Ms. Biesenthal is a former federal prosecutor who has served as a lead trial lawyer in more than 30 trials and has argued more than a dozen federal appeals. A Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and a Chambers-rated litigator, she has successfully led litigation and investigations teams in high-stakes matters, including litigation brought by state attorneys general and defending companies and individuals against allegations of misconduct. Ms. Biesenthal’s recent major accomplishments include securing a full defense verdict after a six day jury trial in a whistleblower case, being awarded over $100 million by a jury in a patent infringement case, and securing dismissals in a litigation matter involving higher education, two toxic tort cases, and multiple cases filed against the hospitality industry. Jones Day is a global law firm with 2,500 lawyers in 40 offices across five continents. 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Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application we announce the loss of our beloved mother who passed away peacefully with her girls by her side at the Pembroke Regional Hospital in her 92nd year.  Wife of the late Harold “Harry” Biesenthal and by first marriage She is lovingly remembered by her five daughters Heather (Romeo DelRosario) and Leanne Bush (Dan Hiuser) She was a loving Nan to her 10 grandchildren and Lauren and GG to her 11 great- grandchildren and 1 great-great grandson Predeceased by parents John & Frieda Thom (nee Yahn) Doris’ beautiful smile is remembered by many especially those from the Thom and Markus families A huge thank you to Pastor Scott Schellenberger for his presence and his kindness at this difficult time and Dr Savoie and the third-floor nursing staff at PRH for taking such wonderful care of our mother In lieu of flowers, donations to the Pembroke Regional Hospital would greatly be appreciated A Memorial Service will be held at Zion Lutheran Church with interment of ashes in Zion Lutheran Cemetery Refreshments and a celebration of Doris’ life will continue in the Church’s Parish Hall Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors With a heartbreaking overtime loss on Friday night against the Laurier Golden Hawks the Gee-Gees women’s hockey team was unable to make it four wins in a row — but did get back in the win column under 24 hours later with a win over the TMU Bold Midway through the first period of Friday’s game Gees forward Alyssa Biesenthal would beat Laurier netminder Sarah Howell off a dish from Gillian Warren for her ninth goal of the season That early lead would stand all the way until the end of the second where Laurier forward Emerie Maltby would even the score as a Maëlle Laplante point shot found its way past Howell and the teams played on for more than three minutes while the crowd sat debating about what they had just witnessed and after a request from Gee-Gees head coach Ali Domenico the four officials converged to discuss the call “You could just tell by the way it hit the net,” Domenico said after the game noting that both the players on the ice and the video they had on the bench agreed and the goal was eventually credited to Naomi Morin who was deemed to have tipped Laplante’s shot After Gees defender Reece Mepham took a double-minor for head contact the Laurier power play broke through via a goal from Olivia MacMillan The officiating struggles would continue into the extra frame After an exciting start to the period with chances on either side Biesenthal would put some moves on to evade Maltby as she entered the Golden Hawks zone Maltby would take the fourth-year’s feet out from under her with MacMillan carrying the puck up the ice MacMillan would slide the puck over to Maltby and the third-year centre would fire it past Mireille Kingsley to secure the win The Gee-Gees defeated Laurier 6-2 back in November but Domenico saw a lot of differences in the team’s play the second time around definitely wasn’t the case tonight,” the head coach said they’re a really tough opponent and they played probably more minutes than we did in that game The Gee-Gees would right the ship the following afternoon With the Gees holding a narrow 3-2 lead thanks to goals from Florence Lessard the game was still very much undecided as the third period progressed Warren would collect her own rebound to begin an offensive possession with just over three minutes left in the game the puck would find its way back on her stick who found twine over Laurier netminder Alexia Stratos’s blocker to make it five games in a row with a goal — six if you count the team’s exhibition game against McGill on Jan With the goal, Biesenthal tied teammate Arianne Gagnon at ten on the season. The pair now sit tied for second in the conference in the stat only trailing Ontario Tech centre Julia Jackson The Gee-Gees are back in action Saturday when they travel to take on the OUA-leading Nipissing Lakers. Back on Nov. 1, the Gee-Gees suffered an overtime loss to the Lakers in an exciting game — which also saw a controversial non-called trip in the overtime period. Despite a powerful opponent next on the docket “We honestly don’t focus much on our opponent at all We’re really just trying to make sure [that] we figure out what our identity is to make a run in playoffs We’ve set ourselves up pretty nice here for a good second half but it’s making sure we string some games together and 60-minute performances are what we need for that.” Andrew is in his fourth year of a Commerce degree he loves nothing more than a little competition Copyright © 2025, The Fulcrum Publishing Society. All rights reserved. Privacy Sign In Register DIXON (Biesenthal) Catherine Ann passed away March 6 She attended Lakehead University & taught high school in Chatham-Kent Survived by her daughters Leanne McMaster (Jeff) and Jennifer Dixon (Robert Morgan) sister-in-law Lucie Biesenthal & family Sign in Join now, it's FREE! Georgetown’s Alyssa Biesenthal was named to the Ontario University Athletics second all-star team The fourth year Ottawa Gee-Gees forward finished second in the OUA with 13 goals and fifth in league scoring with 25 points in 26 games Her 13 goals ranked as the fourth most in a single season in Ottawa Gee-Gees history The human kinetics student had a six-game goal streak from Nov which included two goals in a 4-1 win over crosstown rivals Carleton.  