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A vigil to remember Cédrika Provencher was held Saturday afternoon at Chapais Park in Trois Rivieres, not far from where the little girl was last seen on July 31, 2007. Two women who helped in the original search over eight years ago organized the vigil in Chapais Park. Gatherers lit candles, sang songs and read prayers in remembering Cédrika, whose …

A 20-year-old man has been formally charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of his father in Richmond Hill on Friday afternoon. Police were called just before noon on Friday to a home in the Bayview and Highway 7 area in Richmond Hill.

Police have charged an Amherstburg man in connection with the small dog found bound and left to die near the Walker Road Canadian Tire. The Windsor Police Service says on Friday around 6pm, officers attended the Windsor/Essex County Humane Society after staff reported that individuals were attempting to take custody of the abused dog. Following an investigation, officers arrested a …

Charges are pending against two men and a 13-year-old boy accused of gunning down two Mac’s convenience store employees in Edmonton during early morning robberies the police chief called “gratuitous” and “evil.” Police say the attacks at two Mac’s stores happened 15 minutes apart and several blocks away.

At least eight people were arrested following an anti-capitalist protest last night, a demonstration that police declared illegal before it even began because organizers did not provide them with a route. The protest starting at the park on Berri St. and made its way east. Police and protesters exchanged rounds of fireworks and tear gas, mainly in the . Many …

The man and woman arrested in connection with the death of a 27-year-old school teacher from Sarnia have pleaded guilty to first murder in the case. Michael MacGregor, 20, and Tanya Bogdanovich, 32, were both charged with first-degree murder in the death of Noelle Paquette.

A Toronto man who worked for two decades as a teacher, school administrator and private tutor now faces charges of possessing child pornography. Back in November, someone called police to report a man was allegedly viewing child porn on a public computer in the Employment and Social Services Centre at Lawrence Square.

The brother of 28-year-old Rosemarie Junor, the victim in an unprovoked fatal stabbing at a downtown Toronto drugstore last week, says his sister had just gotten married, bought a new home and was about to start a family. Rosemarie Junor died in hospital Wednesday, police confirmed in a news release Thursday. Police were called to the Shoppers Drug Mart at …

A Tim Hortons employee is being accused of taking the company’s ‘Always Fresh’ motto a bit too far, hurling scalding hot coffee, Timbits, and allegedly a racial slur, at a drive-thru patron at a Michigan location. It all started when the customer asked a Tim Horton’s employee to throw away his old coffee cup. She refused to do that, and …

A big cat is on the loose in the Kootenays after being spotted hanging out near Highway 3A near Kootenay Bay, about 80 kilometres west of Cranbrook. The RCMP put out the warning late Thursday night, giving residents in the area of Crawford Bay and Kootenay Bay the heads up, and asking in a news release, “Does anyone know someone …

As Canadian cities resettle the displaced Syrian refugees who have been arriving since last week, 214 more landed in Toronto Tuesday afternoon. These latest refugees will depart Beirut, Lebanon, in the morning and arrive mid-afternoon on a Royal Jordanian Airlines flight, McCallum said Monday. There will be a mix of privately sponsored and government-assisted refugees on board. The Liberal government …