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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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.'

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.

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

'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.

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.

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

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.

Two minor hockey players in Nova Scotia are scheduled to stand trial early next year for alleged sexual assaults that were reported after a hazing ritual last fall.

The Crown and defence agreed that the maximum youth sentence of six years in custody and four years of conditional supervision would be appropriate in the case.

A 15-year-old boy is facing multiple charges after police say he gave alcohol to three girls at a home in Windsor, Ont., before sexually assaulting two of them.

RCMP say a terrorism peace bond has been ordered on a Saskatoon teen who was charged with uttering threats earlier this year.

The teen who admitted killing 83-year-old Eleanor Doney apologized in court Tuesday ahead of sentencing.

The identity of the accused, now 16, is protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The suspect was14 when the shooting occurred.