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Man accused of shooting victim nearly 2 dozen times, killing him will go to trial

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'Corrupt' ex-prison officer who boasted about performing sex act on inmate jailed
An ex-prison officer who boasted about performing a sex act on an inmate who "manipulated" her has been jailed. Mother-of-one Katie Evans, 26, burst into tears in court as the judge described how she was "corrupted" by an "experienced criminal" not long after she started work at Doncaster Prison when she was just 21. As well as starting an intimate relationship with the prisoner, Daniel Brownley, Evans had more than 140 phone calls with him, moved money around bank accounts for him, and supplied him with information the prison held on him, the court heard.
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Judge rules Saskatoon man with 114 criminal convictions is a dangerous offender
Warning: this story contains details of sexual assault.A Saskatoon man with more than 100 criminal convictions has been declared a dangerous offender and will stay in a federal prison indefinitely.Joseph Simon Peter Yaremko, 43, has been in and out of custody for two decades. In a Feb. 21 written decision, Justice Daryl Labach concluded Yaremko is likely to re-offend based on his record of violent crime and resistance to treatment programs.The dangerous offender hearing in September followed Yar
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3 men shot in Toronto in latest violence linked to towing industry
Two men were shot outside a tow yard in Toronto's west end and a tow truck driver was shot at a gas station in Scarborough late Tuesday, Toronto police say.The shootings happened roughly an hour apart and police are investigating if they were related. They come as the city is seeing another spate of shootings and other violence linked to the towing industry. The first happened around 10:20 p.m. outside a tow yard on Glen Scarlett Road, in the area of Weston Road and St. Clair Avenue E. Two men,
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No charges in stabbing death of 13-year-old at Edmonton LRT station
Edmonton police say they will not lay charges in the February death of 13-year-old Eric Omeasoo at the MacEwan LRT station because evidence shows the stabbing was in self-defence."Homicide investigators consulted with the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service regarding the possibility of laying charges in the Feb. 5, 2025, death of the 13-year-old male, and have determined that there is no likelihood of conviction due to evidence that the murder was committed in self-defence," police said in a news