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James Edward Sowery who was found guilty on charges of assault with a weapon and dangerous driving dating back to 2022 during the Coutts Border protest, was sentenced to 10 months in prison on Monday. Sarah Jones has more.

WARNING: Some of the images in this story are disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. Hopes for an imminent ceasefire in Gaza suffered a major setback after Israel boycotted the latest round of peace talks. The Israeli government is reportedly refusing to attend negotiations in Cairo, until Hamas provides a list of the surviving hostages in...

A high school in Upper Tantallon was put on lockdown Friday morning after several students and staff were sprayed with a “sensory irritant.” It began with a fight outside the school before moving inside where a youth used an irritant. Two youths are charged with assault, and a third is charged with assault with a...

A 13-year-old boy has been charged with assault with a weapon after an incident at Moskahiken Cree Nation Sunday evening, in which a nine-year-old girl was allegedly assaulted.

A heart-felt apology Wednesday from a Vancouver police officer who’s being sentenced for assaulting a man in the Granville Entertainment District in 2018. As Grace Ke reports, the officer was found guilty of using a Conductive Energy Weapon on a Black man accused of jaywalking.

Insp. Charles Byham said Monday that a suspect who shouted Islamophobic slurs and drove a vehicle at a worshipper at a mosque in Markham, Ont. was arrested shortly after the attack took place, as he returned to his home. Sharan Karunakaran, 28, was arrested with uttering threats, assault with a weapon and dangerous operation of...

Three children and three adults have been killed in a mass shooting at a private, Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee. Jackson Proskow reports on who the 28-year-old shooter was, their connection to the school, and the reignited calls to ban assault weapons in the U.S.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed his controversial plans to overhaul the government’s judicial system, following mass protests across the country. The turmoil across Israel, the events fuelling further anger, and where the conflict could be heading. In its budget for 2023, the federal government is expected to unveil a “grocery rebate” aimed at...

Kingston police say that recently, crime in Kingston’s west end has been increasing, which includes assaults, harassment and usage of weapons.

More than 10 years after it happened, the case of a corrections officer charged with assault with a weapon is nearing a close as final submissions were made Thursday.

U.S. President Joe Biden said Sunday, on the anniversary of the ‘Bloody Sunday’ march in Selma, Ala., that his administration would pass a new assault weapons ban and would “not remain silent” on the epidemic of gun violence plaguing U.S. society.

A guilty verdict for the VPD officer charged in connection with the arrest of a man for jaywalking on Granville Street five years ago. Caught on video – Jamiel Moore-Williams claimed he was targeted because he is black — and could have died in the arrest. As Grace Ke reports — the judge ruled the...

After being involved in an incident with an inmate at Millhaven institution in 2012, a corrections officer is facing one count of assault with a weapon just over a decade later.

The 69-year-old man is in police custody after a well-being check.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday that the government is currently working on a legal definition of ‘assault-style’ weapons to be banned in Canada and passing that into law. The Liberal amendment to gun law reform Bill C-21, which was tabled in a committee meeting last month, is facing questions about how far it...

The search is on for a suspect wanted in connection with two brutal assaults over the weekend. In both cases, Toronto police say the victims were slashed in the face with an edged weapon. Shallima Maharaj has more.

Speaking to reporters in Ottawa on Friday, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada Chrystia Freeland recalled her own upbringing on a farm and the role guns played in her family, saying nobody she knew growing up ever owned an “assault-style” weapon.

Peterborough police say they’ve made two arrests in connection with a disturbance call from a Chamberlain Street residence that allegedly involved weapons.

After Canada’s worst mass shooting left 22 innocent Nova Scotians dead in April, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced a ban on military-style assault weapons. But it’s causing confusion and controversy. Mercedes Stephenson looks at the complex new rules, and explains which guns are covered by the ban, and which aren’t.

The federal government has announced it is banning assault-style weapons We get a reaction from the CEO and Executive Director of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights Rod Giltaca and ask what, if anything, needs to change when it comes to gun control in Canada.