Airdrie family hopes to raise awareness about youth violence

A 25-year-old man who police allege forced his way into a home during the night in Welland, Ont., and violently sexually assaulted a young child inside has been arrested and charged. Police described it as a stranger attack. Police and paramedics were called to a home in a residential neighbourhood at 8:59 a.m. for an injured child under the age of five, according to Niagara Regional Police. When a police patrol car arrived, the officers saw the door to the home looked like it had been forced open. Inside they saw a child “suffering from serious injuries” and immediately launched a...