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B.C. woman found dead in her Sydney, Australia apartment remembered as ‘kindest, sweetest’ person

Friends and family of a B.C. woman are in mourning a week after she was found dead in her Sydney, Australia apartment.

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2-year-old girl killed after falling into grain mixer in Quebec

A two-year-old child tragically died after falling into a grain mixer on a farm in Quebec on Friday, provincial police have confirmed.

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Mexican authorities make arrest in killing of Canadian man in seaside town

Mexican authorities say they have made an arrest in the killing of a Quebec man earlier this month in the Pacific coast beach town of Puerto Escondido.

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COVID-19: 10 people fined for holding a party in Halifax during lockdown

social gathering in Halifax early Saturday morning, during a time when the province is in lockdown amid a surge of COVID-19 cases.In a release, Halifax Regional Police said officers responded to a third-hand report of a loud party at a residence in the 2000 to 3000 block of Parker Street in Halifax around 12:30 a.m.“Police attended and found that activities were being conducted in excess of the provincially mandated gathering limits,” the release said. Nova Scotia reports record-breaking 148 cases of COVID-19 Under current provincial guidelines, gathering limits without social distancing are confined to a person’s household bubble.

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Peterborough police issue 6 tickets at anti-shutdown protest; Cobourg police charge 4 people

Peterborough police issue 14 Reopening Ontario Act tickets over weekend, city closes basketball court In addition, two bylaw tickets for flying a drone in a park were also issued for what police state was “improper drone activity” at the protest.“Approximately 200 to 250 gathered,” Staff Sgt. Dan MacLean tells Global News Peterborough.“Obviously we can’t charge everyone.

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‘We will not be randomly stopping people’: London, Ont., police chief

London Police Service is reassuring Londoners they will not be stopped when driving or walking in the city under the latest COVID-19 public health measures.“Our plan is to continue to engage, explain, educate & enforce in a fair & unbiased manner. We will not be randomly stopping people,” Steve Williams said in a tweet published hours after Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s announcement Friday.

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COVID-19: Kingston Police joins other Ont. police forces, will not conduct random stops

Kingston Police force is joining the growing number of Ontario police departments that are refusing to conduct random traffic and pedestrian stops to enforce the latest COVID-19 public safety measures.In the Ford government’s enhance shutdown announcement on Friday, police were granted new powers, which included the ability to stop and ID pedestrians and vehicles. This allowed police to question citizens if their travel is ‘essential’ or not, which sparked serious backlash from the public.

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Halifax police officer under investigation for ‘unacceptable’ comments in video with man held at gunpoint

Halifax police apologize to black community for street checks The video was posted by youth and community leader DeRico Symonds. It shows an officer, who Symonds said is white, with his weapon drawn at a man, who is Black.

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COVID-19: Calgary rally joins worldwide anti-lockdown protests

COVID-19 restrictions and gathered at Calgary’s Prince’s Island Park to protest pandemic public health restrictions on Saturday.The rally joined others across Canada and many more around the world, organized for March 20. Massive crowd gathers in downtown Kelowna for ‘freedom’ protest rally “That’s what you’re seeing around the world.

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Officer who cited spa shooting suspect’s ‘bad day’ has history of anti-Asian posts

police officer is facing fierce backlash for his comments about a spa shooting spree that killed eight people, including six Asian women, after he said the murder suspect was having a “bad day.”Capt. Jay Baker of the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office made the remark during a briefing with reporters on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after eight people were shot dead at three different spas in the Atlanta area.Robert Aaron Long, 21, has been arrested in connection with the killings.

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Deer herd stampedes over surprised driver’s car in wild dashcam video

deer stampeding over a remote road, where they narrowly avoided hitting a stunned driver’s car. Mostly.The wild encounter was captured on a police cruiser’s dashcam video Feb.

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Man arrested after ‘gigantic’ playground slide found on child’s bunk-bed

slide attached to a bunk-bed in his mobile home.The “400-pound playground slide” had been modified and hooked up to the top tier of a bunk-bed inside a child’s bedroom in the mobile home, Pasco police said in a Facebook post. ‘QAnon shaman’ to remain in jail after ‘insulting’ court defence Det.

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36 people fined $1,550 each for gathering at a Quebec cottage: Sûreté du Québec

COVID-19 regulations by illegally gathering at a house in Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, north of Quebec City.The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) says they were called to the residence on Chemin Blanc at around 8:30 p.m.

