Canadian women are not immune from violent behaviour. Some have done the unthinkable and murdered their spouses, their lovers, their children or complete strangers. They come from across Canada and across social backgrounds, and many of their cases have changed the Canadian criminal justice system: * Teresa Senner murdered her lover in a fit of jealous rage when he refused to leave his common-law wife or his three other girlfriends * After killing an undercover officer, Mary Taylor and Elaine Cece were jailed together, inciting a controversy over why the couple was allowed to stay together in prison * In 1999, Deanna Emard killed her husband after a history of abusing him * Danielle Blais, who loved her autistic son, drowned him in the bathtub and then tried to take her own life * While awaiting appeal on an extradition to face trial for the murder of an ex-boyfriend, Dr. Shirley Turner leapt to her death holding her baby * Canada's most famous female killer, Karla Homolka, assisted her husband in the rape and murder of her younger sister and two other teenage girls * Known as the ''Torso Murderer,'' Evelyn Dick killed her husband and threw his dismembered body into a ravine * And more.

Deadly Canadian Women: The Stories Behind the Crimes of Canada's Most Notorious Women

Biographies & Memoirs

MacQuarrie, Patricia

Community & Culture

Quagmire Press

Every day, Canadian police put their lives on the line to bring safety and security to our communities. Fallen Officers is a memorial to the men and women shot in the line of duty. Their heroic stories and tragic sacrifices deserve to be remembered:
* Four Mounties from Mayerthorpe were shot while trying to apprehend James Roszko, who was suspected of having a marijuana grow-operation on his property * In a high-risk drug raid gone horribly wrong, Basil Parasiris shot Laval Constable Daniel Tessier to death before surrendering * After pulling over a truck for failing to turn down its high beams, Constable Dennis Strongquill was gunned down by Robert Mario Sand, who was the subject of a Canada-wide warrant * Veteran Corporal Jim Galloway was shot by Martin Ostopovich, a diagnosed schizophrenic, as Ostopovich tried to flee from police * Constable Marc Bourdages and single mother Constable Robin Cameron are killed by Curtis Dagenais after pursuing him near Mildred, Saskatchewan * An all-out manhunt ensued when the body of Constable Christopher Worden was discovered at an apartment building in Hay River, Northwest Territories.
And more...

Fallen Officers: Canadian Police in the Line of Fire

Politics & Social Sciences

Boer, Peter

Social Sciences

Murder. It's horrible to imagine someone you know or love could ever fall victim to such a heinous crime. Worse is an unsolved crime, when families never learn why their loved ones were taken, or by whom. They wait and hope that somewhere, someone will come forward with information on these and so many more of Canada's cold cases:-- The last time anyone saw 14-year-old Dana Bradley alive, she was thumbing a ride along St. John's, Newfoundland's Topsail Road; her body was found four days later-- Sharron Prior, 16, kissed her mom goodbye and set off to visit friends at a neighbourhood pizzeria in the Point St. Charles section of Montreal; her body was discovered four days later-- Charles Horvath of Britain disappeared while backpacking through Canada; rumours initially led investigators to believe he'd been a victim of foul play, but his body was never recovered-- When Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Roland Cook didn't come home after an overnight excursion from their Vancouver Island home to Washington State, their families' worries turned into a nightmare when Tanya's body, and then Jay's, were discovered-- Theresa Allore, a student at Champlain College in Lennoxville, Quebec, decided to forgo a holiday weekend to work on a psychology paper; her partially clothed body was found the following spring.And so many more tales of unsolved murders in Canada.

Unsolved Murders of Canada

Wojna, Lisa

In Gangs in Canada, Jeff Pearce draws a portrait of an epidemic spreading across the country and infecting our youth. He shows how police, ex-gang members and organizations are reclaiming our young people and showing them ways out of a violent, doomed lifestyle. This is the most gripping, up-to-date chronicle of what is happening on our streets: -- Trace the rise and fall of Vancouver's notorious Bindy Johal, a vicious crime leader who is perversely idolized by up-and-coming gangsters and wannabes years after he was shot dead. -- Winnipeg's Jessie McKay, once known as a crazy punk rocker chick and muscle for the Indian Posse, has reinvented herself as a caring mother and activist trying to save Aboriginal youth. -- One Ontario neo-Nazi succeeded in manipulating the media beyond his wildest dreams when he fooled Fox News into interviewing him as a ''free-speech advocate.'' -- Meet a Calgary constable who visits gang members and youth at risk and sees their potential with touching humanity. -- Since beating down the Rock Machine and running the Outlaws out of town, the Hells Angels have acquired a near-monopoly over the drug trade in Montreal. -- The Marriott and Melvin families of Halifax have been the source of gang-related activity -- drug smuggling and trafficking -- for many years. Gangs in Canada goes beyond the headlines and news clips. It picks up the discussion over causes, history and media influences and shakes out fresh new perspectives on strategies for intervention.

