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Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 26-year-old man from Brampton has been charged in connection with a firearm investigation, police say. Peel Regional Police aid on Thursday at around 2:38 a.m., officers received a report of a medical incident in the Dixie Road and Clark Boulevard area. …
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Winnipeg man found dead near vehicle stuck on rural roadway: RCMP – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Mounties say a Winnipeg man found dead near his vehicle on a rural Manitoba highway likely died from exposure. Morris RCMP were called after a man’s body was found near a vehicle, which was stuck in the snow, on Provincial Road 246, …
Read More »‘Perpetual noise’: Kelowna, B.C. resident frustrated with pickleball court – Okanagan
It’s one of the fastest-growing sports in the country and a growing pain for residents in a Kelowna, B.C. neighbourhood. Shane Jamieson bought her house in 2021, unaware of the pickleball court in her neighbour’s yard. But for over a year, she says she has been dealing with a constant …
Read More »Merrilee Fullerton resigns as cabinet minister and MPP in Ford government
Ontario Premier Doug Ford was handed a shock resignation on Friday as Social Services Minister Merrilee Fullerton announced she was quitting politics and immediately stepping down as cabinet minister and Progressive Conservative MPP. Fullerton announced on Twitter that she “spoke with the premier and tendered her resignation” on Friday afternoon …
Read More »‘People don’t look’: Motorists breaking rules on Toronto King Street transit corridor – Toronto
The signs may be clear as day, but dozens of motorists are not steering clear of a portion of King Street dedicated to transit riders, cyclists and pedestrians. Launched initially as a pilot project in 2017, the King Street Transit Priority Corridor is now a permanent fixture downtown, blocking through traffic …
Read More »‘A bleak outlook’: Impacts of climate change on full display in Canada’s north – Winnipeg
It’s a magical place situated in Canada’s north: Churchill, Man., was recently named one of the World’s Great Places by Time magazine. But Churchill is on thin ice, as is humanity, according to a report released by the UN earlier this week that says time is running out to prevent …
Read More »Kitsilano resident questions if bias involved in recent removal of homeless camp – BC
Days after East Vancouver residents questioned why tents in a west side park were addressed so quickly, a Kitsilano resident is raising similar concerns about whether an income-related bias exists in terms of how encampments in public parks are dealt with. Growing up on the west side, Alex Trottier said …
Read More »Toronto resident says Canada Post carrier forged signature on delivery
When Jeff Green arrived home a couple of nights ago to find a legal document addressed to his mother in his mailbox, alarm bells went off. “I thought, well that’s strange,” said the North York, Ont. resident. “Why would there be a letter there, especially registered, given there’s no one …
Read More »New Durham Regional Police Chief Peter Moreira sworn in
It was an event full of fanfare, starting with the new Durham Region’s new chief of police being bagpiped into a full house of his new peers, dignitaries and police officers from across the Greater Toronto Area. Nearly 300 people people came to witness the swearing in of the ninth …
Read More »Survivor shocked, saddened by Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program staffing challenges – Winnipeg
A sexual assault survivor who got care at Health Sciences Centre’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program is shocked and saddened to see its staffing challenges unfold. Seven casual nurses with the program quit this week after working through long-standing shortages that forced some patients to return later for examination …
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