Sawyer Bogdan

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• Two Quebec planes and their crews helping fight devastating L.A. wildfires

  A pair of Quebec water bombers and their crews are in California helping fight the massive wildfires tearing through the Los Angeles area.

  Environment

  Jan 8
• Man charged with murder after 64-year-old woman found dead in London home

  A suspicious death investigation has led to a murder charge after police say a 64-year-old woman was found dead in a home in northeast London.

  Canada

  Jan 8
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• Advocate urges empathy after Quebec woman allegedly abandons newborn outside in cold

  A Quebec woman has been charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life after allegedly abandoning her newborn shortly after giving birth outdoors on New Year's Day.

  Crime

  Jan 7
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• Another round of heavy snowfall inbound for parts of Ontario

  Parts of southwestern Ontario are getting a cold blanket of the fluffy white stuff as strong snow squalls come off Lake Huron Tuesday.

  Weather

  Jan 7
• After sustained pressure on Marineland probe, Ontario animal welfare body opens up

  Ontario's little-known team of taxpayer-funded animal cruelty investigators recently issued its first-ever news release, years after launching in 2020.

  Canada

  Dec 24, 2024
• Montréal braces for snowy forecast ahead of Christmas

  Environment Canada has issued special weather advisory in effect for southern Quebec with up to 15 cm expected in some areas ahead of Christmas.

  Weather

  Dec 23, 2024
• Sex trial: Quebec TV host Julie Snyder testifies against Just for Laughs founder

  Quebec TV host and producer Julie Snyder told a civil trial today that she was sexually assaulted by Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon in Paris more than three decades ago.

  Crime

  Dec 19, 2024
• Quebec professor charged for stealing scholarship money intended for foreign students

  Quebec anticorruption police have arrested a former university professor for allegedly defrauding and extorting foreign students.

  Crime

  Dec 19, 2024
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• London, Ont. boy dies after being hit by car after getting off school bus

  There's been an outpouring of support for a local family in the wake of a tragic collision that claimed the life of a seven-year-old London boy.

  Crime

  Dec 19, 2024
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• Montrealer trying to save the DVD amid online streaming boom

  Jean-François Hall says he has sold more than 50-thousand D-V-Ds on eBay and Facebook Marketplace in the last three years.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2024
• London councillor docked month’s pay over ‘pattern of bullying and harassment’

  London’s council has voted to sanction a city councillor a month’s pay for ‘harassment, bullying, and targeting’ a city staff member.

  Politics

  Dec 18, 2024
• Huntsville man charged with sexual assault of young child

  Ontario Provincial Police have charged a Huntsville man in a historic sexual assault investigation involving a young child.

  Crime

  Dec 18, 2024
• ‘Race against time’: Orphaned newborn puppies get help from Ontario community

  Four neonatal puppies have captured the hearts of those at the Toronto Humane Society and the community after being orphaned at just two weeks old.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2024
• Photos of suspect’s car released after shooting at Ontario hospital

  London police have released photos of a suspect's vehicle after shots were fired at London Health Sciences Centre's Victoria Campus and a truck struck the emergency room entrance.

  Crime

  Dec 17, 2024
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• ‘Don’t make us pay’: Northern Ontario mayors say immigration cuts hurt their cities

  As the federal government looks to drastically reduce its immigration targets, the mayors of northern Ontario's cities say they need more immigrants to sustain local economies.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2024
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• Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says

  Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who had polio as a child, says any of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees seeking Senate confirmation should “steer clear” of efforts to discredit the polio vaccine. “Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed — they’re dangerous,” McConnell said in a statement Friday. “Anyone seeking the...

  U.S. News

  Dec 15, 2024
• Oil spill in Kerch Strait after two Russian oil tankers seriously damaged in storm

  Two Russian oil tankers have been seriously damaged following a storm in the Kerch Strait, spilling oil and sparking an emergency rescue operation.

  Environment

  Dec 15, 2024
• Christians in Syria mark country’s transformation with tears as UN envoy urges an end to sanctions

  In churches across long-stifled Syria, Christians marked the first Sunday services since Bashar Assad's ouster in an air of transformation.

  Politics

  Dec 15, 2024
• Tiny, endangered sea turtle found on Quebec’s Magdalen Islands for the first time

  One of the world’s smallest and most endangered turtle species was found on the shores Quebec’s Magdalen Islands last week in a first for the province.

  Environment

  Dec 15, 2024
• Quebec municipalities brace for new flood zone maps that show more properties at risk

  Officials in some Quebec municipalities ravaged by past flooding say they fear possible financial repercussions for residents as the province prepares to introduce new flood maps.

  Weather

  Dec 15, 2024
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• Storms across US bring heavy snow, dangerous ice and a tornado in California

  A tornado near a mall in central California swept up cars, uprooted trees and sent several people to the hospital.

  Weather

  Dec 15, 2024
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• Racy photos of Bashar Assad discovered after his fall spark ridicule

  Bizarre and personal photos of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad have surfaced from his abandoned residences, sparking ridicule among Syrians.

  Politics

  Dec 15, 2024
• Lawyers in Quebec class actions seek $906M in fees for work in landmark tobacco case

  Lawyers representing tens of thousands of Quebecers in two class-action lawsuits against three major tobacco manufacturers will seek to receive more than $900 million in fees.

  Health

  Dec 14, 2024
• Federal government’s two-month GST holiday begins

  As a two-month break from the federal GST took effect Saturday, shoppers and businesses expressed lukewarm support for the measure.

  Canada

  Dec 14, 2024
• US officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that ousted Assad, Blinken says

  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that American officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that spearheaded the overthrow of the government.

  World

  Dec 14, 2024