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Canada denies Toronto’s request to decriminalise hard drugs

May 20, 2024 World Justice News 0
Canada’s government has refused Toronto’s request to decriminalise the small possession of hard drugs in the city. It was denied because of concerns over public safety and lack of political support, officials said. Toronto had […]
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The rise and fall of Canada’s ‘Crypto King’ Aiden Pleterski

May 20, 2024 World Justice News 0
In December 2022, in the middle of the night, 25-year-old Aiden Pleterski was kidnapped in downtown Toronto. His captors released the self-proclaimed “Crypto King” after three days but under threat – Mr Pleterski had to […]
Barbara MacLean and Eva Dvorak
Canada

Canada police say dead US rapist was a serial killer

May 20, 2024 World Justice News 0
A man who died in a US prison where he was serving a sentence for rape also has been identified as a serial killer. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said Gary Allen Srery, who […]
Jeremy Skibicki
Canada

Accused Canadian serial killer Jeremy Skibicki goes on trial in Winnipeg

May 9, 2024 World Justice News 0
The high-profile trial of a Canadian man accused of murdering four indigenous women two years ago has opened in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Jeremy Skibicki has pleaded not guilty to four first-degree murder charges. In an unexpected […]
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Canada

Toronto gold heist: Police arrest alleged gun-runner linked to C$20m airport theft

April 18, 2024 World Justice News 0
Canadian police have made arrests and issued nine warrants in the biggest gold theft in the country’s history. More than 6,500 gold bars worth C$20m ($14.5m/£11.6m), were stolen from Toronto Pearson Airport, in April 2023, […]
Naji Sharifi Zindashti
Canada

Iranian man and two Canadians charged over plot to kill defector from Tehran in the US

January 30, 2024 World Justice News 0
An Iranian man has been charged alongside two Canadians with plotting to kill two people, including a defector from Iran, who had fled to the United States. Prosecutors say Naji Sharifi Zindashti operates a criminal […]
Kenneth Law
Canada

Canadian ‘poison seller’ Kenneth Law faces multiple murder charges

December 13, 2023 World Justice News 0
A Canadian man accused of supplying a poisonous chemical to people who died by suicide is facing multiple murder charges. Police in Canada have charged Kenneth Law, a 57-year-old former chef, with 14 counts of […]
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Google and Canada reach deal to avert news ban over Online News Act

November 30, 2023 World Justice News 0
Google has reached a deal with Canada to avert a news blockade over a law that forces tech giants to pay for news content. Google had vowed to remove links to news in Canada in […]
murder for hire by Nikhil Gupta
Canada

US says it foiled alleged plot to assassinate Sikh activist in New York

November 30, 2023 World Justice News 0
The US has said it foiled an alleged plot to assassinate an American citizen in New York who advocated for a Sikh separatist state. Nikhil Gupta, an Indian national, is accused of trying to hire […]
Romana Didulo
Canada

Canada QAnon ‘queen’ leaves village, but she hasn’t gone far

November 22, 2023 World Justice News 0
After camping out for two months in an old school in a small Canadian village, a self-proclaimed “queen” and her entourage have left for a farm nearby, although villagers are worried they may return. The […]

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Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

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A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]
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Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

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A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]
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Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days – but her defence say she’s a victim too

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Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state […]
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