Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), April 10, 1993, p. 9

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sb8ewabe5sis5iahsbs i weekender aprlelo 993 p9 trivia bombing on quebec airline flight had nothing to do with terrorism q although terrorism on airlines is more common these days im told there was a canadian airline that was bombed in the 1940s what can you tell me about it a the incident you probably refer to is a quebec airlines flight from montreal on september 9 1949 that exploded in mid air a bomb had been placed in a bag gage compartment and the explo sion killed all 23 passengers the subsequent investigation identified one of the dead as rita guay a couple of weeks later police arrested her husband albert and charged him with mur der it seems that guay had two accomplices his mistress mar guerite pitre and her brother genereux ruest pitre had owed money to albert guay and one of her tasks for him was getting the dynamite and delivering a parcel containing the bomb to the air port ruest had a workshop that made the timing device for the bomb guas motivation was to collect the insurance money upon his wifes death and after he was con victed in 1950 he made a full con fession and implicated his two accomplices guay was hanged in 1951 while pitre and ruest were later found guilty and hanged q friends take part in a sport called orienteering is it a canadian invention a no orienteering was invented about 100 years ago in sweden as a training game for the military and remains hugely pop ular in europe where as many as 75000 participants may show up for an event the sport didnt arrive in cana da until the 1960s and began growing in the 1970s when it began getting government fund ing the sport is like an aerobic way of solving puzzles at an event runners carrying a compass and specially drawn maps com pete to find their way around a course in the shortest time they run through woods streams and hills and must pass a number of known as controls to win deter- through the course is the chal- spedfic checkpoints on their maps mining the easiest and fastest way lenge ft v g faucetw0rks restaurant and wine bar suss 4706655 xr is moving our lease is expiring as of may 3193 we will be moving to 750 cochrane irving plumbing supplies we must sell to bare walls discounts up to 60 off super clearance prices 8407 woodbine ave markham ail sales final 4756297 spring craft show april 1217 25 exhibitors with unique oneofakind crafts and collectibles when it comes to my family markville fits us perfectly eatons sears the bay woolco miracle ultramart plus 220 stores services and famous players theatres mondayfriday 1000 am 900 pm saturday 930 am 600 pm sunday noon 500 pm for more information call 416 4776600 intersection of highway 7 mccowan road fpp v v ff v 9 t v yb t-jt-4- fc s k

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