See also, specifically, MURDER. Also see geographic subdivisions of CRIME heading, below.

See also related items and/or notes under, e.g., ABUSE; DISCRIMINATION; GAY BASHING; INTOLERANCE; HOMOPHOBIA, and any geographical subdivisions at these headings.

L.G.Y.C. [Lesbian & Gay Youth Calgary] hurt by fire [night of April 20, 1989; reaction of Calgary police arson department; passing mention of the Gordon Summers case].
P49 (v7n4)(May 31, 1989): 6 (25cm.)

Charges laid [following fire at offices of Lesbian and Gay Youth Calgary; some doubt police accusation].
P50 (v7n5)(July 12, 1989): 7-8 (15cm.)

Slasher on the loose [at southern Calgary Chapters outlet; "someone has destroyed hundreds of lesbian and gay books" in the past 18 months; damages books, which can then not be sold; details].
P135 (v18n2)(March 8, 2000): 12 (25cm.)

Hate/bias website [launched in Calgary to enable people to report hate or bias crimes; www.reporthate.com is "primarily directed at youth to anonymously report incidents"; operated by coalition of community-based groups; other details].
P150 (v20n1)(Jan. 30, 2002): 14 (20cm.)

Preying on the young [newsnote that Mario John Alexandruyk sentenced to eight years for assaulting 21-year-old gay man; drugged, then photographed him and used photos to extort sexual favors; earlier similar offenses].
P159 (v21n2)(March 5, 2003): 13 (11cm.)

See entry at CRIME -- SASKATCHEWAN -- LLOYDMINSTER

A bit easier...for some [account of assault of 18-year-old gay man, Jeremy Crittenden, in Medicine Hat, Alberta; comments about attitudes towards gays in the city].
P139 (v18n6)(Sept. 13, 2000): 10 (18cm.)

Hate crimes unit formed [through British Columbia Attorney-General's office; ten police officers and various bureaucrats; will focus on "traditional" activity, such as hate literature dissemination and "hate-related activity such as gaybashing"].
P111 (v15n2)(March 12, 1997): 23 (14cm.)

Choir attacked [Vancouver Lesbian and Gay Choir attacked while giving concert in Courtenay, B.C.; canister of pepper spray close to stage; other details].
P144 (v19n3)(April 25, 2001): 26 (15cm.)

Vancouver bookstore bombed [concerning Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium]. By David Myers/Angles.
P38 (Jan. 13, 1988): 32-33 (57cm.)

Bombings continue [Vancouver gay business, Thurlow's Restaurant, target of anti-gay bomb attack on February 6; earlier, on Dec. 9, 1987, bomb in stairwell leading to Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium].
P40 (April 13, 1988): 11 (15cm.)

Bookstore bombed [again, January 7, 1992; Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium, Vancouver; this bombing is the third; others in Dec. 1987 and Feb. 1988; co-owner Jim Deva has no doubt that homophobia the motivation].
P70 (v10n1)(Feb. 5, 1992): 11 (19cm.)

Gay play cast vandalized [cast and crew of gay-themed "A Night Out," at White Rock House in Vancouver suburbs, hit with paint, firecrackers, tire slashing, etc., Oct. 31 and Nov. 1/98].
P125 (v16n8)(Dec. 9, 1998): 21 (11cm.)

Hate laws strengthened? [NDP MP Svend Robinson introduced private member's bill (C-263) on October 26; intent is to amend Criminal Code section dealing with hate propaganda to add sexual orientation to list of "identifiable groups"; details of submission].
P133 (v17n8)(Dec. 8, 1999): 27 (24cm.)

Sex law challenged ["currently, gay men in Canada can find themselves in legal limbo when it comes to anal sex"; concerning Section 159 of Criminal Code; several courts have ruled Section 159 unconstitutional because age different for gay men and heterosexuals, but Code has not been changed; one man, Julio Lucas, is suing police and governments; etc.].
P148 (v19n7)[misnumbered v19n6 on contents page](Oct. 24, 2001): 27 (25cm.)

