Category: hotel

Hotel Clerk’s Gut Instinct Saves Missing 10-Year-Old Girl After Her Mom Was Found Dead

A Red Oak hotel clerk is being hailed a hero for noticing that something wasn’t right when a man and his daughter checked into a hotel room one night. Eli Neri, who works at the La Quinta hotel in Red Oak, didn’t know at the time that the Carrollton police was trying to track down the…


Ontario Family Charged $3,458 for Spending One Day at Mandatory Quarantine Hotel

An Ontario family has vowed to fight the $3,458 bill that a 4-star hotel in Toronto charged them for their temporary stay for mandatory quarantine. Under Canada’s travel restrictions, starting Feb. 21, travelers, unless exempted, are required to reserve a government-authorized hotel for 3 nights to quarantine before boarding a flight to the country. Cristine…


Ontario Family Vows to Fight $3,458 Bill for One Night at Mandatory Quarantine Hotel

An Ontario family has vowed to fight the $3,458 bill that a 4-star hotel in Toronto charged them for their temporary stay for mandatory quarantine. Under Canada’s travel restrictions, starting Feb. 21, travellers, unless exempted, are required to reserve a government-authorized hotel for 3 nights to quarantine before boarding a flight to the country. Cristine…


Owl Gets Trapped in Hotel Kitchen Fan for 2 Days, Until Rescuers Save and Degrease Her

It’s normal for avian critters, such as birds or owls, to find their way into human spaces, like warehouses or hardware stores. It’s not a huge concern for the humans, but more of a concern for the poor animals that might get trapped inside, or worse, get hurt. Such was the case when an owl somehow ended up…


New COVID Travel Rules Violate Canada’s Charter

Commentary Democracies respect the right of citizens to leave and re-enter their own country freely; repressive regimes like China and North Korea do not. Hence Section 6 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects this right. Any restrictions on the right to leave and enter Canada, such as needing a passport, must be…


1 Dead, Several Injured in Shooting at Chicago-Area Hotel

BLOOMINGDALE, Ill.—A shooting early Saturday during a large gathering at a suburban Chicago hotel, which has been a hot spot for crime, left one man, a rapper, dead and several other people wounded, police said. The shooting occurred during “some type of large get-together” among guests at the Indian Lakes Hotel in Bloomingdale, according to…


At Least 7 Arrested After Activists Occupy Washington State Hotel

At least seven people were taken into custody on Sunday in Olympia, Washington, as law enforcement disrupted an attempt to take over a hotel. Law enforcement officers, including SWAT officers, closed off the road on which sits the Red Lion Hotel and began clearing the hotel floor by floor after employees fled to the basement…


DC Hotel Where Proud Boys Often Stayed Will Be Closed Jan. 4 to 6

Hotel Harrington in D.C., which the “western chauvinist” group Proud Boys often stayed in the past few months, announced it would be closed during the pro-Trump demonstration planned for next week for the safety of visitors and employees. The hotel said in a statement posted on Facebook on Monday that the venue will be closed…