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Social media posts affecting West Nipissing police
The West Nipissing Police Chief isn’t too happy with social media comments about his force. Eric Taschner. Source link #canadiannews #worldnews #headlinenews and stories from around the world USA Today News Headlines [su_feed url=”http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/usatoday-NewsTopStories” limit=”20″] USA News Headlines [su_feed url=”http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_us.rss” limit=”20″] ABC NEWS Headlines [su_feed url=”http://feeds.abcnews.com/abcnews/usheadlines” limit=”20″]
N.S. pub owner wants to sail away and become a pirate
CTV Atlantic Published Thursday, August 30, 2018 9:13PM ADT Last Updated Thursday, August 30, 2018 9:25PM ADT Some people want to run away and join the circus, but Kevin Emery wants to sail away and be a pirate — or a Viking. Emery owns Ye Olde Towne Pub and Restaurant, the type of pub you would imagine in the historic town of Annapolis Royal. It’s housed in a building from 1884 that used to be the town bank. It’s got character, and it’s been a pub since the late 1980s.Read More
Final farewell held for officers killed in Fredericton shooting
Ben Cousins, CTVNews.ca Staff Published Saturday, August 18, 2018 7:40AM EDT Last Updated Saturday, August 18, 2018 4:40PM EDT The two officers who were killed in last week’s deadly shooting in Fredericton are being remembered as dedicated officers with a passion for policing. Fredericton Police constables Robb Costello, 45, and Sara Burns, 43, were fatally shot last week while responding to a call outside an apartment complex in the city’s north end. During a regimental funeral Saturday in front of thousands of friends, family members and first responders from acrossRead More
Two suspicious blazes at west London townhouse
London police and fire officials are investigating a pair of suspicious blazes at a west end townhouse complex. Emergency crews were called to 1481 Limberlost around 5 a.m. Tuesday. Some mattresses were set on fire outside of the building near a fence, while another blaze occurred at the front door of one of the units. No one was hurt. The Ontario Fire Marshal has been called to help investigate. Source link #canadiannews #worldnews #headlinenews and stories from around the world USA Today News Headlines [su_feed url=”http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/usatoday-NewsTopStories” limit=”20″] USA News HeadlinesRead More
Hamilton tenants on ‘rent strike’ bring protest to Ottawa
A group of frustrated Hamilton tenants on a “rent strike” drove their demands to Ottawa today. The landlord, Ottawa based InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust and CLV Group, has proposed a 9.6% rent hike over the next two years. The more than two dozen residents who marched to the CEO’s home in Ottawa say they can’t afford the hike and feel they are being priced out of the apartment complex. “If it goes up, we have to find another place to live in Hamilton and that’s hard because most placesRead More
Two alarm fire in northeast community of Taradale displaces 21 people and destroys three homes
Three homes were destroyed in a fire in the northeast community of Taradale. The fire broke out along the 200 block of Tara Vista Drive around 5:15 Monday afternoon. The Calgary Fire Department responded after several calls come into 9-11. “Crews arrived to find the structure fully involved due to the wind and amount of fire started to spread to structures on either side,” says Battalion Chief Alistair Robin. “I was driving by and saw a lot of smoke coming out from these houses and they burned in threeRead More
USC Annenberg suspends use of Moonves’ name on media centre
LOS ANGELES — The USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism will temporarily suspend the use of the media centre’s name: The Julie Chen/Leslie Moonves and CBS Media Center. In a statement Wednesday, Dean Willow Bay says, “In recognition of the sensitivities surrounding recent allegations against Mr. Moonves, he and Ms. Chen have requested that USC Annenberg temporarily suspend use of the media centre’s name until the investigation concludes.” In an article last week in The New Yorker, six women alleged sexual harassment or misconduct by the CBS Corp. CEORead More
Brantford police seize more than $20,000 worth of fentanyl
On July 19, the Brantford Police Service executed a search warrant of a motel room. During the search, 76.28 grams of suspected fentanyl was located, worth an estimated $22,884, police say. The search warrant was a result of an investigation on July 18, where the aforementioned and one other suspect were arrested on outstanding warrants. One of the accused attempted to spit on a police officer during his arrest. He was found to be in possession of Percocet tablets. As a result of the investigation, a 23-year-old man from DundasRead More
Shooting of B.C. hockey dad in driveway was case of mistaken identity: police
SURREY, B.C. — The wife of a man gunned down in what police say was a case of mistaken identity is pleading for any information that would solve the murder the family is struggling to understand. Paul Bennett, 47, was shot in his driveway in Surrey, B.C., on the afternoon of June 23. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said Thursday he was the unintended victim of a targeted shooting. Darlene Bennett described her husband as the kind of man who wore his heart on his sleeve, volunteered his time freely,Read More
‘We look at it as a way of healing’: Three brothers healing through music
Published Saturday, July 7, 2018 6:20PM CST Last Updated Saturday, July 7, 2018 6:48PM CST Three singing brothers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo stopped in Regina on Saturday, to share their story of survival. Fabian, Aliston and Michel Lwamba all lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for years, after escaping from their home in the Congo. “A refugee camp if I can describe, is a place of death, a place of sorrow, a place where there is no hope. And hopelessness is very much in the camp,”Read More