Five stories in the news today, Jan. 16
Five stories in the news for Monday, Jan. 16
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TRIAL BEGINS TODAY FOR MAN CHARGED IN DEATHS OF THREE PEOPLE:
A man facing first degree murder charges in the disappearance of an Alberta couple and their grandson goes on trial today. Douglas Garland, 56, was arrested after Alvin and Kathy Liknes and five-year-old Nathan O’Brien vanished from the couple’s Calgary home in June 2014. Their bodies have not been found. Police have said there was evidence of a violent encounter in the Liknes home.