Promises, promises [federal government says will amend Criminal Code of Canada to add sexual orientation to definition of identifiable groups under hate crime provision; promised also to do this three years ago].
P150 (v20n1)(Jan. 30, 2002): 27 (21cm.)

Svend's bill passes [private member's bill introduced by Svend Robinson in November 2001 passes third reading 141-110 on Sept. 17/03; Bill C-250 includes "sexual orientation" in section of Criminal Code concerning hate crimes; "long fought-for victory for Robinson, who first tabled the bill in 1990"; bill now under review by Senate; other details, including denunciation by Roman Catholic Church and Focus on the Family group].
P164 (v21n7)(Oct. 22, 2003): 23-24 (38cm.)

Positively illegal sex [Supreme Court of Canada has made ruling "that could be interpreted in a way that could criminalize HIV-positive people who have sex without disclosing their sero-positive status to their sex partners"; details and reaction].
P165 (v21n8)(Dec. 3, 2003): 25 (17cm.)

Senate passes Bill C-250 [gays and lesbians "have now successfully been added to the list of identifiable groups to be protected under Canada's hate crimes legislation"; bill passed by large margin, but was not without its opponents -- a quartet of Conservative senators, including David Tkachuck and Gerry St. Germain, along with Liberal senator Anne Cools, attempted to slow voting process; etc.].
P169 (v22n4)(June 2, 2004): 25 (33cm.)

Charter loss [Nova Scotia judge rules that "laws criminalizing anal intercourse do not discriminate against homosexuals"; man sentenced after judged guilty of having anal intercourse with 17-year-old; Criminal Code provision not judged in violation of Charter].
P57 (v8n4)(May 30, 1990): 12, 17 (19cm.)

Three years in jail [Scott Wentzell "charged with giving AIDS to another person"].
P55 (v8n2)(Feb. 28, 1990): 17 (14cm.)

Much ado about... [report on London, Ontario police action, "Operation Scoop," and the alleged child pornography issue in that city; Homophile Association of London labels this a witch-hunt, which is not about pedophilia, but about gay men having sex; police chief is Julian Fantino].
P92 (v12n7)(Oct. 26, 1994): 19 (31cm.)

Verbal queerbashing [three teenagers convicted in Toronto of assault and causing a disturbance for verbally assaulting group of gay men in Church Street gay district; two North York high school students, Jason Kinghorn and Dudley Hookong sentenced to three days in jail and a year of probation; third is a young offender, sentenced to weekend in jail, six months' probation and personal counselling].
P70 (v10n1)(Feb. 5, 1992): 12 (20cm.)

Bathhouse bombed [St. Marc Spa, Toronto, had three molotov cocktails thrown at its door July 12; next evening other bomb threats were called to Xtra!, Bar 501, and Woody's, but no bombs found that night].
P83 (v11n6)(Sept. 15, 1993): 20 (16cm.)

Firebombs on the prairies [two gay men in Lloydminster, a small city directly on the border of Saskatchewan and Alberta, were targets of a series of homophobic attacks; John Nelson and Lyle Gardiner targeted because they are gay; Nelson says RCMP dismissing attacks as random and unusual, an opinion he does not share; further details, and mention also of racist incidents].
P101 (v13n8)(Dec. 6, 1995): 12 (45cm.)

Numbers fire [in which Donny Shy [see SHAI] charged with "criminal negligence and arson"].
P3 (1983): 9 (14cm.)

Numbers trial [at which Donald Shai acquitted of arson; trial presided over by Judge G.E. Noble].
P11 [1984]: 10 (17cm.)

Mistaken identity [suspended sentence to Brenda Rudyck, who posed as a man and had relationship with three young women].
P55 (v8n2)(Feb. 28, 1990): 10 (17cm.)

All locked up [Bill Whatcott, Saskatchewan anti-gay and anti-abortion activist, arrested and jailed in North Dakota for entering United States illegally; was attempting to attend religious gathering hosted by a person "who also provides some funds for...his anti-abortion and anti-gay jihads"; Whatcott also scheduled to appear in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan court on charges of causing a disturbance, a breach of recognizance, and resisting arrest; other details].
P155 (v20n6)(Sept. 11, 2002): 11 (43cm.)