Five stories in the news for Friday, June 2

• Share on Facebook
• Share on Bluesky
• Share on X
• Copy Link

———

143 in March

Red Deer home sales increase in March

34m ago

fraud, id theft, and extortion

Red Deer-South MLA to lead new task force on cybercrime

59m ago

suspected cocaine

Calgary man arrested in Lacombe faces drug charge

1h ago

EX-NURSE FELT ‘URGE TO KILL’ SENIORS IN HER CARE

A sentencing hearing will be held later this month for a former Ontario nurse who’s admitted to killing eight seniors in her care. Elizabeth Wettlaufer pleaded guilty yesterday to eight counts of first-degree murder, along with four counts of attempted murder and two of aggravated assault. The crimes took place in three long-term care facilities and a private home over the course of nearly a decade. The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario is calling for a public inquiry.

———

FEDERAL OFFICIALS TRY TO PUT BRAKES ON SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY

The Trudeau government is being cautioned against setting up a publicly accessible database of high risk child sex offenders.  The former Conservative government brought in legislation that cleared the way for such a database. But officials in Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale’s department have raised a number of concerns including the risk of vigilante style attacks. An internal memo says government officials and the RCMP would review the plan.

———

GOVERNMENT UNDER PRESSURE OVER MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION

The governing Liberals are being asked to say what they’ll do about three UN drug treaties that pose a conundrum for plans to legalize cannabis by the summer of 2018. Conservative foreign affairs critic Peter Kent says Canada’s international reputation is at stake. He says the government should pull out of the agreements rather than violate them.

———

WOMAN DIED TRYING TO CROSS BORDER TO GET TO DAUGHTER

The president of the Ghanian Union of Manitoba says a 57-year-old woman who died south of the border at Emerson was trying to get to Toronto to visit her only child. Mavis Otuteye’s body was found near Noyes, Minn., last Friday, and an autopsy suggests the cause of death was hypothermia. Maggie Yeboah says she has spoken to Otuteye’s daughter, who just gave birth several weeks ago. Yeboah says Otuteye’s daughter “is in shock, she’s devastated,” and she’s “blaming herself.”

———

ALSO IN THE NEWS TODAY:

— Transport Minister Marc Garneau discusses trade relations and transportation infrastructure with Congressmen Keith James Rothfus and Mike Kelly in Pittsburgh.

— Statistics Canada releases international merchandise trade figures for April, along with labour productivity, hourly compensation and unit labour cost for the first quarter.

— Brig.-Gen. Daniel MacIsaac, Joint Task Force-Iraq, provides an update on the Global Coalition to dismantle and defeat Daesh.

— A preliminary hearing is held for Nelson Tony Lugela, charged with second-degree murder in the death of Calgary Stampeders player Mylan Hicks.

The Canadian Press