Singer and rapper Aaron Carter accidentally drowned in his bathtub after taking prescription pills and inhaling gas used in spray cleaners, a coroner’s report revealed on Tuesday. The Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner said Carter, 34, had recently taken alprazolam, the generic form of Xanax, and inhaled difluoroethane, a gas commonly used in cans of
A Torontonian caught speeding on an electronic kick scooter could get slammed with a fine of up to $25,000, according to police. On Sunday, Toronto police’s Traffic Unit posted a TikTok of someone riding an electronic scooter along Lake Shore Boulevard downtown, asking if viewers could spot the motorcycle in the video. “Yeah, I’m actually
Over 155,000 public service workers are going on strike, the Public Service Agency of Canada (PSAC) announced Tuesday night, after the union failed to reach an agreement with the federal government. Canada’s largest public service union had set a deadline of 9 p.m. Eastern Tuesday for the two sides to make a deal. With the
The mayor of a Montreal suburb publicly revealed herself Tuesday as the victim of ex-Parti Québécois legislator Harold LeBel, who was sentenced to eight months in prison after sexually assaulting her in 2017 when they were both PQ members. Catherine Fournier was a young rising star in the PQ after her December 2016 byelection win
A young woman who was driving through a rural part of New York state with friends is dead after they pulled into the wrong driveway and were met with gunfire, authorities said Monday. The incident took place on Saturday night, when Kaylin Gillis, 20, and three other people made a wrong turn in the small
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s week-long family vacation in Jamaica over the winter holidays cost taxpayers at least $162,000, and is drawing criticism that it shows he does not “understand the realities of everyday Canadians” from NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. The details of Trudeau’s trip were released in documents tabled in the House of Commons last
Editor’s note: A previous version of this story incorrectly identified Galen G. Weston as CEO of Loblaw. He is the company’s president, as well as CEO and president of Loblaw’s parent company, George Weston Limited. Galen G. Weston, the public face and top executive behind the Loblaws grocery chain, will step down from his role
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The annual rate of inflation cooled to 4.3 per cent in March, Statistics Canada said Tuesday, even as Canadians homeowners faced ballooning payments on their mortgages. That marks the lowest level for annual inflation since August 2021 and a sharp slowdown from the 5.2 per cent seen
In some places, photos just shouldn’t be taken. An image of a woman posing on the train tracks in front of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland has gone viral, with many lambasting the tourists as insolent and tone-deaf.Maria Murphy, a producer with GB News in the U.K., tweeted the photo of the tourists on
Growing up, Daniel McAlpine, 25, said he always followed his big brother Kenneth around as he went on his next adventure. Now he is embarking on one of his own. On Monday, Daniel started a cross-Canada bike ride from his hometown of Collingwood, Ont., to Rossland, B.C., in honour of his big brother’s legacy in