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Statistics Canada data shows immigration remains out of control
Author of the article:Brian Lilley
Published Sep 25, 2024 • 3 minute read
More than 250,000 people were added to Canada’s population between April 1 and July 1, according to Statistics Canada data.
More than 250,000 people were added to Canada’s population between April 1 and July 1 of this year. It’s another massive increase at a time when the country simply can’t handle this kind of rapid growth.
The latest Statistics Canada report on population showed that between July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024, we recorded a 3% increase in population – more than 1.2 million.
Our population of non-permanent residents, people who are in Canada on a study or work visa, continues to climb. As of July 1, StatsCan estimated the non-permanent population at 3,002,090, which works out to 7.3% of our population.
Last spring, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government would move to reduce that to just 5% of the population being temporary residents; instead, that number has increased.
While the population continues to increase, our housing starts are down, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. So far this year, housing starts are down 14% in Toronto and 20% in Vancouver.
This is what Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been warning about: People are coming into Canada faster than we can build homes.
“If you add people faster than you build homes, you’ll have a housing shortage and that’s what’s happened,” Poilievre said in a recent interview with the Sun.
“Last year we had the biggest population growth in Canadian history, 1.2 million, and we built fewer homes than we did back in 1972.”
Poilievre said that if elected, he will tie immigration levels to housing starts and ensure we get back to a balance rather than ever-rising housing costs.
The last time Canada had this level of sustained population growth was in the late 1950s and back then homebuilding was keeping up with supply.
One of the oddities of the change in population due to the mass influx of temporary foreign workers and students is the gender imbalance. It’s normal for there to be a nearly equal number of men and women and in the general population that remains the case.
“On July 1, 2024, among non-permanent residents, there were 126.6 men for every 100 women and that ratio has varied from 126.6 to 133.1 since 2021,” StatsCan reported.
This is an unhealthy gender gap in a growing part of our population.
The entire StatsCan report is just more confirmation that when it comes to the immigration system, the Trudeau Liberals continue to mess things up.
Letting immigration, specifically for temporary foreign workers and students, get out of hand is adding to the housing crisis. As StatsCan has shown over the last year, we are also bringing in people at a faster rate than the economy is creating jobs, which is why unemployment has risen from 5% to 6.6%.
Now we have the gender gap being confirmed and a growing problem with people coming here on student visas claiming asylum.
New data from the Immigration Department shows that 12,915 people in Canada on student visas have already claimed asylum this year. It’s an abuse of the system by people trying to skip the usual immigration system or receive lower tuition while in Canada due to their asylum claim.
Under the Trudeau Liberals, Canada’s refugee system has been overrun with people who are economic migrants trying to use the back door to get into the country and it needs to stop.
“We need to properly be able to identify who needs most help, who is there as a true asylum-seeker and other people using the asylum path as a shortcut to gain Canadian permanent residency or citizenship is something that we need to continue to push back against,” Trudeau told reporters in New York on Tuesday.
If only Trudeau knew someone with power and authority who could do something about it.
Sadly, while Trudeau likes to make pronouncements about fixing his mistakes, he and his government don’t like putting in the work to make it happen.
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Author of the article:Brian Lilley
Published Sep 25, 2024 • 3 minute read
More than 250,000 people were added to Canada’s population between April 1 and July 1, according to Statistics Canada data.
More than 250,000 people were added to Canada’s population between April 1 and July 1 of this year. It’s another massive increase at a time when the country simply can’t handle this kind of rapid growth.
The latest Statistics Canada report on population showed that between July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024, we recorded a 3% increase in population – more than 1.2 million.
Our population of non-permanent residents, people who are in Canada on a study or work visa, continues to climb. As of July 1, StatsCan estimated the non-permanent population at 3,002,090, which works out to 7.3% of our population.
Last spring, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government would move to reduce that to just 5% of the population being temporary residents; instead, that number has increased.
While the population continues to increase, our housing starts are down, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. So far this year, housing starts are down 14% in Toronto and 20% in Vancouver.
This is what Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been warning about: People are coming into Canada faster than we can build homes.
“If you add people faster than you build homes, you’ll have a housing shortage and that’s what’s happened,” Poilievre said in a recent interview with the Sun.
“Last year we had the biggest population growth in Canadian history, 1.2 million, and we built fewer homes than we did back in 1972.”
Poilievre said that if elected, he will tie immigration levels to housing starts and ensure we get back to a balance rather than ever-rising housing costs.
The last time Canada had this level of sustained population growth was in the late 1950s and back then homebuilding was keeping up with supply.
One of the oddities of the change in population due to the mass influx of temporary foreign workers and students is the gender imbalance. It’s normal for there to be a nearly equal number of men and women and in the general population that remains the case.
“On July 1, 2024, among non-permanent residents, there were 126.6 men for every 100 women and that ratio has varied from 126.6 to 133.1 since 2021,” StatsCan reported.
This is an unhealthy gender gap in a growing part of our population.
The entire StatsCan report is just more confirmation that when it comes to the immigration system, the Trudeau Liberals continue to mess things up.
Letting immigration, specifically for temporary foreign workers and students, get out of hand is adding to the housing crisis. As StatsCan has shown over the last year, we are also bringing in people at a faster rate than the economy is creating jobs, which is why unemployment has risen from 5% to 6.6%.
Now we have the gender gap being confirmed and a growing problem with people coming here on student visas claiming asylum.
New data from the Immigration Department shows that 12,915 people in Canada on student visas have already claimed asylum this year. It’s an abuse of the system by people trying to skip the usual immigration system or receive lower tuition while in Canada due to their asylum claim.
Under the Trudeau Liberals, Canada’s refugee system has been overrun with people who are economic migrants trying to use the back door to get into the country and it needs to stop.
“We need to properly be able to identify who needs most help, who is there as a true asylum-seeker and other people using the asylum path as a shortcut to gain Canadian permanent residency or citizenship is something that we need to continue to push back against,” Trudeau told reporters in New York on Tuesday.
If only Trudeau knew someone with power and authority who could do something about it.
Sadly, while Trudeau likes to make pronouncements about fixing his mistakes, he and his government don’t like putting in the work to make it happen.
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The Daily — Canada's population estimates: Age and gender, July 1, 2024
The population of Canada reached an estimated 41,288,599 on July 1, 2024. With a quarterly growth rate of 0.6%, this means that 250,229 people were added to the Canadian population from April 1 to July 1, 2024.
LILLEY: Statistics Canada data shows immigration remains out of control
More than 250,000 people were added to the population between April 1 and July 1, another massive increase when the country can’t handle it.
N.Y. district attorney’s office staffer tried to make a bomb to blow up migrant shelter: Polie
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Philip Marcelo
Published Sep 27, 2024 • 2 minute read
NEW YORK (AP) — A paralegal at a New York City district attorney’s office has been arrested after he attempted to make an explosive to bomb a migrant shelter located across from his apartment, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday.
Police said Derek Klever, a 27-year-old who worked as a trial preparation assistant at the Queens District Attorney’s office, had grown frustrated with partying at the Kamway Lodge in Elmhurst, a small hostel that the city has been using to temporarily house migrants arriving from the U.S. southern border with Mexico.
“I know I shouldn’t be doing this, but it’s for Queens County,” he said, according to the court filing. “This is a war. I wish I had a big enough one to blow them back to Venezuela.”
Klever confided to an unnamed acquaintance that he had purchased fireworks and was going to combine their contents with nails, gasoline and other materials to create rudimentary explosives.
“I’m not trying to kill but injure,” he said. “I need to teach them a lesson.”
Klever claimed he had tested a version of the homemade explosive and was considering using a drone to drop multiple bombs on the unsuspecting residents in the shelter.
Police said Klever’s fiance consented to a search of the apartment earlier this week, where they recovered a BB gun in a child’s bedroom and various fireworks inside a closet in a larger bedroom.
Subsequent searches turned up other bomb-making materials, including explosive substances from disassembled fireworks that had been wrapped in tin foil, long nail cartridges that were also wrapped in foil, BB pellets and green wire, according to the complaint.
Klever was arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat, criminal possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child, among other counts.
He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Thursday, and his next court date is Oct. 4.
Klever, though his lawyer, declined to comment Friday.
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz’s office also declined to comment other than to say Klever has been fired and the investigation is ongoing.
Murad Awawdeh, president of the New York Immigration Coalition, which advocates for migrants, said the case underscores the how anti-immigrant rhetoric promoted by some city leaders can lead to violence.
The city shelter system currently houses more than 60,000 migrants and has taken in more than 200,000 total since the spring of 2022.
“Every New Yorker, regardless of when they arrived here, deserves to live a life free of violence and threats to their safety,” Awawdeh said in a statement. “Our leaders must do better, and stop scapegoating asylum seekers for any perceived problem in New York City.”
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Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Philip Marcelo
Published Sep 27, 2024 • 2 minute read
NEW YORK (AP) — A paralegal at a New York City district attorney’s office has been arrested after he attempted to make an explosive to bomb a migrant shelter located across from his apartment, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday.
