Category Archives: Justice
Canadian singer and activist Denise Ho among group arrested in Hong Kong: report
HONG KONG — Canadian singer and activist Denise Ho is one of at least four people who have been arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces to endanger China's national security, reports said Wednesday. U.K.-based human rights
Report estimates at least 500 deaths at former Indigenous residential schools in U.S.
WASHINGTON — Canadian audiences have grown used to seeing an Indigenous politician denounce the federal legacy of residential schools. For Maka Black Elk, it was nothing short of a revelation. Black Elk watched Wednesday as the first Indigenous cabinet...
Feds flesh out gun-control legislation by tightening rules on sale of firearms
OTTAWA — The Liberal government has finalized long-promised firearm regulations that ensure someone buying a gun actually has a valid licence and require vendors to keep sales and inventory records. The measures announced Wednesday by Public Safety Min...
RCMP cleared border blockades without Emergencies Act powers, committee hears
OTTAWA — Extraordinary powers granted to police under the Emergencies Act weren't used to clear protest blockades at Canada's border crossings, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said Tuesday. Lucki testified virtually at a House of Commons committee made ...
‘It didn’t cross their minds’: Emergency director says RCMP didn’t consider alert
HALIFAX — The head of Nova Scotia's Emergency Management Office sayshe found it surprisingthe RCMP waited so long to issue a provincewide alert about a gunman who killed 22 people during a 13-hour rampage in April 2020. The inquiry investigating the
Help heal Indigenous residential school trauma, public safety minister tells RCMP
OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is directing the head of the RCMP to work closely with Indigenous communities to address the traumatic legacy of residential schools. In a new mandate letter issued to RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, Mend...
City of Ottawa recovers stolen $558,000 after fraud scheme involving Salvation Army
OTTAWA — The City of Ottawa's treasurer says the municipality has recovered more than half a million dollars it lost in a fraud scheme carried out against the local Salvation Army homeless shelter. An earlier memo to city council revealed that
Weather, eased COVID-19 restrictions fuel spike in irregular Canada-U.S. migration
WASHINGTON — Warmer weather and fading fears about COVID-19 have immigration experts warning of more irregular efforts to cross the Canada-U.S. border — and not only in one direction. While Canada has for years been a destination for desperate asylum
Judge in Quebec election shooting trial given details of threats against PQ leader
MONTREAL — Lawyers for the Quebec government have submitted details in court about six threats made against former Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois on the day of the 2012 provincial election, a civil trial heard Monday. The threats were discussed ...
Federal government investing $6.2 million for victims of crime in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX — The federal government is investing more than $6.2 million over five years to support provincial programs in Nova Scotia that assist victims of crime. Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says the funding is particularly important for Indig...