Tag Archives: Canada

“Human Remains” Recovered From Titan Sub Wreckage

The Guardian reports: Presumed human remains have been recovered from within the wreckage of the Titan, the submersible that imploded on a voyage to the Titanic earlier this month, killing all five aboard, the US coast guard reported on Wednesday. US medical professionals will conduct a formal analysis of the remains, the Coast Guard said. “The evidence will provide investigators …

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Underwater Noises Heard In Area Of Missing Sub

CNN reports: Crews searching for the Titan submersible heard banging sounds every 30 minutes Tuesday, according to an internal government memo update on the search. Four hours later, after additional sonar devices were deployed, banging was still heard, the memo said. It was unclear when the banging was heard Tuesday or for how long, based on the memo. A subsequent …

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DOJ: Man Convicted In $175M “Psychic” Fraud Scheme

From the Justice Department: A federal jury in the Eastern District of New York convicted a Canadian man today for perpetrating a decades-long mass-mailing fraud scheme that stole more than $175 million from victims in the United States. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Patrice Runner, 57, a Canadian and French citizen, operated a mass-mailing fraud scheme …

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Billionaire In Missing Sub Also Flew On Bezos Rocket

The BBC reports: The US Coast Guard has sent two C-130 Hercules aircraft to search for the submersible on the surface of the water, and has been joined by a Canadian C-130, and a P8 aircraft equipped with underwater sonar capability. Sonar buoys are also being deployed in the area. Rear Adm John Mauger of the US Coast Guard said …

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Aviation Billionaire Among Those On Missing Submarine

The Daily Beast reports: Billionaire Hamish Harding is reportedly one of the five people on board the missing submarine that was meant to take tourists down to see the Titanic’s shipwreck. Harding’s stepson, Brian Szasz, confirmed the news with posts asking for “thoughts and prayers” on social media. Harding, the chairman of global sales company Action Aviation, was sharing posts …

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Tourist Submarine Goes Missing Near Titanic Wreckage

The Guardian reports: A tourist submarine has gone missing in the North Atlantic while on a dive to view the wreck of RMS Titanic. A search and rescue mission was under way on Monday morning, according to the Boston coastguard. A spokesman for the coastguard confirmed to the Guardian that “a small submarine with five persons onboard had gone missing …

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Anti-LGBTQ Extremist Arrested After Taking Selfie In Hospital Room Of Critic’s Terminally Ill Father [VIDEO]

The CBC reports: When Windsor, Ont., woman Britt Leroux opened Facebook on Wednesday night, she was shocked to see a photo of a man she says she had sparred with online — in a selfie with her sleeping, terminally ill father. Windsor police said Friday they’ve charged Bubba Christopher Michael Pollock, 34, of London, Ont., with criminal harassment. According to …

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Child With Two Mothers Left Sobbing After Couple At Student Track Event Accuse Her Of Being Transgender

Castanet reports: Two Kelowna moms are speaking out after their 9-year-old daughter was verbally assaulted at a track and field event on Thursday at Kelowna’s Apple Bowl. The mothers, who choose not to identify their daughter, say she was competing in a shot-put event when a grandfather of one of the other participants started yelling at her. “She went to …

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Defrocked Catholic Priest Busted On Child Sex Charges

The Associated Press reports: A defrocked Canadian priest and convicted sex offender is facing eight new criminal charges for past sexual assaults he allegedly committed while living in northern Canada, authorities said Wednesday. Iqaluit Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Eric Dejaeger, 76, was arrested on a Canada-wide warrant in Kingston, Ontario, where he was living. Police said he will be …

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FAA Orders Ground Stop For Inbound LGA Flights

CNN reports: For a second day in a row, the US Federal Aviation Administration has issued a ground stop for flights bound for New York’s LaGuardia airport as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to spread across the northeastern United States. The FAA’s operations plan for Thursday shows smoke potentially impacting travel from New York to Charlotte. It lists New York’s …

