Category Archives: Justice
‘CSIS is broken,’ lawyer says in support of spy service employee’s claim
OTTAWA — Lawyers for a Canadian Security Intelligence Service employee say his discrimination lawsuit against the spy service should be allowed to proceed because CSIS managers do not take internal grievance and harassment processes seriously. Counsel ...
Animal welfare advocates ask court to stop white-tailed deer cull south of Montreal
MONTREAL — A Quebec lawyer will ask the Superior Court next month to block a cull of white-tailed deer living in a suburban park south of Montreal and approve an alternative plan to relocate them. Anne-France Goldwater, a lawyer and animal-rights
Former RCMP staff sergeant describes spotty radio, lack of resources in N.S. shooting
HALIFAX — A Mountie who led much of the response to the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting testified Wednesday that spotty radio service and the lack of an RCMP helicopter were among the equipment problems that hampered the manhunt. A public
Federal corrections must improve workplace for parole officers’ mental health: report
OTTAWA — A new report calls on federal corrections to ease caseloads, improve workplace policies and give added resources to parole officers in order to mitigate current strains on their mental health. The report, led by public safety expert Rosemary R...
Canadians in the dark about how their data is collected and used, report finds
OTTAWA — A new report says digital technology has become so widespread at such a rapid pace that Canadians have little idea what information is being collected about them or how it is used. The report by David Lyon, former director
Unmarked graves finding triggered Canada’s year of reckoning over residential schools
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Percy Casper, 73, spent 10 years as a child at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. He has spent the past year grieving. A member of the Bonaparte Indian Band near Cache Creek, B.C., Casper
Livestreamed mass shooting shows more internet regulations needed: experts
WINNIPEG — David Shanks felt a familiar sense of distress as he learned a video was quickly spreading online depicting a mass shooting in a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket. Only three years ago, Shanks was faced with the question of how to
A timeline of events since the finding of unmarked graves in Kamloops last May
VANCOUVER — The Tk’emlups te Secwepemc announced in May last year that the remains of as many as 215 children were found using ground-penetrating radar around the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia’s Interior. Since then, man...
Ottawa interim police chief Steve Bell didn’t ask feds to invoke Emergencies Act
Ottawa’s interim police chief says he did not ask the federal government to invoke the Emergencies Act during the “Freedom Convoy” in February. The Liberals have said law enforcement asked for additional powers that could only be granted by declaring ...
Liberals move to bar sanctioned Russians from Canada through immigration amendments
OTTAWA — The Liberal government is moving to ban Russians sanctioned over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine from entering Canada. The government tabled proposed amendments to federal immigration law in the Senate on Tuesday to ensure foreign nationals subj...