8 h. ago Central Alberta man who killed intruder at oil and gas site sentenced to 10 years in prison

In the early morning hours of June 20, 2022, Dustin Lemay-Storms grabbed a rifle and a headlamp and stepped out of his trailer. He headed toward an oilfield lease site where moments before a bright blue flash had lit up the sky. As Lemay-Storms approached the site, he saw the outline of a pickup truck. […]

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9 h. ago Track coach who abused teens in 1970s sentenced to six years in prison

Thomas Kenneth Porter, 77, was sentenced to six years in prison months after Court of King’s Bench Justice Nicholas Devlin found him guilty of two counts of indecent assault and three counts of gross indecency.

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15 h. ago Convoy protest leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber given conditional sentences

The Crown had previously asked for multi-year prison sentences for both Barber and Lich.

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28 h. ago Diddy’s lawyers want him sent to New Jersey prison that offers drug treatment

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers want the hip-hop mogul sent to a low-security federal prison in New Jersey to serve his four-year, two-month prison sentence, telling a judge Monday that the facility’s drug treatment program will help him stay clean. In a letter, Combs’ lawyers urged the judge presiding over his case, […]

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30 h. ago Track coach who abused Edmonton teens in '70s sentenced to six years in prison

Warning: this story contains details some readers may find disturbing.  A one-time star of the Canadian track and field world was led away to begin a prison sentence Monday nearly 50 years after he sexually abused three young athletes under his care. Thomas Kenneth Porter, 77, was sentenced to six years in prison months after […]

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4 d. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs gets 4 years in prison for case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced Friday to four years and two months in prison for transporting people across state lines for sexual encounters, capping a sordid federal case that featured harrowing testimony and ended in a forceful reckoning for one of the most popular figures in hip-hop. Combs, 55, was also […]

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4 d. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 50 months in prison on prostitution charges

Sean Combs has been behind bars since his September 2024 arrest, and the sentencing marks the conclusion of the disgraced hip-hop mogul’s New York trial.

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4 d. ago Australian drug kingpin to face retrial in police informant scandal

Tony Mokbel was handed a 30-year prison sentence in 2012 after pleading guilty to masterminding an elaborate drug syndicate.

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6 d. ago Quebec man sentenced to 5 years for trying to overthrow Haitian government

MONTREAL — A Quebec man found guilty of attempting to foment an armed revolution to overthrow the government of Haiti has been sentenced to five years in prison. Gerald Nicolas was sentenced at the Quebec City courthouse by Superior Court Justice Louis Dionne. Nicolas was found guilty by a jury in March on all three […]

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6 d. ago Calgary civic election: How political parties work | Candidate says sign removal unfair | Candidate admits prison sentence

Continuing coverage of the 2025 Calgary municipal election campaign

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7 d. ago Calgary civic election: Candidate says sign removal unfair | Candidate admits prison sentence | Postal strike affecting election prep

Continuing coverage of the 2025 Calgary municipal election campaign

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7 d. ago Prosecutors want Combs sentenced to more than 11 years in prison

NEW YORK — Key witnesses against Sean “Diddy” Combs, including longtime ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, are urging a federal judge to reject leniency for the hip-hop mogul at his sentencing Friday, saying they fear for their safety if he is freed. Prosecutors included letters from R&B singer Cassie, her parents and four others in a […]

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8 d. ago Charlie Javice sentenced to 7 years in prison for fraudulent $175M sale of financial aid startup

NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Javice, the founder of a startup company that sought to dramatically improve how students apply for financial aid, was sentenced Monday to more than seven years in prison for cheating JPMorgan Chase out of $175 million by greatly exaggerating how many students it served. Javice, 33, was sentenced in Manhattan […]

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8 d. ago Calgary civic election: Candidate admits prison sentence | Postal strike affecting election prep | Disgruntled small businesses

Continuing coverage of the 2025 Calgary municipal election campaign

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8 d. ago 'I made a terrible mistake': Ward 12 candidate acknowledges prior prison sentence for drug conspiracy charge

"I had a lot to catch up and a lot of fences to mend for what I did, so I just started growing my community again," he said.

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1 week ago Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to 5 years at Libyan cash campaign trial

The judges decided that any appeal by Sarkozy wouldn’t lift the execution of the sentence

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1 week ago Nicolas Sarkozy, former French president, sentenced to 5 years in prison

The court said the sentencing date would take place at a later time, sparing the 70-year-old the humiliation of being led from the courtroom in handcuffs.

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2 w. ago New York man sentenced to 9 years for planning attack on behalf of Islamic State

NEW YORK — A New York man accused of plotting an attack on behalf of the Islamic State group in 2019 was sentenced to nine years in prison by a federal judge Tuesday. Awais Chudhary, 25, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan and living in the New York City borough of Queens, pleaded guilty […]

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2 w. ago MANDEL: ‘Like watching a bad accident in slow motion,’ says grieving family of justice system

This is not justice for a grieving family. Craig MacDonald’s relatives burst into tears as his killer was sentenced to just nine years in prison — and with credit for pre-sentence custody, Abilaziz Mohamed has only 3.9 years left to serve. “This is exactly why Toronto is the way it is right now, it’s exactly […]

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2 w. ago Southern California judge who killed his wife to be sentenced for murder

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Southern California judge convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting his wife after the couple had been arguing is to be sentenced on Wednesday. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson faces a maximum potential sentence of 40 years to life in prison. The 74-year-old has been jailed since a […]

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