Crime

Susan Dennison recently had an unsettling experience at her local grocery store, a Loblaw-owned Fortinos in Burlington, Ont.

Just as she was leaving, the wheels on her shopping cart locked up — making it immobile.

She said a store employee rushed over and demanded to see her receipt.

I find self-checkout to be the worst “advance” in retail. Costco bill check is a minor annoyance. But I do recommend you check grocery bills for billing errors, I have caught several including one from Costco in just the past 6 months. Not huge mistakes maybe 30 bucks in total. My local Farmboy is not to be trusted, and I wonder if it’s as I suspect their “Foreign Student” hiring practices. A constant turnover in staff can’t help.

The old Latin invocation to not speak ill of the dead is one of the oldest and most famous aphorisms in Western culture. But in London, in 2024, it has become increasingly acceptable among certain circles to mockingly dismiss and ignore the dead. Spiralling violent crime has become an unlikely source of amusement for not only London’s newly re-elected mayor, Labour’s Sadiq Khan, but also for many of his elite endorsers.

Canada’s westernmost province has says it will stop people who committed serious crimes from changing their names, following revelations that a child-killer tried to keep his new identity secret.

British Columbia’s health minister said on Monday his government would introduce legislation to amend the province’s name act.

“Allowing these individuals to hide their identity through a name change is extremely troubling to victims and their families and can result in safety concerns for members of the public,” said Adrian Dix. The new prohibition would apply to adults, as well as offenders under 18 but who are convicted and sentenced as adults.

Four people killed, including a baby and his grandparents. A horrific head-on collision on Canada’s busiest highway that could have been even more deadly, according to eyewitnesses. All caused by a driver fleeing police after allegedly holding up a liquor store.

The driver, international student Gagandeep Singh of Milton, Ont., was out on bail for multiple charges of theft and robbery. According to police, he was also under investigation for carjacking and subject to a driving ban. The case sparked outrage not just because it took the lives of three innocent people, but because it feels like this was a tragedy waiting to happen.

Eight girls who police alleged murdered homeless man Kenneth Lee are headed to a jury trial.

Ontario Court Justice David Rose committed each of them to trial on Friday after 10 days of hearing evidence and argument at a preliminary hearing. But not all of the girls will stand trial on the second-degree murder charge laid by Toronto police.

Six of the girls, Rose ruled, will face trial on second-degree murder and two were committed to stand trial on the lesser charge of manslaughter.

The LCBO theft in Durham that ended in tragedy on Highway 401 was yet another reminder that liquor stores are a prime target for brazen thieves who have been armed with knives, needles, brass knuckles and handguns.

The liquor store robbery that sparked the police response in Bowmanville was similar to incidents that happen in LCBO stores daily, according to one employee familiar with the matter. “This particular situation was a regular situation we see all the time, ” said the LCBO employee.

H/T DS

Michael Bebee is in custody a week after a $100,000 reward was offered for any tips leading to his arrest.

Canada’s most wanted fugitive, Bebee, 35, had been on the run since July 2023. He was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for a charge of second degree murder in Toronto.