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Grandparents killed in Highway 401 crash were visiting from India, SIU says
Ontario's police watchdog says two grandparents who died along with their infant grandson in a wrong-way crash on Highway 401 were visiting from India, and the child's parents were also in the vehicle but survived. A stretch of the 401 highway in Whitby, Ont., is seen on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Police watchdog investigating after Highway 401 crash kills four east of Toronto
A stretch of the 401 highway in Whitby, Ontario is seen on Tuesday April 30, 2024. Two grandparents and their infant grandchild were killed on a busy stretch of Highway 401 on Monday night after a van being chased by police east of Toronto crashed while going the wrong way, causing a multi-vehicle collision. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Man faces attempted murder charge in stabbing of Toronto police officer
Toronto Police work the scene where a police officer was stabbed and a suspect shot in Toronto on Friday, April 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
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Toronto officer stabbed, suspect shot in city’s west end Friday
Toronto Police work the scene where a police officer was stabbed and a suspect shot in Toronto on Friday, April 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
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Charges against OPP officers withdrawn in case of shooting that killed toddler
Investigators examine a scene on County Road 17 in Kawartha Lakes, Ont., on November 27, 2020. The union representing Ontario Provincial Police officers says charges have been dropped against three of its members who had been accused in the fatal shooting an 18-month-old boy during a child abduction investigation in Kawartha Lakes. In a statement, Ontario Provincial Police Association president John Cerasuolo called it the correct and just decision. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Thornhill
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Charges dropped against OPP officers in 2020 shooting death of child, police association says
Investigators examine a scene on County Road 17 in Kawartha Lakes, Ont., on November 27, 2020. The union representing Ontario Provincial Police officers says charges have been dropped against three of its members who had been accused in the fatal shooting an 18-month-old boy during a child abduction investigation in Kawartha Lakes. In a statement, Ontario Provincial Police Association president John Cerasuolo called it the correct and just decision. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Thornhill
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SIU investigating after officers shoot, kill man at Oakville home
A Halton Regional Police logo is shown on a vehicle in Oakville, Ont., Wednesday, Jan.18, 2023. Ontario's police watchdog says it's launched an investigation after a man was allegedly shot and killed by police at a home in Oakville, Ont. The Special Investigations Unit says Halton Regional Police were called to the home west of Toronto shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday for reports of a stabbing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Richard Buchan
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SIU investigating after man dies following police shooting in Kitchener, Ont.
Ontario's police watchdog says it is investigating after a man was allegedly fatally shot by a Waterloo Regional Police Service officer. Police tape is shown at a crime scene in Toronto on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
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SIU updates on investigation into death of 21-year-old woman in Thunder Bay
Police tape is shown in Toronto, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Ontario's Special Investigations Unit says it's investigating the death of a 26-year-old man in North York early this morning. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
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Ontario’s police watchdog investigating man’s death near Peterborough following distress call
Police say there is no threat to the public after two people were found dead inside a home west of Toronto early Wednesday.
