8 h. ago Locals say Toronto neighbourhood 'under attack' by planned condo tower

Residents and businesses in Toronto's Church Street Village area are claiming they are "under attack" by a proposed development and are fighting to "defend the character" of the neighbourhood.A petition started in February by the Church Wellesley Neighbourhood Association (CWNA) seeks to halt plans to redevelop a group of properties wrapping around the northeast corner of Church and Wellesley, spanning 68-78 Wellesley Street East and 505-509 Church Street.The block of properties is home to a Pizza Pizza location that has served the community for decades, housed with the heritage-designated 1878 William McBean Terrace building. Developer KingSett Capital has stated its intention to incorporate into a new high-rise building on site, rising 28 storeys with a design from architects BDP Quadrangle.68 Wellesley Street East (right of centre) and other future approved and proposed buildings planned for the surrounding area. BDP Quadrangle.A development application filed for the site in...

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30 h. ago Suspect charged with hate crimes spree that included attacks at 5 Toronto synagogues

Amir Arvahi Azar faces 29 counts, among them advocating the genocide of Jews and targeting Jewish community institutions.

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31 h. 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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32 h. ago Ontario man facing 29 charges, including 2 ‘rarely laid in Canada,’ police say

Toronto police have charged a man with 29 offences, including two 'rarely laid' charges, in an extensive hate crime investigation.

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33 h. ago Toronto man accused of advocating genocide against Jewish community

A 32-year-old Toronto man faces dozens of charges including advocating genocide and willful promotion of hatred following a months-long investigation into hate crimes allegedly aimed toward the Jewish community. Toronto Police said the aforementioned two charges are rarely laid in Canada and were laid with the consent of the Ministry of the Attorney General. Police […]

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34 h. ago Ontario court rules UWaterloo stabbing was an LGBTQ+ hate crime, but not terrorism

Geovanny Villalba-Aleman 'intended to inflict, and did inflict, widespread fear,' judge says in sentencing 25-year-old to more than seven years in prison

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37 h. 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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37 h. ago Stabbing at University of Waterloo was not terrorism but was hate crime: Court

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. The judge sentencing Geovanny Villalba-Aleman says that hatred was “the primary motivation” for the June 2023 stabbing, which is a significant aggravating factor. More coming.

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3 d. ago Homicide suspected after body found near Longfields Drive in Nepean

Ottawa police said Saturday that a man has been arrested in connection with a death that occurred Friday evening. The suspect was not identified and no charges were immediately provided. In a brief release Saturday, police said first responders were called to the scene at 8:10 p.m. A person was located with life-threatening injuries and […]

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3 d. ago Suspect in custody after homicide victim found near Longfields Drive

Ottawa police said Saturday that a man has been arrested in connection with a death that occurred Friday evening. The suspect was not identified and no charges were immediately provided. In a brief release Saturday, police said first responders were called to the 200 block of Longfields Drive in Barrhaven at 8:10 p.m. A person […]

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6 d. ago Toronto woman pleads guilty to negligence in dog attack that seriously injured child

A Toronto woman who faced multiple charges in a dog attack that seriously injured a child has pleaded guilty to some of them, including a criminal charge of negligence. Court records show Patrycja Siarek entered the pleas in a Toronto court last Friday. She had also been charged with infractions under the provincial Dog Owners’ […]

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8 d. ago Police probe possible hate crime after Ukrainian man allegedly threatened with knife at grocery store

The victim went back into the store, where store security called police. The suspect fled the scene before officers arrived, police said

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1 week ago No charges laid in 2021 homicide after police killed suspect following car chase: ASIRT

ASIRT confirmed the homicide suspect died in a shooting following a criminal flight from police later that same day.

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1 week ago Nova festival exhibit honouring victims, survivors of Hamas attacks to make Canadian debut in Toronto

The name of the venue in Toronto has yet to be publicly released but the organizers say that it will be 'one of the largest exhibitions in Canadian history'

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2 w. ago B.C. crime news: Suspicious death in Merritt | More charges for South Surrey break

Here's a roundup of crime news from around Metro Vancouver and B.C. on Tuesday, March 4, 2025

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2 w. ago Online hate crime reporting tool launched by social service organization

The project by Ottawa Victim Services was soft-launched before Christmas and as of late February had received six reports.

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2 w. ago Illinois landlord guilty of murder, hate crime in 2023 attack on Palestinian American boy

JOLIET, Ill. — A jury found an Illinois landlord guilty of murder and hate crime charges Friday for a brutal 2023 attack on a Palestinian American family that killed a 6-year-old. Joseph Czuba, 73, was charged in the fatal stabbing of Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of his mother, Hanan Shaheen on Oct. 14, 2023 […]

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2 w. ago 5th suspect arrested in 2024 Kennedy Street homicide, another suspect has charge upgraded

Winnipeg police have made another arrest in connection to a homicide on Kennedy Street last summer and upgraded the charges of another suspect.

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2 w. ago Suspect in Edmonton gay bar vandalism turns himself in, charges laid: EPS

Cameron Mason, 47, has been charged with mischief to property associated to an identifiable group, and he's been released on conditions

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2 w. ago Surrey home invasion suspect charged with break and enter, assault, mischief

The apparently random assault and break-in attempt happened shortly before 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday in the Breakaway Bays community near King George Boulevard and 160th Street.

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