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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. …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Western University and its student union overhauled orientation for this fall after a first-year student died near campus during last year’s frosh and at least four women reported sexual assaults.  The student union’s safety programming includes a mandatory gender-based sexual violence course the 8,000 incoming first-years had to take before arriving …

Warning: This story contains sexually graphic details that may be disturbing to readers Hockey Canada is covering the cost of a third-party investigator hired to look into allegations that a group of men on the 2003 World Junior hockey team sexually assaulted a woman in Halifax during a tournament nearly …