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Calgary police charge three in extortion case, search for wanted man
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (257+ words) Calgary police have charged two adults and a youth in what they say was an extortion scheme that included threats for money and gunfire at a woman's home, and they are asking the public to help find a man still…...
RCMP urges residents to report crime, don’t post on Facebook
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (264+ words) Sargeant Turko reminds residents to call in suspected crime, and to not rely on social media posting. The City of Portage la Prairie is reminding residents that online social media complaints cannot replace direct reports to law enforcement. While Doyle…...
Families of 2006 Dawson College shooting victims ask Carney to do more on gun control
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (308+ words) The parents of Dawson College shooting victim Anastasia De Sousa, Louise and Nelson De Sousa look at her memorial tree after a ceremony in Montreal on Tuesday Sept. 13, 2016. Montrealers commemorated the 10th anniversary of the shooting at a junior college when…...
Police ID remains near Barrie encampment as victim of 2025 double homicide
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (176+ words) A Barrie Police Service cruiser is shown in Barrie, Ont., on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Vanessa Tiberio BARRIE - Police in Barrie, Ont., say they have identified remains found last month as William “Blake” Robinson, the victim of an alleged…...
Deep River, Ont., under shelter-in-place order as police investigate stabbing
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (156+ words) An Ontario Provincial Police patch. DEEP RIVER - Residents in a town northwest of Petawawa, Ont., have been asked to shelter in place as police look for a suspect in a reported stabbing. Police in Deep River, Ont., issued the notice…...
Dresden landfill court matter delayed
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (485+ words) A highly anticipated court challenge by York1 against Chatham-Kent regarding zoning at the landfill development proposed near Dresden has been rescheduled. Originally slated for Sept. 21, the Superior Court of Justice hearing has been pushed to Nov. 17, officials said. According to C-K…...
Man arrested after teen randomly stabbed in west Hamilton
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (202+ words) A 37-year-old man was arrested in connection with the random attack. A teen suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a random stabbing in Hamilton’s West End. Hamilton police said in a media release that officers responded to reports of a stabbing in…...
Sons ‘shattered’ by stray-bullet death of Chang Yong Cho in his Burnaby, B.C., home
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (658+ words) The two sons of Chang Yong Cho, who was killed in his Burnaby, B.C., home by a stray bullet, say they are “shattered” by the death of the 85-year-old. Justin and David Cho said in a statement on Wednesday that they…...
Does this Ontario city have a fix for homelessness? + Hagersville mine makes drywall for a home in 6 minutes: Top Hamilton stories today
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (336+ words) Here is what’s happening in Hamilton and the surrounding area this morning with your top news, weather and traffic. Live updates from 6 to 9 a.m. Gypsum is a valuable white mineral used to make drywall. Expect rain with a chance of…...
Police say stray bullet killed Burnaby, B.C., man Chang Yong Cho, 85, in his own home
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (749+ words) BURNABY - Homicide investigators say an 85-year-old man was killed in his Burnaby, B.C., home by a stray bullet from a shooting a block away, and are appealing to a group of youth believed to be involved to “do the right thing…...