Close X
Saturday, November 30, 2024
ADVT 
National

Big Police Presence In Kitchener, Ont. After Man Dies Of An Arrow To Chest

The Canadian Press, 07 Oct, 2015 11:46 AM
    KITCHENER, Ont. — Police have increased their presence in a Kitchener, Ont., neighbourhood as they continue to search for clues following the death of a 60-year-old man who was found with an arrow in his chest outside a home. 
     
    Waterloo Regional police say they were called to the neighbourhood around 7 a.m. on Monday at Margaret Ave. and Union St. where they found Michael Gibbon lying on the ground.
     
    They say paramedics took him to hospital where he died.
     
    Police say Gibbon's injuries aren't self-inflicted.
     
    Investigators say they're working around the clock, canvassing the neighbourhood and have set up a command post as part of their investigation.
     
    Waterloo Regional police chief Bryan Larkin says the community is fearful and is pleading with the public for information.
     
    Police say the risk to the public isn't known, but are urging residents to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Judge Rules Against Hockey Icon Guy Lafleur In Civil Suit Targeting Crown, Cops

    Judge Rules Against Hockey Icon Guy Lafleur In Civil Suit Targeting Crown, Cops
    MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court justice has ruled against former Montreal Canadiens great Guy Lafleur in his $2.16-million civil suit that targeted police and the Crown following a 2008 arrest.

    Judge Rules Against Hockey Icon Guy Lafleur In Civil Suit Targeting Crown, Cops

    B.C. Lags In Protecting Sensitive Health Data: Privacy Commissioner

    Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham says authorities are not legally obligated to report privacy breaches, which could involve sensitive personal information from HIV tests, to mammograms or routine blood results.

    B.C. Lags In Protecting Sensitive Health Data: Privacy Commissioner

    Canada Approves Refugee Claim Of Man Who Fled Somalia After Death Threat

    Canada Approves Refugee Claim Of Man Who Fled Somalia After Death Threat
    The Immigration and Refugee Board told 32-year-old Yahya Samatar at a hearing in Winnipeg today that his claim was accepted.

    Canada Approves Refugee Claim Of Man Who Fled Somalia After Death Threat

    Retroactive change of law prompts OPP to drop probe of RCMP gun data destruction

    Retroactive change of law prompts OPP to drop probe of RCMP gun data destruction
    The Ontario Provincial Police have dropped an investigation into the RCMP's destruction of gun registry data, saying the alleged offences no longer exist under a back-dated, retroactive Conservative law passed last spring.

    Retroactive change of law prompts OPP to drop probe of RCMP gun data destruction

    Families First: Minister Lisa Raitt Urges Airlines To Stop Separating Parents, Children

     Canada's transport minister quietly wrote to the heads of every major airline in the country earlier this year to try and stamp out a practice where parents were being seated separately from their children on flights.

    Families First: Minister Lisa Raitt Urges Airlines To Stop Separating Parents, Children

    Statistics Canada says gross domestic product grew by 0.3 per cent in July

    OTTAWA — Looking to shake off its slump, the Canadian economy grew for a second consecutive month in July, helped by a continuing rebound in the oilsands following slowdowns related to maintenance and forest fires.

    Statistics Canada says gross domestic product grew by 0.3 per cent in July