Category Archives: Justice
8th-graders lead effort to pardon wrongly convicted ‘witch’
BOSTON (AP) — More than three centuries after a Massachusetts woman was wrongly convicted of witchcraft and sentenced to death, she's finally on the verge of being exonerated — thanks to a curious eighth-grade civics class.
Appeals court upholds Texas law to ban abortion procedure
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Texas law outlawing an abortion method commonly used to end second-trimester pregnancies has been upheld by a federal appeals court in New Orleans.
Analysis: Twin tragedies, and the strings that pull them
LONDON (AP) — Twin tragedies on opposite sides of the world are piling misery on people who have seen far more than their share.
Police make arrests, mace protesters angry at removal of homeless shelters in Halifax
HALIFAX — A Halifax police operation to remove wooden shelters for the homeless led to arrests, people pushing against patrol cars and protesters having irritants sprayed in their faces Wednesday afternoon. The operation began at 6 a.m. local time, pro...
Military officer who led vaccine campaign faces sexual assault charge
OTTAWA — The military officer who led Canada's COVID-19 vaccine distribution campaign has been charged with one count of sexual assault. Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin presented himself to police in Gatineau, Que., Wednesday after a warrant for his arrest was i...
High-profile extradition case of Meng Wanzhou wraps up with reserved decision
VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has reserved her decision in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, saying only she'll set a date for her ruling later. The end of the extradition hearing is the culmination of
General who once ran vaccine campaign expects to face sex assault charge
A lawyer for Maj.-Gen Dany Fortin, who previously oversaw Canada's vaccine rollout campaign, says the military officer expects to be charged with one count of sexual assault. The lawyer, who did not want to be named as they were not authorized
Federal government drops court quest to keep lab documents under wraps
OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is dropping its quest to have a court prohibit the disclosure of documents related to the firing of two scientists at Canada's highest-security laboratory. It served the Federal Court with a notice of discontinuance late...
Defence lawyers wrap in Vancouver extradition hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou
VANCOUVER — A lawyer for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou wrapped up her defence team's arguments in the B.C. Supreme Court Tuesday by reminding the extradition judge of her task in the case. Eric Gottardi told Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes that...
Holocaust researchers in Poland win libel case on appeal
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An appellate court in Poland on Monday rejected a lawsuit brought against two Holocaust scholars in a case that has been closely watched because it was expected to serve as a precedent for research into the
