Dashcam Shows Car Cutting in Front of Semi, Resulting in Crash

Ontario Provincial Police have released dashcam video showing a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 401 in Durham Region on Tuesday. Police said that the crash happened in the westbound lanes of the highway around Brock Road. Two transport trucks were involved along with four more vehicles, one of which burst into flames, police said. No serious… Continue reading Dashcam Shows Car Cutting in Front of Semi, Resulting in Crash

Are There Plans To Cool Canada’s Red-Hot Housing Market?

Source: Don Pittis, cbc.ca, March 10, 2021 Unlike Canada, New Zealand policy-makers have decided to try to bring the market back to reality. The idea that Canadian residential real estate prices are rising at an unsustainable pace is no longer just a subject for Twitter rants and COVID-era chats with family. The international media are… Continue reading Are There Plans To Cool Canada’s Red-Hot Housing Market?

Humboldt Broncos Crash Survivor Kaleb Dahlgren Writes Memoir

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Source: CTV News Saskatoon Staff, saskatoon.ctvnews.ca, January 20, 2021 A portion of the proceeds will be donated to STARS. SASKATOON — A survivor of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash has penned a memoir which will be released later this year. “I am extremely humbled, honoured, and excited to announce that I have written a book,”… Continue reading Humboldt Broncos Crash Survivor Kaleb Dahlgren Writes Memoir

Indonesia Passenger Jet Carrying 62 People Goes Missing

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Source: Niniek Karmini And Edna Tarigan The Associated Press, globalnews.ca, January 10, 2020 “The plane was carrying 50 passengers and 12 crew members, all Indonesian nationals, including six extra crew for another trip.” A jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers minutes after taking off from Indonesia’s capital on a domestic flight… Continue reading Indonesia Passenger Jet Carrying 62 People Goes Missing

Northern Alta. Helicopter Crash Victims Identified as Parents and Two Daughters

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Source: Alex Antoneshyn, CTVNewsEdmonton.ca, January 04, 2020 The couple has three other children aged 16, 14, and 12. EDMONTON — A northern Alberta couple and their eight- and two-year-old daughters were killed in a helicopter crash on New Year’s Day. The man and woman who died when their Robinson R44 helicopter crashed in a farmer’s… Continue reading Northern Alta. Helicopter Crash Victims Identified as Parents and Two Daughters

Pandemic Has Led to ‘Darkest Days’ Since Bus Crash Says Humbold Broncos Ryan Straschnitzki

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Source: Jayme Doll, globalnews.ca, November 24, 2020 Straschnitzki says after everything shutdown he has been forced to face his mental and emotional well -being. There is no doubt Ryan “Straz” Straschnitzki has become a hero to many in this country. He survived a horrific bus crash that killed 16 of his friends two and a… Continue reading Pandemic Has Led to ‘Darkest Days’ Since Bus Crash Says Humbold Broncos Ryan Straschnitzki

Permanent Humboldt Broncos Crash Memorial Planned

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Source: Bill Graveland The Canadian Press, globalnews.ca, November 02, 2020 A committee of Broncos parents are working on plans to build a permanent memorial at the site of the crash. The makeshift memorial of hockey sticks, jerseys, flowers and crosses is weathered and worn by time. The only thing vivid are the memories and the… Continue reading Permanent Humboldt Broncos Crash Memorial Planned

One Deceased After 3 Transport Trucks Crash on Circle Drive in Saskatoon

Source: David Giles, globalnews.ca, October 21, 2020 The name of the deceased 51-year-old man who was driving one of the semi-trucks has not been released. Saskatoon police say one man is dead after a crash involving three “super-bee” semi-trucks on Circle Drive near the College Drive exit. The crash happened just before 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.… Continue reading One Deceased After 3 Transport Trucks Crash on Circle Drive in Saskatoon

Canada’s Housing Market Faces Uncertainty

Source: The Canadian Press Staff, globalnews.ca, August 29, 2020 COVID-19 could still pose a risk to prices, sales and new building projects. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is bracing for further impacts on the housing market from the COVID-19 pandemic. The housing market will have to reckon with significant short-term uncertainty, as well as falling… Continue reading Canada’s Housing Market Faces Uncertainty

Two Dead, 15 Hurt After Semi Crashes Into Row of Cars

Source: cbc.ca, July 03, 2020 The 56-year-old driver from Saskatchewan is charged with 7 offences after he failed to stop and drove into the line of vehicles. A seven-year-old girl and a 61-year-old man are dead and 15 others were injured after a collision west of Winnipeg Thursday morning, when the driver of a semi-trailer… Continue reading Two Dead, 15 Hurt After Semi Crashes Into Row of Cars