Descrease article font size Increase article font size A passenger on an Air Canada flight from London, England, to Toronto allegedly tried to open the aircraft doors midflight on Sunday, according to the airline and police. In a statement, Air Canada said there was an incident involving a “disruptive passenger” on the Toronto-bound flight from
Indigenous leaders and community members called for change after a First Nations woman was seen restrained at the Marlborough Hotel in Winnipeg. On Sunday afternoon, a large group of people rallied in the lobby of the downtown hotel. Including community members as well as Indigenous leaders from around the province.Leaders as well as members of
Amid an ongoing housing shortage, the idea of renoviction can be a worrying prospect for tenants. A renoviction is when a landlord evicts someone to make repairs or renovations to the unit that are so extensive it would make living in the unit uninhabitable for the duration, and thus requires the tenant to end their
Canada’s opioid epidemic and housing crisis are colliding, and the most recent data shows nearly 4,000 Canadians died during the first half of last year — that’s more than 20 deaths per day. These challenges are fueling safety concerns in cities nationwide, including the nation’s capital. Touria Izri joins a police officer on patrol in
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 10-year-old boy from Maryland was bitten by a shark while at a resort in the Bahamas and has been airlifted back to the U.S. for further treatment. The shark attack occurred while the boy was “participating in an expedition in a Shark Tank at a local
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto emergency teams launched a full water rescue response mission after a vehicle crashed through ice and sunk into the Keating Channel Saturday morning. Police say they received a call for a collision at 8:45 a.m. in the area of Lake Shore Boulevard East and Cherry Street.According
On a cool Thursday afternoon in Ottawa, veteran police officer Sgt. Avery Flanagan approaches a man hunched over in a downtown parking lot. He has crushed opioids in one hand and a needle in the other. Flanagan tells the man, who appears to be in his 20s, he can’t use drugs on private property.“Have you
Construction on a new electric vehicle battery plant in Quebec shut down temporarily on Friday. The multibillion-dollar project was announced back in the fall, touting plans to produce some of “the greenest batteries in the world.” However, environmental groups are fighting the project as Mike Armstrong reports.
Twenty per cent of Canada’s land mass will soon be in the hands of the government of Nunavut. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in the territory’s capital Iqaluit on Thursday, signing the Nunavut Lands and Resources Devolution Agreement, saying it was a “historic day” for not just Nunavut, but for the entire country. David Akin
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Shawn Barber, the Canadian pole vault record holder and 2015 world champion, has died from medical complications. He was 29. Barber died Wednesday at home in Kingwood, Texas, his agent, Paul Doyle, confirmed to The Associated Press. A cause of death was not yet known. Barber had