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Two Ontario women were arrested on terrorism allegations on Thursday after returning to Canada from camps in Syria for captured ISIS suspects. Dure Ahmed and Ammara Amjad were arrested on terrorism peace bonds upon arriving at Montreal airport, the RCMP said in a statement. They were then flown to Ontario …
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Several Hondas, Toyotas recovered after Mississauga auto theft investigation – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Peel Regional Police say two men are facing charges after several vehicles were recovered Wedenesday during an auto theft investigation in Mississauga, Ont. Police said on April 5, officers investigated an industrial unit in the Meyerside Drive and Dixie Road area in …
Read More »Trio charged after man shot in northern Manitoba First Nation – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Three men have been charged in connection with a shooting in Wasagamack First Nation. Police were called about a shooting in the remote community, roughly 470 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, around 12:35 p.m. Monday. Read more: Island Lake RCMP investigating homicide on …
Read More »N.S. mass shooting: how gun smuggling happened, and the inquiry’s call for reforms
A decade before a Nova Scotia man used smuggled guns to murder 22 people in the province in 2020, police information systems had labelled him as a firearms risk. Yet those records never found their way to the Canada Border Services Agency, and they didn’t prevent the mass shooter from …
Read More »Ontario nurses eye B.C.’s plan to cap nurse-to-patient ratio, ease workload
Nurses in Ontario and British Columbia say the western province’s plan to set minimum nurse-to-patient ratios could help burnt-out nurses elsewhere in Canada by encouraging more provinces to adopt similar measures expected to reduce workloads and increase patient safety. Angela Preocanin, who was among dozens of rain-soaked nurses who gathered …
Read More »Woman arrested for impaired driving after stolen vehicle crashes into Mississauga pole – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Peel Regional Police say a woman has been arrested for impairing driving after crashing a stolen vehicle into a pole in Mississauga, Ont., early Friday. Police said the crash happened at Dundas Street and Glen Erin Drive at around 6 a.m. A …
Read More »Police say no foul play in death of woman whose body was found at Winnipeg landfill – Winnipeg
Winnipeg police say foul play is not suspected in the death of a First Nations woman whose body was found in a city landfill earlier this week. The remains of Linda Mary Beardy, 33, were found Monday afternoon by staff at the Brady landfill in south Winnipeg. Read more: Body …
Read More »‘You get hope’: Green Shirt Day designer talks about her own organ transplant journey
Green Shirt Day is about building awareness around organ donor registration, and is in honour of the Logan Boulet Effect. Global News sat down with Brandy Hehn, a multimedia designer who designed the new Green Shirt Day design, but who also has a much closer connection to the day. The …
Read More »Ontario derecho, tornado recovery funding not enough, municipalities say
Funding meant to help Ontario communities recover from extreme wind damage won’t be enough to make property and business owners whole or eliminate risks to vital infrastructure, some municipalities say. Natural Resources and Forestry Minister Graydon Smith announced last month that the province would provide $5.5 million to 22 small …
Read More »Hundreds of thousands still without power in Quebec, Ontario after ice storm
In Quebec and Ontario, hundreds of thousands of households remained in the dark Friday morning after Wednesday’s powerful spring ice storm downed trees and brought down power lines, leaving one man dead. Hydro-Québec said it has restored electricity for one-third of affected clients across the province, but the regions of …
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