Close X
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
ADVT 
National

Woman Charged After Shots Fired At Pokemon Go Players In Ontario

The Canadian Press, 25 Jul, 2016 12:35 PM
    NEWMARKET, Ont. — Police have charged a 29-year-old woman they allege shot a pellet gun at a group of people playing Pokemon Go north of Toronto.
     
    York Regional police say they received a call around 10:30 p.m. Saturday that someone was shooting at several people playing the popular smartphone game in Newmarket, Ont.
     
    The game sends players into the real world to search for digital monsters known as Pokemon, who appear on screen when users hold up their devices in various locations at various times.
     
    Police say witnesses saw a woman shooting at the players from a nearby rooftop with a pellet gun that looked like a handgun.
     
    No one was hurt in the incident, but police say at least four shots were fired.
     
    Police charged Patricia Champagne, of Newmarket, with assault with a weapon and assault with a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Housing Advocates To Ask Ottawa To Rethink How Country Counts, Tracks Homeless

    OTTAWA — The federal government is going to be asked today to trade its so-called "point-in-time" counts of the country's homeless in favour of real-time lists of people who are homeless or living in poverty.

    Housing Advocates To Ask Ottawa To Rethink How Country Counts, Tracks Homeless

    Toronto Police Chief To Apologize For '81 Raids Targeting City's Gay Community

    Toronto Police Chief To Apologize For '81 Raids Targeting City's Gay Community
    Const. Allyson Douglas-Cook says Mark Saunders plans to deliver the apology on Wednesday, but did not have further details.

    Toronto Police Chief To Apologize For '81 Raids Targeting City's Gay Community

    Crews Working Hard To Repair Flood-damaged Roads In Northern B.C.

    Crews Working Hard To Repair Flood-damaged Roads In Northern B.C.
    Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone released the following statement today on the continued highway operations work to repair damage caused by severe and unexpected flooding in Northern British Columbia:

    Crews Working Hard To Repair Flood-damaged Roads In Northern B.C.

    Field Coaching Program Helping New Officers Learn The Ropes In Surrey

    Field Coaching Program Helping New Officers Learn The Ropes In Surrey
    With a rapidly growing population, five policing districts, and a land mass two and half times bigger than Vancouver, the City of Surrey can be a daunting place to learn policing. 

    Field Coaching Program Helping New Officers Learn The Ropes In Surrey

    Woman Convicted In Savage Killing Allowed Out Of Prison For Healing Ceremony

    Woman Convicted In Savage Killing Allowed Out Of Prison For Healing Ceremony
    CALGARY — One of three women convicted in a savage killing in April 2006 has been granted a temporary escorted absence from prison to attend an aboriginal healing ceremony, even though she isn't aboriginal.

    Woman Convicted In Savage Killing Allowed Out Of Prison For Healing Ceremony

    Surrey Sees Rise In Break-Ins Using Stolen Garage Door Openers, Prompts Police Warning

    Surrey Sees Rise In Break-Ins Using Stolen Garage Door Openers, Prompts Police Warning
    Surrey RCMP has noticed a recent increase in residential break and enters (B&Es), some as a direct result of garage door openers left in vehicles in Surrey.

    Surrey Sees Rise In Break-Ins Using Stolen Garage Door Openers, Prompts Police Warning