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Ex-University of Waterloo student sentenced to 11 years in prison for gender-studies class stabbings

Ex-University of Waterloo student sentenced to 11 years in prison for gender-studies class stabbings

A former University of Waterloo, Ont., student who pleaded guilty to stabbing several people in a gender-studies class in 2023 was sentenced Monday to 11 years in prison. The judge said Geovanny Villalba-Aleman’s actions were a “particularly grave hate crime,” while the instructor wounded in the attack said “work to cultivate inclusive spaces of belonging continues.”

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Star

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Is boiling a live lobster cruel? Why the debate is heating up

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Star

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OPP say two people killed in a residential fire in Echo Bay.

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Disaster, Justice, Ontario/Quebec

March 14, 2026

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Sports

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Leafs forward Auston Matthews will miss rest of the NHL season due to knee injury

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March 14, 2026

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Health, Ontario/Quebec

March 13, 2026

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Ford government to end funding for remaining supervised consumption sites: advocates

Harm reduction advocates say Ontario’s remaining supervised consumption sites will…

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