WAINWRIGHT, Alta. – A soldier from Ontario was killed and another injured in an off-duty motorcycle crash near the Alberta base where they had been part of training exercises for Afghanistan. Master Cpl. John Xaysy, 26, died at the scene of the crash Thursday night after losing control of his motorcycle east of Wainwright, Defence
A 63-year-old woman and her two-year-old grandson are dead after their minivan was involved in a multi-vehicle accident on the Gardiner Expressway early Monday morning. Police said the two victims were in a Dodge Caravan with three other family members heading east when they hit a disabled Nissan Quest just before 1 a.m. They were
Scarborough Councillor Brian Ashton’s seat on Toronto Mayor David Miller’s powerful executive council could be in jeopardy. On Monday, Ashton voted in favour of deferring the vote on a set of controversial new taxes for the city until after Ontario’s provincial election in October. The motion, presented by Councillor Suzan Hall, was narrowly passed in
Toronto city council has deferred a vote on adopting a set of controversial proposed taxes until after the provincial election this fall. After a day of heated debate, councillors voted to defer the decision until the October election, effectively making the proposed taxes an election issue. Some councillors believe a new provincial administration could be more
A student is in custody after two staff members were stabbed Monday morning at Charles P. Allen High School on the first day back after March Break. In an interview, Halifax Regional Police spokesperson Const. Nicolas Gagnon said police received a weapons complaint around 9:20 a.m. at the Bedford-area high school.“Officers arrived on scene and
Emma Heming Willis, the wife of Bruce Willis, said the actor’s 68th birthday celebrations caused her to feel “grief and sadness” amid his dementia diagnosis. In an emotional video posted to Instagram on Sunday, Heming Willis, 44, said she “started the morning by crying.”“I think it’s important that you see all sides of this,” she
Humanity still has a chance, close to the last one, to prevent the worst of climate change ‘s future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday. But doing so requires quickly slashing carbon pollution and fossil fuel use by nearly two-thirds by 2035, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said. The United
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland pledged on Monday that the Liberals would provide “additional, targeted inflation relief” to vulnerable Canadians in the 2023 federal budget. But the deputy prime minister also cautioned that Canada finds itself in a “turbulent time in the world economy” and said that the government would avoid “pouring fuel on the fire
TORONTO – Police have busted a cargo trailer theft ring operating in central Ontario and have taken five people into custody. The operation, dubbed Project Recreational Use, recovered almost $500,000 worth of trailers and vehicles in cottage country north of Toronto. Recovered vehicles and equipment include 36 stolen cargo trailers, a truck, a motorcycle, a
A devout Sikh who is fighting a traffic ticket for not wearing a motorcycle helmet while riding his motorcycle is optimistic a Brampton, Ont., judge will rule in his favour. Baljinder Badesha, 39, says choosing between his turban and a helmet is denying him the right to religious freedom. “Everything’s good — we hope everything