Canby Police have identified the man killed by an Amtrak train Tuesday night as 46-year old Canby resident Robert Lawrence Baker.Baker was struck and killed by a southbound Amtrak passenger train near North Elm Street and Northwest First Avenue about 6:53 p.m. The train engineer told police the train had struck a man on the railroad tracks. Police said the impact threw the victim about 50 feet from the rails and into a field.
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2/8/2012 4:36:17 PM
It’s been five months since the former Ackerman Middle School opened its doors as the Ackerman Center. In that time, the campus has become home to a growing segment of Canby students, each with his or her specific education needs.
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2/8/2012 4:16:37 PM
Former president of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Frederik de Klerk, the man who arranged the release of Nelson Mandela from captivity, will speak at Baker Prairie Middle School on Wednesday, Feb.
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2/8/2012 4:03:01 PM
It just doesn’t work. That’s the feeling the city of Canby reiterated Wednesday night when they authorized the city’s legal team to file a lawsuit against R&G Excavating.
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2/8/2012 3:04:11 PM
The Canby Communty Concert Series climaxes May 1 with the Chris Burton Jacome Flamenco Ensemble performing at the Richard R. Brown Fine Arts Center in Canby at 7:30 p.
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2/6/2012 11:23:59 AM
A 23-year-old Canby man was injured in a two-vehicle crash Sunday night that claimed two lives at the intersection of Highway 211 and Canby-Marquam Highway.
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2/1/2012 2:17:58 PM
The crews were out early Sunday and made quick work of the maple trees along Northwest First Avenue. The trees were taken down in preparation for the coming First Avenue redevelopment project.
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