August 1 News...

R-C-M-P in Manitoba have identified the man they arrested in a horrific bus stabbing -- and they have charged him with second-degree murder. 40-year-old Vince Weiguang Li of Edmonton is scheduled to appear at the Manitoba provincial court today. The unprovoked, random killing has left bus travelers shaken and companies thinking about security at terminals and on board.A 40-year-old man stabbed his seatmate and then decapitated him. Some travelers say they're concerned about a lack of security measures. Greyhound calls the event tragic but isolated.

A Saskatoon man cried uncontrollably during his court appearance yesterday. 24-year old Kenneth Janzen is charged with 3-counts of attempted murder, after running down a Mountie during a high-speed chase Wednesday. The officer was hit by a vehicle while laying a spike belt down on the QE2, south of Red Deer.

2 men are dead after a fire in a northwest calgary home. 5-other men managed to get out of the house safely. The arson unit has been called in to help with the investigation. The fire department was called around 11:30 last night, and arrived to find the home completely engulfed in flames. Investigators are also looking at whether there were any smoke detectors in the house.

The bad news is, auto insurance premiums will be going up 5% on November 1st. The good news is that the insurance industry wanted a 37% increase. The hike means drivers will pay another 30-bucks a year for auto insurance.

Officials say it might take longer than the initially-predicted five days to re-open the Sea-to-Sky Highway linking Vancouver and Whistler. Workers yesterday blasted 3-thousand cubic metres of rock from a cliff above the spot of Tuesday night's massive rock slide south of Squamish, B-C. Today, the rock cliff will be inspected to see if more blasting is needed.

And a survey reveals one in four women would bat their eyelashes and show a bit of cleavage in an attempt to get out of a ticket. Um, doesn't that seem low? Basically 2 of the other 3 women are lying!!