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NYC Officials Urge Residents To Stay Inside [VIDEO]

The New York Daily News reports: Canadian wildfires have created dangerous air quality conditions in New York City, prompting city officials to call late Wednesday for the cancelation of all organized outdoor activities and advising New Yorkers to stay indoors as much as possible. With conditions deteriorating quickly Wednesday afternoon as an orange-grey haze shrouded the city, New York jumped …

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Reuters: No Relief Soon From Canadian Wildfires

Reuters reports: Forest fires continued to burn across Canada on Thursday as the country endured its worst-ever start to wildfire season, forcing thousands of people from their homes and sending a smoky haze billowing across U.S. cities. About 3.8 million hectares (9.4 million acres) have already burned, roughly 15 times the 10-year average, according to federal Minister of Emergency Preparedness …

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MLB Cancels NYC And Philly Games Due To Air Quality

CBS News reports: Major League Baseball has postponed two games on Wednesday night due to air quality being negatively impacted by the Canadian wildfires in Quebec. Yankees vs. White Sox in New York and Phillies vs. Tigers in Philadelphia have both been pushed back and rescheduled to play Thursday. “These postponements were determined following conversations throughout the day with medical …

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New York City Chokes On Canadian Smoke [VIDEO]

The New York Daily News reports: Canadian wildfires have created dangerous air quality conditions in New York City as an orange sun and smoggy cloud layer descended on the Big Apple Tuesday. The New York Department of Environmental Conservation issued an air quality health advisory for all boroughs as well as surrounding suburbs. The state’s Department of Health recommends that …

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Pastor Sentenced To Ten Years On Child Sex Charges

From the Justice Department: A Canadian pastor was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison for using the internet to entice of a 15-year-old girl to engage in illegal sexual activity, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced. Timothy Milley, 69, of suburban Toronto, Canada, was sentenced by United States District Judge Judith E. Levy. In October 2022, Milley was …

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Mounties Arrest Catholic Priest On Child Sex Charges

The CBC reports: A Roman Catholic priest has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of an eight-year-old girl in Little Grand Rapids First Nation, Manitoba RCMP say. Arul Savari, 48, is charged with sexual assault, sexual interference, sexual exploitation of a young person, luring a child and forcible confinement. He remains in custody, Supt. Scott McMurchy, Manitoba acting …

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Couple Assaulted Outside Store For Buying Bud Light

Global News reports: “Possible hate-motivated” assaults outside of a Vaughan liquor store last weekend were likely initiated over a suspected Bud Light purchase, police say. York Regional Police issued a news release about the incident, which happened at around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. A man and a woman were allegedly accosted by several males outside of a store located in the …

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Catholic School Teacher Arrested On Child Sex Charges

CTV News reports: In December 2022, an elementary Catholic teacher was charged with making, possessing and distributing child pornography. At the time, police said the accused used various personas like “Dan Forest” to lure children online. Investigators also said that in February 2022, the accused met with a 14-year-old girl in Brampton and allegedly sexually assaulted her. The suspect, identified …

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Hate Pastor Found Guilty In Trucker Blockade Case

The CBC reports: Calgary pastor Artur Pawlowski is guilty of mischief for encouraging truckers to continue blocking the Canada-U.S. border crossing during a 2022 protest that lasted more than two weeks, a Lethbridge judge has ruled. “Mr. Pawlowski intended to incite the audience to continue the blockade — intended to incite protesters to commit mischief,” said Justice Gordon Krinke in …

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Canadian Singer Gordon Lightfoot Dies At Age 84

Billboard Magazine reports: Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer/songwriter behind the folk hits “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” “Sundown” and “If You Could Read My Mind,” died at age 84 on Monday (May 1), his family has announced. Lightfoot’s six-decade career began in the early 1960s on the Toronto folk circuit and went worldwide in the 1970s thanks to a …

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