Ottawa cop resigns after pleading guilty to assaulting women
A veteran Ottawa police officer who abused his position to terrify, threaten and assault women, has resigned in disgrace as part of a plea deal that spares him jail and his victims a gruelling trial....
View ArticleWestboro bus crash: Drivers complained about doomed double-decker
In the year leading to the deadly 2019 Westboro bus crash, OC Transpo drivers complained about street defects with the bus in question: double-decker No. 8155. Read More
View ArticleWESTBORO BUS CRASH: Driver heard worrying people were dead in call after...
Thomas Cain boarded the doomed OC Transpo double-decker no. 8155 using the back door at Bank and Albert, at 3:36 p.m. on Jan. 11, 2019. Read More
View ArticleWESTBORO BUS CRASH: Instructor can't recall how driver did on emergency-brake...
The OC Transpo instructor who trained rookie driver Aissatou Diallo for a day in July 2018 well remembers complimenting her for conquering hardship as an immigrant single mom who had the courage to try...
View ArticleLowertown dealer gets six years for deadly fight over fentanyl
It was a deadly fight over fentanyl, of all things. Read More
View ArticleWESTBORO BUS CRASH: Crown rests case without calling lead investigator or...
Ottawa Crown attorneys prosecuting the rookie OC Transpo driver for the deadly 2019 Westboro Station crash rested their case on Friday without calling the lead investigator or the police reconstruction...
View ArticleWestboro bus crash trial: Diallo won't testify in her defence
Aissatou Diallo, the rookie OC Transpo driver on trial for dangerous driving causing death, will not take the stand in her own defence. Read More
View ArticleNew trial ordered for Ottawa man convicted of firebombing ex-wife's house
Milad Aslami, convicted in the 2016 firebombing of his ex-wife's home, has won a new trial after the Court of Appeal for Ontario ruled that the Ottawa trial judge made serious errors and failed to...
View ArticleThe short, sad life of a puppy named Bane: Ottawa police failed to stop...
By all accounts, Jake Garvin didn't deserve a dog, let alone the puppy he tortured to death in his Ottawa apartment. Read More
View ArticleA puppy named Bane: Authorities failed to intervene in dog's abuse
Bane, the puppy who was tortured to death in an Ottawa apartment in January, didn't stand a chance. Read More
View Article'It felt like forever:' First woman testifies in Batchelor sexual assault trial
The young woman was new to Ottawa, and Paul Batchelor offered to show her around town after meeting online in November 2010. Read More
View Article'No, wait, I don't want this:' Second woman testifies at Batchelor rape trial
Paul Batchelor’s second accuser took the stand at his serial rape trial Monday, testifying that the disgraced insurance salesman raped her after meeting online in 2010. Read More
View ArticleBatchelor trial: Witness grilled by defence lawyer for decision not to leave...
In an intense cross-examination Tuesday, Paul Batchelor’s second accuser’s rape story was dissected and dismissed as unbelievable — notably because she later took a shower before leaving the stranger’s...
View Article'I was scared that it was going to get worse,' says third woman testifying at...
They met online, went for drinks and then back to Paul Batchelor’s apartment, where she rebuffed his unwanted advances and told him to stop. Read More
View ArticleHow 'dangerous' police testimony sank an Ottawa murder case
Adrian Daou, a young schizophrenic kept in solitary confinement at the Innes Road jail on a drug conviction back in 2013, was fastened into a straight jacket because he was trying to eat his own flesh...
View ArticleVet who treated failed Ottawa puppy under investigation
The College of Veterinarians of Ontario is investigating the veterinarian who treated a puppy for a stab wound and trauma before the dog was tortured to death. Read More
View ArticleChief Sloly launches lawsuit against Ottawa Life Magazine claiming defamation...
Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly has filed a defamation lawsuit against Ottawa Life Magazine, its publisher and a Carleton University professor over a withering critique of the police department,...
View ArticleBatchelor serial rape trial: 'He kept telling me I wanted it,' woman testifies
The fourth woman to testify at Paul Batchelor’s serial rape trial told court Monday it was easier to “just let it happen” out of fear that she would end up beaten too. Read More
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