A child law expert says Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula got his figures wrong earlier this week when he spoke about the government's alarm at an apparent increase in the number of children committing crime.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy said Thursday that he was wrong to call the hate-crime killing of an Ecuadorean man "a one-day story" and to argue that the slaying received undue attention because of his immigration policies.

Given Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s propensity for ditching election promises that make Quebecers unhappy, let’s hope he has the courage to act when it comes to fixing Canada’s Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Since 1998, Purple Moon Press has been celebrating Mystery Series Week noting continuing characters in crime fiction such as sleuths, cops and private eyes from all time periods dating back to 55 B.C. celebrated this year during the week of Oct. 5 to 11.

The figures are horrifying: almost 60 murders so far this year, and on average a victim calls the police every single minute. Families are devastated, children orphaned, and the damage continues into the next generation; it's an epidemic of crime, in the