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Ontario to see quick, humid heat up heading into the weekend
Temperatures will be heating up in southern Ontario this weekend, following days with a frost-and-freeze threat. An active storm track will drag both warmth and moisture into the region, introducing a summer-like humidex
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N.L. minister seeks Criminal Code changes he says will protect domestic abuse victims
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador’s justice minister has asked his federal counterpart to make changes to the Criminal Code that he says will help protect victims of domestic and intimate partner violence. John Hogan's letter last month to Arif Virani recommends changes to bail and detention rules that could make it harder for those accused of intimate partner violence or domestic violence to be released. He sent it about a week after a St. John's, N.L., woman was found dead and Ibrah
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Sentencing hearing for former Saskatchewan Mountie who shot lover in park
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — A sentencing hearing has started for a former Saskatchewan Mountie who shot and killed his lover. Bernie Herman, who is 55, was convicted in January of manslaughter in the death of 26-year-old Braden Herman. The two men are not related. Braden Herman's naked body was found in 2021 in a park on the outskirts of Prince Albert. Bernie Herman testified that he fired the gun that killed Braden Herman, but lawyers disagreed on whether it was planned. The officer's lawyers argued
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Tropics are waking up with the first disturbance of 2024
The National Hurricane Center issued the first special tropical outlook of the 2024 hurricane season early Thursday morning.
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Keep Sarnia plastic plant shut until First Nation says it's safe: environment groups
OTTAWA — International environmental advocates are calling for a petrochemical plant in southern Ontario to remain closed in light of reports about a benzene leak that continues to affect a neighbouring First Nation community. The letter, signed by more than 100 organizations around the world, calls on Canada's environment minister to take immediate steps to ensure the plant remains closed until the Aamjiwnaang First Nation deems it safe to reopen. The plant was closed over the weekend after emp
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Quebec police say 40 'high risk' sex offenders arrested in provincewide operation
MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say they've arrested 40 sex offenders in an operation involving multiple police forces across the province. The operation targeted people considered a high risk to reoffend. Police looked for offenders who had violated court-imposed conditions and those subject to arrest warrants. They say they found "numerous" people who had violated an order to register with the national sex offender registry. The operation, which began April 2, involved 24 municipal police
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Quebec family reimbursed $10,000 for being shipped wrong body after death in Cuba
MONTREAL — A Montreal-area family that was sent the wrong body after a loved one's death in Cuba has received a $10,000 reimbursement and an apology from the Caribbean country. Miriam Jarjour says her family was refunded the money paid to repatriate her father's remains but still doesn't know what happened to his body. Laval, Que., resident Faraj Allah Jarjour had a heart attack and died on March 22 while vacationing with his family near Varadero, Cuba. But the casket that was sent to Canada las
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