Vol. 10 No. 10
YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER COVERING NORTH DURHAM
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2014
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Police investigating Quaker Village murder DARRYL KNIGHT The Standard
UXBRIDGE: Durham police are continuing with their hunt for the killer of 26-year-old Uxbridge resident Richard Morrison, who was found dead in his Galloway Cres. home early Friday morning. According to police, Mr. Morrison’s body was discovered by another resident of the Galloway Cres. home at approximately 6:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 28 with what police are describing as “obvious signs of trauma.” Police were present at the home through the weekend before police tape surrounding the residence was removed in the early afternoon on Monday, March 3. Police remain tight-lipped about the incident, although they are hopeful to be able to release more information in the coming days. “There have been no updates on the case since Saturday (March 1). We are waiting for updates from the investigative team before bringing them to the public,” Sgt. Bill Calder told The Standard. After the crime scene on Galloway Cres. was cleared on Monday, police and forensic invesigators moved across Uxbridge to the corner of Marion Dr. and Bell St., where a home was cordoned off by a yellow crime scene barrier. Two cruisers remained at the residence in the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 4, although police have not confirmed whether this scene is connected to the slaying on Galloway Cres. “At this point I can’t comment on that,” said Sgt. Calder. Durham Police have maintained throughout their investigation that there is no immediate danger to residents in the vicinity of Galloway Cres., or the two schools in the area, St. Joseph and Quaker Village PS. The death of Mr. Morrison is Durham’s second homicide of 2014, after 22-year-old Shabir Niazi, was gunned down in a garage in Ajax on Feb. 19.
Durham Police are currently investigating the murder of 26-year-old Uxbridge resident Richard Morrison after he was found with what police are calling “obvious signs of trauma” in the early morning hours of Friday, Feb. 28. Police remained on the scene of the murder on Galloway Cres. in the Quaker Village neighbourhood through Monday, March 3. DARRYL KNIGHT The Standard This is the first homicide investigated in Uxbridge since the body of 18-year-old Toronto resident Margarita Shumakova was discovered on an isolated stretch of Conc. 8 in July 2011 after last being seen in Toronto’s
Entertainment District on Canada Day of that year. Anyone who may have additional information about Mr. Morrison’s murder is asked to please contact Det. Rob Moore at 905-579-1520, ext. 5326.
Whiteout conditions lead to 32-car pile-up on causeway DARRYL KNIGHT The Standard
SCUGOG: In a scene unlike anything that had occurred before, traffic was snarled in Port Perry on Thursday, Feb. 27 as a 32-car pile-up closed the causeway for several hours. Scugog’s Deputy Fire Chief Rob Gonnermann told The Standard that while collisions on the causeway are not unusual, the magnitude of Thurs-
day’s scene was something new to local fire crews. “I haven’t seen anything quite that bad,” said Deputy Chief Gonnermann. “Basically, there were 42 vehicles on the causeway at the time, with 32 directly involved with the incident.” Although no serious injuries were reported, some motorists were taken to hospital following the collision. “We arrived on scene, and went
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around performing first aid, with I believe four people being taken to hospital with various injuries,” Deputy Chief Gonnermann added. Scugog Fire crews were on the scene from approximately 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. as they sifted through the damage. The causeway was eventually re-opened to traffic at around 4 p.m. after being closed from just east of Water St. to Island Rd. as crews carried out clean-up efforts.
The Scugog crash was just one of several multi-car pile-ups that occurred across the province on Thursday as high winds combined with a snow squall to create whiteout conditions, greatly reducing visibility on roadways across Ontario. “This was a freak snow squall that came through and combined with strong winds from the north. I wouldn’t say it’s normal,” explained Deputy Chief Gonnermann.
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