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Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's past became a problem during the 2019 federal election, and those vying to replace him will be grilled about theirs.

A former police chief in Nova Scotia who was described in court as a "father figure" to a 17-year-old girl with mental health issues was convicted on Thursday, October 24, 2019 of sexually exploiting the teen.

Former hostage Joshua Boyle used a calculated mixture of kindness and cruelty to ensnare his wife Caitlan Coleman in an emotional web, a Crown attorney said Thursday in urging a judge to find him guilty of assault.

Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle has woven a fictional, self-serving narrative to disguise the fact he demeaned, subjugated and assaulted his wife Caitlan Coleman, a Crown attorney charged on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at Boyle's criminal trial.

A judge has ordered Quebec media star Eric Salvail to stand trial on three charges including sexual assault.

Joshua Boyle might seem arrogant and hard to like, but he tells the truth even when it is not to his advantage, the former hostage's lawyer insisted on Monday, September 30, 2019.

Quebec's independent police watchdog needs to be more transparent and its operations should be investigated by a legislative committee, rights advocates and victims' families said on Monday, September 16, 2019.

Military police have laid sexual-assault charges against two senior members of the Canadian Armed Forces, including a lieutenant-colonel working as a reservist with the Canadian Armed Forces' recruiting group in Ontario.

A Crown attorney has accused Joshua Boyle of dictating strict weight-loss targets for wife Caitlan Coleman after the couple were freed as hostages of Taliban-linked captors.

A sexual assault case involving the mayor of Port Moody, B.C., will return to court on Nov. 13, 2019, but the politician's lawyer says "alternative measures" are being pursued that could see it resolved outside court.

The Conservative Party of Canada is putting the final touches on an anti-harassment policy that's to apply to candidates in the October election.

Former overseas hostage Joshua Boyle says he was concerned for his wife Caitlan Coleman's safety the winter night she fled their Ottawa apartment in stocking feet, accusing Boyle of assaulting her.

Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle, accused of assaulting his now-estranged spouse Caitlan Coleman, denied on Wednesday, September 4, 2019, that he was sexually violent with her.

Lawyers for former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle want a judge to toss out a charge that he misled police — one of several criminal counts he faces in Ontario court.