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Lowell Oakes, a former P.E.I. funeral director convicted of defrauding clients out of money for pre-paid funerals, is out on parole, and one of his victims says the tiny community of Crapaud is in shock. “I couldn’t believe it,” said Debbie Matters. “Here’s someone who has stolen over $425,000 from friends and neighbours, including my…
Bikramjeet Singh of Miramichi has been taking extra steps to protect himself from phone, text and email scams since he lost $600 to a fraudster in 2021. “They are professional. They are doing it for their living,” he said. “This happened to me too many times when I came to Canada. Everyday, I received one call.” The calls came from…
За січень — серпень 2024 року загальна сума касових видатків загального фонду державного бюджету становила 2,1 трлн грн, що на 206,5 млрд грн, або на 10,9%, більше порівняно з аналогічним періодом торік. Зокрема в серпні було витрачено 286,2 млрд грн. Про це свідчать дані місячної звітності Державної казначейської служби України від 13 вересня 2024 року….
Graphic images of the rape of Gisele Pelicot were shown to the courtroom in Avignon as she bravely took the stand in a trial that continues to rock France. Dominique Pelicot, 71, had testified on Tuesday that he had drugged and raped his wife, and accused the dozens of men facing charges alongside him of active…
Quebec’s premier appears to want a federal election to take place sooner rather than later. In a brief statement to reporters at the National Assembly on Thursday, Legault expressed his disagreement with the Bloc Québécois’s decision to support Justin Trudeau’s Liberal minority government in a non-confidence motion that is expected next week. For months, Legault said, he’s…
Two men are facing first-degree murder charges, York police say, following a double-fatal shooting in Keswick, Ont. Wednesday. Officers were first called about the sound of gunshots in the area of Bayview Avenue and Lowndes Avenue around 7:28 a.m., police said in a news release. When emergency crews got there, they found two people — 21-year-old…
Canada’s senior public servant has invited his provincial and territorial counterparts to apply for top secret-level security clearance as a way of fostering “healthy, transparent dialogue” on foreign interference and other threats. In a July 11 letter to the heads of public services across the country, John Hannaford, clerk of the Privy Council, said that…
Provincial police say a driver involved in a collision in Lambton County, west of London, Ont., on Tuesday had died in hospital. Emergency crews were called to the two-vehicle crash just before 1 p.m. on Egremont Road in Warwick Township. One person was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The other driver did not sustain any injuries, police…
A man who fired one shot that killed two people at a popular tailgating site after Sunday’s Detroit Lions game was acting in self-defence and will not be charged, authorities said Wednesday. “It is absolutely tragic that during all the fun and merrymaking at a Lions tailgate that two lives were lost,” Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy…
Warning: this story contains distressing details. Thomas Hamp testified Wednesday that he fatally stabbed his girlfriend Emily Sanche two years ago while he was in the throes of a delusion that he was under surveillance by secret police. The 27-year-old testified that he believed at the time it was “merciful” to stab Sanche because she was going to…
