'Very relieved': Crown stays tax evasion charges against former Calgary MP Rob Anders

The Crown stayed all charges of tax evasion Monday against a former member of Parliament from Alberta. A trial for Rob Anders, 50, was scheduled to begin in Calgary on five charges, some of which dated back to his time in politics. But before it did, Crown counsel Tyler Lord informed Judge Heather Lamoureux that he was entering a stay of proceedings. "Last week, new information came to my attention, the consideration of which led me to believe that I no longer had a reasonable prospect of gettin