Manny Grosse, 73, has lived his whole life in Halifax, most of it in public housing. So have eight of his 10 siblings who, like Grosse, moved into public housing and started families there. It didn’t begin that way. Grosse was baby No. 7 when his parents, Henry and Irene Grouse, were renting on Jacob…
With crime on the rise, many people are wondering how to defend themselves. But the laws around self-defence are complicated. Criminal defence lawyer Linh Pham says self-defence claims have three elements. “The first is the person has to have a reasonable grounds to fear that they’re getting assaulted or that they’re under threat,” Pham said….
A family has been forced to find a new home after the house they rented in Winnipeg was completely gutted in a fire that they say was caused by an electronic bike. Catherine Beardy says she, her five young children and two of her brothers had to flee the two-storey house on Toronto Street where she…
RPS is asking anyone with information or surveillance cam footage to reach out to police 306-777-6500 or Regina Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Source link
When West Hants resident Drew Kaulback wanted to pay his Nova Scotia Power bill, he did what most people do: he searched for the phone number online. A toll-free number popped up as the first result and he called it. The number was not, in fact, the utility but instead a sponsored link for an elaborate scam…
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A jury returned a verdict of not guilty late Friday for two men accused of conspiring to kill RCMP officers at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta. But Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert were both convicted on other charges of mischief and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. Olienick was…
Picturing the process of making a tasty hot shawarma is one way for people to think through what some kinds of weather alerts mean. (Rachelle Elsiufi/CBC) When Environment Canada issued severe thunderstorm watches and warnings for Ottawa last week, the city decided to slice a tasty explainer off the metaphorical spit. A breakdown on some of its…
The federal government’s consultation process on tariffs for Chinese-made electric vehicles ended this week, tensions rose in the Middle-East, and Canada’s Summer McIntosh continued her dominance at Paris 2024. Here are the top stories this week. The ‘Summer of Summer’ Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh is entering the Olympic record books after winning gold on Thursday…
After tourists and residents alike were forced to flee the historic community of Barkerville in B.C.’s Interior 12 days ago, the town reopened Friday. Officials ordered the evacuation of the area on July 21 as the Antler Creek wildfire drew near. The order included Bowron Lake, the community of Wells and the historic town of…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two separate drownings have resulted in the deaths of a 66-year-old woman and a 16-year-old youth. Huron County OPP and local emergency services, along with the Canadian Coast Guard, were called to the Goderich pier July 31 around 11:50 a.m. for an unconscious person in the water….
