As crime and homicide rates spiked over the last decade, everyone seemed to notice.
Cops, lawyers and, most importantly, the public. But one group was steadfast in their refusal to acknowledge what was unfolding on the streets of the country.
Crime
10 months! Oh the Humanity!
MANDEL: Remorseful teen in swarming of Ken Lee sentenced to 12 months probation
Let’s hope the remorseful teen really absorbed the moving words of a kind and compassionate judge.
In his thoughtful decision Thursday, Superior Court Justice Philip Campbell sentenced the seventh of eight girls involved in the vicious swarming death of Kenneth Lee to 12 months probation. She had pleaded guilty to manslaughter last month on the eve of her trial.
Singhing a familiar tune …
Your Singhs today – “Brampton man” runs into trouble at border
Do any of our readers watch Border Security? Regular viewers will know that a lot of the action takes place at the land borders between the Paranoid States of America and the Great No-longer-white North, specifically at the Peace Bridge to Buffalo NY, the Peace Arch near Blaine WA, and the Blue Water Bridge to Port Huron MI.
AGAR: Judges and government going soft on criminals and safety
Canada is soft on violent crime.
That is not to say that the average Canadian wrings their hands over the plight of the criminal. But the courts do.
HUNTER: ‘F—ing lunatic’ on probation stabbed victim 20 times
It would probably be fair to describe Anthony Oliveira as a ticking time bomb.
The volatile Durham Region man is now being hunted for the vicious stabbing death of Ashkan Pournasir-Roudbane, 36, of Toronto.
CRIME SHOWDOWN: Fed-up cities (not Toronto) cracking down
Summers in the big cities of North America have traditionally been sweat-soaked bloodbaths – particularly among the young.
Hot weather, booze, youthful exuberance and white-hot tempers contribute to busy days for the coroner.
Chicago, London and Montreal are all trying to enact measures aimed at tempering summer crime waves.
Toronto? Not so much.
Ford’s Folly
Doug Ford says masked suspects tried to steal a car out of his driveway
“4 thugs come racing down my street, masks on, ready to take the car out of the driveway. Surprise surprise two police cars are there. The chase is on” pic.twitter.com/SnFL0RnkD4
— 6ixBuzzTV (@6ixbuzztv) June 17, 2025
He is getting hammered in the comments. h/t all who sent this in.
Doug Ford credits his OPP detail for foiling ‘stupid’ car thieves in his driveway
A gang of “stupid criminals” got more than they bargained for when they allegedly tried to steal a car from Premier Doug Ford’s Etobicoke driveway.
Ford’s OPP security detail, which guards him around the clock, pounced when masked men attempted to snatch a family vehicle early Tuesday morning.
“Do you want to hear about stupid criminals? You’ve ever seen that show about stupid criminals out there?” Ford told reporters at transit station construction site hours after the incident.
WARMINGTON: TPS chasing stolen Rolls-Royce and suspect jumping from Gardiner not movie
That was not a Gone in 60 Seconds movie being filmed in Toronto overnight.
But with a pursuit on the Don Valley Parkway and an alleged car robber jumping from the Gardiner Expressway to try to get away, it sure looked like it.
#BREAKING: Carjacking Suspect Injured After He Jumped 40 Feet To The Ground On TheGardiner Express. Toronto Police Located The Stolen Vehicle In Connection To The Armed Carjacking, Suspects Fled On Foot, Jumper Transported To Hospital. pic.twitter.com/LJJ0j0m4jM
— 401_da_sarpanch (@401_da_sarpanch) June 17, 2025
Also in TO: Rats are your neighbors.
Rats spotted at a restaurant in Toronto pic.twitter.com/qxx8bPFHci
— 6ixBuzzTV (@6ixbuzztv) June 11, 2025
Help The Murderer Of An Innocent Bystander? No Jail For You In Toronto!
A Toronto judge has sentenced a former harm-reduction worker to two years less a day of community supervision for helping a man involved in a daylight shootout that killed a bystander and sealed the fate of a now-closed Leslieville safe-injection site.
Karolina Huebner-Makurat, 44, was walking to lunch with a friend on July 7, 2023, when alleged drug dealers exchanged bullets outside the South Riverdale Community Health Centre on a busy Queen Street East.
Last December, Khalila Mohammed, 25, pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact to manslaughter, admitting she aided Ahmed Ibrahim by treating his wounds, hiding his clothing and helping him leave the scene and then lying to police about him.
Canada’s world junior trial saw juries tossed, intense testimony. Here’s a recap
Five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team will wait weeks until their fate in their high-profile sexual assault trial is determined.
Michael McLeod, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote have been on trial since late April inside a London, Ont., courtroom – accused of engaging in non-consensual group sex with a then-20-year-old woman in June 2018.
All five men pleaded not guilty to sexual assault when the trial began on April 22; McLeod also pleaded not guilty to an additional charge of being a party to the offence of sexual assault.
Mafia charges paint surprising picture of who killed whom in power struggles
The charges filed in Thursday’s roundup of significant organized crime figures on Thursday suggest past ties mean nothing during underworld power struggles.
The charge that stands out the most is one that accuses alleged Montreal Mafia leaders Leonardo Rizzuto, 56, and Stefano Sollecito, 57, of the first-degree murder of Lorenzo LoPresti, a man who was killed at his condo in the St-Laurent borough on Oct. 24, 2011.
Toronto police turn to AI tool to investigate the murders of Barry and Honey Sherman
The Toronto police homicide unit has recently turned to an off-the-shelf program with AI capabilities to try and solve the double murder of billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman.
More than seven years into the investigation, with dozens of people still considered “persons of interest,” the lone detective working the case says he got the idea last month after attending a seminar at police headquarters by the Toronto police intelligence unit.
Is the UK getting more lawless? We examined the crime data
Only 52 per cent of British people believe the police are doing a good job, down from 70 per cent in 2019, a poll has found
Perhaps the most heated rows before Wednesday’s spending review have concerned the future of policing.
After weeks of negotiating, Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, agreed to a real-terms increase to police budgets over the next three years — but has stopped short of stumping up further cash.
Why does this matter? Because without extra money, ministers argue, Labour’s ambitious law and order pledges will be unachievable.
Ontario police bust alleged dark-web trafficking network that used Canada Post to ship drugs
Ontario Provincial Police say they’ve dismantled a drug ring that allegedly used the dark web and Canada Post to ship drugs across the country.
At a news conference on Tuesday, police announced they seized more than $2.5 million worth of drugs destined to be shipped to “marketplace” buyers in British Columbia, Nunavut, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.