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OTTAWA - It could be the most expensive meeting on Parliament Hill. Two senators are each pocketing several thousand dollars annually to head a committee that meets once a year – and sometimes not at all. Conservative Senator Elizabeth Marshall, the Tory whip, receives $11,200 annually to serve as the chair of the Senate’s selection committee. That is on top of her $135,200 salary and the $11,200 she receives to serve as the Government’s whip. Her counterpart, Senator Jim Munson, the Liberals’ whip, receives $5,600 to serve as the vice-chair of the selection committee in addition to his $135,200 paycheque and the $6,600 he receives as whip. (Huffington Post)
COMMENT: Canada's loss
PREVIOUS: Wright resigns Nigel Wright Life in a Banana republic
RELATED: Harper's speech to caucus Those who seek to benefit from public office should leave Tory caucus
OTTAWA - Dozens of people appointed to plum patronage jobs have been donating to the Conservative party, despite government rules that forbid it. A Canadian Press investigation found as many as 1 of every 5 chairpersons on the Employment Insurance Boards of Referees gave money to political parties, riding associations and election candidates while they served on the tribunal. A document entitled "Information Handbook for Employment Insurance Boards of Referees" (.pdf) says chairpersons should avoid all political activities. (CP)
OTTAWA - The Canadian government still does business with companies that were involved in criminal bid-rigging schemes. In one case, federal departments have dished out more than $150M in contracts to a company after its part owner and senior executive pleaded guilty to bid-rigging. In another, the government has ongoing contracts with a convicted consulting firm it has blacklisted, and has recently invited the company to bid on federal work worth millions. The 2 firms have tallied close to 500 contracts for government consulting, IT services and other work since the corporate wrongdoing came to light. (Toronto Star)
Caroline O'Farrell
OTTAWA - An RCMP staff sergeant and her family have filed a lawsuit against 13 people and the Attorney General of Canada, claiming she was sexually assaulted and harrassed by colleagues in the 1980s. Staff Sgt. Caroline Mary Sarah O'Farrell, 52, who works in Ottawa, claims she was sexually assaulted, assaulted and harassed from 1986 to 1987 while she was working as a constable for the Musical Ride, the police force's travelling equestrian show. Her ex-husband and their two children are also listed as plaintiffs, claiming damages under the Family Law Act. (CBC)
WASHINGTON - An Office of Inspector General report showed that Dennis Burke - the former chief of staff for Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano appointed as US Attorney for Arizona by President Obama in September 2009 - lied when asked if he leaked sensitive documents to the press meant to undermine the credibility of ATF whistle-blower John Dodson. (Fox)
REPORT: Investigation of improper disclosure .pdf
PREVIOUS: ATF gunwalking scandal
WASHINGTON - Apple avoided paying taxes on tens of billions of dollars in profits through a complex network of subsidiaries, many with "no declared tax jurisdiction," a US Senate panel has concluded. The Senate investigation, set to be discussed at a hearing Tuesday, stopped short of accusing the US tech giant of anything illegal. (AFP)
REPORT: Exhibit 1a (Subcommittee Memo) .pdf Exhibits 1-19 (Offshore Profit Shifting) .pdf
MORE: Apple's tax arrangements CEO defends tax tactics
PAPUA - Adjutant First Inspector Labora Stores, a seemingly low-ranking cop in Papua, has pretty much stopped the country in its tracks. The Papua Police revealed that the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center, the government's anti-money laundering watchdog, had identified transactions amounting to Rp1.5 trillion ($154M) passing through Labora's bank accounts from 2007 to 2012. Given his position at the sixth-lowest rank on the force, Labora earns a monthly salary of Rp8.5 million ($870), or did until he was arrested last Saturday. (Asia Sentinel)
NEW YORK - 3 New York University researchers from China divulged results from a federally funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses, federal prosecutors said Monday. Yudong Zhu, a US-educated NYU professor, and Xing Yang, a lab engineer, were released on bail after appearing in federal court in Manhattan to face commercial bribery and other charges. The third defendant, postdoctoral fellow Ye Li, was at large. Authorities believe he flew to China before charges were brought. (Epoch Times)
