Month: February 2018

A central Ontario community was searching for answers on Saturday as police investigated the suspicious deaths of four people. Ontario Provincial Police offered few details, but said they received a 911 call at 7:30 p.m. Friday from someone who found the bodies in a home in Ryerson Township, Ont., about 300 kilometres north of Toronto. Officers who arrived on the scene found two men and two women dead inside, said OPP Sgt. Carlo Berardi. Story continues below “The deaths…

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CHATHAM, Ont. – A state of emergency and flood warnings remain in place in southwestern Ontario, though officials say damage from a local river appears to be less than expected. Officials in Chatham-Kent, Ont., say the Thames River, swollen by days of heavy rains and melted snow, is reaching its peak in most areas covered by the state of emergency. In a statement, they say water levels in the municipality of Thamesville, Ont., caused less street flooding than anticipated…

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A Toronto Transit Commission fare inspector has been suspended while investigations are being conducted into the actions taken by the staffer after a video posted online appears to show a teenager being pinned to the ground. Story continues below Bethany McBride filmed part of the incident. She was on a westbound 512 streetcar after getting on at St. Clair West station at around 5 p.m. on Sunday, when she said she saw two fare inspectors on the streetcar. When it…

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The search for three-year-old Kaden Young, who went missing after the minivan he was travelling in with his mother was swept in the Grand River near Orangeville, Ont. on Wednesday, has entered its fourth day. Dufferin OPP spokesperson Const. Paul Nancekivell told Global News Saturday that helicopters were searching along the shoreline from Dufferin County 109 south to Bellwood Lake, while dive teams were searching the river. Nancekivell said the OPP Emergency Response Team, as well as a canine…

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Ontario PC leadership candidate Patrick Brown served a notice of libel against CTV Friday night almost one month after the network reported two women were accusing Brown of sexual misconduct. The libel notice specifically names CTV president Wendy Freeman, CTV anchor Lisa Laflamme, reporters Glen McGregor, Rachel Aiello, and Travis Dhanraj. CP24, in addition to several “Jane or John Doe(s)” as editors, researchers and producers of the initial reporting are also named. WATCH: Caroline Mulroney reiterates call for Patrick…

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“I’d rather have somebody that loves their students and wants to protect their students than somebody standing outside that doesn’t know anybody, and doesn’t know the students, and frankly, for whatever reason, decided not to go in even though he heard lots of shots being fired inside,” Mr. Trump said, referring to Mr. Peterson. He said the officer “was not a credit to law enforcement.” Speaking of the gunman in Parkland, Mr. Trump added that if his idea had…

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