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Nova Scotia Man Attempts To Lure Child

By Scott MacRae (HALIFAX, NS) – A man faces charges after a search yesterday by the RCMP/HRP Integrated Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit. Police received a complaint that a man was trying to lure a child for sexual purposes through the internet. On Thursday, May 23rd, Integrated ICE officers, with the assistance of investigators from [...]

Thunder Bay Man Legs It From Police

(SUDBURY, ON) – Shortly after 11:00 pm on Wednesday May 22nd, officers stopped to speak to two suspicious persons concealing themselves in a doorway on Elm Street, at an address where they did not reside. When identified, it was learned that one of the males was wanted by Thunder Bay Police and had court ordered [...]

Young Offenders Engage In Crime Spree

By David Reid (BURNABY, BC) – Burnaby RCMP is putting the finishing touches on the paperwork regarding the arrest of two males who are believed responsible for a mini robbery spree in the Metrotown area of Burnaby on Saturday. Police were first alerted to the problem, at approximately 1:15 am, when a woman reported being [...]

Teen Charged With Attempted Murder

By Jen Allan (PORT ALBERNI, BC) – The Port Alberni RCMP investigation into the sexual assault of a 16 year-old female on Tuesday evening has resulted in several charges being laid against a 17 year-old male from Port Alberni. The male was arrested late Wednesday afternoon and he remains in police custody. Crown Counsel has [...]

Missing Students Found On Bruce Peninsula

(TOBERMORY, ON) – The Bruce Peninsula Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called on May 23, 2013 to locate 15 missing 16 to 17 year-old youths on the Bruce Peninsula. The youths, part of an Algonquin hiking experience through their school in Waterloo Region, became separated from the main group around 5:00 pm on the 23rd [...]

Disclosing Energy Use By City Buildings

By Sara Wysocki (SEATTLE, WA) – The City of Seattle is providing the public a closer look at the energy use of City-owned buildings in a new report, “Seattle Municipal Buildings 2011 – 2012 Energy Use Performance Report.” The report describes City efforts to evaluate the energy efficiency of 6.2 million square feet of City-owned [...]

WHO Warns Of African Polio Outbreak

(NAIROBI, KENYA) – The Horn of Africa is currently experiencing an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1). A four-month-old girl near Dadaab, Kenya, developed symptoms of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) on 30 April 2013. Two healthy contacts of the child tested positive for WPV1. They are the first laboratory confirmed cases in Kenya since [...]

Iran Takes Threatening Stance Against Bahrain

(AMMAN, JORDAN) – Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, Saad Hayel Srour, emphasised the strong and historical ties between Jordan and Bahrain, which also remain the priority of His Majesty King Abdullah II and King of Bahrain Hamad Bin Issa Al Khalifah. At a meeting with Bahraini Ambassador to Jordan Nasser Al Kaabi, Srour [...]

Response To Woolwich Killing

(LONDON, ENGLAND) – City of London Police are on patrol as normal in residential communities and across the Square Mile and officers are available to provide support to anyone who may have any concerns following yesterday’s killing in Woolwich. Community police are as usual in contact with residential communities, businesses and out on the streets [...]

Man Charged With Selling Elephant Tusks

(PENSACOLA, FL) – Charles Kokesh was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pensacola, Florida, for violating the Endangered Species Act and the Lacey Act by selling two African elephant tusks and for making false accounts of wildlife related to that sale, the Justice Department announced today. The three count indictment returned yesterday alleges that [...]

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