A man in Arkansas has been arrested and charged with false imprisonment and other offences after allegedly hiding his five-year-old daughter in a secret compartment that was nailed shut inside his closet. Jon Thompson, 40, of Tontitown, Ark., was arrested Friday after state officials tried to take custody of the girl.When police and officials with
Vancouver police have released new images of Randall Hopley, notorious convicted sex offender and fugitive sought Canada-wide for walking away from his Vancouver halfway house ahead of a court date. Wednesday marked the fifth day of the search for Hopley, who cut his ankle monitor off on Nov. 4 and failed to return to the
After leading her small town through a historic and devastating wildfire season, one of Quebec’s youngest mayors is taking a step back from politics to take care of herself. Isabelle Lessard, 23, was thrust into the spotlight last summer after raging forest fires forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes in Chapais, Que., about 715
A B.C. woman who returned home from Syria last year was part of the all-female battalion of the Islamic State, according to RCMP allegations unsealed on Tuesday.Kimberly Polman served in the Katibah Nusaybah, an ISIS branch that provided weapons training to women, the RCMP wrote in a report summarizing its investigation.The 122-page police report, obtained
Lung cancer death rates in Canada are declining faster than any other type of cancer, which can be attributed to the significant impact of tobacco control and early detection efforts, according to a new report. The report, Canadian Cancer Statistics 2023, was released Wednesday by the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) in collaboration with Statistics Canada
Alberta is planning to dismantle its provincewide health provider and may sell off its publicly owned continuing-care facilities, say leaked cabinet briefing documents released by the Opposition NDP. NDP Leader Rachel Notley said the proposal to break up Alberta Health Services would give complete political control over all health decisions to Premier Danielle Smith’s cabinet.Notley
Now over 51 years since the disappearance of a woman just north of Peterborough, Ont., investigators returned to her family’s property on Tuesday to conduct a search. Peterborough County OPP say 45-year-old Francis Muriel Harris (nee Johnson) was last seen on April 21, 1972, at her home on Highway 28 just south of the village
Most of Canada and the northern United States may see far less snow than average this winter thanks to a strong and persistent El Nino, U.S. forecasters say — if past years are any indication. Officials at the U.S. Climate Prediction Center (CPC) published a blog post last week looking at El Nino winters dating
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Four massive beer tanks will surely cause a buzz in southwestern Ontario as they make their way to their new home at Labatt Brewery in London. The brewing equipment, over 33 metres long and nearly seven metres wide, is expected to take up two lanes of traffic
Homebuyers are more often getting the “upper hand” — and better prices — on sellers in Canada’s slowing real estate markets, according to a new Royal Bank of Canada report. The RBC analysis of the October resale market argues higher interest rates have the fall housing market “stuck in a low gear.”Inventories are still growing