Toronto Ontario - Harold Ballard, President of Maple Leaf Gardens, convicted of 47 charges of fraud, tax evasion and theft of $205,000 from the Gardens to pay for personal expenses; sentenced to three years in Kingston Penitentiary on Oct. 20; will later pay back all funds to the publicly owned company.

And in Today's Canadian Birthdays...

Oscar Peterson 1925-
Jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, was born on this day in Montreal, Quebec in 1925. Peterson started performing on local radio at age 15, and played with various dance bands before making his solo debut at Carnegie Hall in 1949. Known for his dazzling solo technique, he has recorded over 90 albums, and has appeared on many others with Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and others. He won Canada's Juno Award in 1987, and the Grammy in 1975, 1979, 1980 and 2 in 1991.

In Other Canadian Birthdays...

Sir James Douglas 1803-1877
fur trader and statesman, 'the father of British Columbia,' was born on this day in 1803 in Demerara, British Guiana (Guyana) to a Scotch merchant and a 'free coloured woman'; died Aug, 2 1877 in Victoria, BC. Douglas joined the North West Company in Montreal as an apprentice in 1819, just before the merger with the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1826 he went to Fort St James in the New Caledonia district with Chief factor William Connolly, and in 1828 married his part-Indian daughter Amelia. In 1830, after scrapping with the local Carrier tribe, he was sent to Fort Vancouver to serve under John McLoughlin. Five years later George Simpson appointed him Chief Trader, then Chief Factor, and in 1843 ordered him to establish a Fort Victoria on Vancouver Island. When the 49th Parallel became the US boundary in 1846, he set up Fort Langley on the lower Fraser. After serving under new British governor Richard Blanchard, Douglas succeeded him, and set up an Assembly in 1856. Two years later, when the BC gold rush started, the British set up the new colony of British Columbia, and made him Governor on condition he sever his HBC ties. He set in motion the building of the Cariboo Road, then retired in 1863.

Also Jacques Dextrase 1919-1993
soldier, was born on this day in Montreal, Quebec in 1919; died in Ottawa May 10, 1993. Dextrase started his military career as a private, and in World War II rose through the ranks to become Lt.-Col. of the Fusiliers Mont-Royal. In the Korean War he commanded the 2nd Battalion of the Royal 22e Régiment. After commanding at Camp Borden and Camp Valcartier, he was put in charge of Canadian peacekeeping in the Congo in 1963. He was Chief of Defence Staff from 1972-77, and after retiring was chairman of CN until 1982.

Also George Klein 1904-1992
engineer, was born on this day in Hamilton, Ontario in 1904; died in Ottawa Nov 4, 1992. Klein worked at the National Research Council for 40 years, from 1929-69. He designed wind tunnels, aircraft skis, the Weasel army snowmobile, mortar aiming systems, a wheelchair for quadriplegics and a surgical staple gun. He headed the team building the Zero Energy Experimental Pile (ZEEP), Canada's first nuclear reactor, in 1944-45. In 1951 he invented the STEM flat rollout antenna that was used ten years later on Canada's first satellite, Alouette I, and is now standard equipment on spacecraft. Near the end of his career he developed the gear system for the Space Shuttle's Canadarm.

Also Lucius O'Brien 1832-1899
civil engineer, painter, was born on this day in Shanty Bay, Ontario in 1832; died in Toronto Dec 13, 1899. O'Brien is known for his landscapes, particularly Sunrise on the Saguenay in the National Gallery. He edited Picturesque Canada (1882) and was founding President of the Royal Canadian Academy 1880-90.