Category Archives: Justice
Ontario Liberals promise handgun ban, offer few details
TORONTO — An Ontario Liberal government would ban handguns across the province in its first year in office, party leader Steven Del Duca announced Tuesday, though he offered few details of how that would be accomplished. If the Liberals win the
Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry: federal lawyer defends role of Veterans Affairs
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — A Nova Scotia inquiry investigating why a former Afghanistan war veteran killed his family and himself in 2017 heard Tuesday from a federal lawyer who defended the work of Veterans Affairs Canada. Lori Ward told the inquiry
Prime minister pays tribute to 22 victims on anniversary of Nova Scotia mass shooting
HALIFAX — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is paying tribute to the 22 victims of the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history. Two years ago today, a gunman began a two-day rampage in the small Nova Scotia community of Portapique. In a
Two years after a gunman killed 22 in Nova Scotia, RCMP still under the microscope
HALIFAX — Two years after her father was gunned down by a man disguised as a Mountie, Charlene Bagley remains convinced he would be alive today had the Nova Scotia RCMP issued a provincewide alert early in the killer's rampage. "He
Cyberbreach at Rideau Hall was ‘sophisticated’ intrusion, internal documents reveal
OTTAWA — Newly disclosed documents reveal the breach of an internal computer network at Rideau Hall was described to senior government officials as a "sophisticated cyber incident" in the days before the public was told of the security lapse. Internal ...
Capital city defrauded out of more than half a million dollars, police investigating
OTTAWA — Police are investigating an illegal transaction that saw Canada's capital city defrauded out of more than half a million dollars. A memo to the city's council shows staff found an irregularity on April 11 related to a $558,000 payment
Nova Scotia to mark two years since mass shooting with moments of silence
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is asking the public to “come together” for moments of silence in memory of the 22 people killed in a two-day shooting rampage in the province nearly two years ago. It is asking for the
Court rules New Brunswick lieutenant-governor must be bilingual
FREDERICTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated constitutional language protections when he appointed a unilingual anglophone lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, but striking down the nomination would cause a constitutional crisis, a court ruled...
$200K public relations aid for N.L. cyberattack didn’t result in transparency: expert
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador recruited $200,000 worth of public relations advice to deal with a cyberattack against its health-care networks last fall, and a cybersecurity expert says the contract should have resulted in more transparen...
Supreme Court affirms drug, firearm convictions despite police officer’s mistake
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a man's convictions on firearm and drug charges even though his arrest in Calgary six years ago violated his charter rights. In a 6-1 ruling Thursday, the high court said that despite
