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WARNING: This story contains references to and images of antisemitic graffiti. A racially and ethnically motivated extremist group police say has been linked to an antisemitic vandalism case in Winnipeg draws its hateful ideology from many sources but is ultimately fuelled by a sense of nihilism, experts say. Manitoba RCMP …
Read More »Canadian man linked to ex-Olympian’s crime ring extradited to U.S. from Mexico
The Toronto man known as “The Dictator” — accused of orchestrating multiple murders on behalf of the transnational drug-trafficking ring led by a former Olympic snowboarder — has been extradited to the U.S. Andrew Clark was among 29 cartel-linked defendants taken into U.S. custody from Mexico on Thursday, according to the …
Read More »11 dead as India struggles with creeping paralysis outbreak linked to contaminated water
It was in early January that Awanti Naik’s symptoms first crept up on her, starting with double vision and quickly followed by a debilitating headache and a strange feeling in her face. “There was heaviness in my jaw and eyes, and my throat was completely blocked,” she said. “I was …
Read More »‘Pink cocaine’: What is it and how is it linked to Liam Payne and Sean (Diddy) Combs?
Drug and addiction experts are raising alarms about a party-drug concoction that One Direction singer Liam Payne may have taken prior to his death. ABC News and other outlets have reported that partial autopsy and toxicology results showed the pop star had “pink cocaine” in his system, along with other …
Read More »Ebola-like Marburg virus linked to 8 deaths in Rwanda
Rwanda says that eight people have died so far from the highly contagious Marburg virus. The announcement comes just days after the country declared an outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever that has no authorized vaccine or treatment. Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people …
Read More »Recent grizzly bear attack in Alberta linked to fatal incident 3 years ago
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta officials are warning residents of a hamlet to be vigilant following a recent grizzly bear attack by an animal they say killed a person three years ago. The province says Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Services received a report on Sunday …
Read More »Dead man linked to 4 murders in northern Ontario last summer
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 31, 2024 10:46 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Provincial Police say they’ve connected two double homicides in a small town in northeastern Ontario to one suspect who has since died. Police say on July 30, …
Read More »4 deaths in New Zealand linked to Ontario’s Kenneth Law
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story includes a discussion of suicide. New Zealand authorities are tying the deaths of four people to Kenneth Law, an Ontario man accused of aiding suicide through the online sale of chemicals. Law, 58, is charged with 14 counts of both first-degree murder as well as …
Read More »Boissonnault’s former business partner linked to woman detained in Dominican Republic cocaine bust
Liberal Cabinet Minister Randy Boissonnault’s former partner in a medical supply company has ties to an Edmonton woman who was detained in a massive cocaine bust in the Dominican Republic in April 2022. Federal incorporation documents show Stephen Anderson, chief operating officer of Global Health Imports (GHI), created a numbered …
Read More »Sedan, 2 men seen in surveillance video may be linked to Hamilton homicide: police
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police believe surveillance video of a sedan seen near the area where a Hamilton man was killed in mid-June may be a lead in a homicide investigation. Investigators are seeking witnesses who may have seen two men in a four-door red Hyundai …
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