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The suspect, 26, was arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree murder, unlawful confinement and indignity to human remains.

A fourth Calgary teen has now been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of 16-year-old Carter Spivak-Villeneuve on Aug. 1, 2025.

A man has been charged with first-degree murder after an elderly woman was killed in a Toronto house fire last month. 

James Plover, who is Bailey McCourt's estranged husband, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of the mother of two children.

Nicola Puddicombe, serving life for first-degree murder, admitted at her faint-hope hearing that she plotted with her girlfriend to kill Dennis Hoy.`

A decade ago, a jury found Nathan Johnson guilty of first-degree murder and illegal possession of a firearm in the 2010 shooting death of pizza delivery worker Chad Smith.

A federal inmate who was unlawfully at large is the third person charged with first-degree murder in the death of a Saint John, N.B., man. 

James Plover has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his estranged wife, Bailey McCourt. The charge is now before the courts and no verdicts have been made.

A faint hope hearing is underway for Nicola Puddicombe, who was found guilty of the first-degree murder of her boyfriend Dennis Hoy 19 years ago.

Police in Windsor, Ont., have charged a man with first-degree murder after officers found him covered in blood during a traffic stop.

Calgary police announced they have arrested three 15-year-old boys, who face charges of first-degree murder in the death of 16-year-old Carter Spivak-Villeneuve.

York Regional Police said a 16-year-old was also wanted on first-degree murder, along with charges for several other suspects. The incident was reported at the end of August.

A Smiths Falls man has been charged with first-degree murder in the 2023 death of Giles Dagenais in Elizabethtown-Kitley. He remains in custody pending a court appearance.

Two Toronto residents are charged with first-degree murder after a Richmond Hill house fire killed an 11-year-old girl and a 24-year-old woman.

A forensic psychiatrist who assessed a Toronto man on trial for two counts of first-degree murder says he does not qualify for a defence of not criminally responsible.

Two more teens charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing of 14-year-old Abdoul Aziz Sarr. They were set to make their first court appearance Saturday.

Leighton Hopkinson and Jordan Mendez have been charged with the June 2021 first-degree murder of Keron Brathwaite in Scarborough.

An Ontario judge has ordered the end to a first-degree murder case over the “torturous” treatment the accused experienced while incarcerated.

Butch Bagabuyo is on trial for killing Thompson Rivers University instructor Mohd Abdullah, 60, in 2022. The case continues this week.

A man convicted of first-degree murder 20 years ago will be allowed to apply for parole two years early, an Edmonton jury who heard his faint-hope clause application decided.