Crime

Car thefts have reached crisis levels across Canada. How did we get here?

A car is now stolen every six minutes in Canada, and organized crime rings are largely to blame

The nurse imposter

Brigitte Cleroux faked her credentials and treated hundreds of patients across Canada. Why did no one stop her?

Despite her family’s desperate efforts to safeguard her, Darian was killed in July 2020 (Courtesy of Michelle Jones)

Five shots took Darian’s life. But before that, a justice system failed

Peel police chief Nish Duraiappah expressed frustration at the time for “a complete failure of our justice system to protect her.”

The Bowden Institution medium security facility near Bowden, Alta., Thursday, March 19, 2020. Government medical professionals say Canada's jails and prisons don't meet with physical distancing guidelines for COVID-19 and they want as many inmates as possible to be released. (Jeff McIntosh/CP)

The pandemic has offered a look at prison reform possibilities

Our Editorial: A quarter of all adult inmates in provincial prisons have been released since March and there’s been no noticeable crime uptick in said provinces. So, why not adopt these policies permanently?

Thomas Chan. (Photograph by Clay Stang)

Does Thomas Chan belong in prison?

At 19, he killed his father while high on drugs. His case is headed to the Supreme Court in one of the most polarizing legal challenges in a generation.

Justin Ling in conversation with Paul Wells for Maclean's LIve

Justin Ling in conversation with Paul Wells: Maclean’s Live

The investigative reporter will sit down with Maclean’s to discuss his new book, ‘Missing From the Village,’ about serial killer Bruce McArthur

A woman pays repects at a roadside memorial in Portapique, N.S. RCMP revealed that 13 of the 22 people killed last weekend by a man on a shooting and arson spree died in the tiny community. (Andrew Vaughan/CP)

The Nova Scotia killer’s rampage began with intimate-partner violence

A woman assaulted by the gunman escaped and hid. Only after she emerged at sunrise did police know the gunman was disguised as a Mountie.

A make-shift memorial dedicated to Constable Heidi Stevenson at RCMP headquarters in Dartmouth, N.S. (Riley Smith/CP)

Nova Scotia shootings leave 23 dead: What we know so far

A veteran RCMP officer, a 17-year-old girl, a teacher, a nurse and two corrections officers are among the dead after a gunman wearing a Mountie uniform went on a rampage

The woman who brought down a notorious mob boss: The Power of One, episode 6

Eunice Hunton Carter, granddaughter of slaves, built the case against Lucky Luciano. She’s only now receiving her due.

The safest—and maybe most honest—places to live in Canada

From Petawawa, Peterborough and LaSalle, Ont., to Rothesay and Quispamsis, N.B., here are the places with the least amount of crime in the country

The lesson behind Canada’s most dangerous cities

How can we talk about crime—and where it’s happening—without talking about the conditions that create and sustain it?

How we ranked Canada’s most dangerous places

The national crime rate has crept up, and some communities have a much bigger problem than others

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