Month: December 2017

Environment Canada is warning drivers to use caution while driving in parts of the GTA Friday evening as a slow-moving band of lake-effect snow will mean a messy commute. “Visibilities as low as 400 metres and snow accumulating at a rate of two to four centimetres per hour are currently associated with this band,” a winter weather travel advisory issued by Environment Canada read. The advisory was issued for several communities, including Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, Richmond Hill and…

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What does it mean to represent your country at the Olympics? For Brock Radunske, the question has some nuance given the towering, blond-haired Canadian will be suiting-up for South Korea at the 2018 Winter Games. The ice hockey forward is one of 16 foreign athletes granted South Korean citizenship ahead of February’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics under changes to the country’s immigration laws that came into effect in 2011. Story continues below READ MORE: 2018 women’s Olympic hockey roster has local flair…

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OTTAWA – The Canadian pharmaceutical giant whose sudden death earlier this month is shrouded in mystery is among the latest list of inductees into the Order of Canada. Story continues below Gov. Gen. Julie Payette released the latest round of appointments Friday, including 121 people new to the order and three who are being promoted within it. READ MORE: Barry and Honey Sherman’s family hires private investigators to look into couple’s deaths It a list heavy on Canadians with…

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A woman who helped steer a bus to safety is speaking out for the first time. Rebecca Powley stepped in after the driver suffered a medical episode on North America’s busiest highway. Shallima Maharaj spoke with her today about the dramatic rescue. Powered by WPeMatico

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As police services across Ontario get ready to crack down on impaired driving during New Year’s celebrations, York Regional Police took a bit of a tongue-in-cheek approach while conveying the potentially severe consequences of driving drunk or high. Story continues below In a tweet Friday morning as a part of the service’s #ReservationsNotRequired campaign, police posted an “AirYRP” ad listing an “isolated industrial suite in central Newmarket.” “Vintage industrial space just perfect for any drunk or high driver this…

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The first thing you need to know if you’re heading out to celebrate on New Year’s Eve? You’ll need to bundle up, as temperatures could reach -20 C and will feel even colder. Here’s our guide to what’s open, what’s closed, and getting around as Toronto rings in 2018: New Year’s Eve Getting around TTC service is free after 7 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and the subway is running late, with the last trains departing between about 3:30 and…

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Caitlan Coleman, an American, and her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, were freed along with their children in an October raid after five years in captivity. Pakistani troops confronted Haqqani militants as they ferried the family across the tribal lands of northwest Pakistan. The Trump administration has foreshadowed a cutoff in recent days with harsher language. Last week, in announcing his national security strategy, Mr. Trump again singled out Pakistan for criticism. “We make massive payments every year to Pakistan,”…

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A person has been rushed to hospital in life-threatening condition after Peel Regional Police say a car crashed into a barrier in southwest Brampton Thursday evening. Police told Global News emergency crews were called to Chinguacousy Road north of Charolais Road at a rail crossing after 9:50 p.m. with a report a vehicle had hit a barrier and flipped over. A Peel Paramedics spokesperson said a patient was taken to a trauma centre with serious injuries. #PRPMVC single vehicle…

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December 28 2017 11:19pm A man was taken to hospital in serious condition while a women was taken to local hospital with minor injuries after a car flipped over near Chingacousy Rd south of Drinkwater Rd. on Thursday evening. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; //…

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December 28 2017 8:46pm Global News at 5:30 on Global Toronto for Thursday, December 28, 2017. Hosted by Alan Carter and Farah Nasser. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on IE, doesn’t work yet if ( !gNews.Common.isIE && !gNews.Common.isTrident && gNews.Common.isFlash ) {…

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