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about 1 year ago
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It’s worth noting when we see police do their jobs well

It’s impressive when cops do what they were trained for, Heather Mallick writes.

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over 1 year ago
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Accused serial killer stands trial in first two of four Toronto shooting murders

The killing of 16-year-old Elijah Azavior is just one of four murders Jattori Williams, 22, is alleged to have commit...

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over 1 year ago
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Yes, crime is on the rise in Toronto. But it’s not worse than 2019

Most increases in crime this year appear to simply be trending back to pre-pandemic levels — a time before lockdowns ...

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about 2 years ago
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Online profile linked to accused Toronto gunman shows interest in guns, but few clues for shockin...

A limited online profile linked to alleged gunman Richard Edwin and confirmed independently by the Star reveals a int...

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about 2 years ago
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Killed TSN staffer Jonathan Gayle-West was shot by total strangers, Crown says at murder trial

The case against Samir Adem and Salman Ahmed includes clear video, DNA and firearm evidence, a prosecutor said at the...

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about 2 years ago
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Toronto man pleads guilty to double shooting on crowded TTC bus

Mohamed Ahmed, 22, pleaded to aggravated assault and weapons charges for shooting two men on a bus jammed with Raptor...

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about 2 years ago
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Why a 13-year-old Toronto boy’s arrest for murder should be a wake-up call — but isn’t a surprise

Jah-Reign Taylor was 14 when he was first given a gun — it was like being groomed by a predator, he recalls.

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over 2 years ago
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‘I wish I could tell him that we really loved him’: Killing of Regent Park mentor Thane Murray le...

Murray’s killing marks the second fatal shooting in as many weeks of a young Toronto man who spent years working to i...

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about 3 years ago
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Toronto officer shot and killed knife-wielding man in self-defence, SIU says

“The officer had every reason to believe that his life was in imminent peril and that shooting the (man) was necessar...

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over 3 years ago
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‘Sometimes I think my 12 years with Dante were a dream’: A Toronto father on life after his child...

Six weeks after his killing, 12-year-old Dante Andreatta Marroquin’s room is much as he left it; his soccer net is st...

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over 3 years ago
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From 12 years old to 95: Toronto’s victims of homicide in another year dominated by gun violence

Thirty-eight people were fatally shot in Toronto homicides this year — lower than 2018 and 2019, although the rate of...

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over 3 years ago
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In North York, the killing of a 12-year-old boy sparks rage over ‘everything that is wrong with o...

It was “the worst news possible” but the killing of a young bystander in an apparent gang shooting was no surprise, s...

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over 3 years ago
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In Lawrence Heights, friends and family mourn beloved shooting victim Shane Stanford. It wasn’t t...

He was a hard-working, innocent man, family, friends and police have said. Toronto police say they haven’t ruled out ...

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