Close X
Monday, November 18, 2024
ADVT 
National

Baby Boy Dead, Mother Critical, After Suspected Carbon Monoxide Leak

The Canadian Press, 19 Mar, 2018 12:49 PM
  • Baby Boy Dead, Mother Critical, After Suspected Carbon Monoxide Leak
BARRIE, Ont. — A 10-month-old boy is dead due to what police believe was a carbon monoxide leak in a home in Barrie, Ont.
 
Police say the boy's 30-year-old mother is in critical condition in a Toronto hospital and her two-year-old daughter is in stable condition.
 
Police and firefighters were called to the home (on Barre Dr.) just after 8:30 a.m. Sunday.
 
The woman's husband had called 911 after arriving home to find his wife and infant boy unresponsive and his daughter alert, but showing signs of carbon monoxide poisoning.
 
The baby boy was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
 
No names have been released and both Barrie police and the Office of the Chief Coroner are investigating.

MORE National ARTICLES

Rising Hospitalizations Due To Opioid Crisis Puts Burden On Health System: Report

Rising Hospitalizations Due To Opioid Crisis Puts Burden On Health System: Report
TORONTO — The federal government says at least 2,816 deaths in 2016 were linked to the opioid crisis and that number "will almost certainly" surpass 3,000 in 2017.

Rising Hospitalizations Due To Opioid Crisis Puts Burden On Health System: Report

MP John Aldag Opens Nominations for Canada 150 Community Awards

MP John Aldag Opens Nominations for Canada 150 Community Awards
MP Aldag is inviting you to nominate the Cloverdale-Langley City resident you believe has made an outstanding contribution.

MP John Aldag Opens Nominations for Canada 150 Community Awards

Achutha Reddy, Indian-Origin Doctor Stabbed To Death In Kansas, Cops Arrest Suspect

Achutha Reddy, Indian-Origin Doctor Stabbed To Death In Kansas, Cops Arrest Suspect
Achutha N Reddy was an alumnus of Osmania Medical College and had been practising in Kansas since 1989.

Achutha Reddy, Indian-Origin Doctor Stabbed To Death In Kansas, Cops Arrest Suspect

Toronto Liberal MP Arnold Chan, 50, Dies Following Battle With Cancer

Toronto Liberal MP Arnold Chan, 50, Dies Following Battle With Cancer
Chan, 50, learned he had nasopharyngeal carcinoma not long after he won his Toronto-area seat of Scarborough—Agincourt in a 2014 byelection.

Toronto Liberal MP Arnold Chan, 50, Dies Following Battle With Cancer

Two UBC Students Hitchhike Across Canada, Spending A Total Of $10

Two UBC Students Hitchhike Across Canada, Spending A Total Of $10
Philippe Roberge, 22, and Ori Nevares, 23, hitchhiked from Whitehorse to St. John's over the summer in an effort to see the country and mark Canada's 150th anniversary.

Two UBC Students Hitchhike Across Canada, Spending A Total Of $10

B.C. Crown Wants Four Years For Man Who Created Revenge Website Against Ex-Wife

B.C. Crown Wants Four Years For Man Who Created Revenge Website Against Ex-Wife
VANCOUVER — A Crown prosecutor is asking a British Columbia judge to deliver a sentence of up to four years to a man convicted of criminally harassing his ex-wife through a revenge website.

B.C. Crown Wants Four Years For Man Who Created Revenge Website Against Ex-Wife