Funeral for Toronto police officer killed set for next week
The funeral for a 48-year-old Toronto police constable killed in the line of duty earlier this week in Mississauga will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 21. The service for Const. Andrew Hong, who was fatally shot in a GTA-wide shooting rampage on Monday afternoon that saw one other person killed and three others injured, will
GTA shooting suspect may have been looking for police officer
The gunman in Monday afternoon’s shooting rampage spent more than two hours at a Mississauga Tim Hortons before murdering Const. Andrew Hong and investigators now say that they believe he was “looking for a police officer.” The detail was released during a news conference on Thursday morning as police formally identified 40-year-old Sean Petrie as
Funeral plans in works for slain Toronto police officer
The body of slain Toronto police officer Const. Andrew Hong is now at a Richmond Hill funeral home. On Tuesday morning, Toronto police escorted a black hearse from the Forensic Services and Coroner’s Complex at Keele and Wilson streets in North York up to Richmond Hill’s Kane-Jarrett Funeral Home on Yonge Street, just south of
Funeral for Milton father killed in GTA shooting
Dozens of mourners gathered in Mississauga today to pay their respects to the Milton father who was killed, along with a Toronto police officer, in a shooting rampage on Monday. The body of 38-year-old Shakeel Ashraf was brought to Jame Masjid Islamic Propagation Centre of Ontario in Mississauga at around noon on Wednesday. Family, friends
Kirstie Alley, Emmy-winning actor of ‘Cheers’ fame, dies at 71 – National
Kirstie Alley, the Emmy-winning actor best known for her breakout role in the hit sitcom Cheers, has died after a battle with cancer, her family announced Monday. She was 71. “She was surrounded by her closest family and fought with great strength, leaving us with a certainty of her never-ending joy of living and whatever
Passenger who fell from cruise ship treaded water for 20 hours to survive – National
A passenger who fell from a cruise ship into the Gulf of Mexico late last month says he has no recollection of how he ended up in the water. James Michael Grimes, 28, said he spent a harrowing 15 to 20 hours treading water before he was rescued the day before American Thanksgiving.Grimes spoke with
Axl Rose ends ‘mic toss’ tradition after woman claims injury at Guns N’ Roses show – National
Hopeful fans looking to catch a piece of Guns N’ Roses concert memorabilia may be disappointed to learn that Axl Rose is ending his microphone-toss tradition. Rose’s decision to stop throwing his microphone into the crowd during the band’s concerts — which he has done for more than 30 years — came after a woman in
At least one Chinese ‘secret police station’ based in Vancouver, civil rights group says
A Spanish civil rights group says Vancouver has at least one secret police station operated by Chinese authorities. The group Safeguard Defenders said in a report in September that there were Chinese police operations around the world, including three in Toronto, and an updated report names another 48 locations.Safeguard Defenders, a not-for-profit human rights group
Exclusive: Alberta government seizes Calgary condos for Russian company sanctioned over Ukraine war
Between 2009 and 2020, Moscow businessman Andrei Ovsyankin snapped up $3.7-million worth of Calgary real estate, including a unit in a glassy downtown condo tower and a suite in the East Village.But now he is deeply indebted, and the money earned from the sale of his Alberta properties is poised to fall into the hands