Crime

One might expect researchers to have settled the question long ago of whether poverty causes crime. On the surface, the answer seems obvious. A correlation certainly exists: anyone working in the criminal-justice system—or simply walking through a low-income neighborhood—could observe that the poor are more prone to crime. But is the relationship causal? As the old Gershwin tune reminds us, it ain’t necessarily so.

We were poor by the day’s standards lower working class, K was raised by her single Mum. None of us imprisoned. So far.

TEXAS — With a lack of funding and support from Canadian officials, First Nation police chiefs on the front lines of a corridor of Sinaloa Cartel–linked border smuggling and drug trafficking have turned to enforcement colleagues they’d never met for help: Texas sheriffs.

Ammon Blair of the Texas Public Policy Foundation organized the innovative collaboration with the two Indigenous police chiefs, who presented along with Blair at a recent panel in Ottawa attended by Canada’s fentanyl “czar” Kevin Brosseau.

The Children’s Aid Society (CAS) knew Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber were zip-tying two boys into one-piece pyjamas and their case worker didn’t tell them to stop, according to an email shown at the couple’s weeks-long murder trial in Milton, Ont.

Holly Simmons, their Halton CAS worker at the time, emailed the two prospective parents in July 2019 and acknowledged they used zip ties so the boys couldn’t take off their clothes, in order to control “urine” and for “safety.”

No one will be held accountable because you’re not allowed to offend the lesbians.

A woman is recovering from life-altering injuries after police say she was the victim of a chemical attack near Forsyth Park on Wednesday night. The assault happened near West Waldburg and Whitaker streets, just steps from one of the city’s most visited landmarks.

On Thursday night, Savannah police released a photo of a person they are urgently trying to identify. The image — captured on surveillance video — shows someone in a dark hoodie walking near the area at the time of the attack. Investigators are asking anyone who recognizes the individual to contact them immediately.

Despite Brandy Cooney’s claim she and her wife never punished two boys in their care by withholding food, text messages between the two women tell a different story, the Crown argued Wednesday during the couple’s Milton, Ont., murder trial.

For a third day, Cooney answered questions about how she and Becky Hamber treated the brothers they were trying to adopt leading up to the older boy’s death on Dec. 21, 2022.

The 12-year-old was found emaciated and unresponsive on the floor of his basement bedroom that night and later died in hospital. He weighed the same as when he was six years old and had stopped growing, the court has heard.

Portugal’s chief narcotics police officer, Artur Vaz, said on Monday that Latin American drug cartels are shipping huge amounts of cocaine to Europe, frequently using cheap “narco-subs” that have proven difficult for European coastal patrols to detect.

A Brampton defence lawyer found himself on the opposite side of the courtroom on Wednesday, testifying about why he deserves to be released from jail despite allegations he helped an international drug lord murder an FBI witness.

Deepak Paradkar, 62, is a “substantial” risk to flee Canada if granted bail, Department of Justice attorneys Milica Potrebic and Heather Graham argued on behalf of U.S. prosecutors. The Americans are opposing Paradkar’s release, saying that his ties to the alleged billion-dollar transnational drug organization of fugitive ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding make the lawyer a danger to the community, while the prospect of life in U.S. prison makes him likely to flee.

An abusive partner has been found guilty of murdering a mother and her three children in a house fire in “revenge” on his ex-girlfriend’s family.

Sharaz Ali, 40, broke into the family’s home in Bradford, where his ex-girlfriend was staying with her sister, and poured petrol inside to start the blaze last August.

The president of the National Police Federation (NPF) says Canada has experienced an increase in violent crime in recent years, while also noting rising immigration numbers.

However, he stopped short of directly confirming a link between crime trends and federal immigration policy.