{"id":32285,"date":"2024-12-30T18:48:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T18:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambassadornews.org\/?p=32285"},"modified":"2024-12-30T18:48:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T18:48:18","slug":"from-bizarre-discoveries-to-new-scams-to-lottery-winners-here-are-the-top-stories-from-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambassadornews.org\/en\/from-bizarre-discoveries-to-new-scams-to-lottery-winners-here-are-the-top-stories-from-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"From bizarre discoveries to new scams to lottery winners: Here are the top stories from 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The past year was filled with scam alerts from police, lottery winners, and bizarre discoveries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Here are the most read articles from 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barrie.ctvnews.ca\/police-warn-of-new-banking-scam-1.7013042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Interac e-transfer: Ontario police warn of new scam<\/strong>(opens in a new tab)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Provincial police and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre raised awareness about a new variation of banking scams involving fraudsters impersonating financial institutions claiming the intended victim\u2019s account had been compromised<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Police urged the public not to assume that phone numbers appearing on your call display are accurate, and if you are to receive a call and answer it, to advise the caller that you will call them back<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barrie.ctvnews.ca\/controversy-continues-in-wasaga-beach-after-beachgoers-defecating-in-sand-1.6979485\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Controversy in Wasaga Beach after beachgoers allegedly poop in sand<\/strong>(opens in a new tab)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">While Wasaga Beach is known for being the longest freshwater beach in the world, it made headlines this past year after reports surfaced about beachgoers allegedly defecating in the sand<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The situation caught the attention of Premier Doug Ford, who publicly urged, \u201cFolks, don\u2019t be pooping on the beach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Following the reports, Mayor Brian Smith passed a motion in council formally requesting the province to ban four-sided tents on the beach<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">A tent in the sand in Wasaga Beach, Ont. (CTVNews\/Mike Lang)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barrie.ctvnews.ca\/opp-warns-about-new-violent-extortion-message-sent-via-email-1.7053776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Email scam alert: OPP and CAFC warn residents about extortion letters<\/strong>(opens in a new tab)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">In September, local authorities sounded the alarm about a scam involving extortion letters sent via email containing personal information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">&#8220;The extortion letter claims that the recipient has visited explicit websites and threatens to send a copy of a video to the recipient&#8217;s contact list unless payment via cryptocurrency is made,&#8221; the OPP stated<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Police encouraged anyone who received a similar &#8220;violent extortion message&#8221; to report it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Provincial police say scammers are sending extortion letters via email to victims. (Source: OPP)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barrie.ctvnews.ca\/secret-70m-lotto-max-winners-break-their-silence-1.6861399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>$70M lotto max winners of Lakefield Ont wait nearly 2 months to announce win<\/strong>(opens in a new tab)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">A couple from Lakefield, Ont., kept their $70 million lottery win a secret for nearly two months. The couple, married for 51 years, won the $70 million Lotto Max jackpot in February<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The couple decided to keep the multi-million dollar win to themselves for a while, not even sharing the news with their family members until about a week after collecting their prize<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/barrie.ctvnews.ca\/content\/dam\/ctvnews\/en\/images\/2024\/4\/25\/-70m-lotto-max-winners-1-6861405-1714051159064.png\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\">Doug and Enid Hannon celebrate their $70 million winnings at OLG. April 24, 2024 (Source: OLG)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barrie.ctvnews.ca\/former-ont-fire-captain-pleads-guilty-in-wife-s-murder-case-1.6934894\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Former fire captain pleads guilty in wife\u2019s murder<\/strong>(opens in a new tab)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">A former Brampton fire captain and father of two accused of killing his wife in their Collingwood home pleaded guilty in June to second-degree murder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The court had learned the marriage between James Schwalm and Ashley Milnes was on the brink of ending<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The couple had been married 10 years with two children, ages six and nine, when her body was found in a burned SUV in early 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/barrie.ctvnews.ca\/content\/dam\/ctvnews\/en\/images\/2023\/2\/17\/james-schwalm-1-6278481-1716914165675.jpeg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\">Court sketch of James Schwalm, of Collingwood, Ont. (Courtesy: John Mantha)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barrie.ctvnews.ca\/mystery-surrounds-corvette-found-stripped-of-parts-on-dirt-road-outside-barrie-ont-1.7051664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Corvette stripped of parts found on dirt road in Clearview Township<\/strong>(opens in a new tab)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">A strange discovery was made on a dirt road in Clearview Township in the fall that left residents scratching their heads<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">A resident came across the shell of a Corvette, gutted and draped in yellow police tape<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Police in Niagara later confirmed the vehicle, a rare 2019 Chevy Corvette ZR1 convertible, had been reported stolen from a collector in Grimsby &#8211; but how the sports car ended up dumped on a dirt road in Clearview remains a mystery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/barrie.ctvnews.ca\/content\/dam\/ctvnews\/en\/images\/2024\/9\/25\/corvette-1-7051678-1727287047206.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\">A rare corvette is found in New Lowell, Ont., stripped and surrounded with police tape. (CTV News\/Mike Arsalides)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barrie.ctvnews.ca\/priced-out-of-rental-market-midland-senior-lives-in-her-shed-1.7089994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Housing costs force Midland senior to live in her backyard shed<\/strong>(opens in a new tab)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" dir=\"ltr\">A Midland woman resorted to living out of her shed out of desperation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Debbie Lloyd moved into an outside shed following a Landlord Tenant Board dispute over mould found in her rented home<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">After suffering medical issues, Lloyd said she had not other alternative, adding she couldn\u2019t afford a car, could hardly afford food, and was priced out of the rental market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/barrie.ctvnews.ca\/content\/dam\/ctvnews\/en\/images\/2024\/10\/28\/midland-senior-living-in-shed-1-7090010-1730155130279.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\">Debbie Lloyd is living in a backyard shed in Midland, Ont., on Mon., Oct. 28, 2024. (CTV News\/Christian D&#8217;Avino)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/barrie.ctvnews.ca\/opp-officer-makes-unusual-discovery-during-traffic-stop-driver-charged-1.7071528#:~:text=OPP%20officer%20makes%20unusual%20discovery%20during%20traffic%20stop%2C%20driver%20charged&amp;text=Provincial%20police%20remind%20motorists%20about,Town%20of%20the%20Blue%20Mountains.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Traffic stop in Blue Mountains leads to unusual discovery(opens in a new tab)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Provincial police in the Town of the Blue Mountains made an unusual discovery during a traffic stop in October<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">An officer pulled over a van on Grey Road 19 and found a passenger sitting in a wooden chair wedged between the two front seats<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The driver was subsequently charged for the offencePolice said seatbelt non-compliance, among other factors, led to preventable loss of life this past year<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The past year was filled with scam alerts from police, lottery winners, and bizarre discoveries Here are the most read articles from 2024 Interac e-transfer: Ontario police warn of new scam(opens in a new tab) Provincial police and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre raised awareness about a new variation of banking scams involving fraudsters impersonating financial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":32290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>From bizarre discoveries to new scams to lottery winners: Here are the top stories from 2024 &#8211; 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