Police lay charges against seven people for their part in a human trafficking ring after a tip from a single worker. Police allege the accused brought 64 people into Canada, for cheap labour, where they were forced to live and work in deplorable conditions.
A little more than 25 years ago, John Douglas Carnahan bought the rights to two burial plots in the northeast corner of a hilly cemetery in a dense area of Burnaby, B.C. Back then, they cost $750 each. As years passed and space grew scarce, the cost of a single plot in the same cemetery surged to more than $10,000. After Carnahan's death at 91, his widow decided not to use the plots. Her battle for the right to sell the plots privately to any buyer at market value has now spilled over into B.C.
The Met Police haven’t had a great week, but spare a thought for South African police chiefs. Later this year they may find themselves facing the trickiest diplomatic decision of modern times: whether to arrest Vladimir Putin if he turns up for the summit of Brics nations, planned for Durban in late August.
"We've had chickens here in the city that had to be removed. But never a crocodile," a local code enforcement officer told Insider.
After training at the gym on Monday, Orange County Sheriff's Deputy Michael Milmerstadt "developed a severe headache, which was later determined to be a serious injury"
OTTAWA — U.S. President Joe Biden stayed in Ottawa during his short trip north of the border, but the catering team from the National Arts Centre took him on a cross-Canada culinary tour Friday evening. The president and first lady Jill Biden were the guests of honour at a dinner hosted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau at the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum. Before dinner, the two leaders toasted the continued friendship and strong ties between the two nat
A Pennsylvania woman linked to a far-right extremist movement was sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol, where she invaded then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office with other rioters. Riley June Williams, 23, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was charged but not convicted of helping steal a laptop from Pelosi’s office suite during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. A federal jury convicted Williams in November of six charges, including a felony count of civil disorder, after a two-week trial.
“Don’t let me die,” one witness recalled her saying.
A hunger strike started by a group of McMaster University students on Monday is taking a toll on their bodies, but they are determined to continue until the university takes action, a member of the group said Thursday. The students want the university to reverse the decision to install four natural gas-powered generators on Cootes Drive in Hamilton. Navin Garg, one of the students with the McMaster Divestment Project who is striking, said they abstained from food since 11 a.m. on Monday. "I thin
A woman dressed as a janitor, complete with a vacuum cleaner mounted on her back, is wanted on suspicion of stealing large amounts of cash from ATMs in banks across B.C.'s Upper Fraser Valley. According to Chilliwack RCMP, a series of four break-ins and ATM thefts involving the same suspect were reported at major banks in July 2021. In all four crimes, the suspect was wearing a bright blue collared shirt, dark pants, a dark baseball cap, a medical mask, latex gloves and a backpack-style vacuum c
Idaho Supreme Court ruled that dog’s actions made 2019 search of vehicle illegal
Twenty-four stolen vehicles have been returned to Canada after two Greater Toronto Area police forces intercepted a shipment of vehicles on its way to Dubai, police say. In a news release on Friday, Halton Regional Police say they and Peel Regional Police recovered the vehicles while they were in transit in Morocco. Police say the Canada Border Services Agency helped to intercept the vehicles. The investigation began last month, police say. The vehicles are worth an estimated $2.1 million. One o
Two young boys who were found dead with their mother in their south London home had been strangled, an inquest has heard.
A grieving mother believes unsanitary living conditions at the Ottawa motel where she and her five children were placed to live last summer contributed to the death of her two-year-old son earlier this month. Gloria Luhaka, who fled violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been living with her five children — including twin toddlers — at the Travelodge by Wyndham Ottawa West on Carling Avenue for the past seven months. The City of Ottawa placed the family at the motel, which is amon
Gary Campbell admitted sexual abuse charges involving children as young as four.
Stephen Smith’s mother spoke out after SLED announced that her son’s death was finally being investigated as a homicide
Authorities said the incident was an accident.
The Keewatin Tribal Council declared a regional state of emergency on Thursday afternoon to draw attention to the "dire" situations on the northern Manitoba communities and to urge immediate government action. The tribal council is made up of 11 communities, including Shamattawa First Nation and God's Lake First Nation, which have already declared states of emergency in the last six months. The regional state of emergency was prompted by system-wide deficiencies in public safety, health services
Nicky McHale said he saw Thomas Cashman in the garden of a house at the time of the shooting.
As the proceedings against the nurse continue, Yahoo News UK sets out who Letby is and the alleged offences she is on trial for.
Police found the dog sitting in front of its owner’s apartment after the crash.
