Police investigating Barry and Honey Sherman’s murders accepted odd limits sought by executors

On an overcast day last December, Toronto homicide Det.-Const. Dennis Yim made a rare trip out of the office where he has worked on the Barry and Honey Sherman murder case, day in and day out, since 2017.

Yim, with close-cropped hair and a slender, athletic build, drove to an office somewhere in Toronto, in search of information related to some of Barry Sherman’s many business deals.

The lone full-time detective on the case, Yim recently remarked that his job is never-ending.

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Crime groups gaining ‘influence’ in government agencies: federal report

Criminal Intelligence Service Canada

Organized crime groups are attempting to “infiltrate” government agencies and departments, a report obtained by Global News suggests.

The Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC) reported in 2022 that 29 organized crime groups reportedly have “influence and access” within the public sector, while at least 369 groups are believed to be trying to gain a toehold in government.

Yea they’re called the Liberal Party.

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Kenneth Law charged with 14 counts of 2nd-degree murder in multiple Ontario deaths

Accused poison seller Kenneth Law has been charged with murder in connection with multiple deaths across Ontario, CBC News has learned.

A charge sheet from the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket shows Law was charged Monday with 14 counts of second-degree murder, in addition to the 14 counts of counselling or aiding suicide that he was already facing.

The new charges are related to the same alleged victims in multiple Ontario cities, from Toronto to Thunder Bay.

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B.C. jury finds Ibrahim Ali guilty of first-degree murder of 13-year-old girl

Ibrahim Ali was found guilty of first-degree murder for the death of a 13-year-old girl whose body was found in a Burnaby park in July 2017.

The jury returned Friday with its decision minutes after asking the judge to clarify the differences between first- and second-degree murder and manslaughter.

Justice Lance Bernard told them murder would mean Ali deliberately caused the girl’s death or meant to cause her bodily harm and knew that this was likely to cause death.

One of Trudeau’s refugees.

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Canada Bread denies price-fixing scheme in court filing, points finger at Maple Leaf

The bread supplier that admitted to price-fixing earlier this year says in new court filings that any anti-competitive behaviour it participated in was at the direction and to the benefit of its then-majority owner Maple Leaf Foods.

In a statement of defence for a class-action lawsuit alleging a bread price-fixing scheme, Canada Bread Co. Ltd. denied participating in a “lengthy, wide-ranging conspiracy” to fix the price of bread. It also denied profiting from the alleged conspiracy, or from the price increases it pleaded guilty to participating in as part of the Competition Bureau’s investigation.

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Project Safari: ServiceOntario employees trafficked hundreds of GTA car owners’ addresses, then helped ‘re-VIN’ their stolen cars, Toronto police say

Seven GTA residents, including ServiceOntario employees, are accused of taking part in a major auto theft ring that involved widespread identity theft.

Some 73 charges were laid in the police investigation, called Project Safari, which began in February 2023.

“As the project progressed, investigators learned that suspects were conspiring with employees at ServiceOntario, who were trafficking in driving and vehicle data taken from the Ministry of Transportation database,” Toronto police said in a prepared statement.

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B.C. uses new law to demand house owners explain where they got the money to buy it

Money Laundering

B.C. is seeking a court order to compel property owners to explain where $1 million came from to buy a Salt Spring Island house in 2017.

B.C. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth said the application filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday is the first in a series of so-called unexplained wealth orders he expects the province to file.

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Video: Woman Beater sought after enriching victim several times in Brampton store

Peel Regional Police have released a shocking video showing a man punching a woman multiple times in a store in Brampton last month as they seek help locating the suspect.

The assault occurred on the evening of Oct. 23 at a shopping mall in the area of Queen Street and Central Park Drive.

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Derek Chauvin was stabbed 22 times by federal inmate as new details of prison attack emerge

An incarcerated former gang member and FBI informant was charged Friday with attempted murder in the stabbing last week of ex-Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at a federal prison in Arizona.

John Turscak stabbed Chauvin 22 times at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson and said he would’ve killed Chauvin had correctional officers not responded so quickly, federal prosecutors said.

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