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Police have accused a Nova Scotia man of murdering a woman reported missing from the province’s Annapolis Valley after U.S. authorities detained a suspect at the Houston airport as he was preparing to board a flight to Mexico. Megan King reports.

A man in Oshawa is facing first-degree murder charges after his wife was found with serious injuries early Sunday morning. She later died in a Toronto trauma centre. And, as the war in Ukraine approaches its 1,000-day milestone, Russia is upping its offensive in the region. Launching a wave of airstrikes in Ukraine Sunday, Russia’s...

A 15-year-old boy is facing multiple first-degree murder charges in Fall City, Washington after allegedly shooting and killing his parents and three siblings. A fourth sibling was also shot, but survived.

Ottawa deputy police chief Trish Ferguson said on Friday that authorities have charged Fsha Tekhle with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman named Brkti Berhe in a park on Thursday. “It really is about stereotypical gender roles, discrimination towards women,” Ferguson explained, regarding the definition and use of the “femicide”...

The death of a Nanaimo woman of a drug overdose has now generated first degree murder charges against three people. Kristen Robinson reports.

There was a shocking turn of events in a New Westminster courtroom on Monday, where two men charged in a high-profile murder pleaded guilty and then got into a fistfight. In July of 2022, Ripudaman Singh Malik was shot to death in Surrey.  21-year-old Tanner Fox and 23- year-old Jose Lopez were charged with first-degree...

A pair of Winnipeggers are now in custody facing first-degree murder charges in connection with the death of a 20-year-old man late last year.

A man who doused gasoline on his estranged wife and set her on fire has been found guilty of first-degree murder. As Catherine McDonald reports, the judge rejected Norbert Budai’s defence that alcohol and fentanyl affected his ability to plan and deliberate Henrietta Viski’s murder.

First-degree murder charges have been laid in connection to a shooting death in August in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

Video surveillance shown at the Carland Walker first-degree murder trial captured Nabila Aminzadah trying to run away from her boyfriend less than two days before police were called. As Catherine McDonald reports, Walker testified on the night she died, he admitted to beating her but said he never intended to kill her.

Police say the son of 82-year-old Henry Joseph, found dead in his Lytton Park home, will be charged with first-degree murder. Andrew Joseph was arrested on Sunday and charged and investigators say the charge is now being upgraded. Catherine McDonald reports.

Toronto police charged a 13-year-old boy with first-degree murder in the stabbing of a homeless man in the city’s west end. As Sean O’Shea reports, the 54-year-old victim was described as kind and undemanding by residents and employees near the plaza where he was killed Tuesday.

Serial killer investigation – a Toronto woman accused of three separate murders in three different cities. A 13-year-old boy charged with first degree murder in the death of a homeless man. And, a large Trojan Horse appears at the front steps of Queen’s Park – we’ll take you there for the explanation.

The first-degree murder trial for a Scarborough man accused of beating his girlfriend to death while forcibly confining her has begun. As Catherine McDonald reports, Carland Walker tried to plead guilty to manslaughter but the Crown rejected that plea. Walker’s lawyer says he admits his client killed Nabila Aminzadah but never intended to kill her.

Closing submissions at the first-degree murder trial for Norbert Budai. As Catherine McDonald reports, the defence argues Budai never intended to kill his ex-wife Henrietta Viski but the Crown says he’s guilty of planning and deliberation.

An infamous Toronto rapper has been cleared of murder charges. “Top 5” was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old student in 2021. As Caryn Lieberman reports, today the rapper left court a free man.

A toxicologist took the stand at the Norbert Budai first-degree murder trial. The expert witness said it’s possible the only fentanyl Budai had in his system on the day he admitted to setting his ex-wife on fire may have been administered by paramedics after the attack. Catherine McDonald reports.

A pile of toys was left on a lawn in Coteau-du-Lac in memory of a five-year-old boy who died. A woman is facing a first-degree murder charge. A neighbour speaks about how the community is handling the loss.

A Nova Scotia man charged with first-degree murder in the disappearance of Esther Jones was in court. As Megan King reports, members of the Jones family were in attendance, and spoke about what their loved one means to them.

The man charged with first-degree murder in the death of Esther Jones makes his first court appearance, Protect Eisner Cove Wetland is still waiting for a response from Premier Tim Houston about the now stalled housing development there, and Nova Scotia’s rent cap law is discussed at a legislative meeting.