters said at practice in Scarborough yesterday. "A lot of fans have come to me saying: 'You're not as good as you used to be.' Now we are."
Clark, a member of all the Rock's championship teams, agrees.
"We were up for so long ... that's sports," he said. "You get to the top of the mountain, you stay there for a bit, and at some point you have to climb back up and we think we've done that."
Director of lacrosse operations Mike Kloepfer said the Rock desperately needed to improve its offence and he believes it has done so.
In Ratcliff and Conn, the team possesses two of only a handful of players in the league that have scored in the mid-40's in the past. Wiles and Crosbie also are capable offensively and Hoar is a transition threat and an elite face-off man who will get the Rock the ball more often.
"We've brought in character guys," Kloepfer said. "We've just gotten better everywhere, and hopefully, that will help fill the void left by Jim."
For his part, Veltman is enjoying his new role and doesn't appear to be in any rush to make a comeback.
"I don't miss training camp," he said with a laugh.
Assistant captain Blaine Manning said he will be one of many players attempting to fill the void left by Veltman.
"It's tough to replace Jimmy," he said. "The East is always very tough, but with the guys we've added, I don't see why we can't compete for a championship this year."
The season begins Jan. 3 against the New York Titans.
Summary: I think that Toronto Rock has had 5 good seasns and deserved all of them. Toronto is a great team and will still be one.
Questions:
1.Who is your favourite player on Toronto Rock?
2.Do you think that Toronto Rock deserved to wwin each of their seasons?
3.Do you want to play for the Toronto Rock?
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Matthew’s Blog
Canadian Press
April 27, 2003 at 2:02 AM EST
Toronto — The best defence in the National Lacrosse League flexed its muscles Saturday to put the Toronto Rock in another championship game.
A 15-11 semi-final victory over the Colorado Mammoth gave Les Bartley's team a chance to win the Champions Cup a fourth time in five years.
"We've got a veteran group of athletes who know how to win," said the victorious GM-coach.
They'll be tested in Rochester, N.Y., next Saturday night. The top-seeded Knighthawks beat Buffalo 16-13 in the other semi-final and will host the final for the first time.
"I'm really looking forward to it," said Rock forward Colin Doyle. "Every year we get a new challenge and this will be another one."
Bartley's game plan designed to handcuff Colorado stars Gary Gait and Ted Dowling worked to perfection.
Defencemen Pat Coyle and Glenn Clark patrolled the left side where Gait and Dowling set up for shots. They held Gait, who scored a record 61 goals during the regular season, to one late goal, and Dowling was completely shut down.
"Our defence was awesome against the best player in the game," said Doyle.
With Toronto up 9-5 in the third quarter, three consecutive goals by Doyle in three minutes 20 seconds sealed the outcome in front of 15,200 at the Air Canada Centre.
Doyle and Blaine Manning each scored four goals, Chris Driscoll had two and Sandy Chapman, Glenn Clark, Steve Toll, Kim Squire and Darryl Gibson also scored for Toronto, which had a 60-51 edge in shots on goal.
Bob Watson, who repeatedly frustrated the Mammoth early, got the goaltending win.
"We played traditional Rock lacrosse," said Watson. "We're going to the show and that's the bottom line."
Brian Langtry scored seven goals for the Mammoth, and Josh Sims, Ben Prepchuk and Tom Phair also had one each.
"They keyed on Gary and Ted, which is why I got so many wide-open shots," said Langtry.
With Gait and Dowling under wraps, Toronto jumped ahead 4-0 and never relinquished the lead.
"They came out humming," said Langtry. "It was really frustrating."
Colorado goaltender Erik Miller starred in two regular-season wins over the Rock but couldn't do it again.
"It helped to get a start like that," said Bartley. "Right away, the guys got the confidence that they could score against this guy."
Toll was everywhere. Besides his goal, he assisted on four, and fought big defenceman Dave Stilley, who was ejected for head-butting Toll during the second-quarter punch-up. The absence of Stilley the rest of the way opened up shooting lanes for Rock attackers.
"It was one of the best games we've ever played," said Toll.
Especially on defence.
"We didn't let Gait and Dowling set up many picks on us," said Clark. "We got to them early.
"That's the best success we've ever had against them."
A late rally closed the gap on the scoreboard but the Mammoth were too far behind to catch up.
"We came out flat," said Gait. "They put us in a hole we couldn't get out of.
"It was too deep."
