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The Crown has decided not to appeal an Ontario Superior Court justice’s July 24 not guilty decisions in the sex assault trial for five former world junior hockey players. Justice Maria Carroccia found Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dubé and Cal Foote not guilty of sexual assaulting a woman in a …
Read More »Poilievre, Conservative MPs criticize Crown ahead of Freedom Convoy leaders’ sentencing
Several Conservative MPs and leader Pierre Poilievre are criticizing the Crown’s approach to prosecuting two key organizers of the Freedom Convoy protests, with the party’s deputy leader calling it an act of “political vengeance.” Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were convicted of mischief in April for their roles in organizing the demonstration, which …
Read More »Terror propagandist ‘Dark Foreigner’ should get 14 years for ‘vile’ crimes, Crown argues
WARNING: This story contains descriptions and images of racist online content targeting Jews. Everyone agrees, even the defence. For inciting hate, fear and division by calling for violence against Jews with his terrorist propaganda videos and images, Patrick Gordon MacDonald is going to prison for a substantial period of time. At …
Read More »Roadside killing of OPP officer Greg Pierzchala a ‘joint effort,’ Crown tells Cayuga, Ont., trial
Nearly a month after the start of the trial into the killing of an Ontario Provincial Police constable, the Crown began its closing arguments, arguing Tuesday that Randall McKenzie shot and killed Greg Pierzchala and Brandi Stewart-Sperry helped him do it. McKenzie and Stewart-Sperry have pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the December …
Read More »Graphic bodycam footage of OPP officer’s killing crucial for Crown and defence
WARNING: This story contains disturbing video and graphic descriptions of violence, as well as coarse language A crucial video has been shown at the trial of Alain Bellefeuille — who shot and killed an Ontario Provincial Police officer and wounded two others outside Ottawa in 2023 — that takes the jury to the …
Read More »OPP officer’s body cam captured him being shot near Hagersville, Ont., Crown tells murder trial
Footage from a body camera worn by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Const. Greg Pierzchala will show the moment he was shot while responding to a vehicle in a ditch in December 2022 outside Hagersville, the Crown told the opening of the first-degree murder trial of the two accused. Crown prosecutor Fraser McKracken also …
Read More »Crown seeks jail time for pair convicted of mischief at Coutts border blockade
One of two men who became the faces of a blockade at a key Alberta border crossing in 2022 offered a public apology Thursday at the end of sentencing arguments. “As one of the protesters, I understand that our actions, well intended to voice our concerns on important issues, adversely …
Read More »Winnipeg man who attacked Crown prosecutor ordered to leave B.C. after jail sentence
A Winnipeg man who assaulted a Vancouver Crown prosecutor while she was walking to work earlier this year was sentenced to one year in jail for the attack and two others the same day – and thereafter will be forced to leave the province. Court heard Kenyon Thomas Lavallee, 27, …
Read More »Crown must settle with First Nations for breaching Robinson treaties: Supreme Court
The Crown dishonourably breached the Robinson Treaties and must negotiate a settlement with First Nations within six months, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The two treaties were signed in 1850, ceding a large swath of land in Ontario to the Crown in return for annual payments to the Anishinaabe of …
Read More »Braxton Kuntz makes Manitoba golf history with 4th straight amateur crown – Winnipeg
Winnipeg’s Braxton Kuntz made provincial golf history by capturing his fourth straight Manitoba Men’s Amateur Championship. Kuntz, of the Breezy Bend Country Club in Headingley, won the three-round event by just three strokes on Wednesday at the Rossmere Country Club. Kuntz entered the final round trailing by two strokes and …
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