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A Hamilton, Ont., motorist is out-of-pocket more than $4,000 and lost the use of his vehicle for 50 days after police towed and impounded the compact SUV, claiming it was likely stolen. It wasn’t. “I was very confused,” said Gerben Vanden Heuvel, 36, in an interview with Global News. And …
Read More »Ontario police trying to find out who’s responsible for calling 911 more than 1,000 times
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Provincial Police say they’re trying to find out who was responsible for making more than 1,000 911 calls within hours on Monday. Police said that at 12:15 a.m. on Monday, Norfolk County OPP officers responded to a 911 hang-up call at …
Read More »Smash and grab: Video shows 5 suspects robbing a Toronto jewelry store, police say – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto police have released video that appears to show a jewelry store in the city’s east end being robbed by five suspects. Police said the robbery happened at in the Danforth and Pape avenues area on Monday. The 26-second video released by …
Read More »Winnipeg man facing 2 murder charges arrested in 3rd killing, police say – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Winnipeg man in custody facing charges in two homicides has now been arrested for a third, police say. Maxim Dale Garneau, 27, was arrested for first-degree murder at the Winnipeg Remand Centre on Tuesday in connection with the shooting death of …
Read More »Peel police chief met Sri Lankan officer a court says ‘participated’ in torture
The head of one of Canada’s largest police forces met with a Sri Lankan inspector general of police who two weeks earlier had been found by the South Asian country’s highest court to have “participated in the torture” of an arrested man. Photos published by Sri Lankan media, including the …
Read More »Woman sexually assaulted on Oshawa street corner: police
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A woman was sexually assaulted while she was alone on a street corner in Oshawa last week, before she and her partner confronted the suspect who then threatened them with a firearm, police say. An armed person in the area of Simcoe …
Read More »Winnipeg police seek 3 men who stopped ‘inappropriate’ coffee-shop incident – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg police say they’re hoping to contact three men who helped stop an incident at a shopping mall April 13. Police said the incident, which they’re describing as an “inappropriate encounter” involving a young, female victim and an unknown man, took place …
Read More »Woman seriously injured after losing control of motorcycle, striking concrete median: Peel police – Toronto
A woman has been transported to hospital with serious injuries after being involved in a collision while driving her motorcycle in Mississauga, Ont., Sunday afternoon. Peel Regional Police responded to reports of a crash at Rathburn Road and Confederation Parkway around 2:14 p.m. Police confirmed to Global News preliminary investigations …
Read More »2 men arrested after selling fake iPhones in boxes full of rice or sand: Toronto police – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto Police arrested two men in relation to a fake iPhone scam where the cellphone boxes contained rice or sand. Police allege the men have been defrauding people since 2021 using Facebook Marketplace. Investigators said they would advertise the phones online and …
Read More »Jury finds Zameer not guilty in Toronto police officer’s death
Sobs of relief and frustration erupted in a Toronto courtroom Sunday as a man accused of fatally running over a city police officer was found not guilty in his death. Umar Zameer appeared to collapse when the verdict was read out on the fourth day of jury deliberations, leaning on …
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