The Canadian Gothic

11/07/2025

𝗧𝗶𝗺 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲, 𝗡𝗟

The big Tim Hortons sign on Main Street came crashing down — right onto a parked car. Miraculously, no one was hurt. The metal frame was so rusted it looks like the only thing keeping it up was a layer of paint.

In an odd twist… the whole situation is a physical manifestation of Tim Hortons current status in Canada…

we are all that squished car… betrayed by the thin facade holding up what was once a powerful giant, but is now a rotten mess.

11/06/2025

𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗲𝗮 (𝗦𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱, 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭)

n the fall of 2021, Cypress County councilor Alfred “Alf” Belyea vanished from his home in the small Alberta hamlet of Suffield. Within a week, a hand drawn map would lead police to his body… hidden in a garbage bin on an abandoned farm a province away.

In this episode of The Canadian Gothic, we hear the story of Alfred and Deborah Belyea.

https://thecanadiangothic.com/episodes/alfred-belyea

In the fall of 2021, Cypress County councilor Alfred “Alf” Belyea vanished from his home in the small Alberta hamlet of Suffield. Within a week, a hand drawn map would lead police to his body… hidden in a garbage bin on an abandoned farm a province away. In this episode of The Canadian Gothic ...

11/06/2025

Thank you SUPER7!

11/05/2025

(YES, that is the picture they released)

RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment is asking for the public’s help to find 48 year old Shovlin Vincent Peters of East Preston, who is wanted on a province wide arrest warrant.

Peters is facing charges of:

• Impaired Operation of a Conveyance
• Operation of a Conveyance Over 80 mg%
• Dangerous Operation of a Conveyance
• Operation of a Conveyance while Prohibited
• Flight from Police

He is described as 5 foot 7, 125 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

Police have made several attempts to locate him and are now asking anyone with information on his whereabouts to contact RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment at 902 490 5020.

11/05/2025

🚨 Help Identify These Individuals: Illegal Dumping into Noon’s Creek 🚨

A disturbing case of illegal dumping into a fragile, fish-bearing creek is under investigation.

Surveillance footage (attached below) shows two men tossing five buckets of what appears to be paint or another construction material into Noon’s Creek, which runs between Coquitlam and Port Moody.

This creek feeds directly into the Noon’s Creek Fish Hatchery, where volunteers recently placed over 25,000 chum salmon eggs and care for thousands of young coho fry. The dumped material is now making its way downstream, putting the entire ecosystem at risk.

If you recognize the individuals in the video or have any information about this incident, please contact Coquitlam RCMP right away.

As David Bennie of the Port Moody Ecology Society said, “When stuff gets dumped into the creek, it could come down and destroy everything.”

Let’s help protect this vital waterway and hold whoever did this accountable.

Share this post to help identify the suspects and stop this from happening again.

11/04/2025

Missing Person: FOUND SAFE

New Glasgow Regional Police have thanked the public for help in locating a missing 28-year-old reported missing.

11/04/2025

UPDATE: Missing person located

The 24-year-old woman who police requested the public’s assistance in locating on November 4th, 2025, has been located and is safe.

11/04/2025

𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁

A disturbing video out of Toronto this weekend — police were called to Jane Park Plaza after reports of a woman with two large knives damaging vehicles.

After officers used a Taser to disarm her, things went from bad to worse. As they tried to take her into custody, another officer arrived to help… and their cruiser rolled over both the woman and one of the officers. The driver then got back in, drove forward again — and the woman was run over a second time.

Police say neither the woman nor the officers were seriously hurt, and that the Special Investigations Unit wasn’t called because her injuries didn’t meet the “serious” threshold.

The 23-year-old woman was charged with weapons dangerous and mischief. But many watching the video are calling this a botched arrest and asking whether officers are equipped to handle people in crisis.

11/04/2025

𝗞𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀

You’ve heard of people breaking out of prison — but this one’s the other way around.

Police say a 28-year-old Kitchener man broke into the Grand Valley Institution for Women on Sunday night after climbing over a fence. Once inside the prison yard, he allegedly assaulted two inmates before being arrested by Waterloo Regional Police.

Officials say the man didn’t know his victims. The institution went into lockdown while staff secured the site, and both women were treated by on-site medical staff. No staff or other inmates were injured.

Police have charged the man with break and enter, two counts of assault, and mischief under $5,000.

The Correctional Service of Canada and Waterloo police are continuing to investigate what led to this bizarre and disturbing breach.

11/03/2025

𝗔 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗲𝘅 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹

Ryan Joseph Pyke, 37, of Sydney, has been charged with sexual assault and touching a person under the age of 16 for a sexual purpose. Court documents show the offences are alleged to have happened between July 15 and July 20, 2023, in Sydney. Pyke is scheduled to return to Sydney provincial court on November 13 to enter pleas.

These new charges come while Pyke remains in custody awaiting trial for the 2024 death of 34-year-old Justin MacDonald of North Sydney. MacDonald was reported missing on July 7, 2024, and after a months-long investigation, police arrested and charged three men in connection with his death.

• Mitchell George McPhee, 39, was arrested on December 12 and charged with manslaughter, robbery, and assault.
• Ryan Joseph Pyke, arrested December 20, was charged with second-degree murder and robbery.
• Aaron Curtis Mickey, 46, was arrested December 31 and charged with second-degree murder, robbery, and multiple fi****ms offences.

In a heartbreaking development, Justin MacDonald’s father, Ken MacDonald, personally discovered his son’s remains on May 8, 2025, in a wooded area near Morley Road.

Pyke’s murder trial — to be heard by judge and jury — is set to begin February 2027, in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Sydney.

11/03/2025

It looks like Riverview High School’s Google Maps listing was e-vandalized — the name was changed to “Allan Legere Memorial High School,” a disturbing nod to one of New Brunswick’s notorious serial killer.

This wasn’t done by the school or anyone connected to it. It’s a form of e-vandalism — anyone can submit edits to Google Maps, and sometimes they slip through before being verified. The school’s staff have already reported it, and the listing should be corrected soon.

A dark prank, and a reminder that even digital maps aren’t immune to bad taste.

11/02/2025

𝗥𝗖𝗠𝗣 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗮

On November 1 at approximately 9:50 p.m., Antigonish County District RCMP, fire services, and EHS responded to a collision on Hwy 104 near Dagger Woods Rd and Pomquet Monks Head Rd. The crash involved a black Toyota RAV4 and a large farm or construction vehicle.

Four occupants from the RAV4 were taken to hospital. One passenger, a child, was pronounced deceased at hospital. The other vehicle did not remain at the scene. Investigators have since located a vehicle believed to be involved, which has been seized for investigation.

The investigation is ongoing. A collision reconstructionist attended the scene and the road was closed for several hours. The Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service is also involved.

Anyone who was traveling on Hwy 104 on the evening of November 1 and saw either vehicle, or has dashcam footage, is asked to contact Antigonish County District RCMP at 902-863-6500.