Police said Derek Klever, a 27-year-old who worked as a trial preparation assistant at the Queens District Attorney’s office, had grown frustrated with partying at the Kamway Lodge in Elmhurst, a small hostel that the city has been using to temporarily house migrants arriving from the U.S. southern border with Mexico.
“I know I shouldn’t be doing this, but it’s for Queens County,” he said, according to the court filing. “This is a war. I wish I had a big enough one to blow them back to Venezuela.”
Klever confided to an unnamed acquaintance that he had purchased fireworks and was going to combine their contents with nails, gasoline and other materials to create rudimentary explosives.
“I’m not trying to kill but injure,” he said. “I need to teach them a lesson.”
Klever claimed he had tested a version of the homemade explosive and was considering using a drone to drop multiple bombs on the unsuspecting residents in the shelter.
Police said Klever’s fiance consented to a search of the apartment earlier this week, where they recovered a BB gun in a child’s bedroom and various fireworks inside a closet in a larger bedroom.
Subsequent searches turned up other bomb-making materials, including explosive substances from disassembled fireworks that had been wrapped in tin foil, long nail cartridges that were also wrapped in foil, BB pellets and green wire, according to the complaint.
Klever was arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat, criminal possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child, among other counts.
He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Thursday, and his next court date is Oct. 4.
Klever, though his lawyer, declined to comment Friday.
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz’s office also declined to comment other than to say Klever has been fired and the investigation is ongoing.
Murad Awawdeh, president of the New York Immigration Coalition, which advocates for migrants, said the case underscores the how anti-immigrant rhetoric promoted by some city leaders can lead to violence.
The city shelter system currently houses more than 60,000 migrants and has taken in more than 200,000 total since the spring of 2022.
“Every New Yorker, regardless of when they arrived here, deserves to live a life free of violence and threats to their safety,” Awawdeh said in a statement. “Our leaders must do better, and stop scapegoating asylum seekers for any perceived problem in New York City.”
N.Y. district attorney’s office staffer tried to make a bomb to blow up migrant shelter: Polie
"I'm not trying to kill but injure," he said. "I need to teach them a lesson."
Immigration hitting sour note in Canada's biggest cities
Majority of residents in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto say they want admissions decreased or paused
Author of the article:Brian Lilley
Published Oct 01, 2024 • Last updated 23 hours ago • 3 minute read
Residents in some of Canada’s biggest cities, including Toronto, want the Trudeau government to clamp down on immigration, according to a new poll.
Residents in some of Canada’s biggest cities want the Trudeau government to clamp down on immigration. A poll conducted by Maru Public Opinion for CityNews finds that a strong majority either wants immigration stopped for the foreseeable future or to have numbers reduced for the next two years.
The poll also found that Canadians in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto are split on whether immigration is having a positive or negative impact on their respective cities with 50% across the four cities saying positive and 50% saying negative.
Maru surveyed 1,801 people across the four cities between Aug. 29 and Sept. 6 via an online panel. The survey said that due to Canada’s low birth rate, immigration is needed but that over the last two years the number of people has grown.
“If you were the minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship and had to decide what to do for each of the following streams of applicants wanting to enter Canada, what would you choose?” the survey asked while presenting participants with options on how to deal with economic immigrants, family class immigrants, students, temporary foreign workers and refugees.
When it comes to refugees, 74% of residents in those cities either want the number reduced for the next two years (47%) or stopped for the foreseeable future (27%). Just 18% said leave the number of refugees coming to Canada at the same level, while 8% said the number should be increased.
International students received the second highest total of reduced or stopped at 71% with 49% saying reduce the number of students allowed and 22% saying stop admissions altogether. For temporary foreign workers, 69% want fewer people coming in with 45% saying they want reduced levels and 24% wanting them stopped.
Economic-class immigration and family reunification remain more popular, but still have a majority saying both admissions either need to be reduced or stopped.
This poll is the latest evidence that the Trudeau Liberals have broken the public’s trust in the immigration system. Poll after poll and data point after data point back that contention up.
The government has simply lost control of the system on all fronts and now immigration has become a hot political issue in a way it hasn’t been for decades.
A recent Leger poll conducted for the Association of Canadian Studies finds that 60% of Canadians now believe we are bringing in too many people. The same question asked five years earlier only found 35% felt the same way.
Over the past several years, though, the Trudeau government has increased the number of people coming into Canada in every single class.
While regular permanent residents, economic- and family-class immigration is rising to almost 500,000 people per year, Canada took in more than 1.2 million people overall between July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024. That increase amounts to a 3% increase in population in the course of one year, a level not seen in Canada since the late 1950s.
All of this comes at a time when Canada is experiencing a housing shortage, which the massive increase in population is not helping. It also isn’t helping the health-care crisis as the population rises dramatically, while health infrastructure simply can’t keep up.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that we are bringing in people faster than we can absorb them and yet his government hasn’t done anything to fix the situation. Until that happens, Canadians will continue to lose faith in a system that is failing them.
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Majority of residents in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto say they want admissions decreased or paused
Author of the article:Brian Lilley
Published Oct 01, 2024 • Last updated 23 hours ago • 3 minute read
Residents in some of Canada’s biggest cities, including Toronto, want the Trudeau government to clamp down on immigration, according to a new poll.
Residents in some of Canada’s biggest cities want the Trudeau government to clamp down on immigration. A poll conducted by Maru Public Opinion for CityNews finds that a strong majority either wants immigration stopped for the foreseeable future or to have numbers reduced for the next two years.
The poll also found that Canadians in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto are split on whether immigration is having a positive or negative impact on their respective cities with 50% across the four cities saying positive and 50% saying negative.
Maru surveyed 1,801 people across the four cities between Aug. 29 and Sept. 6 via an online panel. The survey said that due to Canada’s low birth rate, immigration is needed but that over the last two years the number of people has grown.
“If you were the minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship and had to decide what to do for each of the following streams of applicants wanting to enter Canada, what would you choose?” the survey asked while presenting participants with options on how to deal with economic immigrants, family class immigrants, students, temporary foreign workers and refugees.
When it comes to refugees, 74% of residents in those cities either want the number reduced for the next two years (47%) or stopped for the foreseeable future (27%). Just 18% said leave the number of refugees coming to Canada at the same level, while 8% said the number should be increased.
International students received the second highest total of reduced or stopped at 71% with 49% saying reduce the number of students allowed and 22% saying stop admissions altogether. For temporary foreign workers, 69% want fewer people coming in with 45% saying they want reduced levels and 24% wanting them stopped.
Economic-class immigration and family reunification remain more popular, but still have a majority saying both admissions either need to be reduced or stopped.
This poll is the latest evidence that the Trudeau Liberals have broken the public’s trust in the immigration system. Poll after poll and data point after data point back that contention up.
The government has simply lost control of the system on all fronts and now immigration has become a hot political issue in a way it hasn’t been for decades.
A recent Leger poll conducted for the Association of Canadian Studies finds that 60% of Canadians now believe we are bringing in too many people. The same question asked five years earlier only found 35% felt the same way.
Over the past several years, though, the Trudeau government has increased the number of people coming into Canada in every single class.
While regular permanent residents, economic- and family-class immigration is rising to almost 500,000 people per year, Canada took in more than 1.2 million people overall between July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024. That increase amounts to a 3% increase in population in the course of one year, a level not seen in Canada since the late 1950s.
All of this comes at a time when Canada is experiencing a housing shortage, which the massive increase in population is not helping. It also isn’t helping the health-care crisis as the population rises dramatically, while health infrastructure simply can’t keep up.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that we are bringing in people faster than we can absorb them and yet his government hasn’t done anything to fix the situation. Until that happens, Canadians will continue to lose faith in a system that is failing them.
LILLEY: Immigration hitting sour note in Canada's biggest cities
Residents in some of Canada’s biggest cities want the Trudeau government to clamp down on immigration, according to a poll for CityNews.
Accused female serial killer arrested in Toronto, Hamilton, Niagara Falls deaths
Authorities are not ruling out more deaths linked to suspect
Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Oct 04, 2024 • Last updated 3 hours ago • 3 minute read
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area. She has been charged with three murders in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area. She has been charged with three murders in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
The cold-blooded murders stretch from Toronto to Niagara Falls and have all the earmarks of a serial killer.
Cops made the shocking announcement Friday afternoon that they had arrested a woman suspected in the deaths of three people — and possibly a fourth — between Tuesday and Thursday. The homicides occurred in Toronto, Niagara Falls and Hamilton.
Niagara Regional Police officers arrested 30-year-old Sabrina Kauldhar of Toronto on Thursday at a Burlington hotel. Kauldhar has been charged with first-degree murder in the Hamilton homicide and second-degree murder in the Toronto and Niagara investigations.
Chillingly, two of the slayings were random. None of the charges have been tested in court.
Suspected serial killer Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area.
Suspected serial killer Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area.
Niagara police chief Bill Fordy said detectives are now conferring with colleagues across the province to determine if there may be other victims.
