A suspect who allegedly pushed a woman onto the tracks at a Toronto subway station Sunday evening is now wanted on an attempted murder charge, police say. The incident happened at Yonge Station just after 9 pm When emergency crews arrived, they found the victim conscious and breathing, police said. She was rushed to a … Read more
Longtime Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster Buck Martinez is stepping away from the broadcast booth after being diagnosed with cancer. In a statement released by Sportsnet, Martinez said Sunday’s game against the Oakland Athletics would be his last for “a little while” as he begins weeks of cancer treatment. Martinez, 73, said he hoped to join … Read more
A 46-year-old man has become Montreal’s seventh homicide victim of 2022 after being shot just before 11 pm Saturday night, police say. The shooting happened at the corner of St. Laurent Blvd. and Jean-Talon St. at 10:55 pm, said a police spokesperson. The man’s death was confirmed later by doctors after he was taken to … Read more
A young Tennessee woman managed to escape this week from a kidnapping using a hand signal that was popularized on TikTok — at least the second time the signal has been used to flee a life-threatening situation. The fact that both the woman and the passerby knew the hand sign, in both cases, gives the … Read more
The Ottawa 67’s and Ottawa’s hockey community are mourning the death of a former star player. Lance Galbraith died in a car crash in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday at the age of 42, according to the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Galbraith played five seasons with the 67’s in the late 1990s and early 2000s, winning a … Read more
Firefighters rescued a cat from a burning home in Ottawa’s west end. Ottawa Fire received multiple 911 calls reporting flames visible from the third floor of a home on Gladecrest Court just before 5:30 pm Friday. “911 callers reported everyone did make it out of the home but a cat was still inside,” fire officials … Read more
photo: Christie Fitzpatrick PRESS RELEASE: Whistler Mountain Bike Park Whistler Blackcomb will be working the dirt, the cables and the helicopters this summer as the mountain launches a summer of construction to upgrade the Creekside Gondola and Big Red Express chairlift. The Creekside trail system boasts a unique maze of flow and tech trails, moving … Read more
Everyone knows that the bike world is full of the best people, so I took a wander at Sea Otter to meet some of them. Bill Cleveland running the Best Day Brewing booth and looking stylish while he’s at it. Some pretty good days – some might even say some Best Days [hah…] at Sea … Read more
New this year, Abbey has a couple of those tools that have very specific but undoubtedly useful purposes. The Saw Guide slides around, not over the top of the steerer tube, and it has notches for both toothed and non-toothed saws. The DUB Self Extracting Cap Tool has pins for each of the four holes … Read more
Winnipeg police say a 27-year-old man died Saturday evening after the vehicle he was driving crashed into a building. The incident happened in the city’s north end shortly after 9:00 pm The force says officers attempted to stop a car near Selkirk Avenue and McKenzie Street after noticing its insurance was out of date. Read … Read more
