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A man out on a release order has been charged in connection with nine bank robberies over the past three months, at least six of which resulted in cash being stolen, Toronto police say. Police said between Nov. 4 and Jan. 30, officers responded to seven robbery and hold-up calls …
Read More »Patients wait months for Pap test results as labs juggle high demand, staff shortage
After experiencing unusual, unexplained bleeding and two rounds of abnormal Pap tests, Wendy Yen is anxiously awaiting her latest results. But the 45-year-old Toronto resident learned it could be several months before she finds out, due to backlogs and processing delays at many Canadian laboratories. The labs screen samples for a …
Read More »Gangster killed 6 months after prison release had ‘hit’ on his life: parole documents
At Trong Minh Nguyen’s final parole hearing, board members refused to release the Calgary gangster, in part, because rival gangsters had ordered him killed. When Nguyen was ultimately released, he would be dead in six months in a chilling ambush, caught on video. “File information notes you currently have a …
Read More »Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months in prison for defying subpoena from Jan. 6 committee
Steve Bannon, a former top strategist and campaign chair to Donald Trump, was sentenced Friday in U.S. federal court to four months in prison on contempt of Congress charges. Bannon refused to co-operate with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol. He was convicted …
Read More »4 months after young girl’s body was found in the Grand River, police still don’t know who she is
Four months after the body of a girl, between the age of 10 months and two-years old, was found in the Grand River near Dunnville, Ont., police still don’t know who she is or how she died. Emergency crews responded to a call around 1:22 p.m. on May 17, after …
Read More »Months to go in efforts to repair damage at Municipal Building
The fallout from a security incident at city hall in August will reverberate for months to come. Hoarding, fenced off areas and construction workers remain common sights at the Municipal Building. In early August, a man who was experiencing a mental health crisis broke into the building in the middle …
Read More »This single mom applied for her OSAP funding months ago. As classes begin, she’s still waiting
Amy Wesselink turned her life upside down so she could head back to school this month, but a delay in her Ontario student funding has her worried she’s going to have to drop out with nearly $8,000 in tuition fees coming due. A hairdresser and a single mom of four, Wesselink says her income sank amid COVID-19 public health measures. …
Read More »Toronto-area man still not buried 8 months after death amid graveyard dispute
Lisa Tsotsos has been trying to bury her father for eight months now — and as the emotional weight of the ordeal and her legal bills pile up — she says she’s starting to lose hope. Her dad, Louis, died of COVID-19 complications on Jan. 15. But instead of being buried …
Read More »August was one of the hottest months on record in B.C.: meteorologists
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 …
Read More »International student says she spent months in mental anguish after Canadian immigration error
Warning: This story mentions thoughts of suicide. An international student says she ran out of money and spent months in distress after coming to Canada because an immigration official didn’t give her the right document allowing her to work part time while studying in northern Ontario. Shreya Rajput arrived from India on Dec. …
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