CanadaApr 24, 2025
Man shot dead by police at Pearson International airport
A man was shot and killed by police at Toronto Pearson Airport this morning in connection with an incident that led to chaos among passengers amid a heavy police presence. According to the Ontario Police Special Investigations Unit, the man was in his 30s.
The man allegedly pulled a gun on the officer, leaving the officer with no choice but to fire. The case is being investigated by the Ontario Police Oversight Agency.
In a news release, the Special Investigations Unit said that initial information indicates that Peel police arrived at the airport around 7 a.m. on reports of suspicious beh
CanadaApr 24, 2025
Guilty pleas in case of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares
A commercial kitchen company in Calgary has pleaded guilty to four charges after a massive E. coli outbreak at daycares led to hundreds of children falling ill.
Fueling Minds Inc. was charged in relation to the outbreak that started in September 2023.
There were least 448 infections, and 39 children and one adult were hospitalized due to severe illness.
It became the largest known outbreak in children under five.
Lawyers are to present a joint recommendation on sentencing.
Court heard prosecutors are not proceeding with charges against the company's two directors.
CanadaApr 24, 2025
Mark Carney under attack by opponents after talks with US President
Liberal leader Mark Carney, who is leading in the race for prime minister in Canada's election polls, is under attack by the opposition over a phone call he had with Trump last month.
It has been revealed that Trump had directly talked about making Canada the 51st province in a phone call with Carney on March 28, while Carney, in a press conference later that day, had said the opposite, saying that the president had respected Canada's sovereignty in his private and public remarks today. N.D.P. leader Jagmeet Singh expressed concern over Carney's stance.
It is noteworthy that this revelation ha
CanadaApr 24, 2025
Six-year sentence restored for former Alberta school headmaster guilty of sex assault
Canada's highest court has restored a six-year prison sentence for a former headmaster of a defunct boys' school in Alberta who sexually assaulted a student. Paul Sheppard was convicted in 2021 of sex offences against the Grade 7 student at Saint John's School of Alberta, southwest of Edmonton, between 1993 and 1994.
The victim, Steacy Easton, was granted a court application to have a publication ban on their name removed. Sheppard was sentenced to six years in prison, but the Alberta Court of Appeal ruled it was unfit and reduced the term to just under four years. The Supreme Court of Can
CanadaApr 23, 2025
Patients allowed to vote in hospitals through special ballots
So far, 7.3 million voters in Canada have voted through advance elections, while many have also got the opportunity to vote through special ballots. A 97-year-old voter undergoing treatment in an Alberta hospital decided to stay in the hospital for a few more days to vote through a special ballot.
Yesterday, he voted in the hospital with the help of an election officer of Canada. This facility is available to those who are away from their riding due to illness and cannot walk to vote.
According to Elections Canada, hospitalized patients have the right to vote from their hospital room through
CanadaApr 23, 2025
Quebec not ruling out expanding religious symbol ban to daycare workers: minister
The Quebec minister responsible for secularism says the government isn't ruling out expanding its religious symbols ban to include daycare employees.
Jean-François Roberge says "everything is on the table" when it comes to strengthening secularism in the province, including extending the law known as Bill 21 to include more categories of public employees.
However, he said today the government will wait for the recommendations from a government-appointed committee studying the issue before deciding whether to move forward.
Currently, the workplace religious symbol ban applies to categories of
CanadaApr 23, 2025
Poilievre takes aim at Prime Minister Mark Carney and former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre took aim at Liberal Party Prime Ministerial candidate Mark Carney and former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during an election campaign in Hamilton this morning, blaming them for the rise in crime in Canada and saying that this situation is a direct result of the Liberals’ drug agenda policies.
During the meeting, he also mentioned the shooting death of Harsimrat Kaur Randhawa while waiting at a Hamilton bus stop last week, calling the incident shocking and senseless.
Meanwhile, the Toronto Police Association has supported Pierre Poilievre. The union repr
CanadaApr 23, 2025
Canadian Federal Elections: A Question of Reputation for Jagmeet Singh
The Canadian federal election has become a question of prestige for NDP President Jagmeet Singh, who is trailing in the polls. Former NDP President Tom Mulcair says that if the party loses its official position in Parliament in this election, as some polls suggest, then Jagmeet Singh will not be able to continue leading the party as president.
He said that if the results come out as predicted in the election, then the party will really have to go through a difficult period. Last time, the NDP had 24 seats in the House of Commons, but the media website 338 Canada, which collects polling data,
CanadaApr 23, 2025
Mother of Calgary murder suspect details hallucinations and fear months before attack
The mother of a Calgary murder suspect hastestified her son was suffering hallucinations and was in fear of animalistic creatures months before a young woman was stabbed to death on a downtown street.
Michael Adenyi is charged with first-degree murder in the death of fitness instructor Vanessa Ladouceur in April 2022.
He has testified he believed he was attacking a creature when he assaulted the woman and only realized what he had done when he cut himself and discovered what had really happened.
His mother told court that Adenyi started having hallucinations in September 2021, was