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Pandemic party boy Ivan Busheski: I was attacked by ‘Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighters’

shut down an “illegal bottle club” at their 177 Prince Street loft — only to have robbers storm the place with a gun and knife later that month.Now he claims he was attacked by a group of “Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighters” bent on “[breaking] all my bones [and taking] my eyeballs” while he was finishing up his shift at La Boite, where he’s also a manager, on early Friday morning.“All my security guys are inside, escorting people, making sure everything is closed [when] all of a sudden, I see like three undercover cops and [State Liquor Authority Agents] ready to shut me down. And then all of a sudden like five guys started running towards the door as the cops did nothing.

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Saskatchewan police, teachers frustrated with COVID-19 immunization plan

Phase 2 of Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout fails to protect police and teachers, who have no choice but to interact with the public, union representatives say.The second immunization phase is based on age, starting with people in their 60s. Saskatchewan rolls out plan for Phase 2 of COVID-19 vaccinations Casey Ward, Saskatchewan Federation of Police Officers president, said front-line police officers should be prioritized.

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3 Cobourg police special constables test positive for COVID-19

COVID-19, but the chief of police says any impact to service is minor.According to CPS, one of the special constables received a positive test on Feb. 4. Through case and contact tracing, two additional cases were detected.“One of our part-time members, who also works at another part-time job and that’s where we think he contracted it, became sick on or about Jan.

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Man’s sister, neighbour killed in botched hit meant for rape accuser, police say

Louisiana man who was accused of raping his niece is now facing charges in connection with the death of his sister and neighbour after a botched murder-for-hire plot that was meant for his accuser, police say.Hope Nettleton, 37, and Brittany Cormier, 34, were shot dead at Cormier’s home on Jan. 13 in a case of mistaken identity in Montegut, La., according to Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Tim Soignet.

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‘I don’t think people are thinking this through’: HKPR Health Unit on lockdown protests

coronavirus crisis now in its eleventh month and Ontario under a stay-at-home order into February, anti-lockdown protests are popping up, mostly on weekends, across the province.In Cobourg, Ont., a small group of protesters gathered in front of Victoria Hall on Saturday.Cobourg Police Service, which has not laid any fines to protesters since the outset of the pandemic, attended.“The group of larger gatherings in front of town hall and other places, our team is meeting with collaborators.

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Girl, 15, fatally stabbed in grocery store fight with younger girls in Louisiana

stabbed in a fight with four younger girls at a grocery store in Lake Charles, La., in what police described as a “cold” killing captured on video.The incident happened Saturday night around 7:30 p.m. at a grocery store, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.“There was a fight between several young girls inside the store, at which time a 15-year-old was stabbed,” the sheriff’s office said.

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Montreal police break up three large religious gatherings in Outremont in under 24 hours

–with files from the Canadian Press

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Strathroy-Caradoc police fine Watford woman for violating COVID-19 stay-at-home order

stay-at-home order, officials said.The order was enacted in an effort to stop a surge in coronavirus cases.Police said they were contacted on Thursday to investigate an “unplated suspicious vehicle” that was believed to be in contravention of the order. SIU clears London, Ont., police after man seriously hurt jumping from apartment balcony The vehicle had been seen visiting several homes in Strathroy for non-essential travel.

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B.C. Mounties chop firewood for elderly woman who was busting furniture to burn, heat home

Vancouver Value Village workers return $85K found in bag of donations “The officer interrupted the elderly woman as she was in the process of breaking up household furniture to burn, in the home’s wood stove, for heat,” said Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey, spokesperson for the B.C.

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Chatham-Kent, Ont., police issue $880 ticket for 4 people under Reopening Ontario Act

Chatham-Kent, Ont., police say four people were charged and fined under the Reopening Ontario Act following a traffic stop.Police said on Jan. 13, officers saw a suspicious vehicle on Grey Street in Chatham.

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Florida server uses secret note to save boy from family ‘torture’

A diner server who spotted bruises on an 11-year-old boy is being hailed as a hero after she communicated with him in secret and called the police on his mom and stepdad.“She stepped up to help rescue a child she had never met,” Orlando, Fla., police wrote on Facebook.The couple faces multiple charges in connection with their treatment of the boy, which police described as “torture.”The rescue played out on New Year’s Day in Orlando after the couple walked into a Mrs. Potato restaurant with the boy and a four-year-old girl.

