Ryleigh Ridland, 10, was embraced on Canadian soil by her new family for the first time Friday upon arriving at the Vancouver airport, ending the protracted legal fight to get her to this country, after the tragic loss of her mother in South Africa.
According to statements in court, 54-year-old Robert Lee LeLievre volunteered as treasurer with the Inverness local of the teachers union and illegally signed the president’s name on cheques for two years.