2 h. ago Former Surrey Six cop testifies he was stressed and overworked before witness affair

The former investigator on the 2007 Surrey Six case testified his salary was $80,000 a year. That year he made $200,000 with overtime.

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3 h. ago TFC loans teenage defender Adam Pearlman to CPL’s Halifax Wanderers

Toronto FC has sent teenage defender Adam Pearlman on a season-long loan to Halifax Wanderers FC of the Canadian Premier League. The 19-year-old Canadian youth international from Maple, Ont., made his first-team debut with TFC off the bench in July 2023 against St. Louis City SC, having signed a short-term contract. He graduated to the […]

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3 h. ago Intimate partner violence a factor in Overbrook homicide, police chief confirms

Judith Pamela Brennan was charged with second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Robert Vides inside a Presland Road apartment on Feb. 19 at 4:45 a.m.

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4 h. ago Alleged luxury home drug lab trial continues with one defendant

The court case surrounding an alleged $8-million drug lab found in a luxury London home continued Monday with just one defendant. Late last week, the Crown requested Superior Court Justice Ian Leach dismiss all charges against Donovan Wendt, 32, who was charged in April 2023 after police discovered a large, sophisticated lab for making cannabis […]

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4 h. ago Toronto police charge 2 men after search allegedly turns up gun, drugs

A man who was allegedly armed and in possession of drugs was busted when officers searched a home, according to Toronto Police. Members of the Gun and Gang Task Force arrested two men after executing a search warrant in the Jameson Ave.-Queen St. area at around 6 p.m. on Sunday. Police allege one man was […]

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5 h. ago Toronto cop on Ontario Sunshine List gets house arrest for attempted frauds

Const. Ronald Joseph 'was the lynchpin of a fraudulent scheme' that involved staging car accidents 'and motivated entirely by greed,' said the judge

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5 h. ago Toronto cop gets house arrest for faking accidents and vehicle thefts

Const. Ronald Joseph 'was the lynchpin of a fraudulent scheme' that involved staging car accidents 'and motivated entirely by greed,' said the judge

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6 h. ago AGAR: Blurring the lines between Black, white and Indigenous history

Politicians are often storming a castle of their imagination. Once they get going with an idea, they become so focused on it that no reason or fact will stop them. Too many elected officials at various levels of government play the part of the ignorant, uninformed villagers charging with pitchforks and torches toward the monster’s […]

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6 h. ago Canadians can now submit claims to cash in on Cottonelle class

A Canadian court has certified a class-action lawsuit against consumer goods company Kimberly-Clark for its recalled wipes, and eligible Canadians can submit a claim.Vancouver-based law firm Slater Vecchio LLP announced in a release that the Supreme Court of B.C. has certified a class action against Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Kimberly-Clark Inc., and Kimberly-Clark Canada Inc. (Kimberly-Clark).The lawsuit relates to Cottonelle Flushable Wipes or Cottonelle Gentle Plus Flushable Wipes, which were recalled across Canada.In a February 21 email, a representative for the law firm explained that the announcement is a formal public notice."The class action was certified in Aug. 2023," they stated. "The Class Proceedings Act, RSBC 1996, c 50 prescribes that, following the certification of an action as a class proceeding, formal notice of the certification must be provided to class members. That formal notice program began today."If the lawsuit settles in futur...

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7 h. ago Ontario Chuck E. Cheese's rumoured to be headed for rare international designation

You don't need to have ever stepped foot in a Chuck E. Cheese's in your life to know what the iconic business is all about, or that it has been revived since its parent company, CEC Entertainment, filed for bankruptcy over the pandemic.The chain of mechanical rat pizza and child casinos, in the words of online jokesters, is actually doing quite phenomenally, all things considered: it saw a $288 million jump in revenue from 2019 to 2023, remains a common subject of cultural reference 48 years after its founding, and still boasts a whopping 482 locations across the U.S. and Canada.Even though only 11 of these are north of the border, one local outpost of the kids' party place is allegedly on track to achieve legendary status, reserved for only a handful of Chuck E. Cheeses in the world. (Whether the restaurant still technically has or doesn't have an apostrophe 's' at the end of its name is up for debate.)There are what CEC Entert...

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7 h. ago Selkirk woman charged with arson to her own home: Manitoba RCMP

A Selkirk woman is facing arson and animal endangerment charges after Manitoba RCMP allege she set fire to her own home with five pets inside.

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7 h. ago Toronto FC loans teenage defender Adam Pearlman to CPL’s Halifax Wanderers

TORONTO — Toronto FC has sent teenage defender Adam Pearlman on a season-long loan to Halifax Wanderers FC of the Canadian Premier League. The 19-year-old Canadian youth international from Maple, Ont., made his first-team debut with TFC off the bench in July 2023 against St. Louis City SC, having signed a short-term contract. He graduated […]

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8 h. ago Male briefly escapes custody at Pincher Creek courthouse, tries unsuccessfully to grab Sheriff's gun

A male who briefly escaped from Sheriffs’ custody at the Pincher Creek courthouse earlier this month faces charges stemming from the incident. In early February, the male managed to escape from a holding area and got into a courtroom, Pincher Creek RCMP told Postmedia on Monday. The incident occurred after court had adjourned that day. […]

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8 h. ago La stratégie de vaccination française contre la grippe aviaire inspire à l’étranger

La France a décidé dès 2023 de rendre obligatoire la vaccination des élevages de canard, malgré les risques commerciaux.

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9 h. ago WARMINGTON: Cops nab one of two suspects in carjacking of Brampton woman caught on video

The man, 24, was on house arrest for two previous robberies, assault, mischief over $5,000, and failure to comply with a release order

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9 h. ago ‘I wanted revenge’: Man pleads guilty to murder charges in random TTC stabbing

A Chinese national who stabbed two strangers on a TTC train at the High Park Subway station more than two years ago has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and attempted murder.

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9 h. ago Woman, 19, charged in apparent random stabbing of child, 6, in Halifax

A 19-year-old woman is accused of attempted murder after a six-year-old child was stabbed in downtown Halifax on Sunday afternoon. And Halifax Regional Police say the victim and the suspect are not believed to be known to each other. Around 1:20 p.m. on Sunday, officers were called to the 1900 block of Barrington Street where […]

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9 h. ago Canada Infrastructure Bank loans Australian EV charging company $194M

Jolt expected to install up to 1,500 new curbside locations

Economics

13 h. ago Navigating interest charges and unnecessary fees on credit cards

Credit card debt incurs hefty interest for cash-like transactions and cash advances. Review your agreement to avoid unexpected costs.

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13 h. ago Signia Introduces Pure Charge&Go BCT IX Hearing Aids Featuring Bluetooth® Classic Connectivity with No Compromise

New Pure Charge&Go BCT IX hearing aids introduce the longest battery runtime of any Bluetooth® Classic hearing aid with an unprecedented 36 hours of battery life. Pure Charge&Go BCT IX is the smallest hearing aid with Bluetooth® Classic available on the market today.1 Pure Charge&Go BCT IX hearing aids bring the full audiological feature set […]

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