9 h. ago Cop's 'momentary lapse' led to crash with London Transit bus: Watchdog

A London police officer who cut off a city bus and caused a crash that seriously injured a female passenger had a “momentary lapse of judgment” but didn’t commit a crime, Ontario’s police watchdog says. The officer was driving his cruiser west on Queens Avenue near the London courthouse at 80 Dundas St. on June […]

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1 week ago Alberta court investigating UCP donations linked to two judges: report

The IJF story was part of a broader investigation into political donations by sitting judges, including an Ontario Superior Court justice who donated to the federal Liberals on three occasions.

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2 w. ago MANDEL: Toronto Police ‘carelessness, negligence and indifference’ lets accused voyeur walk free

An Ontario judge has thrown out all evidence — including a seized firearm — against a man accused of spying on his female university tenants due to numerous Charter violations by Toronto Police. Once Justice Brock Jones excluded videos found on the suspect’s phone and the non-restricted rifle with a loose trigger lock, there was […]

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2 w. ago MANDEL: Councillor Michael Thompson acquitted of sexually assaulting two women

After three years under the dark cloud of career-killing accusations, Toronto Councillor Michael Thompson has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting two women during a Muskoka cottage getaway over the Canada Day weekend of 2022. With a big hug from his lawyer, Leora Shemesh, Thompson left the Midland courthouse a vindicated man. But at […]

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2 w. ago Ontario judge acquits Michael Thompson in cottage country sexual assault case

An Ontario judge has found Coun. Michael Thompson not guilty of sexually assaulting two women in cottage country roughly three years ago.

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3 w. ago Bill Daly: NHL expects decision on Hockey Canada five ’in the relatively near future’

LAS VEGAS — NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly says he expects a decision soon on the status of five former Hockey Canada players acquitted at trial in a high-profile sexual assault case. Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote were acquitted July 24 in London, Ont. McLeod was also acquitted of […]

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