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The member of provincial parliament for Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., has broken his silence, more than a week after being removed from Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government for facing criminal charges. Chris Scott, 35, issued a statement Thursday, saying he wanted to address the allegations that he committed assault and assault with a …
Read More »RBC employee charged for allegedly accessing Carney’s banking information
The RCMP has charged an Ottawa Royal Bank of Canada employee after he allegedly accessed Prime Minister Mark Carney’s banking profile as part of a criminal plot. The Mounties confirmed Wednesday they charged Ibrahim El-Hakim, 23, with fraud over $5,000, unauthorized use of a computer, identity theft and trafficking in identity information. …
Read More »12-year-old boy and man charged in fatal, unprovoked attack in downtown Toronto: police
A 12-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man have been arrested with connection to a series of violent robberies and an unprovoked attack that resulted in the death of a man in downtown Toronto late last month. Toronto police said the 62-year-old male victim was sleeping on a bench in the Queen …
Read More »Driver charged after toddler killed in Richmond Hill, Ont., daycare crash
A driver has been charged following a fatal crash into a Richmond Hill daycare on Wednesday, police say. In a statement issued Thursday, York Regional Police said a man has been charged with one count of dangerous operation causing death and two counts of dangerous operation causing bodily harm. A one …
Read More »Former N.S. fire chief who hit snowmobiler with fire truck charged with drunk driving in N.B.
The former chief of the Collingwood Corner, N.S., fire department who was removed from his post after the death of a snowmobiler in February is now facing charges for impaired driving and obstructing a peace officer in New Brunswick. RCMP say Jerrold Cotton, 51, crashed his vehicle on May 4 on Highway 2 near …
Read More »Father of Canadian girl who was found dead in N.Y. charged with 2nd-degree murder
The Montreal father of the nine-year-old girl who was found dead after being reported missing in northeastern New York was arrested Monday morning and charged with second-degree murder and concealment of human corpse. A news release from New York State Police says officers from the Warren County Sheriff’s Office received a …
Read More »B.C. man charged with murdering woman also convicted of choking on the day of the attack
The man who was charged with second-degree murder after a public attack in Kelowna, B.C., on Friday was convicted of uttering threats and choking that same day. James Edward Plover was charged in relation to the death of Bailey Plover in what Kelowna RCMP called a “highly visible and tragic …
Read More »Man charged over alleged arson attack on Melbourne synagogue with worshippers inside
Australian police have charged a man in connection with an alleged arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue with worshippers inside the building, the latest in a series of incidents targeting the nation’s Jewish community. There were no injuries to the 20 people inside the East Melbourne Synagogue, who fled from …
Read More »Norwegian royal charged with rape in case with ‘double-digit’ victims, police say
Oslo police on Friday announced charges against Marius Borg Høiby, the eldest son of Norway’s crown princess, on multiple counts, including rape, sexual assault and bodily harm, after a months-long investigation of a case that involved a “double-digit” number of alleged victims. Høiby, the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit and …
Read More »Doctor charged with giving Friends star Matthew Perry ketamine agrees to plead guilty
A doctor charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the months leading up to the Friends star’s overdose death has agreed to plead guilty, a plea agreement filed Monday shows. Dr. Salvador Plasencia has agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine, according to the signed document filed …
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