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Montreal police, prosecutors launch project to better address strangulation cases
The Montreal Police logo is seen on a police car in Montreal on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Ontario Provincial Police and Montreal police say they've arrested 31 people in Quebec with outstanding warrants for car thefts and other serious crimes in Ontario. The arrests are part of Project Volcano, a large-scale operation led by the Ontario police force and Montreal police. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
toronto
Shooting near Drake’s Toronto’s home sends one to hospital, police look for suspect
Police survey the scene of an early morning shooting on Park Lane Circle in Toronto on May 7, 2024. The shooting happened just meters away from Toronto rapper Drake’s mansion. May 7, 2024. (Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail)
books
Donner Prize shortlisters share the biggest surprises about writing their books
Christine Van Geyn
alberta
Alberta men involved in fatal shooting of Métis hunters lose conviction appeals
Supporters drum outside court after a jury finds two Alberta men guilty in the deaths of Métis hunters Jacob Sansom and his uncle Maurice Cardinal, in Edmonton, on Tuesday May 31, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
canada
Timeline of slayings of four women in Winnipeg, demands to search a landfill for remains
Family and supporters walk from Portage and Main to the Manitoba legislature to protest the provincial government's delay in searching a landfill for missing indigenous women, Friday, March 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
british columbia
Three accused of murdering Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar to appear in B.C. court Tuesday
Homicide police in British Columbia say they will be providing a "significant update" on the killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, amid reports that arrests have been made in the case. A portrait of Nijjar is seen as protesters gather outside the Consulate of India in response to his shooting death, in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, June 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
canada
Manitoba man admits to killing four First Nations women, will face judge-only trial
world
Three bodies in Mexican well identified as Australian and American surfers killed for truck’s tires
In this image made from video, Mexico's police officers stand guard at the Ensenada station in Ensenada, Mexico, Thursday, May 2, 2024. Mexican authorities said Thursday they have found tents and questioned a few people in the case of two Australians and an American who went missing over the weekend in the Pacific coast state of Baja California. (AP Photo)
world
Australian police shoot 16-year-old boy dead after stabbing
The attack, in the suburb of Willetton, had “hallmarks” of terrorism but was yet to be declared a terrorist act, police said.
world
Dead bodies found in Mexico most likely are missing American and Australian surfers
A navy officer walks near the scene where human remains were found near La Bocana Beach, Santo Tomas delegation, in Ensenada, Baja California State, Mexico, on May 3, 2024.  . The FBI said on Friday that three bodies were found in Mexico's Baja California, near an area where two Australians and an American went missing last week during a surfing trip. "We confirm there were three individuals found deceased in Santo Tomas, Baja California," a statement from the FBI's office in San Diego said without providing identities of the victims. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP) (Photo by GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Russian drones kill two in Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Dnipro regions and Odesa
A firefighter works at a site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine May 4, 2024. REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi
british columbia
Man charged with second-degree murder in White Rock, B.C., stabbing
People walk along the pier in White Rock, B.C., Monday, January 17, 2022. Mounties say a man from Surrey has been charged with second-degree murder in a fatal stabbing that shook the community of White Rock, B.C., last month.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
canada
Man facing charges after alleged afterhours theatre shootings in Greater Toronto Area
A York Regional Police cruiser parks at the Promenade Mall, where a shooting took place the night before, in Thornhill, Ont., on Monday, Feb., 17, 2020. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
canada
Fourth Nova Scotia teenager charged in homicide of youth last week
A fourth teen is facing a charge of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old Halifax high school student. A Halifax Regional Police emblem is seen in Halifax on Thursday, July 2, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
world
Gangs in Haiti launch fresh attacks, days after a new prime minister is announced
Residents walk past road blocks as they evacuate the Delmas 22 neighborhood to escape gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
canada
Grandparents killed in Highway 401 crash were visiting from India, SIU says
Ontario's police watchdog says two grandparents who died along with their infant grandson in a wrong-way crash on Highway 401 were visiting from India, and the child's parents were also in the vehicle but survived. A stretch of the 401 highway in Whitby, Ont., is seen on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
canada
Cape Breton man pleads guilty to possessing police clothing, hats and gear
The B.C. RCMP Divisional Headquarters is seen, in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. The first police officer to enter a room where a woman was being held hostage in 2019 has told a B.C. coroner's inquest that he saw her lying on a bed on top of her captor, who was holding a knife to her throat with a gun in his other hand. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
u.s. politics
Man who bragged he ‘fed’ officer to mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly five years in prison
FILE - Violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. Isreal Easterday, a Kentucky man who stormed the U.S. Capitol at the age of 19 while carrying a Confederate battle flag, has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for pepper spraying two police officers in the face. Chief Judge James Boasberg cited Easterday’s youth as a reason for sentencing him to two years and six months, five times lower than the Justice Department’s initial sentencing recommendation of 12 years and seven months. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
canada
Halifax police arrest man wanted for assault, uttering threats
Halifax Regional Police say a man who was the subject of an emergency alert issued earlier this week has been arrested and now faces charges including assault. A Halifax Regional Police emblem is seen in Halifax on Thursday, July 2, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
canada
Severe prison beating that left a man dead has grieving family demanding answers
Officers walk in front of the Toronto South Detention Centre in Toronto on May 24, 2017.