MEXICO CITY - The Mexican unit of insurer Marsh & McClennan Companies Inc said on Monday it is launching a policy that will cover terrorism, organized crime and sabotage, the first such policy available in a country wracked by drug-related violence. (Toronto Star)
Plaza Towers Elementary School
MOORE - The Oklahoma City Medical Examiner's Office says the death toll from a massive tornado that churned through Oklahoma City Monday has been downgraded from 51 to at least 24. She cautioned Tuesday, however, that officials could see as many as 40 additional fatalities. Authorities said initially that 20 children were among the dead. (Fox)
MORE: 2013 Moore tornado Death toll scaled back Tornado scene 'I can't find my kids'
Xinhua
ZHANGQIU - A massive blast ripped through an explosives factory on Monday in eastern China, killing at least 12 people and leaving others buried in the debris. Rescuers were taking care to avoid setting off additional explosions as they searched the site of the explosion in Shandong province’s Caofan township. The factory, run by the Baoli group, manufactures 10,000 tons of industrial explosives annually. (AP)
MORE: 13 killed, 20 missing
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PULI KHUMRI - A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief outside the council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday. (AP)
MORE: Suicide bomb attack
AP
BAGHDAD - Attacks in Iraq have killed at least 13 people and wounded 99 others, a day after a series of bombings killed 77 people across the country. (Jazeera)
PREVIOUS: Car bombings At least 70 killed Terrorist incidents 2013 Shia-Sunni relations
RELATED: How Religions change their mind
Itamar Alon
BEERSHEBA - A gunman opened fire in a small Bank Hapoalim branch in Beersheba on Monday, killing 4 people before taking his own life. The shooter, identified as 40-year-old Itamar Alon, had reportedly been turned down a day earlier by the bank when he tried to extend his credit line. (Jerusalem Post)
Steven Hunt and tens of thousands of online supporters are asking prosecutors to drop the case against Hunt’s daughter. 18-year-old Kaitlyn Hunt was arrested in February related to what her father said was a consensual same-sex relationship with another student who was 14. A Facebook group created to support Kaitlyn asks people to write to their legislators to change laws in order protect high school peers from prosecution in similar cases. (Florida Today)
KABUL - The number of women and girls in Afghanistan imprisoned for "moral crimes" has risen by 50% in the past 18 months, a rights group says. Human Rights Watch says many are jailed for running away from home, often from forced marriages or domestic violence. Others are behind bars as a result of alleged adultery, in truth often involving rape, it said. It said 600 women and girls were now imprisoned for "moral crimes". About 110 of those were girls under 18. (BBC)
RELATED: Acid victim fights for justice
How the lie detector came to be
The science behind the lie detector test has been disputed since its creation 90 years ago, so is there any reliable way to tell if someone is lying. (BBC)
AFP
MAKHACHKALA - At least 3 people have been killed in back-to-back car bombings in the semi-autonomous Russian republic of Dagestan. The first bomb detonated on Monday in front of the Justice Ministry in the regional capital of Makhachkala. As police descended upon the scene, a second car bomb was detonated by remote control. Most of the wounded and the dead were caught by the second explosion. Police agencies gave differing death tolls, with the number ranging from 3 to 8. About 30 people were believed injured. (Jazeera)
PREVIOUS: Insurgency in the North Caucasus
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QUSAYR - Syrian government forces pushed deeper into a strategic opposition-held town near the Lebanese border Monday, battling rebels in fierce street fighting, state-media reported. An activist group said at least 23 elite fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group fighting alongside regime troops have been killed in the clashes. (AP)
MORE: Hezbollah losses Offensive deepens Hezbollah troops aid advance
PREVIOUS: Army 'storms' town Syrian civil war Lebanon-Syria relations
Andrea Rebello
NEW YORK - The Nassau County cop who fatally shot a Hofstra University student during a terrifying home-invasion standoff is “inconsolable". The veteran officer was identified by sources as Officer Nikolas Budimlic, 42, a former NYPD cop with 2 young kids of his own, including a daughter. Budimlic accidently shot and killed 21-year-old Andrea Rebello on Friday as violent felon Dalton Smith held her in a headlock and used her as a human shield while he trained a 9mm pistol at the officer. (NY Post)
