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• Parents, siblings, friends: Remembering the lives lost in the Toronto van attack

  Here's a look at the lives that were lost, based on interviews with family and friends and victim impact statements filed in court.

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  Jun 20
  
• ‘Elephant in the room’: Judge addresses impact of supreme court ruling in Toronto van attack case

  Before sentencing the man responsible for Toronto's deadly van attack to life in prison, the judge presiding over the case took a moment to address ``the elephant in the room.''

  Crime

  Jun 14
  
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• Toronto van attacker sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years

  The man responsible for Toronto's deadly van attack has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.

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  Jun 13
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• Toronto’s commemoration of fatal van attack to be held virtually again

  The Yonge Street Tragedy Commemoration Committee says there will be a broadcast at 1:15 p.m. on April 23.

  Crime

  Apr 14
• Sentencing for Toronto van attacker delayed as court waits for key decision on another case

  Court says it will wait until the Supreme Court hears an appeal in the Alexander Bissonnette case about sentencing rules on multiple murders that allow sentences to be consecutive.

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  Jan 10
• Alek Minassian found guilty of 10 counts of 1st-degree murder after 2018 Toronto van attack

  Alek Minassian was also found guilty of 16 counts of attempted murder. The ruling was delivered by Justice Anne Molloy Wednesday morning and livestreamed on YouTube.

  Crime

  Mar 3, 2021
• Autism did not cause Alek Minassian to kill 10 people in Toronto van attack, Crown says

  Justice Anne Molloy will give her verdict on March 3.

  Crime

  Dec 18, 2020
• Alek Minassian would tell his victims he was lonely and angry at society, court told

  "I'd probably say I was feeling very isolated and bitter at society and I decided to take out my anger on random people."

  Crime

  Dec 7, 2020
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• Alek Minassian told psychiatrist ‘I know what I did was morally wrong,’ court hears

  "I know what I did was morally wrong," Alek Minassian told Dr. Alexander Westphal, a U.S. based psychiatrist retained by the defence.

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  Dec 4, 2020
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• Alek Minassian pleads not criminally responsible for Toronto van attack that left 10 dead, 16 injured

  Alek Minassian is charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder. His trial is expected to last several weeks.

  Crime

  Nov 10, 2020