EDMONTON — The convergence of people protesting everything from Alberta’s COVID-19 restrictions and the imprisonment of local church pastor, to racism, at the provincial legislature on Saturday was a tense meeting that ended with at least one person in police custody. The crowds began to gather around 2 p.m. when an anti-racism rally was scheduled to take place. Within hours,…
Calgary Police Service’s homicide unit is investigating after a man was found dead in a restaurant parking lot in the city’s southwest. Officers were called to the parking lot of the Mazaj Lounge & Restaurant at 9223 Macleod Trail S.W. around 11:20 p.m. Friday night for reports of a man in medical distress. According to police, the man in his…
TORONTO — An American woman whose car has been left parked a in lot near Toronto Pearson Airport for nearly a year because of border restrictions said she is blown away by the “truly generous” Canadians who have offered to help her get it back.
Editor: Re: Big spend on wildfire gear raises questions about Burnaby Fire Department oversight , NOW News The first time the firefighters put out a fire in the woods or grass lands or mountain sides or a ravine near a home or business, the value of The first time the firefighters put out a fire in the woods or grass…
Lisa Banfield’s statements summarized in applications RCMP made for search warrants, production orders The partner of a man who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia last April confided in a friend that she feared the gunman had been going door to door searching for her during the violent rampage, according to an RCMP document summarizing statements to investigators. Further redactions were lifted…
A convicted killer from Hamilton has been granted full parole. Jon Rallo killed his wife and two young children in 1976 but never admitted to the crimes, and as Lisa Hepfner reports, even today, never gave the remaining family members the last piece of the puzzle.
For one of North America’s largest urban agglomerations, the GTA sure does see a great deal of wild birds bullying humans. From the infamous divebombing Red-winged blackbird (Dave) of Liberty Village to the notoriously agressive Canada geese that go nuts in Toronto every spring, sassy fowl are par for the course around these parts (golf course, that is, if we’re talking swans.) No one specific bird has…
Phase 1 of project will see officers in downtown and Riversdale A new type of police officer will soon be hitting the streets of Saskatoon. At Thursday’s meeting of the city’s board of police commissioners, representatives from the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) detailed plans to use unarmed officers. The four new “alternative response officers” are intended to offer residents more access…
OTTAWA — The COVID-19 lockdown ends in Ottawa as the capital moves to the “orange-restrict” zone, an Arnprior man is forced to move his bunkie and motorists are buried by parking tickets following a winter storm. CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the five most viewed stories on our website this week: Here’s what’s allowed to open under the new COVID-19 restrictions in…
Winnipeg police search for missing 12-year-old last seen in Osborne Village area