The province’s Special Investigations Unit has charged a Peel Regional Police officer in connection with a fatal crash in Mississauga back in June. SIU director Tony Loparco says he has reasonable grounds to believe the officer committed a criminal offence in connection with a fatal crash involving a motorcycle near Tomken and Derry roads on
A woman arrested in the death of a Canadian legal scholar in Florida has been charged with first-degree murder for her alleged role in what investigators have suggested was a murder-for-hire rooted in a bitter divorce. A U.S. grand jury indicted Katherine Magbanua this week in the 2014 killing of Dan Markel, a law professor
A national road safety advocate wants more public awareness about the importance of wearing a seatbelt on highway buses in the wake of a fatal Christmas Eve crash on B.C.’s Highway 97C. Ahmed Shalaby, technical director of Safer Roads Canada, says there isn’t federal or provincial legislation enforcing the use of seatbelts on buses. In 2020, Transport …
Canadians should consider limiting their alcohol consumption to two drinks or less per week, according to new national guidance. The recommendations released Tuesday by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) said that drinking more than two standard drinks — an equivalent of 13.45g of pure alcohol – at a time is associated
Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained alongside a group of activists on Tuesday during protests against the demolition of the coal village of Luetzerath, according to police. A spokesperson for the police division in the region said it was not yet clear what would happen to Thunberg, who joined protesters at the site last week
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she is no longer pursuing amnesty for COVID-19 health-rule violators because Canada doesn’t work that way. “Because we’ve been so influenced by the (United) States, I think that some people think that a premier has the same power as they do in the States of clemency or offering pardons,” Smith
If you’re a tourist who dreams of unwinding with a cigarette on a vacation to Mexico, that fantasy is about to go up in smoke. On Sunday, Mexico enacted one of the world’s strictest anti-tobacco laws, completely banning smoking in all public places, including hotels, parks and beaches.The total ban, which is part of Mexico’s
Peel Regional Police say a male motorcyclist suffered a serious head injury after his motorcycle collided with another vehicle near the downtown core of Brampton on Friday night. Police said the collision occurred in the area of Nelson and Mill streets, west of the city’s main downtown intersection of Queen and Main streets at 7:58
