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Police close in on 300 km/h motorcyclist in video

Posted April 18, 2012 by Hayat Canada

Police on Vancouver Island say they have several good leads on the identity of a motorcycle rider who filmed himself weaving through traffic at extremely high speeds on a busy highway outside Victoria. In the video, the speedometer shows the motorbike rocketing past vehicles at speeds close to 300 km/h, passing along the centre line, [...]

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Marc Emery’s U.S. prosecutor urges pot legalization

Posted April 18, 2012 by Hayat Canada

The former U.S. district attorney who prosecuted B.C. marijuana activist Marc Emery in a cross-border sting is calling for the legalization and taxation of pot in Canada and the U.S. John McKay, a former U.S. attorney for the western district of Washington State, was joined by Emery’s wife Jodie and former B.C. Attorney General Geoff [...]

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Shooting reported in Richmond, B.C.

Posted April 18, 2012 by Hayat Canada

A man is dead after he was shot several times in Richmond, B.C. The shooting occured at Ferndale and Katsura, near Westminster Highway and Garden City Road at about 2:30 p.m. PT Wednesday afternoon. Witnesses said the attacker fled in a grey sedan. The body is still at the scene and has been covered up [...]

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Alberta couple rescued after 3 days in B.C. backcountry

Posted April 18, 2012 by Hayat Canada

A southern Alberta couple who had been missing for three days in B.C.’s Elk Valley area were found Tuesday evening after they managed to make a very broken radio transmission to RCMP. Jacob and Anja Oosterwijk from Fort Macleod — who are both in their 40s — left home for Fernie, B.C., on Saturday morning [...]

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Roommates shocked after Okotoks woman stabbed to death

Posted April 18, 2012 by Hayat Canada

RCMP forensics teams were on scene Wednesday to investigate the stabbing death of an Okotoks, Alta., woman. (CBC) Roommates of a woman stabbed to death in Okotoks, Alta., say they’re shocked. They had just moved in with the woman and her boyfriend this past week, and they only knew each other on a first-name basis. [...]

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