A Kingston man has been charged after allegedly driving his vehicle into the front of two Amherstview homes. On Dec. 12, OPP responded to a collision on Kildare Avenue. Police say the van was travelling eastbound when it left the road, drove through one house and came to rest against a neighbouring house. According to police, there were no injuries. […]

The previous fire chief for Gananoque and Leeds and Thousand Islands is facing 25 charges. Police say that Gerry Bennett, an Elgin resident, was charged as a result of an investigation into “irregularities at the Town of Gananoque, the Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands and the Gananoque Firefighters Association.” Gerry Bennett worked for the Town of Gananoque for […]

Several thousand dollars’ worth of electronics were stolen from three Kelowna businesses during an apparently coordinated series of grab-and-dash thefts on Wednesday. According to Kelowna RCMP, a theft was committed at Best Buy in Orchard Park Shopping Centre, just before 3:30 p.m. Police say a store employee told them that a group of males, possibly six, grabbed various electronics, then […]

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Ontario’s police watchdog says it has charged a member of the provincial police force with multiple counts of sexual assault. The Special Investigations Unit says it began looking into allegations against the Ontario Provincial Police officer in June of this year. The allegations dated back to incidents believed to have taken place between May 2009 and December […]

UPDATE: Bomb threats were sent to car dealerships in Penticton, Vernon and Kamloops via email on Thursday, according to RCMP, with the unknown sender demanding bitcoin payments. Penticton RCMP Cst. James Grandy said the sender demanded a certain amount of bitcoin, and that if payment wasn’t made, then a bomb on the dealership property was going to explode within 20 […]

Some Winnipeg students got to experience Christmas shopping in a special way on Wednesday afternoon. Sixty children were given a $200 gift certificate to St. Vital Centre, and got to spend the day shopping with a Winnipeg police officer. For this year’s 12th annual ‘CopShop’, students were selected from six different school divisions and chosen based on need, significant volunteer […]

Parents of pupils at the school, where 13 were infamously massacred in a shooting in 1999, have been told to stay away. An anonymous caller claimed bombs had been planted inside the school sparking a decision to close 24 local schools. No evidence of explosives or any other threat was found following a thorough search of the campus, officials said. […]

An explosion sent a natural gas facility up in flames about 40 kilometres south of Pittsburgh on Thursday, reports said. The facility run by MarkWest Energy Partners experienced a blast that had dispatchers sending first responders to the scene in Washington County, Penn. at just after 6 p.m. ET, KDKA-TV reported. A fire broke out after an above ground tank […]

Dr. Martin Luther King’s childhood home now belongs to the US government. CBS 46 reports that the home, located on Auburn Avenue in the Sweet Auburn community in Atlanta, was reportedly purchased for $1.9 million, according to the news outlet’s sources. The King Center did offer an official comment on the price the federal government paid for the property. As […]

Despite almost two decades of success in the city, it took just six months at the corner of Obsorne St. and Stradbrook Ave. for a Winnipeg business to close its doors for good. Pete’s Place is the latest tenant to leave the Osborne Village corner, which has had a revolving door for the past few years. Pete’s Place had been […]