More Than a Third of Canadians Feel Unsafe Due to Threat of Car Theft: Survey

Canadian drivers are increasingly worried about vehicle theft, a concern heightened by the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and the emergence of more sophisticated tactics used by thieves, a new survey suggests.

Nearly half of Canadians say they’re more concerned than ever about car theft, while 36 percent report feeling unsafe due to the ongoing risk of having their vehicle stolen, a new survey from The Co-operators found.

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The old-school horror of Scotland’s gangs

Police have turned a blind eye

Hay Drive doesn’t look like a gangland stronghold. With its whitewashed homes and its looming rows of satellite dishes, it’s a vision of unchanging Scottish suburbia, stolid, dreary, perhaps a little poor. But, last month, this anonymous corner of south Edinburgh exploded into violence. On 4 April, at about 1:20am, a house on Hay Drive was set ablaze. The fire soon spread to a nearby, seriously damaging both. And not only that. Since March, around a dozen properties have faced arson attacks right across the Central Belt, a campaign accompanied by shootings and assaults.

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3 children dead, 19-year-old arrested after alleged impaired crash on Hwy. 401

Toronto police are investigating after a fatal crash killed three children in Etobicoke early Sunday morning.

In a post to social media, officers say a vehicle struck a stopped car carrying six occupants shortly after 12:30 a.m. on the eastbound Renforth Drive off-ramp.

Two children were pronounced dead at the scene. A third child was rushed to hospital and later died from their injuries. A fourth child and two adults were also taken to hospital.

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What E.M. told the jury over 9 days of testimony in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial

The woman at the centre of the sexual assault trial for five former players with Canada’s world junior hockey team finished a marathon nine days of testimony this week in London, Ont. — before a sudden turn in the proceedings.

The accused men are Dillon Dubé, Cal Foote, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart and Michael McLeod, who’ve all pleaded not guilty. E.M., whose identity is protected under a standard publication ban, gave her account of the alleged assaults and answered hundreds of questions from the men’s lawyers. 

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Experts point to anomalies in ‘unprecedented’ case of missing N.S. children

Two weeks after two young siblings vanished without a trace in rural Nova Scotia, experts are pointing to anomalies in what they say is an unprecedented case that deviates from a typical missing children investigation.

Lilly Sullivan, 6, and brother Jack Sullivan, 4, have been missing since May 2. That’s when police received a 911 call reporting that they had wandered away from their home in Lansdowne Station, a sparsely populated area about 140 kilometres northeast of Halifax.

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Feral teen girl who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in fatal swarming sentenced to probation

TORONTO — A teen girl who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a deadly group attack on a homeless man in Toronto has been sentenced to 15 months of probation, with the judge taking into account time she has already spent in custody and the “unlawful” strip searches she underwent.

The girl entered a surprise plea in February as she and another teen were being tried for second-degree murder in the death of 59-year-old Kenneth Lee.

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Toronto teens wanted on Canada-wide warrant after double homicide in Riverdale last month

A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for two Toronto teens after a late night shooting that left two young men dead in Riverdale last month.

In a news release issued Thursday, police said 17-year-old Jayllen Maxime-Marcelle and 18-year-old Abdulrahman Zein are each wanted on two counts of first-degree murder.

Investigators say they have obtained judicial authorization to identify the youth suspect.

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