Lil Tay first garnered attention in 2018 when a girl claiming to be a nine-year-old rapper living the high life in Hollywood posted videos filled with profanity. Earlier this week a message on her Instagram account claimed she and her brother had died, but the truth is far from clear. …
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Intruder who drove 12-year-old girl to jump from balcony pleads guilty
David White, 58, pleaded guilty Friday to assault and breaking and entering with intent to commit an indictable offence. David White, 58, pleaded guilty to assault and breaking and entering. A man locked himself in an apartment with her young daughter. Mom reacts to his guilty plea Zeinab Mohamed watched …
Read More »Transport Canada orders Boeing 737 jet operators to limit use of anti-icing system amid safety concerns
Airlines flying Boeing 737 MAX jets in Canada will have to limit the use of an engine anti-icing system to avoid possible catastrophic damage to engine housings, according to a new directive from Transport Canada. Air Canada, WestJet and Flair say changes won't effect passenger service Airlines flying the 108 …
Read More »1 dead after shooting outside Market Mall in northwest Calgary
Calgary police say they are investigating a fatal shooting outside Market Mall in northwest Calgary Saturday. "Our Homicide Unit is currently on scene investigating the death of a man which occurred earlier today outside of a mall in the northwest," the police said in a release. According to the statement, …
Read More »Severe storms, large hail risk on tap for parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan
Parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan will see the potential for some severe weather to start the weekend. A surface-level trough is invoking some instability across the region, bringing the threat of heavy rain, strong winds, and toonie-sized hail. The storm setup will begin around the lunch hour and continue well …
Read More »Housing might not be Trudeau’s sole responsibility, but it’s his problem
The prime minister was not wholly wrong, per se, when he said housing was not something the federal government has “direct carriage of.” But no elected leader has ever improved their situation by attempting to specify limits on their own responsibility for a significant problem. The Liberals can’t afford to …
Read More »Can anyone stop Ontario’s Greenbelt land swap from going ahead? Here’s what we know
Potential court challenges to the Doug Ford government’s Greenbelt policies are up in the air until either the government or developers move to start construction. That’s why advocates say it’s up to residents and other levels of government to get involved while other authority figures probe the government’s decision further. …
Read More »Hamilton tenants went 12 weeks without running water. Internal city emails reveal what went wrong
Nine tenants at 1083 Main St. E. had no running water from Dec. 28 to March 24 after city staff ‘turned their backs on us completely,” one tenant says. The ‘processes and procedures… didn’t actually solve the problem,’ says mayor. CBC Hamilton is investigating the living conditions that tenants face …
Read More »Intense industrial blaze in north Toronto under control, fire chief says
Toronto firefighters have made “good progress” toward extinguishing a blaze that tore through an industrial building in north Etobicoke Friday, sending thick black smoke billowing into the air and forcing nearby businesses to be evacuated. 6-alarm blaze called ‘one of the more significant fires’ in city in years. Toronto firefighters …
Read More »Ottawa streets ‘became canals’ as thunderstorm brought flooding, power outages
Heavy rain flooded streets in parts of Ottawa with reports of vehicles being left behind by drivers. Ottawa received more than 77 millimetres of rainfall. Watch Thursday’s storm cause hail, flooding in Ottawa and Gatineau Here are some scenes from Thursday’s storm, which caused power outages, hail and flooding, forcing …
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