There were plenty of bright spots for the Rock.
Captain Jim Veltman had four assists, Driscoll's goals were his first since Bartley got him in a late-season trade and the Squire goal that immediately preceded Doyle's spree was a highlight-reel, over-the-shoulder backhander that froze Miller. Squire missed most of the season while a hand inflicted with flesh-eating disease healed.
"We were all happy to see one go in for Kim," said Bartley.
Notes: On power plays, Toronto was 2-for-8 and Colorado 1-for-6. . . . The Rock had played only once in 36 days but said Bartley, "There wasn't a doubt in my mind we'd be ready to play." . . . Colorado entered the game on a five-game winning streak. . . . Gait will be back: "I still love to play and as long as I compete I'll keep going," said the all-time leading scorer in pro lacrosse. "I'm definitely going to play next year."
Summary: This article is about the Toronto Rock, it is about the Toronto Rock playing in the finals vs. Colorado. The Toronto rock had only played once in 36 days, and Colorado came off a 5 game winning streak. In this game the Toronto Rock lost I think they could of won that year.
Questions:
1. Do you think the Toronto Rock could of won that game, why or why not?
2. Do you think Colorado is a good team?
3. If you think Colorado is good explain why?
Canadian Press
April 27, 2003 at 2:02 AM EST
Toronto — The best defence in the National Lacrosse League flexed its muscles Saturday to put the Toronto Rock in another championship game.
A 15-11 semi-final victory over the Colorado Mammoth gave Les Bartley's team a chance to win the Champions Cup a fourth time in five years.
"We've got a veteran group of athletes who know how to win," said the victorious GM-coach.
They'll be tested in Rochester, N.Y., next Saturday night. The top-seeded Knighthawks beat Buffalo 16-13 in the other semi-final and will host the final for the first time.
"I'm really looking forward to it," said Rock forward Colin Doyle. "Every year we get a new challenge and this will be another one."
Bartley's game plan designed to handcuff Colorado stars Gary Gait and Ted Dowling worked to perfection.
Defencemen Pat Coyle and Glenn Clark patrolled the left side where Gait and Dowling set up for shots. They held Gait, who scored a record 61 goals during the regular season, to one late goal, and Dowling was completely shut down.
"Our defence was awesome against the best player in the game," said Doyle.
With Toronto up 9-5 in the third quarter, three consecutive goals by Doyle in three minutes 20 seconds sealed the outcome in front of 15,200 at the Air Canada Centre.
Doyle and Blaine Manning each scored four goals, Chris Driscoll had two and Sandy Chapman, Glenn Clark, Steve Toll, Kim Squire and Darryl Gibson also scored for Toronto, which had a 60-51 edge in shots on goal.
Bob Watson, who repeatedly frustrated the Mammoth early, got the goaltending win.
"We played traditional Rock lacrosse," said Watson. "We're going to the show and that's the bottom line."
Brian Langtry scored seven goals for the Mammoth, and Josh Sims, Ben Prepchuk and Tom Phair also had one each.
"They keyed on Gary and Ted, which is why I got so many wide-open shots," said Langtry.
With Gait and Dowling under wraps, Toronto jumped ahead 4-0 and never relinquished the lead.
"They came out humming," said Langtry. "It was really frustrating."
Colorado goaltender Erik Miller starred in two regular-season wins over the Rock but couldn't do it again.
"It helped to get a start like that," said Bartley. "Right away, the guys got the confidence that they could score against this guy."
Toll was everywhere. Besides his goal, he assisted on four, and fought big defenceman Dave Stilley, who was ejected for head-butting Toll during the second-quarter punch-up. The absence of Stilley the rest of the way opened up shooting lanes for Rock attackers.
"It was one of the best games we've ever played," said Toll.
Especially on defence.
"We didn't let Gait and Dowling set up many picks on us," said Clark. "We got to them early.
"That's the best success we've ever had against them."
A late rally closed the gap on the scoreboard but the Mammoth were too far behind to catch up.
"We came out flat," said Gait. "They put us in a hole we couldn't get out of.
"It was too deep."
There were plenty of bright spots for the Rock.
Captain Jim Veltman had four assists, Driscoll's goals were his first since Bartley got him in a late-season trade and the Squire goal that immediately preceded Doyle's spree was a highlight-reel, over-the-shoulder backhander that froze Miller. Squire missed most of the season while a hand inflicted with flesh-eating disease healed.
