Calgarians urged to cut lights at night as more birds turn up dead from window strikes
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
CTV News
14 minutes ago
- CTV News
Man accused of opening fire on group of friends in unprovoked shooting in Toronto's downtown core now in custody: police
A man and woman were injured in a double shooting near King Street West and Sudbury Street early Friday morning, Toronto police say. A 32-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an unprovoked shooting in Toronto's downtown core that left a man and woman with life-threatening injuries, police say. The shooting occurred in the area of King Street West and Sudbury Street in the early morning hours of Aug. 8. Police said that a group of friends were walking in the area when a suspect on a motorcycle was travelling at a high rate of speed and nearly struck them. 'The accused approached the group again and yelled obscenities at them,' police said in a statement released Thursday. 'As the victims attempted to walk away, the accused waited for them at the end of a laneway, produced a firearm, and opened fire, unprovoked.' Several rounds were discharged at the group, police said, and a man and woman in their 30s were struck by the gunfire. They were rushed to hospital in critical condition and police say their injuries are believed to be 'life-altering.' The suspect fled the area westbound on Sudbury Street, police added. The Toronto Police Service's Integrated Gun and Gang Task Force began an investigation and on Aug. 12, police said Nyim Alexander, 32, was arrested in connection with the shooting. He has been charged with a number of offences, including four counts of attempted murder, unauthorized possession of a loaded restricted firearm, and possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order. The charges have not been tested in court.
CTV News
14 minutes ago
- CTV News
DeSantis announces plans for second immigration detention facility in north Florida
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference about a recent immigration enforcement operation, at the South Florida office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Enforcement and Removal Operations, May 1, 2025, in Miramar, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, file) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility at a state prison in north Florida, as a federal judge decides the fate of the state's holding center for immigrants at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz.' DeSantis announced Thursday that the new facility is to be housed at the Baker Correctional Institution, a state prison about 43 miles (69 kilometers) west of Jacksonville. It is expected to hold 1,300 immigration detention beds, though that capacity could be expanded to 2,000, state officials said. After opening the Everglades facility last month, DeSantis justified opening the second detention center, dubbed 'Deportation Depot' by the state, by saying U.S. President Donald Trump's administration needs the additional capacity to hold and deport more immigrants. 'There is a demand for this,' DeSantis said. 'I'm confident it will be filled.' Kate Payne is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Kate Payne, The Associated Press
CTV News
14 minutes ago
- CTV News
Supreme Court of Canada won't hear Eaton Centre shooter's sentencing appeal
In this courtroom sketch, Christopher Husbands appears in court in Toronto on Monday, June 4, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tammy Hoy OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the sentencing appeal of a man who opened fire in Toronto's Eaton Centre mall in 2012, killing two people and leaving several others injured. Christopher Husbands was found guilty in 2019 of two counts of manslaughter in the deaths of Ahmed Hassan and Nixon Nirmalendran. He was also found guilty of five counts of aggravated assault, one of criminal negligence causing bodily harm, and one of intentionally discharging a firearm while being reckless concerning the life or safety of another person. Husbands was sentenced to life imprisonment on both counts of manslaughter, with parole eligibility set at the statutory minimum of seven years, as well as prison terms to be served at the same time for the other offences. Husbands appealed the sentences on several grounds, arguing they were demonstrably unfit and that the trial judge had failed to properly apply the legal framework for considering social context. Last year, the Ontario Court of Appeal found there was 'no basis for interfering' in the sentences handed to Husbands. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 14, 2025. The Canadian Press
