Close X
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
ADVT 
National

Program has led to 51 criminals on wanted list being removed from Canada: Blaney

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 05 Jan, 2015 11:37 AM
  • Program has led to 51 criminals on wanted list being removed from Canada: Blaney

MONTREAL — Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney says 51 criminals on the Canada Border Services Agency's wanted list have been intercepted since the program was set up in 2011.

Blaney says more than 30 of them were identified in the last 12 months.

He told a news conference in Montreal this morning that the agency's program has helped locate 59 individuals in Canada, with 51 being removed.

Blaney also said more than 150 convicted U.S. sex offenders have been denied entry to Canada in the last three years.

MORE National ARTICLES

B.C. Poultry Infected With Avian Flu Virus Never Before Seen In North America

B.C. Poultry Infected With Avian Flu Virus Never Before Seen In North America
VANCOUVER — Scientists say an avian flu virus that has resulted in the destruction of nearly 250,000 birds in British Columbia is affecting poultry in North America for the first time.

B.C. Poultry Infected With Avian Flu Virus Never Before Seen In North America

Saskatchewan senator apologizes for 'white man' comment directed at MP

Saskatchewan senator apologizes for 'white man' comment directed at MP
LA RONGE, Sask. — Senator Lillian Dyck is apologizing for suggesting an aboriginal Conservative MP from northern Saskatchewan was behaving like a "white man" during a debate in the Senate earlier this month.

Saskatchewan senator apologizes for 'white man' comment directed at MP

No bail hearing for Winnipeg woman accused of hiding dead babies in storage unit

No bail hearing for Winnipeg woman accused of hiding dead babies in storage unit
WINNIPEG — A woman accused of hiding the remains of six infants in a Winnipeg storage locker could spend the holidays behind bars after her bail hearing was delayed yet again.

No bail hearing for Winnipeg woman accused of hiding dead babies in storage unit

Lower gas prices help slow inflation rate to 2.0 per cent: Statistics Canada

Lower gas prices help slow inflation rate to 2.0 per cent: Statistics Canada
OTTAWA — A big drop in pump prices helped slow Canada's annual inflation rate last month to 2.0 per cent as it offset rising costs of other goods, says Statistics Canada.

Lower gas prices help slow inflation rate to 2.0 per cent: Statistics Canada

In Cuba, prisoner swap overshadows historic restoration of relations with U.S.

In Cuba, prisoner swap overshadows historic restoration of relations with U.S.
Amazingly, the restoration of diplomatic relations with the United States and the sea of potential consequences that opens up appeared not to be the biggest news story in Cuba.

In Cuba, prisoner swap overshadows historic restoration of relations with U.S.

Alberta's political earthquake has Tories, NDP considering federal fallout

Alberta's political earthquake has Tories, NDP considering federal fallout
OTTAWA — Federal Conservatives say they're gobsmacked over the political tectonic shifts in Alberta this week, but they don't have to reach too far into their own history to see parallels with the political pragmatism that's at play.

Alberta's political earthquake has Tories, NDP considering federal fallout