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After a spate of deaths and illnesses stemming from a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, health officials now suspect human-to-human transmission may have played a role in the spread of this potentially deadly infection. Investigators have identified the Andes strain of hantavirus in two people who were onboard the …
Read More »Protesters clash with police in Australia after suspected killer of Indigenous girl arrested
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Hundreds of protesters clashed with Australian emergency services workers in a remote town following the arrest …
Read More »Investigators link serial killer Ted Bundy to 1974 Utah murder
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Utah officials announced on Wednesday that they were closing a five-decade-old case after finding “definitive proof” …
Read More »‘Very unique’: Pod of killer whales seen rubbing bellies on rocks off B.C.’s Sunshine Coast
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A pod of orcas surprised people on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast by swimming close to shore and …
Read More »Complex investigation ruled out potentially undiscovered victims of Winnipeg serial killer, police say
WARNING | This story contains details of violence against Indigenous women. Police say they do not believe there are any more undiscovered victims of a Winnipeg serial killer, after investigators spent months combing through thousands of hours of surveillance footage, a spiderweb of his contacts, and conducting a review of …
Read More »Name of serial killer victim Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe to be released by police today
WARNING | This story contains details of violence against Indigenous women. Winnipeg police say they will confirm the identity of the unidentified victim of a serial killer at a news conference Wednesday afternoon. The news conference will be livestreamed here at 1 p.m. The woman was given the name Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, …
Read More »‘I was a drunken young man’: Cold case killer admits to fatally stabbing teen girl 49 years ago
A 49-year-old cold case homicide was put to rest inside a Calgary courtroom on Monday with both the killer and his teenage victim’s daughter — who was just seven months old at the time of her mother’s death — speaking publicly for the first time since murder charges were announced. …
Read More »Sentencing hearing for Winnipeg serial killer to hear from women’s families – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Families and supporters of four Indigenous women who died at the hands of a serial killer are expected to address the man for the first time Wednesday in a Winnipeg courtroom. A judge convicted Jeremy Skibicki last month of first-degree murder in …
Read More »‘Buckets of tears’: The four women who died at the hands of a Winnipeg serial killer – Winnipeg
Jeremy Skibicki admitted to police that he killed four women in Winnipeg in 2022. Court heard he targeted them at homeless shelters. A judge was set to rule Thursday whether Skibicki is guilty of first-degree murder or not criminally responsible due to a mental illness. Here is a look at the victims: …
Read More »Wife killer Greg Fertuck to be sentenced in Saskatoon court Thursday afternoon – Saskatoon
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A nearly three-year-long Saskatoon court case will finally come to a close Thursday afternoon when Greg Fertuck is sentenced for killing his wife. Sheree Fertuck went missing near Kenaston, Sask., on Dec. 7, 2015. Her body has never been found. 1:23 Greg …
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