At least 10 people lost their lives in Ontario during the long Canada Day weekend — one due to a shooting and the others due to apparent accidents. In Mississauga, a 25-year-old Toronto man identified as Dennis Alexander was shot early Sunday during a large gathering and later died in hospital. On the roads, a
A 27-year-old man is dead after his motorcycle struck a sign on the Highway 401 on-ramp at Markham Road Monday afternoon. Ontario Provincial Police say the motorcyclist was pronounced dead on the scene. No other vehicles were involved in the crash. The on-ramp was expected to be closed for several hours while police investigate. OPP
A Peel Regional Police officer has died following a weekend motorcycle crash near Orangeville, Ontario Provincial Police have confirmed. Const. Ewa Domagalska was off-duty and riding a motorcycle on Airport Road near Highway 9 on Saturday when she collided with an SUV. The 30-year-old officer was airlifted to St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto where she
A Peel Regional Police officer remains in critical condition after a motorcycle crash near Orangeville Saturday. Const. Ewa Domagalska was off-duty and riding a motorcycle on Airport Road near Highway 9 when she collided with an SUV. She was airlifted to St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, where she remains on life support. “It’s a very
A female motorcyclist was airlifted to a Toronto hospital with life-threatening injuries after a crash involving two motorcycles and an SUV near Orangeville. A second female motorcyclist was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the SUV was not harmed. The crash occurred just before 5 p.m. on Airport Road between
A B.C. man got the surprise of his life recently when he looked inside a battered shipping container that had washed up on a remote beach, and found a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Even more surprising was the origin of the bike. It had been swept out to sea during the tsunami in Japan, and had somehow
Polish police are reportedly disputing a young woman’s claims that she may be Madeleine McCann. Julia Wendell, who also goes by Julia Faustyna or Julia Wendlet, attracted a huge amount of attention last week after posting videos to social media where she attempted to identify herself as the missing three-year-old girl who vanished in 2007
The Canadian government is banning the use of the popular short-form video application TikTok on all government-issued mobile devices, Treasury Board President Mona Fortier announced on Monday. Effective Tuesday, TikTok “will be removed from government-issued mobile devices,” Fortier said in a statement.“Following a review of TikTok, the Chief Information Officer of Canada determined that it
When Hollywood actor Woody Harrelson told a joke about an anti-vaccine conspiracy theory on Saturday Night Live this week, the audience was unsure how to react. The joke, which has since created controversy online, was part of Harrelson’s SNL opening monologue. Harrelson, 61, told the audience he’d been sent a movie script with a clear
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to hold a public inquiry into alleged Chinese election interference, joining several high-profile officials making the same ask. Singh, whose party is upholding Trudeau’s Liberal minority government, said in a statement Monday that while his party accepts the outcome of the 2021 election, serious allegations