AMIHAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-23 published
AFSHAR,
Farokh
(November 29, 1947-June 15, 2007)
Farokh passed away peacefully at home in Guelph, surrounded by
his family and loved ones, after a hard-fought battle with prostate
cancer. Farokh was the loving husband of Maribel
GONZALES, proud
father of Zhaleh
LIGAYA and Aaliyeh
AMIHAN, beloved brother of
Farideh AFSHAR (of Markham,) and Ferooz
AFSHAR (of New Zealand.)
His nieces, nephews, cousins, and dear Friends around the world
will miss him very much. Born in Calcutta of Iranian parents
he lived in four countries for roughly seven years each before
he making Canada his home. Farokh wanted to make a better world
both here in Canada and abroad. He worked in 15 countries for
international development organizations, Non-governmental Organizations
and national governments. A committed scholar and passionate
teacher, Farokh was a professor at the University of Guelph's
School of Environmental Design and Rural Development. Farokh
co-founded Development Workshop, an Non-governmental Organization
working to improve living conditions in less developed communities.
He was also a board member of the North-South Institute, the
Canadian Association for Studies in International Development,
and of the editorial board of the Canadian Journal of Development
Studies. He was a member of the Iranian-Canadian Community of
Guelph, the Canadian Institute of Planners, the Ontario Professional
Planners Institute, the Global Planning Educators Interest Group
of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Farokh
served for eight years on Guelph's Round Table on Environment,
Economy, and Society.
A celebration of Farokh's life will be held on Thursday, June 28th
at 7 p.m. at the Ontario Agricultural College Centennial Arboretum
Centre at the University of Guelph.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Inter Pares (www.interpares.ca),
or Free The Children (www.freethechildren.com), would be most
appreciated by the family.
"We love you, Agajune!"
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AMIN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-07-03 published
Desperate rescue bid fails
Relatives nearly drown trying to save a Quebec man presumed lost
on Lake Huron.
By Norman DE
BONO,
Sun
Media,
Tues.,
July 3, 2007
A search continues yesterday along the shores of Lake Huron at
Canatara
Park in Sarnia for Mark
DELISLE of Quebec, who is missing
and presumed drowned after jumping from a boat on Canada Day.
(Sue REEVE,
Sun
Media)
Sarnia -- Adel
AMIN remembers the look on the face of his brother-in-law,
just before he slipped beneath the waves of Lake Huron.
"It's like he was frozen in the water. He was not moving and
I knew he was in trouble," said
AMIN, 65.
He jumped in to try to save Mark
DELISLE, 52, of Sherbrooke,
Quebec
DELISLE's 16-year-old son also jumped in.
"(DELISLE) went under and he did not come up again. I did not
see him again. We could not find him,"
AMIN said.
DELISLE, his son, an unidentified man and
AMIN, of Sarnia, were
in AMIN's 7.9-metre power boat in Lake Huron at the source of
the St. Clair River about 1: 45 p.m. Sunday.
A bumper, used for docking, blew off the deck and into the water
that had waves one to two metres high, Lambton Ontario Provincial
Police said.
The boat circled back.
DELISLE, who was not wearing a lifejacket, jumped into the water
to retrieve the bumper. He struggled to stay afloat.
"His son jumped in to try save him. He is only 16. He was so
brave," AMIN said of the youth.
The boat was about 30 metres from shore and the powerful current
and two-metre waves made rescue impossible and pushed
AMIN and
the man's son to the nearby beach.
"I almost drowned myself, the current was so strong," said
AMIN.
"He was a wonderful man. Everyone loved him. He was so kind."
The boat drifted ashore at the tip of Canatara Beach.
Lambton Ontario Provincial Police's marine unit has been searching
the water off Sarnia's Canatara Beach, where Lake Huron and the
St. Clair River meet, since Sunday.
Dave BROWN, managing partner of the Bridgeview Marina and Sarnia
Bay Marina, believes the incident is a tragic reminder how dangerous
the waters at the river's mouth can be.
"It is tragic, very tragic. It can be very dangerous out there
especially if the winds are blowing hard and they were blowing
that day,"
BROWN said.
"There are strong currents, a strong undertow there. It shows
us how powerful mother nature can be. You always have to be aware
of the water."
AMIN moved to Sarnia about 20 years ago after working for United
Technology Corp. in the United States.
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AMIN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-09-03 published
Ontario crashes claim 12
The driver in a Highway 402 crash that killed two and injured
six faces careless driving count.
By Jane SIMS,
Sun
Media,
Mon.,
September 3, 2007
Only part way through the last long weekend of summer, at least
12 people have died -- two in the London area -- in crashes on
Ontario highways.
Yesterday, police identified two people from Illinois killed
when their minivan rolled Saturday on Highway 402, west of London,
a crash that also injured six members of their extended family
in the van.
Poonambehi
PATEL, 65, died at the scene, while Pushpaben
AMIN,
69, was declared dead at the hospital, Middlesex Ontario Provincial
Police said.
From McHenry, Illinois, in suburban Chicago, the Toronto-bound
family had been travelling east on the 402, east of Longwoods
Road, when the crash occurred.
Police said the van struck the shoulder, went out of control
and rolled after the driver tried to pass a vehicle.
The family relationships of the victims weren't immediately clear,
but Ontario Provincial Police said the two weren't a married
couple.
The driver, Roopal
AMIN, 35, was charged with careless driving.
She was treated at hospital and released.
Four males who were in the van and one woman remained in a London
hospital yesterday with the 49-year-old woman and one man, 54,
in critical condition.
The other males included an eight-year-old and an 18-year-old,
both stable in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and
a 44-year-old whose condition police said was upgraded from critical.
The van had eight occupants but only seven seatbelts. Only the
driver and front passenger were buckled in, the Ontario Provincial
Police said.
Six occupants, including the two who died, were thrown from the
van.
Elsewhere, a man, 53, died as he tried to help a 19-year-old
who'd crashed his car on a rural road near Kitchener.
The older man was killed when a volunteer firefighter en route
to the accident also lost control and crashed. The firefighter
was unhurt, while the teen was taken to hospital with serious
injuries.
Saturday, a head-on collision in Muskoka left two people dead
and a third seriously hurt. The crash took place on Highway 169
near Bala in Muskoka, Ontario Provincial Police said.
The injured person was flown to a Toronto hospital. No names
were released.
"It is shaping up to be a tough long weekend," Ontario Provincial
Police
Chief
Supt. Bill
GRODZINSKI said yesterday.
With 12 road deaths this long weekend, the Ontario Provincial
Police was bracing for today, the last day of the Labour Day
weekend.
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AMIRO o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-11 published
BERDAN,
Mary
A.
(WESTWATER)
Peacefully at Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital, Mary A.
BERDAN
(WESTWATER) of Strathroy passed away at 11: 30 a.m. January 9,
2007. Mary is survived by her daughters; Vera
McLEISH of Parkhill,
Joyce BRUM of Strathroy and her son Albert
BERDAN of Hanover.
She is also survived by 11 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren,
sons-in-law Ivan
McLEISH and Simon
BRUM and daughter-in-law Evelene
BERDAN and several sisters. Predeceased by her brother Dave and
parents Doris and John
WESTWATER.
Visitation will be held at
Denning Bros. Funeral Home, Strathroy on Friday, January 12 from
7-9 p.m. where a funeral service will be held on Saturday, January 13
at 11 a.m. with Rev. Larry
AMIRO officiating. Donations to the
Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family. A tree
will be planted as a living memorial to Mary.
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