7 d. ago Ontario court rejects Frank Stronach’s challenge ahead of Toronto sex assault trial

An Ontario judge has dismissed billionaire businessman Frank Stronach’s bid to quash his committal to stand trial on one of the dozen charges he faces in his Toronto sexual assault case. Stronach, 93, was committed to stand trial on 12 charges following a preliminary hearing in April. The charges stem from alleged incidents dating back […]

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7 d. ago Trailer Park Boys actor Mike Smith arraigned on sex assault charge

Incident in December 2017 in Dartmouth, N.S., led to Canadian actor's arrest on Oct. 2

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7 d. ago Ontario judge dismisses Frank Stronach’s challenge ahead of sex assault trial

Frank Stronach's lawyers challenged the decision of his committal to stand trial regarding one charge, but the motion was rejected on Monday.

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8 d. ago Man gets maximum house arrest for indecent acts, sex assault

Jeremy Broumpton was not in a sound state of mind when he repeatedly took his clothes off and committed indecent acts, his lawyer said.

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1 week ago Trailer Park Boys star Mike Smith charged with sex assault in Halifax

Fifty-three-year-old actor who plays the character Bubbles was charged by Halifax Regional Police on Oct. 2.

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1 week ago ‘Most horrific thing’: Freed Gaza hostage says he was sexually assaulted, captors worse than Nazis

'The goal was to crush my dignity,' says 21-year-old Rom Braslavski, who was working as a security guard at the Nova festival when he was abducted. He was held in Gaza for two years

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1 week ago New health problems delay closing arguments for Calgary man accused of sex assaults

Court heard Richard Mantha could only appear in court by phone because he was in the COVID-19 isolation unit at the Calgary Remand Centre and may have suffered a second stroke.

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1 week ago Man and two teen boys busted three others sought for violent Whitby home invasion

The armed home invasion also involved stolen vehicles

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1 week ago Edmonton police seek witnesses in August sex assault on Whyte Avenue

Edmonton police are hoping to find the people who intervened after a woman was sexually assaulted near Whyte Avenue in August. On Aug. 22, a woman was walking near Whyte Avenue and 107 Street between 11:15 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. when she was attacked from behind and sexually assaulted, police said in a Tuesday news […]

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1 week ago Misconduct by Ontario lawyers and paralegals to be made public: ‘No brainer’

Ontario Law Society is set to drop its decades-long practice of withholding such information, even in cases involving sex assault by legal professionals

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2 w. ago Lethbridge police charge four teens after string of violent robberies

Lethbridge police said Friday four teenagers have been charged with robbery, with two facing additional charges, following an investigation that began when officers noticed a pattern among recent violent incidents. Police determined two suspects were allegedly involved in multiple offences, including a food fraud and two separate stabbing incidents in which two 18-year-old men sustained […]

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2 w. ago N.S. man charged in sex assault dating back almost 22 years: RCMP

RCMP said a Nova Scotia man has been arrested and charged for a sexual assault that police allege took place almost 22 years ago when the victim was a child.

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2 w. ago ‘We got him’: B.C. man charged in 4 violent sex assaults in Ontario from 1997

A British Columbia man is facing several charges almost 30 years after four females were violently sexually assaulted in southwestern Ontario, police say.

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2 w. ago B.C. man, 52, arrested in 1997 Ontario sexual assault investigation: OPP

Police say advancements in DNA technology have led to the arrest of a 52-year-old man from Campbell River.

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2 w. ago Three decades on, police make arrest in string of sexual assaults

A man living in British Columbia is facing 15 charges in connection with a series of violent sexual assaults that took place in Southwestern Ontario communities nearly 30 years ago, police say. Wednesday, Ontario Provincial Police detailed four separate incidents that happened between March and August of 1997 – in Lambton County, Kent County and […]

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2 w. ago Edmonton police charge seven in violent extortion case involving guns and arson

Seven people are facing charges in what police say is another violent extortion plot involving guns and arson. Edmonton police on Tuesday announced a slew of charges after an investigation that began earlier this year after a shooting on the city’s south side. The shooting and a subsequent arson are unconnected to the extortion plots […]

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2 w. ago Halifax youth charged with child pornography involved with violent online group: police

A Halifax youth who is facing several child pornography charges is allegedly a member of a violent online extremist group known as 764, according to police.

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3 w. ago ‘A predator’: Victims of Arturo Garcia Gorjon relive sex assaults at sentencing hearing

Crown counsel is seeking 3 years in prison for Arturo Gorjon, 46, who pleaded guilty in June to three counts of sexual assault against three women in Vancouver in 2009 and 2010.

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3 w. ago Winnipeg man, 19, charged in armed sexual assaults against sex workers

A 19-year-old Winnipeg man is facing serious charges in connection with a string of violent, armed assaults against women in the sex trade.

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3 w. ago Toronto man allegedly solicited sex, sexually assaulted minor in Richmond Hill

Police are concerned about the possibility of other alleged victims

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