MORE: Officer shot sorority girl
Thai authorities are struggling to stop dogs from being stolen and smuggled to northern Vietnam, where 1M dogs are eaten each year. Stray dogs and pets are being illegally snatched, bought, or even bartered for household items, then smuggled to Vietnam, where they are sold, butchered and eaten. (Global Mail)
Governments are this weekend studying a "game changing" report on global drugs policy that is being seen in some quarters as the beginning of the end for blanket prohibition. Publication of the Organization of American States (OAS) review, commissioned at last year's Cartagena Summit of the Americas reflects growing dissatisfaction among Latin American countries with the current global policy on illicit drugs. It spells out the effects of the policy on many countries and examines what the global drugs trade will look like if the status quo continues. (Guardian UK)
REPORTS: Drug Problem in the Americas 2013 .pdf Scenarios for the Drug Problem .pdf
OTTAWA - A federal agency that ensures banks and other financial institutions follow the rules has itself broken the rules on hospitality spending. The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) spent well in excess of the maximum allowed for a gala dinner in Toronto last November. Only 1 of the gala guests was a federal public servant. The other 9 were invited guests from organizations, such as the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA), whose member banks the agency regulates. (CP)
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing 300 women who worked for the RCMP alleging harassment and gender-based discrimination in a lawsuit says the national police force is declining an offer to mediate. "The RCMP indicated they have no interest to discuss settlement. It comes as a big surprise to us," said Vancouver class action lawyer David Klein. But earlier this year, RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson's action plan said the force would "expeditiously resolve, wherever appropriate, outstanding harassment-related lawsuits." (CBC)
PREVIOUS: RCMP Harassment
HALIFAX - All charges against a NS woman in the Royal Canadian Navy who is fighting cancer, and who was charged with being absent without leave, have been dropped. The news comes less than 24 hours after CBC News broke the story. (CBC)
PETERBOROUGH - Police and the province are investigating after footage aired that appears to show an elderly woman being repeatedly mistreated and humiliated at a long-term care home in Peterborough. Camille Parent has thousands of video clips, all of them featuring his 85-year-old mother, who suffers from Alzhiemer's, in her room at St. Joseph's at Fleming. (QMI)
MORE: Marycrest Home For The Aged Workers suspended
The human brain is the most complex object in the known universe. It contains 100 billion nerve cells. Considering how complex that is, it goes wrong remarkably rarely. But go wrong it sometimes does. Which is why, since 1952, the American Psychiatric Association has published its “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders”, the DSM. No other major branch of medicine has such a single text, with so much power over people’s lives. And that is worrying. (Economist)
PREVIOUS: By the book Psychologists attack psychiatrists
MEXICO CITY - State-owned Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) admits that “serious” corruption exists in some areas of the company and that contracting processes in particular have been plagued by “interference from organized crime.” (EFE)
MORE: Pemex admits corruption still exits
AFP
KANDAHAR - 2 car bombs have killed at least 9 people in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. More than 60 people were wounded in the blasts, mostly civilians. The blasts happened in Aino Mina, an elite housing development on the outskirts of the city. It is thought families were dining nearby. (BBC)
PREVIOUS: NATO workers targeted Suicide bomber
News Tribe
MALAKAND DISTRICT - Police say bombings in two separate mosques in NW Pakistan have killed at least 12 people. 50 have been wounded and many are in critical condition. Both of the Sunni Muslim mosques were badly damaged, and the roof of one of them collapsed. The mosques were located in Baz Darrah village in the Malakand district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The blasts happened shortly after Friday prayers. (Jazeera)
