Former St. Patrick's High School teacher jailed for molesting students in class
Publicly, disgraced high school teacher Robert Lavergne presented his welding and auto-shop class as a comfortable place for teen girls to learn that trades aren't just for men. Read More
View ArticleOttawa woman left suicidal after violent sex-shame attack broadcast on Facebook
The young Ottawa woman was left suicidal after she was abducted at knifepoint from her own home in 2015 only to be beaten, held captive for 13 hours and subjected to a degrading sex-shame attack that...
View ArticleEx-OC Transpo driver sentenced to two years in prison for molesting boys
Philip Herbert, who used to do high school runs for OC Transpo, has been imprisoned for molesting three boys. Read More
View ArticleBarristers for a Better Bytown pay for food bank reno in honour of Joe Burke
It's been 17 years since Ottawa criminal defence lawyer Joe Burke died at 51, but his passion for the rights of Indigenous and marginalized people is still being honoured — this time with a $17,000...
View ArticleFormer St. Pat's teacher who molested students wins bail awaiting appeal
Disgraced high school teacher Robert Lavergne, who was sentenced to 17 months in jail in October for molesting students across 10 years, is now on bail awaiting an appeal of his conviction. Read More
View ArticleGrieving Ottawa family hopes killer will turn his life around
Brayton Kennedy shot his mom's boyfriend at close-range, then ran off while Jacob Thompson, 40, stumbled outside, collapsed and died alone on the front lawn of his Elmira Drive home in the city's west...
View ArticleFormer Ottawa aid worker charged with more child sex-crimes
Former Ottawa aid worker Paul McCarthy — already facing 2019 child-sex charges against five boys in Nepal — is now charged with two more sex crimes involving another child abroad. Read More
View Article'I feel horrible for what I did': Ottawa nanny pleads guilty to assault on...
It’s an image he’ll never forget. It was August 2018, and the Ottawa father was at work when he checked his home’s video-monitoring system and watched in horror as the newly-hired nanny, Kaylee Lewis,...
View ArticleNo system in place to inform Ottawa police officers if judge rules they've...
The Ottawa police has no formal system to let officers know when a judge rules they've violated the charter rights of detainees, according to testimony in a recent court ruling. Read More
View ArticleWalmart parking lot killer pleads guilty to manslaughter; Ottawa mom hopes...
It was after a long day of drinking vodka and snorting lines of speed that Miles Krzyzewski stabbed his friend Kalen Bryan-Bradley to death in a Walmart parking lot during a fight over something he...
View Article'Systemic failure': Pattern of Ottawa officers delaying an accused's right to...
A routine drunk-driving case has revealed "a pattern of systemic failure" within the Ottawa police of officers delaying an accused's right to immediate counsel. Read More
View ArticleOttawa police lose drug-and-gun case that exposed 'dynamic entry', didn't...
Ottawa police drug detectives say they failed to photograph or film a key 2016 raid because their camera wasn’t working and they were discouraged by superiors from using personal phones for fear they...
View ArticleOttawa police investigating their own after TikTok video posted
The Ottawa police are investigating two officers after a video posted on TikTok purportedly captured audio of them in marked cruisers laughing about beating someone up. Read More
View ArticleOttawa police accused of planting handgun, stealing $50,000: lawsuit
Two Ottawa police detectives are accused of planting a handgun at a suspect’s apartment and stealing $50,000 on the way out, according to a recently filed lawsuit. Read More
View Article'I've done so much bad, I feel I have to make up for it': Smiths Falls...
Richard Craig conquered much hardship in childhood, from sleeping in stairwells and parks to escape abuse at home to wondering where he'd get his next meal. Read More
View ArticleSecond-degree murder trial: On Day 1, ByWard Market killer admits to shooting
Moments after Mustafa Ahmed shot his friend to death in a fight at an Ottawa nightclub in 2016, he stood up and calmly tucked his handgun into his waistband, pulled down his hoodie and left as if...
View ArticleFacebook sex-shame attack ringleader off to prison, shows no remorse
The ringleader of a vicious 2015 kidnapping and sex-shame attack that was broadcast on Facebook has been sentenced to four years in prison. Read More
View ArticleByWard Market nightclub killing trial: Bouncer's insider look into deadly night
The unpredictable violence in the ByWard Market nightclub scene was on full, unvarnished display in Courtroom 34 on Wednesday as security footage capturing the 2016 killing of Omar Rashid-Ghader was...
View ArticleByward Market murder trial: Friend killed friend, still no motive raised
Omar Rashid-Ghader spent his last day in life cooking steak and pasta for a family movie night at home with his wife and three young children. Read More
View ArticleByward Market murder trial: Victim led double life
Omar Rashid-Ghader led a double life that had him as a devoted family man by day, and an aspiring, drug-dealing rapper by night, with VIP treatment in the Byward Market scene until he ended up dead on...
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