A confidential informant injured in a jailhouse attack by inmates after his identity was revealed by police has launched a multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit against Peel Regional Police. The lawsuit was filed after a criminal court judge determined that the informant’s Charter rights had been breached and charges against the informant …

There’s new life on the horizon for the historic Eau Claire and Bow River Lumber Co. building. It was moved from its original downtown location along Barclay Parade S.W. in October 2021 to make way for flood mitigation work in the area and has been sitting in a temporary location at a parking lot …

As the first person in her family to attend university, Zahra Fazal says she sometimes didn’t know where to turn to for information other than Google. After arriving at the University of British Columbia from her native Tanzania, she attended an orientation session that was filled with terms common on university campuses. She …

Former Canadian ambassador to China Guy Saint-Jacques says the UN human rights chief’s report on China’s treatment of Muslim minority Uyghurs is “important and damning.” News Source link

Photos by Carly Thomas After Russia invaded Ukraine in February, a group in Ontario’s Northumberland County helped 31 families who fled the war settle in the area, about 120 kilometres east of Toronto. Now, some of the children who came to the county are about to start a new school year in a new …

When the owners of the Mount Baldy ski hill in Thunder Bay, Ont., posted an unusual help wanted ad for a summer goat herder, the resumes poured in from across Canada and as far away as Australia. As they sifted through applicants, Daniel Kardas, a former member of Canada’s ski-jumping team, and …

An Etobicoke father of two says he’s “lucky to be alive” after a road rage incident that left him severely injured.  “It was by far the scariest moment of my life,” 39-year-old Justin Smith told CBC Toronto. “I’m lucky I’m not dead.”  Toronto police say it happened around 5 p.m. last Friday at …

A bounty program touted as a remedy to Alberta’s wild boar problem has resulted in zero kills in the five months since the province declared open season on the invasive swine.  Since April 1, the province has offered Albertans rewards for proof of boar kills through two pilot programs — …

August 2022 was one of the hottest on record in Vancouver, according to meteorologists. Environment Canada meteorologist Ken Dosanjh says it was about 18.3 C on average in Vancouver last month — and temperatures in August usually sit at about 17.2 C. Vancouver’s hottest month on record remains July 1958, when temperatures averaged …

Environment and Climate Change Canada is responding to online reports it says are falsely accusing the ministry of recruiting officers to police climate change. “We are aware of some misleading reports on social media suggesting that we are creating a new enforcement function,” the ministry wrote in a series of tweets on Thursday. “This is …