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Ontario Councilor Charged with Threats Against Rival Candidate

12/6/2025

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Ontario Councilor Corinna Traill was arrested and charged with making threats against former mayoral candidate Tom Dingwall.
Dingwall alleged Traill left a threatening voicemail urging him not to run for mayor and threatening violence against him and his wife.
Traill denied sending the voicemail, saying artificial intelligence created it and parts of her voice were altered.
She was released on her own recognizance and is due in court in January.

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Ontario Councilor Corinna Traill was arrested and charged with making threats against former mayoral candidate Tom Dingwall.
Dingwall alleged Traill left a threatening voicemail urging him not to run for mayor and threatening violence against him and his wife.
Traill denied sending the voicemail, saying artificial intelligence created it and parts of her voice were altered.
She was released on her own recognizance and is due in court in January.