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Fatal stabbing casts a pall over downtown Vancouver neighbourhood as court date set
A woman pauses at a makeshift memorial for Paul Stanley Schmidt, 37, who died after being stabbed on Sunday outside a Starbucks in downtown Vancouver, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Vancouver police say Inderdeep Singh Gosal, 32, has been charged with second-degree murder and investigators do not believe the suspect and victim knew each other. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
world
Romanian court upholds ruling denying Andrew Tate’s release on bail
FILE PHOTO: Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate are escorted by police officers outside the headquarters of the Bucharest Court of Appeal, in Bucharest, Romania, February 1, 2023. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via REUTERS
world
Vigil to be held for three children, three adults killed at Nashville Christian school
Peopel gather at a makeshift memorial for victims of a shooting at the Covenant School campus, in Nashville, Tennessee, March 29, 2023. - A heavily armed former student killed three young children and three staff in what appeared to be a carefully planned attack at a private elementary school in Nashville on March 27, 2023, before being shot dead by police. Chief of Police John Drake named the suspect as Audrey Hale, 28, who the officer later said identified as transgender. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
What lessons can be drawn from the months-long Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry?
RCMP block the entrance to Portapique Beach Rd. in Portapique, N.S. following a shooting on Sunday, April 19, 2020. Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail
world
Court reinstates Adnan Syed’s conviction, ruling for victim’s family in ‘Serial’ case
FILE - Adnan Syed gets emotional as he speaks to reporters outside the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal building after a hearing, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. A Maryland court did not give the family of the murder victim in the case chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial” enough time to attend a court hearing in person that led to Syed's release, a Maryland appellate court ruled Tuesday, March 28, and it ordered a new hearing to be held. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)
canada
Suspect in Quebec police killing was released from a psychiatric facility
An investigator examines the scene in Louiseville, Que., Tuesday, March 28, 2023. A Quebec provincial police officer was killed while trying to arrest a man at a home in the province's Mauricie region Monday night. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
canada
Ford urges voters not to support mayoral candidates who want to ‘defund’ police after fatal TTC stabbing
Exteriors of the Keele subway station on the Bloor Danforth line, are photographed on Mar 27, 2023. Ontario, (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail) Sixteen year old Gabriel Magalhaes was fatally stabbed at the station on Mar 26.
canada
Psychiatric evaluation extended for driver in Quebec daycare bus crash
A Laval city bus is seen crashed into a daycare, in Laval, Quebec, February 8, 2023. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
world
Two dead, several injured in Muslim centre stabbing in Portugal
A police officer stands guard outside Ismaili Centre, after a deadly knife attack in Lisbon, Portugal, March 28, 2023. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
world
Nashville school shooter had ‘emotional disorder’ and small arsenal, police say
Students from the Covenant School hold hands after getting off a bus to meet their parents at the reunification site following a mass shooting at the school in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. March 27, 2023. Mark Zaleski/USA Today Network via REUTERS.
alberta
Fifteen-year-old girl killed in Calgary shooting early Tuesday, police say
A 15-year-old girl was fatally shot in Martindale at 1:30 a.m. in Calgary on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. This is Calgary's third homicide of 2023. The police were called to the 200 block of Martin Crossing Crescent N.E. and it's believed the shooting happened at the 300 block of Martindale Drive N.E. An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, and the victim's identity will be released following the autopsy. (Photo by Jude Brocke/The Globe and Mail)
canada
TTC stabbing victim Gabriel Magalhaes remembered as an adventurous thrill-seeker who was always smiling
A temporary memorial set up beside the doors to the Bloor Danforth line, is photographed on Mar 27, 2023. Ontario, (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail) Sixteen year old Gabriel Magalhaes was fatally stabbed at the station on Mar 26.
canada
Saskatchewan judge orders release of sisters jailed for 30 years for a murder they say they didn’t commit
Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance, from left, speak to media outside Court of King's Bench in Yorkton, Sask., Monday, March 27, 2023. Odelia Quewezance, 50, and her sister, Nerissa Quewezance, 48, were convicted of the second-degree murder of Kamsack, Sask., farmer Anthony Dolff in 1993. Today, the sisters were granted conditional release from prison while their conviction undergoes a ministerial review to determine if there has been a miscarriage of justice. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
canada
Two final bodies pulled from rubble after Old Montreal fire, five bodies identified
Firefighters enter the building as they continue the search for victims Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at the scene of last week’s fire that left one person dead and six people missing in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
world
Three children, three adults shot dead by ex-student at Tennessee Christian school
A police officer walks by an entrance to The Covenant School after a shooting in Nashville, Tenn. on Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/John Amis)
toronto
TTC bus passenger stabbed, seriously injured, Toronto police say
A Toronto Transit Commission sign is shown at a downtown Toronto subway stop Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Toronto police say a man has been charged in what they allege was a hate-motivated assault on a woman who was riding a subway train last week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
british columbia
Two people injured in Chilliwack, B.C., shooting, RCMP says
The RCMP logo is seen outside the force's 'E' division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
alberta
Slain Edmonton officers’ families issue statements thanking public for support
The families of constables Brett Ryan and Travis Jordan look over flowers laid at a vigil for Ryan and Jordan, in Edmonton on March 17, 2023. The families of two Edmonton police officers who were fatally shot earlier this month have issued statements thanking the public for their support. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
canada
N.S. woman sought in firearms case released after RCMP find no evidence of gun
Shannon Yvonne Hudson is shown in this undated RCMP handout image. The Mounties in Sipekne’katik First Nation in central Nova Scotia are warning residents of a dangerous woman "on foot" with a handgun in the community. THE CANADIAN PRERSS/HO-RCMP **MANDATORY CREDIT**
