As Canada mourns 15 killed in road crash, investigators review video footage
Ottawa, CanadaReuters Flags flew lowered in the Canadian province of Manitoba on Friday following a deadly crash between a bus carrying mostly elderly passengers and a truck, as investigators identified the injured and reviewed video footage from a camera mounted on the truck. Fifteen people were killed and another 11 people were injured in the […]
Inquiry into Canada’s worst mass shooting criticises police, urges reform
Ottawa, Canada Reuters Officials tasked with reviewing Canada’s worst mass shooting called for sweeping police reforms, stricter gun safety regulations and better public communication on Thursday after an investigation found many shortcomings in authorities’ response to the 2020 incident. In April, 2020, 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman, disguised in a police uniform and driving a fake police […]
StrangeSights: Nazi map sparks Netherlands treasure hunt; 911 calls that “missed the mark” in Canada; and, ‘Mermaid dog’ rescued in Chile
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
Updated: Suspect in Canada stabbing spree dies of apparently self-inflicted wounds – report
Updated: 12:15pm (AEST)Saskatoon, SaskatchewanReuters The suspect sought by Canadian authorities in a weekend stabbing spree that killed 10 people in and around an Indigenous reserve in Saskatchewan died on Wednesday, apparently of self-inflicted injuries, shortly after his arrest, Canada’s Global News agency reported. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said earlier that Myles Sanderson, 30, was […]
Cross border smuggling: In fighting gun crime, Canada has an American problem
STEVE SCHERER and ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY, of Reuters, report on the cross-border trade in illegal guns…