canada
Lawyers argue that Winnipeg jury would be biased in trial of accused serial killer
Court of King's Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal, left, defence lawyer Leonard Tailleur, centre, and Jeremy Skibicki, right, are shown in this courtroom sketch in Winnipeg on Monday, April 29, 2024. Lawyers for a Winnipeg man accused of killing four women are renewing calls for a judge-alone trial arguing two years of publicity around the high-profile case may sway the jury. THE CANADIAN PRESS/James Culleton POOL
canada
Vancouver woman arrested over speech that praised Hamas attack
Police say a 44-year-old woman has been arrested in a hate-crime investigation over a speech in Vancouver that praised Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel. A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer's uniform in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
canada
Charlottetown police arrest suspect on top of most wanted list in Toronto murder
Police in Charlottetown say they have arrested one of Canada’s most wanted fugitives in connection with a murder last summer in Toronto. Cutouts of fugitives are seen in Dundas Square, during a press conference announcing the updated list of Bolo's Top 25 most wanted fugitives in Canada, in Toronto, Monday, May 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
canada
Lawyers for man accused of killing four women in Manitoba to argue he’s not criminally responsible
canada
Montreal police investigating death of woman found in apartment fire as a homicide
The Quebec Provincial Police patch is shown at a news conference in Quebec City on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Quebec provincial police say a 51-year-old woman has died after a head-on collision in the town of Lachute, roughly 50 kilometres west of Montreal, at just before 5 a.m. this morning. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
world
Prosecutors seek September retrial for Harvey Weinstein after New York rape conviction overturned
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on May 1, 2024, for a preliminary hearing after his rape conviction was overturned. New York's highest court on April 25, 2024, overturned Weinstein's 2020 conviction on sex crime charges. (Photo by Steven Hirsch / POOL / AFP) (Photo by STEVEN HIRSCH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Police watchdog investigating after Highway 401 crash kills four east of Toronto
A stretch of the 401 highway in Whitby, Ontario is seen on Tuesday April 30, 2024. Two grandparents and their infant grandchild were killed on a busy stretch of Highway 401 on Monday night after a van being chased by police east of Toronto crashed while going the wrong way, causing a multi-vehicle collision. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
british columbia
Man charged with aggravated assault in one of two White Rock, B.C., stabbings: RCMP
People walk along the pier in White Rock, B.C., Monday, January 17, 2022. British Columbia homicide investigators say a man from Surrey has been charged with aggravated assault in relation to one of two stabbings in White Rock, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
world
Court in the Central African Republic issues international arrest warrant for former president
(FILES) Former President François Bozizé (R), leader of the Central African opposition party speaks during a rally in Bangui, Central African Republic, on November 24 2020. A UN-backed court announced on April 30, 2024 it has issued an arrest warrant for Central African Republic's former president Francois Bozize over possible crimes against humanity committed by imprisoned soldiers between 2009 and 2013. Bozize who seized power in the Central African Republic in 2003 in a coup before being overthrown 10 years later by rebels and now heads the country's main rebellion, has been in exile in Guinea-Bissau since March 2023. (Photo by Camille LAFFONT / AFP) (Photo by CAMILLE LAFFONT/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Lawyers for man accused of killing Manitoba women argue publicity creates juror bias
Donna Bartlett (centre), the grandmother of Marcedes Myran, walks to the Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba building in downtown Winnipeg, where the trial of Jeremy Skibicki, the man accused of killing Myran and three other Indigenous women is set to begin, on Monday, April 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Daniel Crump.
world
Finnish hacker imprisoned for accessing thousands of psychotherapy records, demanding ransoms
FILE - Exterior view of the offices of Vastaamo psychotherapy centre, in Pasila, Helsinki, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. A Finnish court on Tuesday sentenced a 26-year-old man to six years and three months in prison for hacking tens of thousands of patient records at a private psychotherapy center and seeking ransom from some patients over the sensitive data. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP, File)
canada
Halifax police release name of armed man who fled scene, prompting emergency alert
Police car is shown in Halifax on Thursday, July 2, 2020. A Muslim funeral was scheduled for today for a 16-year-old Halifax boy who police describe as the victim of a homicide. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
world
Fourteen-year-old boy killed, four injured in London U.K. sword attack
A police officer stands on duty at a cordon of a crime scene in Hainault, east of London on April 30, 2024, where a 36-year-old man wielding a sword was arrested following an attack on members of the public and two police officers. A 13-year-old boy died on Tuesday after five people, including two police officers, were wounded by a man wielding a sword in east London, police said. "It's with great sadness that one of those injured in this incident, a 13-year-old boy, has died from their injuries," Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell, from the Metropolitan Police, told reporters. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Two grandparents, grandchild among four dead in highway crash involving police near Whitby
A Durham Regional Police car is shown at a Bowmanville, Ont. shopping centre parking lot on Tuesday Feb. 28, 2023. Police say a pursuit that began with a call about a robbery in a community northeast of Toronto has ended with a deadly crash. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
world
Four law officers serving warrant killed, four wounded in shootout at North Carolina home
A Charlotte Mecklenburg police officer carries a gun as he walks in the neighborhood where an officer-involved shooting took place in Charlotte, N.C., Monday, April 29, 2024. Police in North Carolina say numerous law enforcement officers conducting a task force operation have been struck by gunfire in Charlotte. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
british columbia
B.C. police make arrest in deadly White Rock stabbing
People walk on the pier in White Rock, B.C., on Sunday, June 28, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck