Category Archives: Justice

Emergency alert system in B.C. to be in place for extreme heat in June: minister

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's public safety minister says an automated alert system will be in place in June to notify residents of dangerously high temperatures like last year's fatal heat dome.  Mike Farnworth made the comment during a Vancouver new...

New Brunswick advocate calls for law reform to better protect children’s rights

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's child and youth advocate is calling for the adoption of a new Children's Act as a way to better protect children's rights in the province's child welfare system. A report today from Kelly Lamrock says that too

Law barring use of extreme intoxication as criminal defence unconstitutional: SCOC

OTTAWA — Canada's highest court has ruled that the law barring the use of automatism⁠, or a state of extreme intoxication, as a defence for some crimes is unconstitutional and called on Parliament to consider new legislation. The Supreme Court of

New Brunswick Court of Appeal maintains ban on sale of flavoured e-cigarettes

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision not to suspend the province's ban on the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes.  Last September, the province banned all e-cigarette flavours except for tobacco, but a vape stor...

Feds seek dismissal of planned class action against RCMP over facial recognition tool

OTTAWA — The federal government is asking a judge to dismiss a Quebec photographer's bid for certification of a class-action lawsuit, possibly involving millions of people, over the RCMP's use of a controversial facial-recognition tool. In a submission...

Peterborough police investigating after protesters hurl insults at NDP’s Singh

OTTAWA — Police are investigating after a video circulated on social media showed people hurling verbal abuse at NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh during a protest in Peterborough, Ont., this week. The federal NDP leader had dropped by the campaign office for

White House, senators have ‘sympathy’ for Canada’s position on Line 5, says Wilkinson

WASHINGTON — White House officials, Capitol Hill lawmakers and the U.S. secretary of energy have all expressed "significant sympathy" for the plight of Canada's Line 5 pipeline, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Thursday after a day of...

Safe house in tiny Nunavik village aims to break generations of trauma for Inuit

KANGIQSUALUJJUAQ, Que. — On any given day in Kingaqsualujjuak, Que., a person or family in crisis can call a 24-hour number and speak to a community member who can help. Qarmaapik House offers a safe house for parents and children, and

Saskatchewan changing legislative security to thwart violent extremists amid pandemic

REGINA — A large crowd in front of the Saskatchewan legislature shouted for Premier Scott Moe to "come on out" as the government delivered its throne speech last fall. The COVID-19 vaccination protest and threats led to cancellation of the day's

Soldier charged for speaking out against vaccine requirements while in uniform

OTTAWA — A Canadian soldier who publicly spoke out against federal vaccine requirements while in uniform has been charged while another Armed Forces member has been fined after posting a video supporting the Freedom Convoy. The Defence Department confi...