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Hamilton Mountain remains NDP territory

NDP incumbent Scott Duvall won handily over two rookie challengers, Liberal candidate and lawyer Bruno Uggenti and former Tiger-Cat and PC candidate Peter Dyakowski to remain MP for Hamilton Mountain.

October 22, 2019 Election 2019

Scott Duvall, NDP MP for Hamilton Mountain.

Violent sexual predator deemed dangerous offender, jailed indefinitely

Serial rapist Melvin Eastman was declared a dangerous offender with an indefinite sentence this week after being convicted of his third violent sexual assault.

October 19, 2019 Crime

Serial rapist Melvin Eastman, 55, has been deemed a dangerous offender and imprisoned indefinitely after being convicted of a third violent sexual assault.

Accused attacker texted that woman was too drunk to go to sex club, court told

The alleged victim of a gang sexual assault was labelled as too drunk to attend an adult sex night club by a man accused of drugging, confining and repeatedly sexually assaulting her.

October 17, 2019 Crime

Gavin MacMillan (left), and Enzo De Jesus Carrasco, right, co-accused in College Street Bar gang rape case. TPS handout photos A Toronto bar manager and bartender are accused of plying a young female customer with booze and coke and then gangraping her on the premises after the bar closed. Crown opens its case Wednesday October 2, 2019

Son accused of killing dad has history of drug, booze-fuelled violence

While high and drunk, accused murderer James Rushton killed a man years ago with a single punch for accosting his female friend and received a lenient sentence for manslaughter, according to a parole board document .

October 17, 2019 Crime

Tommy Denney, 62, was fatally stabbed in Toronto on Oct. 3, 2019, allegedly by his son.

Troubled Toronto cop admits to drunk driving collision in Whitby

A troubled Toronto cop admitted to dangerous and impaired driving Wednesday after he crashed his 2017 Dodge Challenger into a parked pick-up truck in Whitby last spring.

October 10, 2019 Crime

Toronto Police cruiser in Toronto, Ont. on Thursday July 11, 2019.

'HE'S THE DEVIL': Man accused of killing dad downtown said he had it coming, sources say

The devil made me kill him.

October 10, 2019 Toronto & GTA

A Toronto Police cruiser. Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun

EXCLUSIVE: Suicidal cop was target of internal theft, perjury investigation

A Toronto cop who recently killed himself was a target of an internal investigation that culminated in theft and perjury charges for two fellow police officers, the Sun has learned.

October 9, 2019 Crime

Toronto Police Const. Vadym Martsenyuk took his own life on Sept. 26, 2019.

Victims call disgraced celebrity doc a "sexual predator" after hearing

A prominent Brampton physician and father of late entertainer Alan Thicke laughed in the faces of outraged victims who branded him a “sexual predator” after a College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario discipline panel ended his career.

October 8, 2019 Crime

Alan Thicke, left, and father Dr. Brian Thicke

Toronto bar owner, bartender sexually assaulted woman: Crown

The former owner and the manager of a Little Italy bar plied a young woman with booze and cocaine to the point of inebriation, confined her and repeatedly sexually assaulted her, a Crown attorney alleged on Monday.