"We were all happy to see one go in for Kim," said Bartley.
Notes: On power plays, Toronto was 2-for-8 and Colorado 1-for-6. . . . The Rock had played only once in 36 days but said Bartley, "There wasn't a doubt in my mind we'd be ready to play." . . . Colorado entered the game on a five-game winning streak. . . . Gait will be back: "I still love to play and as long as I compete I'll keep going," said the all-time leading scorer in pro lacrosse. "I'm definitely going to play next year."
Summary: This article is about the Toronto Rock, it is about the Toronto Rock playing in the finals vs. Colorado. The Toronto rock had only played once in 36 days, and Colorado came off a 5 game winning streak. In this game the Toronto Rock lost I think they could of won that year.
Questions:
1. Do you think the Toronto Rock could of won that game, why or why not?
2. Do you think Colorado is a good team?
3. If you think Colorado is good explain why?
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Adrians Article
Bob Watson and the Toronto Rock defense held the Chicago Shamrox scoreless for the entire fourth quarter. The Rock topped the Shamrox 11-9, at Sears Centre on Saturday. Chicago led 9-8 after three quarters, but Toronto outscored Chicago, 3-0, in the final quarter. Blaine Manning scored four goals to lead Toronto, while Kasey Beirnes scored three goals in his Rock debut.Chicago, who trailed 5-4 at halftime, outscored the Rock 5-3 in the third quarter. The Shamrox took their first lead of the game when rookie transition player Bobby McBride picked off an outlet pass and scored with under one minute left in the third to make the score 9-8.Aaron Wilson scored for Toronto to tie the game with nine minutes to go, before Manning scored the eventual-winner moments later, his fourth goal of the game. Beirnes scored his third goal of the game to give Toronto an 11-9 lead shortly after.Seven of Toronto's 11 goals were scored on the power play. Josh Sanderson added two goals for the Rock, while Aaron Wilson and former Shamrox captain Cam Woods added singles. Bob Watson got the win in goal.Chicago was led offensively by McBride and Kevin Fines, who scored two goals apiece. Mat Giles, Mike Hobbins, Callum Crawford, Josh Wasson and Chris Panos added singles. Shamrox starting goaltender Brandon Miller left the game for unknown reasons after one quarter and was replaced by backup Derek Collins for the remainder of the game. Collins was credited with the loss.Toronto (1-0) meets the Minnesota Swarm in back-to-back games next weekend, starting in Toronto's Air Canada Centre on Friday. Chicago (0-1) will meet the Philadelphia Wings at Wachovia Center on Saturday.
Summary: The Toronto Rock played Chicago in lacrosse. They had a close game but Chicago won. I think that they need Bob Watson because he is a very good defensive player and makes the Toronto Rock competitive.
Questions:
1.Do you think Toronto Rock is a better team then Chicago?
2. Do you think Toronto Rock are going to win the Championship?
3.Do you think that Toronto Rock has the best players on the team?
Connections: The connections are that lacrosse was made by the Canadians. Lacrosse has been going on for years and it still being played today.
Summary: The Toronto Rock played Chicago in lacrosse. They had a close game but Chicago won. I think that they need Bob Watson because he is a very good defensive player and makes the Toronto Rock competitive.
Questions:
1.Do you think Toronto Rock is a better team then Chicago?
2. Do you think Toronto Rock are going to win the Championship?
3.Do you think that Toronto Rock has the best players on the team?
Connections: The connections are that lacrosse was made by the Canadians. Lacrosse has been going on for years and it still being played today.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Amz's Blog
Nov 20, 2008 07:38 PM
Betsy Powell Courts Bureau
Arber "Benny" Krasniqi says he stabbed Jordan Ormonde in the neck in a Greek restaurant on the Danforth to save himself but he didn't mean to kill the 24-year-old.
"This big guy grabbed me and slapped me across the face. I couldn't breathe," Krasniqi testified today before a jury at his second-degree murder trial. Ormonde was upset, Krasniqi said, because he had danced with Ormonde's girlfriend.
With Ormonde holding him in the air, Krasniqi said he believed he was "going to die" so he grabbed a knife out of the front pocket of this jeans and started swinging it, waving his arms to demonstrate.
"What are you going to do when a guy double your size grabs you?" he said under questioning by his lawyer, James Silver. Ormonde was about 300 pounds and Krasniqi, 34, 130 pounds at the time.