Gangs in Canada

Jeff Pearce

In Gangs in Canada, Jeff Pearce draws a portrait of an epidemic spreading across the country and infecting our youth. He shows how police, ex-gang members and organizations are reclaiming our young people and showing them ways out of a violent, doomed lifestyle. This is the most gripping, up-to-date chronicle of what is happening on our streets: -- Trace the rise and fall of Vancouver's notorious Bindy Johal, a vicious crime leader who is perversely idolized by up-and-coming gangsters and wannabes years after he was shot dead. -- Winnipeg's Jessie McKay, once known as a crazy punk rocker chick and muscle for the Indian Posse, has reinvented herself as a caring mother and activist trying to save Aboriginal youth. -- One Ontario neo-Nazi succeeded in manipulating the media beyond his wildest dreams when he fooled Fox News into interviewing him as a ''free-speech advocate.'' -- Meet a Calgary constable who visits gang members and youth at risk and sees their potential with touching humanity. -- Since beating down the Rock Machine and running the Outlaws out of town, the Hells Angels have acquired a near-monopoly over the drug trade in Montreal. -- The Marriott and Melvin families of Halifax have been the source of gang-related activity--drug smuggling and trafficking--for many years. Gangs in Canada goes beyond the headlines and news clips. It picks up the discussion over causes, history and media influences and shakes out fresh new perspectives on strategies for intervention.

Pearce, Jeff

Before capital punishment was abolished in 1962, more than 700 men and women were executed by hanging in Canada. Last Moments shines a light into a dark corner of a long and painful part of Canadian history that threatens to re-emerge. Here are dramatic stories of the characters whose finals moments and last words were tragic, unpredictable, poignant, eccentric and often bizarre:* The principal object of curiosity at executions, apart from the person about to die, was the executioner; before Confederation, these individuals were often recruited from among the condemned, and they were given two options -- kill or be killed* A Yukon execution was delayed because freezing spectators, tired of waiting in the cold, used the wooden trapdoor of the gallows to build a fire* When Cordelia Viau and her lover, Sam Parslow, were hanged back to back for the murder of Viau's husband, they were separated by a screen to prevent them from offering comfort to one another* George Dowie from PEI didn t believe in brief farewells; his final discourse was so long that officials brought an armchair onto the scaffold so he could sit while addressing the crowd* In 1938, the hangman at the Oakalla prison farm in BC set a grisly, unofficial speed record when he pinioned, hooded, noosed and sprang the trap that sent a killer to his death -- all in five seconds* British Columbian Corky Vincent brawled with his executioner on the scaffold before onlookers leaped into the fray, overpowered him and held him on the trapdoor until he was dropped to his death* New Brunswick killer John Sullivan, overcome by emotion at the thought of saying his final goodbyes, begged his executioner to hang him earlier than scheduled.And so many more tantalizing and twisted tidbits...

Last Moments: Sentenced to Death in Canada

Brawn, Dale

Ontario's history is brimming with mysteries. From the dawn of pre-history to the present, unexplained events have confounded everyone from First Nations founders to present-day 24-hour news junkies. Unlock the past as you discover Ontario's secret history of unsolved disappearances, ghostly encounters, UFO abductions and more.

Mysterious Ontario: Myths, Murders, Mysteries and Legends

History

Telfer, Geordie

Americas

Ryan Davis, a brilliant graduate student and languages scholar, is forced to learn a deadly new vocabulary when an attempted kidnapping shatters his quiet academic existence. After narrowly escaping, Ryan is plunged into a shadow world of danger and intrigue where he discovers shocking revelations about his life and himself. His uncle is not who he thought, his best friends may be his worst enemies and his long-dead father may actually still be alive. Yet it is Ryan's own dormant instincts and innate abilities that surprise him most, giving him the edge he needs to battle the sinister forces he suddenly finds arrayed against him.

The Prodigal Spy (The Canadian Compact)

Literature & Fiction

Connor, Jason

Genre Fiction

It is estimated that one in six Canadians will be victims of identity theft. Complaints of identity theft and fraud in Canada double and even triple each year, according to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre. Fraud artists often use electronic means to steal millions of dollars from ordinary Canadians. In some cases, the appropriation of an individual's identity may go unnoticed for years, and some victims lose everything. But you can learn to safeguard your identity, recognise scams and protect yourself. This book examines: how criminals target their victims; how they collect personal information; what they do with that information; why identity theft is so profitable and; the many types of fraud related to identity theft. It also explains ways to identify if you have been a victim of identity theft or fraud, and what you should do. Read the astonishing stories of people who have had their identity stolen, the heartbreak of their losses and how they recovered.

Identity Theft in Canada: Outrageous Tales and Prevention Strategies

Business & Money

Insurance

Notorious Ontario is a rogue's gallery of killers and robbers, exploring the lives and misdeeds of criminals many of whom have been all but forgotten...until now! From the wild shores of Lake Superior and the woods of Muskoka, to the depths of depression-era Toronto and the bucolic beauty of Niagara, Canada has had its share of villains, and many committed their crimes in Ontario: - For weeks in 1914, Muskoka was beset by fear and violence as Muskoka farmer turned outlaw William "Black Bill" Ruttan spread a reign of terror through the region, initiating a massive manhunt for a vengeful father with a vendetta against his neighbours - On the wild and remote shores of Lake Superior the long arm of the law struggled to reach four brothers - Joseph, Mohawk, Louis and Antoine Moses - who terrorized nearby communities, raping, stealing and murdering as they pleased for more than a decade

Notorious Ontario: Outlaws, Criminals & Gangsters

Hind, Andrew

Da Silva, Maria

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Deadly Canadian Women: The Stories Behind the Crimes of Canada's Most Notorious Women

Fallen Officers: Canadian Police in the Line of Fire

Unsolved Murders of Canada

Gangs in Canada

Gangs in Canada

Last Moments: Sentenced to Death in Canada

Mysterious Ontario: Myths, Murders, Mysteries and Legends

The Prodigal Spy (The Canadian Compact)

Identity Theft in Canada: Outrageous Tales and Prevention Strategies

Notorious Ontario: Outlaws, Criminals & Gangsters