WORLD NEWS – An unidentified 29-year-old airline employee died after stealing an empty plane from Seattle’s airport and crashing it into a nearby island, in what an NTSB official called “very unusual.” David Doyle, of Reuters News, says the incident created a security scare that saw U.S. fighter jets scrambled. Conway G. Gittens has more…
3 Boys Aged 7, 11, & 12, Arrested for Causing $150,000 in Damage
RED DEER, Alta. — RCMP in central Alberta took three boys under the age of 12 into custody after four homes were vandalized with steel pipes. Mounties say the damage to the modular homes at a Red Deer business Thursday included smashed windows, cabinets, appliances, walls and light fixtures worth more than $150,000. The suspects…
Four Counts of First Degree Murder for Fredericton Man
FREDERICTON — A 48−year−old man has been charged with four counts of first−degree murder in a shooting that left two police officers and two civilians dead in New Brunswick’s capital on Friday morning. Matthew Vincent Raymond of Fredericton is accused of killing 32−year−old Bobbie Lee Wright, her boyfriend Donnie Robichaud, Const. Robb Costello and Const.…
Fredericton Shooting Victims Identified, One person in Hospital
FREDERICTON — Officials say one person is being treated in hospital following a shooting that left two civilians and two police officers dead in a residential Fredericton neighbourhood on Friday. Horizon Health initially said that doctors were “treating multiple victims” of the shooting but this morning clarified that only one person was being treated, whereas…
What Was Seen & Heard at Fredericton Shooting
Residents of a tranquil Fredericton neighbourhood watched and waited for nearly three anxious hours early Friday as authorities tracked down a suspect who allegedly opened fire and killed four people, two of them police officers. For some, the terror began from the moment they opened their eyes. For others, it didn’t sink in until they…
NEWS ALERT – Two Police Officers Among the Four Dead in New Brunswick Shooting
Fredericton police say two officers were among four people who died in a shooting today in a residential area of the city’s north side. Police said on Twitter that no names are being released at this time. Earlier, police confirmed the shooting “resulted in at least four people killed.” More than an hour later, the…
Interrogation Video Released of Parkland Florida Gunman
WORLD NEWS – Prosecutors release a video showing a detective grilling Nikolas Cruz just hours after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Florida. Cruz talked about voices in his head telling him to “burn, kill, destroy.” Eve Johnson has more information in this Reuters News video report.
Saskatchewan Lovers That Plotted to Kill Spouses – Get a New Trial
REGINA — Saskatchewan’s top court has ordered a new trial for a man and woman convicted of conspiracy to murder their spouses. Three Court of Appeal judges unanimously agreed that a trial judge erred in his charge to the jury that convicted Curtis Vey and Angela Nicholson in 2016. The jury heard that Vey, who…
6 People Killed in Fiery Collision Near Jasper
JASPER, Alta. — Six people have died, including two tourists from the United States, following a highway crash in Alberta’s scenic Jasper National Park. The collision happened about 5 p.m. Tuesday on the Icefields Parkway near the Honeymoon Lake campground, about 60 kilometres south of the Jasper townsite. A van carrying five members of a…
Man Being Deported Dies After Altercation With Border Officers on a Plan in Calgary
CALGARY — The Canada Border Services Agency says a man who was to be deported from Canada has died following an altercation with its officers on a plane. Regional director Nina Patel says in a statement that the foreign national was on a Tuesday flight departing from Calgary. She says an altercation took place between…