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  • Doug Ford promises to build as many jails as needed to keep criminals behind bars
    Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government will build as many jails as needed to keep criminals behind bars "for a long time."
    Crime
    Mar 8
  • Ontario jail inmate numbers spike in last year, now well over capacity, data shows
    An overwhelming 81 per cent of inmates, according to the Ontario government, are being held awaiting trial and presumptively innocent.
    Canada
    Mar 6
  • Millions worth of illegal drugs, guns seized across 3 organized crime networks in Ontario
    'We discovered not one but three criminal networks were responsible for selling vast quantities of illicit drugs,' said Det. Insp. Lee Fulford of the OPP.
    Crime
    Aug 9, 2023
  • Accused in University of Waterloo stabbing makes court appearance
    The international student accused of stabbing three people at the University of Waterloo on June 28 appeared in court Tuesday from Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton.
    Crime
    Jul 11, 2023
  • Man accused of killing Toronto police officer remanded to Thursday
    The man accused of running down a Toronto police officer with a stolen snowplow appeared briefly in court Tuesday and his case was put over two days.
    Jan 25, 2011
  • Man charged with killing Toronto police officer now has a lawyer
    In a brief video appearance today, Bob Richardson said he would represent Richard Kachkar, who faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of Sgt. Ryan Russell.
    Jan 27, 2011
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  • Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on Jan. 23
    Here are the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Saturday.
    Health
    Jan 23, 2021
  • ‘I’m not a criminal’: Jailed with no charge, no sentence, no oversight
    Masoud Hajivand is one of more than 200 immigration detainees held in Ontario's notoriously crowded jails, many of them without charge. All of them, Global News has learned, have been hidden for years from Red Cross attempts to ascertain their well-being.
    Canada
    Nov 5, 2014
  • Canada is releasing immigration detainees at ‘unprecedented’ rates amid COVID-19 fears
    Data obtained by Global News shows that the number of immigration detainees has dropped by more than half over the last month.
    Canada
    Apr 25, 2020
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  • On 16:9 – June 4th – Conversation with a Terrorist
    Canada is not immune to the threat of terrorism. In 2006, we came dangerously close. A cell of home-grown terrorists was preparing acts of extreme violence when Canadian authorities infiltrated the group. That group became known as the Toronto 18. No member has spoken publicly - until now.
    Aug 5, 2011
  • Another ‘Toronto 18’ member pleads guilty
    A member of the Toronto 18 terrorist group entered a surprise guilty plea on Wednesday and will be free within a day.
    Jan 20, 2010
  • Hamilton man still trying to get lawyer in 2nd-degree murder trial
    Ager Hasan made his third court appearance on Tuesday afternoon since being extradited from Texas earlier this month.
    Crime
    Jan 23, 2018
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  • Man accused of Waterloo child sex assaults dies in prison, lawyer confirms
    Timi Gusak's lawyer has confirmed that the man accused of sexually assaulting three children in Waterloo region is dead.
    Canada
    Oct 11, 2019
  • Unvaccinated staff at Ontario correctional centre placed on unpaid leave amid COVID outbreak
    Several unvaccinated staff at an Ontario jail have been placed on unpaid leave amid a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility.
    Health
    Dec 6, 2021
  • Halton police search for Milton inmate released by mistake
    Police said they were notified by staff from the Maplehurst Correctional Complex that an inmate was released "in error" at around 11 p.m. Monday.
    Cannabis
    Aug 18, 2020
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  • Orangeville man charged with driving impaired causing death of 19-year-old Mississauga man
    Jagrajan Brar died after a three-vehicle crash near Hurontario Street and Mineola Road on Oct. 10.
    Crime
    Oct 23, 2020
  • On 16:9 – June 4th – Conversation with a Terrorist
    Canada is not immune to the threat of terrorism. In 2006, we came dangerously close. A cell of home-grown terrorists was preparing acts of extreme violence when Canadian authorities infiltrated the group. That group became known as the Toronto 18. No member has spoken publicly - until now.
    Jun 3, 2011
  • Ontario hiring 53 correctional officer graduates
    Graduates will be deployed to 15 adult correctional facilities.
    Politics
    Dec 14, 2018
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  • Ontario’s top human rights official urges reforms to detention of non-criminal foreigners
    Jail cells are no place for vulnerable immigrant detainees who have neither been charged with, nor convicted of, any crime, Ontario's top human rights official says.
    Canada
    Apr 12, 2016
  • Immigration detainee’s mysterious death is the second in seven days
    An immigration detainee jailed at the sprawling Maplehurst Correctional Complex outside Toronto died on Sunday, the Canada Border Services Agency announced yesterday. The man’s death follows that of another detainee at the Toronto East Correctional Centre on March 7.
    Canada
    Mar 15, 2016
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