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Kerri Einarson opened her bid for a record fifth straight Canadian women’s curling championship with a victory, but minus lead Briane Harris whose absence went unexplained. Neither the skip nor Curling Canada provided an explanation Friday on why Harris was abruptly deemed “ineligible” to compete at the Scotties Tournament of …
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RCMP lay more charges in alleged Ottawa teen terror plot, charging ‘co-conspirator’
The RCMP announced Friday they are laying two additional charges against a young person the force arrested in late December on terror-related charges for allegedly plotting an attack on the Jewish community. They have also charged a second young person as an alleged co-conspirator, the force said in a statement. …
Read More »Hope grows for Stouffville garden amid cenotaph, armoured tank relocation plan
The sunlight that pierced through the clouds in Stouffville shone on the snow-covered plants at Memorial Park. At the corner of Park Dr. and Booth Dr., large stones encircle a collection of greenery: liatris, black-eyed susans, coreopsis, and tulips, to name a few. The “ecosystem” was built by volunteers with …
Read More »Community members hold vigil to remember Manitoba family killed – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size More than 100 community members gathered Friday night in Carman to pay their respects to five people who were killed last weekend. Last Sunday, 30-year-old Amanda Clearwater, her three children, six-year-old Bethany, four-year-old Jayven and two-and-a-half month old Isabella, and her 17-year-old …
Read More »Respiratory transmission in the community continues to fluctuate: report
Descrease article font size Increase article font size From Jan. 28 to Feb. 10, 2024, the CRISP report shows the number of positive tests for the virus that causes COVID-19 increased marginally this week. “Test positivity for the most recent surveillance week was 9.0 per cent, an increase from 7.8 …
Read More »Government, opposition look to reset narrative as Ontario legislature returns
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to reopen the provincial legislature on Tuesday with hopes of putting the bruising Greenbelt scandal behind him and focusing on the next provincial election – looking to define which political party is focused on making life more affordable. Ford’s Progressive Conservatives are set to …
Read More »Six youths arrested following stabbing in Square One Mall in Mississauga – Toronto
Six youths were taken into custody, and one person was sent to a Mississauga-area hospital after a stabbing in Square One Mall Friday evening. According to emergency responders, reports of a possible stabbing came in around 5 p.m. Peel police say six people under the age of 18 were allegedly …
Read More »Winnipeg police respond to serious overrnight collision
Police did not say if anyone was injured but did confirm it was a single-vehicle crash and it was serious. News Source link
Read More »OPP Traffic Unit investigating fatal snowmobile crash in Georgian Bay, Ont. – Barrie
A 52-year-old man from Erin, Ont. was pronounced dead after a head-on snowmobile crash and lengthy recovery mission in Georgian Bay Township Friday. OPP and Simcoe Paramedic Services say they received a 9-1-1 call shortly before 10 p.m. reporting a crash on the ice surface waterway known as Lost Channel. …
Read More »‘I need a house’: Belleville’s drug emergency lays bare toll of wider crisis
As snow accumulated on the streets around him, John Green wondered where he would find warmth for the night. The 48-year-old and his partner were among those huddling this week outside a church in downtown Belleville, a community in southeastern Ontario that recently declared a state of emergency following a …
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