Friday, October 31, 2014

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Police investigating ex-CBC- star Jian Ghomeshi after two women come forward
Justin Bourque to serve 75 years before parole eligibility for RCMP killings
Snowfall warning for southwest Alberta
Canadian who killed police gets five life sentences
Canada willing to take action against U.S. over meat labeling

Police investigating ex-CBC- star Jian Ghomeshi after two women come forward

Posted: 31 Oct 2014 07:10 PM PDT

TORONTO - Former CBC star radio host Jian Ghomeshi is under criminal investigation after two women came forward to complain, police said Friday.

Justin Bourque to serve 75 years before parole eligibility for RCMP killings

Posted: 31 Oct 2014 08:10 PM PDT

MONCTON, N.B. - Justin Bourque, the disturbed young man who fatally shot three Mounties and wounded two others in what a judge described as a "blind rage," has been sentenced to an unprecedented 75 years in prison.

Snowfall warning for southwest Alberta

Posted: 31 Oct 2014 07:25 PM PDT

Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for southwest part of the province.

Canadian who killed police gets five life sentences

Posted: 31 Oct 2014 01:07 PM PDT

By Andrea Hopkins (Reuters) - A man who killed three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers was sentenced on Friday to five life sentences in prison, with no possibility of parole for 75 years, the harshest sentence handed down by a Canadian court since the death penalty was eliminated. Justin Bourque, 24, pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder in the June shootings, when he walked down the streets of the eastern Canadian city of Moncton carrying multiple weapons and then shot police who responded to calls from concerned neighbors. ...

Canada willing to take action against U.S. over meat labeling

Posted: 31 Oct 2014 01:06 PM PDT

By Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada will pursue "any and all remedies" to pressure the United States to drop regulations on meat labeling that Canada considers discriminatory, the country's trade minister said on Friday. Ed Fast, Canada's international trade minister, declined to elaborate on any deadlines for further action. "We have made it very clear that this is a blatant violation of WTO rules, and that we will certainly pursue any and all remedies that we have available to us," Fast told Reuters after talks with U.S. and Mexican counterparts in Toronto on Friday. ...

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