28 h. ago Toronto family stuck on island near Turks and Caicos after boat crash

A Toronto family is reaching out for help after being left stranded on a small island off Turks and Caicos.According to Tiffany Scholl, her sister, Krista, brother-in-law, Tony, and niece, Adelaide, were sailing when their boat hit a reef and began to sink."Within seconds, they were in the emergency dinghy and then saved by a helicopter some hours later," Scholl shared in a GoFundMe created on Monday. "They watched their home sink into the ocean as they were pulled up by the helicopter."Photo: Tiffany Scholl/GoFundMe.Scholl says the family is now at the Coast Guard base on a small island off the coast of Turks and Caicos and needs help to return to Canada, which is why she started the fundraiser."They have nothing but the clothes on their backs," she wrote. "Please help and donate to the most deserving and amazing people I know."Scholl says the money will also help them restart their life in Canada.The GoFundMe has an $18,000 go...

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6 d. ago Crew member attacked, another bitten on board BC Ferry, union says

The union says that on the 7 a.m. sailing from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay, a deckhand was punched and kicked by a shirtless man on the vehicle deck.

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9 d. ago Ontario taking control of four school boards, including TDSB and TCDSB

Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra says the province has taken control of four more school boards. He says the province has appointed supervisors to the Toronto District School Board, the Toronto Catholic District School Board, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board and the Dufferin-Peel Catholic School Board. Calandra says the moves come after a recommendation following […]

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9 d. ago Ontario taking control of 4 school boards, including TDSB and TCDSB, due to ‘mismanagement’

Ontario has taken control of four more school boards due to “mismanagement,” the education minister announced Friday while saying it’s time for a broader rethink of board governance. The province has appointed supervisors to the Toronto District School Board, the Toronto Catholic District School Board, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board and the Dufferin-Peel Catholic School […]

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1 week ago Ontario police, coast guard rescue child from inflatable ring adrift in Lake Huron

The provincial police marine unit and coast guard swift action lead to rescue of a child who went adrift on an inflatable ring no the waters of Lake Huron.

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1 week ago 6 reported dead, 2 missing after boat capsizes on Lake Tahoe in California

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Six people were confirmed dead and two others were missing after a boat capsized on Lake Tahoe in California during a powerful weekend thunderstorm that whipped up high waves, officials said. The U.S. Coast Guard and the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office responded Saturday afternoon to D.L. Bliss State Park […]

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2 w. ago Coast Guard vessels won’t be armed under defence plan: military vice

Lt-Gen. Stephen Kelsey told a Senate committee there are no plans to arm the civilian maritime force as it gains a new security mandate.

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2 w. ago Coast Guard union says crews in the dark about move to defence minister’s control

The Coast Guard commissioner said recently that it will be placed under the control of the minister of national defence, but will not be under the Department of National Defence

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3 w. ago Liberals considering arming the Coast Guard amid significant pivot towards new security mandate

Carney's office said Monday that the Coast Guard — which currently reports to the minister of fisheries — would shift to the minister of national defence’s portfolio

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