“It was a tight timeframe and there was a risk she would commit further offences,” Fordy told reporters, adding that 100 investigators were hunting the alleged killer.
“I think by definition, she is a serial killer.”
A serial killer is a murderer who commits two or more unrelated homicides. These slayings fit the bill.
According to cops:
— On Tuesday around 2:08 p.m., Toronto officers responded to a call in the Keele St. and Dundas St. W. area. A woman in her 60s was located deceased inside a residence with visible trauma to her body. It’s believed Kauldhar and the victim were acquainted. The victim’s name has not been released.
— On Wednesday at 2:49 p.m., emergency personnel responded to a disturbance report in John Allan Park in the Falls. Officers found an adult male suffering from critical injuries. Despite heroic efforts by firefighters and paramedics, Fallsview Casino cook Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene. He had been walking his dogs.
— On Thursday around 12:26 p.m., Hamilton Police received a 911 call asking for an ambulance in a MacNab St. N. parking lot. An unresponsive male identified as retired 77-year-old former high school teacher Mario Bilich was found with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing. He later died in hospital.
Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Cops say that homicide detectives linked the murders in Hamilton and Niagara Falls, adding that the descriptions of both killers matched. An additional link was made to the active homicide investigation on Tuesday in Toronto.
Investigators say Bilich and Cunningham were randomly targeted. The accused was known to the Toronto victim.
“He [Bilich] was very well-known and had many family and friends in the area,” Hamilton Police Det. Sgt. Sara Beck said.
Beck added that Bilich was found by his car after meeting friends at his social club. Footage from a security camera allegedly shows the suspected killer before and after the murder.
“She followed him to his vehicle,” Beck said.
Now, investigators are trying to piece together a timeline of Kauldhar’s movements and the horrific events. Cops say she travelled by public transportation. They are asking anyone with information, or who may have seen Kauldhar between Tuesday and her arrest on Thursday at 5:45 pm in Burlington, to come forward.
Mario Bilich was found with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing.
Mario Bilich was found with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing.
In addition, detectives are also attempting to identify a female who was observed on security footage on Tuesday at the Giant Tiger at 2025 Guelph Line in Burlington buying clothing that Kauldhar had in her possession at the time of her arrest.
“We’re trying to identify the other female to ensure her safety and confirm what role — if any — she may have played,” Fordy said, adding that when Kauldhar was arrested she was wearing the clothes the mystery woman purchased at a Burlington Giant Tiger.
Kauldhar appeared in St. Catharines Provincial Court on Friday morning.
Toronto Sun files showed that Kauldhar was charged with assault and breach of probation in 2019 when she was living in Sault Ste. Marie. The outcome of those charges is not known but Fordy said she was known to police without offering further details.
Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives via the dedicated hotline at (289) 248-1058.
To provide information anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit your anonymous tips online at crimestoppershamilton.com.
Female serial killers are rare. The last time a woman was charged with multiple homicides in Canada was killer nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer.
The former registered nurse confessed to murdering eight senior citizens and attempting to murder six others in southwestern Ontario between 2007 and 2016. Wettlaufer was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.
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Authorities are not ruling out more deaths linked to suspect
Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Oct 04, 2024 • Last updated 3 hours ago • 3 minute read
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area. She has been charged with three murders in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area. She has been charged with three murders in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
The cold-blooded murders stretch from Toronto to Niagara Falls and have all the earmarks of a serial killer.
Cops made the shocking announcement Friday afternoon that they had arrested a woman suspected in the deaths of three people — and possibly a fourth — between Tuesday and Thursday. The homicides occurred in Toronto, Niagara Falls and Hamilton.
Niagara Regional Police officers arrested 30-year-old Sabrina Kauldhar of Toronto on Thursday at a Burlington hotel. Kauldhar has been charged with first-degree murder in the Hamilton homicide and second-degree murder in the Toronto and Niagara investigations.
Chillingly, two of the slayings were random. None of the charges have been tested in court.
Suspected serial killer Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area.
Suspected serial killer Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area.
Niagara police chief Bill Fordy said detectives are now conferring with colleagues across the province to determine if there may be other victims.
“It was a tight timeframe and there was a risk she would commit further offences,” Fordy told reporters, adding that 100 investigators were hunting the alleged killer.
“I think by definition, she is a serial killer.”
A serial killer is a murderer who commits two or more unrelated homicides. These slayings fit the bill.
According to cops:
— On Tuesday around 2:08 p.m., Toronto officers responded to a call in the Keele St. and Dundas St. W. area. A woman in her 60s was located deceased inside a residence with visible trauma to her body. It’s believed Kauldhar and the victim were acquainted. The victim’s name has not been released.
— On Wednesday at 2:49 p.m., emergency personnel responded to a disturbance report in John Allan Park in the Falls. Officers found an adult male suffering from critical injuries. Despite heroic efforts by firefighters and paramedics, Fallsview Casino cook Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene. He had been walking his dogs.
— On Thursday around 12:26 p.m., Hamilton Police received a 911 call asking for an ambulance in a MacNab St. N. parking lot. An unresponsive male identified as retired 77-year-old former high school teacher Mario Bilich was found with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing. He later died in hospital.
Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Cops say that homicide detectives linked the murders in Hamilton and Niagara Falls, adding that the descriptions of both killers matched. An additional link was made to the active homicide investigation on Tuesday in Toronto.
Investigators say Bilich and Cunningham were randomly targeted. The accused was known to the Toronto victim.
“He [Bilich] was very well-known and had many family and friends in the area,” Hamilton Police Det. Sgt. Sara Beck said.
Beck added that Bilich was found by his car after meeting friends at his social club. Footage from a security camera allegedly shows the suspected killer before and after the murder.
“She followed him to his vehicle,” Beck said.
Now, investigators are trying to piece together a timeline of Kauldhar’s movements and the horrific events. Cops say she travelled by public transportation. They are asking anyone with information, or who may have seen Kauldhar between Tuesday and her arrest on Thursday at 5:45 pm in Burlington, to come forward.
Mario Bilich was found with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing.
Mario Bilich was found with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing.
In addition, detectives are also attempting to identify a female who was observed on security footage on Tuesday at the Giant Tiger at 2025 Guelph Line in Burlington buying clothing that Kauldhar had in her possession at the time of her arrest.
“We’re trying to identify the other female to ensure her safety and confirm what role — if any — she may have played,” Fordy said, adding that when Kauldhar was arrested she was wearing the clothes the mystery woman purchased at a Burlington Giant Tiger.
Kauldhar appeared in St. Catharines Provincial Court on Friday morning.
Toronto Sun files showed that Kauldhar was charged with assault and breach of probation in 2019 when she was living in Sault Ste. Marie. The outcome of those charges is not known but Fordy said she was known to police without offering further details.
Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives via the dedicated hotline at (289) 248-1058.
To provide information anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit your anonymous tips online at crimestoppershamilton.com.
Female serial killers are rare. The last time a woman was charged with multiple homicides in Canada was killer nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer.
The former registered nurse confessed to murdering eight senior citizens and attempting to murder six others in southwestern Ontario between 2007 and 2016. Wettlaufer was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.
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HUNTER: Accused female serial killer arrested in Toronto, Hamilton, Niagara Falls deaths
The cold-blooded murders stretch from Toronto to Niagara Falls and have all the earmarks of a serial killer.
Accused serial killer had normal upbringing but 'went down a bad path': High school friend
Author of the article:Kevin Connor
Published Oct 05, 2024 • 3 minute read
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area. She has been charged with three murders in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area. She has been charged with three murders in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
The woman accused of being a serial killer by authorities following three recent deaths in three consecutive days in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls appears to have had a normal upbringing.
However, a former high school friend said the woman went down a “bad path.”
On Friday afternoon, police in Niagara and Hamilton jointly announced the arrest of Sabrina Kauldhar, 30, of Toronto. She was taken into custody at a Burlington hotel the day before.
She has been charged with first-degree murder in the Hamilton slaying and second-degree murder in the Toronto and Niagara cases.
Sabrina Kauldhar is accused of killing three people on three consecutive days in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
Sabrina Kauldhar is accused of killing three people on three consecutive days in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
The high school friend said he hasn’t spoken with Kauldhar in recent years.
“I haven’t been in contact with her really at all since about 2015 and even then it was her trying to ask for money … and I just said no and hadn’t heard anything since,” said the man, who asked not to be named.
“Other than that little interaction, I knew her in high school well, parents were both dentists. She was a straight A student and very active in sports. Played high level hockey and did figure skating when she was young.”
He said both of her parents were great people, but tragedy struck four years ago when her mother died of an illness, according to an online obituary.
The friend believes the accused got mixed up with the wrong crowd while attending college and also developed some mental health issues which “unfortunately lead to this situation.”
“About all I can really say since it’s been forever but [she] was only ever a happy, fun person with a good head on her shoulders and all the resources she could ask for to have been crazy successful, but clearly went down a bad path.”
