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CITY THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2002 C6 THE OTTAWA CITIZEN Two children die in Pembroke fire Officers say Cayer was 'abusive' drunk Siblings too frightened to follow mother out of window Li- i'W By Siri agrei.l In the early hours of yesterday, Bonnie Stavenow dragged her children to a second-floor bedroom window and begged them to jump from their Pembroke home, which was engulfed in flames. However, eight-year-old Kyle Stavenow had fallen from the She was later released without being charged. The arrest was partially captured on videotape by Darcy Petersen, and Const. Cardinal, 25, was charged after still images of the tape were published in the Citizen on May 2, 2000. An RCMP expert has testified the tape is authentic.

It has been played many times in court. On it, Const. Cardinal can be seen leaning over while holding Ms. Cayer, who is bent at the waist across the trunk of a police car with her hands cuffed behind her. At this point, he regrips her hair with his right hand and his left hand is holding her cqat near her left shoulder.

Her head then moves toward the trunk of the car, her head comes back, and it moves forward again. One can hear thuds each time her head stops moving forward. Const. Cardinal testified his hand made the thuds, and Ms. Cayer's head never touched the car.

Ms. Cayer testified she can't remember much about that day, but clearly remembesrs her face bouncing off the car. The trial resumes today with other officers who have dealt with Ms. Cayer. I By Jake Rupert Julie Cayer is a belligerent drunk who verbally abuses police during arrests and sometimes makes minor physical contact with them, 10 officers told a court yesterday in the assault trial of Const.

Martin Cardinal. All of the officers said Ms. (layer, 35, was intoxicated and used profane language when they had dealings with her during the past six years. During one incident, an officer said Ms. Cayer poked him in the chest with her fingers, but didn't do it again after a warning.

Another officer said she slammed a door on his foot. One said she put her hand on his shoulder to get past him, but she was too drunk to get away. A cell block officer said Ms. Cayer once grabbed a fellow inmate by the sweater through the bars of a cell. Another said she scratched him, but his notes said she "tried" to scratch him.

None of the officers said Ms. Cayer punched or kicked them. Ms. Cayer was arrested on Cambridge Street North on Nov. 25, 2000 after police responded to a disturbance call.

I1? I I PHOTO BY MIKE YEAS window last summer, breaking both legs, and he and his sister, Kate-Lynn, 10, were too scared to jump. "I'll jump first and catch you," their mother said. But af-1'ter she leaped from the win-dow and broke her ankle, they still refused to jump. The two strawberry-blond Tchildren, popular students of ILaurentian Public School, died 3n the fire despite neighbours' desperate efforts to save them. The blaze broke out at around a.m.

in the front section of line two-unit home that Mrs. Stavenow and her husband, shared with their two -children. Jessica Tourangeau was talk-Zing on the phone when she 3ieard screams coming from -next door. She called 911 and -woke her father, who tried to get 3iis ladder to the window of the burning home, but the flames 3vere already too intense. "Bonnie was just freaking out," Ms.

Tourangeau said. "She was felling, 'Get my kids, somebody Ihelp me'." Around the corner, Jamie and his friends Shayne Clinton and Jason Gaudette were renting after a shift in the kitchen Ibf Finnigan's restaurant. They 3ieard Mrs. Stavenow's screams ran toward the burning -home. "We broke a window in the Zback apartment, and woke those people up," Mr.

Gervais said. And then we tried to get into Failed 'queenie' promotion leaves Pride group in debt Shayne Clinton, second from left, and another neighbour aim a garden hose at flames engulfing the Stavenow children's bedroom. Kyle Stavenow, top, and his sister Kate-Lynn Stavenow, died in yesterday's fire. her sleep over." Kate-Lynn had planned to go to the nearby Logos Land amusement park yesterday, and her parents were planning to take her to Ottawa next week to celebrate her nth birthday, which would have been Aug. 14.

The trip was to be a combined birthday trip for both siblings. Kyle would have turned nine on Sunday. "We were going to go to the Kanata wave pool and all kinds of stuff," Shyann said. I'm going to miss Kate-Lynn "a lot." The children's bodies were removed from the home yesterday afternoon and taken to the for Danny's, an area taxi company. Mr.

Stavenow arrived at the scene as the fire was still burning. Later, Mr. and Mrs. Stavenow were taken to Pembroke General Hospital, where she was treated for her injuries. Yesterday afternoon, playmates of the two children stood in Riverside Park, across from the Stavenow home, and stared in disbelief at the building's charred shell.

"She used to protect me," said Shyann Paquette, Kate-Lynn's best friend. "We had a water fight Tuesday. I should have let the front, but the fire was too big." The men grabbed a garden hose and aimed it at the bedroom where the two children were trapped. Other neighbours went into the back unit and tried to break through the wall that separated the two homes. "They couldn't get to them; it was too hot," Mr.

Gervais said. "And then we saw the ceiling collapse." Members of the tight-knit community attempted to console Mrs. Stavenow, and phoned her husband who was working However, the committee has only paid half of what it owes so far, said Jarmila Dokladalo-va, the committee chairwoman. She said she could not give an exact total for the outstanding debt until the committee gets its audited financial statements in September. However, if all 40,000 queenies were redeemed, merchants would fee owed $36,000.

They should be out about $18,000 now that the committee has paid them half. The Pride committee plans to phone and write letters to supporters to raise the rest, sajd Kevin Falkingham, the committee's hospitality director. By Susan Burgess The Pride Committee of Ot-tawa-Gatineau is vowing to pay off its debt to merchants within six months after a debacle involving "queenies," the official currency of Pride Week. The committee sold 40,000 queenies to Pride Week festival-goers in July. The $1 tickets could be used in place of cash to buy products such as food and bee-at participating businesses.

The Pride committee promised to give merchants 90 cents for each ticket redeemed during the festival, with the committee keeping 10 cents. Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, where autopsies were to be performed today. The cause of the fire has not been determined, but foul play is not suspected. Ninebark City issues third heat alert All Dart's Gold and Diablo 0 Ninebarks are now only $13.95 Each! Regular $16.95 to $17.95 drink lots of water; don't wait until you're thirsty," health department spokesman Jean-Guy Albert said. "If you are outside, wear appropriate clothes, wear sunscreen, and, any opportunity to stay inside, we recommend that you do so." This is the first year the city has offered official heat alerts.

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