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Nearly a month after a high-value package of illicit drugs was discovered on the grounds of a maximum-security facility in Renous, N.B., the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is now admitting it was dropped by a drone. On Dec. 9, 2024, staff at the Atlantic Institution found a package containing $405,500 worth of crystal methamphetamine, shatter, MDMA (ecstasy), and marijuana. In its initial release, CSC would only say a package was found, despite inquiries by CTV News about how it could have ended up on the grounds of the institution. In an email Wednesday, a CSC…
Quebec-based pilots and crews from a British Columbia company are fighting high winds and heavy turbulence as they battle the massive wildfires tearing through the Los Angeles area, and on the ground Canadians with homes in the area are being forced to flee ahead of fast-moving flames. Pascal Duclos, head pilot for the Quebec government’s aerial service, said he spent several hours in the air on Tuesday, dumping dozens of loads of water over fire-devastated areas from his plane. “What I saw was houses that were in flames, cars that were in flames, people watering their roofs,…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government has a “strong list” of possible retaliatory measures if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump moves ahead with imposing tariffs on Canadian goods. Ford would not provide details, saying he is going to wait and see what Trump will eventually do when he is sworn into office on Jan. 20. “We’ll make sure we disclose the list after we see the tariffs out they’re planning to put on Canada,” Ford told reporters on Wednesday, following his virtual meeting with other premiers. He shared that, during their meeting, his counterparts expressed concern…
Russian-Montrealer Nikolay Goltsev was sentenced to 40 months in a U.S. prison Wednesday for conspiring to ship restricted electronics to Russia that were later used in President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The sentence was announced by the U.S. Justice Department. It had accused Goltsev of secretly shipping more than $10 million in restricted electronics to the Kremlin for use in missile systems, combat helicopter and signals intelligence systems in its Ukraine war.“Goltsev and his wife thought they would ‘get rich’ by running an illicit global procurement scheme to supply sanctioned end users in Russia,” said Kevin J. Kurland, U.S. Department…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford was uninjured after an OPP vehicle he was travelling in was involved in a collision on Highway 401 Wednesday afternoon. OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt confirmed to CTV News Toronto that the collision in question occurred at around 12:40 p.m. in the westbound lanes of Highway 401 at Brock Road in Pickering. Police said the premier and the other occupants in the vehicle operated by the OPP Protective Services Section were not injured. Meanwhile, two people in the other vehicle were transported to the hospital with minor injuries and were later released. Speaking to reporters at Queen’s…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A group of plumbers in Langley, B.C., recently came together to help a family in need of some positive news. Kelsey Carignan is only 38 years old. She’s a yoga teacher and mom of two young boys and just when she thought she had beat breast cancer, after years of fighting, she received the news that it had progressed to Stage 4.“At my five-year scan I found out that the cancer had actually returned and was in my liver and lungs,” she told Global News.Then, last October, the family woke up to…
Nintendo isn’t officially at CES, but it might have stolen the show anyway: accessories-maker Genki brought a 3D-printed mockup of what it says is Nintendo’s Switch successor, and we got to hold it and take some high-resolution pictures. Based on the mockup of what we’ll call the Switch 2, Nintendo’s next console appears to be wider than the original, with slightly larger Joy-Con controllers that seem like they’ll be more comfortable to hold. Compared to a Steam Deck OLED, the Switch 2 mockup still feels noticeably smaller, in part because the Joy-Cons are not as pronounced and ergonomic as the…
A series of wildfires are searing through the Los Angeles area, forcing many to evacuate their homes. Here’s what happened on Day 2 of the L.A. wildfires: 8:48 P.M. EST: Latest wildfire size estimates Officials with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection say five wildfires have been declared within Los Angeles County, including the Lidia and Woodley wildfires that started Wednesday. The other three wildfires — Palisades, Eaton and Hurst – ignited Tuesday. The organization says the size of the fires are currently: Palisades 15,832 acres Eaton 10,600 acres Hurst 700 acres Lidia 80 acres Woodley 30 acres…
A Calgary man who struggled with addiction for more than two decades is questioning why his Facebook account has been showing advertisements for drugs. Eric Priddle has been sober for more than a year, and says he noticed more questionable Facebook ads on his feed when he started posting updates about his recovery journey. Priddle says ads for online pharmaceutical companies selling everything from medicinal cocaine and MDMA nasal sprays to “discreet party favours” began appearing on his Facebook feed. “I kind of feel angry about it, I feel like there should be some accountability on…
Chris Vilness fought back tears as he shared the heartbreaking loss of his son, Cailen, three years ago, during a construction worker memorial in Vancouver on Tuesday. “He will forever be 23, he was tragically killed on July 12, 2021, when the tower crane he and his crew were dismantling collapsed,” said Vilness.Cailen Vilness was one of five men killed at a Mission Group construction site when a crane collapsed onto a building in downtown Kelowna.His father spoke at a Vancouver memorial questioning why families of the victims still have no answers.“Three-and-a-half years later we don’t know how, we don’t…