August 13, 2018 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters
Rising violence in Canada has prompted calls for the federal government to tighten gun laws but tougher regulations could cause a political backlash in a country where 2 million people are licensed to own a firearm.
July 23, 2018 – Anna Mehler Paperny and Danya Hajjaji, Reuters
The man accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding 13 others on a bustling Toronto street struggled with severe mental illness, his family said on Monday as police sought a motive in the rampage.
December 3, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
You’re more likely to be shot to death in the United States than you are to die in a car accident in Canada.
October 1, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
How do you measure America’s gun violence epidemic?
Saturday, June 9, 2012 – Globe and Mail
ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY
Toronto’s organized crime is anything but.
The city’s gangs are smaller, their members more loosely organized than they were 20 years ago.
They’re also more lethal: The number of homicides classified as “gang-related” has risen since the 1990s. Last Saturday’s shooting at the Eaton Centre – while officially not gang-related in Toronto police lexicon – thrust into the limelight the sort of violence normally hidden in the city’s most blighted neighbourhoods.
The changes are driven by a combination of successful police crackdowns and deeper despair in the city’s poorest, increasingly isolated areas.
Interactive: Homicides, social housing and street crime in Toronto neighbourhoods
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Monday June 4, 2012 – Globe and Mail
DAKSHANA BASCARAMURTY AND ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY
An eruption of gang violence in one of Toronto’s busiest crossroads – the Eaton Centre – has challenged the city’s reputation for downtown safety while drawing a promise from the mayor that “we’re going to apprehend this person, and we will convict this person.”
The gunman who fired on at least one intended target Saturday evening sprayed bullets across a crowded food court that is ringed with security cameras. Police said they have images of a suspect but did not release a description – an approach one retired homicide detective called an indication that an arrest may be imminent.
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