London motorcyclist accused of leaving two accidents
LONDON, Ont. – Police in London, Ont., have laid charges against a motorcycle driver alleged to have twice fled accident scenes. Investigators say a passenger fell off a motorcycle when the driver accelerated through a stop sign after spotting police. Police say the passenger received minor injuries and the driver did not stop. Shortly afterwards
Tom Bosley, father from ‘Happy Days,’ dead at 83
LOS ANGELES – It was a constant in American television for more than a decade: Viewers could turn on their TVs and find Howard Cunningham in his armchair, reading the newspaper and providing a fatherly voice of reason to young Richie Cunningham and his friends on “Happy Days.” Tom Bosley made the role famous during
Freak collision leaves police officer injured
A Toronto police officer was taken to hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries after a freak collision downtown. “It is a weird one,” Sgt. Tim Burrows of the Toronto Police Service’s traffic unit told CTV Toronto on Wednesday. A motorcycle had been in the curb lane of Queen Street West and then tried to navigate
Mississauga man killed in motorcycle crash
A 43-year-old Mississauga man died in a motorcycle crash near Buckhorn, Ont., on Sunday. Ontario Provincial Police say Konstantinos Ververidis was driving south on County Road 507 when his 1999 Honda CBR motorcycle veered off the road around 6:20 p.m. The motorcycle crossed the shoulder and crashed into the west ditch south of Baldwin Bay
Motorcyclist clocked at almost 100 km/h over limit
A Burlington motorcyclist may be the most spectacular catch of the Operation Impact holiday highway traffic safety blitz so far, having been clocked at almost 100 kilometres per hour over the speed limit. “At about 1:30 p.m., an OPP officer measured the speed of a motorcycle driving northbound on Highway 6 near John Munro Airport
Two high-level memos allege Beijing covertly funded Canadian election candidates
2:01 China warns of conflict unless U.S. changes course Justin Trudeau said he was never briefed on the issue, and his security adviser has dismissed it out of hand, but two high-level national security reports before and after the 2019 election suggest they were warned that Chinese government officials were funnelling money to Canadian political
‘Technical error’ results in multiple Tim Hortons customers thinking they won $10,000 prize
A man from Ingersoll, Ont., is frustrated with Tim Hortons after the coffee and donut chain mistakenly informed him he won a $10,000 American Express prepaid gift card for the Roll up the Rim contest. Jeremy McDougall says he received a notification Monday morning on the Tim Hortons app telling him we won the daily
Bank of Canada holds key interest rate, but what comes next? Here’s what they said – National
The Bank of Canada decided to hold its key interest rate steady Wednesday but made clear it’s still prepared to raise rates further depending on how inflation and the economy progress. The central bank’s policy rate remains at 4.5 per cent as of Wednesday.The hold, which was widely expected by economists, comes after eight consecutive increases
China warns of conflict unless U.S. changes course
Global National Chinese President Xi Jinping and Foreign Minister Qin Gang are warning the U.S. to change course with its recent decisions on international matters to avoid inevitable “conflict and confrontation.” Jackson Proskow looks at what’s been causing the global superpowers’ conflict to escalate.