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driver fights off mugger Teen charged in string of robberies Jennifer McIntosh
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EMC news - Brad Bonsall, was making his last pizza delivery near Rosenthal Avenue and Merivale Road when he was approached by a man with a knife. The suspect was standing on the road when Bonsall went up the house and was still in the same spot when he came out. “I asked him if he was waiting for a bus, and he said, ‘No. I am waiting for you,’” Bonsall said. “I thought it was weird but continued to walk to my car.” That’s when the man pulled a knife. “He wanted my money. I instinctively grabbed him and kneed him and threw him on the roof of my car,” Bonsall said, adding he was nearly double the size of the assailant. “He was like 5-foot-7 maybe 150 pounds, so when he pulled the knife with his right hand I grabbed it with my left and pinned him on the hood of my car.” The suspect still refused to drop the knife, so Bonsall hit the car alarm button on his keys. “He dropped the knife but then he got up and pulled another knife. He didn’t want to leave without his original knife,” Bonsall said. That’s when the 26-year-old pizza delivery man got in his car and started to drive away. “He tried breaking down my passenger window unsuccessfully,” he said. The attempted robbery on Sept. 29 was the latest in a string of robberies in the west end over a three-day period. See CHARGES on page 4
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Steven Page performs the song Brian Wilson during a visit to Algonquin College on Oct. 2. Page, formerly of the Barenaked Ladies, helped launch a website to connect students with mental health resources 24 hours a day.
Students click on mental health Steven Page helps launch mental health website at Algonquin Nevil Hunt nevil.hunt@metroland.com
EMC news - Mental health challenges don’t always turn up during office hours,
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so Algonquin College has turned to the Internet to connect students with help. “Ottawa is well-served by mental health resources,” said the manager of the school’s counselling services, Jeff Agate. “But if it’s 2 a.m. on Saturday night, students can’t use the services on campus.” Agate said the Students’ Association identified the gap and paid for access to the website ICopeU.com/Algonquin, which went live shortly before an Oct. 2 launch event in the new Algonquin Commons Theatre.
“It’s built by young people, for young people,” Agate said, adding it’s “loud and busy” to help it catch students’ attention. The college also brought in musician Steven Page as a guest speaker and he shared his own story of mental challenges during his youth. “If you’re feeling panicked or lost or whatever else you’re feeling, if it’s something that is confusing you, take it seriously,” Page said.
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