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The death of a motorcycle driver in Windsor over the weekend is “tragic,” one safe driving advocate says, after police charged the driver of a pickup truck with impaired driving related to the crash. Chaouki Hamka, community leader for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in Windsor, said the fatal collision has left the community shaken….
A man was struck and killed by a driver in North York early Monday, Toronto police say. The collision happened around 6:10 a.m. near the intersection of Steeles Avenue W. and Weston Road, police said. The man, in his 40s, suffered critical injuries and was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The driver remained…
Antigonish County RCMP have charged a 27-year-old driver from Shelburne, N.S., with multiple offences after he evaded police for almost two hours on Friday. According to a news release, Colchester District RCMP attempted to stop a Ford Mustang travelling at 173 km/h on Highway 104 at about 6:18 p.m. When the vehicle didn’t stop, officers…
A man is dead and two are in hospital with life-threatening injuries following a two-vehicle head-on collision in Brampton Sunday morning, police say. Peel Regional Police responded to a collision on Bovaird Drive east of Heritage Road just after 11 a.m, Const. Richard Chin said Sunday afternoon. “Upon arrival we did locate two vehicles…
After a woman was struck and killed while riding her bicycle in Etobicoke late last month, dozens of cyclists gathered at the site of her fatal collision to honour her memory Saturday, saying Toronto’s cycling infrastructure has to improve. The ghost bike ride was in honour of a 26-year-old woman who was struck by a motorist…
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…
After a car crash early Thursday morning in Burlington, police say two people and a small dog have died. Halton police say that just before 1 a.m. officers responded to a collision at the intersection of Guelph Line and Lowville Park Road in the Burlington. They say a silver Mitsubishi sedan driven by a 47-year-old…
A community is looking for accountability after an Indigenous woman was struck and killed by a police officer driving through a Winnipeg homeless encampment on Monday. Dozens of people gathered at a vigil Wednesday evening held at Fort Rouge Park in memory of Tammy Bateman. Near the riverbank where Bateman was hit, a memorial displaying an orange shirt and…
RCMP are looking for two people following a shooting in central New Brunswick on Sunday that left an elderly man seriously injured and residents upset about the force’s failure to promptly inform residents about what happened. “The biggest thing is the concern there was no Alert [Ready] that was sent out, and [residents] were wondering why this crime…
Racial profiling is a “systemic” issue within Montreal’s police force and the City of Montreal should be held accountable for it, according to a ruling from a Quebec Superior Court judge released on Tuesday. The ruling pertains to a $171-million class-action lawsuit filed by the Black Coalition of Quebec and Alexandre Lamontagne, a Black man who…
