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Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), 24 Jan 2008, p. 1

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Indeed, the suspect in the Oshawa robbery wore the same red and black lumber jacket and the same red ball cap he wore on Jan. 8 when a man walked into the PACE Savings and Credit Union on Main Street in Stouffville with a note saying he was armed; the attempt was identical to robberies he’d pulled there in June and December of 2006, York police said. “You look at this (Oshawa) photo and you look at ours and you say, yeah, it looks like the same guy," he said. York police Det. -Sgt. Bob Was- sink said the man he’s looking for appears to be the same indi- vidual Durham police are now seeking for the Oshawa heist. Security camera photos of the man who robbed the TD Canada Trust branch on Stevenson Road South Saturday afternoon depict a man who’s a dead ringer for the suspect who robbed a Stouffville credit union twice in 2006 and tried again on Jan. 8 of this year. BY JEFF MITCHELL Metroland Staff Just days after York Region cops made a plea to Durham residents for help identifying a bank robbery suspect, it appears the same man has struck in Oshawa. anon-mam Robber strikes agahIHI Oshawa Stoufi‘bille un -Trib une THURSDAYJAN. 24, 2008 I SERVINGTHE COMMUNITYOFWHITCHURCHâ€"STOUFFVILLE I 28 PAGES/$1 INCLUDING GST 138WDI‘..W5 Credit union suspect wanted in TD heist “MW See SUSPECT, page 16 BY HANNELORE VOLPE Staff Writer Sleeping Children Around the World has made sure hundreds of thousands of children in develop- ing countries have had cozy bedkits to snuggle up in during the past 38 years. Stouffville resident Sally San- difond travelled to Tanzania with her daughter, Katie, to help to dis- tribute the colourful bedding and other items for the organization in Instructor Jennifer Lloyd leads the low impact kickboxing aerobics class at the Lebovic Leisure Centre in downtown Stouflfville Saturday. Church, volunteers help children sleep at night BEDKITS CHARITY HAS‘STRDNG STOUFFVILLE CONNECTION A 28â€"year-old school teacher who now fives in Markham. Katie wanted to travel but do it in a meaningful way. She decided to help Sleeping Children Around the World, a charity to which she was The trip to Tanzania was Sally’s first; Katie went overseas to dis- tribute bedkits for the first time in 2005. August. In addition, Stouffville United Church's annual cabaret night Satâ€" urday will benefit the charity. KIOKING IT INTO 2008 The team of six Canadian women, including the Sandifords, was based in Tanzania's capital, Dar Es Salaam, in August and distrib- uted around 5,000 bedkits over a Sally became aware of the char- ity through her work at Central United Church in Unionville. The church is a long-time supporter of SCAW. introduced by her grandparents. At Christmas, they would donate funds for a bedkit on behalf of each grandchild. ~ 10-day period. “The overseas volunteers that we worked with in Tanzania were led by Mama Wandoa, an amaz- ing Tanzanian woman who runs an AIDS Crisis Centre," Sally said. The Canadian volunteers also worked with Rotary and Lions clubs. About 500 bedkits at a time are distributed, mainly at local schools. Jim Thomas. Coming Up . Classified .. . Health care 21 See PARENTS, pagr 13 BohbyWseasononhold asheawaitstesmwlts STAFF PHOTO/MIKE BARRETT 905-640â€"4646 6312 MdnSt

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