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Police have launched an animal cruelty investigation after one horse was killed and several others were injured in Niagara Region. Niagara regional police say the “disturbing act” occurred at a horse boarding farm near Buchner Road and Highway 140 in Welland. Police were called Thursday after farm staff found eight horses with injuries and cuts consistent with stab wounds during their routine morning checks. Investigators say one horse was found dead, one was sent to a veterinary hospital for emergency care, and the others were treated on site. They say the forensics unit also visited the scene to thoroughly examine…
Billionaire businessman Frank Stronach, who is awaiting trial on more than a dozen charges related to sexual assault, is now also facing a civil lawsuit from a woman who alleges he sexually assaulted her decades ago when she was a student sponsored by Magna, the auto parts company he founded. In a statement of claim filed in June, Jane Boon alleges Stronach sexually assaulted her at a company guest house in December 1986 after plying her with alcohol during a corporate party at a Toronto restaurant he owned. She also alleges Magna knew Stronach, who was the company’s controlling shareholder…