UPDATED 11:20 PM CST TORONTO – Toronto police say nine people are in hospital after a mass shooting incident Sunday night in the downtown Toronto neighbourhood known as Greektown. Police spokesman Mark Pugash also confirmed that the suspected shooter was dead. Paramedics said many of the victims, including a child, had been rushed to trauma…
Newfoundland & Labrador Will Cover Cost of Abortion Pill
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government says it will cover the abortion pill as of Sept. 1. The province announced in a statement today that it will provide universal coverage for Mifegymiso, an alternative to surgically induced abortions. The two−drug combination terminates pregnancies of up to nine weeks. The drug has to…
Bunny Burden in Canmore
CANMORE, Alta. — Problems persist in an Alberta mountain town overrun with rabbits despite an ongoing cull that has cost almost $400,000. Canmore introduced its feral rabbit management program six years ago after much pro− and anti−bunny bickering and outcries from animal rights advocates. The town says about 1,200 rabbits have been destroyed so far,…
Strange but True Crime News – Follow that Macaroni
Strange but True Crime News takes us to Mt. Morris, New York, where police were able to apprehended three burglary suspects because of the yummy clues left behind. The Livingston County Sheriff’s Department reported thieves had broken in and stole a cash register from Build-A-Burger Restaurant, along with the entire surveillance system and a large…
Survey of 2017 Canadian UFO Sightings Released
Hovering lights in the sky. Pulsing lights. A humming noise. Objects shaped like spheres, discs, triangles and boomerangs. The witnesses include ordinary folk, airline crews, a particle physicist and an airport’s weather observer. A survey released by Manitoba−based Ufology Research on Tuesday says there were 1,101 UFO sightings — an average of three a day…
Ray Emery Former-NHL Goalie Drowns in Hamilton
HAMILTON — Ray Emery, the former NHL goaltender whose career spanned more than a decade and included stops in Ottawa, Chicago and Philadelphia, drowned in Hamilton Harbour on Sunday, police said. Insp. Marty Schulenberg said Emery’s death does not appear to be suspicious, calling it a “case of misadventure.” Schulenberg said Emery jumped off of…
Federal Minister, Ahmed Hussen, Says Ontario is Promoting Fear About Asylum Seekers
WINNIPEG — Ontario’s minister responsible for immigration has demanded an apology from federal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen for saying the province is promoting fear about asylum seekers. “Maybe the minister should sit down and have a nice cup of tea, calm down a little bit and maybe phone me and apologize for calling me unCanadian,”…
Saskatchewan Minister Says Vince Li Responsible for Greyhound Bus Demise
REGINA — The minister for Saskatchewan’s Crown Investments Corp. says a beheading on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba 10 years ago was the tipping point for bus ridership in his province. Joe Hargrave says ridership on what was the government−owned Saskatchewan Transportation Co. dropped like a rock after that. Vince Li, who now goes by…
Man Who Threatened Trump May Have Illegally Crossed Border
MONTREAL — The U.S. Marshals Service says a Pennsylvania fugitive who allegedly threatened to put a bullet in President Donald Trump’s head might be in the Montreal area. Robert Clark of the Marshals’ Philadelphia task force says authorities believe 27−year−old Shawn Christy may have crossed into Canada on foot after abandoning a stolen vehicle near…
Canada Post Carrier Pilfers Tomatoes, Supervisor Apologizes
MONTREAL — Canada Post says a supervisor has apologized in person to a Montreal woman whose tomatoes were pilfered by a mail carrier. Spokesman Jon Hamilton says in an email to The Canadian Press the supervisor also brought the woman tomatoes as a goodwill gesture. The mail carrier can be seen on video on four…