Toronto Police said on Tuesday shortly after 2 p.m., officers responded to a call in the Keele St. and Dundas St. W. area. A woman in her 60s was found dead in a home with wounds to her body. Investigators say the accused knew the victim, whose name has not been released.
Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene.
On Wednesday just before 3 p.m., police officers in Niagara Falls were called to a disturbance report in John Allan Park and located a man suffering from critical injuries. Police said Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene.
On Thursday shortly after the noon hour, police officers in Hamilton were called to a MacNab St. N. parking lot and found a unresponsive man. Cops say former high school teacher Mario Bilich,, 77, had been stabbed and later died in hospital.
Mario Bilich was found with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing.
Mario Bilich was found with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing.
Police believe the two men stabbed to death were random acts.
Investigators are also looking to identify a woman who was observed Tuesday on security footage at the Giant Tiger located at 2025 Guelph Line in Burlington. Police said the unidentified woman bought clothing that Kauldhar had in her possession at the time of her arrest.
On Friday, Niagara police chief Bill Fordy said the accused definitely fits the definition of serial killer and added detectives are conferring with colleagues across the province to determine if there may be other victims.
Police also said they are continuing the investigation to determine her activities and movement earlier this month.
Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives via the dedicated hotline at 289-248-1058.
To provide information anonymously, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit anonymous tips online at
crimestoppershamilton.com
— with files from Brad Hunter.
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Kevin Connor
Published Oct 05, 2024 • 3 minute read
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area. She has been charged with three murders in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area. She has been charged with three murders in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
The woman accused of being a serial killer by authorities following three recent deaths in three consecutive days in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls appears to have had a normal upbringing.
However, a former high school friend said the woman went down a “bad path.”
On Friday afternoon, police in Niagara and Hamilton jointly announced the arrest of Sabrina Kauldhar, 30, of Toronto. She was taken into custody at a Burlington hotel the day before.
She has been charged with first-degree murder in the Hamilton slaying and second-degree murder in the Toronto and Niagara cases.
Sabrina Kauldhar is accused of killing three people on three consecutive days in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
Sabrina Kauldhar is accused of killing three people on three consecutive days in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
The high school friend said he hasn’t spoken with Kauldhar in recent years.
“I haven’t been in contact with her really at all since about 2015 and even then it was her trying to ask for money … and I just said no and hadn’t heard anything since,” said the man, who asked not to be named.
“Other than that little interaction, I knew her in high school well, parents were both dentists. She was a straight A student and very active in sports. Played high level hockey and did figure skating when she was young.”
He said both of her parents were great people, but tragedy struck four years ago when her mother died of an illness, according to an online obituary.
The friend believes the accused got mixed up with the wrong crowd while attending college and also developed some mental health issues which “unfortunately lead to this situation.”
“About all I can really say since it’s been forever but [she] was only ever a happy, fun person with a good head on her shoulders and all the resources she could ask for to have been crazy successful, but clearly went down a bad path.”
Toronto Police said on Tuesday shortly after 2 p.m., officers responded to a call in the Keele St. and Dundas St. W. area. A woman in her 60s was found dead in a home with wounds to her body. Investigators say the accused knew the victim, whose name has not been released.
Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene.
On Wednesday just before 3 p.m., police officers in Niagara Falls were called to a disturbance report in John Allan Park and located a man suffering from critical injuries. Police said Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene.
On Thursday shortly after the noon hour, police officers in Hamilton were called to a MacNab St. N. parking lot and found a unresponsive man. Cops say former high school teacher Mario Bilich,, 77, had been stabbed and later died in hospital.
Mario Bilich was found with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing.
Mario Bilich was found with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing.
Police believe the two men stabbed to death were random acts.
Investigators are also looking to identify a woman who was observed Tuesday on security footage at the Giant Tiger located at 2025 Guelph Line in Burlington. Police said the unidentified woman bought clothing that Kauldhar had in her possession at the time of her arrest.
On Friday, Niagara police chief Bill Fordy said the accused definitely fits the definition of serial killer and added detectives are conferring with colleagues across the province to determine if there may be other victims.
Police also said they are continuing the investigation to determine her activities and movement earlier this month.
Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives via the dedicated hotline at 289-248-1058.
To provide information anonymously, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit anonymous tips online at
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— with files from Brad Hunter.
Accused serial killer had normal upbringing but 'went down a bad path': High school friend
The woman accused of being a serial killer following three recent deaths in three consecutive days appears to have had a normal upbringing.
Suspected serial killer Sabrina Kauldhar an enigma wrapped in a riddle
Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Oct 07, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
SERIAL KILLER? Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area. She has been charged with three murders in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
SERIAL KILLER? Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area. She has been charged with three murders in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
Cops are describing Sabrina Kauldhar as a serial killer.
She is also an enigma wrapped in a riddle.
Over three grim days last week, a bloodbath ensued, sending three innocent people to the morgue.
The 30-year-old Toronto woman has been charged with first-degree murder in the brutal stabbing death of a retired Hamilton teacher behind his social club in that city, and two counts of second-degree murder in the murders of a Fallsview Casino cook and a woman she allegedly knew in Toronto.
A fourth potential victim has been found safe.
None of the charges have been proven in court.
Former cop and University of Western Ontario professor Michael Arntfield noted that there is not a lot of public information on the accused killer. What Kauldhar actually is could be open for debate.
“(If the allegations are true,) it’s serial murder by definition and even conforms to the FBI description,” Arntfield told The Toronto Sun. “In a lot of ways, she could be more closely identified with a spree killer or a mass killer.”
Arntfield said that a typical spree-killer initially targets individuals they know before the slaughter becomes indiscriminate. Those in this category include killer Charles Whitman, aka the Texas Tower Sniper.
On Aug. 1, 1966, using knives, Whitman murdered his mom and his wife in Austin, Texas. The bloody day, however, was not through for the former U.S. Marine.
Whitman then made his way to the University of Texas at Austin with a small arsenal and began indiscriminately shooting at people from the clock tower on the 28th floor. For 96 minutes he squeezed off round after round, killing 11 more people and wounding 31 before cops took him off the board.
“The two male victims in the alleged Sabrina Kauldhar murders were simply at the wrong place at the wrong time,” Arntfield said, adding that reputed female serial killers are “highly atypical”.
“But this is still serial murder (if the allegations are true). With a spree killing, historically the murders are related to mental health. Workplace murders are an example of this.”
Arntfield noted that the term “spree-killer” has fallen out of use “given the difficulty in quantifying ‘spree’ from the total number of victims, which is comparatively more accurate — serial being two and mass murderer being four.”
Suspected serial killer Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area.
Suspected serial killer Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area.
Kauldhar grew up in a warm, loving home in Innisfil and her parents were dentists. A high school friend said her life began spiralling downward in a haze of drugs and mental health issues after her mother died in 2020.
A pal told the Sun she went down a “bad path.”
“I haven’t been in contact with her really at all since about 2015 and even then it was her trying to ask for money … and I just said no and hadn’t heard anything since,” said the man, who asked not to be named.
“Other than that little interaction, I knew her in high school well, her parents were both dentists. She was a straight-A student and very active in sports. Played high-level hockey and did figure skating when she was young.”
MURDERED: Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene.
MURDERED: Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Sabrina Kauldhar charged with a trio of horrific crimes is allegedly not the same “happy, fun person with a good head on her shoulders.”
On Tuesday, Toronto cops took a call in the Junction that a woman in her 60s had been found dead with injuries to her body. The victim’s name has not been released, but Global News said the pair were roommates.
HAMILTON: Mario Bilich was found with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing.
HAMILTON: Mario Bilich was found with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing.
The next day at John Allan Park in Niagara Falls, officers found Fallsview Casino cook Lance Cunningham, 47, with critical injuries. He had been walking his dogs and died at the scene. A GoFundMe has been set up for his wife and daughter.
On Thursday, just after noon, officers in Hamilton were called to a MacNab St. N. parking lot and found an unresponsive man. Cops say former high school teacher Mario Bilich, 77, had been stabbed and later died in hospital.
Sabrina Kauldhar? She remains a mystery.
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@HunterTOSun
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Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Oct 07, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
SERIAL KILLER? Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area. She has been charged with three murders in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
SERIAL KILLER? Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area. She has been charged with three murders in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
Cops are describing Sabrina Kauldhar as a serial killer.
She is also an enigma wrapped in a riddle.
Over three grim days last week, a bloodbath ensued, sending three innocent people to the morgue.
The 30-year-old Toronto woman has been charged with first-degree murder in the brutal stabbing death of a retired Hamilton teacher behind his social club in that city, and two counts of second-degree murder in the murders of a Fallsview Casino cook and a woman she allegedly knew in Toronto.
A fourth potential victim has been found safe.
None of the charges have been proven in court.
Former cop and University of Western Ontario professor Michael Arntfield noted that there is not a lot of public information on the accused killer. What Kauldhar actually is could be open for debate.