MORE: Bomb blasts inside mosques Blasts kill 15 Bombs at mosques
AFP
KANO - Nigeria's military on Friday attacked Boko Haram Islamist strongholds across the NE, launching deadly air strikes on insurgent camps, while residents reported that forces had deployed in border areas to block the militants from fleeing. Several thousand soldiers have spread across 3 NE states where President Goodluck Jonathan imposed a state of emergency after Boko Haram seized territory and declared war against the government. (AFP)
MORE: Boko Haram was planning to declare their own country Forces shell camps State of emergency Army imposes curfew
Misbahuddin Ahmed Khurram Sher
OTTAWA - An undercover source working for Canada's spy agency and sensitive intelligence from the United States and Britain helped build the case against three terrorism suspects facing criminal charges, court documents indicate. Other material was apparently gleaned through the secretive Five Eyes eavesdropping network. (CP)
MORE: Hiva Alizadeh
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada upheld the acquittal of a Saskatchewan woman who was charged with abandoning a child after giving birth in a Wal-Mart bathroom. (CBC)
JUDGMENT: 2013 SCC 28
AFP
OTTAWA - The CTF today called on governments to end the tax-on-tax practice for gasoline and diesel, marking the organization’s 15th annual Gas Tax Honesty Day. The CTF called on both federal and provincial governments to end the practice of calculating the GST or HST after they’ve already levied provincial and federal excise taxes on gasoline, thereby taxing their own taxes. The result has been governments collecting an extra $1.6B from unsuspecting motorists. (Canadian Taxpayers Federation)
MORE: Tax gap
PREVIOUS: Corporate scandals
OTTAWA - A new report from the parliamentary budget officer shows Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL) continues to be a drain on the public purse. The budget watchdog says although Ottawa’s support for the nuclear agency has decreased by 60% over the last 4 years, AECL’s losses have also mounted from $300M in 2009-10 to $3B in the first three quarters of 2012-13. Ultimately, the report says, the government is on the hook for the Crown corporation’s liabilities. (Globe & Mail)
REPORT: Supplementary Estimates 2013-14 .pdf
Jean Roberge
MONTREAL - The suspended assistant manager of Laval, Jean Roberge, has told Quebec's corruption inquiry that there was a system of collusion in place in Quebec's fourth-largest city and that he took part in it. He was called to the stand Wednesday morning, after a surprise announcement by commission prosecutor Sonia LeBel that Roberge's boss, city manager Gaétan Turbide, would not be testifying because of questions about his credibility. (CBC)
MORE: Organized collusion Deep corruption exposed Vaillancourt allegedly tried to bribe Muclair
PREVIOUS: Greed & Corruption Quebec Mafia Political parties in Canada
Accounting for the billions spent
OTTAWA - Federal departments should provide proper descriptions of the work done for the millions of taxpayer dollars spent on management consulting, Treasury Board president Tony Clement said. The pledge for improved transparency comes after a Star investigation revealed 90% of the $2.4B paid out for management consulting in the past decade comes with no description of the services provided, despite government guidelines encouraging the information be disclosed. (Toronto Star)
PREVIOUS: Cash cow state secret
OTTAWA - The Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP will examine policing issues in northern BC, including officers’ use of force, police handling of missing-persons reports, and the treatment of young people. The investigation comes after a Human Rights Watch report detailed allegations of abuse and mistreatment by police and suggested the RCMP has failed to properly investigate a series of disappearances and suspected murders of aboriginal women. (Globe & Mail)
REPORT: Those Who Take Us Away
PREVIOUS: RCMP harassment
MONTREAL - RCMP are investigating a number of senior employees of SNC-Lavalin International Inc. over who knew about and who approved alleged bribes paid through a secret accounting system for projects in Africa and Asia. (CBC)
PREVIOUS: 'Project consultancy costs' Web of illicit payments Corporate scandals
Washington’s top tax official was fired on Wednesday as President Barack Obama sought to stem a rising tide of criticism in a scandal over the IRS’ targeting of conservative groups for special scrutiny. (AFP)
MORE: 3 scandals Behind IRS' targeting Spying game
