Guard assaulted in mask dispute

ORLANDO, Fla. — A man hit a security guard in the head and threatened to kill him at Epcot theme park when he was asked to follow Disney World’s mask rules, sheriff’s officials said.

Enrico Toro, 35, was arrested Aug. 14 and charged with misdemeanour battery, an Orange County Sheriff’s Office arrest report said.

Toro, his wife and three children arrived at Epcot’s security area wearing “improper masks” about 4:40 p.m. on Aug. 14, an arrest report said. They returned to the car and came back to security again. One child still wore a mask didn’t fit Disney’s rules.

Toro “began cussing” and said, “Call the police. They will have to shoot me to leave,” the report said.

The security guard reached for his phone to notify a supervisor when Toro struck the guard’s head with an “open hand.”

Toro’s wife intervened, pushing her husband away.

“The male continued cussing at (the security guard) and began threatening that he knew where he lived and was going to kill him,” the arrest report said.

More charges in missing-teen case

SYDNEY, N.S. — The 47-yearold man connected with the disappearance of an Indigenous teenager in Cape Breton is now facing additional charges.

Chris Hansen with the Public Prosecution Service says the man appeared in a Sydney, court Wednesday where he was arraigned on one count of resisting arrest and obstructing a peace officer.

Hansen said today an additional charge of assault against him stemming from an unrelated incident last December has been moved from the court in Wagmatcook, N.S., to Sydney.

The man remains in custody and a bail hearing next week.

The identity of the 14-year-old girl is protected by a publication ban.

1 dead in Sask. truck accident

WAKAW, Sask. — A truck driver is facing dangerous driving charges after police say his rig plowed into four other vehicles in a central Saskatchewan construction zone.

Wakaw RCMP say the 69-yearold driver of the vehicle that was rear-ended first was pronounced dead at the scene while other motorists were injured.

The crash happened shortly after noon Tuesday on Highway 41, about eight kilometres east of Wakaw.

Gurmeet Singh Cheema, who is 38, is facing charges — including dangerous driving causing death — and was to make his first court appearance Thursday in Melfort Wednesday.

Court will be back

in session, live

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will resume in-person hearings next month.

The fall session will begin Sept. 22 — earlier than expected, so the court can hear the cases delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic before moving on with its original schedule.

There will be physical distancing measures in place in the courtroom, and lawyers who cannot come to Ottawa will be able to participate via video conference.

The court has long embraced technology by livestreaming proceedings on its website.