Canada

The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO B.C.) is looking into a fatal accident in Penticton that has claimed the life of a four-year-old boy. The child was crossing the street with his family at the intersection of Fairview Road and Highway 97 when he was struck by the RCMP officer’s personal vehicle at around 5 p.m.. Read More »

The RCMP say the father of a girl who is the subject of an Amber Alert has been found dead inside a home in southwestern Alberta. The dead man has been identified as 27-year-old Terry Blanchette of Blairmore. Police are investigating his death as a homicide and say it’s related to the disappearance of two-year-old Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette. Read More »

Toronto Police are asking the public to look out for 55 year old Thomas Brailsford after he went missing Thursday. According to police, Brailsford was last seen at around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday afternoon in the area of Jane Street and Bloor Street West and is considered “a danger to himself and others.” Read More »

Shannon Mishimagi says all she wanted was to feel safe again. The 23-year-old student and former Starbucks barista claims that, instead, she was scheduled to work under a supervisor about whom she had complained to management, alleging he had physically assaulted and threatened her. According to a report in The Toronto Star, Shannon Mishimagi, a Ryerson student, has filed $1-million ... Read More »

One hundred more families, three-million more dollars and an infinite well of compassion will be the Archdiocese of Toronto’s response to photos of three-year-old Alan Kurdi’s tiny, lifeless body lying on a Turkish beach. Cardinal Thomas Collins said the Gospel calls for Christians to feed, clothe and shelter those fleeing violence and war, regardless of religious affiliation. Read More »

Six weeks until we mark a ballot in the federal election and the latest poll shows the Tories are losing support. Whether it be the Syrian refugee crisis, the Duffy trial, or the fact Canada entered a technical recession in the first half of this year – the party lost five points compared to a month ago. The party determined ... Read More »

A man has been arrested following the attempted abduction of a two-year-old-girl in Stanley Park on Monday – just three days after a strikingly similar abduction attempt in the park. It happend around 2:00pm on Monday afternoon, when police say a man grabbed a two-year-old near Lost Lagoon. Read More »

A mother and daughter already charged with animal cruelty in B.C. are facing fresh charges after RCMP discovered dozens of animals in distress on a rural property near Cereal, A.B. The pair were found at a rural residence south of Cereal, AB. Read More »

The City of Toronto has withdrawn approximately 880,000 disputed parking tickets because it would cost too much time and money to put them through the court system. The statement says the tickets “represent less than three percent of all tickets issued between 2002-2014, and includes tickets for which a trial request had been submitted or a retrial ordered but no ... Read More »

Conservative candidate Jerry Bance was caught on CBC-TV’s Marketplace in 2012 urinating in a homeowner’s coffee mug and dumping the contents into the sink. The Toronto candidate was caught in the act during a TV show’s expose on the home repair industry three years ago. Read More »

A 15 year old is facing three charges, including mischief after causing a panic at Pearson International Airport in Toronto. Security at Toronto Pearson airport spotted the clock — shaped like a bundle of dynamite sticks — and evacuated a screening area for two hours, summoning the police just before 5 p.m., according to Peel Regional Police. Read More »