COMMENT: Autocrat accountants
PREVIOUS: Phone records secretly seized Sweeping subpoenas Violation Outrage grows 'Stunned' Spinning Benghazi 2012 Benghazi attack
Michael Wassill
OTTAWA - An Ottawa man who was stabbed at his home while intervening to protect a friend is not expected to live, his family announced. Michael Wassill, 21, was stabbed in the neck at his home on Fernleaf Crescent last week and has been in critical condition in hospital. In a posting on Facebook over the weekend, his family said Wassill has suffered irreversible brain damage and is not expected to live. A 20-year-old Ottawa man, Carson Morin, was charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace after the stabbing. (CBC)
MORE: Man charged
DIGBY - RCMP are investigating the sudden death of a man from Digby. RCMP, Digby Fire and EHS responded at approximately 1:45pm on Monday May 20, to a report that a man had suffered a gunshot wound in a residence on 3 Ave in Digby. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. (Digby Courier)
Edmonton Journal
EDMONTON - Richard Suter, a 62-year-old Edmonton man is facing numerous impaired driving-related charges after a two-year-old boy was killed when a SUV crashed through a dining patio at a south Edmonton restaurant Sunday night. The boy was with his family on the patio of Ric's Grill, when a SUV lurched from a parking stall, hopped the curb while accelerating, smashed through a glass partition and struck the table where the family of 4 were eating. (CBC)
MORE: Boy killed Impaired charges
Diego Hernandez Craig Silva
PUERTO VALLARTA - The disappearances of a BC man and a US man in the Mexican resort city of Puerto Vallarta has their families frantically searching for information in what they believe could be a kidnapping. Diego Hernandez, a 22-year-old Canadian martial arts instructor, and his friend and business partner Craig Silva vanished on May 8, just days after Hernandez put together a mixed martial arts sporting event in the city. (CP)
Global
TORONTO - One man has been charged with first-degree murder and another man is dead after a shooting on Sunday evening. Police have said that Quincy Rodriguez, 35, died after being shot in the stomach and chest during a party outside of 295 Ossington Ave. Police said that the two knew each other and had a history of “bad blood,” including a small-claims court case that was settled in the victim’s favour. Police have charged Edwin Parkinson, 67, with first-degree murder. (Toronto Star)
MORE: Man faces murder charge
Timothy Bosma Dellen Millard
HAMILTON - Police searching the farm of Dellen Millard, the 27-year-old charged with first-degree murder after the remains of Tim Bosma were discovered, have found other unknown remains near the property. Forensic investigators are now working to determine whether the other remains are human or animal. Police also found an incinerator on the farm that they say Millard purchased last July. The machine, known as "The Eliminator," is used to cremate livestock, but police say Millard didn't own any animals. (CBC)
PREVIOUS: Body found Missing man is dead 1 charged, 2 on the lam Charged with murder Tips lead to more questions about Millard Millard hasn't been questioned about other cases Arrest made Homicide investigating
MONCTON - A woman has been charged in connection with the discovery of the body of a newborn baby in New Brunswick four years ago. The baby boy was found near Monteagle in 2009. He became known as “Baby Taylor” because he was found in a snowbank on Taylor Road and police couldn’t determine his identity. Thirty year old Christine Margaret Wood, from Riverview, has now been charged with concealing the body of a child. (CTV)
TORONTO - In the days after Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was accused of smoking crack cocaine in a homemade video, a cone of silence has descended around the embattled chief magistrate. Save for a brusque dismissal from the mayor Friday and a denial from his brother, Councillor Doug Ford, on Saturday, he has stayed out of the public eye. (Globe & Mail)
PREVIOUS: Crack cocaine video For sale a video of Mayor Ford smoking crack Allegations are 'absolutely not true' Newspaper 'going after me' Forensic analysis of photo
Brad Deering
SAN JOSE - A father from Vancouver shot dead in his Costa Rican home appears to be the victim of a targeted hit, according to a local private investigator. Brad Deering, 42, and 3 others were inside his gated community home in San Jose Thursday morning, when 3 men stormed the house, shot and killed Deering and tied up the others. (Vancouver Province)