“(If the allegations are true,) it’s serial murder by definition and even conforms to the FBI description,” Arntfield told The Toronto Sun. “In a lot of ways, she could be more closely identified with a spree killer or a mass killer.”
Arntfield said that a typical spree-killer initially targets individuals they know before the slaughter becomes indiscriminate. Those in this category include killer Charles Whitman, aka the Texas Tower Sniper.
On Aug. 1, 1966, using knives, Whitman murdered his mom and his wife in Austin, Texas. The bloody day, however, was not through for the former U.S. Marine.
Whitman then made his way to the University of Texas at Austin with a small arsenal and began indiscriminately shooting at people from the clock tower on the 28th floor. For 96 minutes he squeezed off round after round, killing 11 more people and wounding 31 before cops took him off the board.
“The two male victims in the alleged Sabrina Kauldhar murders were simply at the wrong place at the wrong time,” Arntfield said, adding that reputed female serial killers are “highly atypical”.
“But this is still serial murder (if the allegations are true). With a spree killing, historically the murders are related to mental health. Workplace murders are an example of this.”
Arntfield noted that the term “spree-killer” has fallen out of use “given the difficulty in quantifying ‘spree’ from the total number of victims, which is comparatively more accurate — serial being two and mass murderer being four.”
Suspected serial killer Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area.
Suspected serial killer Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area.
Kauldhar grew up in a warm, loving home in Innisfil and her parents were dentists. A high school friend said her life began spiralling downward in a haze of drugs and mental health issues after her mother died in 2020.
A pal told the Sun she went down a “bad path.”
“I haven’t been in contact with her really at all since about 2015 and even then it was her trying to ask for money … and I just said no and hadn’t heard anything since,” said the man, who asked not to be named.
“Other than that little interaction, I knew her in high school well, her parents were both dentists. She was a straight-A student and very active in sports. Played high-level hockey and did figure skating when she was young.”
MURDERED: Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene.
MURDERED: Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Sabrina Kauldhar charged with a trio of horrific crimes is allegedly not the same “happy, fun person with a good head on her shoulders.”
On Tuesday, Toronto cops took a call in the Junction that a woman in her 60s had been found dead with injuries to her body. The victim’s name has not been released, but Global News said the pair were roommates.
HAMILTON: Mario Bilich was found with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing.
HAMILTON: Mario Bilich was found with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing.
The next day at John Allan Park in Niagara Falls, officers found Fallsview Casino cook Lance Cunningham, 47, with critical injuries. He had been walking his dogs and died at the scene. A GoFundMe has been set up for his wife and daughter.
On Thursday, just after noon, officers in Hamilton were called to a MacNab St. N. parking lot and found an unresponsive man. Cops say former high school teacher Mario Bilich, 77, had been stabbed and later died in hospital.
Sabrina Kauldhar? She remains a mystery.
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@HunterTOSun
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HUNTER: Suspected serial killer Sabrina Kauldhar an enigma wrapped in a riddle
Cops are describing Sabrina Kauldhar as a serial killer. She is also an enigma wrapped in a riddle.
Lawyers cite mental 'fitness' concerns as accused serial killer appears in court
Author of the article:Michele Mandel
Published Oct 09, 2024 • 3 minute read
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area. She has been charged with three murders in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in the Burlington area. She has been charged with murder in connection with separate slayings in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
Sabrina Kauldhar, accused of being a female serial killer with three victims to her name, appears on camera from Vanier Centre for Women.
The heavyset woman has her hair wrapped in a black durag and she’s dressed in a bright green sweatsuit. She shifts from one leg to the other as Justice of the Peace Jennifer Veenboer asks for her name.
Kauldhar responds, leaning into the screen, but her eyes are eerily empty, as if none of this is registering. And then the lawyers who appear on her behalf seem to suggest that might be the case.
After returning from speaking in a break-out room to their potential client — funding still must be approved by Legal Aid before they’re officially retained — they ask Veenboer to mark Kauldhar’s warrant for medical attention and that she be remanded in person to a mental-health court next week, where a physician can do a psychiatric assessment.
“We have fitness concerns,” lawyer Sherif Foda told Veenboer.
Only serious mental illness would make this senseless, allegedly cold-blooded killing spree somewhat easier to understand.
Kauldhar, 30, was arrested in Burlington on Oct. 3 after police said they tied her to the slayings of three people over three days in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls. The last two victims were believed to be random targets who their killer didn’t even know, according to police.
The killing spree allegedly began Oct. 1, when Toronto Police were called to a basement apartment on Keele St. and found the body of a woman in her 60s with signs of “physical trauma.” Investigators said the dead woman, identified in court records as Trinh Thi Vu, was known to Kauldhar.
Not so the next two who were killed.
On Oct. 2, emergency responders were called to a disturbance report at John Allan Park in Niagara Falls. Lance Cunningham, a 47-year-old chef at the Fallsview Casino, had gone to take his dogs for a walk before he was expected to pick up his daughter from school.
He would never make it. When officers arrived, the “fun-loving” dad who loved the Steelers, hiking and his wife of 16 years was found suffering from critical injuries and died at the scene.
The following day, at about 12:26 p.m., Hamilton Police received a 911 call requesting an ambulance for a man found stabbed in a parking lot. Mario Bilich, a well-known 77-year-old retired teacher, was transported to a hospital, where he later died of his injuries.
Security footage showed he was followed by a woman after the grandfather left his daily visit to a Sicilian social club to go to his car.
Niagara police said when the suspect description matched in both cases, investigators linked Bilich’s death in Hamilton to Cunningham’s in Niagara Falls and then to the Toronto case.
Kauldhar has been charged with first-degree murder in Cunningham’s death and second-degree murder in the Toronto and Niagara investigations.
A high school friend told the Sun that Kauldhar, the daughter of two dentists in the Barrie area, was a straight-A student, but struggled after her mom died suddenly in 2020. She was just 54.
During the Zoom appearance, there were more hints about her possible mental instability.
Her lawyers asked duty counsel if Legal Aid would be able to assist the accused triple killer in filling out the paperwork at Vanier, but were told that’s not usually done. The justice of the peace suggested they’d have to bend those rules.
“I think there might be some assistance that is required for this individual in terms of competence or capabilities of making those phone calls on her own.”
Kauldhar was told she will appear next in person Oct. 17 at the Toronto courthouse. Still swaying, she nodded and was gone.
mmandel@postmedia.com
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Michele Mandel
Published Oct 09, 2024 • 3 minute read
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area. She has been charged with three murders in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in the Burlington area. She has been charged with murder in connection with separate slayings in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
Sabrina Kauldhar, accused of being a female serial killer with three victims to her name, appears on camera from Vanier Centre for Women.
The heavyset woman has her hair wrapped in a black durag and she’s dressed in a bright green sweatsuit. She shifts from one leg to the other as Justice of the Peace Jennifer Veenboer asks for her name.
Kauldhar responds, leaning into the screen, but her eyes are eerily empty, as if none of this is registering. And then the lawyers who appear on her behalf seem to suggest that might be the case.
After returning from speaking in a break-out room to their potential client — funding still must be approved by Legal Aid before they’re officially retained — they ask Veenboer to mark Kauldhar’s warrant for medical attention and that she be remanded in person to a mental-health court next week, where a physician can do a psychiatric assessment.
“We have fitness concerns,” lawyer Sherif Foda told Veenboer.
Only serious mental illness would make this senseless, allegedly cold-blooded killing spree somewhat easier to understand.
Kauldhar, 30, was arrested in Burlington on Oct. 3 after police said they tied her to the slayings of three people over three days in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls. The last two victims were believed to be random targets who their killer didn’t even know, according to police.
The killing spree allegedly began Oct. 1, when Toronto Police were called to a basement apartment on Keele St. and found the body of a woman in her 60s with signs of “physical trauma.” Investigators said the dead woman, identified in court records as Trinh Thi Vu, was known to Kauldhar.
Not so the next two who were killed.
On Oct. 2, emergency responders were called to a disturbance report at John Allan Park in Niagara Falls. Lance Cunningham, a 47-year-old chef at the Fallsview Casino, had gone to take his dogs for a walk before he was expected to pick up his daughter from school.
He would never make it. When officers arrived, the “fun-loving” dad who loved the Steelers, hiking and his wife of 16 years was found suffering from critical injuries and died at the scene.
The following day, at about 12:26 p.m., Hamilton Police received a 911 call requesting an ambulance for a man found stabbed in a parking lot. Mario Bilich, a well-known 77-year-old retired teacher, was transported to a hospital, where he later died of his injuries.
Security footage showed he was followed by a woman after the grandfather left his daily visit to a Sicilian social club to go to his car.
Niagara police said when the suspect description matched in both cases, investigators linked Bilich’s death in Hamilton to Cunningham’s in Niagara Falls and then to the Toronto case.
Kauldhar has been charged with first-degree murder in Cunningham’s death and second-degree murder in the Toronto and Niagara investigations.
A high school friend told the Sun that Kauldhar, the daughter of two dentists in the Barrie area, was a straight-A student, but struggled after her mom died suddenly in 2020. She was just 54.
