10 m. ago MANDEL: Shooting survivor testifies ‘all hell broke loose,’ stray bullet killed innocent child

Dante Andreatta was just walking home with his mom on Jane St. on an unusually warm November day almost five years ago when the explosion of gunfire erupted in the nearby apartment parking lot of 25 Stong Ct. An astounding 36 bullets were unleashed from two guns aimed at a fleeing car in the brazen […]

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28 m. ago Coyotes with little fear of humans a dangerous menace to dog walkers

Another coyote attack? Dog walker Kristin Freeland and Derek — out with his dog, Henry — were at Stanley Park in the King-Wellington Sts. area  talking about “the latest attack” by a coyote; this one apparently Tuesday morning near a condo building in the Tecumseth-Wellington Sts. area. Freeland showed grainy images on her mobile phone […]

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2 h. ago CRIMESCENE: Tree branch falls, critically injures woman on Toronto street

Police say a woman in her 30s was in critical condition on Tuesday afternoon after a large tree branch struck her and a 10-year-old girl as they walked in the St. Clair Ave.-Avenue Rds. area. The woman was taken to hospital with critical injures shortly after 3 p.m. and the child didn’t sustain any physical […]

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2 h. ago Woman critically injured by falling tree branch: Toronto police

Police say they responded to the scene near St. Clair Avenue and Avenue Road just before 3:30 p.m. for a report of a large tree branch that had fallen.

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4 h. ago Woman walking dog knocked down and bitten by black bear in Whistler

The B.C. Conservation Officer Service said the bear was killed due to public safety concerns after the woman was taken to hospital

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5 h. ago Man, woman dead after police respond to domestic call at Winnipeg home

Police say they were called Monday to the house west of the city's downtown, where they found a man and woman in medical distress. 

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5 h. ago Black bear killed after dog walker knocked down and bitten in Whistler

The BC Conservation Officer Service said the bear knocked a woman to the ground an bit her on Monday while she was walking her dog.

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6 h. ago Woman found in critical condition hours after release from Port Hardy police cells

Independent investigators are trying to determine if police actions or inactions were a factor in the woman's medical distress

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10 h. ago More than 50,000 Los Angeles County workers take to picket lines for 2

LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 50,000 Los Angeles County workers were on strike again Tuesday, closing libraries and disrupting administrative operations across the nation’s most populous county. The two-day walkout that began Monday followed failed negotiations with the county for a new contract after the last one expired in March, according to the Service […]

Society

12 h. ago La Santa María Boutique Hotel & Residences Redefines Luxury in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

MIAMI — La Santa María Boutique Hotel & Residences is redefining boutique luxury in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, a coastal gem in Central America. Located on Nicaragua’s Pacific coast, the hotel offers exclusive accommodations and personalized services, all with stunning views of the town and bay. It’s just a five-minute walk from the lively […]

Transport

18 h. ago Conservatives snatch urban riding to solidify London region base

The Conservatives tightened their grip Monday on the 10-riding London region, snatching an urban riding in London to increase the party’s seat count to eight. Kurt Holman, who knocked off the NDP’s Lyndsay Mathyssen in London-Fanshawe, and Andrew Lawton, who took Elgin-St. Thomas-London South after a bruising campaign, are the new faces for the Conservatives […]

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25 h. ago Irish woman legally residing in the U.S. for decades detained by ICE

Cliona Ward, originally from Ireland, is a green card holder but has prior drug possession charges dating back to 2007 and 2008, which she believed had been expunged.

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26 h. ago Woman testifies in sex assault trial of Edmonton addictions counsellor

She told the court she repeatedly told him she wasn’t comfortable and was not interested in getting naked.

Economics

27 h. ago Woman sues Disney for $2M, claims ‘mammoth wave’ scarred her for life

A New York woman is suing Disney Parks for $2 million after she was allegedly struck and left permanently scarred by a “mammoth wave” at Typhoon Lagoon in Florida. Kimberly Panetta, 45, of Dix Hills, N.Y., claimed her annual family trip to the “Place Where Dreams Come True” turned into a nightmare while she was […]

Economics

27 h. ago Woman charged with murder in stabbing of paramedic during ambulance ride to hospital

A woman pleaded not guilty Monday to fatally stabbing a Kansas City, Missouri, paramedic as she was being taken to a hospital in an ambulance. Shanetta Bossell, 39, was arrested Sunday after trying to drive off in the ambulance as others were tending to paramedic Graham Hoffman’s chest wound, according to court records. She has […]

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27 h. ago CRIME SCENE: Toronto woman, male youth charged in carjacking, robbery probe

A 26-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy from Toronto are facing charges after a carjacking and retail robbery probe in the south Etobicoke and Markland Woods neighbhourhoods. Among the incidents reported to Toronto Police: — Officers responded on April 11 at 8:16 a.m. to a call for a person with a gun in the Burnhamthorpe […]

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28 h. ago SIMMONS: Leafs captain Auston Matthews needs to summon his inner Connor McDavid

Toronto's top dog needs to step up his game when it matters the most, like other fellow stars have done across the NHL.

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31 h. ago 'Our hearts are broken': Artists speak out after Lapu Lapu Day tragedy

Apl.de. Ap and J-Rey, both of the American musical group Black Eyed Peas, had just finished performing when the devastating attack unfolded.

Culture

31 h. ago 'Our hearts are broken': Black Eyed Peas singers Apl.de. Ap, J

Apl.de. Ap and J-Rey, both of the American musical group Black Eyed Peas, had just finished performing when the devastating attack unfolded.

Culture

31 h. ago Naked woman jumps from moving car on highway to escape kidnapping: Cops

A 24-year-old man faces numerous charges, including kidnapping, after a naked woman jumped out of a moving car on a Nashville highway. Police were called to a gas station early Thursday to find the woman without clothes covered in severe abrasions, court documents obtained by WKRN revealed. She was treated in hospital, where she told […]

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