Court

• Witness not accused was the one driving boat at time of Lake Ontario crash, defence suggests

  The collision caused the boat to flip over, trapping those on board. Eight people managed to escape but two were trapped under the vessel and drowned.

  Crime

  Mar 24
  
• ‘Not guilty’: Alberta man accused of carrying fake money has case thrown out of court

  Court heard the man had his car searched by police at a parking lot in Blackfalds, roughly 140 kilometres south of Edmonton.

  Crime

  Mar 24
  
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• Sentencing delayed for parents guilty of Calgary toddler’s death

  An agreed statement of facts says the 18-month-old's parents didn't seek medical treatment and tried to treat the burns with honey before he died from an infection and head trauma.

  Crime

  Mar 24
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• Man accused of kidnapping Ontario boy over sibling’s drug debt found guilty

  A Mississauga, Ont., man charged with the high-profile kidnapping of a Toronto teen over his half-brother's drug debt in 2020 has been found guilty.

  Crime

  Mar 21
• ‘We were screaming, crying, trying to get out’: Fatal Ontario boat crash trial continues

  One of four survivors who was trapped inside the cabin of a motorized boat that crashed near Outer Harbour Marina in 2022 recalls the panic and fear she experienced that night.

  Crime

  Mar 20
• University of Waterloo stabbing was hate crime, not terrorism: judge

  An Ontario court has found that an attack at a University of Waterloo gender studies class nearly two years ago was not terrorism but constituted a “particularly grave” hate crime.

  Crime

  Mar 17
• Closing arguments made in trial of former Regina educational assistant

  The trial of a former education assistant accused of sexual exploitation and other charges is close to wrapping. The jury heard closing arguments Monday.

  Canada

  Mar 11
• Protester at 2022 Coutts border blockade gets 90-day community sentence

  Alex Van Herk will perform 100 hours of community service and be on one year's probation for his role in the Coutts blockade.

  Crime

  Mar 7
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• Accused acquitted of murder in case of Ontario woman found dead in suitcase

  A jury has acquitted a Toronto woman on trial for the second-degree murder of a 41-year-old Caledon woman whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase.

  Crime

  Mar 4
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• ‘You have made me afraid,’ Ontario man guilty of double murder told at sentencing

  Victim impact statements and sentencing submissions were delivered Monday in a downtown Toronto courtroom for Godfrey Sig-Od's sentencing hearing.

  Crime

  Mar 3