Hoax

• Woman charged after suspicious package left at Toronto office building: police

  Toronto police said on Feb. 23, officers received a report of a suspicious package in the area of Bay and Harbour streets. A woman has now been charged in connection with the hoax.

  Crime

  Jun 16, 2023
  
• Indian Head RCMP investigate hoax call

  Police say the identity of the caller is unknown.

  Crime

  May 5, 2023
  
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• OPP warn of ‘serial killer or abductor’ hoax in Essex County

  Essex County OPP are warning the public about an online hoax saying that "a serial killer or abductor is currently hunting in Leamington." 

  Crime

  Aug 12, 2022
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• Real or hoax? Quebec scholars probe mystery letter allegedly from Titanic passenger

  The letter was purportedly written by a 12-year-old schoolgirl from northern France who was a passenger in third class and among the poorer people on the ill-fated passenger liner.

  Canada

  May 15, 2021
• Why QAnon believers hoped March 4 would bring a Trump comeback

  Some believers in the QAnon hoax expected Donald Trump to make a dramatic return to the White House on March 4, based on false information.

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  Mar 4, 2021
• Man faked his own kidnapping ‘because he didn’t want to go to work’

  An Arizona man has pleaded guilty to fabricating a dramatic kidnapping story, after police found that things didn't add up.

  Crime

  Feb 25, 2021
• GOP’s Marjorie Taylor Greene regrets being ‘allowed’ to believe hoaxes

  Embattled Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene disavowed some of her past conspiracy-theory beliefs amid calls for her to be censured in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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  Feb 4, 2021
• Sister of accused N.B. shooter testifies that he spoke of hoaxes prior to murders

  The defence admits Raymond shot the four victims but says he should be found not criminally responsible because of a mental disorder.

  Crime

  Oct 21, 2020
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• Montreal police arrest 3 men in connection with kidnapping hoax

  Three men could face charges of public mischief.

  Canada

  Oct 12, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Man accused in North Vancouver care home hoax call appears in court

  Taymour Aghati, 26, appeared in a Richmond courtroom by video link Wednesday, though details of the proceedings cannot be reported due to publication bans. 

  Crime

  Oct 7, 2020