Unpublished Newswire
After a hot-mic situation this month, two councillors in Smiths Falls, Ont., were suspended by their colleagues without an integrity commissioner investigation, the appropriate process under the Municipal Act. While the town is defending council's decision, experts say they’ve never seen this happen before.
January 28, 2026 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Police cold-case units face a new challenge in solving decades-old killings. With the world's largest storehouse of genealogy information, Ancestry.com, now banning law enforcement from using its data without obtaining a court order, it is much harder for police to build family trees based on crime-scene DNA and zone in on suspects via their distant relatives.
January 28, 2026 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
The Brantford Police Service says it won’t participate in collecting assault weapons from the public as part of the federal government’s gun buyback program.
January 28, 2026 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Harvey Lemire of Windsor says $140 worth of his Petro-Points were redeemed at locations he doesn't recognize. He's advising people to check the point balances of any loyalty cards they use — something also advised by the Better Business Bureau of Western Ontario.
January 28, 2026 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Some Ontario residents who typically spend their winters in the U.S. say they’ve recently opted to buy property in Mexico instead.
The shift comes as some snowbirds grow uneasy about the political climate under U.S. President Donald Trump.
January 28, 2026 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Craig Berube isn't interested in learning anything more about his hockey team.
January 28, 2026 - 01:01 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
