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James Forcillo was reportedly granted day parole after serving 21 months of a six-year sentence for the attempted murder of Sammy Yatim.

His lawyers said the appeal court's ruling marked a "very difficult day" for Forcillo.

The recommendations touch on issues such as officer training, peer intervention and mental health supports family members of those killed or seriously injured by police.

A judge wants officers in Alberta to have more training to deal with vulnerable citizens after a fatal police shooting during a traffic stop in northeast Edmonton in May 2015.

Russia’s notorious troll factory in Saint Petersburg is now closed, but a former employee warns that the threat remains.

A coroner's inquest for Sammy Yatim, a Toronto teen who was shot by a police officer on an empty streetcar in 2013, is now set to begin next month.

Previous bail conditions for Const. James Forcillo were set to expire on Sunday, a day before the officer is scheduled to appeal his conviction for the attempted murder of Sammy Yatim.

A report by a former Supreme Court of Canada justice into the use of lethal force by Toronto police has made 84 sweeping recommendations.

The Toronto Police Services Board won’t renew Chief Bill Blair’s contract.

President of the Toronto Police Association Mike McCormack said Wednesday police do not feel threatened by a new app that allows Torontonians to capture and upload police-citizen interactions – suggesting that users save their pennies.

An inquiry begins today into a Toronto police officer charged with the second degree murder of Sammy Yatim.

A Toronto police officer charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim has been allowed to return to work.

A Toronto police officer convicted of attempted murder in the fatal shooting of a troubled teen more than three years ago is expected to have his appeal heard by Ontario's top court in October.

Const. James Forcillo appeared in court Friday and is set to appear by video link on Jan. 12 to schedule a bail hearing on the charges, which were laid last week.

Less than an hour before he was killed by a Toronto officer, a teen who died in a standoff on an empty streetcar repeatedly asked a stranger to call police, the trial of the constable charged in the shooting heard Friday.

A Toronto officer who fired nine bullets at a teen on an empty streetcar had multiple alternatives to lethal force but didn't use them, his trial heard Wednesday.

Canada's privacy commissioners are urging the country's law enforcement agencies to keep citizens’ privacy in mind before equipping officers with body cameras.

A former Supreme Court of Canada justice reports Thursday on his investigation into the use of lethal force by Toronto police sparked by the killing of Sammy Yatim on an empty streetcar last summer.

The family of an 18-year-old shot and killed by Toronto Police is about to take legal action.

Commuter reaction appeared mixed on Friday as Toronto police boosted their presence on city transit in the wake of recent violence.