In September 2022, an adoption worker wrote down her concerns about the boy’s apparent thinness, paleness and sunken cheeks, but no subsequent followup visit happened before he died at age 12 on Dec. 21 while under the care of a Burlington, Ont., couple.
Eight days before his death, L.L. was checked by his family doctor in Burlington, Ont. The 12-year-old weighed less than he did when he was six years old and had stopped growing, but the doctor didn’t send him to hospital.
Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber were trying to adopt the boy and his brother in Burlington, Ont. Now, with their trial underway in Milton, they’re charged with first-degree murder, abuse, assault with a weapon and confinement.
The boy and his brother were “despised, deprived and abused” by prospective adoptive parents in their Burlington, Ont., home, the Crown tells the two women's murder trial that began last month in Milton.
Their calls for change come after a CBC News investigation into allegations of historic physical and emotional abuse, and in some cases sexual exploitation, at the now-closed Wellandport, Ont., private school.
"I hope people see the big picture," says Scott McDonald who painted a portrait of Rob Golfi on the side of the former City Centre building, after the real estate agent sponsored the mural project.
If approved by council Wednesday, the city will double its automatic speed enforcement cameras from four to eight, says a staff report. Meanwhile, Premier Doug Ford has said he's against them.
Now a young adult, an Ontario teen pleaded guilty this summer in a U.S. court to being part of an online scheme that targeted hundreds of victims on the social media platform X.
The Basadinaa Experience shares stories of cultural and historical significance from the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and Six Nations of the Grand River — the traditional lands of both groups overlap with the sprawling conservation area.
Since Luke Johnson died in a hospice in Brantford, Ont., in 2024, his family has been determined to help build a facility closer to their Port Dover community to help others access end-of-life care.