murder

Jeff Blackstock unravels the story of his mother’s death in the 1950s and lays it in the hands of his father, who at the time was a Canadian diplomat

Andray Domise: White youth accused of crimes are draped in the innocence of childhood. Why Black kids are offered no such empathy.

A female sleuth, a comfortable setting and a distinctive hobby. What’s behind the explosion in so-called ‘cozy mystery’ series.

What I learned from the justice system as a sibling of a murder victim—and then, years later, reporting on the high-profile murder case

Canada’s homicide rate rose in 2015. Here’s a look at some of the factors that were at play.

Shootings in Chicago are up 50 per cent this year as the city grapples with a surge in violence. A criminologist explains what’s behind the increase.

The first legal hanging in what is now Alberta took place on Dec. 20, 1879. A Cree man named Swift Runner, possibly under the influence of the culture-specific “Windigo psychosis,” had killed and eaten nine family members, leaving behind damning evidence that he had sucked the very marrow out of their bones. The last legal hanging in Alberta took place on Nov. 14, 1960. Bobby Cook had fatally shot and beaten his father, his stepmother, and his five half-siblings. Or, anyway, somebody had.

Sarah Augustine was mentally ill when she allegedly stabbed her daughters, Rachel, 5, and Sophie, 2 months, in Dominica in 2010

How the 1977 murder of a shoeshine boy transformed Toronto

Tales of crime from John Wilson in 1833 to Mark Twitchell in 2008

Maple Batalia, 20 years of txts & another fraternity offends

The murder rate increased slightly, but the overall crime rate and the violent crime rate declined in 2011.