Ont. couple’s motorcycle collides with bear in New York
TUPPER LAKE, N.Y. – Police say a Canadian couple has escaped serious injuries after their three-wheel motorcycle crashed when it struck a black bear running across an Adirondack road. State troopers tell the Post-Star of Glens Falls that 69-year-old Robert MacIntyre of Orangeville, Ontario was travelling on Route 30 in southern Franklin County when he
Man dead after he loses control of motorcycle
A 23-year-old Pickering man is dead after he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed Thursday evening. Police said the motorcyclist was driving at a high rate of speed northbound on Whites Road near Oklahoma Drive and crashed into a Honda vehicle waiting to turn into a gas station. Durham Regional Police officers were called
Motorcyclist charged with doing nearly 2x the speed limit
COBOURG, Ont. – A man has been charged with stunt driving after police clocked a motorcycle driving at almost twice the speed limit northeast of Cobourg. Northumberland OPP spotted the motorcycle being driven at 142 km/h in an 80 km/h zone on County Road 23 on Monday evening. Mike Vanderwel, 22, of Alnwick-Haldimand Township, was
Woman seriously injured after DVP motorcycle accident
A woman in her 20s suffered an apparent broken back after a late night motorcycle crash on Friday. Toronto police said the woman was riding a motorcycle at about midnight, when she was rear-ended by a vehicle while heading on a northbound exit ramp from the Gardiner Expressway onto the Don Valley Parkway. The collision
Court date scheduled for speeding motorcyclist
STRATFORD, Ont. – A man has a court date next month after police clocked a motorcycle going 97 kilometres per hour over the speed limit near Stratford, Ont. Provincial police say it happened Sunday on Perth Line 20 between Highway 7 and St. Pauls Station. Police say the motorcycle was clocked at 177 km/h in
Canada’s banks brace for possible wave of loan defaults. Why that matters – National
Earnings week for Canada’s biggest banks saw the country’s major lenders move in lockstep ahead of a projected economic downturn, with each putting more money away for a possible rise in credit losses. Experts say the more expensive cost of borrowing in Canada and the possibility of job losses could catch up to households and
Milton, Ont. man accused of murdering armed intruder released on bail
The Milton man accused of second-degree murder in the shooting death of an armed intruder in his home last month has been released from jail on $130,000 bail. The family of 22-year-old Ali Mian hugged outside a Brampton, Ont., courtroom moments after Superior Court Justice Bruce Durno consented to his release.The lawyer for Ali Mian
‘Deplorable living conditions’: 64 Mexicans rescued from Ontario human trafficking ring
York Regional Police say 64 Mexican-born nationals have been rescued from an international labour trafficking ring that was operating in Ontario and several people have been charged. Deputy police chief Alvaro Almeida told reporters on Friday that the information learned through Project Norte was “just as disturbing as it is compelling.”“Sixty-four of them were subject