Category Archives: Justice
B.C. finance minister says ‘over my dead body,’ will abortion access change
VICTORIA — British Columbia's finance minister says she will fight to ensure abortion access rights are never denied in the province no matter what may happen in the United States. Selina Robinson reacted strongly to questions about the status of abort...
Biden says basic U.S. rights are at risk if Supreme Court draft decision stands
WASHINGTON — Rescinding the constitutional right to an abortion would be just the beginning, President Joe Biden warned Tuesday as the world confronted anew the possibility that women in the United States are poised to lose the right to choose.
‘New chapter’: Alberta prosecutors get more pay, talks to improve justice system
EDMONTON — A group representing Alberta prosecutors says an announcement by the provincial government to raise salaries and enter into negotiations to improve the justice system marks a "new chapter." Last month, the Alberta Crown Attorneys' Associatio...
Nova Scotia’s mass shooting inquiry will soon focus on killer’s violent past: report
HALIFAX — The inquiry investigating the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia released an interim report Monday that charts its progress and defends its decision to limit witness testimony. Having largely completed its initial fact-finding phase, the inqui...
B.C. tables data collection law to help dismantle systemic racism, says premier
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has introduced data collection legislation to help dismantle systemic racism faced by Indigenous and other racialized communities, Premier John Horgan said Monday. "I always say that I'm the son of an Irish i...
New legal restrictions needed on police use of facial recognition: privacy watchdogs
OTTAWA — It should be illegal for police to use facial recognition technology to monitor people involved in peaceful protest, Canada's privacy commissioners say in flagging a need for new legislation governing the emerging tool. In a joint statement pu...
Biker protest cost up to $3M to police, sustainable solution needed: board chair
OTTAWA — The "Rolling Thunder" protest in the national capital over the weekend cost an estimated $2.5 to $3 million to police, says the chair of Ottawa's police services board. Eli El-Chantiry said police are expecting more convoy protests in the
Indigenous women more likely to face violence if they were a child in care: report
Front-line workers are calling for more support for Indigenous families after a Statistics Canada analysis found First Nations, Inuit and Métis women are more likely to experience physical or sexual assault in their lifetime if they were in government ...
Toronto planned encampment clearing operation for months, built profiles of residents
TORONTO — The City of Toronto spent months laying out plans to clear about two dozen people from a homeless encampment in a popular park last summer, building dossiers on those living there and involving hundreds of municipal workers in
Few traces of ‘Rolling Thunder’ rally left in Ottawa after Sunday church service
Ottawa police found themselves patrolling increasingly empty downtown streets on Sunday as the "Rolling Thunder" protest made good on plans to decamp from Canada's capital, but the force did open an investigation after the scene of the day's only forma...