There’s an episode of The Simpsons from the third season where the character Sideshow Bob marries Bart’s Aunt Selma to kill her. When his scheme falls apart and he’s hauled back to jail, he shouts, “I’ll be back. You can’t keep the Democrats out of the White House forever, and when they get in, I’m back on the streets with all my criminal buddies.”
Change Democrats to Liberals.
A Toronto judge has granted bail to a former Ontario defence lawyer who American authorities say advised fugitive and drug kingpin Ryan Wedding to murder a federal witness.
Superior Court Justice Michael Bawden accepted Deepak Paradkar’s application for bail in a downtown Toronto courtroom on Tuesday, following a three-day hearing held earlier this month.
The past year has seen heartbreaking tragedy and bloodshed in Toronto.
The shooting of eight-year-old JahVai Roy, struck by a stray bullet in the perceived safety of his home this summer. The stabbing death of grandmother Shahnaz Pestonji, 71, as she loaded groceries into her car on a Thursday morning in July.
But despite such incidents that have seized the public’s attention, 2025 is in fact on track to hit a 50-year low for the number of homicides committed in a single year in the city.
Perception is influenced by quality of life issues and Toronto fails on many fronts.
The transit system is sketchy and used as an insane asylum/homeless shelter while the police are viewed as compromised by a murder cult.
Toronto’s mayor is widely regarded as the dim witted racist puppet of special interests that hate Canada.
Thanks to the federal government’s deliberately harmful mass immigration policy Toronto now resembles a 3rd World Dumpster fire where over 40% of foodbank users are non-citizens.
All of this adds up.
Guns waving in the air, the partygoers danced inside a recording studio on a fashionable city block, near a bar with craft cocktails like “Espresso Yourself” and a boutique hotel with what a Michelin Guide called a “bohemian-baroque aesthetic.”
Then, just after midnight, three rival gang members descended on the alley behind the studio and began firing. The partygoers cracked a door and shot back wildly. Nearly 100 bullets tore into the night, many striking a nearby supermarket and homes.
It was a miracle no one was killed or injured, the police said. When the dust settled, officers recovered 16 guns tossed into trash bins, dumped in the alleyway and shoved under a couch — each one smuggled across the southern border, the police said.
Canada’s border with the United States, that is.
The RCMP says it is actively investigating Ryan Wedding’s alleged criminal activities, in the hopes of laying criminal charges in Canada against members of the organization.
In the wake of charges in the U.S. against Canadians allegedly tied to the Wedding organization, two senior Mounties told The Globe and Mail that they are continuing to pursue their own probe.
“The outcome that is wanted, of course, is to lay charges here in Canada, if we can,” said Superintendent Marie-Eve Lavallée of Eastern Region RCMP, which is leading the Canadian investigation out of Montreal. “If we have enough to charge here, we will.”
So Canada is only now investigating???
Is there a way out? That was the question“EMPz 4 Life” asked as it followed Brian Henry’s efforts to help a group of troubled Toronto boys.
Jordan Mendez doesn’t flinch as the jury foreperson reads the verdict.
Guilty of first-degree murder.
He stands, expression unreadable, as his co-accused lowers his head and the victim’s mother rocks in her seat, before rising and glaring at the two men who took her son’s life.
“I’ve been in this situation before,” says Mendez, smirking, as a court officer slips handcuffs around his wrists. It’s true — he has. Years ago, the verdict was manslaughter. And yet another murder trial still lies ahead for him.
The Justice Department has finally begun releasing the long‑awaited trove of Jeffrey Epstein files — and the initial batch of never‑before‑seen photos and documents includes a jaw‑dropping lineup of high‑profile figures who had contacts with the notorious financier and child rapist.
While the images are explosive, the DOJ has said that being photographed with Epstein doesn’t equate to criminal guilt, and many of the appearances in past photos released — including those by President Trump — are social or casual in nature.
Naked images of Epstein women accidentally released
🔴 The Epstein files were all about the paedophile and the president. But not Trump
Bill Clinton grabs the headlines in a swimming pool in tight trunks while Donald Trump is conspicuous by his absence
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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 20, 2025
It was Mark Carney who convinced Marienelle Mariscal to invest in crypto. Or so she thought.
