Save your fear, Toronto. It’s time for outrage at brazen gun violence
There are no easy explanations for Toronto’s summer of shooting and no easy solutions to stop the violence. But, after yesterday’s brazen shooting at a neighborhood barbecue that killed 2 and wounded...
View ArticleINTERACTIVE MAP: Mass shootings in North American history
Over the past few decades, there has been no shortage of gun violence plaguing North American cities. From the Montreal Massacre that killed 15 people and wounded 14 others, to last night’s block party...
View ArticleTwo shot, one dead, at PQ victory party by alleged Anglophone
MONTREAL - I was hunched over my laptop about 15 metres from the stage at Metropolis when something went wrong. Pauline Marois was speaking to her supporters, celebrating the Parti Quebecois victory....
View Article3 people dead, including gunman, in shooting at Portland, Oregon-area...
By Steven Dubois PORTLAND, Ore. — A gunman opened fire in a suburban Portland shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another before apparently killing himself as people were doing their...
View ArticleAlabama police kill 2 suspects after separate shootings; woman and 2 children...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Police in Alabama killed two suspects Saturday following separate shooting incidents 75 miles (120 kilometres) apart that left three other people dead and several injured, including...
View ArticleOfficial says shooting reported at high school in California’s San Joaquin...
TAFT, Calif. — Authorities in California say a student was shot and wounded at a San Joaquin Valley high school today and a suspect was taken into custody. The shooting occurred at about 9 a.m. at Taft...
View ArticleTexas college campus issues alert amid reports of a shooter on campus
HOUSTON — A shooting on a Texas community college campus wounded at least two people Tuesday and sent students fleeing for safety as officials placed the campus on lockdown, officials said. Authorities...
View ArticleGun Violence
Turning its focus from the battlefield to grade-school classrooms, a U.S. manufacturer of military armour has developed bulletproof whiteboards for teachers, in the wake of the school massacre in...
View ArticleAlberta officer shot outside courthouse, says Whitecourt mayor
WHITECOURT, Alta. – An Alberta sheriff has been shot outside a courthouse in a community northwest of Edmonton. Whitecourt Mayor Trevor Thain has no immediate information on the condition of the...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin: The story of the outrage
The shooting of unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin in Florida last month is rallying some Americans who say the lack of charges against the shooter is evidence of racism and justice denied. Martin, who...
View ArticleEaton Centre shooting in Toronto
A shooting in Toronto’s Eaton Centre, one of the biggest tourist attractions in the entire country, has rocked the city. Stay up to date with our Twitter feed, and watch for story updates at canada.com...
View ArticlePolice shoot man on streetcar near Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto
Early Saturday morning Toronto police shot a man on a streetcar near Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto. A news release from the SIU, an agency that deals with the incidents involving police and...
View ArticleChaos at U.S. Capitol as woman shot dead (with video)
WASHINGTON — A woman driving a black sedan with a child inside was shot dead by police on Capitol Hill on Thursday after a chase that officials said began when she tried to ram through a gate at the...
View ArticleAt least 3 killed, 1 seriously injured in gunfire at Belgian capital’s Jewish...
BRUSSELS, Belgium — At least three people were killed and one seriously injured in a spree of gunfire at the Jewish Museum in Brussels on Saturday, officials said. Belgian Foreign Minister Didier...
View ArticleMoncton shooting: Stunning video of neighbours seeing shooting of police – a...
The RCMP says three of its officers were killed in Moncton, N.B., by a man armed with guns, while two other officers were injured as the Mounties conducted a manhunt across the city’s north end on...
View ArticleOttawa gunman identified as 32-year-old Michael Zehaf-Bibeau
By Tristin Hopper and Meghan Hurley Although Canadian police have not released the name of the Ottawa shooter, on Wednesday afternoon U.S. sources leaked that the suspect’s name is Michael Zehaf...
View ArticleProminent psychiatrist cautions against rush to portray Ottawa shooter...
Groping for answers, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau’s mother said her son was mentally unbalanced and desperate to escape an unhappy life before he made his suicidal charge across the lawn of Parliament Hill...
View ArticleUpdate: 1 dead, Calgary police searching for suspects in fatal New Year’s Eve...
As many as seven people were injured in a shooting at a Calgary house party in the early hours of 2015. Police responded at 5:05 a.m. local to several calls that shots rang out from a house party on...
View ArticleSIU called in to investigate shooting beside Postmedia building in Toronto
The Special Investigations Unit has been called in following an attempted robbery in Toronto on Wednesday morning. An assailant armed with a black handgun attempted a hold up on Sherbourne Street in...
View ArticleFriend says Charleston church shooting suspect ranted about race;...
LEXINGTON, S.C. — In recent weeks, Dylann Storm Roof reconnected with a childhood buddy he hadn’t seen in five years and started railing about the Trayvon Martin case, about black people “taking over...
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