490 break and enters in the last three months in Mississauga and Brampton Break-and-enters are among the most common crimes in Mississauga and Brampton, with just shy of 500 reported incidents in the last three months. According to Peel Regional Police data, there were 490 break-and-enters from May 16 to August 17. This works out…
The driver involved in a single-vehicle rollover crash on Highway 410 in Mississauga yesterday has died, provincial police say. Emergency crews were called to the scene of the crash on the highway’s southbound off-ramp to Highway 401 just after 6 p.m. on Saturday evening. In a news release issued Sunday morning, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)…
Environment Canada warns of heavy rain across region on Sunday It’s going to be a very rainy Sunday in much of Ontario today. Environment Canada has issued weather alerts for southern and central Ontario that include special weather statements advising of significant rainfall, or in some areas rainfall warnings that warn of heavy downpours and…
Extreme weather in parts of Canada causes major flooding, power outages CNN— Extreme weather in parts of Canada is causing flooding and power outages in several areas, including Toronto, Mississauga, and North Dumfries Township. Environment Canada issued several weather alerts Saturday, including rainfall warnings and a severe thunderstorms watch. In Toronto, extremely heavy rain continues…
Cars stuck, roads closed as heavy rain hits GTA Several cars were stuck in floodwater in Toronto Saturday as heavy rain floods roads in the GTA. Environment Canada issued a severe rainfall warning and severe thunderstorm watch for Toronto Saturday afternoon. Roads are closed across the city, particularly in Mississauga. Between 100 to 300 mm…
Potential for new landslide along Chilcotin River, First Nation warns A bridge over British Columbia’s Chilcotin River is closed to traffic until further notice after new cracks were discovered near a massive landslide that had blocked the river for days before a breach sent torrents of water and debris downstream. The Tsilhqot’in National Government posted…
‘I went to the balcony and saw the plane spinning’ Eyewitnesses have described seeing the moment a passenger plane crashed in the Brazilian state of São Paulo killing all 61 people onboard. “When I heard the sound of the plane falling, I looked out my window at home and saw the moment it crashed,” Felipe…
Heavy rain hits Eastern Canada as remnants of tropical storm Debby move in MONTREAL — Remnants of tropical storm Debby doused a large swath of Eastern Canada on Friday, with forecasters saying up to 120 millimetres of rain would fall in some parts of Quebec before it moved out of the region. The storm merged…