Sexual Assault

• Experts aim to keep young athletes protected after Manitoba coach’s sentencing

  Stakeholders are speaking out a day after disgraced former football coach Kelsey McKay was sentenced to 20 years in jail for charges of sexual assault and luring.

  Canada

  Oct 8
  
• Girl taken by ‘at least 5 males,’ sexually assaulted in Vaughan, Ont.: police

  Police allege a young female was approached by a group of 'at least five males' — who she did not know — and taken to a second location where she was sexually assaulted.

  Crime

  Oct 8
  
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• Peter Nygard denied bail pending appeal of his Toronto sex assault convictions

  Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been denied bail as he appeals his sexual assault convictions in Toronto and an 11-year prison sentence.

  Crime

  Oct 8
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• Frank Stronach’s sex assault case put over, set to move to Toronto

  Frank Stronach, who faces multiple sex assault charges, has had his case put over to next month as lawyers work to have the matter moved to a court in Toronto.

  Canada

  Oct 7
• Three women sexually assaulted in North Vancouver, spurring RCMP warning

  The assaults happened in the Lower Lonsdale area, and while police say there are similarities in the incidents, they've yet to conclude whether they involve different suspects.

  Crime

  Oct 2
• Unknown man suspected in multiple sexual assaults: Winnipeg police

  In each incident, Winnipeg police allege the man groped a woman from behind before running away. Six adult women reported the assaults, police said.

  Crime

  Oct 1
• Lethbridge high school football players won’t face trial in sex assault case

  After charges were laid, the school's football program was suspended then cancelled for the rest of the season.

  Crime

  Sep 27
• Hoggard sexual assault trial: Cross-examination of complainant continues

  Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard's defence lawyer continued her cross-examination of the complainant in his sexual assault trial in a northeastern Ontario court Thursday. 

  Crime

  Sep 26
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• Tearful complainant alleges Jacob Hoggard raped, choked her after Hedley concert

  The woman, visibly upset throughout her testimony in a northeastern Ontario court this morning, says she was terrified by Hoggard, repeatedly tried to get away from him.

  Crime

  Sep 25
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• Woman chases down man who groped her, leading to arrest: Vancouver police

  Police say a woman chased down a man accused of groping her in Vancouver on Sunday, leading to his arrest.

  Crime

  Sep 23