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  • B.C. child-killer’s attempt to keep new identity secret draws widespread outrage
    A review hearing for Allan Schoenborn, who killed his three children in Merritt 16 years ago, revealed Wednesday that Schoenborn legally changed his name in February.
    Crime
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  • Luka Magnotta transfer under scrutiny as MPs vote to call officials
    The head of Canada’s correctional services will face questions over notorious killer Luka Magnotta’s prison transfer, MPs decided in a testy committee meeting Monday.
    Canada
    Mar 11
  • Dangerous offenders like Paul Bernardo warrant tougher transfer rules: lawyer
    The lawyer for the families of two of Paul Bernardo's victims is calling on prison transfer rules to be changed to account for inmates who pose no chance of rehabilitation.
    Canada
    Dec 4, 2023
  • Panel begins review into victim services in wake of Paul Bernardo transfer
    Paul Bernardo has been serving a life sentence for the kidnappings, tortures and murders of teenagers Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy in the early 1990s.
    Canada
    Nov 27, 2023
  • Bernardo victims’ friends say prison transfer forced them to relive trauma
    Tim Danson, the lawyer representing the families of Paul Bernardo’s murder victims, will speak to MPs Wednesday about the transfer of inmates.
    Canada
    Nov 29, 2023
  • Paul Bernardo transfer: Prison officials ‘intervened’ to stop public statement
    Documents show that Correctional Service Canada stopped Paul Bernardo from having his lawyer make a statement to the media as controversy swirled around his prison transfer.
    Canada
    Oct 25, 2023
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  • Proposed law would ban sex offenders from legally changing their names in Ontario
    Registered sex offenders in Ontario would not be able to legally change their names if a bill that's before the legislature passes.
    Canada
    Oct 20, 2023
  • CSC staff ‘worried the circus would begin’ before Bernardo transfer: emails
    A series of emails from Correctional Service Canada employees detail worry about the 'optics' and potential 'circus' around Paul Bernardo's prison transfer.
    Canada
    Jul 21, 2023
  • Paul Bernardo prison transfer needed to be kept ‘low profile,’ officials said
    Emails obtained by Global News through an access to information request show communications officials discussing the need to keep news of Bernardo's transfer a 'close hold.'
    Politics
    Jul 19, 2023
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  • Paul Bernardo transfer to medium-security prison was ‘sound’: review
    Paul Bernardo’s transfer to a medium-security prison in May set off a firestorm across the country, and engulfed the Liberal government in controversy.
    Canada
    Jul 20, 2023
  • Mendicino says Privacy Act restricts disclosure for inmate transfers. Watchdog differs
    Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has said that the Correctional Service of Canada owes Canadians an explanation given the severity of Paul Bernardo's crimes.
    Canada
    Jul 17, 2023
  • Senior officials had no reason to believe Mendicino was unaware of Bernardo transfer
    Notorious serial killer and rapist Paul Bernardo was transferred to medium-security La Macaza Institution, about 190 kilometres northwest of Montreal, on May 29.
    Canada
    Jul 11, 2023
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  • Bernardo transfer spurred CSC questions on whether Mendicino knew: emails
    The public safety minister and his staff have been under heavy scrutiny over the past month as more details have emerged about the timeline of the prison transfer.
    Canada
    Jul 4, 2023
  • Pressure continues to mount on Mendicino over Bernardo transfer briefings
    Marco Mendicino faced calls to resign Wednesday after the Correctional Service of Canada revealed it had alerted the minister’s office months before Paul Bernardo was moved.
    Politics
    Jun 15, 2023
  • Why Poilievre wants Mendicino to resign over Bernardo’s prison transfer
    Pierre Poilievre wants Mendicino to resign amid reports his office knew Paul Bernardo was going to be transferred to a medium-security prison months before it happened.
    Canada
    Jun 14, 2023
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  • The PMO knew in March of Paul Bernardo prison transfer ‘possibility’
    The ever-evolving timeline comes as the Conservatives call for Mendicino's resignation over how his office handled the information about Paul Bernardo's transfer.
    Politics
    Jun 14, 2023
  • Paul Bernardo prison transfer review underway, should be completed ‘within a few weeks’
    A review of the decision to move convicted teen killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison is underway and should be completed "within a few weeks."
    Crime
    Jun 13, 2023
  • Prison transfer not about revenge, former official says after Bernardo moved
    One of the architects of the law that governs Canada's prison system says it's understandable people want revenge on killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo.
    Canada
    Jun 7, 2023
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  • Notorious killer Paul Bernardo moved to a medium-security prison
    The lawyer for the Mahaffy and French families says they were informed this week that Paul Bernardo was quietly moved to a medium-security prison in Quebec.
    Canada
    Jun 2, 2023
  • Convicted teen killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo denied parole once again
    Paul Bernardo's horrific crimes in the 1980s and early 1990s include kidnapping, torturing and killing Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy near St. Catharines, Ont.
    Crime
    Jun 22, 2021
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