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House Fire Rescue Efforts

An off-duty RCMP officer named Const. Anton Lorde was driving home from work on July 18 when he saw a large plume of smoke billowing into the sky, leading him to a house fire in Sydney, N.S., on Mount Pleasant Street. When he arrived…

Electric Dirt Bike Chase

Two teenagers are facing charges under the Criminal Code of Canada for their involvement in a high-speed police chase involving electric dirt bikes in southwest Calgary. The incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning when police…

ICE Detention Issues

Thousands of people in immigration detention centers are trapped in a system with nearly non-existent oversight after the grievance system designed to report problems has "all but collapsed". The grievance system, which was meant to offer…

Cell Phone Delivery Scam

Canadians are being scammed into buying fake cell phones, with over $17 million in reported losses so far this year due to "service fraud" according to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre. A recent victim, B.C. resident Jeannie Moss, owes…

Maryland Data Broker Investigation

A group of 43 organizations, including We Are CASA and the Center for Democracy & Technology, filed a complaint with the Maryland Attorney General's office, calling for an investigation into several data brokers that they claim are…

Immigration Sentence Leniency Controv…

Sergio Reyes Loor, a 55-year-old Ecuadorian permanent resident, was convicted in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for violently sexually assaulting a woman on August 7, 2023. Despite the Crown's recommendation for a five-year prison…

Alberta Sex Assault Sentencing

Aimee Ert, a woman who was sexually assaulted by Richard Mantha four years ago, testified at his sentencing hearing that she forgives him. The attack left her traumatized but ultimately gave her the strength to fight back and escape. Ert…

Lawyer Hits Reporter Outside Courthouse

Last Friday, outside Boston Federal Court, a lawyer, who was representing Lawrence, Massachusetts Mayor Brian DePeña, hit a parked car while trying to escape reporters. The incident occurred after the mayor's arraignment on charges that he…

Melbourne Murder Sentence

Milorad Zaric, 48, has been sentenced to 21 years and five months in prison for the murder of his neighbor Vicki Apostolopoulos in November 2024. The attack occurred in Bayswater, a suburb in Melbourne's outer-east, just days after Ms…

Rape Sentence for Minors

Two men, Clinton Parry Harris (30) and Sheldon Todd Barron (25), were sentenced to at least one year in jail for raping a 14-year-old girl. The victim had met the pair on social media platform Snapchat, and they drove from Perth to…

Treasury Secretary Plot Foiled

Riley English, a 26-year-old transgender woman from Massachusetts, was sentenced to 6 years and 1 month in prison for plotting to kill Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, at the US Capitol in January 2025. English, who claimed she…

Drunk Driver Gets Parole

Brittany Barry, a 35-year-old woman, has been pre-approved for day parole by the Parole Board of Canada after serving 1.5 years of her 6-year sentence. Barry was convicted of drunk driving and causing the deaths of two people, Laura Hannah…