Unpublished Newswire

A youth in Halifax is facing child pornography charges that police say are connected to a transnational online violent extremist group that targets children and teens playing popular online video games such as Roblox and Minecraft. RCMP have been warning Canadian parents for months about the group, known as the Com network, because of its insidious online recruitment tactics, which involve grooming youth and then threatening and coercing them to engage in explicit acts and self-harm, sexually exploit other kids and kill family pets. Videos of victims are often then used by predators as...

Data from the City of Ottawa has shown an increase in the number of overdose incidents at a Downtown neighbourhood. Last year, the Somerset West Community Health Centre was one of the first sites that was directed to close by the province, largely because it was located within 200 metres of a daycare. It closed on March 1st and has since been converted into a HART Hub. Since then, residents have noticed a concerning increase in crime rates and public drug usage within the immediate area. CTV’s Austin Lee breaks down the numbers. Then, we hear from Marna Nightingale, a concerned...