Alberta RCMP have arrested a suspect who had been on the run for more than a month after a shooting on a highway east of Calgary. Elijah Blake Strawberry, 28, was one of the two men RCMP say were involved in the killing of Rocky View County worker Colin Hough on Aug. 6. At a…
A Canadian man accused of killing a woman from Dawson Creek, B.C., while both were in Mexico, has been found not guilty by a court in that country. Mexican police found 23-year-old Kiara Agnew dead in a laundry room at a resort in Play del Carmen south of Cancun, amid possible signs of violence, on March 3, 2023. The…
In a horrific crime that has shocked Switzerland, former Miss Switzerland finalist Kristina Joksimovic was allegedly murdered and her body dismembered and dissolved by her husband, Thomas. The 38-year-old model’s remains were found in their home in Binningen, near Basel, in February this year. Thomas, 41, confessed to the murder during a crime reconstruction but…
A man from the Toronto area says he feared for his life when police officers in Laval, Que., wrestled him to the ground, pepper-sprayed him, used a stun gun on him and placed a spit mask over his face. Gulaid Mahdi Omar, 31, said the incident left him concussed and shaken, but he says he did nothing…
The former boyfriend of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who set her on fire in a deadly attack, has died from burns sustained during the incident. Dickson Ndiema, who ambushed Cheptegei as she returned home from church, doused her with petrol and set her ablaze in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya. Local authorities reported that the…
Donations are pouring in for the Saskatoon teen seriously injured when a classmate at Evan Hardy Collegiate allegedly set her on fire last Thursday, an incident that has sent shock waves throughout the school community and across the entire province. Two student eyewitnesses described to CBC News seeing the accused pour liquid on the victim and then…
Relatives of some of those killed when Flight PS752 was shot down over Iran have filed complaints against former RCMP commissioner Brenda Lucki over her decision not to launch a criminal investigation into the deadly event. Now, a national security watchdog is expected to determine if Lucki and her police force acted appropriately, according to the complainants’ lawyer. Iran’s Islamic…
As It Happens6:31Rebecca Cheptegei is the 3rd elite female athlete killed in Kenya since 2021 WARNING: This article contains details of domestic violence. Joan Chelimo Melly keeps wondering if there’s something she could have done to save Rebecca Cheptegei’s life. Cheptegei, a 33-year-old Ugandan Olympic runner and mother of two girls, died this week after she was…
Cathy Merrick, the first female grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and a prominent voice on many First Nations issues, has died after collapsing outside the law courts building in Winnipeg on Friday. Merrick was speaking to media about a court case when she collapsed. She was given CPR before being rushed away in…
WARNING: this story contains distressing details. The 14-year-old girl accused of seriously injuring a 15-year-old classmate by lighting her on fire at Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and arson. The accused, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, wept throughout her brief appearance in Saskatoon provincial…
