There are no reports of injuries or damage after a minor earthquake struck southwestern Ontario Thursday night. The United States Geological Survey, which first reported the quake, said the magnitude 3.6 temblor struck near Amherstburg, Ont. Nick Ackerley, a seismic analyst at Natural Resources Canada, said the magnitude has since been revised upward to 4.1 and that the quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres about 20 kilometres south of Windsor, Ont.
A Victoria police officer who lay in an unresponsive state for 30 years after an on-duty collision is finally at peace, a funeral service heard Thursday. "After 30 years, Ian is finally at peace," said Gates, a military chaplain and the padre for the Victoria Police Department. Hundreds of people lined a procession route of uniformed officers ahead of the service, and outside of the church, some members of the public wiped away tears.
Mark Laviolette was running on the side of the road, jogging against traffic so he could see oncoming cars on Lucerne Boulevard near Pine Street. Francois Charlebois was driving an SUV and "left his lane and crossed the median line in the opposite direction" when he hit the jogger in the back, according to Crown lawyer Stéphane Roland. Laviolette, who was in his 40s, was thrown a distance of 30 metres and died before emergency crews arrived, Roland said.
It's shaping up to be a beautiful weekend in Calgary. Decidedly Jazz Danceworks has teamed up with the Old Trout Puppet Workshop for 'Mimic,' a wordless, percussive performance that was years in the making. It runs at Decidedly Jazz Danceworks' space on 12th Avenue downtown until May 5, with a special gala performance on April 26.