VANCOUVER – The first time Robb Dunfield ever met someone who permanently used a wheelchair, the 19-year-old felt overwhelmed at realizing some people live without perfect use of their bodies. Three months after that late 1970s visit to a Vancouver extended care facility, Dunfield shattered his own spine tumbling off a third-floor balcony, landing on
Haraldur “Halli” Thorleifsson, an Icelandic design agency founder whose company was acquired by Twitter, says he was left in the dark about his employment status at the social media company after access to his work computer was cut. After nine days of no clear answer, he publicly tweeted at Twitter’s CEO Elon Musk. Their ensuing
A B.C. father is making a tearful plea to help find his missing daughter, whom he believes is being detained in an Iranian prison. Amir Bahraminia says his 35-year-old daughter, Behnoush, disappeared in Tehran along with her partner Mathew Safari, also known as Majid, nearly a year and a half ago.“She is in trouble,” Bahraminia
Canada’s chief of the defence staff said Tuesday he wanted Canadian fighter jets to shoot down the unidentified object that flew over Yukon last month, but they were prevented from reaching the area first due to weather slowing their takeoff. But Gen. Wayne Eyre told the House of Commons standing committee on national defence the
Motorcycle accident toronto today Hour at 6 BC A Metro Vancouver family is heartbroken and speaking out as their daughter has been missing in Iran for nearly a year and a half. There is no record of her arrest or any charges, but the family believes the 35-year-old woman is being detained. Negar Mojtahedi has more in
TORONTO – Ontario’s government says it won’t forget the war veterans who ride motorcycles. Starting next spring, they will be able to get poppy-stamped licence plates for their bikes. Veterans have been able to get specialty licence plates for their cars and trucks since 2003, and the government says almost 33,500 have been issued. The
CAMPBELLFORD, Ont. – A former police officer who donned blackface for a Halloween party and was led around on a rope by a friend dressed as a Ku Klux Klansman says he’s sorry. “It was a stupid thing. In hindsight now, we should have never done it,” Terry Nunn told The Canadian Press on Thursday
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit has determined there are no grounds to charge a Durham Regional Police officer with a criminal offence following the death of a female motorcycle passenger near Whitby in late August. The provincial agency was asked to review an Aug. 27 incident that took place on Highway 401, it said Friday in
York police say they nabbed a motorcyclist who was driving about 120 kilometres per hour over the speed limit on Thursday. The motorcyclist was caught as officers were doing radar checks on Jane Street between Major Mackenzie Drive and Teston Road in Vaughan, police said Friday in a news release. “At approximately 11:15 a.m., the officer
No charges will be laid in the death of a motorcyclist who collided with a Peel Regional Police cruiser, Ontario’s Special Investigation Unit announced Friday. A report released by the SIU concluded there were no reasonable grounds to charge the officer involved, stating he was following procedure during the accident. On Sept. 3, 2010, Thomas