4 h. ago In Calgary courts: Fatal stabbing victim Vanessa Ladouceur had wounds suggesting she tried to fend off her attacker, court hears

Noteworthy legal cases in Calgary and area from April 7-11, 2025

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10 h. ago Manitoba chief accused of child sex assault attacked outside court, trial halted

The chief of a Manitoba First Nation was attacked outside a Winnipeg courthouse on what was supposed to be the second day of his trial on child sex assault charges.

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58 h. ago Edmonton piano teacher faces more sexual assault charges: EPS

An Edmonton piano teacher who was already facing sexual assault charges involving a 10-year-old girl last year is facing more sex assault charges involving another child. Last year, Cassius Alleyne, 60, was charged with sexual assault and sexual interference after a report of a 10-year-old girl having been assaulted on several occasions, police said in […]

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3 d. ago Do you know this man? Suspect in Abbotsford sex assault depicted in sketch

The assault happened shortly before 7 p.m. on March 24, as a woman was walking alone on a path at Mill Lake Park, between Ashley Way and Alta Avenue.

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3 d. ago ‘Pure act of evil’: Court hears chilling details of deadly TTC stabbing attack

Neng Jia Jin has admitted that on Dec. 8, 2022, he fatally stabbed a 31-year-old passenger on a TTC train, and tried to kill another woman.

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5 d. ago Man accused of sex with child he met online coached minor hockey in GTA

The Oakville Rangers removed Tanner Guile from the organization immediately after learning of the allegations against him

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6 d. ago Wanted Whitby man accused of sexually assaulting child, adult

A 35-year-old Whitby man is wanted on an arrest warrant after being accused of sexual assaults against a child and an adult. Durham Regional Police said the first incident allegedly happened in January when the suspect was visiting friends in Clarington and allegedly touched a nine-year-old in an inappropriate manner. The second incident allegedly  happened […]

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6 d. ago Retired London principal charged in alleged historical sex assault

A retired teacher and principal with the London region school board is charged in an alleged historical sexual assault

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6 d. ago Ontario man suing police after sex assault, exploitation charges stayed

A former private school principal in Brampton is suing a Peel Regional Police officer and the police force after sexual assault and exploitation charges against him were stayed. 

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7 d. ago Additional sex assault charges laid against Calgary massage therapist

A massage therapist from Calgary now faces three counts of sexual assault after three more former clients recently came forward with allegations he touched them inappropriately.

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7 d. ago Sexual assault trial for Lake St. Martin First Nation chief begins in Winnipeg

Christopher Traverse, who was the leader of Lake St. Martin First Nation at the time of his arrest, pleaded not guilty to sexual assault, sexual interference and child pornography.

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1 week ago Woman files $3.75M lawsuit against Spitfires, OHL, CHL for alleged 1984 sex assault

WINDSOR, ONT. — A woman has filed a lawsuit in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, alleging a 1984 sexual assault by former Windsor Spitfires players at a team party. The plaintiff, identified in court documents as “Jane Doe,” claims she was incapacitated and assaulted at the home of a billet family and is suing […]

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1 week ago CRIME SCENE: Richmond Hill doc charged with historic sex assault

Pickering man accused of sex assault, Hamilton youth charged with assault and mischief

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1 week ago Parents of homicide victim Ashlee Shingoose to speak Thursday morning

Shingoose's parents are scheduled to speak, along with Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Kyra Wilson and other leaders, at 10 a.m.

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1 week ago ‘No one is garbage’: Parents of homicide victim Ashlee Shingoose speak Thursday

Shingoose's parents are scheduled to speak, along with Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Kyra Wilson and other leaders, at 10 a.m.

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1 week ago Mississauga man, 32, accused of sexually assaulting child he met online

The accused lied to the alleged victim claiming to be 18 years old, Peel police allege

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2 w. ago A Colorado woman with over 50 dogs is due in court after some of them attacked and killed her mother

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado woman is due in court this week after authorities said some of her over 50 dogs attacked and killed her 76-year-old mother. Jessica Hoff, 47, was arrested Friday in connection with the February death of LaVonne Hoff, who had dementia and required 24-hour care, according to the Pueblo County […]

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2 w. ago Colorado woman killed by some of the over 50 dogs owned by her daughter

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado woman has been arrested after authorities said some of her over 50 dogs attacked and killed her 76-year-old mother. Jessica Hoff, 47, was arrested Friday in connection with the February death of LaVonne Hoff, who had dementia and required 24-hour care, according to the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office. The […]

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3 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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3 w. ago University of Waterloo stabbing was hate crime, not terrorism: judge

An Ontario court has found that an attack at a University of Waterloo gender studies class nearly two years ago was not terrorism but constituted a “particularly grave” hate crime.

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