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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Durham Regional Police say they charged the boyfriend of a woman who died following a domestic violence call in Ajax last weekend. On Saturday at around 11:05 p.m., officers found 45-year-old Jennifer Polak suffering from obvious signs of trauma at a home …
Read More »First call to police wasn’t for ‘violence in home’, says SIU in probe into woman’s death
Ontario’s police watchdog is sharing more information about the events leading up to the death of a woman in Thunder Bay after saying police did not respond to a domestic disturbance call before her death. The victim’s family identified her to Global News as Jenna Ostberg, a 21-year-old First Nations …
Read More »Man wanted after allegedly ejaculating on Toronto woman’s clothing: police – Toronto
Toronto police say they are searching for a suspect after it was reported a man had allegedly ejaculated on a woman’s clothing while she was out walking with her baby in a stroller. Police said the sexual assault was reported in the Ava and Chiltern Hill roads area, near Bathurst …
Read More »Man posing as police officer gains woman’s trust, then sexually assaults her: Durham police
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A man posing as a police officer met a woman online and gained her trust before sexually assaulting her, Durham Regional Police allege. Police said in a news release Tuesday that officers became involved in a sex assault investigation on March 28. …
Read More »How a Quebec woman’s Audi got stolen and ended up driving through Vaughan Mills mall
A Quebec woman says her Audi A4, which she had listed for sale on Facebook Marketplace, was stolen right in front of her eyes during a test drive and then later used in a smash-and-grab through Vaughan Mills mall in Ontario. Taylor-Anna Kobinger, from Laval, Que., spoke to Global News …
Read More »Suspects demanded woman’s keys and drove her home, then broke in: Toronto police – Toronto
Police in Toronto have arrested six people after a woman was allegedly robbed at gunpoint in a car before her home was broken into by the same group. Toronto police said the series of events began in the area of Eglinton Avenue East and Mount Pleasant Road on Jan. 15, …
Read More »‘She didn’t hesitate’: The untold story behind a Black Canadian woman’s wartime portrait
Thousands of people have seen it over the past 70-plus years: a dramatic oil portrait from 1946 of a Black Canadian woman in a military uniform, standing behind a canteen counter. Her arms are crossed. Her face is stern. Decades later, the portrait still conveys an image of strength. It’s one of …
Read More »Montreal woman’s curly hair searched at airports 3 times since May
With the lifting of most pandemic restrictions, writer Christine Rodriguez has been travelling a lot for work lately, going in and out of airports regularly to get to festivals and media events. But with the return to air travel has come an unpleasant experience: Rodriguez has had her hair searched by …
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