In April, when Mariscal was stuck in her Toronto home, unable to work while awaiting surgery, she stumbled across a video on social media that appeared to show the prime minister urging viewers to invest in cryptocurrency. Mariscal was intrigued.
“I was hoping that I can just get some money while I’m at home recuperating,” the 41-year-old said.
The U.S. is “inflating” the image of Ryan Wedding to create a major news event the moment the alleged cocaine kingpin is finally taken down, says an operative with the Mexican cartel that law enforcement believes is protecting the former Canadian Olympian.
In an interview with CBC News in northwestern Mexico, the operative with the Sinaloa cartel said that his organization has dealt with Canadian narcotics customers for more than two decades, but he’s only recently heard of Wedding’s name from news reports and social media posts.
“His name has gone viral in these last few months, they say he’s the new Chapo,” said the operative, referring to the nickname of Joaquín (El Chapo) Guzmán Loera, one of the former leaders of the Sinaloa cartel.
Adults who refuse help should be incapacitated through the criminal-justice system.
Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, and Steven Parent in 1969. Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman in 1994. And now, as 2025 comes to a close, Rob Reiner and his wife Michele.
Every era has had its garish Hollywood murder, and each crime reflects its time. Let’s hope that beyond the voyeurism, America learns the lesson behind the Reiner murders: chronic illegal-drug addiction and all-around antisocial behavior are not victimless crimes, and adults who refuse to take help should be incapacitated through the criminal-justice system.
A man posthumously identified last week as a serial killer, who police believe is responsible for three cold-case murders in Ontario in the 1980s and 90s, had a history of committing violent crimes, including rape.
However, Kenneth Smith remained biologically off the radar of law enforcement for decades, police say, because his prior convictions occurred before the creation of both the national DNA data bank and the sex-offender registry.
It was meant to be a festive Hollywood party thrown by late-night television host Conan O’Brien, full of industry small talk and seasonal greetings.
But the mood inside the gathering soured before the night was out. Guests recalled raised voices and a heated argument between Rob Reiner, his wife Michele and their son Nick.
Reiner and Michele left the party early after a confrontation unfolded in front of some of the industry’s biggest stars, according to TMZ.
MORE – Nick Reiner to be officially charged with murder for grisly deaths of Rob, Michele — could face death penalty if convicted
LOS ANGELES — Rob Reiner’s addict son Nick will be officially charged with murder Tuesday for fatally slitting the throats of the iconic director and his wife over the weekend — and could potentially face the death penalty if convicted, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said.
The 32-year-old ne’re-do-well nepo baby will face two counts of first-degree murder in the disturbing double-slaying that’s led to Hollywood heartbreak, officials said.
A son of film director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner has been arrested and is being held on suspicion of murder after the couple were found dead in their Los Angeles home.
The Los Angeles Police Department said on Monday that Nick Reiner, 32, had been arrested and that he was in custody with no bail.
The deceased couple’s 28-year-old daughter, Romy, found her parents in their home with multiple stab wounds on Sunday, sources told the BBC’s US partner CBS News.
More: Dramatic moment Rob Reiner’s son Nick was handcuffed and arrested for parents’ murder released by cops
This weekend proved Flavor Flav was right. His posse, Public Enemy, released a song 35 years ago, 911 Is a Joke.
So get up, get, get, get down
911 is a joke in yo town
911 isn’t a joke of course. I’ve seen it in action on a personal basis. I like cops too.
Police policy is the problem. Politicians have hamstrung the police. And the joke is killing innocents.
No offence but you cannot rely on the police for protection.
You can contribute to TPS’ great record solving murder cases. Of course that means you died because they couldn’t help you.
No guns means we are mere collateral damage so the pols can virtue signal about the need for more and better gun control.
It was my first personal experience with an Artificial Intelligence “hallucination” — the tendency of AI to just make things up.
When a Toronto homicide detective probing the unsolved murders of Toronto billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman revealed he had turned to AI for help, I figured, heck, I should try too.
I uploaded almost 4,000 pages of partially unsealed police documents, containing witness statements and police theories. On some pages, you can read everything police wrote to obtain various search warrants in the now eight-year-old case. Some pages are partially or completely blacked out. The Toronto Star’s court challenges over the past eight years have unsealed roughly 60 per cent of these documents.
