Tuesday, December 23, 2025
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

Indian-origin man accused of hiding unclaimed Canadian $50 million

Indian-origin man accused of hiding unclaimed Canadian $50 million
In a notice of civil claim filed in the British Columbia Supreme Court, Gayleen Elliott of Burnaby, British Columbia, is suing Dalbir Sidhu for breach of contract and fraud...

Indian-origin man accused of hiding unclaimed Canadian $50 million

Discussion on the Energy East pipeline proposal 'good news': premier

Discussion on the Energy East pipeline proposal 'good news': premier
REGINA — Saskatchewan's premier says the latest interprovincial discussion on the Energy East pipeline proposal is "very good news" for the $12-billion project.

Discussion on the Energy East pipeline proposal 'good news': premier

Quebec government passes controversial pension legislation

Quebec government passes controversial pension legislation
QUEBEC — The Quebec legislature has passed a controversial pension bill that has triggered massive protests from municipal workers.

Quebec government passes controversial pension legislation

Brothers jailed for 'relentless attack' in online cyberbullying of 14-year-old

Brothers jailed for 'relentless attack' in online cyberbullying of 14-year-old
DAUPHIN, Man. — Two Manitoba brothers have been sentenced to 16 months in jail for tormenting and sexually exploiting a 14-year-old girl online.

Brothers jailed for 'relentless attack' in online cyberbullying of 14-year-old

More details expected on avian flu outbreak in B.C.'s Fraser Valley

More details expected on avian flu outbreak in B.C.'s Fraser Valley
VANCOUVER — Officials with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are expected to release more details on an avian flu virus that has forced the quarantine of four poulty farms in British Columbia's Fraser Valley.

More details expected on avian flu outbreak in B.C.'s Fraser Valley

RCMP charge Montreal boy, 15, with terror-related charges

RCMP charge Montreal boy, 15, with terror-related charges
The RCMP alleges the teenager had committed a robbery at the direction of and for the benefit of an unspecified terrorist organization.

RCMP charge Montreal boy, 15, with terror-related charges