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He was the first person to be found guilty under Canada's 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act, passed following the September 11, 2001 attacks. [65] Saad Khalid pleaded guilty in May 2009 to aiding a plot to set off bombs at the Toronto Stock Exchange, the CSIS Toronto headquarters, and a military base between Toronto and Ottawa.
The trial was the first murder trial in Canada involving terrorism charges. [6] [36] [37] Shortly after the attack, Crown attorneys charged Veltman with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. He made a court appearance in London on June 10, without a lawyer, so was given time to find one.
"Terrorism in Canada, 1960-1992" Ch. 10 in Violence in Canada: Sociopolitical Perspectives. Roach, Kent. 2003. September 11: Consequences for Canada. McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 0-7735-2584-X. Preview at Google Books. Ross, J. I. 1988. "An Events Data Base on Political Terrorism in Canada: Some Conceptual and Methodological Problems."
Popeyes Motorcycle Club – Notorious Québécois biker gang that eventually became absorbed by the Hells Angels in 1977 becoming its first chapter in Canada. Rebels Motorcycle Club (Canada) – Western Canada -based biker gang active from 1968 until 2004 with a majority of their chapters patching over to the Hell's Angels in 1998.
The first organized crime case that attracted widespread public attention was the beating of the gambler Maxie Bluestein by the gangster Johnny Papalia at Toronto's Town Tavern on 21 March 1961. [91] Pierre Berton , a Toronto Star newspaper columnist wrote in his column that the Bluestein beating was a "semi-execution" committed in front of ...
The following is a list of unsolved murders in Canada. Hundreds of homicides occur across Canada each year, many of which end up as cold cases . [ 1 ] In 2021, the country's intentional homicide rate stood at around 2.06 per 100,000 individuals, [ 2 ] increasing for the third consecutive year. [ 3 ]
Ultimately, charges of terrorism were not brought forth as Bissonnette had acted independently of a terrorist organization. [11] Toronto van attack: April 23, 2018 Toronto, Ontario: 11 / 15 Vehicle No A van was driven along a Yonge Street sidewalk on April 23, 2018, by Alek Minassian. At least 26 were injured, including 11 fatally. [12] [13]
Crime rates in Canada were reported at 5,334 incidents per 100,000 inhabitants with violent crime at 1,098 incidents and property crime at 3,245 incidents (per 100,000). [5] The province or territory with the lowest crime rate in 2017 was Quebec with 3,359 incidents per 100,000 followed by Ontario with 3,804 incidents per 100,000.