{"id":915408,"date":"2026-09-30T14:34:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/915408\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:34:20","slug":"brutal-attack-on-gay-man-in-downtown-st-catharines-investigated-as-a-possible-hate-crime-niagara-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/915408\/","title":{"rendered":"Brutal attack on gay man in downtown St. Catharines investigated as a possible hate crime &#8211; Niagara This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5AFBVV95cUxOZFNpZHJzenVlSng0eVlIWVZLR2JEblJUNkhVTzVsQl9mSDdnU1hzVFJRczIzVjB2cWZkNW9FRjcxaldnYm9HVE9YcldXMTBDM1RibGs4d0hqZjBwVkdmSk83amIzNE95VTNER3FBcTJtNUZWRDhZcElvUFZUcWZlalQ2VFRQQ3FzYVRPMV9LTnpTX3hEbFVwV21oWmdwWjgwTDFLblQ2TnVSVlJjY05UTzVKbkpTWW1xWmV6RlRtZk5ILWxqRTlOQnBOcGNDd3huZVhWU3dGb1VmQWJDc000UmdubWk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brutal attack on gay man in downtown St. Catharines investigated as a possible hate crime<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Niagara This Week<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxNQnhlOEZZTFRtSURscXE1UE5wUVpKOEFVcG9SalFiamdfQkFpNnBaR1VHSlVnRGEzLUQxZlI5VUhNT1poR0hETDFqdTJ5ektQV3JFcXdlMXdVbHhia2d6NEJycGFmTmk3TGhXQXVKQnpTQXdvZ0I0T2RocXdjSnBRNHprWW5XTWt1SDFCdTJWSjBwWGtpTDVpeQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Second suspect charged in St. Catharines assault investigation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CHCH<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxOSi1wY1lHcl9QbE15dGg1dmNpVnNad2NvdWljNkJjN2x6Q0hNQ3UwMm56LVR1SUdMbGJQSHlFZlJQOXUxMGJ1NVNuMnZlRDdmY0VDY3FIMlRaMlRxNU95U1RWMFJrTG1xWjBDNXVmZVVvNWh1ZDlnY1I4N1ZqR0xzZUhZbHljc09RakNUdlNKWQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2 charged in possible hate-motivated assault in St. Catharines<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;INsauga<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizAFBVV95cUxNWlA4WUFSVHlHbzVaOWxCdlo1dUJxMWYtRVBXdUotYlU3TGROcWNxRkRSblR2Ym0tbVBZelRZU3dFZzM1dGxFWGtQbXI1cENSNENHcVU2UzlnTUJWUlEtUy1GYUJxUm85dUNJckY1VGRld3NDaTBkTnNvZmtDWnljbnl5Smx4UkRIRzFGdnVKd0NtMXRiRWhIVTdPZURyNHBWeGpETXFIZ0k4VXd3Zm1aN0xDZEZoOC1HbUFBN3QtclFtWERpMzhRYUk5RmY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Detectives probe possible hate motivation in vicious downtown St. Catharines assault<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ThoroldToday.ca<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxNVFB1Z2YtQWhVTklCSWdkRUJyVFppOXgxZ2pWQzZIUkJkcnJMNnBiRl9qX1hJdGRZeE5DT2JKeGRSRDFLS0hRUExHbTdLWV9LWVZraUk0U05ZWWVaMTZYUFRWSTVKcVpzSzVGN29tczR6VmY4WmxzelFHQVlYN3NiaEh3RWJrZWVaYWNIaGlJUGE3OHFoVlV0Y1ZQXzZpRTZHcmgw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">St. Catharines assault leaves man seriously injured, suspect charged<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CHCH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brutal attack on gay man in downtown St. Catharines investigated as a possible hate crime&nbsp;&nbsp;Niagara This WeekSecond suspect&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":915409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-915408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/915409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}