'It was either me or him,' says Niagara police sergeant who shot fellow officer, as trial begins
CBC
Det.-Sgt. Shane Donovan testified Tuesday it was "either me or him" when he fired at least 10 shots at his fellow Niagara Regional Police officer, Const. Nathan Parker, in November 2018.
Parker had attacked him with "haymaker" punches and pulled out his baton, then his firearm, Donovan told the court, causing him to fear for his life and pull the trigger until Parker went down.
"I knew if he got the firearm up on me, then he would kill me — and it was either me or him," Donovan said. "So I fired my gun until he dropped his gun."
The sergeant's testimony took up most of the first day of the judge-only trial at the Ontario Court of Justice in Hamilton.
But while Donovan is the person who fired the shots, Parker is the one on trial.
The 55-year-old is charged with assault with intent to resist arrest, assaulting a police officer and assault with a weapon, which court heard covers a service-issue baton and sidearm.
Parker attended the courtroom in person Tuesday, wearing a blue suit jacket and khaki pants, sitting with his eyes closed during much of the testimony. The only time he addressed the court was to plead not guilty to each charge.
The amount of money it takes for people to earn a living wage has increased across the province, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
The new owner of Ontario steelmaker Stelco says his company "will not disappoint the people of Hamilton and Nanticoke," where the business's major facilities are based.
A Winnipegger is warning others about an intricate scam she says she almost fell for.
Fort William First Nation is opposing a planned redevelopment of the Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) 117 year old Kakabeka Falls Generating Station, which is located in their traditional territory.
A building that sits at the corner of Sussex Street and Brunswick Avenue has had many lives over the last century — being a church, a school and offices. Now it's set to become housing, at a time when the city sorely needs it.
A Waterloo, Ont., elementary school principal will be sentenced in the new year after pleading guilty to child sexual exploitation charges following a joint investigation that involved the London, Toronto and Waterloo police services.
Students at UPEI have let their student union know what they want from the province this fiscal year, and those priorities are reflected in a 2024-2025 advocacy document brought to the legislature on Wednesday.
Larger communities in the N.W.T. will soon see a boost in their territorial funding to maintain infrastructure and deliver services — like water and waste management — but the increase still falls short of what communities need.
The toxic drug crisis has taken more than 47,000 lives in Canada since 2016 and the synthetic opioid fentanyl has become a household name. But now, what's believed to be an even more potent class of synthetic drugs is showing up in drug busts across the country: nitazenes.
The Liberal government and the NDP have agreed to introduce a two-month GST vacation on certain items before the holiday season, Radio-Canada has learned.
Veterinarians are warning Londoners to make sure their dogs are vaccinated and keeping clean after a deadly virus outbreak was declared in London this week.