13 h. ago Man killed at University of Toronto was laying on bench, victim of unprovoked attack

Toronto Police say a body discovered at University of Toronto on Thursday was an unhoused man laying on a bench and he was allegedly attacked by a suspect using "debris."

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34 h. ago Homicide detectives called in after body discovered on University of Toronto campus

Toronto police said in a social media post the body was discovered on the campus around 8:20 a.m. Thursday morning.

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4 d. ago Hamilton cops ID homicide victim, 74, who was stabbed to death

Homicide detectives have identified Hamilton’s most recent murder victim. Cops say 74-year-old Charles James Francis Jouvence, called Jacques by friends and family, was stabbed to death on Sunday at his home. Officers were called to the city’s downtown core — in the Hunter and Spring Sts. area — around 4 p.m. There, officers found Jouvence […]

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2 w. ago Toronto college campus known from TV hit Degrassi is shutting down

The iconic East York campus of Toronto's Centennial College — which is perhaps best known for once starring as the backdrop for the popular Degrassi High TV series — will soon start to wind down operations as it prepares to shut its doors in the coming year.Debuting in 1994 as the school's Story Arts Centre, the facility at the corner of Carlaw and Mortimer avenues has welcomed more than 1,000 of Centennial's full-time communications, media, arts and design students annually, after originally having served as an Ontario Teachers College and then a filming site for many years.But, as is the case with an array of post-secondary institutions in Ontario lately, Centennial has been facing financial stresses, driven in large part by the sudden erosion of the international student body following amendments to Canada's student visa and immigration programs. So, it is making some additional cutbacks, after already announcing in January that it was di...

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3 w. ago Homicide investigating after woman shot to death at northeast Edmonton apartment complex

Edmonton homicide detectives are investigating after a woman was shot to death at a northeast Edmonton townhouse complex last week. On Feb. 21, at approximately 8:40 p.m. officers responded to an assault at a townhouse complex in the area of Homestead Crescent and Hooke Road, police said in a Wednesday news release. When officers arrived, […]

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4 w. ago N.Y. governor says prison guards arrested, charged in death of handcuffed man beaten by them

UTICA, N.Y. — New York’s governor says prison workers are being arrested today on murder charges in the death of an inmate who was beaten while handcuffed. The beating of Robert Brooks by multiple officers at Marcy Correctional Facility in December was caught on body cameras, triggering widespread outrage and calls for justice. Gov. Kathy […]

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