ork regional police say they’ve dismantled a stolen vehicle trafficking ring, charging four people. Police allege the group was re-vinning the stolen vehicles before selling them. Re-vinning involves altering the vehicle identification number (VIN) before re-sale. The probe, which started in November 2022, focused on a vehicle shop that police believed...
Halifax Regional Police have arrested a man accused of being involved in a “bail bondsman” scam targeting seniors that lost victims thousands of dollars. In a release Wednesday, HRP said they, as well as the Halifax District RCMP, received a number of reports in relation to frauds between Nov. 29...
Two young people have been arrested after a youth suffered minor knife injuries at Forest Heights Collegiate Institute. The Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) says officers were called to the school around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, but the fight occurred earlier in the day. Investigators say several youths went to the high...
Ontario Provincial Police say two people aboard a Cessna 150 were taken to hospital, one with critical injuries, after their small plane crashed on the centre median of Highway 401 west of the Quebec border Monday night. The craft caught power lines as it was attempting an emergency landing, the...
A 73-year-old woman from Caraquet, N.B., is dead and three others have serious injuries after a two-vehicle collision in Pokemouche, N.B. The RCMP responded to the crash around 8:30 p.m. Saturday on Route 11. Investigators believe it happened when the driver of a car travelling south crossed the centre line and...
A 61-year-old driver operating a school bus has been charged with impaired driving after being pulled over in Aurora, York Regional Police officers say. In a statement released Thursday morning, investigators said the driver was pulled over as part of a RIDE spot check on Leslie Street near Wellington Street...
York Regional Police say they’ve charged three men after an attempted break-and-enter, with the announcement coming one day after the service warned of an “upward trend” in break-ins throughout the region. Police said that on Monday at around 3:30 a.m., officers responded to a call for a break-in at a...
Two men were taken into custody after trying to evade North Okanagan RCMP at risky, high speeds late last week. Police responded to a call about a suspicious vehicle driving around properties on Sleep Hollow Road in Spallumcheen north of Vernon around 12:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 25, according to...
Toronto police say they’ve arrested a 61-year-old man in unsolved cold-case murders of two women who were found dead in the city decades ago. Chief James Ramer and Homicide Det. Steve Smith provided the update in the cases of Erin Gilmour and Susan Tice on Monday morning. The two victims...
The man accused of faking a medical distress at the side of the road before kidnapping a mother and her young daughter west of Winnipeg has been arrested, police say. Portage la Prairie RCMP say the suspect, Michael Stephen Klimchuk, was arrested by Winnipeg police early Sunday morning. Klimchuk is in...