Canada

Diamond Industry Potential For Crime

Vicky Hunter - Aug 19, 2005 / 9:00 am | Story: 11592

Canada's newly emerging diamond industry is a potential source of criminal activity that could be attractive to both foreign and domestic organized crime groups, a federal agency warns. CTV News
Officials at a federal prison in New Brunswick say an incident involving inmates was not a riot. Sixty-two prisoners of the Atlantic Institution in Renous refused to return to their cells Thursday, demanding to know when fellow inmates would be released from a segregated area. They set small fires and covered barriers with blankets. CBC News
Canadian soldiers fired their first shots in self-defence on Thursday since arriving in the volatile southern Afghan province of Kandahar late last month. Troops were patrolling the streets during the country's Independence Day celebrations when a van tried to overtake their convoy from behind. CTV News
Supporters of medicare rushed to its defence Thursday, following a stunning move a day earlier by Canadian doctors to support a parallel, private health care system. Politicians and others denounced Wednesday's call by the Canadian Medical Association, which had strongly supported a public system until now. CTV News

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