Canada Sexual Assault

Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Monday after being convicted of four counts of sexual assault in attacks on women in his Toronto office building that in some cases date back for decades.

Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach was on Friday arrested on rape and sexual assault charges, police said. The 91-year-old businessman was arrested from the elite Toronto suburb of Aurora.

Peter Nygard, the founder of one of Canada's largest clothing brands, was found guilty Sunday on four counts of sexual assault, a court announced in Toronto.

Vatican Cardinal Marc Ouellet is the highest-ranking clergyman accused in a court document in Canada made public on Tuesday as part of a class action lawsuit against the Quebec Catholic diocese alleging sexual assault, the complainant' lawyer said.

Five years after the #MeToo movement sent shockwaves around the world with tales of unreported sexual harassment and assault, Canada's Quebec province is moving to ensure victims are heard in court.

A 33-year-old mother has been charged with sexually assaulting her own children -- a four-year-old and a teenager -- casting them in child pornography and prostituting the youngest daughter, police said Wednesday.

A 24-year-old Indian-origin Uber cab driver, wanted for an alleged sexual assault, has surrendered before the Canadian police to face trial, a media report said.

Four members of the British Navy were charged on Thursday with sexual assault in connection with an incident that took place in Nova Scotia on April 10, said a spokesman for the Canadian Department of National Defence.

An Indian-origin police officer's conviction and sentence to a 15-month jail term for sexually assaulting a masseuse in 2013 has been upheld by a Canadian court here.

The promoters of comedian Bill Cosby's three shows in Canada next week say the comedian's representatives informed them he has "every intent" to do them and they are legally obligated to put them on.

An Indian-origin man's sexual assault conviction in Canada that led to his imprisonment and deportation has been overturned by a Canadian court, about nine years after the guilty verdict against him.

Jian Ghomeshi, 47, was charged on Wednesday with four counts of sexual assault and one count of overcoming resistance by choking, Toronto police said in a statement.

A former Canadian deputy prime minister waded into a nationwide uproar over sexual violence on Monday by revealing that she was twice assaulted when she was a budding politician years ago.

A 23-year-old physiotherapy intern was brutally sexually assaulted by six men, including a juvenile, in a moving bus on December 16, 2012.

Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Monday after being convicted of four counts of sexual assault in attacks on women in his Toronto office building that in some cases date back for decades.

Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach was on Friday arrested on rape and sexual assault charges, police said. The 91-year-old businessman was arrested from the elite Toronto suburb of Aurora.

Peter Nygard, the founder of one of Canada's largest clothing brands, was found guilty Sunday on four counts of sexual assault, a court announced in Toronto.

Vatican Cardinal Marc Ouellet is the highest-ranking clergyman accused in a court document in Canada made public on Tuesday as part of a class action lawsuit against the Quebec Catholic diocese alleging sexual assault, the complainant' lawyer said.

Five years after the #MeToo movement sent shockwaves around the world with tales of unreported sexual harassment and assault, Canada's Quebec province is moving to ensure victims are heard in court.

A 33-year-old mother has been charged with sexually assaulting her own children -- a four-year-old and a teenager -- casting them in child pornography and prostituting the youngest daughter, police said Wednesday.

A 24-year-old Indian-origin Uber cab driver, wanted for an alleged sexual assault, has surrendered before the Canadian police to face trial, a media report said.

Four members of the British Navy were charged on Thursday with sexual assault in connection with an incident that took place in Nova Scotia on April 10, said a spokesman for the Canadian Department of National Defence.

An Indian-origin police officer's conviction and sentence to a 15-month jail term for sexually assaulting a masseuse in 2013 has been upheld by a Canadian court here.

The promoters of comedian Bill Cosby's three shows in Canada next week say the comedian's representatives informed them he has "every intent" to do them and they are legally obligated to put them on.

An Indian-origin man's sexual assault conviction in Canada that led to his imprisonment and deportation has been overturned by a Canadian court, about nine years after the guilty verdict against him.

Jian Ghomeshi, 47, was charged on Wednesday with four counts of sexual assault and one count of overcoming resistance by choking, Toronto police said in a statement.

A former Canadian deputy prime minister waded into a nationwide uproar over sexual violence on Monday by revealing that she was twice assaulted when she was a budding politician years ago.

A 23-year-old physiotherapy intern was brutally sexually assaulted by six men, including a juvenile, in a moving bus on December 16, 2012.