Flooding and power outages were reported across Toronto after a severe storm lashed the city on Wednesday afternoon. A severe thunderstorm watch, issued around 2 p.m. by Environment Canada, warned that conditions were favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms capable of producing strong wind gusts and heavy rain. A tornado...
Missing child Dylan Ehler’s parents have offered a $10,000 reward for his safe return. The three-year old Bible Hill, N.S. boy disappeared May 6 while outside his grandmother’s residence in Truro on May 6. It was believed he had wandered into the nearby, fast-moving Lepper Brook, which feeds into the...
A neurosurgeon accused of killing his physician wife has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in her death. Mohammed Shamji had been charged with first-degree murder in the 2016 death of Elana Fric-Shamji, the mother of his three children and wife of 12 years. He entered his guilty plea at a Toronto...
An unknown Hells Angels has been found partly responsible for a 2014 crash on the Lougheed Highway that left another motorcyclist injured. But a B.C. Supreme Court judge rejected a claim by Donald Christopher Gorst that a police officer who was following a group of Hells Angels on May 31,...
We humans like to think we’re the cream of the crop when it comes to animal life on Earth, but the truth is we’re all a bunch of mutts. Many of our ancient ancestors mingled with Neanderthals, and the telltale signs of that “mingling” are still present in our...
A 25-year-old man is facing charges after three people died when a car smashed into the side of a building on Calgary Trail early Friday morning. Edmonton police responded to a call of a crash north of 55 Avenue just after 2 a.m. when they found two women in their...
A school in Quebec’s Trois-Rivières has experienced a COVID-19 outbreak, where almost all of its students in one classroom contracted the virus. After two children at École Louis-de-France were diagnosed with the virus, health officials tested all children part of the class, identifying seven other cases. Since the reopening of...
A man has been arrested and charged after police found stolen luxury goods — such as Jimmy Choo shoes and high-end purses — in four storage lockers and a home. On Dec. 5, Richmond RCMP spotted and arrested a suspect in a burglary of a home on Cornwall Drive. Following...
Two cousins from Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation are dead after an oyster fishing boat capsized in waters off Bayfield, Antigonish County, on Monday. A woman who was on the boat when it flipped about 150 metres from shore was taken to hospital. The band’s official Facebook page identified the two men as...
One year after the body of Kendara Ballantyne was discovered, her family is still looking for answers. They hosted a memorial walk on Thursday marking a year since her remains were located in The Pas. The walk started from the University College of the North, where her body was found, and...