Weird News

• Narcan raccoons, dirty diapers and stuffed animals: 12 of B.C.’s weirdest stories this year

  From a home with walls packed with stuffed animals to thousands of pounds of diapers dumped in the woods, here are a few offbeat B.C. stories that caught our eye in 2024.

  Trending

  Dec 28, 2024
  
• Man hospitalized after being hit by own vehicle north of Peterborough, Ont.

  A man in Selwyn County, Ont., was run over by his own vehicle Friday while he was in his backyard. Emergency workers took the man to Peterborough Regional Health Centre.

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  May 24, 2024
  
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• Another 15,000 chicks reported missing from Ontario chicken farm

  Ontario Provincial Police in Huron County say a farmer who previously had 30,000 chicks go missing in April has now reported that he lost another 15,000 in mid-May.

  Crime

  Jun 19, 2023
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• A goat on horseback and a naked stranger in the trunk: Strange headlines of 2022

  From a goat that rides horseback to a woman finding a naked man living in her trunk for three days, 2022 saw its share of strange and wacky news.

  Canada

  Dec 27, 2022
• ‘Too much mayonnaise’: Subway worker shot to death after sandwich argument

  One employee was killed and another injured after a customer opened fire in an Atlanta Subway restaurant.

  World

  Jun 27, 2022
• Brantford, Ont., man allegedly uses diaper box to create fake licence plates

  A Brantford man who took creative licence with his vehicle plates ended up in hot water with the law recently, according to Brant County OPP.

  Crime

  Jan 12, 2021
• Southern Alberta RCMP uncover suspected car thief hiding in a haystack

  It was way easier than finding a needle in a haystack when Alberta RCMP went searching for a suspected car thief near Bowden last week.

  Crime

  Dec 9, 2019
• RCMP reminds Nova Scotians to lock their doors after pair enter wrong home, clean it

  RCMP say just before 3 p.m., officers responded to a complaint that there were two suspicious women in a home. 

  Canada

  Oct 18, 2018
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• Nova Scotia legal battle sees competing ‘Pirates of Halifax’ cross swords in court

  Two competing groups of grown men both calling themselves the "Pirates of Halifax" have failed to resolve their feud in the polite confines of Nova Scotia's small claims court.

  Canada

  Mar 29, 2018
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• Italians turn out in the thousands for ‘Battle of the Oranges’ festival

  The oranges were flying as thousands turned out for an annual festival symbolizing a revolt against an evil tyrant centuries ago.

  World

  Feb 12, 2018