Kevin Nielsen

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Online Journalist with Global News covering the Waterloo region. RTs aren't endorsements. Reach me with story ideas at [email protected]

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Police arrest ‘dangerous offender’ in Ontario who attacked 5-year-old | Globalnews.ca

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Gabby Rodrigues |Kevin Nielsen

OPP’s ROPE squad says a dangerous, high-risk offender who police said posed a risk to the community and children has been arrested in Toronto. Police said 44-year-old Simon Gares was on a Canada-wide warrant for allegedly breaching his statutory release. He went missing on April 7, and was arrested by the Toronto Police Service. Gares is serving an eight-month, 17-day sentence for breach of a long-term supervision order.
Massive cache of guns seized from home in rural Hamilton: police | Globalnews.ca

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Kevin Nielsen

Police in Guelph, Ont., seized 60 guns and more than $20,000 worth of coke while arresting four people and raiding a home in Hamilton last week. Last Tuesday, Guelph police arrested two men in a parking lot in the west of the city while also seizing cocaine with a street value of $23,100. Police also seized 11 rounds of ammunition and $2,750 in cash.
2 dead as OPP deal with several single-vehicle collisions around GTA | Globalnews.ca

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Kevin Nielsen

It has been a busy couple of days for police on Ontario’s roads as they have been dealing with several single-vehicle crashes in and around the Greater Toronto Area. Between Sunday and Monday morning, two people were left dead and several others injured in three separate collisions. The first occurred early Sunday morning to the north of Toronto.
Ontario mayor apologizes after using racial slur during lecture at university | Globalnews.ca

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Kevin Nielsen

Peterborough, Ont., Mayor Jeff Leal was forced to issue an apology after using a racial slur while giving a guest lecture to students at Trent University last month. Leal’s lecture was intended to be part of the final exam in a business class so students were recording the mayor’s words, Trent Central Student Association vice-president Gold Jegede told Global News.
Ryan Reynolds appeals to Ontario council to rename arena after inspirational girl | Globalnews.ca

2 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Kevin Nielsen

Ryan Reynolds spoke to members of Cobourg Town Council on Wednesday to champion renaming a local arena after an inspirational girl from the area. In 2014, the Deadpool star met nine-year-old Grace Bowen in Toronto when he was being inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame. Bowen was backstage at the event with Canadian hockey legend, Hayley Wickenheiser. Bowen had suffered from osteosarcoma, the same cancer which Terry Fox had, and the little girl would die from the disease months later.
Newborn baby left on doorstep of home in London, Ont.: police | Globalnews.ca

2 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Kevin Nielsen

Police in London, Ont., are looking for the mother of a newborn baby who was left on someone’s doorstep Wednesday afternoon. A passerby called police after they found the newborn baby on the porch of a home on Sterling Street, just north of the downtown core of the city, at around 1:30 p.m. April 9. “The crying alerted some citizens and they checked from there and they found a baby that apparently had been abandoned on the steps,” Insp. Shawn Travis told AM980 News.
Nova Scotia men appeal judge’s dismissal of their prorogation challenge | Globalnews.ca

2 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Kevin Nielsen

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New Brunswick woman wins $5M jackpot after playing same numbers for 3 decades

2 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Kevin Nielsen

Good things often come to those who wait, and that phrase was never more accurate than what happened to a woman in New Brunswick recently. For around three decades, Denise Berube of Saint-André, N.B., has been playing the same numbers on Lotto 649 and the retiree finally hit it big last month when she won a $5 million jackpot. Berube said she had to double check the numbers when she discovered she had the winning ticket.
OPP issue warrant for 'dangerous offender' who attacked 5-year-old child

2 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Kevin Nielsen

Just weeks after Toronto police issued a warning about a high-risk offender they said posed a risk to the community and children, the OPP said that they are on the lookout for Simon Gares. The OPP's ROPE Squad said that the 43-year-old man is being sought on a Canada-wide warrant as he has reportedly breached his statutory release. OPP described him as being around 5'10" tall, while weighing around 170 lbs., with brown hair and hazel eyes.
Interim Metrolinx CEO keeping quiet on Eglinton LRT opening date

2 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Kevin Nielsen

While several politicians gathered Tuesday to celebrate shovels hitting the ground for the Eglinton West LRT extension, the rest of the line remains unopened to the public, with those on hand not willing to provide an exact date for the long-delayed project to be completed. As he stood among Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria and Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, Metrolinx interim CEO Michael Lindsay deftly stickhandled questions from reporters about an opening date for the transit system.