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Couple ‘in agony’ after parents and infant son died in Highway 401 crash
The father of a three-month-old boy who died alongside his grandparents in a wrong-way highway crash last week says his grief is agonizing. A stretch of the 401 highway is seen in Whitby, Ont., Tuesday, April 30, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Anti-war protesters leave USC after police arrive, while Northeastern ceremony proceeds calmly
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators remove belongings from an encampment after police arrived on the campus at the University of Southern California Sunday, May 5, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
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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.
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25 arrested at University of Virginia after police moved in on pro-Palestinian protesters
Police with riot shields detain a pro-Palestinian demonstrator as a National Lawyers Guild representative holds up an emergency contact notebook, on the grounds of the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Va., where tents are set up, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Cal Cary/The Daily Progress via AP)
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Grandparents killed in wrong-way Highway 401 crash identified
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
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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
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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)
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Police clear encampments as U.S. campus arrests exceed 2,300 amid pro-Palestinian protests
People work near police officers, where students and pro-Palestinian supporters were removed after days of encampment, outside of New York University (NYU) campus, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., May 3, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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Fourth teen charged in stabbing death of 16-year-old Halifax student
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
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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.
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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
opinion
Police crackdowns won’t bring order to campuses
Justin Ling
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
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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
Iran files charges over BBC report on teen girl allegedly killed by security forces in 2022 protests
A BBC sign is displayed outside Broadcasting House in London, Britain July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall/Files
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Workers and activists across Europe and Asia hold May Day rallies to call for greater labour rights
Union members march towards Taksim Square during a May Day (Labour Day) rally, marking International Workers' Day, in Istanbul, on May 1, 2024. Turkish police on May 1, 2024, detained dozens of protesters attempting to tear down barricades in different districts of Istanbul after authorities banned May 1 rallies at the city's main Taksim Square. Tens of thousands of police were deployed across Istanbul, blocking even small sidestreets with metal barriers in an attempt to prevent groups of protesters from gathering. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) (Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Police begin search of Saskatoon landfill for woman missing since 2020
Mackenzie Lee Trottier is shown in a Saskatoon police handout photo. Police accompanied by specialized dogs are set to start searching Saskatoon's landfill looking for Trottier, who was last seen in December 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Saskatoon Police **MANDATORY CREDIT**
opinion
B.C.’s hard lesson on hard drugs
The Editorial Board
world
UCLA faces criticism for failure to act to stop attack on pro-Palestinian encampment
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators regroup and rebuild the barricade surrounding the encampment set up on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) as clashes erupt with counter protesters, in Los Angeles on May 1, 2024. Clashes broke out on May 1, 2024 around pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the University of California, Los Angeles, US television media footage showed, as universities around the United States struggle to contain similar protests on dozens of campuses. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP) (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)
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B.C. judge refuses to seal documents alleging RCMP bullying against Surrey police
A Surrey police department logo is seen on an officer's jacket in Surrey, B.C., Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Kevin Loo says court documents detailing alleged bullying and harassment of Surrey Police Service members by the RCMP shouldn't be kept from the public. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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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
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McGill University calls on police to break up pro-Palestinian encampment
Pro-Palestinian students and activists protest at an encampment on the campus at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, on April 30, 2024. About a hundred people have set up an encampment on the McGill campus demanding the university divest from Israel-connected funds. (Photo by Alexis Aubin / AFP) (Photo by ALEXIS AUBIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Barrick accused of using virtual AGM format to misrepresent or ignore shareholder concerns
Barrick Gold Corporation’s Toronto office, on Wednesday May 3, 2023. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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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
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Toronto police chief apologizes for comments made after Umar Zameer acquitted in officer’s death
Chief Myron Demkiw speaks to media following a not guilty verdict of Umar Zameer, in Toronto on Sunday, April 21, 2024. Demkiw is apologizing for his "choice of words" in reacting to the verdict in the trial of a man accused -- and acquitted -- of fatally running over a Toronto police officer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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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
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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)
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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
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A look at the protests of the war in Gaza that have emerged at U.S. universities
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 29: Pro-Palestinian supporters continue to demonstrate from a protest encampment on the campus of Columbia University on April 29, 2024 in New York City. Columbia University issued a notice to the protesters asking them to disband their encampment after negotiations failed to come to a resolution. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested after Columbia University calls in police to clear building
NYPD officers arrest a student as they evict a building that had been barricaded by pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia University, in New York City on April 30, 2024. New York police entered Columbia University's campus late April 30, 2024 and were in front of a building barricaded by pro-Palestinian student protesters, an AFP reporter saw. Dozens of people were around Hamilton Hall, on the Columbia campus in the middle of New York City, as police arrived and began pushing protesters outside, the reporter said. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)
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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)
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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