Krasniqi said he was "shocked" when Ormonde's blood started spurting all over him - the wound had severed his carotid artery and jugular - and then ran out the front door with his friend, knife still in hand and Ormonde's friends in pursuit.
The defence opened its case today after the Crown called more than a dozen witnesses, most of them having attended the same birthday party as Ormonde, on April 22, 2007. All portrayed Krasniqi as the aggressor and none saw Ormonde, who was unarmed, show any aggression toward Krasniqi.
But Krasniqi, who is Albanian, said he encountered a hostile atmosphere in Kokkino "as soon as I came in," receiving dirty looks from waiter Loukas Pappas - "maybe he didn't like my big ears" - and then from some members of Ormonde's group of birthday celebrants.
"They didn't like us being there," said Krasniqi, adding later he felt they were looking at him and the other two men he was with as "animals."
Prosecutor Ann Morgan suggested otherwise.
"The Greek people had no problem with you at all," Morgan said. "The only person who has a problem with being an Albanian is you."
"No," responded the father of two. He came to Canada from Kosovo in 1999 and worked as a carpet installer until his arrest. He testified he has been convicted of assault and was sentenced to seven days in jail and one year's probation.
Before going to Kokkino, Krasniqi said he had drinks at another bar with a man named Sam, he didn't know his last name, who works in construction. They left the first bar and walked to Sam's truck and Krasniqi says he asked him if he could have one of the knives used to cut carpets.
"I told him it's a nice knife." Krasniqi gave the jury an animated and detailed explanation of how to install carpet, using the microphone on the witness stand to demonstrate.
After the stabbing, Toronto police released a photo of Krasniqi, who said he was hiding out in a Kingston Road motel before going to Montreal and then New York.
"Why did you flee the country?" Morgan asked.
"Everyone was his friends," he said. "I didn't know what to do. I stay I just killed somebody - what's going to happen? I'll be in jail all my life." He said he had two black eyes as a result of the barroom altercation.
When Morgan asked if he meant to kill Ormonde, he said no, but agreed with her statement "you thought it was me or him."
Morgan also pressed Krasniqi on why the two men he was with that night haven't stepped forward to corroborate "your side of the story."
Krasniqi replied he hasn't been able to locate them.
After spending some time in New York, he went to Florida but returned to Manhattan and was planning to surrender to police back in Toronto, Krasniqi testified.
Before that could happen, two Toronto women in Manhattan recognized him and alerted police when they returned home. U.S. Marshals arrested him there July 18, 2007.
Summary of story:
Well there was this man named Arber Krasniqi. He was in a restaruant and this man nasmed Ormonde comes out of nowhere and starts choking him. Then Arber gets too aggressive and takes his knife, and stabs Ormonde right in the side of the neck. Arber knew that the reason Ormonde came up too him like that was because Arber danced with Ormande's girlfriend. Now the part that was suprising too ME was that Arber ran out of the restraunt with Ormande"s friends behind him. Another thing was, this was Arber's SECOND criminal offense. Though, Arber fought back with the truth but it was still not good enough. Arber said that there was apparently Ormonde's birthday going on. And Arber was Albanian. Arber was trying to say that the Greeks from Ormande's party didn't like him. He recalls the waiters and the party members giving him dirty looks. (this was before Arber stabbed Ormande). After the stabbing, Arber tried to flee the country from places like New York and Montreal. Police found him on the sideroade and arrested him on July 18th 2007
Questions:
Question 1: Will this incident inflict with Canada? Can it change the economy in anyway?
Question 2: Have any of you had any experience with this kind of situation. Similiar?
Question 3: Do you think that the government should put SOME kind of law aggainst people who already had some criminal offense?
Betsy Powell Courts Bureau
Arber "Benny" Krasniqi says he stabbed Jordan Ormonde in the neck in a Greek restaurant on the Danforth to save himself but he didn't mean to kill the 24-year-old.
"This big guy grabbed me and slapped me across the face. I couldn't breathe," Krasniqi testified today before a jury at his second-degree murder trial. Ormonde was upset, Krasniqi said, because he had danced with Ormonde's girlfriend.
With Ormonde holding him in the air, Krasniqi said he believed he was "going to die" so he grabbed a knife out of the front pocket of this jeans and started swinging it, waving his arms to demonstrate.
"What are you going to do when a guy double your size grabs you?" he said under questioning by his lawyer, James Silver. Ormonde was about 300 pounds and Krasniqi, 34, 130 pounds at the time.
Krasniqi said he was "shocked" when Ormonde's blood started spurting all over him - the wound had severed his carotid artery and jugular - and then ran out the front door with his friend, knife still in hand and Ormonde's friends in pursuit.
The defence opened its case today after the Crown called more than a dozen witnesses, most of them having attended the same birthday party as Ormonde, on April 22, 2007. All portrayed Krasniqi as the aggressor and none saw Ormonde, who was unarmed, show any aggression toward Krasniqi.
But Krasniqi, who is Albanian, said he encountered a hostile atmosphere in Kokkino "as soon as I came in," receiving dirty looks from waiter Loukas Pappas - "maybe he didn't like my big ears" - and then from some members of Ormonde's group of birthday celebrants.
"They didn't like us being there," said Krasniqi, adding later he felt they were looking at him and the other two men he was with as "animals."
Prosecutor Ann Morgan suggested otherwise.
"The Greek people had no problem with you at all," Morgan said. "The only person who has a problem with being an Albanian is you."
"No," responded the father of two. He came to Canada from Kosovo in 1999 and worked as a carpet installer until his arrest. He testified he has been convicted of assault and was sentenced to seven days in jail and one year's probation.
Before going to Kokkino, Krasniqi said he had drinks at another bar with a man named Sam, he didn't know his last name, who works in construction. They left the first bar and walked to Sam's truck and Krasniqi says he asked him if he could have one of the knives used to cut carpets.
"I told him it's a nice knife." Krasniqi gave the jury an animated and detailed explanation of how to install carpet, using the microphone on the witness stand to demonstrate.
After the stabbing, Toronto police released a photo of Krasniqi, who said he was hiding out in a Kingston Road motel before going to Montreal and then New York.
"Why did you flee the country?" Morgan asked.
"Everyone was his friends," he said. "I didn't know what to do. I stay I just killed somebody - what's going to happen? I'll be in jail all my life." He said he had two black eyes as a result of the barroom altercation.
When Morgan asked if he meant to kill Ormonde, he said no, but agreed with her statement "you thought it was me or him."
Morgan also pressed Krasniqi on why the two men he was with that night haven't stepped forward to corroborate "your side of the story."
Krasniqi replied he hasn't been able to locate them.
After spending some time in New York, he went to Florida but returned to Manhattan and was planning to surrender to police back in Toronto, Krasniqi testified.
Before that could happen, two Toronto women in Manhattan recognized him and alerted police when they returned home. U.S. Marshals arrested him there July 18, 2007.
Summary of story:
Well there was this man named Arber Krasniqi. He was in a restaruant and this man nasmed Ormonde comes out of nowhere and starts choking him. Then Arber gets too aggressive and takes his knife, and stabs Ormonde right in the side of the neck. Arber knew that the reason Ormonde came up too him like that was because Arber danced with Ormande's girlfriend. Now the part that was suprising too ME was that Arber ran out of the restraunt with Ormande"s friends behind him. Another thing was, this was Arber's SECOND criminal offense. Though, Arber fought back with the truth but it was still not good enough. Arber said that there was apparently Ormonde's birthday going on. And Arber was Albanian. Arber was trying to say that the Greeks from Ormande's party didn't like him. He recalls the waiters and the party members giving him dirty looks. (this was before Arber stabbed Ormande). After the stabbing, Arber tried to flee the country from places like New York and Montreal. Police found him on the sideroade and arrested him on July 18th 2007
Questions:
Question 1: Will this incident inflict with Canada? Can it change the economy in anyway?
Question 2: Have any of you had any experience with this kind of situation. Similiar?
Question 3: Do you think that the government should put SOME kind of law aggainst people who already had some criminal offense?
Nov 20, 2008 09:55 AM
WARSAW, Poland – Researchers believe they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus.
The identification was done by comparing DNA from a skeleton they have found with that of hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books.
Jerzy Gassowski, an academic at an archeology school in Poland, also says facial reconstruction of the skull his team found buried in a cathedral in Poland closely resembles existing portraits of Copernicus.
Gassowski and Marie Allen, a Swedish DNA expert, told reporters about their findings in Warsaw on Thursday.
Allen said DNA from the bones and teeth matches that of hair found in a book the Polish astronomer owned.
It is in a library at Sweden's Uppsala University.
The astronomer's theories identified the sun, not the Earth, as the centre of the universe.
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