Catherine McDonald

Twenty-two years after stabbing his estranged wife to death in his penthouse apartment in northwest Toronto, 65-year-old Juan Antonio Avalos has been found guilty of manslaughter in an uncontested, one-day trial.

Elias Mouawad, one of the Toronto police officers arrested in connection with Project South – a sweeping police corruption and organized crime probe – has been handed a conditional discharge.

Timothy Graves has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and breaching a bail condition, admitting that he beat his roommate to death in the Parkdale rooming house where they both lived, a place the 59-year-old was not supposed to be.

Superior Court Justice Brees Davies said while Thamilagan Olivernicholas engaged in risky behavior by driving his boat at high speeds, jail time would have a significant impact.

A Superior Court judge became so emotional Friday while sentencing a woman who murdered her best friend's toddler in the washroom of the Children's Aid Society (CAS) of Toronto that she had to leave the courtroom.

Toronto Police are looking for a mother and her three young children after an alleged parental abduction.

A Vaughan man who was acquitted of murder in the death of his girlfriend's friend in May but found guilty on firearms charges has been sentenced to six years in prison.

A Liberty Village couple has been handed stiff sentences for killing their upstairs neighbour , disposing of the neighbour's body in the garbage and trying to cover-up the killing in the weeks that followed.

The judge found it extremely aggravating that Mark Gordon fired shots at victims who were defenceless and Patrick Montgomery was executed in front of his son.

Mahyar Soldouzi, a 43-year-old real estate agent from Vaughan, charged in relation to the Project South investigation, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit extortion.