Helicopters, rescue boats were called out to take Harvey Humchitt, Jr. from remote Cape Scott to Victoria Harvey Humchitt, Jr. was up at 3 a.m. for the start of his shift at the Cape Scott lighthouse when he started noticing pain in his chest. Humchitt, keeper of the lighthouse on the wild northwest tip of Vancouver Island, says he initially attributed the pain to angina. But by late afternoon he was doubled over. “I was keeling over, grabbing my chest,” he recalled. His partner of 33 years, Todd Maliszewski, with whom he livesRead more

Police conduct controlled detonation; 2 people detained in investigation Toronto police said two people were detained after a possible explosive device was found near Billy Bishop Airport’s mainland ferry terminal on Saturday, prompting an evacuation and a halt to flights. Police said the two people were co-operating with the investigation. In an update shortly after midnight ET, police said they conducted a controlled detonation of the device. Evacuees from buildings near the ferry terminal were cleared to return and the island airport announced it had reopened its runway. Flights resumed Sunday morning, although theRead more

Rob Thomson leads club to 1st NL pennant since 2009 with series win over Padres Bryce Harper slugged his fifth homer of the post-season, a two-run blast in the eighth inning that turned Citizens Bank Park into a madhouse, and the $330 million US slugger powered the Philadelphia Phillies past the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Sunday and into the World Series for the first the time since 2009. Rhys Hoskins also hit a two-run homer to spark Philadelphia’s improbable run to the National League pennant and a shot at itsRead more

Now a small Gaspé town is raising money to help them One late afternoon in early April 2021, Stéphane Boudreau and Catherine Audet answered an emergency call for help. Two canoeists were stuck in the frigid waters off the coast of Miguasha, Que., swimming for their lives. That morning, Mathieu Bélanger and five friends had set out on a canoe trip on a sunny and calm Baie-des-Chaleurs. But the bay turned stormy midday and the boaters were suddenly in trouble, Bélanger’s uncle, Pierre Bélanger, said. “The wind picked up pretty fastRead more

Canadian vets recall the second-bloodiest day for Canada in Korea — the point when the home front tuned out The moment from the Korean War that sticks with retired lieutenant-colonel Brian Simons happened at the beginning of the Battle of Hill 355 — a now largely forgotten struggle in an often overlooked war. A young signaller attached to the Royal Canadian Regiment, Simons — a newly minted lieutenant at the time — was up on the rocky hillside at a battalion outpost when Chinese artillery and mortars opened up with theirRead more

Varme Energy wants to combine waste-to-energy with carbon capture in Edmonton area A Norwegian clean energy development company is betting big on Alberta as the place to combine its waste-to-energy technology with a method of capturing carbon and storing it underground. Varme Energy, which was incorporated in Edmonton this summer, wants to set up facilities in Alberta that use Aitos gasification technology, a two-step combustion process owned by its parent company that’s been used in waste-to-energy facilities in Norway for more than a decade. Through this process, waste that was headed forRead more

Changes to New Home Construction Licensing Act would hike fines from $25K to $50K per infraction Ontario’s Ford government says it wants to double the maximum fine for unethical developers of new homes who unjustifiably cancel home building projects or terminate purchase agreements. Kaleed Rasheed, minister of public and business service delivery, and Steve Clark, minister of municipal affairs and housing, made the announcement in Windsor at a media briefing Wednesday morning. They were joined by Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens. If passed, the government said changes to the New Home Construction Licensing Act (NHCLA) wouldRead more

Canadian singer was found guilty in June of assaulting Ottawa woman Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard was sentenced to five years in prison by a Toronto judge on Thursday, the third and final day of a sentencing hearing that began earlier this month. Hoggard, the former lead singer of rock band Hedley, was found guilty of sexual assault causing bodily harm in June after raping an Ottawa woman in 2016. The Crown was seeking a sentence of six to seven years for Hoggard — above the normal range for a sexual assault by someone withRead more

Eby’s path to becoming B.C. premier begins Friday with swearing in as NDP leader British Columbia’s premier designate David Eby said being becoming leader of the B.C. NDP after the disqualification of his only competitor, Anjali Appadurai, “is not how any of us expected this to end.” Eby will officially be declared party leader Friday, clearing the way for him to be sworn in as premier when Premier John Horgan retires in December. “There are a bunch of people out there who are disappointed with how this leadership campaign went,” said Eby, speakingRead more

OPP officer describes dysfunction within Ottawa police One of the top officers at the Ottawa Police Service says the force should have paid closer attention to intelligence that suggested the Freedom Convoy protesters planned to stay past two days — and city police were left “floundering” after the first weekend. “There was a failure to appreciate,” Patricia Ferguson, acting deputy chief of the Ottawa Police Service (OPS), told the Public Order Emergency Commission on Thursday. A superintendent from another police service said the Ottawa police lost control almost as soon as the protesters and theirRead more