Police say the closure of Victoria International Airport on Tuesday was caused by a man traveling outside Canada with inert grenades in his luggage. Cpl of the RCMP. Andrés Sánchez described that the articles looked and felt like “the real thing”, but lacked the internal parts needed to detonate. He said airport security personnel called …
Crash closes Glenmore Rd. Photo: contributed UPDATE 13:40 BC emergency medical services say three paramedic ground crews responded to the crash site this morning. Three people were taken to hospital in non-critical condition. UPDATE 13:20 h Glenmore Road is closed to local traffic just near Slater Road while police are investigating the accident this morning. …
York Regional Police say a suspect has been charged in connection with the violent sexual assault of an elderly person at his Newmarket home. Police said the incident happened shortly before 4.30pm on May 25. A 74-year-old woman was in her garage when a stranger allegedly entered and exposed himself. The suspect then violently assaulted …
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Jordan Tobin woke up when he heard a loud thud in the early hours of Thursday morning. Then he heard another. And another. And about half a dozen more after that. When the strong blows suddenly gave rise to the tires of a fleeing vehicle, Tobin ran from his bedroom to the foyer next door. …
Two years after the assassination of George Floyd, the Canadian government says it will soon order the RCMP to ban the use of tear gas, rubber bullets and necks. In an interview with CBC News on the second anniversary of Floyd’s death in police custody, Public Security Minister Marco Mendicino said that his office in …
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NPD leader Jagmeet Singh says he still feels safe knocking on doors in Canada, despite protesters shouting insults and racist threats at recent liberal and NDP events. But he is concerned that divisions are growing in the country. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau canceled plans to attend Liberal Party fundraising dinner in Surrey, BC., this week, …
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The discovery of a single overturned kayak floating in the Nanaimo River on Tuesday afternoon led to an unsuccessful search for the occupant. A woman who came forward to claim a lost kayak that was found overturned in the Nanaimo River this week apologized to the first officials who spent time looking for her. Allison …
The owner of a kayak upside down on the Nanaimo River apologizes to searchers Read More »
Updates from the 92nd day of the invasion Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling for stronger Western action against Russia. The Ukrainian armed forces say dozens of cities have been bombed in the past 24 hours. 9 civilians have been reportedly killed in bombings in northwestern Ukraine in Kharkiv. Peskov and the West of Russia …
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One person died after an ammonia leak on Thursday at an ice-making facility in an industrial area of Kamloops, BC. Leakage began inside the Arctic Glacier Ice Building at 790 Sarcee St. East at Mount Paul Industrial Park around 10:30 am PT. About six people were in a stable condition at the scene, according to …
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FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Amber Heard told jurors Thursday that a campaign of harassment by her ex-husband Johnny Depp has left her humiliated and scared for her life by multiple death threats, and said she just wants “Johnny to leave me peacefully”. Heard was the last witness in the six-week defamation lawsuit Depp filed against …
Amber Heard ends testimony by asking Depp to “leave me alone” Read More »