During the Zoom appearance, there were more hints about her possible mental instability.
Her lawyers asked duty counsel if Legal Aid would be able to assist the accused triple killer in filling out the paperwork at Vanier, but were told that’s not usually done. The justice of the peace suggested they’d have to bend those rules.
“I think there might be some assistance that is required for this individual in terms of competence or capabilities of making those phone calls on her own.”
Kauldhar was told she will appear next in person Oct. 17 at the Toronto courthouse. Still swaying, she nodded and was gone.
mmandel@postmedia.com
MANDEL: Lawyers cite mental 'fitness' concerns as accused serial killer appears in court
Sabrina Kauldhar, accused of being a serial killer, made a remote court appearance on Wednesday from the Vanier Centre for Women.
Third GTHA victim of accused female serial killer identified
Author of the article:Jane Stevenson
Published Oct 11, 2024 • Last updated 23 hours ago • 2 minute read
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area. She has been charged with three murders in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in the Burlington area. She has been charged with murder in connection with separate slayings in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
The alleged Toronto victim of accused serial killer Sabrina Kauldhar has been identified as 66-year-old Trinh Thi Vu.
On Oct. 1, just after 2:08 p.m., Toronto Police responded to the area of Keele St. and Dundas St. W. where its a woman was located dead inside a residence with trauma to her body
Kauldhar, 30, of Toronto, has been charged with second-degree murder in Vu’s death.
It’s believed the two women knew each other.
Kauldhar has also been charged with first-degree murder for a homicide in Hamilton on Oct. 2 and second-degree murder for a homicide in Niagara on Oct. 3
Cops said on Oct. 2 around 2:49 p.m., they responded to a disturbance in John Allan Park in the Falls and found Fallsview Casino cook Lance Cunningham, 47, suffering from critical injuries.
Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene. Photo by Handout /Niagara Regional Police
Despite efforts by firefighters and paramedics, Cunningham, who had been walking his dogs, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Then on Oct. 3, around 12:26 p.m., Hamilton Police responded to a call in a MacNab St. N. parking lot where an unresponsive male, later identified as retired 77-year-old former high school teacher Mario Bilich, was found near his car by friends with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing.
He later died in hospital.
Niagara Regional Police officers arrested Kauldhar Oct. 3 at a Burlington hotel and said the murders of the two males were random.
Mario Bilich was found with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing.
Mario Bilich was found with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing.
Niagara police chief Bill Fordy told reporters detectives were checking with colleagues across Ontario to determine if there may be other alleged victims.
“It was a tight time frame and there was a risk she would commit further offences,” Fordy told reporters, adding that 100 investigators were hunting the alleged killer.
“I think by definition, she is a serial killer,” he alleged.
Police are also trying to identify a female seen on security footage on Oct. 1 at the Giant Tiger at 2025 Guelph Line in Burlington buying clothing that Kauldhar later had in her possession at the time of her arrest.
“We’re trying to identify the other female to ensure her safety and confirm what role, if any, she may have played,” said Fordy.
Previously, Kauldhar was charged with assault and breach of probation in 2019 while living in Sault Ste. Marie, although the outcome of those charges is not known.
Fordy said she was known to police without offering further details.
Anyone with information is asked to call the dedicated hotline at 289-248-1058 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Jane Stevenson
Published Oct 11, 2024 • Last updated 23 hours ago • 2 minute read
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area. She has been charged with three murders in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in the Burlington area. She has been charged with murder in connection with separate slayings in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
The alleged Toronto victim of accused serial killer Sabrina Kauldhar has been identified as 66-year-old Trinh Thi Vu.
On Oct. 1, just after 2:08 p.m., Toronto Police responded to the area of Keele St. and Dundas St. W. where its a woman was located dead inside a residence with trauma to her body
Kauldhar, 30, of Toronto, has been charged with second-degree murder in Vu’s death.
It’s believed the two women knew each other.
Kauldhar has also been charged with first-degree murder for a homicide in Hamilton on Oct. 2 and second-degree murder for a homicide in Niagara on Oct. 3
Cops said on Oct. 2 around 2:49 p.m., they responded to a disturbance in John Allan Park in the Falls and found Fallsview Casino cook Lance Cunningham, 47, suffering from critical injuries.
Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Lance Cunningham, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene. Photo by Handout /Niagara Regional Police
Despite efforts by firefighters and paramedics, Cunningham, who had been walking his dogs, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Then on Oct. 3, around 12:26 p.m., Hamilton Police responded to a call in a MacNab St. N. parking lot where an unresponsive male, later identified as retired 77-year-old former high school teacher Mario Bilich, was found near his car by friends with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing.
He later died in hospital.
Niagara Regional Police officers arrested Kauldhar Oct. 3 at a Burlington hotel and said the murders of the two males were random.
Mario Bilich was found with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing.
Mario Bilich was found with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing.
Niagara police chief Bill Fordy told reporters detectives were checking with colleagues across Ontario to determine if there may be other alleged victims.
“It was a tight time frame and there was a risk she would commit further offences,” Fordy told reporters, adding that 100 investigators were hunting the alleged killer.
“I think by definition, she is a serial killer,” he alleged.
Police are also trying to identify a female seen on security footage on Oct. 1 at the Giant Tiger at 2025 Guelph Line in Burlington buying clothing that Kauldhar later had in her possession at the time of her arrest.
“We’re trying to identify the other female to ensure her safety and confirm what role, if any, she may have played,” said Fordy.
Previously, Kauldhar was charged with assault and breach of probation in 2019 while living in Sault Ste. Marie, although the outcome of those charges is not known.
Fordy said she was known to police without offering further details.
Anyone with information is asked to call the dedicated hotline at 289-248-1058 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Third GTHA victim of accused female serial killer identified
The alleged Toronto victim of accused serial killer Sabrina Kauldhar has been identified as 66-year-old Trinh Thi Vu.
Tattooed illegal immigrant gang member lorded over sex trafficking empire: Cops
Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Oct 08, 2024 • Last updated 4 days ago • 2 minute read
Estefania "La Barbie" Primera is the queen bee of the gang's sex trafficking operations.
Estefania "La Barbie" Primera is the queen bee of the gang's sex trafficking operations, U.S. officials allege.
The notoriously violent Tren de Aragua gang of illegal Venezuelan immigrants appears to have added a feminine touch.
Cops say heavily tattooed Estefania “La Barbie” Primera is the queen bee of the gang’s sex trafficking operations she ran out of a Texas border town hotel.
Citing a leaked Border Patrol memo, the New York Post reports that the illegal immigrant allegedly drugged one young woman, held her captive in the hotel and brought in men to gang-rape her.
On TikTok, Primera — based in El Paso — uses the handle “barbie underground.” She was arrested on Sept. 27 with her five young children who officials claim she uses as drug mules for the gangs.
The Gateway Hotel where Primera operated has now been shuttered after officials dealt with more than 700 complaints regarding the joint’s lawlessness.
One sex-trafficking victim named Primera as the queen of the prostitution ring. The victims were allegedly trafficking into the U.S. for the sole purpose of generating money for Tren de Aragua via sex.
Another told cops that the female gangbanger drugged her numerous times with a capsule that contained deadly fentanyl as part of the mix. She would pass out then awake as numerous men raped her. Court documents say the woman suffered terrible injuries from the gang rape.
And when the victim tried to escape, “Barbie”, dragged her back to her hotel HQ. She frequently battered the woman.
In less than two or three years, Tren de Aragua members have killed and tortured their way up the American criminal table and are now operating across the country. Gun smuggling, shootings, drug smuggling and sex trafficking are the gang’s primary sources of income.
Sex slavery rings run by the gang have been discovered in eight states, including Texas, California, New York and New Jersey. Many of the enslaved women owe the gang money after they were smuggled into the country.
Primera sports tattoos covering her face and body. She often flaunts her ink on her TikTok account while dancing seductively to Spanish music.
Across the U.S., neighbourhoods infested with Tren de Aragua members have become no-go zones.
“Before, we would walk around feeling safe, whereas now we don’t feel safe,” one El Paso resident told the Post. “We don’t attend Mass in our neighbourhood church because we don’t feel safe. Our peace and tranquillity have been taken away.”
It’s believed Primera slipped into the U.S. with family members in August 2023.
At the time of her entry, she told Border Patrol agents she was en route to Illinois. Officials placed Primera under the supervision of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s electronic monitoring technology.
The Post, citing sources, said she ditched her ankle monitor within weeks of being sprung. She is being held at an El Paso jail on a $200,000 bond.
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Published Oct 08, 2024 • Last updated 4 days ago • 2 minute read
Estefania "La Barbie" Primera is the queen bee of the gang's sex trafficking operations.
Estefania "La Barbie" Primera is the queen bee of the gang's sex trafficking operations, U.S. officials allege.
The notoriously violent Tren de Aragua gang of illegal Venezuelan immigrants appears to have added a feminine touch.
