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Man guilty of UW stabbing to spend more time behind bars after judge miscalculated sentence
Geovanny Villalba-Aleman, 25, pleaded guilty to a June 2023 attack on the University of Waterloo campus that left a professor and two students with stab wounds. Now, a judge has said he will need to spend more time behind bars.
Teen girl pleads guilty to assault in fatal swarming attack of Toronto man
A teen girl set to face trial for manslaughter in the death of a homeless Toronto man pleaded guilty Friday to assault, making her the sixth accused in the case to plead guilty to a lesser charge.
Power outages persist in hard-hit areas after Ontario ice storm
Some Ontario regions hard hit by last weekend's ice storm may not recover power until the end of the week, Hydro One said Tuesday as crews and communities braced for more freezing rain in the coming days.
Nighttime walks and DIY haircuts: Ontarians look back at the 1st COVID-19 lockdown
Five years ago, Ontarians suddenly found themselves staying home as part of a bigger push to "flatten the curve" of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Doug Ford muses about making Americans pay more for Ontario's electricity amid tariff threat
Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford highlighted the renewed threat of U.S. tariffs Tuesday to hammer home the central message of his campaign in the final days of the snap election. Ford mused Tuesday about making Americans pay more for the electricity Ontario sends to the United States in response to any levies.
Teen stabbed homeless Toronto man twice during swarming, Crown tells murder trial
Prosecutors are expected to make their final submissions this afternoon at the trial of a teen girl accused of fatally stabbing a homeless man in Toronto two years ago.
Teen pleads guilty to manslaughter in fatal swarming of homeless Toronto man
One of the two girls on trial in the death of a homeless Toronto man pleaded guilty to manslaughter Tuesday after prosecutors said they had reassessed the strength of the evidence for second-degree murder in her case.
Girl accused in fatal swarming of Toronto man dropped marker, not knife: defence
Defence lawyers for a teen girl accused of fatally stabbing a homeless man in Toronto two years ago argued Monday that an item seen falling out of her pocket after the incident was not a knife but a marker.
Kenneth Lee was stabbed in heart, died from blood loss, pathologist testifies at trial
A homeless Toronto man who was allegedly swarmed by a group of teens two years ago died due to blood loss after he was stabbed in the heart, the trial of two girls accused in his death has heard.
Girl accused in death of homeless man was seen holding sharp object, Crown alleges
Prosecutors allege a teen girl accused in the death of a homeless Toronto man can be seen holding a sharp object in surveillance footage of the incident.