Author: Silas Reed

A Quebec father says he had to take his son to the United States for care after alleging doctors in Montreal wrote off his son’s chances at survival. In October 2024, two-and-a-half-year-old Arthur Tetrault was found in the pool of a home his family was renting in Ile-Bizard, Que., a Montreal suburb.Nicolas Tetrault said his son was rushed to the Lakeshore General Hospital Emergency department, and eventually, was transferred to the Montreal Children’s Hospital.It was there where his father said he began to grow unsatisfied with how his son was being treated.“They decided unilaterally that Arthur had no chance of…

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“A scene from a horror film” is how a Yarmouth, N.S., couple describes their rental property after their former tenant left following a three-month stay. The owners, Jillian Smith and Shawn Douglas, now face significant repair costs as they try to pick up the pieces.From piles of beer cans to rotten food, broken windows, and holes in the walls and ceilings, it’s beyond what they could imagine.“To see all the money we’d put into it, just torn apart in like three months was overwhelming,” Douglas said.The couple say the tenant was recommended to them by Shyft House, a Yarmouth non-profit…

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The terrorist threat in Canada “has rarely been higher,” according to a report released on Wednesday in the aftermath of the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans. “The bottom line: Terrorism in Canada is on the rise,” said the study, which found a “statistically significant” surge in terrorism charges between 2007 and 2024.The number of charges is “an important indicator” of the threat, since terrorism arrests often stem from foiled attack plots, the Ottawa firm Insight Threat Intelligence wrote.“Across the board, terrorism attacks and charges have increased in this country over the last 18 years.”Most of the 73 charges…

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While each case may be different, the daughter of an Edmonton woman who police say was a victim of “‘intimate partner homicide” says she believes violence against women –and men — needs to be talked about more and that she would like to see more resources and support for those who need it. “Reach out to your family, … anyone who can help you,” 20-year-old Abigail Robson told Global News on Tuesday.On Dec. 30, the body of Robson’s mother was found on a riverbank in Edmonton and police began to investigate.On Sunday, the Edmonton Police Service announced that a man…

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Transit fares are set to be frozen in Toronto next year, as the city pushes new money into its ailing subway, streetcar and bus networks to try and tempt back riders who left during the pandemic. On Tuesday, the TTC unveiled its proposed 2025 budget with new spending, increased frequency across the network and a promise not to raise the cost for riders.“This is a budget that puts TTC riders and Torontonians first — with service increases and no fare increase, we’re freezing the fares,” Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said, unveiling the budget at a TTC station.The new plan will…

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Toronto police are searching for a pair of suspects after a series of break-ins at multiple west-end businesses on the morning of New Year’s Eve. It is alleged the man and woman attended six different commercial premises on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, between 1:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m., in the Queen Street West and Ossington Avenue area.Police say the man used a rock to break the front door, targeting the cash tills once inside the premises, while the woman remained a lookout and used her backpack to conceal the stolen property.Global News contacted several business owners in the area who…

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It has been a difficult stretch for Saskatoon’s Purrfect Cup Cat Café over the last month when it comes to vandalism. On Monday, the café had their windows smashed for the second time in 30 days.Sydney Sylvester is the owner of the café. She said she doesn’t understand why this keeps happening.“Exactly like last time – we come in on a day where we’re closed to work with the cats and we pull up to the parking spot out front and I see the window (smashed),” Sylvester said.“I just started crying. Coming back to this for a second time in…

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More than one in five Canadians expect to take on more debt in 2025, mostly via credit cards, according to a TransUnion consumer report that experts say shows many focus on “surviving.” TransUnion’s fourth quarter Consumer Pulse study, released on Tuesday, surveyed 1,000 adults between Sept. 25 and Oct. 6 about their expectations for 2025.That study found about 22 per cent of Canadians plan to take on more debt either by applying for new or refinancing existing credit in 2025.According to TransUnion, the type of credit product most favoured is credit cards with 43 per cent of that one in five…

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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith‘s report on investigations into President-elect Donald Trump as an appeals court weighs a challenge. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon made the ruling Tuesday, the morning after an emergency request by defense lawyers to stop the Justice Department from making the report public — a step that Smith had said could come as early as Friday.The matter is being considered by the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.The report is expected to describe charging decisions made in separate investigations by Smith into Trump’s hoarding of classified documents at…

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