The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
St. John's, Nfld. - Immigration officials say they will review the case of three stowaways who arrived in Newfoundland aboard a cargo ship to see whether the island's busy shipping ports are a weak spot for illegal entry into Canada. Two men were found shivering in the snow over the weekend after they were seen jumping from an Icelandic vessel docked in Argentia, Nfld. A third man was held by the crew of the Skogafoss until police arrived Saturday evening Montreal - The reputed head of the Montreal Mafia has been charged in the United States with racketeering and murders that date back to 1981 and was picked up by local police Tuesday for extradition. Vito Rizzuto was nabbed as part of a U.S. sweep in which more than 20 members of the Bonanno crime family were arrested Valcartier, Que. - The first contingent of 125 soldiers from CFB Valcartier near Quebec City left Tuesday for Afghanistan. About 1,900 other soldiers of 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group will arrive in Kabul by mid-February for a six-month mission as part of an international security force. The Royal 22nd Regiment, commonly known as the Vandoos, will replace the Royal Canadian Regiment based at Ontario's CFB Petawawa, which accounts for 40 per cent of the 5,000 contingent from 34 countries.