MORE: Canadian killed Costa Rica travel warning New details
GLEICHEN - RCMP are investigating the death of a 26-year-old man in the town of Gleichen. Police were called to the home early Saturday morning after reports of a disturbance. When they arrived, they found 2 people inside the home suffering from undisclosed wounds. STARS ambulance was called to transport one man to hospital but he died of his injuries at the scene. (CBC)
MORE: 1 dead RCMP investigate
Seymour Sharpe & Natasha Jeffrey
WINNIPEG - The deceased have been identified as Natasha Jeffrey, 37, and Ronald Dabreo, 39. Earlier on Saturday, police announced they have charged a 44-year-old man with second-degree murder in their deaths. Police were sent to the house at 4317 Roblin Blvd around 8:00am on Friday by a tip from the accused. Seymour Lloyd Sharpe, 44, is charged with two counts of second degree murder. (CTV)
MORE: Man charged in double homicide Identities confirmed
PREVIOUS: Double slaying confession
Gabriel & Chona Guevara Clorina
CALGARY - Police have charged a man with second-degree murder in connection with the deaths of a mother and her son at a home in Evanston on Thursday afternoon. Guevara Wilson Clorina, 26, from Calgary has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder in connection to the deaths of Chona Manzano, 35, and her son Gabriel, 5. Police were called to a home in the 200-block of Evanspark Circle NW at about 12:50pm on Thursday after they received a 911 call from a neighbour. Manzano and her son were found deceased at the scene. (CTV)
PREVIOUS: Charges laid Man linked Man detained Deaths suspicious Stabbings
Johnathen Felix
WINNIPEG - Police have charged a second man in connection with the death of a young model who was shot to death in March of last year. A 23-year-old man faces second degree murder in the death of Winnipegger Johnathen Felix. In January police also charged Derek Davin Merrick, 19, with second-degree murder in the same case. Felix, who was 21 years old at the time of his death, was found in a yard in the 200-block of Balmoral St on March 31, 2012. (CBC)
PREVIOUS: Charges Suspicious incident
HOBBEMA - 2 more Hobbema residents are facing murder charges in the murder of 51-year-old Winston Crier. Last weekend, Mounties charged 26-year-old Clifford Soosay - a known acquaintance of Crier - with first degree murder in Crier’s death. On Wednesday and Thursday, Hobbema RCMP arrested and charged Hobbema residents 25-year-old Nikki Saddleback and 27-year-old Troy Crier with first degree murder. (QMI)
MORE: 2 more arrested 3 arrested
PRECIOUS: Man charged
Richard Oland Dennis Oland
SAINT JOHN - Dennis Oland is considered the prime suspect in the killing of his father, Richard Oland, according to search warrants. His name had been previously subject to a publication ban ordered last fall by provincial court Chief Judge R. Leslie Jackson. But a Court of Queen's Bench judge has quashed the publication ban. Justice William Grant ruled Friday that Jackson "made an error of law" in imposing the ban on the names of people who were subject to searches in the murder investigation. Oland, 69, a prominent businessman, was found dead in his uptown Saint John office on July 7, 2011. (CBC)
MORE: Publication ban lifted Son is suspect
PREVIOUS: Murder page 4
Valerie Xavier
BLOCKVILLE - An Ontario man pleaded guilty Friday to choking an elderly Ontario woman to death when he was teenager because she told him to stop talking to his girlfriend on the phone. Valerie Xavier, 80, died Sept. 26, 2010, when one of her boarders blew into a fit of rage after she told him to hang up a telephone he'd been hogging to speak with a girlfriend in Ottawa. The now 18-year-old man, who cannot be named by court order, pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder, theft of Xavier's 2000 Buick Sentry and possession of her credit cards. (QMI)
PREVIOUS: Teen found with woman's car Body is missing woman
EDMONTON - The man who was found not criminally responsible for stomping his cellmate to death at the Edmonton Remand Centre is now suing centre staff. Two years ago, Justin Caldwell Somers, 27, killed 59-year-old Barry Stewart by stomping on his head 26 times. Somers was later found not criminally responsible for the death after he told his psychiatrist that he thought Stewart was eating human heads. Now he has filed a statement of claim against the province and 11 staff members at the centre, arguing that the Crown was negligent in not providing him with proper accommodation and medical attention. (CBC)
