Canada

Two people are lucky to be alive after their truck fell through the ice while they were attempting to drive across Lake Winnipeg Tuesday afternoon. Manitoba RCMP said the incident happened at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. They received a call that a truck had gone through the ice on the lake near Hecla, Man. Emergency crews arrived to find a man …

A Toyota Camry was stolen from in front of a Weston-area home Friday morning with a 4-year-old girl still inside. A vehicle was stolen with the child inside just after 6 a.m. from the Jane Street and Lawrence Avenue area, Toronto police said. The car, a 2008 Toyota Camry with the licence plate BHVH392, was later seen near Highway 401 …

A Toronto teacher has been killed in what is believed to have been a violent robbery in Costa Rica. Bruce McCallum, 58, who worked at Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute, near Finch Avenue East and McCowan Road, was fatally stabbed on Sunday, March 5 in what appears to be a botched robbery attempt, according to that country’s Judicial Investigation Police.

A Royal Canadian Air Force search and rescue technician has died during a training exercise near Yorkton, Sask., on Wednesday. Master-Corporal Alfred Barr was a member of the 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron based in Winnipeg. “On behalf of all 17 Wing Winnipeg and the entire RCAF, I would like to express my condolences to Master-Corporal Alfred Barr’s family, friends …

A young mother in Edmonton had both of her arms broken by a man during a violent road rage incident on Tuesday. Southeast Division patrol officers responded to a report of a road rage incident near 76 Avenue and 87 Street, at approximately 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 7th. Police were told a 34-year-old woman was heading northbound when she …

A 59-year-old man has died after being struck by a public transit bus in Pickering. Police said emergency crews were called to Bayly Street, east of Whites Road South, after 7:10 p.m Tuesday after reports a man was struck by a Durham Region Transit bus. The man, who is believed to be 59, died at the scene.

A former grade-school teacher pleaded guilty Tuesday to numerous sex-related charges involving eight minors in a Belleville court. Jaclyn McLaren appeared in Belleville court Tuesday and entered the pleas with the Crown saying those seven counts were a representation of the crimes attached to all 42 of the charges. In addition, the court heard, each of the counts McLaren pled …

Squamish RCMP are on the hunt for two suspects who stole $500,000 in money, jewellery and Persian rugs from a Lions Bay home. On February 15th, Brenden Eslick and Samantha Pelletier reportedly stole over $500,000 worth of money, jewellery, Persian rugs, laptops, passports and other expensive items from a residence within the small community of Lions Bay in Squamish. Some …

A student from MEI Secondary has died following a Ski & Snowboard Club school trip to Whistler. The student was among 11 students and two staff who made the trip as a part of the MEI Secondary Ski and Snowboard Club. The student went missing on the hill, prompting resort staff to launch a search. MEI says the searchers informed …

Two Canadian sisters who went missing more than 30 years ago have been found safe in the U.S. and reportedly told police officers they didn’t even know they were the subjects of a decades-long missing persons search. Relatives of Anna and Kym Hakze say they last saw the sisters in Edmonton, Alberta, in the mid-1980s. The women didn’t see their …

Police will be providing an update this morning on the death of 35-year-old Malton woman Candice Rochelle Bobb, who was shot and killed in Jamestown last year. Bobb was five months pregnant when she was shot and killed on May 15, 2016 while sitting in the back seat of a car in Toronto’s northwest end. The mother of two was …