Ottawa went 15-11 to finish third in the OUA East Division but was eliminated by the University of Toronto in the opening round of the playoffs Georgetown District High School grad Sydney Hood was named to the OUA all-rookie team The rookie defender had seven goals to share the lead among all OUA blueliners She finished the season with 13 points in 26 games for the Brock Badgers "Sydney had an outstanding first season for us," said head coach Margot Page highlight her elite status as a student-athlete and we're excited to see her continued growth and success at Brock." This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInNursing home staff in Westmoreland took a different approach to keep their residents safe during the coronavirus pandemic Nurses and staff members volunteered to live at Wellsprings of Westmoreland to care for the residents “My main goal for wanting to do that lock in was just to make sure the infection didn’t come into the building.” “When you see on the news just all these nursing homes and facilities getting hit so hard we were willing to sacrifice our time to keep these residents safe.” 18 staff members packed their bags and moved into the facility for two weeks For many the hardest part was leaving their families “My husband was definitely supportive and on board “I didn’t expect that two weeks to turn into such a magical experience Our love for our residents and our bond is so much stronger.” “Just to build that relationship with our residents it was very humbling and I think they got probably the best care while we were here these two weeks." "I think that they know they can rely on us now and we’re kind of stepping in to be their family when their family can’t be here.” staff came up with fun activities for the residents “One day we decided to roast marshmallows and we made smores and we had a water balloon and water gun fight one day," Schreiner The staff said those two weeks are full of memories they will never forget but I actually texted Chalene that night and said I miss them," said Biesenthal very fortunate to have the caring and compassionate staff that we have So far none of the residents or staff at the facility have tested positive for COVID-19 The staff that chose to stay home was still paid and those that lived in the facility got overtime and a bonus Hilbert Gordon “Bert” (retired partner – Pembroke Auto Parts) – passed away peacefully at the Pembroke Regional Hospital on Saturday former husband and still best friend of Gail Saar.  Loving father (Daddy) to Rebekah Mair-Coker (Gary) Eganville.  Cherished Grandpa of Jesse Mair; Jordan Tyson & Victoria Davidson; and Jamie & Jess Trebinskie.  Son of the late Ferdinand & Regina Biesenthal (nee Born); and predeceased by brother Manford Biesenthal & sister Evelyn Knoll (late Les).  Bert was a fantastic story-teller with a wonderful sense of humour.  His skill with trades and tools of all kinds will long be remembered by those who benefited from them.  He will be missed.  The family would like to thank the staff at CareFor Deavitt & Binhammer Funeral Home for their compassion and care during difficult times cremation has taken place and a celebration of his life will be held on Saturday at the home of Don and Julie Davidson.  Arrangements entrusted to Malcolm Pembroke.  (As an expression of sympathy donations to a charity that is close to your heart would be appreciated.)  Online condolences and donations are available at www.mdbfuneralhome.com Laryssa Biesenthal took up rowing for the first time when she entered UBC in 1990 and went on to an international competitive career in which she won a total of eight medals in World Championships She attended her first World Championship in 1995 where alongside co-UBC Sports Hall of Fame member she won a silver medal in the Quadruple Sculls event The same foursome won bronze medals at the 1996 Olympics Following the 1996 Games Laryssa joined the women’s Eights crew and won a silver medal at the 1997 World Championships and a bronze at the 1998 edition She won her final World Championships medal She rounded out her career in an equally impressive manner winning a gold medal in Double Sculls at the 1999 Pan American Games with Jennifer Browett a bronze in the Eights at the 2000 Games in Sydney She later went on to a high level coaching career at the Australian Institute of Sport and with Canada’s national team program Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Toronto-based photographer Adam Biesenthal may have just taken the most dramatic wedding photo ever with this shot featuring a Photoshopped T-Rex and Jurassic Park actor Jeff Goldblum. Taking a cue from the popular trend of wedding photos with the theme of running away from a dinosaur Biesenthal perfectly captured the newlyweds' spirit of fun on their special day Goldblum happened to attend the wedding of Pamela and Jesse Sargent because his fiance and the 61-year-old actor once again became Dr Want to advertise with us? Visit My Modern Met Media Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening THUNDER BAY — Melanie Biesenthal can add the title of math coordinator to her resume Biesenthal previously served as the math resource teacher for the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board, but the title got changed as a result of an initiative announced by the province in April She will work alongside board superintendent and math lead Omer Belisle “[It is an] opportunity for us to continue the work that we [have] been doing to really understand how students are thinking about mathematics to really understand where our students are in their mathematics and how do we support them in moving their mathematics forward We are looking forward to continuing this collaboration,” Biesenthal said The announcement included an investment of more than $180 million to help students build math which included introducing one math lead per board to spearhead the implementation of the curriculum and standardize training as well as providing additional supports for math coaches in the classrooms Biesenthal notes that the work involved with coding has given students another opportunity to investigate and problem solve “[The students] are trying things out seeing what's working and then they are troubleshooting within the moment And that really is what we want them to do in life "When they're faced with problems in different contexts that they're working with a partner and they really see the mathematics as connected as in the classroom and also in real life.” AJ Keene holds the math lead role with Lakehead Public Schools ReginaNewsSask. man's sexual assault conviction, sentence upheld after appealBy CTVNewsRegina.caPublished: February 14, 2024 at 11:59AM EST Twitter feed ©2025 BellMedia All Rights Reserved