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'.'Oi r-- ' r y, i/. ^ M r_ .tablishid 197 1 HUM8ER COLLEG U^.> Et Cete Sports News A&E I le state of Canadian College support staff Pecola works up a ^m--^, soccer/ 18 ratify new cieal/2 sweat at the El f/ ' Mocanibo/13 !)l. 26 ibsuc 3 Sept. 25 - Oct. I, 1997 Insidf, Doctor's murder NEWS shocks Humber....- '^ community sSS-^sua 1233 Humber students are shocked by the death of a doctor that they xcv-- rw?5i had loved and admired. When Dr. Bernard Lau, 40, was shot dead in his office by a gunman on Tuesday, the violence of his death hit the hearts of those who knew him. Amee Paul, a third-year nursing student, had been Dr. Lau's patient ARTS since she first came to Humber. She learned of his death from a friend who had seen it on the news. "I thought Viol That can't be true, so I witched it myself. I couldn't believe it. I still can't believe it," Paul said. "He was a '.^v;# great doctor. I go home to London in the summer, but I would drive all the way back just to see him." ''* Above: Memorial flowers were '1 ti.'^ Around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, a placed at the front doors of the man walked into a crowded wait- medical centre where Dr. Lau was ing area of the HumberGreen Medical Centre carrying a gasoline gunned down. i^".^-^^ can and a gun. He searched out Photo bf Gng Mad)onM Dr. Lau and shot him twice while Right On-iookers, including many the patients in the reception area Humber students, observe behind SPORTS scrambled for cover. police barricades Tuesday afternoon. Sukhvinder Chema was waiting Photo bfAHatM wouldn't do it," John said. of Chatham, Ontario, hasn't seen with his wife when the gunman Humber student Amee Paul said Dr. Lau in a few years but remem- entered. believed was still at large. she believes that Dr. Lau would bers him and his medical office calm. walked right "He was He However, the police soon have tried everything to help his partner Dr. Parmila Sehgal well. in. He was carrying a gasoline tank determined that the killer took his eventual killer out, and if he would "He was always very nice, very in one hand and something else in own life. not sign documents then the man knowledgeable. They both cared his other," said "I heard Chema. During the investigation, police didn't need them. about their patients. That's the * two shots and ran out to call '-^£1^ found a third body at a house "He's just not the type of per- bottom line," Craig said. "I don't police." around the comer from the cen- son that you can see someone know why bad things happen to After shooting Dr. Lau the gun- tre, at 25 Brownridge Crescent being that angry at him. He was a good people. They're here to man, George Holdbrook. 58, barri- The third body was that of family doctor. His whole office serve the community and some- caded himself in doctors' the Carmen Filici, 71, owner of the was covered with pictures of his thing like this happens." office, it shot torched and then house and Holdbrook's landlord. patients and their families. Baby Witnesses are calling Dr. Sehgal himself. Holdbrook was identified by pictures, newborns, complete fomi- a hero for her role during the ter- Police arrived at the medical two former roommates as the ly pictures, he was friendly and rifying moments when the gunman centre, just across from the killer. One of them, JefF John, said comfortable to talk to. When you opened fire on Dr. Lau. Etobicoke General Hospital, with Holdbrook thought he vm getting talked to him it didn't seem like See pg 4 'DOCTOR' heavily tactical officers car- armed screwed by the system. you were talking to a doctor. He - with files from Cheryl Waugh, rying shotguns. They quickly "He kept losing his social assis- would've given that guy (his killer) Alia Y. AIL Sean Hamilton, and secured the area while they tance. George wanted Dr. Lau to every chance." Greg MacDonald searched the killer, they for who declare him unfit for work, but Lau Humber graduate Jim Craig, 33, HuHihw CollBgB CowpwlBf Shcp • • ) « , 'liMkMirRock Ciimbing Point your computer' Free T-Shirt Offer Gym %^ browserto .' shopA pages5&7 '».>.r'^ see page 3 CD News^^^L ^^ Etcetera Tories tear the roof off Public sleeps while nance and repair work to their Rent Increases (OPRI) which pro- out where a tenants' income increased by 4 per cent On top of buildings." tected tenants from illegal rent comes from, but it's illegal to use it this increase, the full cost of prop- Tories aim to push The TPA is the work of increases. It's also going to put an against them," he said. erty taxes and operating taxes, like Municipal Affairs and Housing min- end to the Rent Registry that the For instance, landlords would Hydro, will be passed onto the new rental laws ister Al Leach. NOP created to give tenants the know which prospective tenants tenants. Spokesperson Christine Burkigt opportunity to compare their rent were on social assistance. - tenants lose the right to chal- through parliament said the Tory government is mov- to the former tenants'." "My question is, how do you lenge rent increases in court by ing towards a system that allows prove if a landlord is using this arguing that capital expenditures by LIAM LAHEY for a competitive market value in ''We're (the Harris information to discriminate," were not needed, or that they renting. Marchese said. "They it's for arose from neglect NewsEdttor government) not say "We want to create a climate the tenants' protection, they claim - a Housing Tribunal will be s*t Students could be the front-line where there are more places for expecting a severe that's their intent. But it's the up by government appointment to victims of planned housing legisla- people to live," Burkigt said. "By opposite." deal with issues arising from dis- tion by the provincial government streamlining and cutting the red jump in rental fees," Along with the elimination of putes between landlords and ten- The Tenants Protection Act tape, we are allowing for develop- - Scott Harcourt the Rent Registry Office, some of ants. The court will no longer be will abolish (TPA), the present ers to build new buildings, and the sweeping changes included in involved. Act, Rental Housing Protection and improve maintenance to older The closing of the Rent Registry the TPA are: Scott Harcourt the Manager of stands to weaken tenants' rights, buildings. Renting is a business allows landlords to raise rents ille- - a landlord can change a ten- the Housing Policy Branch for the of according to Tim Welch the after all." gally and, unless the tenant com- ants' lock without permission as provincial government, said he Coalition to Save Tenants' Rights But NDP Municipal Affairs and plains within the first year, the long as the tenant is given a key, doesn't expect students and low (CSTR). Housing critic Rosario Marchese, raised rent becomes legal. however it is illegal for a tenant to income individuals to suffer from "This piece of legislation, should said the Tory government is guilty Marchese also said that the do so. high rent increases. it law, will become have a devastat- of using "Orwellian doublespeak". Harris government will allow for a - after a tenant moves out from "Many landlords are presently ing impact on low income individu- "The provincial government change to the Human Rights Code, an apartment, a landlord may raise charging rent well below the maxi- als, especially students," Welch needs a new propaganda office to by allowing landlords to check on the rent to whatever he/she feels is mum limit" Harcourt said. "We're said. "The provincial government is learn how to title their bills," tenants' income. the market value. This is especially (the Harris government) not paving the way for landlords to Marchese said. "The TPA is going "What the Tories are saying is, damaging to students who move expecting a severe jump in rental raise rent, whi\e doing less mainte- to abolish the Orders Prohibiting you can use this information to find frequently. fees." - a landlord no longer has to provide reasons for an eviction (in Please see Tories - page 5 most cases). oronto - under the TPA, rents can be vote 97 A new city, a new election, a new era... INovember Municipal Election While you are in College be in the new City of Toronto nuke your mark. employed for the Fall '97 Semester Monday, November 10, 1997 In a rewarding job. Is your name on the 1997 Voters List? How Can You Check? It's Easy. • Peer Tutors require 80% Average Check the Voters List in the Clerk's Office at your local civic centre or city hall. 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