Cops say heavily tattooed Estefania “La Barbie” Primera is the queen bee of the gang’s sex trafficking operations she ran out of a Texas border town hotel.
Citing a leaked Border Patrol memo, the New York Post reports that the illegal immigrant allegedly drugged one young woman, held her captive in the hotel and brought in men to gang-rape her.
On TikTok, Primera — based in El Paso — uses the handle “barbie underground.” She was arrested on Sept. 27 with her five young children who officials claim she uses as drug mules for the gangs.
The Gateway Hotel where Primera operated has now been shuttered after officials dealt with more than 700 complaints regarding the joint’s lawlessness.
One sex-trafficking victim named Primera as the queen of the prostitution ring. The victims were allegedly trafficking into the U.S. for the sole purpose of generating money for Tren de Aragua via sex.
Another told cops that the female gangbanger drugged her numerous times with a capsule that contained deadly fentanyl as part of the mix. She would pass out then awake as numerous men raped her. Court documents say the woman suffered terrible injuries from the gang rape.
And when the victim tried to escape, “Barbie”, dragged her back to her hotel HQ. She frequently battered the woman.
In less than two or three years, Tren de Aragua members have killed and tortured their way up the American criminal table and are now operating across the country. Gun smuggling, shootings, drug smuggling and sex trafficking are the gang’s primary sources of income.
Sex slavery rings run by the gang have been discovered in eight states, including Texas, California, New York and New Jersey. Many of the enslaved women owe the gang money after they were smuggled into the country.
Primera sports tattoos covering her face and body. She often flaunts her ink on her TikTok account while dancing seductively to Spanish music.
Across the U.S., neighbourhoods infested with Tren de Aragua members have become no-go zones.
“Before, we would walk around feeling safe, whereas now we don’t feel safe,” one El Paso resident told the Post. “We don’t attend Mass in our neighbourhood church because we don’t feel safe. Our peace and tranquillity have been taken away.”
It’s believed Primera slipped into the U.S. with family members in August 2023.
At the time of her entry, she told Border Patrol agents she was en route to Illinois. Officials placed Primera under the supervision of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s electronic monitoring technology.
The Post, citing sources, said she ditched her ankle monitor within weeks of being sprung. She is being held at an El Paso jail on a $200,000 bond.
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Exclusive | Tatted-up female Tren de Aragua gang member called ‘The Barbie’ is busted for running brutal sex-trafficking ring
At least one victim alleged Estefania Primera — a Venezuelan illegal migrant who goes by the street name “La Barbie” — drugged her and brought men in to gang rape her while she was unco…
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Tattooed illegal immigrant gang member lorded over sex trafficking empire: Cops
The notoriously violent Tren de Aragua gang of illegal Venezuelan immigrants has added a feminine touch.
Laken Riley slaying 'probably' avoided if immigrants were 'properly vetted:' Clinton
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Published Oct 15, 2024 • 2 minute read
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign seized upon a comment by Bill Clinton that they said blames Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for a Georgia nursing student’s death.
Clinton was campaigning in the state on Sunday when he brought up the murder of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old student at the University of Georgia in Athens.
“You got a case in Georgia not very long ago, didn’t you? They made an ad about it, a young woman who had been killed by an immigrant,” Clinton said Sunday in Fort Valley.
“Yeah, well, if they’d all been properly vetted that probably wouldn’t have happened. But if they are all properly vetted, that doesn’t happen and America is not having enough babies to keep our population up, so we need immigrants that have been vetted to do work.”
Riley was killed while out for a jog in February. Her body was found near a lake with the cause of death attributed to blunt-force trauma and asphyxiation.
Jose Antonio Ibarra, a 26-year-old Venezuelan national who authorities said entered the U.S. illegally, was accused of her murder. He is facing 10 charges including felony murder, malice murder, false imprisonment, aggravated assault with intent to rape and kidnapping.
Ibarra has pleaded not guilty. The trial will get underway next month.
According to the New York Post, Ibarra was arrested in El Paso, Texas, in September 2022, but was out of jail in less than 24 hours due to a lack of detention space.
The Trump campaign, which has linked illegal immigration to crime, said Clinton’s comments revealed how Biden and Harris have failed securing the border.
“Kamala Harris claimed the border was ‘secure’ just days after Laken Riley’s illegal immigrant (accused) killer Jose Ibarra crossed into the nation,” the campaign said in a statement to CNN. “Ibarra was caught at the border and then released into the country by Kamala Harris. President Trump will secure the border and stop catch and release.”
However, a spokesperson for Harris said on social media that Trump is to blame for killing a bipartisan border security bill that would have strengthened the vetting process.
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Donald Trump’s presidential campaign seized upon a comment by Bill Clinton that they said blames Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for a Georgia nursing student’s death.
Clinton was campaigning in the state on Sunday when he brought up the murder of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old student at the University of Georgia in Athens.
“You got a case in Georgia not very long ago, didn’t you? They made an ad about it, a young woman who had been killed by an immigrant,” Clinton said Sunday in Fort Valley.
“Yeah, well, if they’d all been properly vetted that probably wouldn’t have happened. But if they are all properly vetted, that doesn’t happen and America is not having enough babies to keep our population up, so we need immigrants that have been vetted to do work.”
Riley was killed while out for a jog in February. Her body was found near a lake with the cause of death attributed to blunt-force trauma and asphyxiation.
Jose Antonio Ibarra, a 26-year-old Venezuelan national who authorities said entered the U.S. illegally, was accused of her murder. He is facing 10 charges including felony murder, malice murder, false imprisonment, aggravated assault with intent to rape and kidnapping.
Ibarra has pleaded not guilty. The trial will get underway next month.
According to the New York Post, Ibarra was arrested in El Paso, Texas, in September 2022, but was out of jail in less than 24 hours due to a lack of detention space.
The Trump campaign, which has linked illegal immigration to crime, said Clinton’s comments revealed how Biden and Harris have failed securing the border.
“Kamala Harris claimed the border was ‘secure’ just days after Laken Riley’s illegal immigrant (accused) killer Jose Ibarra crossed into the nation,” the campaign said in a statement to CNN. “Ibarra was caught at the border and then released into the country by Kamala Harris. President Trump will secure the border and stop catch and release.”
However, a spokesperson for Harris said on social media that Trump is to blame for killing a bipartisan border security bill that would have strengthened the vetting process.
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Laken Riley slaying 'probably' avoided if immigrants were 'properly vetted:' Clinton
Donald Trump's campaign seized upon a comment by Bill Clinton that they said blames Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for a student's death.
Court orders mental-health assessment for woman accused of killing spree
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Paola Loriggio
Published Oct 17, 2024 • 1 minute read
A Toronto court has ordered an assessment to determine if a woman accused of killing three people in three Ontario cities over three days is fit to stand trial at this time.
A Toronto court has ordered an assessment to determine if a woman accused of killing three people in three Ontario cities over three days is fit to stand trial at this time.
A Toronto court has ordered an assessment to determine if a woman accused of killing three people in three Ontario cities over three days is fit to stand trial at this time.
Prosecutors applied for the assessment Thursday as Sabrina Kauldhar, 30, appeared in a Toronto court on a second-degree murder charge related to a death in the city, one of the three murder charges she faces.
Defence lawyers had initially asked for the assessment, but withdrew their application saying Kauldhar had instructed them to oppose it.
In ordering the assessment, Ontario Court Justice Edward Kelly said the prosecution had satisfied the court that “there are reasonable grounds to doubt the fitness of the accused at this point in time.”
Kauldhar was arrested earlier this month and charged with one count of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder.
The charges relate to three deaths police say took place over three consecutive days in Toronto, Niagara Falls and Hamilton.
Investigators say Trinh Thi Vu, 66, was found dead inside a home in west Toronto on Oct. 1. It’s alleged she and Kauldhar knew each other.
Police say Lance Cunningham, 47, died in a Niagara Falls park the following day, and Mario Bilich, 77, died in Hamilton the day after.
Police have said they believe Cunningham and Bilich were randomly attacked.
Kauldhar’s case is set to return before courts in St. Catharines and Hamilton on Friday in relation to the other two deaths.
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Author of the article:Canadian Press
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Paola Loriggio
Published Oct 17, 2024 • 1 minute read
A Toronto court has ordered an assessment to determine if a woman accused of killing three people in three Ontario cities over three days is fit to stand trial at this time.
A Toronto court has ordered an assessment to determine if a woman accused of killing three people in three Ontario cities over three days is fit to stand trial at this time.
A Toronto court has ordered an assessment to determine if a woman accused of killing three people in three Ontario cities over three days is fit to stand trial at this time.
Prosecutors applied for the assessment Thursday as Sabrina Kauldhar, 30, appeared in a Toronto court on a second-degree murder charge related to a death in the city, one of the three murder charges she faces.
Defence lawyers had initially asked for the assessment, but withdrew their application saying Kauldhar had instructed them to oppose it.
