Up to seven people have reportedly been injured following a shooting near a church in the United States. One victim is believed to have died from their injuries. The incident took place in downtown Baltimore near the Perkins Square Baptist Church located on 2542 Edmondson Avenue. The suspect is described as a white man and […]
Calgary’s Kevin Koe went right down to the wire to earn a spot in the Humpty’s Champions Cup final. Koe scored two in the eighth and final end on Saturday to top Sweden’s Niklas Edin 6-5 and advance to the men’s championship draw. “We’ve had a lot of close games lately, so it’s always nice […]
The flooding in Bracebridge will continue for several more days at levels that are outside normal margins, local mayor Graydon Smith said at a press conference Sunday as the Canadian Armed Forces deployed troops in the town. Sixty soldiers and four 10-ton trucks from the Canadian Armed Forces have arrived or are on their way […]
As floodwater continues to rise in several communities across Eastern Canada, authorities have been left grappling with how to deal with the ongoing situation. Now, several days since the flooding initially began, thousands of residents across Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick have been forced to evacuate their homes, and more have had their homes damaged. […]
Hamilton will host a community discussion on Monday to tackle homelessness in the city. Coming Together to End Homelessness will run for three hours starting at 3:00 p.m. at the David Braley Health Science Centre at McMaster University, and is open to the public. Hosted by the City of Hamilton’s housing division, the event is […]
The City of Montreal has decided to extend the state of emergency across the island for an additional five days. The decision was made Sunday afternoon at an extraordinary council meeting held in the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro. The decree allows the city to order mandatory evacuations. It also gives the fire department, tasked with coordinating […]
Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein was walking into the banquet hall at Chabad of Poway on Saturday when he heard a loud noise. He thought a table had toppled or that one of his congregants had fallen. “I did not know what that was,” he said. But when he turned around, he immediately found out. “I was […]
It was a snowy, spring day on April 28, 1999, when an angry teenager walked through the doors of W.R. Myers High School. Wearing a blue trench coat, the 14-year-old pulled out a sawed off .22-calibre rifle and fired four shots in the hallway of the public school in Taber, a small agricultural community in […]
Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says the country’s economy is going through “a bit of a soft patch” since late last year. Poloz, who updated his outlook for the economy last week, spoke to Global News’ The West Block Sunday, explaining why there has been slower-than-projected growth. “It’s the result of all those low […]
A young boy saved himself and his sister from what could have been a kidnapping when a man got into an unattended car they were in at a medical centre in Ohio. Surveillance footage of the incident posted on Facebook by the Middletown Division of Police on Saturday (April 27) showed the two children rolling […]