9 h. ago Central Alberta crash kills 4 people from Maskwacis, including 2 teenagers

Ponoka RCMP said a GMC Acadia was passing other vehicles on Highway 2A late Saturday morning when it hit an oncoming Volkswagen Tiguan, killing all four people involved.

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11 h. ago Family slams prison sentence for driver in London crash that killed woman

A London man has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison after a fatal January 2022 south London crash.

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14 h. ago Russian journalist who escaped house arrest in Moscow reappears in Paris after a brutal journey

PARIS — Russian journalist Ekaterina Barabash resurfaced in Paris Monday following a daring escape from Moscow last month after being put under house arrest and facing a 10-year prison sentence for posts condemning Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Reporters Without Borders, also known by its French acronym RSF, said it helped Barabash orchestrate her adrenaline-packed […]

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4 d. ago Fatal gunplay between rival drug dealers lands Calgary man an eight

“We are not living in the wild west” a Calgary judge noted Thursday in sentencing a city man to eight years in prison for shooting an armed drug dealer. “We must not be held hostage in our communities,” Justice Robert Hall said, in sentencing Tarek Che Sharples for manslaughter in the fatal shooting of his […]

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5 d. ago MANDEL: ‘Scourge’ of domestic violence nets killer life without parole for 15 years

She had to speak to her sister’s killer one last time. So hours after Kadeem Nedrick, 34, was sentenced to life in prison with no parole eligibility for 15 years for the brutal murder of his former partner, Brittany Doff, she waited for her chance to face the man she once loved as a member […]

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5 d. ago ‘A pervasive scourge on society’: Ontario man handed sentence for girlfriend’s murder

A Toronto man has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 15 years after pleading guilty to the second-degree murder of his girlfriend.

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6 d. ago Michigan doctor who worked with youth hockey teams gets 10 years for sex assault

PONTIAC, Mich. — A doctor known as the “hockey doc” for his work with youth teams in the Detroit area was sentenced to at least 10 years in prison Tuesday for sexual assault and other crimes involving adults and teenagers. Victims say Zvi Levran groped them when they sought sports physicals or treatment for injuries […]

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8 d. ago Moment of silence after deadly Vancouver festival crash marks start of Sun Run

A giant national flag of the Philippines had been raised above the starting line of the Sun Run after 11 people were killed in a crash Saturday night

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8 d. ago Moment of silence after deadly Vancouver festival attack marks start of Sun Run

A giant national flag of the Philippines had been raised above the starting line of the Sun Run after 11 people were killed in a crash Saturday night

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1 week ago George Santos gets 7 year prison sentence on fraud, ID theft charges

The former Republican congressman admitted to deceiving donors and stealing the identities of nearly a dozen people, including his family members, to fund his winning campaign.

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1 week ago George Santos sentenced to over 7 years in prison for fraud and identity theft

As part of a plea deal, Santos has agreed to pay roughly USD$580,000 in penalties in addition to prison time

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1 week ago Three men sentenced to century in prison after plot to kill ringleader in UK’s biggest heist

LONDON — Three men who plotted to kill a former cage fighter, who years before had been convicted of being one of the ringleaders in the U.K.’s biggest-ever heist, were sentenced Friday to a collective term of over a century in prison. The sentencing of the three men at London’s Central Criminal Court, which is […]

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1 week ago Illinois man gets life after admitting to deadly shooting at parade

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — The suburban Chicago man who admitted to fatally shooting seven people and wounding dozens of others during a 2022 Independence Day parade was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Lake County Judge Victoria Rossetti handed down the sentence after emotional testimony from survivors and the relatives of […]

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1 week ago Saskatchewan medicine man sentenced to 8 years in prison for sex assaults of women

A judge in Saskatoon has sentenced 63-year-old Cecil Wolfe to eight years in prison for the sexual assaults of 12 women while under the guise of being an Indigenous medicine man.

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1 week ago Edmonton man who stabbed teen during fight over money sentenced to five years in prison

A young Edmonton man who killed a teenage acquaintance during a fight over a bank scam has been handed a five-year prison sentence. Mwumpe Mulongoyi was sentenced April 14 after pleading guilty to a count of manslaughter. He was initially charged with second-degree murder for the 2021 killing of 19-year-old Jordan Dawson. Court of King’s […]

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1 week ago Paddleboard guide who led 4 people to deaths on Welsh river gets 10 years

LONDON — A former Welsh police officer who who led four people to their deaths in the worst paddleboarding tragedy in the U.K. was sentenced Wednesday to 10.5 years in prison for manslaughter. Nerys Bethan Lloyd, 39, had previously pleaded guilty in Swansea Crown Court to four counts of gross negligence manslaughter and failing to […]

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2 w. ago Gunman who killed 23 in racist attack at El Paso Walmart pleads guilty to capital murder

EL PASO, Texas — The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso — one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history — pleaded guilty Monday to capital murder in a state district court. Patrick Crusius was automatically be sentenced to life in prison without parole in […]

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2 w. ago Oregon college softball coach and player killed when truck collides with team bus

An Oregon college softball team traveling from a game was involved in a two-vehicle crash that killed an athlete and coach, authorities said Saturday. The driver of a pickup crossed a center line and crashed head-on into a bus carrying 10 members of the Umpqua Community College team Friday night in Coos County, Oregon State […]

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2 w. ago Defence lawyer offers warning as man gets sent to prison for drug dealing

SARNIA – Kyle Herron’s own lawyer offered him a caution before he was led out of a Sarnia courtroom to serve a three-year prison sentence for drug trafficking. “If he falls back into this conduct next time around, it’ll be probably double the three years,” Robert McFadden said. Herron, 26, was arrested about a year […]

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2 w. ago NTSB investigating after plane crashed into Nebraska river and killed 3

FREMONT, Neb. — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a small plane crash in Nebraska that killed all three people on board. The single-engine Cessna 180 was traveling along the Platte River when it crashed into the water south of Fremont at 8:15 p.m., Sgt. Brie Frank of the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office said […]

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