Canada

According to CTV, roughly Seventy-two students and their teachers were taken to the hospital as a precaution after the carbon monoxide was detected. According to government officials, roughly 5 students experienced symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, including headaches and vomiting, which resulted in the evacuation. Read More »

It has been a day of turbulent, and sometimes dangerous weather across southern Ontario — reaching in a band travelling from Lake Huron to Lake Ontario, between London — and Barrie. Several storm fronts passed through the area bringing high winds, hail, lightning, heavy rain and — in at least one case — a tornado. This is the aftermath of ... Read More »

If you have the pipes and the right look you might be the perfect choice to star as Mayor Rob Ford on stage. Open auditions are being held Monday at the Second City Training Centre for, Rob Ford The Musical: The Birth of a Ford Nation. The director is not only looking for someone to play the eponymous hero but ... Read More »

The Edmonton Police Service continues to investigate last week’s fatal pedestrian hit and run involving a stolen truck, and is releasing video surveillance footage of the suspect in the hopes the public can help to identify the man. The surveillance footage of the suspect was taken at a liquor store in the area of 45 Street and 118 Avenue at ... Read More »

A 4-year-old girl found dead over the weekend outside a home in Puvirnituq, a northern Quebec village on the Hudson Bay coast, may have been the victim of a dog attack. Quebec provincial police are investigating after the four-year-old’s body was found outside her home in Puvirnituq, which is in the Inuit territory of Nunavik. Read More »

Two men jogging on the Matcheetawin Discovery Trails outside Fort McMurray, Alta., earlier this month had their workout cut short when a black bear started following them. Bruce Allan, who uploaded video of the encounter on YouTube, was running with a companion on the evening of June 5, but with less than a few hundred metres left to go they ... Read More »

A 20-year member of the Abbotsford Police Department has been charged with fraud and obstructing justice. Constable Rob Thandi is accused of fraudulently using extended health benefits and trying to interfere with the investigation into the matter. Read More »

A 53-year-old woman is in critical condition following a crash in the Town of Mount Royal Sunday morning. Police say the woman was driving down Rockland Rd. about 6:30 a.m. when her car collided with a pick-up truck at the corner of Jean-Talon St. Read More »

A 29-year-old man is facing five charges after three teenagers were shot in Pelican Narrows, Sask., early Saturday morning. RCMP say they were first alerted to a disturbance at around 4:30 a.m. CST, when a group of approximately 20 people were smashing windows at a home in the northern village. Read More »

DOZENS OF SEX workers and their allies marched today from the Vancouver Art Gallery to the Downtown Eastside to protest the Conservative government’s new prostitution legislation. Chanting “start with rights, end with freedom”, they wanted to send a message that if Bill C-36 becomes law, it will jeopardize the lives of sex workers. Read More »

When 19-year-old Paul Jarvis first caught sight of the fish on his line, he thought it could be a shark. That’s how big the sturgeon was that he caught Thursday in the Fraser River near this southwest B.C. community. Read More »