Date of publication: June 30, 2022 • 54 minutes ago • 2 minutes of reading • Join the discussion Slain’s 10-year-old student, Jasmine Ready, remembered members of her Franco-Cité school community as “a real ray of sunshine”. Facebook / Council of schools ca
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The stabbing death of 15-year-old Jasmine Ready and the serious injury to her older sister, 19-year-old Catherine Ready, shocked those who knew them as happy, motivated students at the École secondaire catholique Franco-Cité.
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School principal Annick Ducharme said Thursday that she received good words for both young women all day – their smiles and generous laughter, their seriousness about their studies and “they always try to do better and succeed as best they can. they could”. Their mother Anne-Marie Ready, trade commissioner at Global Affairs Canada, was also killed in the attack outside their Alta Vista home by 21-year-old Joshua Graves. Anne-Marie Ready was trade commissioner at Global Affairs Canada who recently received her black karate belt: LinkedIn photo LinkedIn He was shot by police Monday night and attacked Kathryn, who was also hit by a police bullet, according to provincial police. She was rushed to hospital in serious but stable condition and was expected to survive her injuries. The bodies of the other two women were found nearby.
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After four years in French Catholic high school, Catherine graduated from Franco-Cité last year and continued her studies at uOttawa, while Jasmine completed 10th grade last week. Little sister Ready was “a real sunshine, very kind to everyone around her, always worried about everyone’s well-being, very nice and respectful,” Ducharme said. Jasmine had many friends and these students “are devastated,” Ducharme said. “Some of them are here today. It’s really sad to see that.” Franco-Cité students started their summer vacation last week. The school tried to contact them as soon as possible to share what had happened to the Ready family and offer support, Ducharme said. The students were invited to return to school on Thursday, where a group of social workers was made available. It is a support that the director said that she can continue to take care of those who need her, all summer long.
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“I do not want to see any of my students or staff hurt in any way. “So this is just awful and really hard to accept,” Ducharme said. “These tragedies seem to happen to the best of us; everything I’ve heard about Jasmine and Catherine was so positive and focused on how good they were (people) looking after others.” Their striker did not attend Franco-Cité, Ducharme confirmed. CBC Ottawa reported on Thursday that according to some relatives, he had shown romantic interest in one of the Ready sisters and was told to stop communicating with her. Another community that suffered from Monday’s loss of life is the Karate Duvris family, of which Jasmine and Anne-Marie, 50, have long been members. Both received their black belts at a recent ceremony, according to co-founder John Douvris. In an email sent to this newspaper, Douvris said the mother and daughter were “kind, compassionate, energetic and supportive people” whose “beautiful smiles and polite laughter made the dojo and karate community a better place for us “. “Our whole karate family mourns this unexplained and huge loss.” Jasmine and Anne-Marie Ready at their graduation with the black belt. Photo by John Douvris / Provided
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