16 WWW.PGCITIZEN.CA | TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2013 Trudeau raking in more Cold-case suspect arrested in campaign dough than Mulcair McGuire was arrested last week The Canadian Press in Fort McMurray, Alta., where he The Candian Press Upon officially registering as a — Toronto police had been working. candidate last fall, each had to file said Monday a tip helped them He is charged with sexual as- — preliminary financial reports with make an arrest in connection with sault with a weapon and robbery has raised almost $600,000 dur- Elections Canada. two sexual assaults dating back in the 1993 incident, and breaking ing the first three months of his According to those now-dated two decades. and entering, sexual assault with a Liberal leadership campaign. reports, Trudeau had raised al- Police said evidence has linked weapon, robbery and threatening That includes $125,000 donat- most $95,000 when he registered the suspect to the alleged crimes death in the 1994 incident. ed by some 1,400 individuals in in mid-November, compared to that took place eight months apart, McGuire appeared in court Sun- just the last three days of 2011. $10,400 raised by Vancouver one in 1993 and the other in 1994. day and was remanded into cus- Campaign director Katie Tel- MP , $2,700 by To- In one incident, police said a tody. His next hearing is scheduled ford boasts in an email to Trudeau ronto lawyer Deborah Coyne and 19-year-old woman was pulled un- for Jan. 21. team members that one fundrais- $700 by retired Canadian Forces der a parked tractor-trailer where Police revealed few details Mon- er turned in more than $20,000 Lt.-Col. Karen McCrimmon. she was sexually assaulted and day about the investigation, saying on Boxing Day alone. Montreal MP , then robbed by a man armed with they couldn’t discuss the nature of While a candidate’s ability to former Toronto MP Martha a knife. the tip they received. raise money is no guarantee of Hall Findlay and Toronto law- In the other, police said a man But Ansari said McGuire has been success, it is a reliable measure yer George Takach reported no climbed up to a second-storey living outside since 2005 of a contender’s ability to build donations at the time of their apartment and sexually assaulted and is known to police in several the kind of broadly based grass- registration. a 46-year-old woman at knifepoint jurisdictions, including Toronto. roots support needed to win a The Liberal party has set a before stealing her purse. “We want the community to one-member-one-vote contest. spending limit of $950,000 for The arrest came more than a year know that we don’t give up on cas- During last year’s NDP leader- each candidate. It has also stipu- after police offered a $50,000-re- es,” he said in a news conference, ship contest, Tom Mulcair raked TRUDEAU lated that no candidate can carry ward for information that led to adding the victims were “relieved” in the most money – slightly more more than $75,000 in debt, so the identification or capture of the to hear of the arrest. than $443,000 over five months – We, like many , are fundraising will be crucial for any- suspect. Police have released a composite and went on to win the race. inspired by our candidate.” one hoping to be competitive with Toronto police Det. Ali Ansari sketch of McGuire in the hopes of Telford says Trudeau, the pro- Trudeau, eldest son of late Lib- Trudeau. said 43-year-old Steven John stirring up more information. hibitive favourite in the Liberal eral icon and former prime minis- The party also requires each contest, has already pulled in ter , has long been candidate to pony up a stiff more money than Mulcair; cam- the party’s best fundraising draw. $75,000 registration fee. paign insiders put the total at No similar up-to-date fund- One or two more late entrants close to $600,000 so far, with raising information has been re- may join the race by this Sunday’s Astronaut Hadfi eld gets panned after three months to go. leased by Trudeau’s six rival can- deadline for registering. “What does this say about our cam- didates, but it’s unlikely any has The race will culminate with the paign?” Telford says in the email. raised more than a fraction of his selection of a new leader on April supporting Leafs from space station “We work hard. We are motivated. impressive cache. 14. The Canadian Press command of the giant orbiting laboratory in March. MONTREAL — Orbiting Cana- Former Canadian astronaut dian astronaut Chris Hadfield may Marc Garneau also got into the act. have lost a few fans after tweet- The Liberal MP tweeted Hadfield ing a picture of himself holding a that he couldn’t let his support for Toronto Maple Leafs plaque. the Leafs pass without declaring: Commenting on the end of the “Go Habs Go!” NHL lockout, Hadfield tweeted , an Alberta Tory MP from the International Space Sta- and Oilers fan, remind- tion on Sunday he was ready to ed the 53-year-old astronaut that cheer for the Leafs from orbit. man reaching the moon (1969) Professing his support for Toron- is more recent than the Leafs last to did not sit well with a number of winning the Cup (1967). hockey fans. Lake suggested that Hadfield Former Montreal La Presse might get to Mars before they win sports reporter Jean-Francois Be- again. gin jokingly warned Hadfield to Canadian actress Keegan Connor be careful next time he flies over Tracy, who has starred in a num- Montreal. ber of TV series, said Hadfield is Hadfield is on a five-month visit proof the disappointment of being to the space station and will be- a Leafs fan now extends all the way come the first Canadian to take into outer space.

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