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Toronto police say a woman has been arrested after a dog was allegedly physically assaulted in Toronto’s east end over the weekend. Police said a 62-year-old woman and her dog were in the Danforth Avenue and Dawes Road area at around 2 p.m. Saturday. Another woman had walked up to …
Read More »Retired priest charged for alleged sexual assault in 1980s in Peel Region: police – Toronto
Police say an 84-year-old retired priest has been charged in connection with a sexual assault investigation in the Peel Region. Peel Regional Police said in October, officers received information that a Catholic priest working in the Peel Region between 1980 and 1983 allegedly sexually assaulted a boy while he was …
Read More »Police investigation in Winnipeg’s North End leads to aggravated assault arrest – Winnipeg
A police investigation in Winnipeg’s North End on Dec. 1 led to the arrest of a woman in connection to an aggravated assault that took place last month. At 8 p.m. last Thursday officers saw an alleged stolen vehicle — 2018 Audi A5 Quattro — in the city’s North End. …
Read More »Hockey Canada moved cash from fund used for sexual assault claims to avoid encouraging more claims: report
A controversial reserve fund that Hockey Canada publicly vowed it would stop using to settle sexual assault allegations is significantly depleted after the organization transferred millions of dollars in past years to another account, a new interim report reveals. Former Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell’s interim report on Hockey Canada’s governance, released last week, …
Read More »Former Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard sentenced to 5 years in prison for sexual assault
WARNING: This article contains details of abuse. Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard was sentenced to five years in prison by a Toronto judge on Thursday. It was the third and final day of a sentencing hearing that began earlier this month. Hoggard, the former lead singer of rock band Hedley, was found …
Read More »3 women complained about coach’s inappropriate behaviour in April. Now he’s charged with sexual assault
Five months after three young female athletes filed complaints about the inappropriate behaviour of their weightlifting coach, the same man has been charged with the sexual assault of a different young person. Isaac Smith, 33, was charged with sexual assault on Sept. 28. Those allegations have not been proven in …
Read More »‘People should be responsible’: Victim in alleged sex assault shocked by accused’s release
WARNING: This article contains details of sexual assault and may affect those who have experienced it or know someone affected by it. An Indigenous woman who levelled a sexual assault allegation against a man now linked to three deaths in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside says she was shocked to learn authorities considered him a danger …
Read More »Former senator charged with sexual assault still retains ‘honourable’ title for life
A disgraced former senator now facing sexual assault charges still retains his “honourable” title as a former member of Canada’s upper house. Efforts to strip former senator Don Meredith of that lifetime title, and the privileges that come with it, have stalled. Former Progressive senator Serge Joyal, the past chair …
Read More »Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin’s sexual assault trial begins today
The sexual assault trial of a high-profile military commander who once led Canada’s vaccine rollout begins today in Quebec. Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin is expected to attend the two-day trial in a Gatineau courthouse dressed in his military uniform and medals. Fortin has pleaded not guilty to the sexual assault charge, which is related to an incident alleged …
Read More »Sexual assault nurse examiners feel ‘thrown under the bus’ by Higgs, Horizon, says nurse
At least two sexual assault nurse examiners are going to stop picking up extra shifts to help bridge gaps in the program, and others may be poised to leave after recent comments by the premier and the head of Horizon Health Network have made them feel “thrown under the bus,” according …
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