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Police in Toronto, Canada, are opening a hate crime investigation after shots were fired overnight into the window of a Jewish girls’ elementary school – the second time this year the school ...
Marriott crime family – Nova Scotia based crime family, participant in the "Spryfield War" [95] Melvin crime family – Nova Scotia based crime family, participant in the "Spryfield War" [96] Northern Order – A Neo-Nazi terrorist organisation involved in organized crime; Romanian mafia; Russian mafia; Serbian mafia
The Toronto Star is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands division. [6] The newspaper was established in 1892 as the Evening Star and was later renamed the Toronto Daily Star in 1900, under Joseph E ...
Pierre Berton, a Toronto Star newspaper columnist wrote in his column that the Bluestein beating was a "semi-execution" committed in front of hundreds of people, which showed that Papalia did not fear the law. [87] Berton made the Bluestein beating into a cause célèbre as he used his column to demand that Papalia be brought to justice. [87]
Emanuel Jaques (October 8, 1964 – July 29, 1977) was a Canadian 12-year-old boy who was murdered in Toronto.The sexual assault and murder of Jaques sparked outrage in Toronto, resulting in the conviction of three men: Saul David Betesh, Robert Kribs, and Joseph Woods for murder, and the regeneration of the city's Yonge Street downtown area.
Rachel Richey, her only sister living in Toronto, described Tess as her best friend and soulmate. [5] She said that Tess was "spoiled rotten" as the family's youngest child, but also described her as a hard worker [4] and very protective of the family. [5] She was a marathon runner, about 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) and 52 kg (115 lb) with a petite ...
Holly Maria Jones (September 14, 1992 – May 12, 2003) [1] was a 10-year-old child abduction and murder victim from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. On May 12, 2003, while walking a friend home, she was kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and strangled by Michael Briere.
The shooting led the Toronto Police Service to develop new crime-prevention strategies for the Neighbourhood Officers Program, established to build community relationships in at-risk areas to gain information on local crime, making possible targeted crackdowns on gang activity and a dramatic reduction in shootings and other crimes.