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The creepy clown craze has landed some young people in Greater Sudbury in some not-so-funny trouble. Police were called to New Sudbury on Wednesday night after reports of people in clown masks scaring others. Police spokesperson Kaitlyn Dunn said the calls came in Tuesday and were the first the force have received regarding the so-called creepy clown phenomenon. She urged …

The Montreal SPCA is expected to be in court this morning to challenge Montreal’s new animal control bylaw, which includes banning pit bulls. Last week in Montreal legislation was passed banning pit bulls from being adopted in the region. Stephanie Burt is a pit bull advocate and an administrator of the Responsible Pit Bull Owners of Atlantic Canada Facebook group. …

The body of Barbara McClatchie Andrews, 74, who had been brutally strangled was found Friday morning Sept. 30 at km 14 of the Merida-Valladolid road near the shoulder. A widely-traveled photographer and writer whose work had been published by National Geographic and several other publications, McClatchie Andrews was the owner and director of a non-profit gallery in Mérida called In …

The body of Canadian actor Richard Hong has been found at the Hollywood Hills rental home of television personality George Stroumboulopoulos on Friday. The victim was found at 2:17 a.m. as officers investigated a reported burglary in the 6700 block of Milner Road, said Los Angeles police Officer Drake Madison of the department’s Media Relations Division. The deceased appeared to …

All Prince Edward Island schools were evacuated Wednesday due to a bomb threat received through a fax machine to the RCMP. According to Sgt. Kevin Bailey, the threat rolled off a machine for the Mounties in Ottawa Wednesday morning and was forwarded to their PEI counterparts. “This fax indicated that a bomb had been placed in a number of schools …

If you’re rushing out the door to check your Lotto Max ticket, we can save you some trouble. The $60-million jackpot will be split by two tickets in Ontario.

Convicted pedophile and former junior hockey coach Graham James has been granted full parole. James, 63, will go before the Parole Board of Canada at a prison north of Montreal, according to a report in The Montreal Gazette.

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake was detected by seismic measuring systems near Oliver, B.C. Luckily, no damage is expected, and no larger quakes are thought to be imminent. Oliver is located in the south of the Okanagan Valley. The quake was centred 21 kilometres east of the town.

Graham McCagherty has been charged with more than 70 offences after weapons, explosives and stolen property were discovered at a southeast Edmonton property where a bomb was detonated by police Tuesday night. Earlier this week, residents in a southeast Edmonton neighbourhood were told to leave their homes while the bomb squad moved in to detonate the device.

A 22-year-old man has been charged with weapons offences related to a five-hour standoff at a Tim Hortons restaurant on Gorge Road on Wednesday. It happened at the Tim Hortons at Dunedin Plaza on Gorge Road East around 2:30 p.m. When police arrived they were confronted by an “agitated” man holding a weapon who attempted to injure officers, officials say.

Former Toronto police chief Bill McCormack has died at the age of 83. Bill McCormack, who died early Thursday afternoon, was chief from 1989 to 1995, after spending a number of years as a homicide detective before taking the top job.