Around Canada

The tragic death of Adam Johnson, 29, during a U.K. pro game has renewed the debate over mandatory neck guards in hockey. Kim Crouch, the man who wore the first one 50 years ago, hopes things will finally change.  Death of another player during a U.K. pro game in October …

Three men who work for the Trail, B.C., fire department are facing charges after allegedly assaulting a homeless man in April. Sgt. Mike Wicentowich with Trail RCMP confirmed the charges were laid Wednesday in Rossland provincial court. He said the three men knew the victim and that the alleged attack …

A person suspected in a rash of bomb threats across Ontario early this month has been arrested in Morocco. Belgian police arrested the individual in connection with another series of bomb threats in Belgium earlier this week, according to a Thursday afternoon news release from Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). On …

A Vancouver woman is asking for the courts to make an example of her neighbour, a practising lawyer she alleges has filed a baseless pseudolegal lawsuit against her in an attempt to “provoke a state of fear.”  Naomi Arbabi’s neighbour is asking for B.C. Supreme Court master ‘to make an …

Canada’s prison investigator, the federal victims’ ombudsperson and friends of one of Paul Bernardo’s victims are all calling on the federal government to do more to ensure crime victims have the same rights as offenders in the wake of the serial killer and rapist’s controversial prison transfer.  Prisons investigator says …

Ontario’s self-proclaimed Crypto King Aiden Pleterski’s recent international travels are raising questions about how the 25-year-old continues to fund his lifestyle while bankrupt — and what the bankruptcy proceeding can and can’t do to investigate, and potentially prevent, his travel spending.  Aiden Pleterski says he’s a streamer so he’s ‘unemployed …

Text messages retrieved from the cellphone of truck convoy protest leader Chris Barber show contact with a former Saskatchewan premier and a current provincial politician leading up to and during the 2022 protests in Ottawa.  Text messages submitted as evidence in Chris Barber’s criminal trial. Text messages retrieved from the …

Canada’s 988 hotline, which gives people access to suicide prevention services via call or text, is now available in all provinces and territories, 24/7 and free of charge. Its goal is to prevent suicide.  Similar to 911, 3 digits will connect people to suicide prevention services quickly. Canada’s 988 hotline, …

A wolf expert in B.C. is praising a Yellowknife woman for the way she handled an encounter with a pack of wolves near Yellowknife over the weekend. Stephanie Yuill told Lawrence Nayally, the host of CBC’s Trails End, she was walking along the shore of Fox Lake on Saturday when …

Toronto police released clear photos of two suspects wanted in connection with an east end home invasion and car theft. On Monday, officers received a call for a break and enter at a home in the Danforth and Woodbine avenues area, shortly before 6:45 a.m. Police say a man and …