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The public inquiry into the Robert Pickton investigation has entered a new phase. Family members of the serial killer's victims testified on Monday in Vancouver, B.C.

Victim Marnie Frey's mother Lynn claimed social status was the reason a proper investigation was never launched by Vancouver police or former mayor Philip Owen.

"If Marnie would've been a woman from UBC, SFU or Langara School, somebody in the community who was higher up, or not a low-life prostitute, Philip Owen would've definitely have looked for her," she said. "But because she was an addicted prostitute, he didn't give a damn. And that's the truth of the whole matter. They just didn't give a damn."

Frey said the police patronized...

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Lynn Frey on why she thinks authorities did not search hard enough for her daughter

Posted by Sarah D on October 25, 2011 in Article | 0 comments.

Ever notice how TV commercials are always louder than the show you're watching?

Well, Nina Grewal did.

The MP from British Columbia decided to do something about it. She introduced a private member's bill to ensure that the volume of commercials would be consistent with regular television programming. But her bill died when the federal election was called earlier this year.
Now, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission will take up her fight and introduce rules to make sure ads aren't louder than tv shows. The broadcast regulator promised to handle the...

Posted by Sarah D on September 14, 2011 in Article | 0 comments.

Diplomats discussing the fate of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi have yet to reach a decision.

The aim is to spare Libya further bloodshed by rigging an exit for the deposed leader.

A convoy of vehicles crossed into Niger from Libya late on Monday. They were said to be carrying gold, cash and senior members of the Gadhafi inner circle. But Western officials do not believe Gadhafi or his family were present on the convoy.

They also report the former leader is refusing the rebels’ offer of escape....

Posted by Sarah D on September 7, 2011 in Article | 0 comments.

A young Gatineau woman's body was laid to rest Wednesday afternoon. But the police say they sill have no suspects in the slaying. Eighteen-year-old Valerie Leblanc's body was found behind her school, Cégep de l'Outaouais, last week. Her body had been beaten and burned.

Gatineau police chief Mario Harel said that despite having no suspects, his officers are putting all their energy into the investigation.

But Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu told Radio-Canada that provincial police should have taken over from...

Posted by Sarah D on August 31, 2011 in Article | 0 comments.

Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs will get life in prison for sexually assaulting two underage followers. A Texas jury took less than half an hour to come to the decision. 

The prosecution says that Jeffs took two teenage members of his Church as brides. DNA evidence proved that he fathered a child with a fifteen-year old. 

He is the head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day saints, a radical branch of the Mormon religion. The group's ten thousand followers believe in polygamy and that Jeffs is God's spokesperson on Earth.

Jeffs defended himself...

Posted by Sarah D on August 10, 2011 in Article | 0 comments.