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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Yahoo! News Canada - Canada Headlines


Details emerging about suicidal man who gunned down eight in Edmonton

Posted: 31 Dec 2014 03:55 PM PST

Flowers and a child's shoes sit on the steps, as police continue to investigate the scene where multiple shooting deaths occurred in a north Edmonton home, in Edmonton, Alta., on Wednesday, December 31, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason FransonEDMONTON - Details are emerging about a suicidal man with a criminal past who gunned down six adults and two children in what police have described as a calculated mass murder fuelled by domestic troubles.


No winning ticket drawn for Lotto 649 jackpot

Posted: 31 Dec 2014 09:03 PM PST

TORONTO - No one has the winning ticket for the $12.8-million jackpot in Wednesday night's Lotto 6-49 draw.

Fire rips through Yonge and Eglinton home on New Year's Eve

Posted: 31 Dec 2014 07:20 PM PST

Fire rips through Yonge and Eglinton home on New Year's EveA four-alarm fire on Edith Dr. near Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. has left two families homeless on New Year's Eve.


Killing of eight in Canada a 'deliberate' attack: police

Posted: 31 Dec 2014 12:23 PM PST

Police cordon tape surrounds a house where seven people were found dead, in one of three separate crime scenes, in north EdmontonBy Scott Haggett CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The suspected killer of eight people in Edmonton, Canada, had a criminal record dating back to 1987 and used a stolen handgun in the murders before killing himself in domestic violence that was "planned, deliberate and targeted," police said. Police found one victim's body on Monday and the remaining seven at a house elsewhere early on Tuesday. The killer committed suicide in a Vietnamese restaurant 19 miles (30 km) northeast of Edmonton, the capital of Alberta. ...


Nine dead in related homicides in western Canada city

Posted: 31 Dec 2014 02:57 AM PST

Investigators meet at one of three crime scenes where seven people were found dead, in north EdmontonCALGARY (Reuters) - Nine people have been killed in three related incidents in Edmonton in what police in the western Canadian city said was likely an act of domestic violence and the worst mass murder in nearly 60 years. Eight people were killed, seven in one location and the eighth in another, police said, and a man linked to the crimes committed suicide in a nearby town. Two of the victims were children while four women and two men were also dead in what Rod Knecht, the city's chief of police, called an act of domestic violence. ...


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