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The man who fatally stabbed a Banff restaurant employee was “incredibly wasted” at the time of the killing and should be convicted of manslaughter, not murder, his lawyer argued Thursday. John Christopher Arrizza, 24, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Ethan Enns-Goneau, 26, who was killed in the early morning hours of…
When craft beer pioneer Kevin Keefe opened the Granite Brewery inside Ginger’s Tavern in Halifax in 1985, his English-style beers were met with skepticism by some patrons. At a time when flavourless, bland beer was the norm, Keefe’s beers were a shock to people’s palates. One patron told Keefe that while the English bitter didn’t taste bad, it was…
Police maintained a cordon Sunday around the Kingston encampment where two people were killed and a third critically injured three days earlier, as local advocates called for the encampment’s residents to be allowed to access their belongings. Some residents of the encampment were sleeping on the ground outside the police barricade, community volunteer Michelle Schwarz told…
A Calgary man is in hospital after a bear attacked him while hiking in the Crowsnest Pass Friday morning, according to Alberta RCMP. Cst. Cory Riggs, an RCMP public information officer, said the 45-year-old man was hiking alone in a remote area near Window Mountain Lake, which is located near the Alberta/B.C. border, about 25 kilometres northwest of…
The Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice arrived with about as much subtlety as its scheduling at the Toronto International Film Festival. Just as the Ali Abassi-directed film was plopped into the festival’s opening night schedule on Thursday as a last-minute surprise, the film barrels into its thesis without much warning or preamble. Documenting the former U.S. president’s beginnings…
WARNING: this story contains distressing details. The 14-year-old girl accused of seriously injuring a 15-year-old classmate by lighting her on fire at Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and arson. The accused, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, wept throughout her brief appearance in Saskatoon provincial…
The only adult charged in the brutal attack of a St. John’s high school student told a provincial court judge on Tuesday that he deeply regrets his role in an assault that left a teenager critically injured. In a long and moving speech, Tyler Greening — who was 18 when he and several teenagers bludgeoned a…
Two people are recovering from injuries and a 41-year-old man is facing charges — after what Windsor police are describing as a machete attack in a motel room. The incident occurred during the early morning hours of Saturday at the iCheck Inn in the 2700 block of Howard Avenue, according to police. Investigators learned that an argument involving…
The suspects in the foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna earlier this month sought to kill “tens of thousands” of fans before the CIA discovered intelligence that disrupted the planning and led to arrests, the agency’s deputy director said. The CIA notified Austrian authorities of the scheme, which allegedly included links to…
