Canada

Police say a U.S. man beaten to death outside of a Toronto bar after attending a bachelor party in the city has been identified as a 26-year-old resident of Maryland. Toronto police were called to BLVD TGER, a bar on College Street at Manning Avenue in Toronto just before 2:30, Saturday morning. When they arrived, they found a man with …

A Saskatoon couple is preparing to file a human rights complaint on Monday following an alleged incident of discrimination at a local hotel this week. The couple, Dione Graham and Bonnie Fraher, booked a room at the Comfort Inn through Expedia but say they were turned away by the hotel’s manager when they arrived. The two are gay, and Graham …

Gabriel Klein, 21, has been charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault in connection with the attack against the two girls. But while police say they believe Klein comes from Alberta and has been in the Vancouver area since about February, they say they know little else about him. They are asking anyone who has had any contact with him …

The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced today the Government of Canada’s intention to lift the visa requirements for Romanian and Bulgarian citizens on December 1, 2017. It demonstrates the importance that the Government of Canada places on its relationship with both countries and with the EU more broadly. However, Ottama would reserve the right to …

The victim of a gruesome murder in Langley has been identified. Homicide investigators say 27-year-old Shaun Alan Clary was the man found brutally dismembered on the side of a Langley road earlier this week. Though police believe Clary has gang associations, IHIT said it’s too early to link his murder to heightened tensions between Metro Vancouver gangsters. Cpl. Meghan Foster …

Jonathan Black arrested and charged with assault causing bodily harm and mischief. Jonathan Black, 38, was arrested Thursday and charged with assault causing bodily harm and mischief under $5,000, Toronto Police Const. Jenifferjit Sidhu said Friday. CBC News reported Black is accused of breaking his girlfriend’s wrist. His defence lawyer, Robb MacDonald, told the Sun he is under instructions to …

RCMP Are investigating after two dogs from Clanwilliam went missing before one of them was discovered dead days later. The dogs went missing from the community, roughly 230 km northwest of Winnipeg, on October 19. Dog kennels on the property were damaged when police arrived. Two dogs, a Norwegian Elkhound Husky Cross named Duke, and a Norwegian Elkhound Border Collie …

A man is dead after being found with gunshot wounds overnight in the Dixon Road and Kipling Avenue area, police say. Emergency crews were called to the area of Kipling Avenue and Dixon Road around 1:20 a.m., after someone reported the sound of gunshots. The victim, believed to be in his 20s, was found in an SUV on Windsor Road.

A Vancouver resident was shocked to discover a naked man in his home on Tuesday, cooking eggs in his kitchen. Police in Vancouver say a 35-year-old man faces charges of break and enter and mischief after he made his way into a home he didn’t live in, took his clothes off, and began making eggs – naked.

A pair of copycat creepy clowns were apprehended in Winnipeg on Saturday. Police say two 17-year-old boys dressed up in clown costumes on Saturday and began chasing people in the 200 block of Antrium Road in Valley Gardens at around 8 p.m. Police reported one of the suspects was possibly armed and people were concerned for their safety. The teens …

Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion apologized Friday after he allegedly made a thumbs down gesture in the House of Commons during discussion of Alison Azer, whose four children were abducted by her ex-husband and taken to Iran 14 months ago. “I am sorry that some interpreted it to be directed at Madame Azer. It was obviously not the case,” Mr. …