Search Continues For Slain Girls Remains
Officials on a northern Manitoba reserve say the search is still on for more remains of an 11-year-old girl who was slain earlier this month.
A funeral was held yesterday for Teresa Robinson on the Garden Hill First Nation, 500 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.
At first officials on the reserve thought she had been the victim of a bear attack, but RCMP later determined her death was a homicide.
The initial discovery of partial remains took place almost three weeks ago and since then hundreds have rallied to help her family find as much of her remains as possible.
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Red River Found To Have Zebra Mussels
Zebra mussels have been found in the Manitoba section of the Red River for the first time this year.
The invasive species was recently discovered on the underside of a dock near Selkirk Park.
Zebra mussels are already present in much larger quantities upstream in the south basin of Lake Winnipeg.
Conservation and Water Stewardship minister Tom Nevakshonoff says the province is now focusing on preventing the mussels from entering other waterways.
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The Government of Canada says tax deferrals have been authorized in the four western provinces for 2014 due to the impact of drought or excessive moisture conditions on forage production.
The tax deferral allows eligible producers to defer income tax on the sale of their breeding livestock for one year in order to help replenish that stock in the following year.
Proceeds from deferred sales are then included as part of the producer's income in the next tax year, when those proceeds may be at least partially offset by the cost of replacing their breeding animals.
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Canadians And Americans Participate In Arctic Exercises
Canadian and American fighter jets are flying over the Arctic to practice intercepting foreign aircraft.
The exercises come as Russian military aircraft approach the edges of North American airspace -- something that was relatively common during the Cold War.
Officials say Russia is doing it to show it remains a global power.
The Canadian-American exercise involves 15 aircraft flying out of bases in Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and Alaska.
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Major League Baseball Coming Back To Montreal?
``Extremely positive'' is how Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre described his meeting in New York with the commissioner of Major League Baseball.
Coderre says Rob Manfred is open to the idea of Montreal hosting three or four regular season games next year.
It's part of Coderre's bid to have a major league franchise back in his city through either expansion or the relocation of an existing team.
The Expos were in Montreal for 35 years until 2004, when they moved to Washington and became the Nationals.
