Category Archives: Justice
B.C. First Nation has proposed $135M settlement after 160-year battle with Canada
VANCOUVER — A British Columbia First Nation has reached a proposed $135-million settlement with the federal government, 160 years after settlers began taking over its village lands. Chief Willie Sellars of the Williams Lake First Nation said a legal ba...
Canada sees record rise in antisemitism in 2021, surge in violence toward Jews
OTTAWA — Record levels of antisemitism were recorded in Canada last year, with sharp increases in Quebec and British Columbia, according to a report published Sunday. The annual audit by Jewish advocacy group B'nai Brith found there were 2,799 anti-Je...
Convoy organizer warns of ‘free-for-all’ if police ban protest from downtown Ottawa
OTTAWA — One of the organizers of a planned motorcycle convoy is warning of a "free-for-all" on Friday if Ottawa police don't allow hundreds of protesters to bring their bikes onto the streets around Parliament Hill. The "Rolling Thunder Ottawa" convoy...
Government calls inquiry into use of Emergencies Act
OTTAWA — Federal ministers defended the government's use of the Emergencies Act Monday as they announced an independent public inquiry to investigate the use of the act to end blockades at Canadian border crossings and in Ottawa earlier this year. The
B.C. man says old-growth protests escalating after brief hospitalization
NANAIMO, B.C. — A British Columbia man says he was briefly hospitalized on the 24th day of a hunger strike to protest old-growth logging but plans to go without food until the end of the month before joining others in
Canada eyes new measures to protect economy from national security threats
OTTAWA — New measures to ensure Canada doesn't export sensitive technology to foreign adversaries are among the changes being eyed by Ottawa to bolster the country's economic security. Other possibilities include making it easier to fine companies that...
B.C. man wanting public meeting has ‘death-watch monitors’ on Day 23 of hunger strike
NANAIMO, B.C. — A 68-year-old activist says "death-watch monitors" were ensuring his safety on the 23rd day of a hunger strike over old-growth logging practices in British Columbia. Howard Breen said Saturday that he stopped drinking liquids two days e...
Ex-Guantanamo detainee sues Canada over 14-year detention and torture
A former detainee of Guantanamo Bay is taking legal action against the Canadian government over its alleged role in his 14 years behind bars marked by torture and intimidation. Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Mauritanian who lived in Montreal for under two
‘We just don’t matter,’ victim of Toronto van attack says of justice system
TORONTO — Cathy Riddell wants to move on, but the justice system has kept her stuck in time. She hopes other victims of crime don't have to endure what she and more than a dozen other survivors -- and numerous grieving
Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQ groups and sex workers criticize online hate bill
OTTAWA — Members of the LGBTQ community, Indigenous people and racialized groups fear a proposed law tackling online harm could disproportionately curtail their online freedoms and even make them police targets, responses to a government consultation h...
