Hamilton police applying to lay hate crime charge on 41-year-old Christopher Pretula WARNING: This story contains details that readers may find disturbing and offensive. Hamilton police have arrested a man after a video appeared to show him hurling transphobic and racist insults toward passengers on an HSR bus. Police issued a news release on Tuesday appealing for witnesses and victims related to the three-minute video after CBC Hamilton asked the police service about it a day earlier. It also said the incident was reported via the service’s online reporting tool by a third party in anotherRead more

‘I could clean up my house with a rake,’ says Les Mursza, whose property was reduced to ash Les Murzsa says he spent more than a decade focusing his time and savings on building the off-grid home he’d hoped to own for most of his adult life. One project at a time, he renovated the wooden cabin at the south end of Green Mountain Road, near Keremeos, B.C., until there was only one job left: finishing up the new roof. Murzsa was in the process of installing the last shingles when a wildfireRead more

The father of a four-year-old girl who was struck and killed by a GO train in Mississauga, Ont. last week is speaking out for the first time since the accident. Emmanuel Nwabuoku told CP24 on Tuesday his daughter, Mitchell, was fatally struck by a train last week while she out playing with her siblings. “Mitchell is an angel, she talks like an angel. Mitchell acts like an angel,” Nwabuoku said. He said his daughter left the apartment with her older siblings to go down to get ice cream at theRead more

Canadian period pain relief company Somedays is providing non-menstruating people with a new perspective on how excruciating period pain can be. Lux Perry, CEO and co-founder of Somedays, brought a period pain simulator to this year’s Calgary Stampede to show men and people who don’t have periods the levels of pain menstruating people experience. To their surprise, attendees at the stampede were willing and open to gain a new perspective. “It was a little bit shocking to see how much compassion there was,” Perry said Tuesday in an interview on CTV’sRead more

Bernardo and Arthur Lima aren’t like other twins — they were born conjoined, sharing not only the top of their heads and part of the brain, but a major vein that connects to the heart. Now, a breakthrough surgery, made possible in part by surgeons working together virtually, has hopefully given the boys a chance at life like any other pair of brothers. The pair were operated on shortly before their fourth birthday, making them the oldest twins with a fused brain to have been successfully separated. For months, surgeonsRead more

An 11-year-old girl missing from Stratford, Ont. has been found safe. Around 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Stratford police confirmed by phone the child has been found safe in Toronto. An Amber Alert was issued around half an hour earlier at 5:37 p.m. In a tweet, Stratford police said she was located with the assistance of Ontario Provincial Police and York Regional Police. Police said the investigation is ongoing.

The woman who filed a lawsuit against Hockey Canada over an alleged group sexual assault recently passed a polygraph examination, her lawyer said Tuesday. A statement released Tuesday by Robert Talach of Beckett Personal Injury Lawyers said that the woman “successfully passed that ‘lie-detector test’ with a rating of ‘truthful.”‘ The result of the polygraph test, which was arranged by the complainant’s lawyer, was provided to the London Police, the Hockey Canada review and the NHL investigators. The woman alleged eight players — including members of Canada’s 2018 world juniorRead more

Residents and visitors advised to avoid contact with harbour and flush less in some areas Halifax Water is again asking people to stay away from Halifax harbour and flush less. In a news release Sunday night, the utility said a wastewater pump failure is causing “screened but untreated” wastewater to be released into the harbour. Halifax Water wants you to flush less if you live here Halifax Water says no swimming in harbour after wastewater pump fails “Residents and visitors are strongly advised not to go swimming or participate in recreationalRead more

‘If we want to move the economy … we need to also help small businesses,’ says restaurant patron Calgary restaurant owners say they are being forced to hike up their menu prices and cut staff hours due to rising food and material costs. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the cost of living has soared for millions across the globe — and Calgary’s food service industry is feeling the pinch. Carolina De La Torre says since this past winter, inflation has been causing problems for her business. She’s the co-owner ofRead more

‘We’re still feeling the impacts because racism is still alive and well,’ Willard Reaves says Winnipeggers gathered at the St. Norbert Arts Centre on Monday to mark the creation of legislation that abolished slavery in Canada 188 years ago, and reflect on the ongoing hardships Black people face. Co-host Uche Nwankwo said the anniversary is an opportunity to discuss Black history and discuss the work that needs to happen to end the ongoing effects of slavery. “History is important. It’s a way of remembering what had happened and then finding a way to prevent a futureRead more