In ordering the assessment, Ontario Court Justice Edward Kelly said the prosecution had satisfied the court that “there are reasonable grounds to doubt the fitness of the accused at this point in time.”
Kauldhar was arrested earlier this month and charged with one count of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder.
The charges relate to three deaths police say took place over three consecutive days in Toronto, Niagara Falls and Hamilton.
Investigators say Trinh Thi Vu, 66, was found dead inside a home in west Toronto on Oct. 1. It’s alleged she and Kauldhar knew each other.
Police say Lance Cunningham, 47, died in a Niagara Falls park the following day, and Mario Bilich, 77, died in Hamilton the day after.
Police have said they believe Cunningham and Bilich were randomly attacked.
Kauldhar’s case is set to return before courts in St. Catharines and Hamilton on Friday in relation to the other two deaths.
Court orders mental-health assessment for woman accused of killing spree
A court ordered an assessment to determine if a woman accused of killing three people in three cities over three days is fit to stand trial.
Alleged female serial killer to get court-ordered mental fitness assessment
Author of the article:Michele Mandel
Published Oct 17, 2024 • Last updated 2 days ago • 3 minute read
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area. She has been charged with three murders in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in the Burlington area. She has been charged with murder in connection with separate slayings in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
The accused serial killer refused to speak to the psychiatrist in mental health court.
Sabrina Kauldhar appeared in the prisoner’s box in a lumpy parka, her hair covered as it’s been in previous court appearances in a black nylon do-rag, her face a blank canvas while all around her, so many concerned people in the courtroom discussed the next steps for a woman accused of the shocking murders of three people in three days – two of them complete strangers.
Last week, her proposed defence team – they’re still awaiting a Legal Aid certificate – had first broached the need for a psychiatric assessment to see if she is fit to stand trial. But in court, Sherif Foda explained that his client doesn’t want them to proceed with the application.
It was obvious, though, that he and co-counsel Rick Frank believed it was necessary.
“Mr. Frank and myself have some fitness concerns,” Foda reiterated.
After reading the application, Ontario Court Justice Edward Kelly agreed to have the 30-year-old assessed by the doctor assigned to the court that day.
“There are reasonable grounds to doubt the fitness of the accused at this point,” he said.
When all the parties returned a few hours later, Kelly was told Kauldhar had refused to meet with the physician.
So, the judge has now ordered her to be taken on Nov. 20 to the Brief Assessment Unit at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
“Do you understand?” Kelly asked.
“No,” was her only reply.
Kauldhar was arrested in Burlington on Oct. 3 after police alleged their investigations had linked her to the slayings of three people over three days in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
The killing spree allegedly began Oct. 1, when Toronto Police were called to a basement apartment on Keele St. in the Junction and found the body of 66-year-old Trinh Thi Vu with signs of “physical trauma.” Investigators said the dead woman was known to Kauldhar.
They believe her next two alleged victims were not.
On Oct. 2, emergency responders were called to a disturbance at John Allan Park in Niagara Falls. Lance Cunningham, a 47-year-old chef at the Fallsview Casino, had gone to take his dogs for a walk before picking his daughter up from school.
The loving father, who adored the Pittsburgh Steelers, hiking and his wife of 16 years, was found with critical wounds and died at the scene.
The following day, at about 12:26 p.m., Hamilton Police received a 911 call requesting an ambulance for a man found stabbed in a parking lot. Mario Bilich, a popular 77-year-old retired teacher, was rushed to hospital where he died.
Security footage showed he was followed by a woman after leaving his daily visit to a Sicilian social club.
Niagara Police said that when the suspect description matched in both cases, investigators tied Bilich’s death in Hamilton to Cunningham’s in Niagara Falls and then to the Toronto case.
Kauldhar is charged with first-degree murder in Bilich’s death and second-degree murder in the Toronto and Niagara investigations.
Friends who remember her from growing up in Barrie recall the smart daughter of two dentists who figure skated and played hockey when she was younger and went on to attend the University of Waterloo. And then began a downward spiral.
In 2019, she was charged with assault and breaching probation in Sault Ste. Marie after allegedly walking up to a vehicle near her home and punching the passenger.
“She has a legitimate diagnosed mental illness,” wrote one poster on Reddit. “She cut off contact years ago with her family and refused to take her medication. Her family tried as hard as they could to try to help her get on the right path and to get her the help she needed but there’s only so much you can do after one becomes an adult.”
Kauldhar returns to court in Toronto Nov. 6.
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Author of the article:Michele Mandel
Published Oct 17, 2024 • Last updated 2 days ago • 3 minute read
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday in the Burlington area. She has been charged with three murders in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in the Burlington area. She has been charged with murder in connection with separate slayings in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
The accused serial killer refused to speak to the psychiatrist in mental health court.
Sabrina Kauldhar appeared in the prisoner’s box in a lumpy parka, her hair covered as it’s been in previous court appearances in a black nylon do-rag, her face a blank canvas while all around her, so many concerned people in the courtroom discussed the next steps for a woman accused of the shocking murders of three people in three days – two of them complete strangers.
Last week, her proposed defence team – they’re still awaiting a Legal Aid certificate – had first broached the need for a psychiatric assessment to see if she is fit to stand trial. But in court, Sherif Foda explained that his client doesn’t want them to proceed with the application.
It was obvious, though, that he and co-counsel Rick Frank believed it was necessary.
“Mr. Frank and myself have some fitness concerns,” Foda reiterated.
After reading the application, Ontario Court Justice Edward Kelly agreed to have the 30-year-old assessed by the doctor assigned to the court that day.
“There are reasonable grounds to doubt the fitness of the accused at this point,” he said.
When all the parties returned a few hours later, Kelly was told Kauldhar had refused to meet with the physician.
So, the judge has now ordered her to be taken on Nov. 20 to the Brief Assessment Unit at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
“Do you understand?” Kelly asked.
“No,” was her only reply.
Kauldhar was arrested in Burlington on Oct. 3 after police alleged their investigations had linked her to the slayings of three people over three days in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
The killing spree allegedly began Oct. 1, when Toronto Police were called to a basement apartment on Keele St. in the Junction and found the body of 66-year-old Trinh Thi Vu with signs of “physical trauma.” Investigators said the dead woman was known to Kauldhar.
They believe her next two alleged victims were not.
On Oct. 2, emergency responders were called to a disturbance at John Allan Park in Niagara Falls. Lance Cunningham, a 47-year-old chef at the Fallsview Casino, had gone to take his dogs for a walk before picking his daughter up from school.
The loving father, who adored the Pittsburgh Steelers, hiking and his wife of 16 years, was found with critical wounds and died at the scene.
The following day, at about 12:26 p.m., Hamilton Police received a 911 call requesting an ambulance for a man found stabbed in a parking lot. Mario Bilich, a popular 77-year-old retired teacher, was rushed to hospital where he died.
Security footage showed he was followed by a woman after leaving his daily visit to a Sicilian social club.
Niagara Police said that when the suspect description matched in both cases, investigators tied Bilich’s death in Hamilton to Cunningham’s in Niagara Falls and then to the Toronto case.
Kauldhar is charged with first-degree murder in Bilich’s death and second-degree murder in the Toronto and Niagara investigations.
Friends who remember her from growing up in Barrie recall the smart daughter of two dentists who figure skated and played hockey when she was younger and went on to attend the University of Waterloo. And then began a downward spiral.
In 2019, she was charged with assault and breaching probation in Sault Ste. Marie after allegedly walking up to a vehicle near her home and punching the passenger.
“She has a legitimate diagnosed mental illness,” wrote one poster on Reddit. “She cut off contact years ago with her family and refused to take her medication. Her family tried as hard as they could to try to help her get on the right path and to get her the help she needed but there’s only so much you can do after one becomes an adult.”
Kauldhar returns to court in Toronto Nov. 6.
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MANDEL: Alleged female serial killer to get court-ordered mental fitness assessment
The Toronto woman accused of three fatal stabbings in three days had opposed the assessment to determine if she's fit to stand trial.
Raymond J. de Souza: Newcomers owe it to Canada to reject extremism — National Post
Presumably they came to Canada in part to escape hate and violence in their troubled homelands
Bravo! The same as Hungary. Neither have the issues that the EU have. What is now happening is that calling these people racist is something they're proud of because it's saving their cultures. The more one is "forced" to do things, the more resentment. It's up to individual countries to determine how many (if any) immigrants they can absorb into their economies.
Oh come on. move to China and try to be a Muslim.. move to Iran and try to be Gay..
We have our culture and nothing wrong with protecting it..
After yesterday’s liberal caucus meeting, & in the nature of smoke and mirrors, crashing poll numbers, dissent in the Liberal Party, non-functioning parliament, back door support from the Bloc without direct capitulation to their demands, etc…
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Overnight this comes out? It’s a marked shift in policy by a Liberal government that has steadily increased immigration levels since it took power in 2015.
SCOOP: Trudeau government to slash immigration levels — National Post
Data obtained by National Post shows the government is planning to decrease permanent resident intake from 485,000 this year to 395,000 in 2025