Crown to seek dangerous offender status for Daniel Senecal, convicted of sexually assaulting toddler - CBC

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Law students said they should have been informed about classmate's criminal history People walk on the campus of McGill University in Montreal Monday March 18, 2024. (John Mahoney / Montreal Gazette)

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Published: October 16, 2026 at 4:23p.m. EDTA man who was convicted of manslaughter in the 2023 death of a CBC journalist is now wanted for an alleged break and enter early last month. In a news release Friday, police identified 47-year-old Robert Robin Cropearedwolf as a suspect wanted for the incident in the Dundas Street West and McCaul Street area. Police allege he entered a private property and broke into a locker secured with a combination lock, stealing personal property, including bank cards. He then used the stolen bank cards to make several purchases, police allege. In a statement to CTV News, Toronto police confirmed the suspect was charged in the 2023 death of Douglas Michael Finlay. In 2024, Cropearedwolf pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2023 death of 73-year-old Douglas Michael Finlay. According to previous documents provided by Toronto police, the former CBC Radio producer was walking along Danforth Avenue near Jones Avenue on Jan.

Students in McGill University’s law faculty say they are concerned about the presence of a convicted murderer on campus and at faculty events. The man, Jeffrey George Ewert, was convicted of second-degree murder and attempted murder for two attacks committed in B. C., in 1984: he sexually assaulted and killed one woman and, less than six weeks later, beat and choked a 15-year-old so severely that she was paralyzed and disabled for life, according to a summary of his case in his parole board file. Ewert is serving a life sentence and was granted day parole in 2025. He’s been attending law classes at McGill and going to faculty events since August. His parole was extended for another six months in June 2026. While various clinical assessments ranked Ewert’s risk of reoffending as moderate to high, official parole documents say with close supervision at a halfway house and clinical follow-up, that risk “seems to fall more into the moderate risk category.”Although Ewert’s case management team did not believe he posed an undue risk to society, the parole board did express concern about his interactions with and attitudes toward women.

Last Thursday, I attended the 12th Annual International Wrongful Conviction Day hosted by Innocence Canada at Osgoode Hall at the University of Toronto. I can’t always make it, but I like to attend these events as I get to see and hear firsthand how exonerees have suffered and survived, and how their experiences have affected their loved ones. It’s always a moving experience. (I received the Tracey Tyler Award for my reporting on Glen Assoun at the 2018 event.)