Canada News

Calgary limped out of a bloody week of violence - capped by a deadly weekend crime spree - that left many residents on edge over safety in the city.
Pre-dawn Sunday, police found the partially clothed body of a woman in Ramsay, dead of a violent assault. Calgary Herald

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Faint bloodstains and police markings still pinpoint the place where a 19-year-old man was gunned down in broad daylight Saturday afternoon in the stairwell of an east-end Toronto apartment building.
Toronto Star

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It appears someone likely rigged and deliberately placed landmines in a country creek outside of London, experts and authorities say.
London Free Press

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The tip line set up by Quebec provincial police investigating the disappearance of nine-year-old Cedrika Provencher of Trois Rivieres is being flooded by calls from well-meaning individuals who want to share their thoughts and despair, and even by some lonely people who are just seeking to chat with someone. Montreal Gazette

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Hamilton police were yesterday investigating the weekend drowning death of a 3-year-old tot, but said foul play wasn't likely involved in the tragedy.
The child's name wasn't released yesterday at the request of the family, but police said in a news release that the youngster was found lifeless in the family pool at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Toronto Sun

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A canoe trip in northern Alberta has ended tragically with the death of a man from B.C.
RCMP said a group of people from Victoria travelled to Jasper yesterday to begin a canoe trip on the Athabasca River. Calgary Sun

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Halifax police arrested four people and charged at least one of them after a five-month-old kitten was beaten to death with a golf club over the weekend. Several people, including a group of children, witnessed the incident on Sunday in the Spryfield area of Halifax on Cobalt Walk, media reports said. CBC Nova Scotia