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Sault Ste. Marie police officer facing sexual assault charges, SIU says
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Hamilton landlord who killed two tenants, shot by police, said he wouldn’t make it out alive
A Hamilton Police Service logo is shown in a handout. A report from Ontario's police watchdog says the Hamilton landlord who killed two tenants and barricaded himself inside a home said he wouldn't make it out alive before he was killed in a gunfight with police. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
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Quebec judge certifies class action over federal prisons’ segregation practices
The Quebec Superior Court is seen in Montreal Wednesday, March 27, 2019. A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class action lawsuit on behalf of federal prisoners in Quebec who were held in segregation units for more than 15 days after November 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Quebec court authorizes class action against new isolation system in federal prisons
The Quebec Superior Court is seen in Montreal Wednesday, March 27, 2019. A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class action lawsuit on behalf of federal prisoners in Quebec who were held in segregation units for more than 15 days after November 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Man shot by Toronto police after allegedly killing K9, firing at officers: SIU
Toronto Police work the scene of a shooting in Toronto on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. A Toronto police dog was killed Tuesday evening while police were looking for an armed suspect.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
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SIU investigating death of Kingston, Ont., man who barricaded himself inside home
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SIU recovers 5 guns from home in landlord-tenant dispute, police ID couple killed
Members of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) at the scene of a homicide investigation in the area of Jones Road and Barton Street in Hamilton, Ont. Sunday, May 28, 2023. Ontario's police watchdog says five firearms were collected from the Hamilton home where police allege a 57-year-old landlord killed two tenants before he was fatally shot by police. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn
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Isolation cells in women’s prisons used almost exclusively for Indigenous prisoners, panel finds
A solitary confinement cell is shown in a handout photo from the Office of the Correctional Investigator. Canada's federal prison ombudsman is noting a steep decline in the use of solitary confinement in jails in the past two years, but remains concerned some inmates are facing long periods of isolation in the cells where they're placed instead. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO- Office of the Correctional Investigator MANDATORY CREDIT
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Dispute between landlord and tenants in Hamilton ends in double homicide, police say
A police officer takes photographs at the scene of a homicide investigation in the area of Jones Road and Barton Street in Hamilton, Ont. Sunday, May 28, 2023. Police say three people are dead following landlord-tenant dispute that became a stand off at a residence late Saturday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn
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Police fatally shoot 66-year-old man in Ontario school parking lot, SIU investigates
Police tape is shown in Toronto on May 2, 2017. Police say a 16-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in a deadly shooting at a city bar in northern Ontario. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
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Toronto police officer charged with sexual assault, breach of trust, SIU says
A Toronto Police Services logo is shown at headquarters, in Toronto, on Friday, August 9, 2019. A Toronto police officer has been charged with sexual assault and breach of trust following an investigation by Ontario's police watchdog.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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SIU says there’s no grounds to charge officer who killed shooter at Vaughan condo
A York Regional Police cruiser parks at the Promenade Mall, where a shooting took place the night before, in Thornhill, Ont., on Monday, Feb., 17, 2020. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Man with knife shot by Toronto police suffers serious injuries, SIU investigating
The Toronto Police Services emblem is photographed during a press conference at TPS headquarters, in Toronto on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.<i data-stringify-type="italic" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Slack-Lato, Slack-Fractions, appleLogo, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Ontario's police watchdog has been called in to investigate after a Toronto police shooting sent an adult man to hospital with life-threatening injuries.&nbsp;</i>THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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SIU probing Toronto police investigation after two men injured, hospitalized
The Toronto Police Services emblem is photographed during a press conference at TPS headquarters, in Toronto on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.&nbsp;The family of a tech CEO who was killed in a targeted shooting in Toronto in 2018 is offering a $250,000 reward to anyone with information that can lead to his alleged killer. THE&nbsp;CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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Toronto police officer charged with manslaughter, aggravated assault in teen’s death
The Toronto Police Services emblem is photographed during a press conference at TPS headquarters, in Toronto on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.&nbsp;The family of a tech CEO who was killed in a targeted shooting in Toronto in 2018 is offering a $250,000 reward to anyone with information that can lead to his alleged killer. THE&nbsp;CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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SIU investigating death of man who fell from Toronto balcony after police negotiation on Christmas morning
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OPP officer faces two assault charges after man seriously injured during arrest
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Ontario police officers did not draw firearms before they were fatally shot: watchdog
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Two officers fatally shot inside a home in Innisfil, Ont.
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Three OPP officers charged with manslaughter in death of boy in police shooting
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Ontario’s police watchdog investigating death of man in Oshawa
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Ontario’s SIU investigating man’s death in Toronto after police interaction
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SIU investigating after man in Cambridge, Ont., shot by police officer doing wellness check
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Ontario’s SIU investigating after man dies following stun gun shot
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SIU investigating after 19-year-old shot dead during exchange with police in Sault Ste Marie
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Toronto officer who fatally shot man in mental-health crisis cleared by SIU