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3 hrs ago | Canada.com

The best response: Do nothing

Notwithstanding one weird and horrifying murder aboard a prairie Greyhound bus last week, this editorial board refuses to be part of the great chain of hysteria that links hyperventilating news consumers, ...

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Mon Aug 04, 2008

National Post

Bus beheading suspect returns to court Tuesday

Vince Li, the Edmonton man accused of fatally stabbing and beheading a young man aboard a Greyhound bus last week, is scheduled to make a second court appearance Tuesday.

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NowPublic

UPDATE Aug 02-08: Man stabbed, beheaded on Manitoba bus.

Liberal Think Tanks say Crime in Canada is down. Perhaps they may want to rethink that stance, as events on buses are becoming shockingly frequent.

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Slam Sports

29-year-old swarmed and killed

Yes No Unsure Police are investigating a homicide in Gimli following the death of a 29-year-old man yesterday morning.

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Lethbridge Herald

Accused killer a 'quiet' man

Long before he was accused of the gruesome beheading of a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba, Vince Weiguang Li was a quiet and hard-working custodian at Grant Memorial Church.

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Winnipeg Sun

Strong winds hit Portage

A severe wind storm battered Portage la Prairie early yesterday morning, uprooting trees and leaving many parts of the city without electricity as city emergency crews worked frantically responding to calls.

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Sun Aug 03, 2008

NowPublic

Greyhound Bus Killer Vince Li is a ' Paranoid Schizophrenic'

It has been revealed today that Greyhound Bus Killer Vince Li, "is a Paranoid Schizophrenic", say his friends.

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NC Mental Hope News

Friend describes accused killer as - quiet, reserved' - Canwest News Service

Sunday, August 03, 2008 Friend describes accused killer as 'quiet, reserved' - Canwest News Service A family friend who works in the mental-health field said it was obvious Li was struggling.

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Edmonton Journal

A random, senseless act

It's the randomness of Tim McLean's horrific murder on the Greyhound outside Portage la Prairie Wednesday that unsettles us.

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Winnipeg Sun

Brandon police car in crash on way to hit-and-run

A Brandon police car crashed into another vehicle in the western Manitoba city on Friday afternoon.

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Sat Aug 02, 2008

Winnipeg Sun

Woman drowns near Gimli

A Winnipeg woman died Saturday in what police are treating as a suspected drowning.

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Ottawa Sun

Beheading horrifies friends

Longtime friends of a 22-year-old man murdered on a Winnipeg-bound bus say his family is outraged it learned of his gruesome death from a reporter who went to their home, not the RCMP.

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The Georgia Straight

Manitoba highways, part two: is anybody listening?

A strange hush has descended over the question of safety on Manitoba's highways following the deaths during Canada Day weekend of two cyclists .

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Fri Aug 01, 2008

Movie City Indie

Tales of the Gimli Film Festival with Guy Maddin

Reports Roger Newman of Gimli, Manitoba's Interlake Spectator, Guy Maddin was, as expected, amusing at an appearance at the Gimli Film Festival.

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Portage la Prairie Daily Graphic

Transport Canada responds to Greyhound decapitation

Transport Canada, in light of Wednesday night's tragic stabbing and beheading of a Greyhound bus passenger west of Portage la Prairie, said it was working with transit leaders across the country to ensure the ...

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Times-Transcript

Are buses safe enough?

A bloody killing aboard a Greyhound bus in Manitoba that left one person beheaded had bus passengers elsewhere in the country shaken and concerned about a lack of bus security, although experts say there's ...

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CANOE

Victim of beheading on Greyhound bus in Manitoba...

A long, hot haul working a booth at an Alberta fair behind him, the young carny boarded a Greyhound bus in Edmonton and settled into a back seat for the ride home to Winnipeg.

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Thu Jul 31, 2008

Canoe

Brutal bus stabbing in Manitoba grabs attention of media outlets worldwide

The slaughter of a man by a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus heading to Winnipeg was extensively covered by worldwide media Thursday.

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CANOE

Violent incidents that have occurred on Greyhound buses...

Here is a list of some violent attacks that have occurred on Greyhound passenger buses in Canada during the past eight years: -July 30, 2008.

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Canoe

After video, music and text, what's the next step for smartphones?

Smartphones are offering an ever-growing array of features, everything from MP3 players to video cameras to full-functioning web browsing.

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