Driver who towed sledders in parking lot faces stunt charge: Guelph police
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - An 18-year-old Oakville man faces stunt driving charges after police say he towed people on sleds and had a passenger in an open trunk.
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Judge upholds cat custody ruling, saying parenthood and pet ownership are different
Rob Drinkwater / nationalobserver - An Alberta judge has divided up a group of cats between two feuding former spouses, saying neither gets to keep all of them because — in Alberta at least — pets aren’t the same as kids and legally shouldn’t be treated as such.
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Appeal court to rule on federal use of Emergencies Act in response to 2022 protests
sootoday - OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal is set to rule today on whether it was reasonable for the Liberal government to use the Emergencies Act four years ago to quell protests in the national capital and at key border points.
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City of Ottawa loses court appeal over property payments
sootoday - OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a City of Ottawa request to overturn a lower court decision about property payments on federally owned buildings.
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Toronto police officer arrested for multiple alleged thefts
Joseph Ryan / citynews - Toronto police say they have arrested and charged one of their officers for multiple alleged thefts. Investigators allege the accused took property that was delivered to 52 Division instead of logging it. Multiple items were allegedly recovered, including…
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Firefighters from three departments help battle huge house fire east of Calgary
Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - A total of five homes have been damaged by a massive fire just east of Calgary on Thursday. The fire was so big that firefighters from three departments had to be called in.
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City began lengthy process to seize Manwin Hotel before massive fire
Joyanne Pursaga / winnipegfreepress - In the year between an order to force tenants out of the dilapidated Manwin Hotel and the building’s fiery demise this week, the City of Winnipeg says it regularly inspected the site and had begun a process to seize it.
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Charge being upgraded to manslaughter after woman fatally pushed from Montreal balcony
News Staff / citynews - A man arrested shortly after a woman was allegedly pushed to her death from the third-storey balcony of a Montreal apartment building will see the charge against him upgraded to manslaughter. James Theramene of Laval was initially charged with aggravated …
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Maple Ridge city councillor charged with 4 counts of sexual assault
Amy Judd / globalnews - Last May, Coun. Ahmed Antar Yousef Mohamed announced he was taking leave to address 'personal matters' and that he hoped to return to council.
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N.S. missing kids: Mother accused partner of abuse, court documents reveal
Rebecca Lau / globalnews - Lilly and Jack Sullivan — aged six and four at the time — were reported missing on May 2, 2025, from their home in Lansdowne Station, N.S., in Pictou County.
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Montreal police arrest four in auto-theft ring bust
Harry North / montrealgazette - Fourteen vehicles had been stolen by the group with an estimated collective value of about $1.15 million, police said in a statement.
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Ontario man accused of assaulting someone for ice fishing too close: police
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Ontario Provincial Police say a 72-year-old man has been charged with assault after he allegedly attacked someone for ice fishing too close to him.
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RCMP say 'prolific offender' charged in horrific hit and run that killed five-year-old girl
Sarah Steger / edmontonjournal - The 34-year-old man was arrested three hours after the crash, following a coordinated effort in response and search
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Elon Musk’s X facing Canadian privacy probe over sexualized deepfake images
Alex Boutilier / globalnews - The Elon Musk-owned company announced Wednesday it would restrict AI chatbot from 'nudifying' images of real people in certain jurisdictions.
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Federal officer shoots Venezuelan man in leg after shovel attack in Minneapolis: officials
Bloomberg News / nationalpost - Latest shooting incident unfolded against a backdrop of heightened tension in the city, where thousands of federal agents have been deployed to crackdown on immigration
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Ontario man who lost family in Ethiopia plane crash reaches settlement with Boeing
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - A Canadian man who lost several family members in a 2019 Boeing jet crash in Ethiopia has settled his lawsuit against the plane manufacturer just before a trial was set to begin.
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Potential sureties for Ryan Wedding’s alleged money launderer questioned on his lavish lifestyle
Greg Mercer / theglobeandmail - Bail hearing is being held for Toronto-area jeweller accused of working for alleged cocaine smuggling ring
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B.C. ends three-year drug decriminalization pilot program
Amy Judd / globalnews - 'The toxic-drug crisis continues to take lives and cause tremendous pain across British Columbia,' Minister of Health Josie Osborne said in a statement.
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Top court to decide whether challenge of ethics ruling in Trudeau case can proceed
Jim Bronskill / nationalobserver - A group that pushes for political accountability says the courts must be allowed to review the reasonableness of a federal ethics ruling about former prime minister Justin Trudeau.
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Justice Sheilah Martin to retire from Supreme Court of Canada effective May 30
sootoday - OTTAWA — Justice Sheilah Martin says she will retire from the Supreme Court of Canada effective May 30, one day shy of her 70th birthday.
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