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Homeless Saint John man loses part of leg, foot to frostbite
‘How much more suffering do we have to witness?’ advocate asks Less than three weeks after a homeless Saint John man lost his life in a tent fire, another is in hospital after losing his left leg below the knee and half of his right foot to severe frostbite. Jamie Langille, 43, who has lived in a tent in a wooded area uptown for about three years, said he fell asleep one night with wet feet. “I usually light a fire at nighttime,” he said, explaining he burns candles and hand sanitizer in a bucketRead more
N.B. man ‘happy to be alive’ after nearly being impaled in driving accident
Pickup truck pierced by bridge piece in crash on remote logging road After a long night shift on Jan.10, Michael Roy hopped into his pickup truck with a co-worker and started the long drive home. The ride could have been his last. Roy, 32, often took a rural logging road for the 100-kilometre drive from the job site in Plaster Rock to his home in Saint-Quentin. Snow was heavy through the desolate woodland trail known locally as the West Tobique Wood Road. “We didn’t see much and we didn’t go fast,”Read more
Dutch man who sexually extorted B.C. teen Amanda Todd given 6-year sentence in Netherlands
Aydin Coban was sentenced to 13 years in prison in B.C., a punishment longer than Dutch laws A judge in the Netherlands has ruled that the Dutch man convicted for sexually extorting B.C. teen Amanda Todd should serve six years in prison. Aydin Coban wasn’t present in Amsterdam District Court for a brief hearing to announce the sentence. His lawyer, Robert Malewicz, said he would appeal the decision to the Dutch Supreme Court. Coban was convicted last year in B.C. of extortion, two counts of possession of child pornography, child luringRead more
Police lay 12 new charges against Mississauga, Ont., man accused of selling deadly substance
Charges come after British police revealed they are investigating deaths of 88 people in U.K. An Ontario man accused of sending a lethal substance to those at risk of self harm was charged in 12 new deaths on Tuesday as police outlined the growing scope of what has become an international investigation. Kenneth Law now faces 14 counts in total of counselling and aiding suicide, police said, with the cases involving deaths across Ontario. Police allege the 57-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., operated several websites starting in late 2020 that wereRead more
Man in his 30s in stable condition after being stabbed on TTC subway near Eglinton station
Suspect still at large, stabbing caused chaos among riders on train A man in his 30s is in stable condition in hospital after he was stabbed on a moving TTC subway car near Eglinton station on Thursday, Toronto police say. The suspect fled the station and is still at large, Duty Insp. Michelle Olszevski, spokesperson for the Toronto Police Service, told reporters outside the station. Police believe the stabbing is not random and that an argument preceded the physical violence.. “This is not believed to be random. This is an isolated incident andRead more