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Inquest hears details about police response to 2015 triple homicide in Ottawa Valley

Inquest hears details about police response to 2015 triple homicide in Ottawa Valley

The police commander steering the response to a murderer’s hour-long rampage in the Ottawa Valley wished he had known that the killer was targeting more than one residence and what vehicle the man had been driving, a coroner’s inquest heard Wednesday
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Toronto police chief apologizes to Black community as race-based data released

Toronto police chief apologizes to Black community as race-based data released

Toronto's Black residents received an apology from the city's interim police chief on Wednesday as the force released previously unseen race-based data showing disproportionate use of force on them, although the gesture was immediately rejected by so
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By the numbers: A look at Toronto police's race-based data

By the numbers: A look at Toronto police's race-based data

Toronto police released race-based data on Wednesday showing that Black residents faced a disproportionate amount of police enforcement and use of force in 2020. Here are some key figures: – 22.
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Ford to announce new cabinet by end of month, source says; team to help steer agenda

Ford to announce new cabinet by end of month, source says; team to help steer agenda

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford will soon handpick a new cabinet to help steer his agenda at the outset of his second term – with an announcement coming in the next two weeks, a senior government source said.
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'Elephant in the room': Judge addresses impact of SCOC ruling in van attack case

'Elephant in the room': Judge addresses impact of SCOC ruling in van attack case

TORONTO — Before sentencing the man responsible for Toronto's deadly van attack to life in prison, the judge presiding over the case took a moment to address "the elephant in the room.
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Borutski never complied with order to attend partner assault response program

Borutski never complied with order to attend partner assault response program

A man who killed three of his former partners in eastern Ontario never complied with a court order to participate in a program for those charged with intimate partner violence offences, a coroner's inquest heard Tuesday.
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Missing male canoeist found dead in Georgian Bay, police say

Missing male canoeist found dead in Georgian Bay, police say

Ontario Provincial Police say the body of a 29-year-old canoeist has been found in the waters of Georgian Bay. Police say divers from the OPP underwater search and rescue unit located and removed the body at around 8 p.m. on Monday.
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Tourism and travel industry pushed to embrace diversity and inclusion measures

Tourism and travel industry pushed to embrace diversity and inclusion measures

TORONTO — Travel and hospitality experts say pandemic-battered businesses are increasingly recognizing a longstanding blindspot that if addressed could help them rebound this summer: the BIPOC traveller.
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Eleven-year-old boy with autism found dead, but foul play not suspected, police say

Eleven-year-old boy with autism found dead, but foul play not suspected, police say

LINDSAY, Ont. — Police east of Toronto say an 11-year-old boy with autism who was reported missing over the weekend has died. In an update, Sgt.
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Victim services worker tried to warn woman about Borutski on day of murder

Victim services worker tried to warn woman about Borutski on day of murder

Faye Cassista received a chilling message on a September day in 2015 – one of her clients was dead and police wanted to speak to her about the case.
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