Unpublished Newswire
A watersports rental company in Sarnia, Ont., lost one of its Sea-Doos on the weekend when the man who rented it failed to return. He is believed to have taken it to Michigan, which is just a few hundred metres away on the American side of the St. Clair River.
Sarnia police say they received a call on Saturday night at 9:40 p.m. regarding a missing person. “A male party, identified as Romeo Bajrami, had rented a Sea-Doo with cash at 6:45 p.m. with a scheduled return time of 7:45 p.m. and had failed to return...
August 12, 2025 - 15:27 | Chris Knight | National Post
At the entrance of a London hospital, Krystyna Locke fronts a banner with loopy cursive letters that says, “Happy birthday to me. Your parking is free.”The lymphoma cancer survivor is celebrating turning 63 by paying the parking fees for cancer patients. She knows just how quickly those bills add up after 20 years of hospital visits to London Health Sciences Centre in London, Ont.
August 12, 2025 - 15:21 | Hannah Alberga | The Globe and Mail
Flames around Susie Lake Crescent could be seen from as far away as west-end Halifax, with smoke travelling all the way into West Bedford.
August 12, 2025 - 15:12 | Aaron D’Andrea | Global News - Canada
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is reminding residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites. Routine mosquito trapping and testing for West Nile virus (WNV) have confirmed a positive mosquito pool in Ottawa. This is the first confirmation of WNV in Ottawa this year since OPH began routine seasonal monitoring on June 8. There have been no confirmed or probable human cases of West Nile virus reported in Ottawa this year. As of August 3, there has been one reported human case in Ontario this year.
Mosquitoes can pose a risk for WNV infection until the first hard frosts of the fall....
August 12, 2025 - 15:07 | City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias | City of Ottawa News Releases
Just five months after emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Spirit Airlines SAVE-N is warning about its future ability to stay in business.Spirit Aviation Holdings, the budget carrier’s parent company, says it has “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue as a going concern over the next year – which is accounting-speak for running out of money. In a quarterly report issued Monday, Spirit pointed to “adverse market conditions” that it’s continued to face after a recent restructuring and other efforts to revive its business.
August 12, 2025 - 15:06 | Wyatte Grantham-philips | The Globe and Mail
An East Coast drought that’s fuelling wildfires is also drying up farmers’ fields, and has homeowners scrambling to refill empty wells.Nova Scotia, eastern Newfoundland, southeastern New Brunswick and portions of Prince Edward Island shifted into moderate to severe drought conditions over the past month, says an Agriculture Canada update released Tuesday.
August 12, 2025 - 14:44 | Michael Tutton | The Globe and Mail
