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A hearing got underway in the case of a deadly stabbing of 53-year-old Joseph Farnsworth at the Edmonton Corn Maze. The hearing will determine if the accused charged with second-degree murder, Michael George Ferzli, can be found not criminally responsible. Joel Gotlib has more from Day 1.

A judge found Elanko Mathisoody could not appreciate the moral wrongfulness of his actions when he stabbed his father. Catherine McDonald reports.

Felice Passarelli was suffering from delusional disorder when he fatally stabbed Pam Kaur after she invited him to stay with her days earlier. Catherine McDonald reports.

The high number of mail-in ballot requests has political experts watching for lineups and voter turnout during on referendum day. The Poundmaker’s Lodge is closing its addiction treatment day program, citing a lack of provincial funding. A hearing is underway to determine if a man can be found not criminally responsible in the fatal corn...

The accused in a fatal stabbing the at the corn maze takes the stand at his murder trial, where he’s seeking to be found not criminally responsible. Some Edmonton condo owners accuse investment firms of attempting hostile takeover of their buildings. A severely disabled 18-year-old is denied AISH benefits — until the media is made...

Michael George Ferzli took the stand at his murder trial over the death of Joseph Farnsworth, 53, at the Edmonton Corn Maze in 2024. The accused testified about the growing tension due to ideological differences between the two men who lived at a group home for adults with mental illnesses leading up to the attack...

A high-profile and highly polarizing murder trial in Massachusetts is highlighting the mental health of mothers. Lindsay Clancy confessed to killing her three children, and a jury is now deciding whether she was criminally responsible. Heather Yourex-West explains the case, why it’s divided people, and the reality of postpartum care.

Drama ensued in a Massachusetts courthouse Friday as a judge declared the high-profile murder trial of Lindsay Clancy a mistrial. Clancy admitted to killing her three young children before trying to kill herself in 2023. Her defence team argues she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder – and that she should not be...

More than year after a tourist was brutally attacked on the Vancouver seawall, the man who is charged is asking the courts to find him not criminally responsible. Kristen Robinson reports.

An 80-year-old North York man has been found “Not Criminally Responsible” for first degree murder. The judge found Victorio Adriatico understood that killing the superintendent of his apartment building would be seen as wrong… but that his mental illness left him unable to make a rational choice. Catherine McDonald reports.

A man is dead following an RCMP shooting in Northern New Brunswick, after police say he fired toward officers while armed and in distress. Now, a New Brunswick policing and criminal justice researcher says there are tools that can help de-escalate people in crisis. But in the most dangerous encounters, officers may have only seconds...

San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York was arrested over the weekend in a mobile home community in East Palestine, Ohio, near where he was born and raised in Youngstown. Court records show that York initially was charged with engaging in prostitution, but prosecutors amended that to disorderly conduct. York was charged with possessing criminal tools...

Russ Wyatt, the Winnipeg city councillor facing criminal charges including sexual assault, appeared at a community committee meeting at City Hall Thursday. Toni De Guzman has more on the response to his latest charges.

As Catherine McDonald reports, Victoria Adriatico’s lawyer argues Adriatico should found not criminally responsible (NCR) due to a mental disorder, but the Crown argues Adriatico should be found criminally responsible.

A man convicted in the brutal slayings of his three children has been granted a one-year conditional release by the British Columbia Review Board. Allan Schoenborn was found not criminally responsible for killing his three children, aged five, eight and 10 in their Merritt home in 2008. Sarah Macdonald reports.

Allan Schoenborn is seeking a conditional discharge from the B.C. Review Board, 18 years after killing his three young children. Schoenborn was found guilty, but ruled not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder. Grace Ke reports.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday, in response to a reporter’s question, that to prevent instances of copycat attacks after the Montreal shooting that killed three Monday, law enforcement needs access to “these criminals that are going on social media sites.” Ford added,” They’re saying ‘oh privacy,’ privacy my butt! These officers are getting killed;...

Tributes are pouring in for a 33-year-old OPP Sergeant and member of the Golden Helmets precision motorcycle team who was killed in a crash on Highway 401 in Cobourg. The family of a Toronto woman stabbed 26 times is expressing outrage and fear after the Ontario Review Board granted “indirectly supervised” community access to the...

A Toronto man who admitted to killing his mother at a park has been found guilty of second-degree murder after a judge rejected his defence that he was not criminally responsible. Catherine McDonald reports.

During the pandemic, millions of Canadians relied on the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, or CERB. People who signed up received an automated message — but tens of thousands who never applied also received the same message. “The CRA website lacked robust security controls to prevent criminals from hijacking people’s accounts,” says David Shipley of Beauceron...