Ontario Provincial Police continue to investigate the alleged murder of an officer who police say was ambushed while responding to a call. News Source link
Read More »2 people taken to hospital after collision in Toronto – Toronto
COLLISION:Lake Shore Blvd E & Lower Jarvis St6:25pm– police o/s– 2 vehicles involved– unknown injuries – S/B lower Jarvis St blocked– delays in the area– consider alternate routes#GO2398456^se — Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) December 8, 2022 News Source link
Read More »N.L.’s cost of living cheques being sent to dead people, says opposition MHA
Provincial government cost of living relief cheques are getting issued to people who have died since filing their 2021 tax return. (iStock) An Independent politician in Newfoundland and Labrador says he has been fielding calls from residents who have received cost-of-living cheques for spouses who have recently died. Mount Pearl-Southlands MHA Paul …
Read More »Indigenous people ‘invisible’ to police, family says, after missing Vancouver man confirmed dead
After spending the last two weeks papering downtown Vancouver with missing person posters of Darius Smallboy, the young Indigenous man’s family has just learned he was lying dead in a city morgue the entire time. Smallboy’s family is now speaking out about what they allege was an indifferent response from …
Read More »More employed people turning to Toronto food banks amid record-high visits, new report says
More people who have jobs as their primary source of income are now turning to food banks as cost of living continues to climb and put pressure on food support programs, a new report finds. As food banks saw another record year of visits and new users, the strain on their resources …
Read More »Games people play: The (sometimes) serious business of war gaming
As a senior historian at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Andrew Burtch has taken to wandering the galleries during the day to see which displays pique the interest of visitors. Amid the dimly-lit recesses of the Second World War and Cold War exhibits, he’s noticed a strange phenomenon: clusters of …
Read More »‘People are pissed:’ Ottawa police logs describe confrontational, abusive crowds during protest
Ottawa police officers assigned to work with the convoy protesters described abusive and confrontational — but also sometimes cooperative — crowds during last winter’s blockades, according to their logs presented at the Emergencies Act inquiry. Hundreds of pages of logs from the police liaison team were entered into evidence on Friday …
Read More »Unsuccessful Indigenous election candidates call for more support from urban First Nations people
A number of Indigenous candidates who ran unsuccessfully in Vancouver’s recent municipal elections say more support and higher voter turnout from the urban First Nations population is needed to help get more Indigenous politicians into elected office. “Indigenous people are at the forefront of a lot of the crises in Vancouver, …
Read More »‘People should be responsible’: Victim in alleged sex assault shocked by accused’s release
WARNING: This article contains details of sexual assault and may affect those who have experienced it or know someone affected by it. An Indigenous woman who levelled a sexual assault allegation against a man now linked to three deaths in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside says she was shocked to learn authorities considered him a danger …
Read More »How Dryden, Ont., is supporting people living with addictions and food insecurity
As the City of Dryden continues to respond to homelessness and overdose crises across Canada, community members and agencies are coming together to offer new programs and services for the most vulnerable in the northwestern Ontario city. Dryden is among northwestern Ontario communities that have seen a growing number of overdoses and …
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