Sunday, December 21, 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

Body Of A Missing BC Truck Driver Found In Mill's Wood-Chip Container After 2 Days

Body Of A Missing BC Truck Driver Found In Mill's Wood-Chip Container After 2 Days
The BC Coroners Service says workers at the Catalyst Paper Mill couldn't find 66-year-old Perry Thomas about a half hour after he arrived on Tuesday.

Body Of A Missing BC Truck Driver Found In Mill's Wood-Chip Container After 2 Days

Surrey Mother Charged With Murder In 8-year-old Daughter's Death, Father 'Devastated'

Surrey Mother Charged With Murder In 8-year-old Daughter's Death, Father 'Devastated'
"Life will never be the same after losing my daughter to murder. Our family courts and thus we all failed #Teagan," he wrote in abbreviated social-media style.

Surrey Mother Charged With Murder In 8-year-old Daughter's Death, Father 'Devastated'

Indo-Canadian Man Charged In Murder Of Surrey's Tarsem 'Shane' Singh

Indo-Canadian Man Charged In Murder Of Surrey's Tarsem 'Shane' Singh
SURREY, B.C. — A 33-year-old Randeep Singh Match has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Tarsem Shane Dhaliwal whose body was found in a vehicle in Surrey, B.C.  

Indo-Canadian Man Charged In Murder Of Surrey's Tarsem 'Shane' Singh

Rain And Wind Hammer B.C. South Coast Prompting Swollen Rivers And A Mudslide

Rain And Wind Hammer B.C. South Coast Prompting Swollen Rivers And A Mudslide
QUALICUM BEACH, B.C. — Torrential rain and strong winds carried by a series of weather systems have hammered British Columbia's south coast and more is to come.

Rain And Wind Hammer B.C. South Coast Prompting Swollen Rivers And A Mudslide

Vancouver-area Mayors Propose 0.5 Per Cent Tax Hike To Pay For Transit Projects

Vancouver-area Mayors Propose 0.5 Per Cent Tax Hike To Pay For Transit Projects
Metro Vancouver residents will soon know if there will be a regional referendum asking them to approve tax increases for new and improved transit projects.

Vancouver-area Mayors Propose 0.5 Per Cent Tax Hike To Pay For Transit Projects

B.C. Christian Law School Loses The Support Of The Provincial Government

B.C. Christian Law School Loses The Support Of The Provincial Government
The decision by Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk follows an October vote by the B.C. Law Society not to recognize graduates of Trinity Western University.

B.C. Christian Law School Loses The Support Of The Provincial Government