arts
Actor Jonathan Majors arrested on assault charge in New York
FILE - Jonathan Majors arrives at the American Black Film Festival Honors on March 5, 2023, at 1 Hotel in West Hollywood, Calif. Majors was arrested Saturday, March 25, in New York on charges of strangulation, assault and harassment after a domestic dispute, authorities said. Representatives for Majors said in a statement to The Associated Press that "he has done nothing wrong." (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
world
Migrants found ‘suffocating’ in train; two dead, Texas police say
The Texas flag flies at half-staff in honor of the victims of the school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, before a baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the New York Yankees, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)
canada
Director fights to keep Norval Morrisseau fraud documentary raw footage sealed from police
Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau says he is heppy sketching in the streets of Vancouver as he poses in front of one of his earlier paintings at a Vancouver gallery on Monday, May 11, 1987. The OPP say they have been investigating alleged fraudulent art that is being made and sold under Morrisseau's name. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chuck Stoody
world
Florida teen gets life in prison for killing young classmate
Aiden Fucci is led into the courtroom start his sentencing hearing, Friday, March 24, 2023. in St. Augustine, Fla. A Florida judge sentenced the 16-year-old Florida boy to life in prison on Friday for fatally stabbing a 13-year-old classmate on Mother's Day in 2021. Fucci, who pleaded guilty just before his trial was set to start in February, was not eligible for the death penalty. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP)
world
Four ex-officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death barred from working as police in Tennessee
FILE - The screen at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans honors Tyre Nichols before an NBA basketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Washington Wizards, Jan. 28, 2023. Five former Memphis, Tenn., police officers were scheduled Friday, Feb. 17, to make their first court appearance on murder and other charges in the violent arrest and death of Nichols. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)
international business
Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon indicted in U.S. following Montenegro arrest
FILE PHOTO: Representations of cryptocurrencies are seen in this illustration, August 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
world
At least 13 dead in latest clash with police outside Rio de Janeiro
Police members take position during a police operation at the Salgueiro Complex, in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, on March 23, 2023. - A police operation left at least 11 people dead in a favela near Rio de Janeiro, including the leader of a criminal gang operating in northern Brazil, local media reported, though the civil police did not confirm the death toll and reported a "still ongoing" operation. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Boy who killed two officers previously apprehended under Mental Health Act: police
Deputy Chief Devin Laforce speaks about the details of the shooting that killed two police officers during a press conference in Edmonton, Friday, March 17, 2023. Edmonton police say a 16-year-old boy who shot and killed two officers on March 16 had been apprehended in November under the Mental Health Act and taken to hospital for assessment. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
world
Michigan school shooter’s parents can face manslaughter trial
FILE - Jennifer Crumbley, left, and James Crumbley, right, the parents of Ethan Crumbley, a teenager accused of killing four students in a shooting at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., appear in court for a preliminary examination on involuntary manslaughter charges in Rochester Hills, Mich., Feb. 8, 2022. Jennifer and James Crumbley can face trial for involuntary manslaughter, the state appeals court said Thursday, March 23, 2023, in a groundbreaking case of criminal responsibility for the acts of a child. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
canada
Teen accused in Halifax high school stabbing in custody following bail hearing
Police monitor the situation at Charles P. Allen High School, in Halifax, Monday, March 20, 2023. A 15-year-old student accused of stabbing two staff members at a Halifax-area high school earlier this week remains in custody and is to return to court next month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Riley Smith
world
NYPD officer rappels down building to stop man from jumping
New York City Police Department (NYPD) Officers stand guard outside the District Attorney's offices, as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office investigates $130,000 paid in the final weeks of former U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign to Stormy Daniels, a porn star who said she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006 when he was married to his current wife Melania, in New York City, U.S. March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
canada
Sex assault victim of ex-PQ legislator Harold LeBel wants her identity made public
Former Parti Québécois legislator Harold LeBel walks to the courtroom, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. in Rimouski, Que. The victim in the sexual assault case involving LeBel is asking a judge to lift the publication ban on her identity. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
toronto
Ontario police issue Canada-wide warrants for two more suspects in Hajtamiri attack
Elnaz Hajtamiri is shown in an Ontario Provincial Police handout photo. York Regional Police have issued Canada-wide warrants for two men in connection with an alleged attack on Hajtamiri, a 37-year-old woman who was later abducted from an Ontario town.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Ontario Provincial Police **MANDATORY CREDIT**
canada
Supreme Court restores driver’s conviction despite police violation of Charter right
The flag of the Supreme Court of Canada flies on the east flagpole in Ottawa, on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
politics
Police-reported hate crimes jumped a record 27% from 2020 to 2021: Statscan
Statistics Canada building and signs are pictured in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
british columbia
Homicide team probes isolated, deadly attack on man in West Vancouver
Homicide investigators have been called to the scene of a deadly attack in West Vancouver. A police car with flashing lights is shown in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Matt Rourke
canada
Police find two more victims at site of fatal fire in Old Montreal, total now four
Firefighters enter the building as they continue the search for victims in Montreal, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Firefighters and police are continuing to search for at least five missing people at the site of a fatal fire in Old Montreal while the investigation continues. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz