Toronto police have charged a man in the death of a woman whose body was found in a park nearly five months ago. Officers were called to Derrydowns Park in North York on August 19, 2017 after a passerby found the body of Toronto resident Virgil Jack lying in a body of water. READ MORE: Body of female stabbing victim located in North York’s Derrydowns Park In the days after her death, police released a statement saying that Jack,…
The Ontario government has launched an operation to relocate an endangered herd of caribou off the remote island on which they have been systematically hunted down by recently arrived wolves. The operation, which began on Saturday and is described by government officials as a “delicate dance”, involves rounding up the remaining caribou off Michipicoten Island in Lake Superior and transporting them by helicopter to the nearby Slate Islands. Story continues below Officials with the Ministry of Natural Resources and…
January 13 2018 11:17am A woman is dead and a man is in custody following a domestic related stabbing at a home on Marmac Crescent, south of Winston Churchill Boulevard and Burnhamthorpe Road West, in Mississauga. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on…
WINDSOR, Ont. – Health officials say five more dogs have tested positive for a strain of canine influenza in southwestern Ontario, bringing the total number of infected up to seven in what they’re calling the virus’s first known incursion into the country. The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit says the two dogs that initially tested positive for H3N2 canine flu were brought to Canada from South Korea through the United States late last month. Story continues below It says the…
The PM’s hecklers, some creative ways with snow and a minimum wage increase dispute that’s brewing in Ontario Tim Hortons: here are the stories that had Canadians chatting this week on Global’s social channels. PMJT handling of ‘haters’ impresses audiences online Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hosted a series of town halls in Canada this week, and impressed crowds on a number of occasions in the way that he handled the hecklers and the haters who decided to interrupt him….
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has invoked its mandate for a domestic-related murder in Mississauga early Saturday morning. The SIU said Peel Regional Police were called to a home on Marmac Crescent, south of Winston Churchill Boulevard and Burnhamthorpe Road West, in Mississauga in relation to a domestic incident. After arriving at the scene, officers were involved in an altercation with a 61-year-old man inside the home. READ MORE: 2 men facing murder charges after 3 women die in…
Photo Chelsea Manning, the former Army private convicted of disclosing classified information, would be challenging Senator Benjamin L. Cardin, the incumbent Democrat up for re-election in November. WASHINGTON — Chelsea Manning, the former Army private convicted of disclosing classified information, has filed to run for Senate in Maryland, according to federal election filings. Ms. Manning, who was found guilty of leaking more than 700,000 government files to WikiLeaks in 2013, would face Senator Benjamin L. Cardin in the Democratic…
It remains unclear whether doctors performed any mental acuity, cognitive or neurological tests during the president’s physical exam. Questions about his mental health intensified this month after the publication of a book in which his closest advisers are said to have questioned his mental abilities. That prompted Mr. Trump to insist that he is a “stable genius.” It is also unclear whether Mr. Trump had tests common for men of his age, such as a treadmill stress test to…
Peel Regional Police say homicide officers are investigating after three female victims died in two separate domestic-related incidents hours apart in Brampton and Mississauga. Const. Bancroft Wright told reporters that four people were at a Starhill Crescent home, north of Dixie Road and Sandalwood Parkway in Brampton, when officers were called at around 10:45 p.m. Friday. He said two women were found dead inside the house. A third person was taken to hospital for assessment, but there weren’t reports…
In the past few weeks, there’s been a couple of incidents of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning; nine people were sent to hospital in Ontario and at least one person died in a vehicle in northern Alberta. In fact, more than 50 people die every year from CO poisoning in Canada, according to the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs. Story continues below READ MORE: Woman found dead in car in northern Alberta died of carbon-monoxide poisoning: family In light of recent…
