Canada

Quebec’s “burqa” provincial legislature has passed a religious neutrality bill obliging citizens to uncover their faces when giving and receiving public services. Many say the law targets Muslim women. The law bans the wearing of face-coverings for people giving or receiving public services. It also offers a framework advising authorities how to grant accommodation requests based on religious beliefs. It …

A house fire in Nanaimo Tuesday afternoon led to the discovery of three bodies inside, local officials confirm. On Tuesday night, RCMP confirmed that the bodies were those of two adults and a seven-year-old girl. “This is a terrible tragedy to hit our community,” said Cpl. Jon Stuart. “We are working with the fire department to investigate this incident.”

One of two people killed in a crash in Hamilton Thursday morning may have been the victim of an assault and abduction. In a release, Waterloo Regional police said they began chasing the vehicle after following up on reports that a female was possibly being abducted and assaulted in Cambridge. “Responding officers located the vehicle being driven by a male, …

Fire crews are on scene of a building fire burning across the street from Surrey Central SkyTrain station this morning. Smoke is pouring from The Hockey Shop, located in the former A&B Sound store, at 10280 City Parkway. “Surrey Central SkyTrain Station on Expo Line is currently closed due to a fire at a business across the street. Heavy smoke …

A woman is dead after being struck by a vehicle while crossing the street using a walker in the city’s east end. According to police, the collision occurred in the area of Broadview and Mortimer avenues around 8 p.m. Emergency responders rushed the victim to a downtown trauma centre, where she was pronounced dead.

A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for one of two men wanted for first-degree murder in the shooting death of a Hamilton, Ont., man at a parking lot in Toronto’s north end. Toronto police said Leonard Pinnock, 33, was shot multiple times on April 21 around 9:30 p.m. by two assailants while sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked …

A 54-year-old Toronto real estate broker has been identified by police as the man shot and killed inside a restaurant in the city’s Entertainment District on Saturday night. Police say Giannini was gunned down shortly before 9 p.m. inside Michael’s on Simcoe, a steakhouse located in the area of Simcoe and Adelaide streets. Paramedics arrived to find the victim absent …

The TTC says it has handed surveillance footage over to Toronto police after a man was caught on video tossing a custodian’s bucket of mop water on a woman at Lawrence East Station. An Instagram video shows the two arguing on the platform at Lawrence East station with a transit worker standing nearby. The woman appears to reach into the …

An Edmonton man is mourning the tragic death of his wife after she drowned while the two celebrated their 30-year wedding anniversary in Hawaii in late August. After enjoying themselves so much in Maui during their 25th wedding anniversary, Pat L’Hirondelle and his wife Debbie decided to return to celebrate another milestone. On the third day of vacation, they rented …

A 39-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly tried to abduct a young girl outside a store in Scarborough. Police were called to a plaza near Warden and Eglinton avenues just before 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Police say a mother was shopping with her three children when a man approached her four-year-old daughter in the store and tried to …

One man is dead and at least two others are injured following a shooting inside a downtown Toronto bar on Monday night. Police say the shots were fired at about 11 p.m. near Queen and Sherbourne streets. One of the victims was pronounced dead in hospital and police say the homicide squad has been called in to investigate. There was …