49 h. ago 'In shock': Friends, family of Norquest College instructor left reeling after learning cousin is accused killer

Priscilla McGreer always had a way of making people around her feel special. Whether it was a small gift on a birthday or flowers on an anniversary, those little gestures never went unnoticed. Now, her mother says she’ll treasure those moments even more after her daughter was shot and killed, allegedly by her own cousin. […]

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5 d. ago Mayor of Barrie, Ont., declares state of emergency over homeless encampments

Alex Nuttall said in a news release that the residents of Barrie, a city of nearly 150,000 people north of Toronto, 'have had enough' of what he described as 'lawlessness.'

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5 d. ago Butt dial leads to arrest of woman who allegedly helped accused killer

A woman has been accused of tampering with evidence after the presumed death of an American Airlines flight attendant who mysteriously vanished earlier this year — all because of a butt-dial. Joni Thomas, 62, has been charged with tampering with evidence in the suspected murder of 47-year-old Rana Nofal Soluri — an Envoy Air flight […]

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5 d. ago Mayor of Barrie, Ontario, declares state of emergency over homeless encampments

The announcement comes after a lengthy police investigation at the site of an encampment led to a man being arrested last month for the murder and dismemberment of two victims

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8 d. ago 'Keep breathing': One woman's long fight to recover from injuries at Lapu Lapu Day tragedy

'This incident didn't happen because there were less police. This incident didn't happen because there were less barricades. This incident happened because someone was having a mental-health issue.' — Christi-Ann Watkins

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9 d. ago Accused in jailhouse killing of serial killer Robert Pickton to plead guilty: Crown

Martin Charest is charged with first-degree murder in Pickton's killing in May 2024 at the Port-Cartier federal penitentiary.

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1 week ago Judge allows advanced DNA evidence in Gilgo Beach serial killing trial

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — A New York judge on Wednesday allowed DNA evidence obtained through advanced techniques into the forthcoming murder trial of the man accused of being Long Island’s Gilgo Beach serial killer. New York State Supreme Court Justice Timothy Mazzei made the decision Wednesday but didn’t explain the ruling at a brief hearing in […]

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1 week ago Ontario Fire Marshal probing Richmond Hill fire that has five people in critical condition

An extended Richmond Hill family of five remain in critical condition as fire investigators sift through their burned home. The mysterious fire occurred on Monday morning around 3 a.m. at the spacious home located on Skywood Dr. and Rollinghill Rd. Those victims — still fighting for their lives in hospital — are a 70-year-old man, […]

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2 w. ago U.S. government offers military funeral honours to Ashli Babbitt, Jan. 6 rioter fatally shot by police

The U.S. Air Force veteran was shot dead by police while trying to climb through the broken window of a barricaded door inside the Capitol

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2 w. ago Accused killer, victims lived in same homeless encampment in Barrie, police say

Barrie cops would not say how victims were killed, what motive accused may have allegedly had

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2 w. ago 2 men who were killed and dismembered knew attacker: Barrie police

Barrie police say the killing of two people who were then dismembered was not random and that the accused and victims were known to one another.

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3 w. ago B.C. Supreme Court orders city of Prince George to dismantle long

The ruling says the most recent data from November 2024 show there are more than 200 people in Prince George who were 'absolutely homeless'

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3 w. ago City of Prince George to dismantle homeless encampment after court ruling

PRINCE GEORGE — The City of Prince George says it will begin dismantling a long-standing homeless encampment after a B.C. Supreme Court judge approved the move and ruled the city had taken steps to shelter unhoused people. Prince George had gone to court twice before to close the encampment on lands the city owns, but […]

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