30 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 […]

Events

33 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

Events

36 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.

Society

36 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.

Society

4 d. ago Two Edmonton women who lived in Islamic State enter terrorism peace bonds

A pair of women repatriated to Edmonton after living in territory controlled by the so-called Islamic State have agreed to short-term terrorism peace bonds. Dina Kalouti and Helena Carson were part of a group returned to Canada in 2023 from a refugee camp housing former residents of ISIS-controlled land in Iraq and Syria. On Friday, […]

Economics

2 w. ago Tre and Tyrell Ford’s unversity coach pleased to see brothers reunited in Edmonton

This will be the first time the twin brothers from Niagara Falls, Ont., are on the same team since their days at the University of Waterloo.

Other

3 w. ago Cartel activity in Canada ‘very prevalent now,’ former Trudeau advisor says

A Canadian national security advisor says the government's move to list drug cartels as terrorist entities will give law enforcement more tools to go after crime groups in Canada.

Politics

3 w. ago Canada names 7 drug cartels, crime groups as terrorist entities

Seven transnational criminal organizations, including drug cartels, were designated as foreign terrorist organizations and include five groups out of Mexico.

Events