Child trafficking investigation reveals new victims and leads to new charges
CBC
The London Police Service Human Trafficking Unit says it's found three more victims and laid a slew of additional charges in relation to a lengthy investigation that began in June 2020.
Two people from Cambridge and one from Brampton together are facing 34 new charges. They include trafficking of a person under the age of 18 years, material benefit from sexual services and sexual assault.
The investigation has involved five police forces including London, Waterloo, the Ontario Provincial Police, Sudbury and Guelph. Police say the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) has also been involved.
One person remains in custody. The two others have been released and are scheduled to appear in court in January.
The investigation is ongoing and police are encouraging victims or witnesses to come forward.
Yellowknife city council removed $550,000, intended to operate its own dog pound, from the city's draft budget on Monday.
The RCMP says it's considering deploying Mounties-in-training to help police the Canada-U.S. border as political anxiety over border control mounts in the face of tariff threats from the incoming Trump administration.
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WARNING: This story contains details of sexual assault and may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it.
Multinational food corporation Cargill said on Tuesday it plans to cut roughly five per cent of its staff, or about 8,000 jobs.
The season's first blast of winter weather continued Tuesday in the region and north of the city with some schools and school purpose vehicles cancelled and plows out in force on the roads.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will convene a meeting with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and the other opposition party leaders on Parliament Hill on Tuesday to brief them on his visit to Florida to meet with president-elect Donald Trump and some of his incoming cabinet secretaries.