67 h. ago Canadian World Bank employee jailed in sickening child pornography probe

A Canadian employee of the World Bank in Washington has been sent to a U.S. prison for four years after he was busted for distributing twisted child pornography involving babies. Matthew Norman Ballek, 32, of Saskatchewan, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court to 46 months in federal prison. Ballek pleaded guilty in October in […]

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7 d. ago MANDEL: Remorseful teen in swarming of Ken Lee sentenced to 12 months probation

Kenneth Lee, a 59-year-old homeless man, was stabbed to death days before Christmas in 2022

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1 week ago Calgary officer who assaulted intoxicated detainee spared any jail time

Const. David Wilhelm has been handed a 12-month conditional sentence with the first six months under house arrest

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2 w. ago Convicted North Vancouver groper back in custody on new charges

His extensive criminal past includes receiving a six-month conditional sentence with house arrest in 2022 after being found guilty of groping a woman on a North Vancouver trail.

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3 w. ago Former British soldier sentenced to four years for ‘vicious, unprovoked’ fatal bar beating

A visiting U.K. soldier who killed a Manitoba businessman in a Toronto bar has been sentenced to 52 months in prison for manslaughter. Less credit for pre-trial custody, Craig Gibson has 49 months left to serve. The Scotland-born Gibson, 30, was convicted by a jury last December of killing Brett Sheffield at the Locals Only […]

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3 w. ago Doula defrauder gets prison for breaching probation: 'Egregious'

The now infamous doula-duper, Kaitlyn Braun, 26, was given the sentence she asked for after pleading guilty four months ago: she’ll serve the rest of a conditional sentence in jail and then be sent to prison for a three-year term. “The waiting has been difficult,” said Braun’s lawyer Alison MacDonald. “She just wants to be […]

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3 w. ago Alberta judge rejects robber's Indigenous identity claims, proposes test for deciding who should and shouldn't get Gladue reports

An Alberta judge is proposing new guidelines for how courts handle people who say they are Indigenous during sentencing hearings, but don’t have proof to back up their claims. Last month, Justice Jordan Stuffco of the Alberta Court of Justice sentenced Jonathan Anthony Ninan to 33 months in prison for robbing a Leduc sports bar, […]

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3 w. ago Langley man who killed two sentenced to almost 15 years in prison

A Langley man who shot to death two men months apart was sentenced to 15 years on Friday for the killings and for firearms trafficking.

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