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…
U.S. woman blown away by ‘truly generous’ Canadians offering to help return car that’s stranded in Toronto
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.
Letter: $435K in Burnaby wildfire gear worth the cost
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…
N.S. gunman’s spouse feared killing started while looking for her, documents say
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…
Hamilton man convicted of killing his wife and two children in the 1970’s has been granted full parole
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.
This wild turkey won’t stop chasing Mississauga office workers
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…
Saskatoon police to put new unarmed alternative response officers on the streets
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 moves to the orange zone, Arnprior man told to move his bunkie and motorists buried by parking tickets: Top stories in Ottawa this week
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
Winnipeg police search for missing 12-year-old last seen in Osborne Village area
Mississauga man found guilty of manslaughter in death of woman in Edmonton hotel
WARNING: Details of this story may be disturbing to some readers A mother bent over and wept with other loved ones in an Edmonton courtroom Friday night as a jury declared a man guilty of manslaughter in the death of her daughter. Two trials and a decade after police were called to the bloody crime scene, Bradley Barton, a former…