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Under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, the maximum sentence for manslaughter is three years, compared to seven years for second-degree murder.

Police believe the rider is between 14 and 18 years old. The rider's face is blurred due to the requirements of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

A 17-year-old is facing charges after allegedly making an online threat against a school, Ontario Provincial Police say.

The RCMP said the youth was arrested Friday morning. Charges have not been laid yet and the investigation is ongoing, police said in a news release.

On Sept. 4, one of those accused pleaded guilty to manslaughter as part of a plea agreement. Now, the other two minors have also reached similar plea deals.

Four people are facing more than 200 charges after police linked an alleged organized crime group to 36 incidents across Durham Region and Toronto.

Anthony Dixon, 17, was shot in 2023 and Durham police have been pursuing all avenues in an effort to find those responsible for the teenager's death.

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder after a 16-year-old girl was killed at the Park Hill Condominium townhouse complex in north Edmonton's Hairsine area.

The now-16-year-old, whose identity is covered by a publication ban under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA), was tried by judge alone last month.

Hamilton police have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with a shooting that left two other teens dead in Stoney Creek earlier this week. 

A cellphone video played in court captured a teen discussing a planned shooting and payment before the murder of a Toronto tow-truck driver, prosecutors say.

In 2025-2026, 56,956 Canadian youth between the ages of 12 and 17 at the time of their offences were charged with a crime, 12,891 of those being a crime 'against property.'

'These are dangerous, high-speed, off-highway vehicles that need to be ridden out in the back 40 and not in the cities,' RCMP said of electric dirt bikes on municipal streets.

With the arrest, Toronto and York police said there are no outstanding suspects related to the synagogue shootings, though the investigation is still ongoing. 

Around 4:46 a.m. July 27, an officer stationed near the consulate at 360 University Ave. heard the shot ring out. Evidence of the shooting was located outside the consulate.

Court has heard that the Crown will not be seeking an adult sentence for the man who is now on trial, given he was only 16 at the time.

The Limestone District School Board is asking families to share experiences with bullying as an independent school safety review continues after a student's death.

Hamilton police say a 12-year-old boy has been charged with several crimes after he and an 11-year-old boy allegedly broke into a store and later assaulted another child.

The man convicted in the 2006 killing of Misha Pavelick is appealing the seven-year youth sentence he was handed by a Saskatchewan court last month, court documents say.

A youth has been identified as the victim of a Winnipeg homicide investigation after police found him dead in a parking lot.