BLUE RIVER, B.C. – One person has died in an avalanche in eastern British Columbia. North District RCMP Cpl. Madonna Saunderson confirms the victim died Saturday when a slide came down on a group of snowmobilers south of Valemount in the Blue River area. Saunderson says the identity of the victim is still being confirmed and information is limited, but […]

Police at a Maryland university are warning students there’s a helicopter mother on the loose, prowling the campus in search for a date for her son. Seriously. The Towson University Police Department is investigating at least three incidents where students said they were approached by a woman, asking them if they were interested in dating her son, WBFF News reported. […]

The Special Investigations Unit has been called in after a man was injured during an arrest in London. London police say an officer on a call at a location on Commissioners Road recognized a man wanted on an outstanding warrant for failing to attend court just before 1 a.m. Sunday. A second officer was dispatched to arrest the suspect and […]

The Aureus School in Didcot, Oxfordshire, sent out a bulletin to parents informing them their children could be searched on their way into school to check for sugary snacks. Kids have been caught by staff buying "large amounts of sweets" from the nearby Asda store on their way into school, despite being banned from the premises. A notice in Aureus […]

Police say 43 victims of labour human trafficking have been freed following a lengthy investigation in Barrie and Wasaga Beach. At a press conference in Barrie on Monday, representatives from the Barrie police, the Ontario Provincial Police, Barrie and Area Victim Services, and the County of Simcoe Paramedic services released more details of the investigation. According to police, on Tuesday, […]

A winter storm watch is in effect for the Barrie, Orillia, Midland and Collingwood areas. Environment Canada issued the watch on Monday, saying a winter storm, with a combination of snow, ice pellets, freezing rain and strong winds, is expected to hit the region on Tuesday. Officials say snow will begin early Tuesday morning and will mix with or change […]

Mother says she has been forced to home school her two daughters aged six and four ‘after they were ‘physically assaulted’ by bullies and came home covered in bruises, grazes and mud’ Michelle Murray claims her daughters have been bullied relentlessly at school Aimee-Rose, six, came home with a clump of hair torn out of her head Lilah-Grace, four, was […]

Environment Canada says a winter storm is expected to hit the Guelph area and Waterloo region on Tuesday. Ten to 15 centimetres of snow, ice pellets, freezing rain and strong winds are all in in the forecast. The snow will begin overnight followed by ice pellets, then freezing rain in the afternoon, and finally another round of snow in the […]

The toddler was taken to Clark Regional Medical Centre in Winchester, Kentucky and the cops called after the medics examined her. Mum Anniquta Wright, 31, is said to have told police that a friend had sold “cocaine and crack cocaine at her residence” in front of her three kids, according to local reports. The friend was at the mum’s home […]

WASAGA BEACH, Ont. – Provincial police say a 73-year-old woman is in critical condition following an incident in Wasaga Beach, Ont., over the weekend. They say officers arrived at a home at around 9 a.m. on Saturday, after reports of a disturbance. Officers say the woman was found unconscious. Police say she was taken to a nearby hospital and is […]