Across Canada, a full 70 percent of the 461 people shot by cops between 2000 and 2017 suffered either from a mental illness or substance abuse issues, according to CBC News.
Scarborough’s provincial courthouse is not a pretty building: grey, low and long, it fits into a landscape of big-box stores and strip plazas on the Golden Mile.
Advocates for legal professionals, labour unions and race relations are decrying a move by the Ontario government to amalgamate Toronto-area courthouses into one centralized downtown location.
Over 60 people have died in police custody since 2010 after being arrested while intoxicated. CBC's Death in Custody project aimed to put names and faces to these often unreported deaths.
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