VANCOUVER - A police officer had no choice but to shoot a knife-wielding Vancouver man last October, says BC's police watchdog in a report that cleared the officer involved of any wrongdoing in the death of Christopher Ray. The IIO also concluded that in a separate case, a Prince George Mountie acted lawfully when he chased after a man in response to reports of someone banging on doors in an apartment building in March. During the pursuit, the man jumped and fell into a ravine, seriously injuring himself. (CTV)
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Would-be firefighters looking for employment are believed to have caused some of the wildfires in SK, an arson expert says. "There's a saying, 'The blacker the forest, the greener the wallet,' said Ken Ness, a senior fire investigator with the SK Ministry of Environment. Seasonal firefighting is an important source of income for people in northern communities. (CBC)
Everett Goodrunning
BRETON - The Medical Examiner’s Office has positively identified the human remains found near Breton in early May as Everett John Goodrunning, a 38-year old Rocky Mountain House man. A passerby came across the remains of Everett Goodrunning on May 7, close to the North Saskatchewan River, near Township Rd 503A and Range Road 40. The Rocky Mountain House man was reported missing to RCMP in June of 2008. The manner of Mr. Goodrunning’s death is under investigation by police. (Beacon)
MORE: Remains identified
GRANDE PRAIRIE - RCMP have arrested a man in connection with the death of 40-year-old Stuart Foster from Beaverlodge. Officers labelled the case as “suspicious” almost immediately after finding Foster dead in his home last week and are now treating the death as a homicide. An autopsy conducted May 14 revealed that Foster did not die of natural causes, though the exact cause of death has not yet been released. Police arrested 56-year-old Edward Charles Desjarlais without incident after issuing a warrant for his arrest. (QMI)
PREVIOUS: Suspicious death Body found
Iyanna Teeple Tammy Bouvette
CRANBROOK - A Cranbrook woman was sentenced to one year in prison Thursday for the drowning death of a 19-month-old toddler she was babysitting. Tammy Bouvette, 29, pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death after toddler Iyanna Teeple was left alone in a bathtub in May 2011. She was originally charged with second-degree murder, but pleaded guilty to the lesser negligence charge. Bouvette was also sentenced to 1 year for an attempted armed robbery of a gas station while on bail. (CTV)
MORE: Out in 6 months
PREVIOUS: Disbelief surrounds charge Babysitter charged
SYDNEY - The Cape Breton Regional Police Service has been cleared of any wrongdoing after a man died while in custody late last year. The Serious Incident Response Team says it will not lay charges against any officers after a 66-year-old man who was arrested on Dec. 9 later died. The unit says he died as a result of a blockage in his coronary arteries, and while a search of his SUV found no drugs, it says the arrest and other actions of the police were appropriate. (CTV)
WINNIPEG - The MB government is taking the first step to have an infamous motorcycle gang declared a criminal organization. Justice Minister Andrew Swan announced on Thursday that his department has submitted an application to have the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club added to a schedule of criminal groups. The group will have an opportunity to object to the classification in writing, and an independent, external review panel will review the material to determine if the group is a criminal organization. (CBC)
MORE: Province moves to blacklist bikers
CTV
VANCOUVER - In what many suspect is the latest attack by an as-yet unidentified column of anarchists, a group calling themselves the Anti-Gentrification Front have claimed responsibility for torching an under-construction family home in one of the city’s most diverse quarters. As with previous attacks that, so far, have targeted a mid-range pizzeria and a well-known Downtown Eastside eatery, the fire has left locals scratching their heads over the attackers’ seemingly arbitrary choice of targets. (National Post)
MORE: Mayor vows to track down anarchists
TORONTO - Paul Godfrey was ousted as chairman of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) on Thursday, prompting the board of the agency shepherding an overhaul of its operations to resign en masse. (National Post)
MORE: Departing appointed board members
