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The family of a former Canadian Olympic figure skater killed in a 2023 car crash gave emotional victim impact statements in an Ontario court.












The family of a former Canadian Olympic figure skater killed in a 2023 car crash gave emotional victim impact statements in an Ontario court.

Alex Murdaugh won’t be getting out of prison. The 57-year-old pleaded guilty to stealing around $12 million from his clients and is currently serving a 40-year federal sentence.

The rise in cases seems to have occurred on May 9 following embarkation in Liverpool on England's northwest coast, the company told Global News.

Domestic violence court cases are heard every Tuesday in a therapeutic court aimed at holding offenders accountable and connecting families with support.

Four suspects are wanted for allegedly stealing over $500,000 worth of jewellery in the CityPlace area early Sunday morning.

Toronto police said they were called to the area of Weston Road and Lawrence Avenue West for reports of an assault.

Officers say they identified a registered online business believed to have knowingly produced and sold fake licence plates used on vehicles.

By Dominique Gené, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News A major report on policing in Nunavik recommends creating an Inuit-led police training program, changes to Quebec’s hiring laws and greater Inuit control over policing in the region. In July 2025, the Kativik Regional Government launched an audit of the Nunavik Police Service after three fatal police shootings occurred within eight months. Since then, six-year-old Alacie Iqaluk died in a police-involved shooting in Inukjuak. On Tuesday, KRG released the report, Toward a Distinctly Inuit Public Safety System in Nunavik. Neither representatives from KRG nor the Nunavik Police Service responded to interview requests. Conducted by the law firm Bélanger Sauvé and consultant Réjean Hardy Inc., the report says the police force faces major challenges, including high staff turnover, language and cultural barriers,

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the murder convictions and life sentence of disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh in the shooting deaths of his wife and younger son.

Defendants make own closing speeches before the jury as trial in London nears an end

Toronto police officers said a 30-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday. He was scheduled to appear in a bail court.

Kaden Mintenko, 23, who was found guilty of manslaughter, was sentenced to eight years in prison.

Calgary police confirm that the man who survived after being shot while he was in the parking lot of the North Hill Co-Op grocery store on Monday was an innocent bystander.

ATLANTA (AP) — A man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to an auto break-in last year in Atlanta that police say resulted in the theft of unreleased music by Beyoncé.

Toronto police are on the hunt for an unknown man who is wanted in connection with two separate sexual assault cases across the city.

An Edmonton woman, who owned two dogs that mauled an 11-year-old B.C. boy to death, was in court Monday for the start of her trial on a charge of criminal negligence causing death.

Trio arrested for break-in

The former coach was released on conditions to not to have contact with anyone under the age of 16 or to attend schools, parks or community centres.

Two Surrey teens, 16 and 18, are dead after a shooting in an underground parking lot. Investigators say the case is targeted and linked to a burned car.

The former hockey coach was accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with the girl between 2019 and 2021 and pled guilty to luring and sex assault.