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Quebec reports 2,588 new COVID-19 cases, 39 more deaths

COVID-19 cases on Sunday and 39 additional deaths connected to the novel coronavirus.Of the new deaths, health authorities say 14 occurred in the last 24 hours, 23 happened between Jan. 3 and Jan.

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Quebec reports record 3,127 new COVID-19 cases, 41 more deaths as curfew begins

COVID-19 cases on Saturday with 3,127 new infections, as well as 41 additional deaths related to the novel coronavirus.Of the new deaths, health authorities say 12 occurred in the last 24 hours, 24 happened between Jan. 2 and Jan.

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Heavy police presence expected across Quebec as 8 p.m. curfew starts tonight

COVID-19 patients without necessary care, the province’s premier warned as he called for compliance with the new measure.François Legault issued a social media post exhorting the province’s residents to respect the new rules, which could see most residents facing police questions or stiff fines if they’re out on the streets between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m.Legault said the curfew was needed to prevent gatherings that have fueled the spread of the virus.“As premier, my first duty is to protect Quebecers,” Legault wrote in the post.

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Woman fatally shot at U.S. Capitol was QAnon believer, Air Force vet

Donald Trump. Photos show stark contrast in police response to MAGA, BLM unrest Babbitt, 35, was part of the extremist mob that stormed the Capitol in an effort to overturn the democratic election results on Wednesday, following encouragement from Trump himself.

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Quebec City police issued 52 tickets for COVID-19 violations on New Year’s Eve

The fine can be up to $1,546, including fees.As of 4 a.m. on Friday, Montreal police said there were no major events in its jurisdiction overnight.Earlier this week, Montreal police said they had issued 34 tickets for violations of COVID-19 regulations during the week of Dec.

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More than 100 unmasked people gather at Wheatley, Ont., church for 2nd day in a row

Police in Chatham-Kent say officers once again had to shut down a large gathering at a Wheatley, Ont., church for the second day in a row.Officials said Sunday that more than 100 unmasked people gathered at the Old Colony Mennonite Church Saturday morning. A 50-year-old man took responsibility and was charged under the Reopening Ontario Act.

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Saskatchewan advocates hope progress doesn’t regress as COVID-19 vaccines roll-out

COVID-19 vaccines and Saskatchewan Health Authority estimates most residents can get theirs in the next few months.The end of the COVID-19 pandemic may finally be in sight, but some advocates are hoping things don’t go back to the way they were.“Getting to feel solidarity together in those moments of crisis is actually something we need to build upon and not just wait until we’re in a massive worldwide crisis again,” Erica Violet Lee, an organizer with the Indigenous Joint Action Coalition said. Dr.

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Woman charged with animal cruelty after dog thrown off motel balcony

Florida woman is facing animal cruelty charges after she allegedly threw a dog off the second-floor balcony of a motel, in an incident captured by a police body camera.The incident happened Monday at a motel in Daytona Beach, Fla., according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies were called to the scene for a report of a woman who attacked a maid and threatened to jump off the second floor, police say. Boy, 2, abandoned with note at Goodwill drop-off in Mississippi Deputies knocked on the suspect’s door but she initially refused to come out.

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Kelowna RCMP investigating after mall staff member allegedly threated by anti-mask demonstrator

Kelowna, B.C., business owner berated by anti-maskers while holding baby “Everybody has a right to protest…but when there is a public health order and it’s a pandemic you need to follow public health orders.

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Coronavirus: B.C. man fined for hosting weekend party with 60 people, live band

B.C.’s Southern Interior flouted noise complaints while also violating coronavirus restrictions, police say.Grand Forks RCMP say the party happened Saturday, Oct. 10, along the 4900 block of Vernon Street, and that the host was handed two fines and is also being investigated.Police say they attended the residence around 7:30 p.m.

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Ottawa police investigate 2 ‘hateful’ incidents targeting Asian people

Canadians of Chinese ethnicity report widespread racism over coronavirus: survey Police say a man was eating at a restaurant when he saw a white Chevrolet Equinox pull up next to his vehicle, which was parked outside.The driver, whom police described as a White man between the ages of 45 and 60, started spitting all over the man’s vehicle. Police say he drove off when confronted.The second incident occurred Monday, around 2:45 p.m., on the 1-100 block of Rideau Street.Police say a man entered a store when another man said to him:“Being forced to wear a mask makes me want to kill Asians.”Police say the suspect is a Caucasian man in his 40s, around five feet eight inches tall.

