2 d. ago CRIME SCENE: Second Toronto teen charged with attempted murder after shootout

A second Toronto teenager is facing charges, including attempted murder, after a shootout in the city’s west end. Toronto Police said officers responded to a shooting in the area of Keele St. and Donald Ave. just before noon last Wednesday. Cops said two groups of individuals exchanged gunfire across Keele St., in front of a […]

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8 d. ago ZWAAGSTRA: Police officers would make Toronto schools safer despite claims to contrary

Between 2017-18 and 2022-23, the number of violent incidents in Toronto public schools increased 67%

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1 week ago CRIME SCENE: Man sought in alleged Toronto park daytime assault

An unidentified man is sought after an alleged assault last month in Ramsden Park. Toronto Police said officers responded on Aug. 1 around 11 a.m. for an assault in a park in the Yonge St.-Ramsden Park Rd. area. Cops said that the adult victims were playing tennis at the park when the suspect approached and […]

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2 w. ago CRIME SCENE: Man accused of indecent act while watching children in park

A 43-year-old Toronto man has been charged with indecent act and fail to comply with probation order following an alleged incident on Wednesday. Toronto Police said officers responded to a call at 1:42 p.m. in the Blantyre Ave.-Parkland Rd. area where the accused was allegedly committing an indecent act while watching children play at a […]

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2 w. ago Toronto Police officer pleads guilty to criminal charges in 2023 shooting

A Toronto Police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to criminal charges after he shot and seriously injured a Black man in 2023, the victim’s lawyer said, as court documents show the man was backing away from police at the time of the incident. David Shellnutt said his client, Devon Fowlin, was in a park with his […]

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2 w. ago No charges against Winnipeg cops in 2023 fatal shooting of international student: report

An investigation into the fatal Winnipeg police shooting of 19-year-old Afolabi Opaso on New Year's Eve 2023 has concluded the officers involved did not commit an offence.

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2 w. ago Toronto police officer pleads guilty to assault in 2023 shooting of homeless man

A Toronto police constable has pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm and careless use of a firearm in the 2023 shooting of a man in a park.

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2 w. ago Person charged with murder in deadly 2023 shooting in Penetanguishene

A 32-year-old from Penetanguishene has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 30-year-old who was gunned down in a parking lot in the North Simcoe town two years ago. Ontario Provincial Police said Jesse Deschamps was fatally shot on July 27, 2023, in the rear parking lot of the Village Square Mall […]

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3 w. ago SIU clears Peel police officers of wrongdoing after man shot dead at Pearson airport

TORONTO — Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared two Peel Regional Police officers of wrongdoing in a shooting outside Toronto’s Pearson airport in April that left a 30-year-old man dead. A report from the Special Investigations Unit says the officers fired their weapons to “protect themselves and others” after a man in mental distress pulled out […]

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3 w. ago Ontario trucker arrested months after mother, child killed in Manitoba crash

WINNIPEG — RCMP say an Ontario truck driver accused of evading police for nine months has been arrested in a Manitoba crash that killed a woman and her eight-year-old daughter. Navjeet Singh was taken into custody Thursday at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport by Peel Regional Police and officers with Canada Border Services Agency. Mounties say […]

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4 w. ago Police watchdog clears Toronto cops involved in fatal shooting of teen

Ontario’s police watchdog says it has found no reasonable grounds to believe two Toronto Police officers committed a crime in the fatal shooting of a teenage boy during a traffic stop. The Special Investigations Unit says a Toronto police officer stopped a car with six people inside on Sheppard Ave. the night of April 20 […]

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