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
A woman from Pennsylvania who went missing more than 30 years ago and was legally declared dead has turned up, very much alive, in a nursing home in Puerto Rico. Patricia Kopta, 83, was last seen by her family in Pittsburgh in 1992, according to a missing person flyer posted by the Pennsylvania Emergency Response
Two Americans whose abduction in Mexico was captured in a video that showed them caught in a cartel shootout have been found dead, officials said Tuesday. Two others who were kidnapped with them were found alive, with one wounded. Read more: Canadians in Mexico advised to take shelter as cartel violence breaks out in streets