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South Shore police forces to make rounds in schools as new COVID-19 rules begin

— With files from Global’s Brittany Henriques

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Mom cuffed, tasered after refusing to wear mask at son’s football game in Ohio

mask and resisted a police officer before she was tasered and dragged out of the stadium in handcuffs.Alecia Kitts has been charged with criminal trespassing in connection with the incident, which happened at Logan High School’s stadium in Logan, Ohio, according to police. Kitts’ son was playing for the visiting Marietta High School football team at the time, according to local reports.

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Police body cam footage shows officers shooting 13-year-old Utah boy with autism

Utah boy with autism was shot by police after his mother asked for help getting him hospital mental-health treatment and officers agreed to talk with him, police footage released Monday showed.The videos show Salt Lake City officers chasing him down an alley after they arrive at his home, then yelling at him to get on the ground. The boy collapses after a series of shots ring out, moaning, “I don’t feel good.

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Video shows deputy allegedly burglarizing dead man’s home in California

sheriff’s deputy has been accused of playing both cop and burglar, in a bizarre case that was captured by surveillance cameras at a dead man’s home in Orange County.Deputy Steve Hortz, who has been with the sheriff’s office for 12 years, was arrested on a burglary charge Thursday in connection with the incident. He was booked into the jail and placed on administrative leave.Hortz was officially called to a home in Yorba Linda, Calif., after a man in his 70s died of natural causes on July 20, the sheriff’s office says.

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Boy with autism, 13, shot several times by police after mom calls for help in Salt Lake City

police shot him while responding to a crisis intervention call from his mother in Salt Lake City, Utah.Linden Cameron, who has autism, was shot several times while running away from police late on Sept. 4, his mother Golda Barton told KUTV.

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Christian site raises $350K for Kyle Rittenhouse, accused Kenosha gunman

Kyle Rittenhouse, the gunman accused of fatally shooting two protesters in Kenosha, Wisc., last month, as the 17-year-old has become a celebrated cause among far-right voices in the United States.Fox News hosts, conspiracy theory websites and supporters of U.S.

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Montreal musician hit with hefty fine for playing in park during pandemic

A semi-professional musician in Montreal recently received a $449 ticket for playing music in the park on an early Friday evening. The unemployed artist was issued the fine on Aug.

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Who is Kyle Rittenhouse? Accused Kenosha shooter loves police, guns, Trump

Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old accused of fatally shooting two people and injuring a third during protests over police brutality in Kenosha, Wis., is a fan of law enforcement and a gun lover who sat in the front row at a rally for U.S. President Donald Trump, according to reports and his own social media posts.Rittenhouse was charged with first-degree intentional homicide on Wednesday after allegedly shooting protesters with an AR-15-style assault rifle on Tuesday night.

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Jacob Blake’s father says son paralyzed from waist down after Kenosha police shooting

In a new interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, the father of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man shot in the back seven times by police, says his son is paralyzed from the waist down.The father, also named Jacob Blake, told the publication that there are now “eight holes” in his son’s body. The Sun-Times indicates that there were eight shots, but the majority of news outlets, including Global News, are reporting seven, based on the eyewitness video.As for the reported paralysis, doctors aren’t sure if the injury is permanent, according to Blake’s father.

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Black man shot multiple times after turning his back to police in Kenosha, Wisc.

A 29-year-old Black man is in serious condition after police shot him in the back multiple times on Sunday, in an incident captured on video in Kenosha, Wisc.Jacob Blake was rushed to a hospital in Milwaukee for surgery after the incident, which happened in front of a crowd of onlookers who recorded video of the shooting on Sunday around 5 p.m. Rayshard Brooks death — Could the police shooting in Atlanta have been prevented? A 20-second video shows Blake walking away from three police officers and attempting to get into his SUV.

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Louisiana police shoot, kill Black man outside convenience store

Louisiana police said her son was intelligent, shy and had sought therapy for social anxiety. Her lawyers said they plan to sue over the death of Trayford Pellerin, who police said had a knife and was trying to enter a convenience store.The shooting Friday night was captured on video, and the state ACLU condemned what it described as a “horrific and deadly incident of police violence against a Black person.” Both the ACLU and the Southern Poverty Law Center quickly called for an investigation.Pellerin’s death prompted a crowd of protesters to gather Saturday and demonstrate against the latest fatal police shooting.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0