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Man Goes To Hospital With Gunshot Wound, Gets Charged

CBC | Posted 05.14.2013 | Canada
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A man showed up at a Toronto hospital claiming he was wounded in a drive-by shooting, but police soon concluded that he was suffering from a self-infl...

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Boy Shot 'Multiple' Times In Toronto

CBC | Posted 04.04.2013 | Canada
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Toronto police on Wednesday night were searching for suspects after a shooting in the city’s northwest end in which a 15-year-old boy was shot sever...

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Guns Injure 4 More In Toronto

CBC | Posted 09.20.2012 | Canada
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On Friday night in Toronto, people marched for peace. Then the shooting began anew. Toronto hip-hop artist P. Reign hosted an "Angel Walk"...

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Media Bites: Turns Out All Journalists are Gun Violence Experts

J.J. McCullough | Posted 09.18.2012 | Canada Politics
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J.J. McCullough

2012-04-27-mediabitesreal.jpg Isn't it impressive how every Torontonian with a newspaper column knows exactly how to prevent vicious gang violence? Truly, they have all the answers. In less blood-soaked news, the London Olympics are almost upon us, and you know what that means: time for the papers to be filled with bitter editorials about how horrible the Olympics are! (You won't be disappointed!)

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You Can't Stop Crime if You Can't Say Who Is Doing it

Peter Worthington | Posted 09.17.2012 | Canada
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Peter Worthington

What to do about gun violence in Toronto -- or anywhere else, for that matter? Well, contrary to prevailing opinion, there's a lot that can be done. For starters, we (the police and government) should determine who is doing the shooting. Unfortunately, "Profiling" is a taboo word for many, especially human rights zealots who equate "profiling" with bullying or unfairly picking on a portion of the community.

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Three Young Victims Of Gun Violence, One Cemetery

CBC | Posted 09.08.2012 | Canada
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Three young men who have been shot dead in Toronto over the past six weeks have been laid to rest in the same cemetery in the city’s north end. ...

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Why Gangs Are Taking Their Conflicts Public

CP | Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press | Posted 08.03.2012 | Canada
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OTTAWA - Toronto police called the shooter who opened fire in a downtown mall Saturday "one idiot with a gun."But some gang experts argue public shoot...

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