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Descrease article font size Increase article font size A B.C. woman fighting cancer says she has been denied an extension of an immunotherapy drug because it has only been allowed for a two-year period. Soledad Ronco struggled through chemotherapy while also receiving the immunotherapy drug Keytruda to keep the triple-negative …
Read More »Murder retrial ordered after Ontario judge said couple was ‘f****d’ if they went to trial
Warning: This story contains sensitive and graphic content that may be disturbing to some readers. A Toronto couple convicted of murder for allegedly killing their child has been granted a retrial by Ontario’s top court. Comments made by the trial judge, urging them to plead guilty, were found on appeal …
Read More »World juniors sex assault case: Trial date could be determined in August
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 11, 2024 12:47 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The sexual assault case of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team is set to return to court in August. The case of Dillon Dube, Carter …
Read More »Closing arguments to be heard in Winnipeg trial of admitted serial killer – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 10, 2024 8:26 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Lawyers are expected to give closing arguments Monday in the trial of a Winnipeg man who has admitted to killing four women. Jeremy Skibicki has pleaded not …
Read More »Quebec ‘secret trial’: Supreme Court partly allows appeal by media
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 7, 2024 10:28 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Supreme Court of Canada has partly upheld an appeal from the media over a so-called secret trial in Quebec involving a police informant. The high court ruled …
Read More »Murder trial to hear from second psychiatrist about mental state of serial killer – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 5, 2024 8:12 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A court-appointed forensic psychiatrist is set to testify today about the mental state of an admitted serial killer. Another expert previously told a murder trial that Jeremy Skibicki was …
Read More »Winnipeg murder trial hears killer hospitalized numerous times for mental health – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Winnipeg murder trial has heard an admitted serial killer has a history of mental illness, including depression and thoughts of suicide. Court heard Jeremy Skibicki, who is 37, was first assessed in his early teens after his parents reported aggressive outbursts …
Read More »Who was Buffalo Woman? Serial killer trial hears of police efforts to identify victim – Winnipeg
In mid-March 2022, a young Indigenous woman stood outside Winnipeg’s Salvation Army and spoke with a man who invited her back to his home. Wearing a reversible Baby Phat branded jacket and a cloth face mask, she would later board a bus with the man and head to his apartment …
Read More »Crown wraps evidence in Winnipeg serial killer trial, court to resume next month – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 22, 2024 8:30 am Updated May 22, 2024 12:57 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Crown prosecutors have finished calling evidence in the trial of a Winnipeg man who has admitted to killing four Indigenous women. The Crown …
Read More »Kielburger mom’s defamation lawsuit against Canadaland to go to trial
A defamation lawsuit filed by the mother of Marc and Craig Kielburger against the Canadaland podcast and its host will head to trial after an Ontario court rejected an application to have it thrown out, finding there is reason to believe the claim has “substantial merit.” Canadaland, its host Jesse …
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