14 h. ago Manitoba woman sentenced to 10 years for fatally stabbing community role model

A Manitoba judge has sentenced a woman to 10 years in prison in the stabbing death of her ex-boyfriend, whose killing left a "significant" impact on many.

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23 h. ago An Alberta father was sentenced to 23.5 years in prison for 'twisted and evil' sex abuse against his daughters. The parole board says he remains unrepentant

Warning: This story deals with child sexual abuse and contains disturbing details.  An Alberta man serving one of the longest sexual abuse sentences in Canadian history for molesting his daughters has made next to no progress reforming himself in prison and has expressed an urge to “reunite” with his family upon release, the Parole Board […]

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23 h. ago An Alberta father was sentenced to 23½ years in prison for 'twisted and evil' sex abuse against his daughters. The parole board says he remains unrepentant

Warning: This story deals with child sexual abuse and contains disturbing details.  An Alberta man serving one of the longest sexual abuse sentences in Canadian history for molesting his daughters has made next to no progress reforming himself in prison and has expressed an urge to “reunite” with his family upon release, the Parole Board […]

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44 h. ago Engineer wife alleges sex abuse by husband accused of trying to throw her off cliff

An engineer who accused her husband of attempted murder during their Hawaiian holiday by throwing her off a cliff alleges he has been sexually abusing her for months. Arielle Konig, 36, claimed in a restraining order that her husband, 46-year-old Gerhardt Konig, sexually abused and assaulted her for months before trying to push her off […]

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52 h. ago A Jesuit priest prefers prison over a fine to draw attention to climate change

BERLIN (AP) — A Jesuit priest says he will rather go to prison than pay a 500-euro ($541) fine for participating in a climate activists’ street blockade in the southern German city of Nuremberg. The Rev. Jörg Alt was supposed to start serving his nearly monthlong prison sentence on Tuesday in Nuremberg. “Today, I am […]

Society

5 d. ago Convicted founder of electric vehicle startup Nikola pardoned by Trump

Trevor Milton, the founder of electric vehicle start-up Nikola who was sentenced to prison last year, was pardoned by President Donald Trump late Thursday, the White House confirmed Friday. The pardon of Milton, who was sentenced to four years in prison for exaggerating the potential of his technology, could wipe out hundreds of millions of […]

Culture

6 d. ago Ontario man who murdered stranger over gold chain given life sentence

A Toronto man who shot and killed Peter Khan, a stranger whom he robbed of his gold chain, has been sentenced to a life in prison with a parole ineligibility period of 18 years.

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6 d. ago Spanish court overturns soccer player Dani Alves’ rape conviction on appeal

Former Barcelona player Dani Alves won his appeal against a sexual assault conviction as a Spanish court overturned the ruling Friday. Alves was found guilty in February 2024 of raping a woman in a nightclub in December 2022 and sentenced to four years, six months in prison. The former Brazil and Barcelona defender denied wrongdoing […]

Sport

8 d. ago Former soccer player Joey Barton found guilty of assaulting his wife

LONDON (AP) — Former professional soccer player Joey Barton was found guilty Tuesday of assaulting his wife by kicking her in the head at their family home. The former Manchester City midfielder was given a 12-week prison sentence suspended for two years at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, British media reported. Barton, 42, who also played for […]

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1 week ago Wolfpack traffickers sentenced to lengthy prison terms after guilty pleas

Two cousins connected to the Wolfpack gang who sold fentanyl and other drugs in the Downtown Eastside have been sentenced.

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2 w. ago Onetime art adviser to Leonardo DiCaprio gets 2.5 years in prison for $6.5 million fraud

NEW YORK — A New York art adviser who once counted actor Leonardo DiCaprio among her wealthy patrons was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months in federal prison after admitting to cheating clients out of $6.5 million in connection with the sale of 55 works of art. Lisa Schiff sobbed as she turned to her former […]

Economics

2 w. ago Former teacher in NYC sentenced after posing as teen on Snapchat to solicit nude images from kids

NEW YORK — A former math teacher at an upscale private school in Brooklyn was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison on charges that he posed as a teenager on Snapchat to solicit nude images and sexual videos from children. Winston Nguyen, 38, had pleaded guilty earlier this month to one count of use […]

Society

2 w. ago Court finds UWaterloo stabbing was hate crime in sentencing attacker

A mass stabbing at a University of Waterloo gender studies class was not a terrorist attack but a “particularly grave” hate crime meant to make people feel unsafe in those spaces, an Ontario judge ruled Monday in sentencing the attacker to 11 years in prison. The judge sentencing Geovanny Villalba-Aleman told a Kitchener court that […]

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2 w. ago Ontario court rules UWaterloo stabbing was an LGBTQ+ hate crime, but not terrorism

Geovanny Villalba-Aleman 'intended to inflict, and did inflict, widespread fear,' judge says in sentencing 25-year-old to more than seven years in prison

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3 w. ago MARTIN: ‘Closure’ rings hollow for victim’s family in brutal slaying

Seeing a feeble old man sentenced to the equivalent of a 6½-year prison term for manslaughter in the death of 16-year-old Pauline Brazeau a full lifetime ago probably didn't do much to assuage the grief relatives have lived through for nearly 50 years

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3 w. ago ICE returns convicted Canadian cocaine trafficker to Ontario

The man was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2023 after he was caught in a car with 125 pounds of cocaine

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3 w. ago Canadian man sentenced to 25 years for shootings that damaged pipeline and power station in Dakotas

BISMARCK, N.D. — A Canadian man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for shootings at an oil pipeline in South Dakota and an electrical substation in North Dakota that caused $1.7 million in damages after a judge found that his crimes met the definition of terrorism. Cameron Smith, 50, was also ordered […]

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3 w. ago Mexican cartel leader’s son sentenced to life for role in drug trafficking plot

WASHINGTON — The son of a Mexican drug cartel boss has been sentenced to life in prison for his own leadership role in one of the country’s largest and most violent narcotics trafficking organizations. Ruben Oseguera, known as El Menchito, is the son of fugitive Jalisco New Generation cartel boss Nemesio Oseguera. The son served […]

Politics

3 w. ago Folks can stay at the Ottawa YMCA for at least another five years

The Y announced it was selling its Argyle Street facility in 2022. When the property didn't sell, the board decided to remain at the site.

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