HINTON - RCMP in Hinton have laid a charge in a case of alleged assisted suicide. Officers were called early on the morning of May 10, 2013 after a woman was found dead inside a car parked in front of the Hinton Healthcare Centre. A second woman was admitted to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. On Wednesday, the second woman was formally charged with aiding suicide contrary to Section 241(b) of the Criminal Code, and remanded into custody. The RCMP requested and were granted a publication ban on the identities of the two women. (CBC)
MORE: Aiding suicide charge
Malik Adjokatcher
OTTAWA - Police are investigating after 24-year-old Malik Adjokatcher was fatally shot outside of a home west of Britannia Park. Police said they were called to a house in the 100-block of Richie St just before midnight. He was known to police and was involved in gang activity. (CBC)
MORE: Gunned down Rap artist gunned down
CTV
EDMONTON - Justin Mark Samuels, 25, has been identified as the latest homicide victim in Edmonton. Samuels was fatally stabbed at the Hex Lounge on 107 St and 104 Ave early on Wednesday morning. (Edmonton Beacon)
MORE: Stabbing
PREVIOUS: Incident Suspicious death
Guay, Minuty, Tate & Antoine
MONTREAL - 4 men have been arrested in connection with the murder of Gaetan Gosselin, the right-hand man of organized crime figure Raynald Desjardins. Gosselin, 69, was shot in the upper body as he exited his car near his home on Jean-Tavernier St.in the Mercier neighbourhood on Jan. 22. On Wednesday, police confirmed the arrests of Edrick Antoine, 34, Olivier Guay, 30, Stanley Minuty, 29, and Kevin Tate, 29. (CTV)
MORE: Arrests 'Working for the Mafia' Suspects
PREVIOUS: 2 arrested after shooting Mafia style hit Victim's ties
Ashley Smith
TORONTO - A psychiatrist who prescribed medications for Ashley Smith while the teen was an inmate at Joliette prison in Quebec testified she was unaware the injections were being given without the 19-year-old’s consent. (Toronto Star)
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VANCOUVER - When the CFSEU contemplated using Garry Shank in a Cranbrook undercover investigation into a gangland murder for hire, officers were well aware of the challenges posed by the unsavory character. Lawyers for the 3 men later accused in the case argued in BC Supreme Court that police had violated their clients’ rights by employing someone as sketchy and violent as Shank. They asked for the court to “stay” or drop all the charges against Lonnie Adams, Lorne Carry and Colin Correia, who were all convicted on April 29 for their roles in a thwarted murder plot. BC Supreme Court Justice S. Dev Dley denied the stay of proceedings. (Vancouver Sun)
TORONTO - 15 family members have been arrested in a 3-year financial crime investigation headed by the RCMP. Police allege the family generated $3.6M in profits from “illicit activities,” which they laundered by buying 41 properties, as well as 3 coffee shop franchises, one commercial fishing vessel and other small businesses. The RCMP seized $2.7M, including more than a dozen properties, 6 vehicles, a fishing vessel and 32 bank accounts. Police also allege fraudulent documents were used to obtain more than $8.7M in mortgages for properties, some of which were used to grow marijuana. (Toronto Star)
VANCOUVER - 2 men convicted of attacking a Good Samaritan during the Stanley Riot in Vancouver will spend 7 and 8 months each behind bars. Robert Timleck and Nathan Blake were among a group of 15 who swarmed a man in the city's downtown core on the night of June 15, 2011. Robert Mackay was punched, kicked and pepper sprayed as he tried to stop looting at The Bay department store after the Vancouver Canucks lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final to the Boston Bruins. (CP)
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VANCOUVER - A Richmond acupuncturist is accused of bilking BC's Medical Services Plan of more than $2M after claiming to have seen up to 461 patients in a single day. An investigation by the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of BC found Dr. Mubai Qiu's clinic nearly empty during an inspection last July. (CBC)
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VANCOUVER - A body found this weekend in the Colony Farm park area of Coquitlam has been identified as a Maple Ridge man. IHIT him as Clifford Arthur Devitt, aged 44. (Maple Ridge Times)
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INDUS - RCMP are investigating the discovery of human remains east of Calgary. The land owner called police after he found the remains in a clump of bushes, while cleaning his property on Monday night. The discovery was made near Range Road 275 and Township 232. (Global)
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