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- Greek premier appeals for calm amid riots, looting
- 'The Artist' named best picture at UK film awards
- RCMP shoot alleged teen car thief in Alberta
- Dominicans: Deadly voyage seemed doomed from start
- Man faces charges after stabbing in N.L.
- Peru: Leftist rebel leader found badly wounded
- Men arrested after Halifax break in
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February 10, 2012
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. - Police say a Canadian man has been killed in a shooting and hostage taking at a Florida RV park.
February 10, 2012
EDMONTON - A man wanted in the shooting of two Alberta RCMP officers has been arrested without incident.
February 09, 2012
KILLAM, Alta. - A father made a quiet, poetic plea for his fugitive son to return to his rural Alberta home, where two Mounties were shot and wounded and a family member was found dead earlier this week.
Suspect in Alberta RCMP shootings charged with attempted murder
February 09, 2012
KILLAM, Alta. - RCMP in Alberta have laid attempted murder charges in the shootings of two officers earlier this week.
Premier Clark announces B.C. justice reform review
February 09, 2012
B.C.’s cabinet responsibilities have been rearranged to make way for a sweeping review of the province’s justice system, Premier Christy Clark announced Wednesday.
Two charged with trafficking ecstasy in Calgary
February 09, 2012
CALGARY - Calgary police charged two teenagers Wednesday with trafficking ecstasy after raiding two homes and vehicles in the city.
Shafia mom files intent to appeal
February 08, 2012
TORONTO - The mother of the Shafia family has joined her husband and son in filing her intention to appeal her convictions on four counts of first-degree murder.
Charges okayed for four more riot suspects
February 08, 2012
VANCOUVER - The Crown has approved charges against four more people in the Stanley Cup Riot in Vancouver, bringing to 47 the total number of suspects who've now been charged.
US teen gets life sentence for killing 9-year-old
February 08, 2012
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A U.S. teenager who confessed to strangling, cutting and stabbing a 9-year-old neighbour because she wanted to know how it felt to kill someone was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
Two Mounties shot and wounded in Alberta
February 08, 2012
KILLAM, Alta. - A ghastly shudder of familiarity rippled through Alberta's police fraternity Tuesday with news that two RCMP officers had been shot and wounded at a rural residence.
Worker tells 911: Powell 'exploded the house'
February 08, 2012
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Police released 911 calls that revealed a social worker's frantic attempts to alert authorities that Josh Powell had locked himself in his home with his two young sons, moments before he set off a huge fire that killed all inside.
High court to hear arguments in HIV disclosure cases
February 08, 2012
WINNIPEG - The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments today concerning the obligations of those infected with the virus that causes AIDS.
Request for Pickton surveillance eerily accurate
February 07, 2012
A police request form for surveillance of Robert Pickton more than three years before he was arrested for multiple murders was eerily accurate, the missing women inquiry has heard.
Army cadet instructor faces sex charges in BC
February 06, 2012
VERNON, B.C. - A Canadian Army cadet instructor who worked in Vernon and Victoria, B.C., is facing sex charges.
Man fined for instigating police chase because he 'always wanted to'
February 06, 2012
BUTTE, Mont. - A U.S. man who told officers he instigated a police chase because he always wanted to try it found that it will cost him a $1,000 fine to go with his tire damage.
Poles mourn baby mother claimed had been kidnapped
February 06, 2012
WARSAW, Poland - Flowers, teddy bears and candles piled up Monday in a southern Polish park where a mother buried her baby and then sparked a nationwide search by falsely claiming she had been kidnapped.
Two men sought in 'heinous' sex attack
February 06, 2012
Abbotsford police are looking for two “heinous” men who allegedly sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman after forcing her into their vehicle.
PM got memo on why pot worse than sex crimes
February 05, 2012
OTTAWA - Media reports that some pot growers will face harsher mandatory-minimum sentences than child rapists under the Conservative government's new crime bill were enough to catch the attention of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Audio: Hackers claim to have intercepted call between FBI, Scotland Yard
February 03, 2012
LONDON - A sensitive conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was recorded by the very people they were trying to catch, the hacking group known as Anonymous claimed Friday.
Killer drug grabbed in pharmacy holdup
February 03, 2012
LEDUC, Alta. - A public safety warning has been issued by the RCMP after a potentially dangerous drug used in the treatment of cancer was taken from an Edmonton-area drug store.
Billionaire avoids jail time after admitting to confining prostitute
February 03, 2012
David Ho, the Vancouver billionaire businessman and former police board member, has pleaded guilty to unlawfully confining a prostitute and possessing a prohibited weapon.
Senator: People like my hanging idea
February 02, 2012
OTTAWA - A Conservative senator says he's been inundated with expressions of support for his unusual idea of providing rope to help murder convicts commit suicide in prison.
Sixty arrested in massive child porn sweep by Ontario police
February 02, 2012
VAUGHAN, Ont. - Police from across Ontario have rounded up 60 male suspects and laid 213 charges in a child pornography sweep being described as one of the largest in the province's history.
Dawson Creek cabbies accused of sexual assaults
February 02, 2012
A Dawson Creek taxi company is under investigation after two women and a 13-year-old girl came forward with allegations they were forcibly confined and sexually assaulted by cab drivers.
Report: Complaints about teacher made years ago
February 02, 2012
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - School officials questioned how an elementary school teacher suspected of taking bizarre bondage-style photographs of children in his class went undetected for years as new allegations of past and potentially inappropriate behaviour by the teacher surfaced.
Tory senator suggests giving every murderer a rope
February 01, 2012
OTTAWA - A Conservative senator in Ottawa has an unconventional proposal for cutting down prison costs: Give murder convicts a rope in their prison cell, and let them decide whether to hang themselves.
Edmonton woman faces charges after police officer bitten
February 01, 2012
EDMONTON - A woman in Edmonton faces a charge of assault after she bit a police officer so hard he had to be taken to hospital.
Tory senator idea: Give every convicted murderer a rope
February 01, 2012
OTTAWA - A Conservative senator in Ottawa has an unconventional proposal for cutting down prison costs: Give murder convicts a rope in their prison cell, and let them decide whether to hang themselves.
Canadian police ‘whitewashing’ crime stats: Report
February 01, 2012
The majority of Canadian police forces are “whitewashing” crime statistics by refusing to provide information about the race of people they come into contact with, says a new report by two Ontario criminologists.
Mazatlan beating suspect casts doubt on confession
January 31, 2012
MAZATLAN, Mexico - Mexican authorities are standing by their arrest in the savage beating of a Canadian tourist after the man accused told a local newspaper he was forced to sign a confession he never read.
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